PROVISION[S] OF APPROPRIATIONS APPEAL TO CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS

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• Content Type: MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

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18 September 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Provision of Appropriations Appeal to Congressional Staffers
1. Per discussion with late STAT
Friday and subsequent telephone conversation with Guy McConnell
on Saturday morning, I hand-delivered a draft of the Community's
appropriations appeal to: Chuck Snodgrass, House Appropriations
Committee; Jim Bush, HPSCI; Jim Fellenbaum, Senate Appropriations
Committee and Dan Childs, Senate Select Committee. The purpose
of providing a draft was to allow the staffs to begin preparations
for conference.
2. Of all recipients only Chuck Snodgrass reacted in any way
negatively. He chided me for not having provided the appeal earlier
and in effect, wasting two weeks of his time when he could have been
.working in preparation for conference. He stated that other committee
staffers had received the defense appeal "a couple of weeks ago." He
checked on the date that the Committee had received the DoD appeal,
and, to his surprise, learned that it was dated 1 August. He then
conceded that such a situation was only made possible because DoD had
permanent staffers assigned to the Hill. Chuck acknowledged that he
was not in any way urging that we adopt a similar arrangement.
3. In response to a direct question, Chuck also conceded that he
had not yet received the DoD IRA appeal, but that it was promised,
signed and was to be delivered in final form later today. He had not
seen a draft.
4. Chuck asked me if he could assume that the draft I had delivered
was the Administration's final and unchanging position, and whether he
could proceed to call meetings and do other final preparations on the
basis of what it contained. I replied that as far as I knew it was a
late draft, it was in the final stages of coordination around the
Community, the DCI had seen it at least once, but that it could change
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should there be any action by the Senate eithf'r in full Committee
or on the Floor. I reminded Chuck that Guy McConnell was reluctant
to agree to releasing the appeal before final senate action; but
had agreed to do so only because he appreciat!d the staff problem
in getting ready for conference. I agreed to notify the offices
of the major program managers that a draft of the appeal had been
given to Chuck and he would be scheduling mee-ings in preparation
for conference.
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