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These documents were scanned from Box 106 of the Robert T. Hartmann
Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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OCTOBER 28, 1969 - 8:30 a.m. - CABINET ROOM
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet
WITHDRAWAL ID 05994
REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL
National security restriction
TYPE OF MATERIAL
Diary
CREATOR'S NAME
Richard Poff
TITLE
Diary of White House Leadership
Meetings -- 91st Congress
DESCRIPTION
re: Soviet weapons, SALT talks
CREATION DATE
10/28/1969
VOLUME
2 pages
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
026900689
COLLECTION TITLE
ROBERT T. HARTMANN PAPERS (Newspaper
reporter; Legislative Assistant to
Congressman Ford; Chief of Staff to
Vice President Ford; White House
Counsellor)
BOX NUMBER
106
FOLDER TITLE
White House - Congressional Leadership
Meeting, 10/28/69
DATE WITHDRAWN
11/16/1993
WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST
JAS
3
been exploring several diplomatic approaches secretly.
Nevertheless, after a year's negotiation in Paris, the
only progress that has been made is an agreement upon
the shape of the table. We have already offered every
possible grounds for reasonable resolution of the conflict.
If what they want is unilateral cease fire, they will not
get it BO long as we have 50, 000 troops in Vietnam who
might be endangered. The concept of "Vietnamization" is
part of a "double track" sol ution (the other is diplomatic
negotiation).
RMN interduced Miss Kaauer with a compliment for the
work she has done in the field of consumer affairs. He
said that the President's message on sonsumer affairs
would be sent to the Congress by the end of the week.
It will break new ground. It is bold and innovative. It
will propose the establishment of thStatutory Office on
Consumer Affairs, designed to co-ordinate consumer
programs. It will recommend an increase in the Consumer
Advisory Council. It will recommend a new task force on
warranties and a new office in the Justice Department for
consumer advocacy. It will recommend that the FDA
review the some 600 additives on the GRAS list (generally
recognized as safe list).
Springer said that he felt that the 10-point program "beat
the radicals to the punch. Consumer legislation is an
idea whose time is about to come. Mrs. Dwyer explained
the changes that had been made by Rosenthal in legislation
he had introduced earlier and described her efforts to
fashion a Republican posture on the subject.
RMN invited Mayo to use the charts to show the present
appropriations posture. If the Administration's tax program
is adopted, FY70 income will be $198. 8 billion; outlays will
be $192. 9 billion, and we will have a $5. 9 billion surplus.
Without tax legislation, outlays will be the same, but income
will be reduced so that the surplus will be only $1. 9 billion.
With respect to the $192.9 spending ceiling, he listed a
in
GERATO
the
4
number of items which threaten to pierce it. They
included Congressional action or inaction, $1. 5 to
3. 5 billion; Administration initiatives, $0. 8 to 1.3
billion; credit conditions, $1 billion to 3 billion; and
re-estimates, $0. 5 billion. Bow explained the status
of the continuing resolution. As reported by the Com-
mittee, the resolution will increase the $192. 9 spend-
ing limitation by $600 million. The Cohelan amendment
to fund education programs at the level voted by the
House in the Appropriations Bill on July 31 would
increase the spending ceiling by $1 billion rather than
$600 million. Mahon called yesterday to ask him to agree
that the Committee surrender to the Cohelan amendment.
Herefused. Ford said that Mahon had called him this
morning and from what he could learn, an agreement has
been reached that the Democratic Leadership will resist
the education lobby on the Cohelan amendment. Ford said
that present legislative prospects make it unlikely that
Congress can adjourn before Christmas Eve. He suggested
that in preparation, Congress should move the January 3
date for reconvening to a date later in the month.
RMN said that he was sending a letter to the Vice President
expressing his alarm about the posture of the appropriation 8
bills and calling attention to the fact that unless some of the
measures are approved promptly, it will be impossible to
prepare the budget estimates for FY71 in time to present
them to Congress in January.
RICHARD H. POFF
GENATE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 28, 1969
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CONFERENCE
OF
SENATOR HUGH SCOTT
DIS 1306 send timm Bd
AND
CONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD
THE ROOSEVELT ROOM
AT 11:09 A.M. EST
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Good morning.
