COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman CHET HOLIFIELD, California JOHN W. McCORMACK, Massachusetts L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan KATHRYN E. GRANAHAN, Pennsylvania CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan R. WALTER RIEHLMAN, New York FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey GEORGE M. WALLHAUSER, New Jersey JOHN B. ANDERSON, Illinois RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania F. BRADFORD MORSE, Massachusetts CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Director EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio JOHN B. ANDERSON, Illinois CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan, Ex Officio ELMER W. HENDERSON, Counsel DOLORES FEL'DOTTO, Clerk VERONICA JOHNSON, Clerk IRENE MANNING, Clerk п R.V.3.9 CONTENTS Letter from President John F. Kennedy, to Speaker Sam Rayburn, April Letter from David E. Bell, Director, Bureau of the Budget, to the President of the United States, April 27, 1961... Belknap, Paul A., chairman, Government Economy Committee, Na- tional Association of Manufacturers; accompanied by Dr. Harley L. Lutz, professor emeritus of public finance, Princeton University, and consultant in Government finance, National Association of Bell, David E., Director, Bureau of the Budget; accompanied by Harold Seidman, Acting Director, Office of Management and Organ- ization; Frederick O'R. Hayes, Commerce and Finance Division; and Norman Beckman, Office of Management and Organization___ Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the Brooks, Hon. Jack, a Representative in Congress from the State of Burke, E. J., Jr., president, National Association of Home Builders; Cunningham, Hon. Glenn, a Representative in Congress from the Daley, Hon. Richard J., mayor of Chicago, Ill. Dutton, W. C., executive director, American Institute of Planners; accompanied by Robert Gladstone, Associate, Hammer & Co. Asso- ciates; and Joseph L. Intermaggio, director of planning studies, Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, Washington, D.C... Fascell, Hon. Dante B., a Representative in Congress from the State Feldman, J. Arnold, executive director, American Veterans Commit- Huber, Curtis E., chairman, Realtors' Washington Committee, Na- 101 Keith, Nathaniel S., president, National Housing Conference_ 196 186 Lange, John D., executive director, National Association of Housing McMahon, Col. B. B., U.S. Army (retired), Alexandria, Va.---- 149 Patman, Hon. Wright, a Representative in Congress from the State Riley, George D., legislative representative, AFL-CIO. Ryan, Hon. William Fitts, a Representative in Congress from the Stucky, Conrad C., Bureau of Business and Economic Research, State Thomas, Edwin N., Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Toll, Hon. Herman, a Representative in Congress from the State of West, Hon. Ben, mayor of Nashville, Tenn.. Will, Philip, Jr., president, American Institute of Architects; accom- Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by- Anderson, Hon. John B., a Representative in Congress from the State 120 201 American Jewish Committee, New York, N.Y.: Statement_ 210 216 Belknap, Paul A., president and treasurer, Charleston Rubber Co., Excerpt from statement of David E. Bell.. Bell, David E., Director, Bureau of the Budget: Effect of departmental bill on authorized costs of top level posi- Excerpt from the President's letter to the Congress, transmitting a draft bill to establish a Department, April 18, 1961- Excerpt from the first Hoover Commission report recommenda- Excerpt from the President's message to Congress on housing - U.S. Covernment departmental supergrades, actual, fiscal year 46 Burke, E. J., Jr., president, National Association of Home Builders: Exhibit A-Resolution on Cabinet status for housing- 188 Dutton, W. C., executive director, American Institute of Planners: 123, 125 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record-Continued Farbstein, Hon. Leonard, a Representative in Congress from the State Page 204 Letter from Gordon T. Butler, executive secretary, Florida League of Municipalities, Jacksonville, Fla., to Hon. Dante B. Endorsement of American Municipal Association's 1961 policy statement re the Nation's cities and metropolitan Governors of 17 States: Telegram from Governors attending the 53d annual meeting of the Governors Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Hon. William L. Dawson, June 29, 1961- Halpern, Hon. Seymour, a Representative in Congress from the State Hillenbrand, Bernard F., executive director, National Association Excerpt from an article in the December 1959 issue of Civic Excerpt from H.R. 6433. Statement of the National Association of County Officials, 153 157 150 Excerpt from House Report No. 2533, 85th Cong., 2d sess Excerpt from statement of Mayor Richard J. Daley, Chicago, 101 Excerpt from statement of the Housing Administrator before the Excerpt from statement of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator before the House Independent Offices Appro- priations hearings for fiscal 1962. Keith, Nathaniel S., president, National Housing Conference: State- Lange, John D., executive director, National Association of Housing Excerpt from language establishing the new Department- Excerpt of letter from President Kennedy, to the Congress re 1961. Suggested amendment to H.R. 6433. Lindsay, Hon. John V., a Representative in Congress from the State Lynn, John C., legislative director, American Farm Bureau Federa- McDowell, Hon. Harris B., Jr., a Representative in Congress from 199 162 161 160 161 163 164 64 215 214 55 Excerpt from the Christian Science Monitor entitled "Property Tax Linked to Urban Blight," May 11, 1961. Morgan, Robert M., chairman, Committee on Mortgage Investments, Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record-Continued Reid, Ed E., executive director, Alabama League of Municipalities, on behalf of the American Municipal Association: Statement.. Riley, George D., legislative representative, AFL-CIO: Statement__ Ryan, Hon. William Fitts, a Representative in Congress from the State Stucky, Conrad C., Bureau of Business and Economic Research, State Thompson, Hon. Frank, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the Toll, Hon. Herman, a Representative in Congress from the State of Excerpt of letter from the president of the Philadelphia City Council, to Hon. Herman Toll, February 8, 1961. Statement__ Will, Philip, Jr., president American Institute of Architects: Excerpt from a resolution passed by American Institute of Architects calling for the establishment of a Department of Urban Affairs-- Williamson, John C., secretary-counsel, National Association of Real Younger, Hon. J. Arthur, a Representative in Congress from the |