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These documents were scanned from Box 107 of the Robert T. Hartmann Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 28, 1972
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CONFERENCE
OF
SENATOR HUGH SCOTT
AND
CONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
THE BRIEFING ROOM
10:25 A.M. EST
MR. ZIEGLER: The Leadership meeting this morning
lasted over two hours. The meeting was devoted to an assess-
ment of the legislation now before the Congress, a review of
the status of the legislation, and also a discussion of the
economy and the President's economic program.
Senator Scott and Congressman Ford will give you
a report. Senator Scott.
SENATOR SCOTT: There was considerable discussion
this morning on the status of legislation in the Congress,
and while some legislation has come down, such as the tax
reform and Selective Service legislation, most of the major
requests of the President have been deferred by the congres-
sional Majority, which has been spinning its wheels and
busily conducting a number of footless and quasi-irrelevant
investigations for the purpose of concealing their real
inactivity on the matters which affect the people of this
country.
The need is for the revenue sharing programs, for
welfare reforms. If some of you have seen one of the news
magazines, you will notice about one-fourth of the people on
welfare are either receiving money they are not entitled
to or not receiving as much as they are entitled to, and we
need this welfare reform. We need revenue sharing. We need
Government reorganization. We need higher education legis-
lation.
We need all of these things which are being in-
appropriately delayed by a politically minded Congress.
After all, this is 1972. Both parties, of course, are
subject to the charge of being terribly politically involved.
It is a bad time to get good legislation. There is only
about three months before the Democrats meet in apologia
at Miami Beach to explain, in the vicinity of Ringling
Brothers, Barnum & Bailey, their reasons for offering rival
attractions.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: That is a very hard act to
follow, Hugh. (Laughter)
Let me just supplement a comment or two by Senator
Scott on the legislative program.
In January of 1971, the President asked the Congress
to act on welfare reform, revenue sharing, Government reorgani-
zation, and shortly thereafter he urged the Congress to act
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FORD R. GERALO LIBHANY
on crippling strike legislation in the transportation field,
and nothing has happened in any one of these areas.
This is almost a year and a half after the Presi-
dent's recommendations. We are getting down to the wire on
how much longer time the Congress has to do something in these
areas. Now, for the benefit of the country, I think we need
action in each of these areas.
If the Congress, after this two-year span follow-
ing the President's recommendations, doesn't act, for, I think,
various and sundry reasons, including politics, each of these
issues will be potentially a political issue in the campaign
of 1972. We would rather have the legislation, but I think
if we don't get it out of a Democratic Congress, they are
legitimate areas of politics.
Now, one other comment: We spent a considerable
amount of time on the status of the busing problem. We
would hope that out of the conference on the higher education
bill and the emergency school aid bill, there could be some
action to have a moratorium in the various courts that are
now in the process of acting. But it is more important to
get out of the Committee on the Judiciary in the House, and
I guess in the Senate, and the Education and Labor Committee
in the House, affirmative action on the President's total
package so that busing can be stopped now, both by the mora-
torium as well as the substantive legislation, with additional
money going into those disadvantaged areas where we have to
provide quality education.
One other comment: Dr. Stein did give US a review
of the economic situation. As you know, the President indicated
we would have a $100 billion increase in GNP, and unemployment
toward the end of the year would be down to 5 percent or less,
and that we would have the cost of living down between 2 and
3 percent. Well, the reports are all good. Housing starts
are up. Interest rates for the conventional mortgages are
declining. Plant expenditures are up 10-1/2 percent since
August. Retail sales are up. The consumer confidence index
is very encouraging.
If you look at unemployment from August of 1971 to
the last report, we have gone from 6 percent to 5.7 percent,
and in the area of inflation, despite the purely political
charge of Senator Humphrey on Sunday, where he said the cost
of living had gone up 5 percent, that is not accurate. The
cost of living since the imposition of the wage-price freeze
has gone up 1.4 percent, which, as I understand it, is a
1.7 percent increase.
The program is working, and the results, I think,
will be increasingly evident in the months ahead.
SENATOR SCOTT: Mr. Stein has commented, you know,
in regard to the releases coming from the Democratic National
Committee, that what seems to be operating down there is
O'Brien's Law, namely, that no good news is possible.
Q Senator, does the President agree with you that
the ITT hearings are irrelevant and that votes should be
taken on the Kleindienst nomination?
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SENATOR SCOTT: This was not brought up this
morning, but I would think that most logical men and women
would agree that this has been a frantic exercise in continuing
irrelevancy, non-germaneness and hearsay evidence pursued to
the fourth degree.