This morning we talked about several matters, the
first of which I will discuss. I will open it up by
indicating that the President is sending to the Vice President
and to the Congressional Leaders a letter which will be
released shortly pointing out the critical nature of the
fiscal crisis that we face, primarily because of the lack
of action in the Congress on appropriation bills on the
one hand, and the action of the Congress in other instances
increasing authorization or expenditures.
The letter to the Vice President and others in the
Congress will point out that as of now the President has only
two of the appropriation bills out of the 13 before him; one
he has signed and one undoubtedly, he will sign sometime this
week.
In the House of Representatives we have passed
only five out of 13 appropriation bills. I cannot relate
the situation in the Senate, but the net result is the
action on the part of the Congress in relationship to the
appropriation bills is very, very poor, probably the worst
in the history of the Congress.
In addition, as I indicated, the Congress, after
setting an expenditure ceiling of $192.9 billion for the
current fiscal year has now, on more than a number of occasions,
by legislative actions, either authorizations or approprations,
breached that ceiling.
The consequences here, I think you can summarize
this way: This is irresponsible fiscal management on the
LIBRARY GERALD GERALD R. FORD
part of the Congress itself.
Now the problem is complicated by one other situation.
The President, the Executive Branch of the Government, must
submit to the Congress in early January the budget for the
next fiscal year, fiscal year 1971. Of course that sizable
document which you have all seen cannot be put together at
the last minute.
With the lack of affirmative action on the part
of the Congress on fiscal 1970 budget matters, the Bureau
of the Budget is in a real bind on what they ought to plan
for, what they ought to suggest that the President recommend
for fiscal 1971.
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The letter to the Vice President and others will
point out the critical nature of this situation and
the fiscal irresponsibility of the Congress in not acting
more affirmatively and more quickly.
Q
Will this letter be available today?
MR. ZIEGLER: It will be available in about an hour.
SENATOR SCOTT: The fiscal crisis which impends
is not only unprecedented but can be extremely detrimental
to the family budget as well as the national budget. We
are four months into the fiscal year and these continuing
resolutions in all but two of the 13 appropriations represent
a situation that has never occurred before in the history of
this country.
In other words, the budget figures are not available
and yet, by statute, the Administration must go in at
the beginning of the year with a budget not yet based on
information which the Congress has a duty to furnish and
which they have not furnished.
On another matter, Mrs. Knauer discussed with the
Leadership a consumer message which the President will send up
sometime within the next week, and that had a very enthusiastic
reception. It is a bold approach. It is extensive. It
breaks new ground. It involves not only the coordination of
some of the 900-odd existing activities, but will set up new
institutions to deal with consumer problems.
The emphasis will be on the protection of the health
of the American people. This will be an entirely new approach
to consumer related agencies and toward communicating directly
through Mrs. Knauer as a pipe line from the consumer to the
President.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: There was one other matter
discussed. Dr. Kissinger outlined for the Leadership the
situation in reference to the SALT talks.
The President and the Administration were pleased
that we have now made arrangements to meet in Helsinki. The
Government of the United States is better prepared to sit
down and negotiate with the Soviet Union in this very critical
matter.
The preparation has been going on for the last six
or more months and there is unanimity within the Executive
Branch of the Government on our position in the wide areas
that will be included in these talks.
The fact that the talks are limited to arms limitations
does not preclude, however, the need and necessity for broader
issues to be brought in as the talks progress.
Q
Mr. Ford, to what do you and Senator Scott
ascribe the reasons for this delay in the appropriations
action?
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CONGRESSMAN FORD: Quite frankly, I wish I knew the
answer to that. All we know is that the Congress has not
acted affirmatively, affirmatively today, for example,
and certainly by the end of the month this Government could
be faced with a dire fiscal situation.
If the Congress takes some action that blows wide open
any fiscal responsibility, and there could be some contests
between the House and the Senate, it is possible -- I hope
it is not true -- that there could be no authority for
any branch of the Federal Government to pay its employees,
because the existing continuing resolution only goes until
October 31.
If there is a breakdown between the House and the
Senate on the one part, and any problem between the Congress
and the Executive Branch on the other, there could be no
authority for any payment for goods, services or employees
after October 31.
SENATOR SCOTT: Or salaries of Congressmen, for that
matter.
