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    "ocrText": "These documents were scanned from Box 107 of the Robert T. Hartmann Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nMARCH 28, 1972\nOFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOF\nSENATOR HUGH SCOTT\nAND\nCONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nTHE BRIEFING ROOM\n10:25 A.M. EST\nMR. ZIEGLER: The Leadership meeting this morning\nlasted over two hours. The meeting was devoted to an assess-\nment of the legislation now before the Congress, a review of\nthe status of the legislation, and also a discussion of the\neconomy and the President's economic program.\nSenator Scott and Congressman Ford will give you\na report. Senator Scott.\nSENATOR SCOTT: There was considerable discussion\nthis morning on the status of legislation in the Congress,\nand while some legislation has come down, such as the tax\nreform and Selective Service legislation, most of the major\nrequests of the President have been deferred by the congres-\nsional Majority, which has been spinning its wheels and\nbusily conducting a number of footless and quasi-irrelevant\ninvestigations for the purpose of concealing their real\ninactivity on the matters which affect the people of this\ncountry.\nThe need is for the revenue sharing programs, for\nwelfare reforms. If some of you have seen one of the news\nmagazines, you will notice about one-fourth of the people on\nwelfare are either receiving money they are not entitled\nto or not receiving as much as they are entitled to, and we\nneed this welfare reform. We need revenue sharing. We need\nGovernment reorganization. We need higher education legis-\nlation.\nWe need all of these things which are being in-\nappropriately delayed by a politically minded Congress.\nAfter all, this is 1972. Both parties, of course, are\nsubject to the charge of being terribly politically involved.\nIt is a bad time to get good legislation. There is only\nabout three months before the Democrats meet in apologia\nat Miami Beach to explain, in the vicinity of Ringling\nBrothers, Barnum & Bailey, their reasons for offering rival\nattractions.\nCONGRESSMAN FORD: That is a very hard act to\nfollow, Hugh. (Laughter)\nLet me just supplement a comment or two by Senator\nScott on the legislative program.\nIn January of 1971, the President asked the Congress\nto act on welfare reform, revenue sharing, Government reorgani-\nzation, and shortly thereafter he urged the Congress to act\nMORE\n- 2 -\nFORD R. GERALO LIBHANY\non crippling strike legislation in the transportation field,\nand nothing has happened in any one of these areas.\nThis is almost a year and a half after the Presi-\ndent's recommendations. We are getting down to the wire on\nhow much longer time the Congress has to do something in these\nareas. Now, for the benefit of the country, I think we need\naction in each of these areas.\nIf the Congress, after this two-year span follow-\ning the President's recommendations, doesn't act, for, I think,\nvarious and sundry reasons, including politics, each of these\nissues will be potentially a political issue in the campaign\nof 1972. We would rather have the legislation, but I think\nif we don't get it out of a Democratic Congress, they are\nlegitimate areas of politics.\nNow, one other comment: We spent a considerable\namount of time on the status of the busing problem. We\nwould hope that out of the conference on the higher education\nbill and the emergency school aid bill, there could be some\naction to have a moratorium in the various courts that are\nnow in the process of acting. But it is more important to\nget out of the Committee on the Judiciary in the House, and\nI guess in the Senate, and the Education and Labor Committee\nin the House, affirmative action on the President's total\npackage so that busing can be stopped now, both by the mora-\ntorium as well as the substantive legislation, with additional\nmoney going into those disadvantaged areas where we have to\nprovide quality education.\nOne other comment: Dr. Stein did give US a review\nof the economic situation. As you know, the President indicated\nwe would have a $100 billion increase in GNP, and unemployment\ntoward the end of the year would be down to 5 percent or less,\nand that we would have the cost of living down between 2 and\n3 percent. Well, the reports are all good. Housing starts\nare up. Interest rates for the conventional mortgages are\ndeclining. Plant expenditures are up 10-1/2 percent since\nAugust. Retail sales are up. The consumer confidence index\nis very encouraging.