JUNE 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 1971

Part 1 of 8 Parts
(June 2 and 3, 1971)

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

GENERAL REVENUE SHARING

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON THE

SUBJECT OF GENERAL REVENUE SHARING

JUNE 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 1971

Part 1 of 8 Parts
(June 2 and 3, 1971)

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

WILBUR D. MILLS, Arkansas, Chairman JOHN C. WATTS, Kentucky

JOHN W. BYRNES, Wisconsin AL ULLMAN, Oregon

JACKSON E. BETTS, Ohio JAMES A. BURKE, Massachusetts

HERMAN T. SCHNEEBELI, Pennsylvania MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, Michigan

HAROLD R. COLLIER, Illinois DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois

JOEL T. BROYHILL, Virginia PHIL M. LANDRUM, Georgia

BARBER B. CONABLE, JR., New York CHARLES A. VANIK, Ohio

CHARLES E. CHAMBERLAIN, Michigan RICHARD H. FULTON, Tennessee

JERRY L. PETTIS, California OMAR BURLESON, Texas

JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee
JAMES C. CORMAN, California

DONALD G. BROTZMAN, Colorado
WILLIAM J. GREEN, Pennsylvania
SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida
HUGH L, CAREY, New York
JOD D. WAGGONNER, JR., Louisiana

JOHN M. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Counsel
J. P. BAKER, A88istant Chief Counsel
RICHARD C. WILBUR, Minority Counsel

(II)

CONTENTS

Press release dated Tuesday, May 11, 1971, announcing public hearings on Page

general revenue sharing --

1

Message from the President on revenue sharing (House Doc. No. 92–47),

dated February 9, 1971.--

3

Draft bill (H.R. 4187), introduced by Mr. Betts and others on February

10, 1971

19

ORAL STATEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT WITNESSES

Treasury, Department of the:

Connally, Hon. John B., Secretary--

36, 155

Weidenbaum, Hon. Murray L., Assistant Secretary for Economic

Policy -

36, 155

General Accounting Office:

Staats, Hon. Elmer B., Comptroller General of the United States.--- 1235

Ahart, Gregory, Deputy Director, Civil Division.-

1235

Dittenhofer, Mortimer A., Assistant Director, Office of Policy and

Special Studies---

1235

1171

750

750

750

1307

644

712

712

217

217

ORAL STATEMENTS BY PUBLIC WITNESSES

Adams, Hon. Brock, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Washington..

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations:

Robert E. Merriam, chairman.-

William R. MacDougall, executive director..

John Shannon, assistant director.

Akron (East) (Ohio) Neighborhood Center, Mrs. Mrs. Cassandra Gatlin,

director...

Alioto, Hon. Joseph, U.S. Conference of Mayors (Mayor of San Francisco,

Calif.)

American Farm Bureau Federation:

Marvin L. McLain, legislative director-

William C. Anderson, assistant legislative director..

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations:

Andrew J. Biemiller, director, department of legislation..

Nathaniel Goldfinger, director, department of research.-

Anderson, Hon. John B., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Illinois..

Anderson, Wayne, city manager, Alexandria, Va..

Anderson, William C., assistant legislative director, American Farm

Bureau Federation...

Arends, Miss Mildred, president, Municipal Treasurers Association (City

Treasurer, Peoria, Ill.).

Badillo, Hon. Herman, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York.

Baker, Hon. Howard H., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee

Bartell, Robert M., tax program coordinator, Liberty Lobby-

Bartley, Hon. David M., National Legislative Conference (Speaker, Mas-

sachusetts House of Representatives) --

Beach, Hon. William 0., member, board of directors, National Association

of Counties, (Judge, Montgomery County, Tenn.) -

Beck, Irving H., director of interstate relations, New England Council for

Economic Development.--

1135

246

712

913

1185

986

558

575

523

629