Q
Would you propose that the House and Senate
meet around the clock in day and night sessions, at least
not have this Thursday-Tuesday absenteeism, to correct the
situation?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Let me say I wholeheartedly
agree with the observation you have made. I think the
Congress from now until we adjourn ought to be on a minimum
of five days a week and hopefully a six-day week, with longer
sessions each and every day.
I think this is needed and necessary and in the
public interest.
SENATOR SCOTT: I would like to explain some of your
question as to why we have held up. The Congress has not
passed a number of authorization bills and, therefore, the
Appropriations Committee cannot act on that particular matter,
like the independent offices, there are three authorization
bills not yet acted upon.
Q On the SALT talks, what did you have in mind
when you spoke of extending it to other problems?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: In addition to the arms limitations
problems, there are a number of political issues involving
the relationship between the United States and the Soviet
Union. I don't think you can totally disassociate the two.
Although the specific purpose of the SALT talks is to try and
find a workable way to limit arms, the whole atmosphere
between the United States and the Soviet Union depends on a
number of other more or less political problems. I think
the progress in one area has to be related to the progress in
the other.
Q
Mr. Ford, did you talk about Vietnam this
morning?
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CONGRESSMAN FORD: The President did in this context:
The President said that it would be unwise for any one
of us or the nation as a whole to speculate on what he was
going to say in his speech to the American people on November 3.
0
Did he say what he was not going to say?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: The President just urged us all
not to speculate on the content of that speech, except it would
be a broad and comprehensive review of our situation in Vietnam.
0 Was he chastizing Senator Scott?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: No, I don't think he was chastizing
anybody. He was just telling us that the speech would be
significant, comprehensive, but urged us not to speculate on
the content.
SENATOR SCOTT: Senator Scott stands on his own
feet on these matters, and I think I have made my views clear.
I think all of you will be terribly interested in the November 3
speech. I imagine you will watch it. I have full confidence
that the American people will find it very reassuring. It will
not only be a comprehensive review of the whole policy in
Vietnam, as Congressman Ford has said, but will discuss "Where
do we go from here?" I have no area of disagreement with that.
Q Congressman Ford, can you list for us some of
the spending increases which the Administration opposes and is
it your belief that the President will not spend this money;
that the Congress is just passing these increases, and the
President will put this money in escrow?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: The one specific legislative
proposal that the President has indicated strong opposition
to is the $1.5 billion pay increase legislation which went
through the House, the $1.5 billion for this fiscal year, and
$4.5 billion for subsequent fiscal years. That is the one
where he has quite clearly indicated his opposition.
There is no other specific bill that the White House
has indicated its opposition to, as such. But there was a list
of measures that show the add-on of the Congress and authoriza-
tion and appropriations which I suspect would be made available
from the Bureau of the Budget, if all of you are interested.
Q
Congressman Ford, who is to blame for this so-
called fiscal irresponsibility on the part of Congress?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: I think the Congress is in a very
paradoxical situation. They talk about a spending limitation
on the one hand, and then they succumb to the preasures of
various groups who want the Federal Government to spend
more than either former President Johnson or President
Nixon have advocated in a wide range of spending areas.
I think the Congress is unfortunately in the
position -- and I regret it very much -- of talking about saving
on the one hand, and then spending on the other. Congress has
to realize that if we are going to get out of the fiscal mess
we are in, we have to be consistent and that means a spending
limitation.
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Q
Congressman Ford, did you, in this review
this morning, have any reason to believe, or was there any
mention that there will be a breakdown in the passage of
a continuing resolution going beyond the one that we have
now?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Well, it is very possible that
because of the conflict between the House and the Senate, the
potential conflict between the Executive Branch and the
Legislative Branch, that we may not have an extension of the
existing continuing resolution. This would have tragic
consequences.
Q
This is the crisis you speak of?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: That is correct.
Q
If there is a failure to pass the continuing
resolution and the Government is out of money ---
CONGRESSMAN FORD: The Government is not out of
money, it just cannot spend the money.
The point was made, and I think it is a very valid
one, that this long delay where we are four months in the
fiscal year with only two appropriations bills on the
President's deak, there is ample evidence that this delay,
this lack of action by the Congress, is adding to the cost
of Government.