\nIf you look at unemployment from August of 1971 to\nthe last report, we have gone from 6 percent to 5.7 percent,\nand in the area of inflation, despite the purely political\ncharge of Senator Humphrey on Sunday, where he said the cost\nof living had gone up 5 percent, that is not accurate. The\ncost of living since the imposition of the wage-price freeze\nhas gone up 1.4 percent, which, as I understand it, is a\n1.7 percent increase.\nThe program is working, and the results, I think,\nwill be increasingly evident in the months ahead.\nSENATOR SCOTT: Mr. Stein has commented, you know,\nin regard to the releases coming from the Democratic National\nCommittee, that what seems to be operating down there is\nO'Brien's Law, namely, that no good news is possible.\nQ Senator, does the President agree with you that\nthe ITT hearings are irrelevant and that votes should be\ntaken on the Kleindienst nomination?\nMORE\n- 3 -\nSENATOR SCOTT: This was not brought up this\nmorning, but I would think that most logical men and women\nwould agree that this has been a frantic exercise in continuing\nirrelevancy, non-germaneness and hearsay evidence pursued to\nthe fourth degree.\nQ\nYou referred to irrelevant investigations in\nthe plural. What else is going on that is irrelevant in\nCongress?\nSENATOR SCOTT: I think we are going to investigate\nChile next. There are investigations by Mr. Proxmire which\noccur at the rate of about three a day, as near as I can\ncount. While the Senator is waiting for his hair to grow\nback in, he is keeping himself busy being warmed by the\nGERALD R. FORD LiBHnny\ntelevision spotlights. (Laughter)\nQ\nMr. Ford, can I ask you about this optimistic\nreport on the economy? First of all, I am a little confused\nby what the \"consumer confidence index\" is.\nCONGRESSMAN FORD: Two services, one the Sindlinger\nService, which is a private professional poll-taking organiza-\ntion, and the University of Michigan group that has been\ndoing the same over the last 10 years or more, according to\nthe latest surveys made by both, the consumer confidence\nindex has been going up very encouragingly. This, of course,\nhas been one of the problems in the early days of the Presi-\ndent's new economic policy.\nBut the latest surveys are very, very encouraging.\nIf this continues, and I think it will -- I think all of\nthe forecasts, the $100 billion GNP, the 5 percent or less\nunemployment, 2 or 3 percent increase in the cost of living,\nwill all come to fruition or will be in the making by the\ntime of the election in 1972 -- it certainly will have a\nbeneficial impact on the results in November.\nQ\nCan I ask you another question in that general\narea? How do you and Senato Scott feel about the rise in\nmeat prices? Are you as happy about that as Secretary of\nAgriculture Butz is?\nCONGRESSMAN FORD: I went to the supermarket\nSaturday and it was a little discouraging. But I think,\naccording to the latest figures, there is a stabilization of\nmeat prices and the forecasts are that they will tend to fall\noff.\nThe truth is, and I think Secretary Connally is\ngetting to the root of the problem tomorrow -- he is having\nsome of the food retailers in for a meeting and he is going\nto point out, and I think effectively, that their margins\nhave been going up. That contributes as much, if not more,\nthan any increases to the farmer. The farmer only gets about\none-third, as I understand the figures, in the meat area, out\nof the total amount paid by the consumer. The profit margin\nand the mark-ups between the farmer and the consumer, that has\nbeen more of a problem than the increase to the farmer him-\nself.\nMORE\n- 4 -\nSENATOR SCOTT: The farmer's income has not been\ngoing up as fast as the city dweller, and contributing to\nthese costs, which everybody deplores, have been the in-\ncreased labor costs for transportation and processing.\nThere have been the mark-ups of innumerous middlemen, and\nas a result, eggs, if you add a little bread and coffee to\nthem at the Pierre, are about $30 a dozen. The farmer gets\nabout 30 cents a dozen for the same eggs, so I don't think\nthe farmer should bear the brunt.\nQ\nIs Connally going to tell the retailers that\nthere will be new controls or the Government is prepared\nto take some action?\nSENATOR SCOTT: Secretary Connally is going to\nsay that the Administration will be closely watching this\nwhole price situation with an eye to determining whether it\ncalls for any action along that line. He will go into more\ndetail on that tomorrow.\nBut the actual cost of living and the inflation\nindex are both slowing down. The rise in food prices is\nbelieved to be a largely seasonal thing. It is certainly\nunfortunate, and I do not blame people who go to the super-\nmarket. Gerry and I both do some of our own shopping and we\nhave seen it for ourselves.