Q
You referred to irrelevant investigations in
the plural. What else is going on that is irrelevant in
Congress?
SENATOR SCOTT: I think we are going to investigate
Chile next. There are investigations by Mr. Proxmire which
occur at the rate of about three a day, as near as I can
count. While the Senator is waiting for his hair to grow
back in, he is keeping himself busy being warmed by the
GERALD R. FORD LiBHnny
television spotlights. (Laughter)
Q
Mr. Ford, can I ask you about this optimistic
report on the economy? First of all, I am a little confused
by what the "consumer confidence index" is.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Two services, one the Sindlinger
Service, which is a private professional poll-taking organiza-
tion, and the University of Michigan group that has been
doing the same over the last 10 years or more, according to
the latest surveys made by both, the consumer confidence
index has been going up very encouragingly. This, of course,
has been one of the problems in the early days of the Presi-
dent's new economic policy.
But the latest surveys are very, very encouraging.
If this continues, and I think it will -- I think all of
the forecasts, the $100 billion GNP, the 5 percent or less
unemployment, 2 or 3 percent increase in the cost of living,
will all come to fruition or will be in the making by the
time of the election in 1972 -- it certainly will have a
beneficial impact on the results in November.
Q
Can I ask you another question in that general
area? How do you and Senato Scott feel about the rise in
meat prices? Are you as happy about that as Secretary of
Agriculture Butz is?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: I went to the supermarket
Saturday and it was a little discouraging. But I think,
according to the latest figures, there is a stabilization of
meat prices and the forecasts are that they will tend to fall
off.
The truth is, and I think Secretary Connally is
getting to the root of the problem tomorrow -- he is having
some of the food retailers in for a meeting and he is going
to point out, and I think effectively, that their margins
have been going up. That contributes as much, if not more,
than any increases to the farmer. The farmer only gets about
one-third, as I understand the figures, in the meat area, out
of the total amount paid by the consumer. The profit margin
and the mark-ups between the farmer and the consumer, that has
been more of a problem than the increase to the farmer him-
self.
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SENATOR SCOTT: The farmer's income has not been
going up as fast as the city dweller, and contributing to
these costs, which everybody deplores, have been the in-
creased labor costs for transportation and processing.
There have been the mark-ups of innumerous middlemen, and
as a result, eggs, if you add a little bread and coffee to
them at the Pierre, are about $30 a dozen. The farmer gets
about 30 cents a dozen for the same eggs, so I don't think
the farmer should bear the brunt.
Q
Is Connally going to tell the retailers that
there will be new controls or the Government is prepared
to take some action?
SENATOR SCOTT: Secretary Connally is going to
say that the Administration will be closely watching this
whole price situation with an eye to determining whether it
calls for any action along that line. He will go into more
detail on that tomorrow.
But the actual cost of living and the inflation
index are both slowing down. The rise in food prices is
believed to be a largely seasonal thing. It is certainly
unfortunate, and I do not blame people who go to the super-
market. Gerry and I both do some of our own shopping and we
have seen it for ourselves.
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GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
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Q
Senator Scott, if the inflation index is going
down, how do you explain the largest increase in six months in
the seasonally adjusted Cost of Living Index?
SENATOR SCOTT: The GNP price deflator shows that
inflation is going down.
GERALD R. FORD LIBRAHY
Q
I asked about the Consumer Price Index.
SENATOR SCOTT: I am probably not the one to answer
these economic questions because I can't balance my own check-
book. But the Consumer Price Index rose at a seasonally
adjusted 1.7 percent annual rate during the August to November
freeze. It followed a 5.9 percent rise in 1970 and declined
4.3 percent for all of 1971. For the three months since
October, the CPI has risen at a 3.3 percent annual rate. For
all the commodities except food the prices have risen at a
2.1 percent annual rate from October to January and food is
not controlled.
Q Senator, are you satisfied that the ITT investi-
gation has reached its conclusions and that whatever was the
purpose of the inquiry is over? Is that your point?
SENATOR SCOTT: The ITT has long since climbed past
its perihelion. Actually, they have completely lost sight of
Mr. Kleindienst. Whole days go by when his name doesn't even
get mentioned. There is no evidence whatever to indicate that
Mr. Kleindienst is other than qualified. There has never been
any evidence from any witness that he had any connection with
the contributions of ITT to the City of San Diego. There will
be a movement, as soon as the Committee meets in Executive Session,
to terminate these hearings and go on with the proceedings
already on the calendar for the confirmation of Mr. Kleindienst.