It was estimated by one of the knowledgeable people
in the meeting this morning that this delay, this uncertainty
-- I say irresponsibility -- is adding about two percent a
year to the cost of Government. If you take a $200 billion
budget, two percent of that is $4 billion a year. That
certainly is something that we ought to find a better answer
to than just going through the motions like we are.
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Q
Has the continuing resolution been introduced?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Yes. The House Committee on
Appropriations has recommended a continuing resolution which
is on the Floor of the House at Noon today and there will be
an effort made by some to add some $600 million to it which
will again in part blow the lid off of the spending limitation
which Congress has previously approved.
As I understand it, there is serious opposition in
the Senate to this kind of action by the House because if the
House does this and they force it through the Senate, it means
that the House has pre-empted the right of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations and the Senate itself to determine what the
spending should be in a very important area of our Federal
budget.
Q
Mr. Ford, you suggested a couple of weeks ago
that it is the Democrats who are dragging their feet. Do you
still feel that way?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Certainly in the enactment of
appropriation bills the record is crystal clear. This is not
exclusively the problem of the Appropriations Committee because
in many, many instances there is no affirmative action on
authorization bills.
Let me give you several examples: In the case of
Foreign Aid, the authorizing committee in the House has not
yet completed its mark-up on the Foreign Aid Bill, much less
action either in the House or Senate.
In the case of the Military Procurement Bill the
House and Senate Armed Services Committees are in conference
now. But you cannot bring out the appropriations bill until
there is some action on the authorization.
So you cannot point out the Committee on Appropriations.
I think the Congress as a whole is at fault and for that reason
I think we ought to move to a five day at the minimum and
possibly six days a week session.
Q
We have been told again and again that the
President thinks it is unwise for the press or the Congress
to speculate on his November 3rd speech. Has he explained why
he doesn't want the speculation? Does he feel it will raise
expectations to the point they cannot be satisfied? What harm
does it do to speculate, in the President's opinion?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: I think it is more important to
get the facts and the program from the man who has the
GERALD LIBRARY FORD
responsibility for the implementation and execution of our
policy in Vietnam.
For that reason, I think he is cautioning us not to
speculate.
Q
What harm does it do?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Let me put it the other way: What
good does it do? I don't think it does any good because on
some occasions it might raise false hopes and on the other it
might mislead the enemy as to what the President might say.
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Overall, I think it is better to wait until the
Commander in Chief makes this report to 200 million Americans.
Q
Would you say this is a breakdown in leadership
of the House Members on the Committees as well as the House
Majority?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: I think the Congress. as a whole
must share the blame.
Q
Republicans, too?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Although we don't control the
mechanisms, because we are in the minority, I think all of
us, Democrats and Republicans, ought to put our noses to the
grindstone and get this legislative program, that recommended
by the President, to the desk of the President for his affirma-
tive action.
Q
Congressman Ford, did the time taken by the
Administration in revising the budget contribute at all to this
delay?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: To a very minor degree, and I
think the President, in his letter to the Vice President and to
the Leaders, indicates that if there is any blame on the part of
the White House, they are willing to accept it, but the time has
come now for joint action. It is the same attitude the President
took in his message to the Congress a week ago Monday where he
said, forget about who is to blame, let's get the job done.
Q
Are you saying in the SALT talks that the U. S.
will bring up political issues at the outset?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: As I understand it those talks
will be specifically limited to the disarmament problems. But
you cannot help but have these other political problems that
are involved between the United States and the Soviet Union
in the overall picture.
Q Whose idea is this, though, Congressman? Is it
the President's idea to expand the SALT talks?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: No. It is just that I think we have
to be mature enough to understand that all issues have to be
kept in proper perspective. The arms talks are limited to that
but there are other areas of disagreement that ought to be
continuously discussed between the Soviet Union and us.
Q
Does the President envision this type of
LIBRARY GERALD FORD
dialogue?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Yes, I think the President expects
to continue the dialogue with the Soviet Union as to their
involvement in Vietnam, as to their interest in the Middle East,
as to their interest in all other parts of the world.
Q
At Helsinki?
SENATOR SCOTT: Not necessarily there. This might
occur at other places.
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Q
Are you suggesting that progress towards the
arms limitations will depend on progress in other areas such as
the Middle East?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Not necessarily, but this dialogue
will go on at all times.
