REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1967 TO PROVIDE A BETTER GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL JULY 25, 26, AND 27, 1967 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1967 82-247 0 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska ERNEST GRUENING, Alaska JACOB K. JAVITS, New York EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee FRED R. HARRIS, Oklahoma ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York LEE METCALF, Montana JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico JAMES R. CALLOWAY, Chief Clerk and Staff Director ANN M. GRICKIS, A88istant Chief Clerk W. E. O'BRIEN, Professional Staff Member ARTHUR A, SHARP, Staj Editor 66.2 G644 CONTENTS Letter from Chairman McClellan to Senator Ribicoff, dated July 21, 1967, designating him cochairman for the purpose of conducting the hearings on Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967- Message from the President of the United States entitled “Goal for the 3 Message from the President of the United States transmitting Reorganiza- tion Plan No. of 1967 to the Congress, House Document 132.. Staff memo No. 90–1-37 dated June 7, 1967- Phillip S. Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget, accompanied by Harold Seidman, Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget.. Walter H. Tobriner, president, Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, accompanied by John B. Duncan, Commissioner, and Robert E. Mathe, Engineer Commissioner. David Carliner, cochairman, Committee To Support the President's Hon. Joseph D. Tydings, U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland.. Carl Shipley, chairman, District of Columbia Republican Committee - 117, 133 John Immer, president, Federation of Citizens Associations of the District Tilford Dudley, chairman, Democratic Central Committee, presented by Mrs. Donald Watson, District of Columbia League of Women Voters.. 141 Schuyler Lowe, former Director of General Administration, District of Royce Hanson, president, Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies-- 148 David Rusk, associate director, Washington Urban League--- 1. Grade structure at the affected levels of the District government, 76 97 98 Statements and Other Materials Submitted for the Record Telegram from the East Rock Creek Park Civic Association, dated July 28, 1967, supporting the plan.-- Statement from Carl J. Megel, legislative representative, American Feder- ation of Teachers, dated July 28, 1967, supporting the plan. Statement from Alfred S. Trask, president, American University Park Citizens Association, dated July 28, 1967, opposing the plan.... REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1967 TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1967 U.S. SENATE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room 3302, New Senate Office Building, Senator Abraham Ribicoff presiding. Present: Senators McClellan, Ribicoff, Montoya, Hansen, and Baker. Also present: James R. Calloway, chief clerk and staff director; Ann M. Grickis, assistant chief clerk; Eli E. Nobleman, professional staff member; and Arthur A. Sharp, staff editor. OPENING STATEMENT Senator RIBICOFF. The committee will be in order. This morning the Senate Committee on Government Operations begins hearings on Reorganization Plan No. 3, to provide for reorganizations in the government of the District of Columbia. Because of the deep interest in this proposal, the hearings are being held by the full committee so that all committee members may have an opportunity to participate in these deliberations. Although the distinguished chairman of this committee, Senator McClellan, hopes to participate in the proceedings, his other commitments do not permit him to chair this set of hearings. Consequently, he has appointed me cochairman for these hearings. I want to express my appreciations to our distinguished chairman, Senator McClellan, for according me this privilege. Reorganization Plan No. 3 would abolish the District of Columbia's three-man Board of Commissioners and replace it with a single Commissioner and a nine-member Council, appointed by the President, subject to Senate confirmation. The plan also would redistribute the functions of the present Board by transferring executive functions to the Commissioner and quasi-legislative functions to the Council. According to the President's message of transmittal, the plan is designed to eliminate deficiencies in the present form of government in the District of Columbia by (1) unifying executive and administrative authority; (2) eliminating competing, and sometimes conflicting assignments of responsibility; (3) providing for the exercise of quasi-legislative functions through a bipartisan Council that would be representative of the community; and (4) permitting the single Commissioner provided for in the plan to organize the District government in order to provide effective day-to-day administration. 1 |