If the Committee wishes to go into other matters
later, they will have to compete on stage with the Foreign
Relations Committee which is slavering to get into the act
and drooling at all corners of its collective mouth, and they
want front and center stage. I think Judiciary owes them that
opportunity to perform.
Q Then you don't think that there is any legitimacy
in the American people finding out actually what happened in
connection with the charges against ITT?
SENATOR SCOTT: There is plenty of legitimacy in
the American people finding out whatever happens with conglomerates
and with the contributions of Jake the Factor relating to two
leading Democratic candidates, with the activities of Bobby
Baker in relation to ITT, with the settlement, mysteriously,
of the Anheuser-Busch case in a previous Administration, follow-
ing which, six days later, the Democratic National Committee
received $10,000 by no coincidence.
It is helpful to know whether Senator Muskie intends
to return the money he received from Mr. Rohatyn, I believe it
was, an ITT contributor and a member of his campaign committee.
Yes, if you want all these things, give the public
the facts on all sides of it, for heaven's sake, but why hold
up Mr. Kleindienst as hostage to the political prejudices of
Larry O'Brien's four horsemen.
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Q
Do you know when you and Senator Mansfield
will go to China?
SENATOR SCOTT: I don't know yet. We are working
on dates. Maybe late in April; something like that.
Q
You predicted that the President's GNP, unem-
ployment and inflation forecast would all come to fruition
by the '72 election. Is this Dr. Stein's forecast also?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: He did not talk about it in those
terms, but he did indicate that all of the prophets of doom
and gloom who had some reservations about the Administration's
forecasts in these three areas were now changing their tune
and agreeing with the Administration that these objectives
probably would be accomplished in 1972.
Q
Is the election the goal?
CONGRESSMAN FORD: No. The President's forecasts
in his economic message were at the end of calendar year 1972.
Dr. Stein talked about those objectives in relation-
ship to the end of '72. I interjected the November date and
I think history tells us that if all of those objectives are
being achieved by the end of 1972, they will have an impact
on the November election. I think all of the indicators are
moving in that direction and they definitely will be favorable
from the point of view of the Administration politically.
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SENATOR SCOTT: I think the American people are
entitled to know something else, too: that is, whether or
not the Senate and the Judiciary Committee can be held cap-
tive by the political activities and aspirations of four
Senators for an indefinite period, one of whom suggested
going on for at least six months, on television last night;
whether or not the American people are not entitled to know
whether a Cabinet officer nominated by the President is
entitled to have his nomination debated on the Floor of the
Senate, or whether it is to be indefinitely filibustered and
stalled.
The American people are entitled to know whether
or not the Senate Judiciary Committee is being used for
political purposes or whether this is a genuine investigation.
The American people are entitled to know that 32
percent of the testimony has been made necessary by a single
Senator. The American people are entitled to know whether
Mrs. Beard, for example, is to be further harassed or whether
or not the rest of her testimony can be obtained by inter-
rogatories, and that aspect of the investigation which has
no relevance to Mr. Kleindienst can also be concluded.
Q
Senator Scott, if Richard Kleindienst did go
before the Senate and his confirmation would be considered,
do you think he would be confirmed now?
SENATOR SCOTT: Yes, I think he would be confirmed.
I think various Presidential candidates have lost their nerve
under the usual question and answer period, and one by one,
each of them are abdicating themselves and abdicating their
responsibility. I have forgotten which one, there are so
many, but one of them indicated he didn't know what the facts
were, but he didn't think he would vote for him.
I remember who he was now. The one who can't
make up his mind.
FORD R. LIBRARY GERALD
Q
Why don't you name him?
SENATOR SCOTT: Muskie. He said maybe he would
change his mind when he got back to the Senate. There is a
good deal of that going on. They are simply trying to give
the popular answer to the kind of questioners that they have
to submit to. This whole business of running for political
office is a little degrading anyway, because all of us at
times do some indulging in a similar form of jackassery.
Q
Are you up this time?
SENATOR SCOTT: I am not up this time. That is why
I can probably be so candid about it. But jackassery it is,
and I so designate it.
THE PRESS: Thank you.
END
(AT 10:45 A.M. EST)
FORD of GERALO LIBRARY
1. Welfare Reform (H.R. 1) -- Passed by House last session.
2. General Revenue Sharing -- Ways & Means -- Final committee vote due April 11
on Mills version.