Q
There has been a great deal of caution on the
part of Secretary Rogers on his pronouncements on this, both
in New York when he met with Gromyko and since that, to take
extreme care about any speculation about a political negotiating
dialogue as they relate to the disarmament talks and his caution
there? As he g.ve it to us, and these were on-the-record state-
ments, was to the effect that any suggestion that we might enlarge
these things or might take on a political discussion would leave
both sides vulnerable to suspect the other of making a
propaganda machine of it.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: I thought I was crystal clear in
saying that the talks at Helsinki would be on arms matters. But
on the whole spectrum of what we have, the Middle East and
Vietnam will continue to be on the agenda of both Governments.
Q Did Judge Haynsworth's chances come up today and
if so, how do you reckon them?
SENATOR SCOTT: They were not discussed.
Now, on the arms limitations matter -- (Laughter.)
I think the President makes a very good point and that
is that this Administration is not beginning these talks from
a concrete, fixed, immovable position, but that there are a
number of basic positions which the Administration has, which
it has cleared with its allies and associaters with which the
Joint Chiefs of Staff are familiar, and therefore the possibility
of success which we urgently want is at least to a degree
helped by the fact that 90 percent of the time can be spent in
negotiating with the Russians rather than to lose SO much time
as we have in past talks of this kind negotiating with ourselves.
Q Senator Scott, you said that the delay in
Congressional action on the appropriations bills would affect
not only the Federal Budget, but the household budget. Could you
be a little more specific as to how this will happen?
SENATOR SCOTT: Certainly, because the delay, for
example, on the extension of the surtax, the delay in the tax
relief reform bill, the delay involving a further loss to the
Government, the 2 percent variation in forecasts which Mr. Ford
mentioned, all of these things contribute to inflationary
pressures, all of these things make more difficult the holding
down of the cost of living and therefore, do have a direct impact
on the household budget.
Q
Senator Scott, have you told the President how
you are going to vote on the Haynsworth nomination?
GERALD LIBRARY FORD
SENATOR SCOTT: And as I said, they do have a direct
impact on the household budget. (Laughter.)
Q
Senator Scott, have you told the President how
you are going to vote on the Haynsworth matter?
SENATOR SCOTT: As I said, they do have a direct effect
on the household budget. (Laughter.)
END
(AT 11:34 A.M. EST)
91st Congress, 1st Session
STATUS OF REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
as of October 27, 1969
Reported
Passed
Reported
Passed
Conference
Enrolled
P.L.
No.
to House
House
to Senate
Senate
report
bill
and date
Regular 1970 appropriation bills:
Agriculture and Related
5-23
5-27
6-25
7-7
Defense
District of Columbia
Foreign Assistance and
Related
Independent Offices and HUD.
6-19
6-24
Interior and Related
7-10
7-22
9-18
9-22
10-14
10-15
Labor-HEW and Related
7-24
7-31
Legislative Branch
9-11
9-19
10-16
10-21
Military Construction
Public Works, etc. and AEC
10-2
10-8
State, Justice, Commerce,
Judiciary, and Related
7-21
7-24
Transportation
Treasury, Post Office, and
Executive Office
5-22
5-27
6-25
6-30
9-18
9-19
P.L. 91-74
9-29-69
FORD & LIBRARY
HOUSE ACTION, PERIOD OCTOBER 14 THROUGH OCTOBER 27, 1969
Tuesday, October 14, 1969
FEDERAL SALARY COMPARABILITY ACT
RULE (OPEN)
H.Res.576 was adopted by a voice vote, to provide for two hours
of debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 311 yeas to 51 nays, with 1 voting "present",
the House passed H.R. 13000, to implement the Federal employee
pay comparability system, to establish a Federal Employee
Salary Commission and a Board of Arbitration.
Prior to passage, by a record vote of 191 yeas to 169 nays, the
House agreed to the Gross amendment that requires that Congress
take affirmative action on Federal Salary Commission recommenda-
tions on congressional pay increases, and also deletes retro-
activity provisions (agreed to earlier while in the Committee
of the Whole by a teller vote of 65 yeas to 51 nays.)
RECOMMIT
The House rejected the Gross motion to recommit the bill to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service by a record vote of
81 yeas to 281 nays, with 1 voting "present".
Wednesday, October 15, 1969
VIETNAM MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
Mr. Kastenmeier's objection was heard to a unanimous-consent request
for consideration of H.Res.582, relating to demonstrations for peace.
