FOR FISCAL YEAR 1967

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 14921

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY INDEPENDENT

EXECUTIVE BUREAUS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, CORPORA-

TIONS, AGENCIES, OFFICES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FISCAL

YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1967, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

PART 2

(Pages 941 through 1921)

(Tuesday, May 24, 1966, through Tuesday, June 14, 1966)

Civil Service Commission National Science Foundation
Department of Housing and Urban Office of Science and Technology
Development Renegotiation Board
Federal Home Loan Bank Board Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Selective Service System
Corporation Testimony of Members of Congress,
General Services Administration Other Interested Individuals and
Interstate Commerce Commission Organizations

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SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

Û LISTER HILL, Alabama

-GORDON ALLOTT, Colorado

i CALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota

A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia

I MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine

RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia

ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska

SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, Florida

NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire

I JOIN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

LEVERETT SALTOXSTALL, Massachusetts

I A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma

Ex Officio

1 JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi
CARL HAYDEN, Arizona

Chairman Es Oficio

ALSO ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ACTIVITIES
1 CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa
STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri

EARL W. COOPER, Clerk to Subcommittee

HARLEY M, DIRKS, Assistant

II

INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATIONS

FOR FISCAL YEAR 1967

MONDAY, MAY 23, 1966

U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., in room S-128, U.S. Capitol, Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, chairman, presiding.

Present: Senators Magnuson, Ellender, Holland, Allott, and Young.

VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION

STATEMENT OF W. J. DRIVER, ADMINISTRATOR; ACCOMPANIED

BY C. F. BRICKFIELD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR; A. H. MONK, ASSOCIATE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR; A. T. MCANSH, ASSISTANT DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR; L. J. HOOK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR; R. H. ROCHE, JR., DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL; F. R. HOOD, DIRECTOR, INFORMATION SERVICE; J. D. SHYTLE, CONTROLLER; V. P. MILLER, DIRECTOR, BUDGET SERVICE, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR CONSTRUCTION; W. ASHBRIDGE, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR; L. G. SCHWEICKART, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR; J. C. GARVER, CHIEF, PROGRAM CONTROL DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF DATA MANAGEMENT; P. J. BUDD, CHIEF DATA MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR; D. W. KLINE, CHIEF, DDM BUDGET STAFF, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY; DR. H. M. ENGLE, CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR; DR. M. J. MUSSER, DEPUTY CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR; DR. O. K. TIMM, ASSISTANT CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; DR. B. B. WELLS, ASSISTANT CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MEDICINE; R. W. WISE, CONTROLLER, D.M. & S.; D. I. ROSEN, DIRECTOR, REPORTS AND STATISTICS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS BENEFITS; A. W. STRATTON, CHIEF BENEFITS DIRECTOR; J. C. PECKARSKY, DIRECTOR, COMPENSATION, PENSION AND EDUCATION SERVICE; J. M. DERVAN, DIRECTOR, LOAN GUARANTEE SERVICE; E. R. SILBERMAN, CONTROLLER, DVB; AND T. KIERNAN, CHIEF DIRECTOR, INSURANCE SERVICE