3. Six Special Revenue Sharing Proposals
Law Enforcement S.R.S. -- Judiciary
Manpower S.R.S. - Education & Labor
Urban Community Development S.R.S. -- Banking & Currency
Rural Community Development S.R.S. -- Government Operations
Transportation S.R.S. -- Ways & Means
Education S.R.S. -- Education & Labor
4. Four Reorganization Bills -- Government Operations - Overview Hearings Completed
agree
Dept. of Community Development --- Hearings continuing
No action on others expected this session.
5. Health Insurance Partnership -- Ways & Means
6. Health Maintenance Organizations ---- Interstate & Foreign Commerce
7. National Crippling Strikes Prevention --- Interstate & Foreign Commerce
8. Pension Reform -- Ways & Means
9. Busing -- Student Transportation Moratorium -- Judiciary
10. Busing -- Equal Educational Opportunities -- Ed. & Labor -- Full Committee
Hearings begun March 27.
11. Minimum Wage -- Education & Labor
12. Fourteen Appropriation Bills - Appropriations
Urgent Supplemental passed House March 14, 1972.
1972 Supplemental to be reported soon after Easter Recess.
One regular Appropriation -- Legislative -- passed House March 23, 1972.
13 regular Appropriation bills still in committee.
3/28
1. Welfare Reform H.R. 1 -- Passed by House last session
Ways & Means - Final tall comm. vote due / On
2. General Revenue Sharing / Mills version draft-bill April 11.
Rive Six
3. Kner Special Revenue Sharing Proposals
Law Enforcement S.R.S. - Judiciary -
Manpower S.R.S. - Ed & Labor
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Urban Community Development S.R.S. - Bank & Curr. -
Govt. Ops.
Rural Community Development S.R.S. - -
Transportation S.R.S. - Ways & Means -
Education S.R.S. -- Educ. & Labor --
4. Four Reorganization Bills - Govt. Ops. - Overview Hearings Completed
Dept. of Community Development -- Hearings continuing
No action on others expected this session.
5. Health Insurance Partnership -- Ways & Means --
6. Health Maintainance Organizations -- Int. & For. Commerce --
7. National Crippling Strikes Prevention -- Int. & For. Commerce --
8. Pension Reform -- Ways & Means --
9. Busing -- EN Student Transportation Moratorium -- Judiciary --
Full Comm.
10. Busing -- Eqqal Educational Opportunities -- Educ. & Labor -- /Hearings be-
gun Mar.27
11. Minimum Wage - Educ. & Labor --
Fourteen
12./Appropriation Bills -- Appropriations
Urgent Supplemental Bassed House March 14
1972 Supplemental to be reported soon after Easter Recess
One regular Approp. -- Legislative - passed House March March 23
13 regular Approp. bills still in committee.
HOUSE ACTION, PERIOD MARCH 7, 1972 THROUGH MARCH 27, 1972
GERALD
LIBRARY
Tuesday, March 7, 1972
THE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE PRIVATE CALENDAR
INDIANS
By a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 602,
to provide for the disposition of judgment funds awarded the Con-
federated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation,
Montana, clearing the measure for Senate action.
INDIANS
By a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 671,
to provide for division and for the disposition of the funds in favor
of certain members of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana,
clearing the measure for Senate action.
Wednesday, March 8, 1972
HIGHER EDUCATION
The House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of
the House to S. 659, omnibus education amendments of 1972, and asked
a conference with the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives
Perkins, Green of Oregon, Thompson of New Jersey, Dent, Pucinski,
Daniels of New Jersey, Brademas, Hawkins, Scheuer, Meeds, Burton,
Mazzoli, Quie, Bell, Reid, Erlenborn, Dellenback, Esch, Steiger of
Wisconsin, and Hansen of Idaho.
By a record vote of 272 yeas to 139 nays, the House agreed to a motion
by Mr. Ruth to instruct conferees to insist on the House antibusing
amendments.
By a record vote of 139 yeas to 270 nays, the House rejected a
motion by Mr. Perkins to table the previous motion.
PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT
The House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 12910, to pro-
vide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and agreed to
a conference asked by the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representa-
tives Mills of Arkansas, Ullman, Burke of Massachusetts, Griffiths,
Byrnes of Wisconsin, Betts, and Schneebeli.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
By a record vote of 303 yeas to 110 nays, the House agreed to the con-
ference report on H.R. 1746, to further promote equal employment oppor-
tunities for American workers.
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Wednesday, March 8, 1972 (continued)
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RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 879, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 279 yeas to 109 nays, the House passed H.R. 11624,
to authorize additional funds for the conduct of an international
aeronautical exposition.
