ALAN BIBLE, Nevada

GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida, Chairman LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

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WILLIAM T. MCINARNEY, Counscel

Prof. HAROLD C. PETROWITZ, Special Counsel
EARL W. THEVENOT, Professional Staff Member

CONTENTS

Appearance of—

Barry, Frank J., Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Washington,

D.C.; accompanied by Dean F. Ratzman, Chairman, Interior Board

of Contract Appeals; and Edward Weinberg, Deputy Solicitor...

Cohen, James A., Legal Assistant, Board of Contract Appeals, Atomic

Energy Commission, Washington, D.C.; accompanied Paul H.

Gantt, Chairman__.

Creyke, Geoffrey, Jr., partner, Hudson & Creyke, 1744 R Street, NW.,

Washington, Ď.C..

Cuneo, Gilbert A., partner, Connor, Sellers and Cuneo, 1625 K St.,

NW., Washington, D.C.

Gantt, Paul H., Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals, Atomic Energy

Commission, Washington, D.C.; accompanied by James A. Cohen,

Legal Assistant_

Jaffe, Irving, Chief, Court of Claims Section, Civil Division, Depart-

ment of Justice, Washington, D.C__

Ostroff, Nathan, Chairman, Appeals Board, Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C.

Ratzman, Dean F., Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals, Depart-

ment of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; accompanied Frank J.

Barry, Solicitor, Department of the Interior__

Schultz, Franklin M., partner, Purcell & Nelson, 888 17th Street,
NW., Washington, D.C..

Shafer, Edward M., Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.
Sheehan, Harold W., Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals, General
Services Administration, Washington, D.C.; accompanied by
Harry R. Van Cleve, General Counsel..

Spector, Louis, Chairman, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals,
Department of Defense, Washington, D.C

Van Cleve, Harry R., General Counsel, General Services Admin-
istration, Washington, D.C.; accompanied Harold W. Sheehan,
Chairman_.

Vasiloff, Vasil, attorney-adviser, Office of General Counsel, General

Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.; accompanied J. Edward

Welch

vom Baur, F. Trowbridge, senior partner, Vom Baur, Beresford &

Coburn, 1700 K Street NW., Washington, D.C.

Warren, Clifford E., chairman, Small Business Committee, Western

States Democratic Conference, P.O. Box 1124, Anchorage, Alaska-

Weinberg, Edward, Deputy Solicitor, Department of the Interior,

Washington, D.C.; accompanied Frank J. Barry, Solicitor

Welch, J. Edward, Deputy General Counsel, General Accounting

Office, Washington, D.C.; accompanied by Vasil Vasiloff, attorney-

adviser_

Whelan, Professor John W., Georgetown University Law Center,

506 E Street NW., Washington, D.C.....

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APPENDIXES

III. Statement of National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc., Washington, D.C___.

I. Correspondence concerning additional information required by the
subcommittee on contract appeal cases:

(a) Letter and questionnaire transmitted by the subcommittee
to the National Security Industrial Association, Wash-
ington, D.C____.

(b) Reply of National Security Industrial Association----
II. Statement of the Associated General Contractors of America,
Washington, D.C___

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IV. Statement of the Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C‒‒‒ V. Conference of authorities on the various problems of disputes procedure and the function of boards of contract appeals..

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