CARL ALBERT COLLECTION
SPEECH SERIES
Box and Folder Inventory
Box 24
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Reference (continued)
F 1: "Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Wheat of the Committee on Agriculture." 1963.
F 2: Miscellaneous. 1963-1964.
a. "White House Message." April 29, 1963.
b. "Information on Charles Evans." July 31, 1963.
c. "Committee on House Administration." August 21, 1963.
d. "Hearing before the Subcommittee on Wheat-Part II." January 1964.
e. "Press release from the National Council for Industrial Peace re right to work legislation."
f. "News release from the Department of State, April 2, 1964 re speech of Adlai E. Stevenson, 'The Anatomy of World Leadership.'"
g. "News release from the Department of State, April 7, 1964, re speech of Dean Rusk, 'The Atlantic Alliance.'"
F 3: Miscellaneous. 1965, 1966.
a. "A Response to the Chamber of Commerce's Commentary on Elementary and Secondary Education Legislation." August
24, 1965.
b. "The Guilty in California." Speech by Joseph Waggonner re civil rights and riots in Watts. Congressional Record.
c. "Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center, Ada, Oklahoma. September 30, 1965.
d. "Joint Statement of Rep. James H. Scheuer and Jonathan B. Bingham re Reform Movement in Democratic Party."
February 13, 1967.
e. "News Release: Phillips Petroleum Company re Gasoline Prices.." February 24, 1967.
f. Chickasaw Historical Society Newsletter. February 1967.
F 4: Miscellaneous. 1967.
a. "Rep. John O. Marsh, Jr.'s Press Release re Adam Clayton Powell." March 2, 1967.
b. "G.T.A. Daily Radio Roundup." April 24, 1967.
c. "Republican Policy Committee Statement on Railroad Labor Dispute Legislation." June 14, 1967.
d. "Press Release from HUD re low rent housing in Hartshorne." July 30, 1967.
e. "Sen. Mike Monroney's Press Release re Air Mail." August 2, 1967.
f. "The Measure of Command." Remarks by Daniel Flood re Navy's Acceptance of Responsibility for Actions. September
14, 1967. Congressional Record.
g. National Coal Policy Conference Newsletter. December 21, 1967.
F 5: Miscellaneous.
a. U.S. News and World Report, Vol. XLII, No. 15. April 10,1967.
b. National Employment Association Newsletter. May 1967.
F 6: Newsweek. August 14, 1967.
F 7: Miscellaneous. 1968.
a. "U.S. Dept. of Labor News Release re Approval of Manpower Training Project at Oklahoma Aerotronics." January 31, 1968.
b. Correspondence from L. H. Fountain re Honoring Horace Kornegay. July 15, 1968.
c. "Biographical sketch of the Carl Albert." [1968].
F 8: "Woman Power." September 6, 1969. Speech delivered by Mrs. Carl Albert to the Democratic Women's
Council of the South Carolina.
Folder also includes draft prepared by Lisa M. Nickerson of the Library of Congress.
F 9: "Drugs and Narcotics: and Illusions and Realities," Scholastic Teacher, March 1969.
Folder also includes some pamphlets.
F 10: Miscellaneous. 1969.
a. Pamphlets and leaflets of the Buildings and Construction Trades Department: AFL-CIO.1969.
b. Speech by Blake T. Newton, president of the Institute of Life Insurance, entitled. "The Private Interests and the Public
Purpose." 1969.
F 11: Miscellaneous. 1969.
a. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard statement on ballistic missiles. 1969.
b. John Moss. "House Interns." Congressional Record. 1969.
c. "ABC's of Draft by Lottery," U.S. News & World Report. December 15, 1969.
d. "Draft Reform." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. December 1, 1969.
F 12: Miscellaneous. 1970.
a. "PL 91-190." 1970.
b. American Observer and Weekly News Review. 1970.
c. "Official List of Members of the House." 1970.
d. "The Golden Eagle and Inflation." 1970. Ed Edmondson's speech in the House. Congressional Record.
e. "Correspondence on Water Pollution by June D. King." 1970.
f. "Albert Weighing Keys to Speakership." 1970. New York Times Article.
g. "The American Nursing Home." 1970. Speech by David Pryor. Congressional Record.
F 13: Miscellaneous. 1970.
a. Democratic Caucus Resolution. 1970.
b. "Address by Don McBride at the Arkansas Waterways Commission Port Seminar." 1970.
c. "Keynote Address by John Brademas at the Indiana Democratic State Convention." 1970. Congressional Record.
d. "The Curbing and Control of Crime." 1970. Statement of Rep. Emanuel Celler.
e. "Typescript of Article for Business Week on Republicans and Economy." 1970.
F 14: "The 91st Congress." Statement by John W. McCormack.. 1970.