Subsequently, this passage was vacated, and an identical Senate-passed
bill, S. 3244, was passed in lieu, clearing the measure for the
President.
Thursday, March 9, 1972
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 878, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 362 yeas to 10 nays, the House passed H.R. 10420,
to protect marine mammals and to establish a Marine Mammal Commission.
HEALING ART
The House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 8589, to
revise the composition of the Commission on Licensure To Practice
the Healing Art, and agreed to a conference asked by the Senate.
Appointed as conferees: Representatives Stuckey, Jacobs, Mikva,
Nelsen, and Broyhill of Virginia.
Monday, March 13, 1972
PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT
Objection was heard to a unanimous-consent request for the considera-
tion of the conference report on H.R. 12910, to provide for a temporary
increase in the public debt limit.
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FORD
GERALD
Monday, March 13, 1972 (continued)
DISTRICT DAY (4 BILLS)
The House considered and passed the following legislation pertaining
to the District of Columbia:
Utilities relocation costs: H.R. 13533, to provide for the reim-
bursement of public utilities in the District of Columbia for
certain costs resulting from urban renewal and Federal-aid system
programs.
Reservoirs: S. 1362 (In lieu of H.R. 9802), to authorize the Com-
missioner of the District of Columbia to enter into contracts
for the payment of the District's equitable portions of the costs
of reservoirs on the Potomac River and its tributaries.
Personnel records: H.R. 11773, to exclude the personnel records,
home addresses, and telephone numbers of the officers and members
of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbis
from the records open to public inspection, amended.
Evidence: H.R. 12410, to provide for the evidentiary use of prior
inconsistent statements by witnesses in trials in the District
of Columbia, amended (passed by a record vote of 291 yeas to 33
nays).
Tuesday, March 14, 1972
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
By a record vote of 364 yeas to 16 nays, the House passed H.J.Res. 1097,
making certain urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year 1972.
DRUG BILL PAPERS
House agreed to S. Con. Res. 68, authorizing preparation and signing
of official duplicate conference papers on S. 2097, to establish an
office to supervise and promote better coordination of Federal pro-
grams to combat drug abuse.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE -- FOREIGN AID
Message transmitting legislation which would authorize funding for
the President's foreign-aid proposals. Referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
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Wednesday, March 15, 1972
GERALO
PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT
By a record vote of 237 yeas to 150 nays, the House agreed to the
conference report on H.R. 12910, to provide for a temporary in-
crease in the public debt limit, clearing the measure for Senate
action.
NATIONAL ARBOR DAY
House passed II. J. Res. 563, to authorize the President to proclaim
the last Friday of April 1972, as "National Arbor Day".
FATHER'S DAY
The House passed H. J. Res. 687, to authorize the President to designate
the third Sunday in June of each year as Father's Day.
NATIONAL CHECK YOUR VEHICLE EMISSION MONTH
The House passed H. J. Res. 1095, authorizing and requesting the
President to proclaim April 1972 as "National Check Your Vehicle
Emission Month".
PAN-AMERICAN DAY
The House agreed to H. Res. 899, relative to the celebration of Pan-
American Day.
RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 898, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 312 yeas to 63 nays, with one voting "present,"
(Rousselot) the House passed H.R. 11417, to provide financial
assistance to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for
the purpose of purchasing railroad equipment.
RECOMMIT
By a voice vote, the House rejected a motion by Mr. Collins to re-
commit the bill to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Prior to final passage, by a record teller vote of 235 ayes to 136
noes the House agreed to an amendment by Mr. Schmitz to the com-
mittee amendment that provides for all officers paid in excess of
$60,000 be paid only from net profits of the corporation.
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Thursday, March 16, 1972
INDIANS
The House agreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 10390,
to extend the life of the Indian Claims Commission, with an
amendment, and returned the measure to the Senate for further
action.
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION
By a record vote of 366 yeas, the House agreed to the conference
report on S. 2097, to establish an office to supervise and pro-
mote better coordination of Federal programs to combat drug abuse,
clearing the measure for Senate action.
CAPITOL SECURITY
The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 550, providing for the installation
of security apparatus for the protection of the Capitol complex.
IMMIGRANT VISAS
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 877, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 9615, to make additional
immigrant visas available for certain foreign countries.
Prior to final passage, by a division vote of 21 yeas to 64 nays,
the House rejected an amendment by Mr. Dennis that would have
limited the fifth preference category to unmarried brothers and
sisters of U.S. citizens.
