LATE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS BY HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS 96-385 O FIRST SESSION ON LATE PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES PORTLAND, OREG.-AUGUST 26, 1977 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 CONTENTS Brown, Arthur, credit manager, Hirsch Weis, Portland, Oreg- Casady, Chris, Total Mobility Systems and Designs, Inc., Eugene, Chapman, Floyd A., president, Hydronix, Inc., Portland, Oreg- Cornell, Holly A., president, CH2M Hill__. Gundersen, Donald L., president, Portland Chamber of Commerce, Gwinner, A. F., A. F. Gwinner Press. Hallmark, Lewis, vice president, Bingham-Willamette Nuclear Sales and Engineering, Portland, Oreg- Harvey, William L., president, Interstate Air-Conditioning and Heat- Heestand, Robert P., president, Nehalem Valley Motor Freight, Inc., Jack, Robert V., president, OECO Corp., Portland, Oreg--- Kalinoski, Jack R., public affairs manager, Associated General Con- tractors, Oregon-Columbia Chapter_. McKenney, Edward, president, Gem Equipment of Oregon, Inc., Wood- Newton, Dave, owner, Dave Newton Duplicator Co., Portland, Oreg__ Renwick, Lois, office manager, Pacific Landscape Contractors, Beaver- Retzlaff, David R., branch manager, Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co., Westerman, Robert E., vice president, Gibbons and Reed Construc- Williams, Mike, secretary-treasurer, Fleck Construction Co., Portland, Wilson, Charles H., Ace Overhead Door Specialties, Portland, Oreg__ EXHIBITS Enrolled Senate Bill 391, sponsored by Committee on Labor, Consumer Letter dated August 11, 1977, to Criticare Medical Service, Portland, Oreg., from Gerald D. Giles, Chief, Correspondence Section, Internal Revenue Booklet, "Terms and Conditions," applicable to contracts and purchase Letter dated July 28, 1977, to Complete Gardening Services, Inc., Portland, Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Dave Deitering, from John M. Craig. Letter dated April 28, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, 2 6 26 110 111 117 120 Letter dated June 21, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc., from Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army-- Letter dated June 20, 1977, to the Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Letter dated June 30, 1977, to Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc--- Letter dated July 6, 1977, to Lt. Col. Richard Chandler, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc____ Letter dated July 26, 1977, to Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc., from Col. Harvey L. Arnold, Jr., Department of the Army___ Letter dated August 1, 1977, to Col. Harvey L. Arnold, Jr., Department of the Army, from Floyd A. Chapman, president, Hydronix, Inc--- List of specification requirements insisted on by Jack Robertson that put the specification at odds with the industry. Fee schedule for transport clearings, Portland, Oreg., effective February 1, Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from W. L. Hallmark, vice president, Bingham- Letter dated August 16, 1976, to M. F. McDonald, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, from W. L. Hallmark, vice president, Bingham-Willamette Letter dated August 24, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from John A. Wilcox, president, Columbis Air Con- Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Clyde Rushing, president, Peco Manufactur- ing Co., Inc., Portland, Oreg_ Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from John W. Keener, manager, American Steel Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Allan Jensen, president, Industrial Alloy Fabricators, Inc., Forest Grove, Oreg-. Letter dated August 9, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from W. M. Frahler, Frahler Electric Co., Tigard, Letter dated August 10, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from K. D. Fleischman, executive vice-president, North Pacific Lumber Co., Portland, Oreg_. Letter dated August 25, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Susan Asplund, Asplund Supply, Inc., Anchor- Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from Richard Loomis, Loomis Chemical Co., Portland, Letter dated August 9, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from W. R. Mefford, executive director, Rose Villa, Inc., Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Guy J. Bailey, Veneta, Oreg---- Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood. Senate Small Business Committee, from M. C. Wilkinson, Kellogg Corp., Littleton, Letter dated August 18, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from T. B. Apperson, controller, Ace Electric Co., Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Edward Atiyeh, Atiyeh's, Inc., Portland, Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- ness Committee, from John M. Ausland, vice president, Ausland Con- 139 Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from George E. Bach, Hobart Sales and Service, Page Portland, Oreg- 255 Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, from Tomahawk Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 19, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter dated August 15, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Richard H. Camp, Haines Commercial Equipment Co., Haines, Oreg__. Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Commit- Letter dated August 25, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 31, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 17, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 26, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 5, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Busi- Letter dated August 26, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter undated, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Com- Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 22, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Letter dated August 16, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Harold A. Eichsteadt, attorney at law, Woodburn, Oreg__ Letter dated August 23, 1977, to Senator Bob Packwood, Senate Small Business Committee, from Walter W. Emory, vice president, Jayveebrand, Inc., Lake Oswego, Oreg-- 256 257 258 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 271 273 274 277 278 279 281 282 283 284 285 |