INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE.COMMITTEE

ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

AND THE

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 6904, H.R. 6905, and S. 2026

BILLS TO ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMISSION ON

INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

JUNE 16, 17, 19, AND 22, 1959

Printed for the use of the House and Senate
Committees on Government Operations

6-772

43013

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1959

H.R. 6904.

Statement of

Bebout, John, assistant director, National Municipal League...---

Briley, Judge C. Beverly, Davidson County, Tenn., representing the

National Association of County Officials..

Clinton, Hon. Gordon S., mayor of the city of Seattle, Wash..

Cutler, Hon. Leslie B., a State Senator from Massachusetts. -

Daddario, Hon. Emilio Q., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Connecticut___.

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102

Everett, Hon. Robert A., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Tennessee.

Foley, Hon. John R., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maryland..

129

Hartke, Hon. Vance, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana_

Hays, Hon. Brooks, a former Member of Congress and the Commission

on Intergovernmental Relations___

Jennings, Robert H., city attorney, Nashville, Tenn., representing

Mayor Ben West..

Johnson, Hon. Byron L., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Colorado..

Kestnbaum, Hon. Meyer, former Chairman, Commission on Inter-

governmental Relations, and presently a Federal member of the

Joint Federal-State Action Committee..

Loveless, Hon. Herschel C., Governor of the State of Iowa..

McCarthy, Hon. Eugene J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minne-

sota....

Michel, Hon. Robert H., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Illinois..

135

Loser, Hon. J. Carlton, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Tennessee-

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108

35, 52

Ostertag, Hon. Harold C., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New York..

123

Reuss, Hon. Henry S., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Wisconsin..

39

Stern, Saul I., chairman, Montgomery County Chapter, Maryland

Municipal League.

Williams, Hon. G. Mennen, Governor of the State of Michigan.

Zeidler, Hon. Frank P., mayor of the city of Milwaukee, Wis.

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by

Aronson, Hon. J. Hugo, Governor of the State of Montana: Letter

from Hon. J. Hugo Aronson, to Hon. L. H. Fountain, June 10, 1959.

Barrett, Hon. Elisha T., chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on

Interstate Cooperation, State of New York:

Letter from Hon. Elisha T. Barrett, to Hon. L. H. Fountain-

June 12, 1959_

130

153

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July 2, 1959_.

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Statement..

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Barry, Hon. Robert R., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York: Statement_

173

Bebout, John, assistant director, National Municipal League: Ex-
cerpt from previous statement.

92

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, American

Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations:

Letter from Andrew J. Biemiller, to Hon. L. H. Fountain, July 7,

1959___.

204

Bowles, Hon. Chester W., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Connecticut: Statement...

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