\nMORE\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRARY\n- 5 -\nQ\nSenator Scott, if the inflation index is going\ndown, how do you explain the largest increase in six months in\nthe seasonally adjusted Cost of Living Index?\nSENATOR SCOTT: The GNP price deflator shows that\ninflation is going down.\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRAHY\nQ\nI asked about the Consumer Price Index.\nSENATOR SCOTT: I am probably not the one to answer\nthese economic questions because I can't balance my own check-\nbook. But the Consumer Price Index rose at a seasonally\nadjusted 1.7 percent annual rate during the August to November\nfreeze. It followed a 5.9 percent rise in 1970 and declined\n4.3 percent for all of 1971. For the three months since\nOctober, the CPI has risen at a 3.3 percent annual rate. For\nall the commodities except food the prices have risen at a\n2.1 percent annual rate from October to January and food is\nnot controlled.\nQ Senator, are you satisfied that the ITT investi-\ngation has reached its conclusions and that whatever was the\npurpose of the inquiry is over? Is that your point?\nSENATOR SCOTT: The ITT has long since climbed past\nits perihelion. Actually, they have completely lost sight of\nMr. Kleindienst. Whole days go by when his name doesn't even\nget mentioned. There is no evidence whatever to indicate that\nMr. Kleindienst is other than qualified. There has never been\nany evidence from any witness that he had any connection with\nthe contributions of ITT to the City of San Diego. There will\nbe a movement, as soon as the Committee meets in Executive Session,\nto terminate these hearings and go on with the proceedings\nalready on the calendar for the confirmation of Mr. Kleindienst.\nIf the Committee wishes to go into other matters\nlater, they will have to compete on stage with the Foreign\nRelations Committee which is slavering to get into the act\nand drooling at all corners of its collective mouth, and they\nwant front and center stage. I think Judiciary owes them that\nopportunity to perform.\nQ Then you don't think that there is any legitimacy\nin the American people finding out actually what happened in\nconnection with the charges against ITT?\nSENATOR SCOTT: There is plenty of legitimacy in\nthe American people finding out whatever happens with conglomerates\nand with the contributions of Jake the Factor relating to two\nleading Democratic candidates, with the activities of Bobby\nBaker in relation to ITT, with the settlement, mysteriously,\nof the Anheuser-Busch case in a previous Administration, follow-\ning which, six days later, the Democratic National Committee\nreceived $10,000 by no coincidence.\nIt is helpful to know whether Senator Muskie intends\nto return the money he received from Mr. Rohatyn, I believe it\nwas, an ITT contributor and a member of his campaign committee.\nYes, if you want all these things, give the public\nthe facts on all sides of it, for heaven's sake, but why hold\nup Mr. Kleindienst as hostage to the political prejudices of\nLarry O'Brien's four horsemen.\nMORE\n- 6 -\nQ\nDo you know when you and Senator Mansfield\nwill go to China?\nSENATOR SCOTT: I don't know yet. We are working\non dates. Maybe late in April; something like that.\nQ\nYou predicted that the President's GNP, unem-\nployment and inflation forecast would all come to fruition\nby the '72 election. Is this Dr. Stein's forecast also?\nCONGRESSMAN FORD: He did not talk about it in those\nterms, but he did indicate that all of the prophets of doom\nand gloom who had some reservations about the Administration's\nforecasts in these three areas were now changing their tune\nand agreeing with the Administration that these objectives\nprobably would be accomplished in 1972.\nQ\nIs the election the goal?\nCONGRESSMAN FORD: No. The President's forecasts\nin his economic message were at the end of calendar year 1972.\nDr. Stein talked about those objectives in relation-\nship to the end of '72. I interjected the November date and\nI think history tells us that if all of those objectives are\nbeing achieved by the end of 1972, they will have an impact\non the November election. I think all of the indicators are\nmoving in that direction and they definitely will be favorable\nfrom the point of view of the Administration politically.\nMORE\nGERALD LIBRARY P. FORD\n- 7 -\nSENATOR SCOTT: I think the American people are\nentitled to know something else, too: that is, whether or\nnot the Senate and the Judiciary Committee can be held cap-\ntive by the political activities and aspirations of four\nSenators for an indefinite period, one of whom suggested\ngoing on for at least six months, on television last night;\nwhether or not the American people are not entitled to know\nwhether a Cabinet officer nominated by the President is\nentitled to have his nomination debated on the Floor of the\nSenate, or whether it is to be indefinitely filibustered and\nstalled.