COINAGE ACT
RULE (OPEN)
The House passed H.Res.574 by a voice vote, to provide for two
hours of debate.
HABRARY
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COINAGE ACT (Continued)
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 276 yeas to 65 nays, the House passed H.R. 14127,
to carry out the recommendations of the Joint Commission on the
Coinage.
Prior to passage, the House agreed by a voice vote to the Casey
amendment that provides that the reserve side of the Eisenhower
dollar coin contain a design which is symbolic of the Eagle
of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
Also prior to passage, the House agreed by a voice vote to the
Sullivan amendment that provides for the Secretary of the
Treasury to mint proof coins from such metals or alloys as
he deems appropriate.
RECOMMIT
By a voice vote, the House rejected a motion by Mr. McClure to
recommit the bill to the Committee on Banking and Currency with
instructions to report it back containing provisions for the
use of silver in minting.
Thursday, October 16, 1969
EXPORT CONTROL ACT
RULE (OPEN)
The House adopted H.Res.575 by a voice vote to provide for one
hour of debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 272 yeas to 7 nays, the House passed 1.4293,
to provide for continuation of authority for regulation of exports.
Prior to passage, the House agreed by a voice vote to the Brown
of Michigan amendment designed to broaden the language of the
act to include "information" and "technology" in addition to
"material" as items which if not restricted in export could
adversely affect the national security.
Also prior to passage, the House agreed to another Brown of
Michigan amendment by a voice vote, that would alter the
authority conferred on the President in the Export Control
Act of 1949 by requiring the President in regulating exports
to take into consideration the availability of a commodity
from other nations with whom we have defense treaty commitments.
GLNALD CUC
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EXPORT CONTROL ACT (Continued)
RECOMMIT
By a voice vote, the House rejected the motion by Mr. Wylie to
recommit the bill to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS
By a record vote of 326 yeas to 10 nays, the House agreed to the
conference report on H.R. 13194, to amend the Higher Education Act
of 1965 to authorize Federal market adjustment payments to lenders
with respect to insured student loans when necessary in the light
of economic conditions, in order to assure that students will
have reasonable access to such loans for financing their education.
Thus the measure was cleared for the White House.
PEACE CORPS ACT
By a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 11039,
to amend further the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612) as amended, and
sent the measure to the Senate for further action.
Monday, October 20, 1969
CONSENT CALENDAR
SUSPENSIONS (2 BILLS)
By a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 14030, to extend the authority
to transfer peanut acreage allotments.
By a record vote of 311 yeas to 12 nays, the House passed H.R. 14195,
the Federal Contested Election Act.
Tuesday, October 21, 1969
D. C. REVENUE
The House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 12982, to
provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and agreed
to a conference asked by the Senate. Appointed as conferees were
Representatives McMillan, Abernethy, Dowdy, Cabell, Nelsen, Harsha,
Broyhill of Virginia, and Hogan.
CLEAN AIR ACT
GERALD LISBURY FORD
The House insisted on its amendment to S.2276, the Clean Air Act, to
extend for one year the authroization for research relating to fuels
and vehicles under the provisions of the Clean Air Act, and agreed
to a conference asked by the Senate. Appointed as conferees were
Representatives Staggers, Jarman, Rogers of Florida, Satterfield,
Springer, Nelsen, and Carter.
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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT
RULE (OPEN)
By a voice vote, the House adopted H.Res.580, to provide for three
hours of debate.
Wednesday, October 22, 1969
HOUS ING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT Continued
The House continued consideration of H.R. 13927, relating to housing
and urban development.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION
The House insisted on its amendments to S.1857, to authorize appro-
priations for activities of the National Science Foundation pursuant
to Public Law 81-507, as amended, and agreed to a conference requested
by the Senate. Appointed as conferees were Representatives Miller
of California, Daddario, Davis of Georgia, Brown of California,
Fulton of Pennsylvania, Bell and Mosher.
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT COMMISSION
The House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R.474, to
establish a Commission of Government Procurement, and asked for a
conference with the Senate. Appointed as conferees were Representa-
tives Holifield, St. Germain, and Horton.
Thursday, October 23, 1969
SAVINGS BONDS
The House considered by unanimous consent and passed by a voice vote,
H.R. 14020, to amend the Second Liberty Bond Act to increase the
maximum interest rate permitted on United States Savings Bonds.