MANPOWER TRAINING CONTRACTS
By a voice vote, the House passed S. 3054, to amend the Manpower De-
velopment and Training Act of 1962. Subsequently, agreed to an
amendment that contained the language of H.R. 11570, as passed by
the House on December 6, 1971.
The House insisted on its amendment to S. 3054, to amend the Manpower
Development and Training Act of 1962, and asked a conference with
the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Perkins,
Daniels of New Jersey, Meeds, Quie, and Esch.
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FORD R. GERALD LIBRARY
Thursday, March 16, 1972 (continued)
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--SCIENCE DISCOVERIES
Received and read a message from the President regarding science and
technological ingenuities of American mankind--referred to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Monday, March 20, 1972
THE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE CONSENT CALENDAR
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES
BUSING -- Message received from the President transmitting proposed
legislation which would seek to provide equal education opportunity
for all students, and place a moratorium on any new busing orders
by the Federal courts--referred to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union.
MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE -- Message received from the President
urging the approval of Minority Enterprise Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1972, budget request for the Office of Minority Business
Enterprise, and a variety of other small business legislation which
would aid minority enterprise--referred to the Committee on Banking
and Currency.
SUSPENSIONS - (4 Bills)
The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following bills:
Vocational rehabilitation: H.R. 8395, to extend and revise the au-
thorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation
services and to authorize grants for rehabilitation services to
those with severe disabilities, amended (passed by a record vote
of 327 yeas).
Hague Conference: H.R. 11948, to amend the joint resolution authorizing
appropriations for participation by the United States in the Hague
Conference on Private International Law and the International (Rome)
Institute for the Unification of Private Law (passed by a record vote
of 315 yeas to 18 nays).
Industrial property: H.J. Res. 984, to amend the joint resolution
providing for U.S. participation in the International Bureau for the
Protection of Industrial Property, amended (passed by a voice vote).
Uniform Time Act: H.R. 4174, to amend the Uniform Time Act to allow
an option in the adoption of advanced time in certain cases, amended
(passed by a record vote of 332 yeas to 7 nays). Subsequently, this
passage was vacated, and a similar Senate-passed bill, S. 904, was
passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the
House bill as passed.
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Tuesday, March 21, 1972
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THE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE PRIVATE CALENDAR
DOLLAR VALUE
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 900, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 342 yeas to 43 nays, with one voting "present",
(Collins of Texas), the House passed H.R. 13120, to provide for
a modification in the par value of the dollar.
Subsequently, this passage was vacated, and an identical Senate-
passed bill, S. 3160, was passed in lieu.
Wednesday, March 22, 1972
RADIO FREE EUROPE
By a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 18,
to provide assistance to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, clearing
the measure for Senate action.
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 904, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 391 yeas, the House passed H.R. 13592, to pro-
vide for the prevention of sickle cell anemia.
Subsequently, this passage was vacated and a similar Senate-passed
bill, S. 2676, was passed in lieu, after being amended to contain
the language of the House bill as passed.
Thursday, March 23, 1972
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
By a record vote of 362 yeas to 9 nays, the House passed H.R. 13955,
making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year
1973.
Prior to final passage, by a voice vote, the House rejected an amend-
ment by Mr. Findley that sought to cut overall expenditure for fiscal
year 1973 by 14 percent.
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Thursday, March 23, 1972 (continued)
LIBRARY
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--OLDER AMERICANS
The House received a message from the President regarding solution
for meeting complex problems with older Americans--referred to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Monday, March 27, 1972
NAVAL SHIP LOANS
The House agreed to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 9526, to authorize
certain naval vessels loans, clearing the measure for the President.
WATER POLLUTION
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 913, providing for four
hours of open debate.
The House concluded all general debate on H.R. 11896, to amend the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Consideration will continue
tomorrow.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 63, to establish a Joint Committee
on Inaugural Ceremonies of 1973, thus clearing the measure. Sub-
sequently, the Speaker appointed Representatives Albert, Boggs, and
Gerald R. Ford as House Members of the Joint Committee.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--WELFARE REFORM
The House received a message from the President urging the enactment
of his plan for a total welfare reform system--referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
PROGRAM AHEAD
Tuesday, March 28, 1972, and Balance of the Week
H.R. 11896 -- Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (continue
consideration)
H.R. 13188 -- Coast Guard Authorization
(SUBJECT TO A RULE BEING GRANTED)
H.R. 13324 -- Maritime Authorization
(SUBJECT TO A RULE BEING GRANTED)