\nThe American people are entitled to know whether\nor not the Senate Judiciary Committee is being used for\npolitical purposes or whether this is a genuine investigation.\nThe American people are entitled to know that 32\npercent of the testimony has been made necessary by a single\nSenator. The American people are entitled to know whether\nMrs. Beard, for example, is to be further harassed or whether\nor not the rest of her testimony can be obtained by inter-\nrogatories, and that aspect of the investigation which has\nno relevance to Mr. Kleindienst can also be concluded.\nQ\nSenator Scott, if Richard Kleindienst did go\nbefore the Senate and his confirmation would be considered,\ndo you think he would be confirmed now?\nSENATOR SCOTT: Yes, I think he would be confirmed.\nI think various Presidential candidates have lost their nerve\nunder the usual question and answer period, and one by one,\neach of them are abdicating themselves and abdicating their\nresponsibility. I have forgotten which one, there are so\nmany, but one of them indicated he didn't know what the facts\nwere, but he didn't think he would vote for him.\nI remember who he was now. The one who can't\nmake up his mind.\nFORD R. LIBRARY GERALD\nQ\nWhy don't you name him?\nSENATOR SCOTT: Muskie. He said maybe he would\nchange his mind when he got back to the Senate. There is a\ngood deal of that going on. They are simply trying to give\nthe popular answer to the kind of questioners that they have\nto submit to. This whole business of running for political\noffice is a little degrading anyway, because all of us at\ntimes do some indulging in a similar form of jackassery.\nQ\nAre you up this time?\nSENATOR SCOTT: I am not up this time. That is why\nI can probably be so candid about it. But jackassery it is,\nand I so designate it.\nTHE PRESS: Thank you.\nEND\n(AT 10:45 A.M. EST)\nFORD of GERALO LIBRARY\n1. Welfare Reform (H.R. 1) -- Passed by House last session.\n2. General Revenue Sharing -- Ways & Means -- Final committee vote due April 11\non Mills version.\n3. Six Special Revenue Sharing Proposals\nLaw Enforcement S.R.S. -- Judiciary\nManpower S.R.S. - Education & Labor\nUrban Community Development S.R.S. -- Banking & Currency\nRural Community Development S.R.S. -- Government Operations\nTransportation S.R.S. -- Ways & Means\nEducation S.R.S. -- Education & Labor\n4. Four Reorganization Bills -- Government Operations - Overview Hearings Completed\nagree\nDept. of Community Development --- Hearings continuing\nNo action on others expected this session.\n5. Health Insurance Partnership -- Ways & Means\n6. Health Maintenance Organizations ---- Interstate & Foreign Commerce\n7. National Crippling Strikes Prevention --- Interstate & Foreign Commerce\n8. Pension Reform -- Ways & Means\n9. Busing -- Student Transportation Moratorium -- Judiciary\n10. Busing -- Equal Educational Opportunities -- Ed. & Labor -- Full Committee\nHearings begun March 27.\n11. Minimum Wage -- Education & Labor\n12. Fourteen Appropriation Bills - Appropriations\nUrgent Supplemental passed House March 14, 1972.\n1972 Supplemental to be reported soon after Easter Recess.\nOne regular Appropriation -- Legislative -- passed House March 23, 1972.\n13 regular Appropriation bills still in committee.\n3/28\n1. Welfare Reform H.R. 1 -- Passed by House last session\nWays & Means - Final tall comm. vote due / On\n2. General Revenue Sharing / Mills version draft-bill April 11.\nRive Six\n3. Kner Special Revenue Sharing Proposals\nLaw Enforcement S.R.S. - Judiciary -\nManpower S.R.S. - Ed & Labor\nFORD of LIBRARY GERALO\nUrban Community Development S.R.S. - Bank & Curr. -\nGovt. Ops.\nRural Community Development S.R.S. - -\nTransportation S.R.S. - Ways & Means -\nEducation S.R.S. -- Educ. & Labor --\n4. Four Reorganization Bills - Govt. Ops. - Overview Hearings Completed\nDept. of Community Development -- Hearings continuing\nNo action on others expected this session.\n5. Health Insurance Partnership -- Ways & Means --\n6. Health Maintainance Organizations -- Int. & For. Commerce --\n7. National Crippling Strikes Prevention -- Int. & For. Commerce --\n8. Pension Reform -- Ways & Means --\n9. Busing -- EN Student Transportation Moratorium -- Judiciary --\nFull Comm.\n10. Busing -- Eqqal Educational Opportunities -- Educ. & Labor -- /Hearings be-\ngun Mar.27\n11. Minimum Wage - Educ. & Labor --\nFourteen\n12./Appropriation Bills -- Appropriations\nUrgent Supplemental Bassed House March 14\n1972 Supplemental to be reported soon after Easter Recess\nOne regular Approp. -- Legislative - passed House March March 23\n13 regular Approp. bills still in committee.