CHILD PROTECTION ACT
The House agreed to the conference report on S.1689, to amend the
Federal Hazardous Substances Act to protect children from toys and
other articles intended for use by children which are hazardous
due to the presence of electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazards,
and returned the measure to the Senate for further action.
GERALD FORD LIBRATT
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LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
The House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 13762,
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1970, and agreed to a conference asked by
the Senate. Appointed as conferees were Representatives Andrews
of Alabama, Steed, Kirwan, Yates, Casey, Mahon, Andrews of North
Dakota, Langen, Reifel, Wyman and Bow.
A privileged motion was ordered that the conferees on behalf of
the House be instructed to support the position of the Senate
on Senate amendment No. 251, regarding funding for the west
front of the Capitol.
Subsequently, a preferential motion was made to lay on the table
the motion to instruct conferees (agreed to by a record vote of
199 yeas to 165 nays.)
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT Continued
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 339 year to 9 nays, with } voting "present"
the House passed 11. R. 13827, to amend and extend laws relating
to housing and urban development.
Prior to passage, on a request for a separate vote, the House
agreed to the Anderson of Illinois amendment that directs the
Secretary of HUD that there will be no restructions or restraints
on use of new technology in home construct except where such
restraint is necessary to insure safety and healthful working
conditions (agreed to earlier while in the committee of the
whole by a teller vote of 130 yeas to 93 nays).
Also prior to passage, on a request for a separate vote, the
House agreed to the Teague of Texas amendment to the committee
amendment (extends until October 1971 the authority of the VA
Administrator to set maximum interest rates of veteran loans),
and the Brock amendment to the committee amendment (extends until
October 1971 the authority of the Administrator of FHA to
establish interest rates on FHA loans) agreed to by a division
vote of 163 yeas to 43 nays.
RECOMMTT
The House agreed by a division vote of 116 yeas to 92 nays, to the
Weicker motion to recommit the bill with instructions to report
it back with language that provides for construction of an equal
number of dwellings as have been removed in urban renewal projects.
GERALD FORM
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Monday, October 27, 1969
DISTRICT DAY (5 BILLS)
The House passed the following bills by voice votes:
H.R.13837
To amend Healing Arts Practice Act
H.R.12673
To authorize blood banks to transfer blood couponents
H.R.9257
To amend the laws with respect to the parking or storage
of motor vehicles
H.R.13564
To eliminate straw party deeds in joint tenancies
H.R.13565
To validate certain deeds improperly acknowledged or
executed
FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT
RULE (OPEN)
The House agreed to H.Res.854 by a voice vot.e, to provide for three
hours of debate.
The House began general debate on H.R.13950, the Federal Coal Mine
Health Safety Act of 1969. Upon conclusion of general debate, the
bill was read for amendment.
Tuesday and Balance of Week
H..l.Res.
Making continuing appropriations for FY 1970
H.R.13950
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969
(continue consideration under 5 minute rule)
H.R.14001
Selective Service Amendment Act of 1969
(open rule - four hours of debate)
H.R.14252
Drug Abuse Education Act of 1969
(subject to a rule being granted)
H.R.4244
Pertaining to the Administrative Conference of the
United States (open rule - one hour of debate)
GERALD LIBRASY FORD
MINORITY LEADER
United States
house of Representatives
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 28, 1969
Dear Congressman Ford:
My great respect and regard for the leadership of the
Congress and of the Senate and House Appropriations
Committees make me extremely reluctant to send this
letter.
I must, however, call attention to an impending crisis
in the handling of the Nation's financial affairs. We
are already almost four months into the new fiscal year.
Only the second appropriation bill has come to me for
signature. Authorizing legislation still lags. For the
country the situation is fast becoming intolerable.
The Executive Branch has already begun the preparation
of the 1971 budget. Under the law, this budget must
be submitted in January. It must be completed, there-
fore, in December. But unless the Congressional pace
is sharply accelerated, it is clear that many appropri-
ation bills will not pass in time for Federal agencies
to assemble the voluminous details necessary to meet
the budget deadlines.
To array and print the vast amount of technical detail
required by the Congress in time to meet this schedule,
Congressional action on appropriation bills must be
substantially completed within the next few weeks. If
this is not done, it may be impossible for me to trans-
mit the 1971 budget in January.
