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1966/

/REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5 OF 1966/

(National Capital Regional Planning Council)

67-574

HEARING

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

AUGUST 9, 1966

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CHET HOLIFIELD, California
JACK BROOKS, Texas

L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina
PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia
JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota
ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama
EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland
JOHN E. MOSS, California
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin
JOHN S. MONAGAN, Connecticut

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana

WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey
WILLIAM J. RANDALL, Missouri
BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
JIM WRIGHT, Texas

FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island
DAVID S. KING, Utah

JOHN G. DOW, New York

HENRY HELSTOSKI, New Jersey

FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey
OGDEN R. REID, New York
FRANK HORTON, New York
DONALD RUMSFELD, Illinois
WILLIAM L. DICKINSON, Alabama
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
HOWARD H. CALLAWAY, Georgia
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
ROBERT DOLE, Kansas
CLARENCE J. BROWN, JR., Ohio
JACK EDWARDS, Alabama

CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Director
JAMES A. LANIGAN, General Counsel

MILES Q. ROMNEY, Associate General Counsel

J. P. CARLSON, Minority Counsel

WILLIAM H. COPENHAVER, Minority Professional Staff

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE
WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CHET HOLIFIELD, California
HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin
BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland
CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey

JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
CLARENCE J. BROWN, JR., Ohio

ELMER W. HENDERSON, Counsel

LOUIS I. FREED, Investigator
VERONICA B. JOHNSON, Clerk

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CONTENTS

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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 5 of 1966- - - -
Statement of—

Lohman, Dr. John B., chairman, Northern Virginia Regional Planning
and Economic Development Commission; accompanied by Col. J.
Fuller Groom and Art Auerbach___

Seidman, Harold, Assistant Director for Management and Organization, Bureau of the Budget-

Sickles, Hon. Carlton R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland--

Tuchtan, Achilles M., chairman, board of directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; accompanied by Frank J. Lastner, vice chairman; Walter A. Scheiber, executive director; and John J. Bosley, general counsel and deputy executive director.. Woods, R. F., Acting Chairman, National Capital Regional Planning Council; accompained by George H. F. Oberlander, Ďirector.......... Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by

Babson, Frederick A., Chairman, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, statement_

Duke, Brig. Gen. C. M., president, Metropolitan Council of Governments, statement__

Hanson, Royce, associate professor of government, American Uni-
versity, letter to Chairman Dawson, dated August 8, 1966----
Lastner, Frank J., chairman, board of directors, Land Use Policy
Committee, Metropolitan Council of Governments, staff organiza-
tional chart of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Govern-
ments...

Rowe, Mrs. James H., Jr., Chairman, National Capital Planning
Commission, letter to Chairman Dawson, dated August 8, 1966----
Tuchtan, Achilles M., chairman, board of directors, Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments, statement_

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REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5 OF 1966

(National Capital Regional Planning Council)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1966

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room 2203, Rayburn Office Building, Hon. William L. Dawson (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives William L. Dawson, Chet Holifield, Henry S. Reuss, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, and John N. Erlenborn. Also present: Elmer W. Henderson, subcommittee counsel, and J. P. Carlson, minority counsel.

Chairman DAWSON. We shall now proceed to the consideration of Reorganization Plan No. 5 submitted to the Congress by the President on June 29. If no disapproval resolution is passed, this plan will go into effect on September 8. Thus far, no disapproval resolution has been introduced.

The purpose of Reorganization Plan No. 5 is to abolish the National Capital Regional Planning Council. This Council was established by statute in 1952 to prepare a comprehensive development plan for the Capital and the surrounding areas. Its functions will be carried out to a considerable extent by the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments and the National Capital Planning Commission This agency, according to the President, is no longer needed and is thereby being dispensed with. It is estimated that an annual savings of $25,000 should result from this reorganization.

(Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1966 follows:)

[H. Doc. No. 456, 89th Cong., 2d sess.]

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5, PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED

To the Congress of the United States:

I am transmitting Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1966, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended.

The time has come to recognize the readiness of local governments in the Washington area to undertake a role which is properly and rightfully theirs. To that end, I am submitting a reorganization plan to abolish the National Capital Regional Planning Council.

Comprehensive regional planning is vital to the orderly development of our metropolitan areas. Nowhere is it more important than in the National Capital region.

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