\nHOUSE ACTION, PERIOD MARCH 7, 1972 THROUGH MARCH 27, 1972\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nTuesday, March 7, 1972\nTHE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE PRIVATE CALENDAR\nINDIANS\nBy a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 602,\nto provide for the disposition of judgment funds awarded the Con-\nfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation,\nMontana, clearing the measure for Senate action.\nINDIANS\nBy a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 671,\nto provide for division and for the disposition of the funds in favor\nof certain members of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana,\nclearing the measure for Senate action.\nWednesday, March 8, 1972\nHIGHER EDUCATION\nThe House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of\nthe House to S. 659, omnibus education amendments of 1972, and asked\na conference with the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives\nPerkins, Green of Oregon, Thompson of New Jersey, Dent, Pucinski,\nDaniels of New Jersey, Brademas, Hawkins, Scheuer, Meeds, Burton,\nMazzoli, Quie, Bell, Reid, Erlenborn, Dellenback, Esch, Steiger of\nWisconsin, and Hansen of Idaho.\nBy a record vote of 272 yeas to 139 nays, the House agreed to a motion\nby Mr. Ruth to instruct conferees to insist on the House antibusing\namendments.\nBy a record vote of 139 yeas to 270 nays, the House rejected a\nmotion by Mr. Perkins to table the previous motion.\nPUBLIC DEBT LIMIT\nThe House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 12910, to pro-\nvide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and agreed to\na conference asked by the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representa-\ntives Mills of Arkansas, Ullman, Burke of Massachusetts, Griffiths,\nByrnes of Wisconsin, Betts, and Schneebeli.\nEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY\nBy a record vote of 303 yeas to 110 nays, the House agreed to the con-\nference report on H.R. 1746, to further promote equal employment oppor-\ntunities for American workers.\n(MORE)\n-L-\nWednesday, March 8, 1972 (continued)\nTRANSPO 72\nGERATO FORD LIBRARY\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 879, providing one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 279 yeas to 109 nays, the House passed H.R. 11624,\nto authorize additional funds for the conduct of an international\naeronautical exposition.\nSubsequently, this passage was vacated, and an identical Senate-passed\nbill, S. 3244, was passed in lieu, clearing the measure for the\nPresident.\nThursday, March 9, 1972\nMARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 878, providing one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 362 yeas to 10 nays, the House passed H.R. 10420,\nto protect marine mammals and to establish a Marine Mammal Commission.\nHEALING ART\nThe House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 8589, to\nrevise the composition of the Commission on Licensure To Practice\nthe Healing Art, and agreed to a conference asked by the Senate.\nAppointed as conferees: Representatives Stuckey, Jacobs, Mikva,\nNelsen, and Broyhill of Virginia.\nMonday, March 13, 1972\nPUBLIC DEBT LIMIT\nObjection was heard to a unanimous-consent request for the considera-\ntion of the conference report on H.R. 12910, to provide for a temporary\nincrease in the public debt limit.\n(MORE)\n-3-\nR.\nFORD\nGERALD\nMonday, March 13, 1972 (continued)\nDISTRICT DAY (4 BILLS)\nThe House considered and passed the following legislation pertaining\nto the District of Columbia:\nUtilities relocation costs: H.R. 13533, to provide for the reim-\nbursement of public utilities in the District of Columbia for\ncertain costs resulting from urban renewal and Federal-aid system\nprograms.\nReservoirs: S. 1362 (In lieu of H.R. 9802), to authorize the Com-\nmissioner of the District of Columbia to enter into contracts\nfor the payment of the District's equitable portions of the costs\nof reservoirs on the Potomac River and its tributaries.\nPersonnel records: H.R. 11773, to exclude the personnel records,\nhome addresses, and telephone numbers of the officers and members\nof the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbis\nfrom the records open to public inspection, amended.\nEvidence: H.R. 12410, to provide for the evidentiary use of prior\ninconsistent statements by witnesses in trials in the District\nof Columbia, amended (passed by a record vote of 291 yeas to 33\nnays).\nTuesday, March 14, 1972\nSUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION\nBy a record vote of 364 yeas to 16 nays, the House passed H.J.Res. 1097,\nmaking certain urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal\nyear 1972.