The Nation clearly has a right to question a Government
which cannot conduct its financial affairs in an effi-
cient manner. I urgently request your cooperation,
therefore, in securing swift action by the Congress on
the pending 1970 appropriation bills. Otherwise we will
be frustrated in our efforts to move ahead efficiently
on the 1971 budget.
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I write in this vein neither to criticize the Congress
for delay nor to exonerate the Executive Branch for
delay. At this critical point in the appropriations
and budgetary process I am less interested in why we
are where we are than I am in where we now seem to be
headed. I am confident that you share these concerns.
This same letter is being sent to the President of the
Senate, Speaker of the House, the Majority and Minority
Leaders of both Houses, and the Chairmen and senior
Minority Members of the Senate and House Appropriations
Committees.
Sincerely,
Richard Mifor
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
Minority Leader
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
FORD & LIBRARY 076833
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 28, 1969
Dear Congressman Ford:
My great respect and regard for the leadership of the
Congress and of the Senate and House Appropriations
Committees make me extremely reluctant to send this
letter.
I must, however, call attention to an impending crisis
in the handling of the Nation's financial affairs. We
are already almost four months into the new fiscal year.
Only the second appropriation bill has come to me for
signature. Authorizing legislation still lags. For the
country the situation is fast becoming intolerable.
The Executive Branch has already begun the preparation
of the 1971 budget. Under the law, this budget must
be submitted in January. It must be completed, there-
fore, in December. But unless the Congressional pace
is sharply accelerated, it is clear that many appropri-
ation bills will not pass in time for Federal agencies
to assemble the voluminous details necessary to meet
the budget deadlines.
To array and print the vast amount of technical detail
required by the Congress in time to meet this schedule,
Congressional action on appropriation bills must be
substantially completed within the next few weeks. If
this is not done, it may be impossible for me to trans-
mit the 1971 budget in January.
The Nation clearly has a right to question a Government
which cannot conduct its financial affairs in an effi-
cient manner. I urgently request your cooperation,
therefore, in securing swift action by the Congress on
the pending 1970 appropriation bills. Otherwise we will
be frustrated in our efforts to move ahead efficiently
on the 1971 budget.
CORD
LIBRARY
2
I write in this vein neither to criticize the Congress
for delay nor to exonerate the Executive Branch for
delay. At this critical point in the appropriations
and budgetary process I am less interested in why we
are where we are than I am in where we now seem to be
headed. I am confident that you share these concerns.
This same letter is being sent to the President of the
Senate, Speaker of the House, the Majority and Minority
Leaders of both Houses, and the Chairmen and senior
Minority Members of the Senate and House Appropriations
Committees.
Sincerely,
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
Minority Leader
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
MINORITY LEADER
United States
House of Representatives
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GERALD LIGAREY R.FORD
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
OF
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
REA MELIVERE DEPARTMENT ONE
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20201
OCT 28 1969
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear M Darry Day
This is in response to your request for clarification of the
Administration's views on proposed Continuing Resolutions to
authorize spending for education programs at the increased rate
voted by the House in HEW's Departmental appropriation bill.
The President has stated repeatedly that he will not permit
Federal expenditures in 1970 to exceed a total of $192.9 billion
for the Government as a whole. He has also emphasized that he
will not consider the question of Congressional increases over
the budget until action on all appropriations bills is completed.
These two firm positions should make it clear that whatever action
Congress takes, the President's policy would not permit an immediate
decision to spend over the budget.
Sincerely,
Secretary
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HEALTH.
EDUCATION SECTION
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20201
U.S.A.
OCT 28 1969
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Ford:
This is in response to your request for clarification of the
Administration's views on proposed Continuing Resolutions to
authorize spending for education programs at the increased rate
voted by the House in HEW's Departmental appropriation bill.
The President has stated repeatedly that he will not permit
Federal expenditures in 1970 to exceed a total of $192.9 billion
for the Government as a whole. He has also emphasized that he
will not consider the question of Congressional increases over
the budget until action on all appropriations bills is completed.
These two firm positions should make it clear that whatever action
Congress takes, the President's policy would not permit an immediate
decision to spend over the budget.
Sincerely,
Bob
Secretary