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1967

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CONTENTS

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Reorgani-

zation Plan No. 3 of 1967, to provide a better government for the citizens

of the Nation's Capital...

Text of House Resolution 512 and House Resolution 515, disapproving

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967.

Statement of-

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Anderson, Mrs. Barbara A., Home Rule Task Force, Lutheran Social

Services_

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Broyhill, Hon. Joel T., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Virginia.

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Carliner, David, cochairman, Committee To Support the President's

Reorganization Plan___

183

Clark, Reuben, chairman, Housing Development Corp-.

Dillon, Joseph E., former mayor of St. Paul, Minn........

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Donohue, F. Joseph, former President, Board of Commissioners,

District of Columbia..

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Dudley, Tilford E., chairman, Democratic Central Committee for the

District of Columbia..

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Fraser, Hon. Donald M., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Minnesota__.

50

Gude, Hon. Gilbert, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maryland__.

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Hanson, Dr. Royce, president, Washington Center for Metropolitan

Studies_

Horton, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York.......

Hughes, Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget, accom-

panied by Harold Seidman, Assistant Director, and Miss Patricia

Collins, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice.__.

Immer, John R., president, Federation of Citizens Associations...

Jacobs, Hon. Andrew, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Indiana__.

Long, Rev. Clarence M., Jr., pastor, Mount Airy Baptist Church....

Lowe, Schuyler, former Director, District of Columbia Department of

General Administration..

McMillan, Hon. John L., chairman, House Committee on the District

of Columbia__

Mathe, Brig. Gen. Robert E., Engineer Commissioner, District of

Columbia..-

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Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a Representative in Congress from

the State of Maryland..

Multer, Hon. Abraham J., a Representative in Congress from the
State of New York..

Nelsen, Hon. Ancher, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Minnesota__

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Phillips, Rev. Channing, president, Housing Development Corp-
Shipley, Carl L., chairman, District of Columbia Republican Com-
mittee___

Tobriner, Hon. Walter N., President, Board of Commissioners, District

of Columbia, accompanied by Hon. John B. Duncan, member,

Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia; and Col. Tom H.

Reynolds, Acting Engineer Commissioner, District of Columbia___

Tucker, Sterling, executive director, Washington Urban League_.

Turner, J. C., president, Greater Washington Central Labor Council,

AFL-CIO-

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Statement of-Continued

Wilkinson, Lawrence A., chairman, Planning Committee, Brookland

Area Coordinating Council_

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Williams, Bishop Smallwood E., cochairman, Committee To Support

the President's Reorganization Plan__.

184

Udel, Mrs. Bernard, board member, League of Women Voters of the

District of Columbia, accompanied by Mrs. Donald L. Watson,

board member, League of Women Voters of the District of Colum-

bia__

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

Carliner, David, cochairman, Committee To Support the President's

Reorganization Plan, statement _ - -

Donohue, F. Joseph, former President, Board of Commissioners,

District of Columbia: Full-page ad reprinted from the Washington

Post, April 20, 1952, expressing disapproval of reorganization of the

District of Columbia government...

Dudley, Tilford E., chairman, Democratic Central Committee for the

District of Columbia:

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Analysis of the representativeness of the District of Columbia

Citizens Council, as of June 12, 1967.

Statement_ __

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Hanson, Dr. Royce, president, Washington Center for Metropolitan

Studies:

Letter to Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated July 3, 1967-

Paper entitled "The Commissioner and the Council, an Analysis

of the President's Reorganization Plan for the Government of

the District of Columbia," by Royce Hanson and Henry Bain...

Summary of the 1967 budget adopted by the board of trustees for

the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies -

Trustees and professional staff members of the Washington Center

for Metropolitan Studies_

Hughes, Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget: Table

comparing costs of present and proposed District of Columbia

government..

McMillan, Hon. John L., chairman, House Committee on the District

of Columbia, statement

Maillet, Edward L., vice chairman, Brookland Area Coordinating

Council, letter to Hon. John A. Blatnik dated June 22, 1967 ---

Multer, Hon. Abraham J., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New York, statement--

Nelsen, Hon. Ancher, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Minnesota: Report to the Board of Commissioners by Mr. Schuyler

Lowe, Director, Department of General Administration, District of

Columbia, dated March 31, 1967, with attachments..

Shipley, Carl L., chairman, District of Columbia Republican Com-

mittee, statement--

APPENDIX

Statements received by the subcommittee from―

District of Columbia Federation of Civic Associations, statement---

Nesbitt, Ruth Hankins, president, District of Columbia Democratic

Women's Club, statement. --

Layton, Chief John B., Metropolitan Police Department, statement. -

Letters received by the subcommittee from-

Pollak, Stephen J., Adviser for National Capital Affairs, the White

House, dated June 24, 1967, with enclosure_..

Burling, Edward, Jr., chairman, Committee for Forward Looking

Republicans, dated July 10, 1967--

Newell, Clifford H., president, Association of the Oldest Inhabitants

of the District of Columbia, to Hon. William L. Dawson, dated

March 17, 1967.

Tripp, John J., secretary, Northeast Business Men's Association, Inc.,

to House Government Operations Committee, dated April 7, 1967-

Goodloe, Don B., legislative representative, Washington Teachers'

Union, to Mr. Elmer Henderson, dated June 15, 1967, with enclo-

sure..

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Letters received by the subcommittee from-Continued

Doggett, Leonard B., Jr., president, Metropolitan Washington Board
of Trade, to Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated June 19, 1967, with en-
closure

Health and Welfare Council of the National Capital Area, to Hon.
William L. Dawson, dated June 20, 1967--

Snyder, David E., president, Barry Finance, Inc., to House Committee
on Government Operations, dated June 21, 1967--
Clark, Ramsey, Attorney General of the United States, Department of
Justice, to Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated June 26, 1967.
Kennedy, Kenneth C., chairman, Northeast Neighborhood Council,
Inc., to Mr. Elmer Henderson, dated June 28, 1967, with enclosure...
Moore, Rt. Rev. Paul, Jr., Diocese of Washington, Mount St. Alban,
to Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated June 29, 1967.

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Morrison, Mrs. John H., Jr., member, Republican Central Committee,
to Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated June 30, 1967---
Brown, Paul V., president, Oldest Inhabitants, Inc., to Hon. John A.
Blatnik, dated July 5, 1967.

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Gunther, John J., executive director, U.S. Conference of Mayors, to
Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated July 6, 1967---

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Kendrick, Mrs. Agnes C., president, East Rock Creek Park Civil
Association, to Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated July 6, 1967-
Collett, Merrill J., president, Executive Management Service, Inc., to
Hon. John A. Blatnik, dated July 7, 1967, with enclosure__

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