\nDRUG BILL PAPERS\nHouse agreed to S. Con. Res. 68, authorizing preparation and signing\nof official duplicate conference papers on S. 2097, to establish an\noffice to supervise and promote better coordination of Federal pro-\ngrams to combat drug abuse.\nPRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE -- FOREIGN AID\nMessage transmitting legislation which would authorize funding for\nthe President's foreign-aid proposals. Referred to the Committee\non Foreign Affairs.\n-4-\nof\nFORD\nWednesday, March 15, 1972\nGERALO\nPUBLIC DEBT LIMIT\nBy a record vote of 237 yeas to 150 nays, the House agreed to the\nconference report on H.R. 12910, to provide for a temporary in-\ncrease in the public debt limit, clearing the measure for Senate\naction.\nNATIONAL ARBOR DAY\nHouse passed II. J. Res. 563, to authorize the President to proclaim\nthe last Friday of April 1972, as \"National Arbor Day\".\nFATHER'S DAY\nThe House passed H. J. Res. 687, to authorize the President to designate\nthe third Sunday in June of each year as Father's Day.\nNATIONAL CHECK YOUR VEHICLE EMISSION MONTH\nThe House passed H. J. Res. 1095, authorizing and requesting the\nPresident to proclaim April 1972 as \"National Check Your Vehicle\nEmission Month\".\nPAN-AMERICAN DAY\nThe House agreed to H. Res. 899, relative to the celebration of Pan-\nAmerican Day.\nRAIL PASSENGER SERVICE\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 898, providing one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 312 yeas to 63 nays, with one voting \"present,\"\n(Rousselot) the House passed H.R. 11417, to provide financial\nassistance to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for\nthe purpose of purchasing railroad equipment.\nRECOMMIT\nBy a voice vote, the House rejected a motion by Mr. Collins to re-\ncommit the bill to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.\nPrior to final passage, by a record teller vote of 235 ayes to 136\nnoes the House agreed to an amendment by Mr. Schmitz to the com-\nmittee amendment that provides for all officers paid in excess of\n$60,000 be paid only from net profits of the corporation.\n-5-\nlat FORD GERALD LIBRARY\nThursday, March 16, 1972\nINDIANS\nThe House agreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 10390,\nto extend the life of the Indian Claims Commission, with an\namendment, and returned the measure to the Senate for further\naction.\nDRUG ABUSE PREVENTION\nBy a record vote of 366 yeas, the House agreed to the conference\nreport on S. 2097, to establish an office to supervise and pro-\nmote better coordination of Federal programs to combat drug abuse,\nclearing the measure for Senate action.\nCAPITOL SECURITY\nThe House agreed to H. Con. Res. 550, providing for the installation\nof security apparatus for the protection of the Capitol complex.\nIMMIGRANT VISAS\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 877, providing one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 9615, to make additional\nimmigrant visas available for certain foreign countries.\nPrior to final passage, by a division vote of 21 yeas to 64 nays,\nthe House rejected an amendment by Mr. Dennis that would have\nlimited the fifth preference category to unmarried brothers and\nsisters of U.S. citizens.\nMANPOWER TRAINING CONTRACTS\nBy a voice vote, the House passed S. 3054, to amend the Manpower De-\nvelopment and Training Act of 1962. Subsequently, agreed to an\namendment that contained the language of H.R. 11570, as passed by\nthe House on December 6, 1971.\nThe House insisted on its amendment to S. 3054, to amend the Manpower\nDevelopment and Training Act of 1962, and asked a conference with\nthe Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Perkins,\nDaniels of New Jersey, Meeds, Quie, and Esch.\n(MORE)\n-6-\nFORD R. GERALD LIBRARY\nThursday, March 16, 1972 (continued)\nPRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--SCIENCE DISCOVERIES\nReceived and read a message from the President regarding science and\ntechnological ingenuities of American mankind--referred to the Com-\nmittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.\nMonday, March 20, 1972\nTHE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE CONSENT CALENDAR\nPRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES\nBUSING -- Message received from the President transmitting proposed\nlegislation which would seek to provide equal education opportunity\nfor all students, and place a moratorium on any new busing orders\nby the Federal courts--referred to the Committee of the Whole House\non the State of the Union.\nMINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE -- Message received from the President\nurging the approval of Minority Enterprise Small Business Invest-\nment Act of 1972, budget request for the Office of Minority Business\nEnterprise, and a variety of other small business legislation which\nwould aid minority enterprise--referred to the Committee on Banking\nand Currency.\nSUSPENSIONS - (4 Bills)\nThe House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following bills:\nVocational rehabilitation: H.R. 8395, to extend and revise the au-\nthorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation\nservices and to authorize grants for rehabilitation services to\nthose with severe disabilities, amended (passed by a record vote\nof 327 yeas).\nHague Conference: H.R. 11948, to amend the joint resolution authorizing\nappropriations for participation by the United States in the Hague\nConference on Private International Law and the International (Rome)\nInstitute for the Unification of Private Law (passed by a record vote\nof 315 yeas to 18 nays).\nIndustrial property: H.J. Res. 984, to amend the joint resolution\nproviding for U.S. participation in the International Bureau for the\nProtection of Industrial Property, amended (passed by a voice vote).\nUniform Time Act: H.R. 4174, to amend the Uniform Time Act to allow\nan option in the adoption of advanced time in certain cases, amended\n(passed by a record vote of 332 yeas to 7 nays). Subsequently, this\npassage was vacated, and a similar Senate-passed bill, S. 904, was\npassed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the\nHouse bill as passed.\n-7-\nTuesday, March 21, 1972\nGERALD LIBRARY FORD\nTHE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE PRIVATE CALENDAR\nDOLLAR VALUE\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 900, providing one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 342 yeas to 43 nays, with one voting \"present\",\n(Collins of Texas), the House passed H.R. 13120, to provide for\na modification in the par value of the dollar.\nSubsequently, this passage was vacated, and an identical Senate-\npassed bill, S. 3160, was passed in lieu.\nWednesday, March 22, 1972\nRADIO FREE EUROPE\nBy a voice vote, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 18,\nto provide assistance to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, clearing\nthe measure for Senate action.\nSICKLE CELL ANEMIA\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 904, providing one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 391 yeas, the House passed H.R. 13592, to pro-\nvide for the prevention of sickle cell anemia.\nSubsequently, this passage was vacated and a similar Senate-passed\nbill, S. 2676, was passed in lieu, after being amended to contain\nthe language of the House bill as passed.\nThursday, March 23, 1972\nLEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS\nBy a record vote of 362 yeas to 9 nays, the House passed H.R. 13955,\nmaking appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year\n1973.\nPrior to final passage, by a voice vote, the House rejected an amend-\nment by Mr. Findley that sought to cut overall expenditure for fiscal\nyear 1973 by 14 percent.\n-8-\nR.\nGERALD\nFORD\nThursday, March 23, 1972 (continued)\nLIBRARY\nPRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--OLDER AMERICANS\nThe House received a message from the President regarding solution\nfor meeting complex problems with older Americans--referred to the\nCommittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.\nMonday, March 27, 1972\nNAVAL SHIP LOANS\nThe House agreed to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 9526, to authorize\ncertain naval vessels loans, clearing the measure for the President.\nWATER POLLUTION\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 913, providing for four\nhours of open debate.\nThe House concluded all general debate on H.R. 11896, to amend the\nFederal Water Pollution Control Act. Consideration will continue\ntomorrow.\nJOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES\nThe House agreed to S. Con. Res. 63, to establish a Joint Committee\non Inaugural Ceremonies of 1973, thus clearing the measure. Sub-\nsequently, the Speaker appointed Representatives Albert, Boggs, and\nGerald R. Ford as House Members of the Joint Committee.\nPRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--WELFARE REFORM\nThe House received a message from the President urging the enactment\nof his plan for a total welfare reform system--referred to the Committee\non Ways and Means.\nPROGRAM AHEAD\nTuesday, March 28, 1972, and Balance of the Week\nH.R. 11896 -- Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (continue\nconsideration)\nH.R. 13188 -- Coast Guard Authorization\n(SUBJECT TO A RULE BEING GRANTED)\nH.R. 13324 -- Maritime Authorization\n(SUBJECT TO A RULE BEING GRANTED)"
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