F 15: Miscellaneous. 1971-1972.
a. "News Release from Lloyd Bentsen re Texas Bankers Association." May 3, 1971.
b. "Correspondence from Wilbur Mills re Medicare Coverage for Visits of Nutritionists to Homes of the Elderly." June 14, 1971.
c. Insurance Facts. 1972.
F 16: "Network Responses to Formal Congressional Requests, 1969-1976."
F 17. Miscellaneous. No Date.
a. "Statement by John P. Shelley re Commodity Credit Corporation Sale of Austrian Winter Peas." n.d.
b. "Speech by Jim Hardesti entitled 'Me Means We.'" n.d.
c. "Press Release from the Committee on Education and Labor re Landrum-Griffin Bill." n.d.
d. "General Political Speech Prepared by Democratic National Congressional Committee. n.d.
F 18: Miscellaneous. No Date.
a. "Minority Views on H.R. 2362 re Educational Opportunities for Deprived Children." n.d.
b. "Constitution of the Proud Young Americans for Truth." n.d.
c. "Frank Eleazer. 'Washington Window.'" Re congressional reform. n.d.
d. "Biographical Sketch for David Moffatt McConnell."
F 19: "Statement to the Southwest Environment Information Symposium." No date.
F20. Miscellaneous Releases, Statements, and Memoranda. No Date, 1962, 1966, 1969-1970, 1974.
This folder contains material not only from Carl Albert's office but from other members of Congress and from
organizations.
F 21: Speaker's Press Conferences, 1971. (NOTE: NAMES OF OTHERS WHO MAKE STATEMENTS IN THESE
CONFERENCES ARE ALSO LISTED; IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WERE OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE WHO
SIMPLY DID NOT MAKE REMARKS TO THE PRESS).
- January 25, 1971 - background conference for press; gives rules for conduct of press conferences
- January 26, 1971 - conference includes President's appointment of an Architect of the Capitol; State of the Nation
address; meeting on the ratio in which there may be increase in the size of some committees but decrease in one
- January 29, 1971 - no legislative business for the day comment on size of committees
- February 1, 1971 - no legislative business for the day; expecting reports from the White House; discussion on size of
committees
- February 3, 1971 - discussion about an editorial in the New York Times about the leadership and committee assignments;
CA notes that he believes the editorial was unfair
- February 4, 1971 - resolution establishing ratio, the filing of committees
- February 8, 1971 - conference also attended by James G. O'Hara (D-MI); Carl D. Perkins (D-KY); and Dominick V.
Daniels (D-NJ). discussion on President's veto of Manpower bill and reintroduction of a new bill which was limited to
public service employment and the hope that the President will approve it because of the unemployment
- February 9, 1971 - comment on Consumer Protection Agency bill
- February 17, 1971 - conference also attended by Emmanuel Celler (D-NY). discussion on the Constitutional amendment
giving the right to vote to 18 year olds.
- February 22, 1971 - conference also attended by Chet Holifield (D-CA). discussion on bill creating an independent
Consumer Protection Agency.
- February 23, 1971 - discussion bill to extend standby authority for the President to establish price and wage controls
- February 25, 1971 - routine comments on filing of bills
- March 1, 1971 - discussion of bomb and bomb threats in the Capitol; also comment on committee seniority
- March 4, 1971 - routine; Capitol security
- March 8, 1971 - security precautions at the Capitol in wake of bomb of March 1.
- March 9, 1971 - discussion of the Select Committee on Crime and what it is doing and whether it will continue
- March 10, 1971 - Capitol security
- March 11, 1971 - routine
- March 16, 1971 - routine comments on bills, especially vote for 18 year olds; seniority for committee chairmen
- March 18, 1971 - SST and vote for 18 year olds
- March 23, 1971 - routine
- March 24, 1971 - routine
- March 25, 1971 - routine memo on press conferences
- March 26, 1971 - memo re: press criticism of delay in obtaining teller vote results
- March 29, 1971 - routine
- March 29, 1971 - conference also attended by Jamie L. Whitten (D-MS); Joe L. Evins (D-TN); Hale Boggs (D-LA);
Edward P. Boland (D-MA); and John J. McFall (D-CA). Discussion of the budget and money appropriated for various
programs that has been withheld (impoundment). Criticism of President Nixon
- March 31, 1971 - Democratic Caucus vote on getting out of Vietnam
- April 1, 1971 - conference also attended by Carl D. Perkins (D-KY) and John H. Dent (D-PA). Raising the minimum
wage to $2.00
- April 5, 1971 - routine
- April 6, 1971 - routine; comment about members having their phones bugged
- April 19, 1971 - discussion of Vice President Agnew not being able to get in touch with Albert
- April 20, 1971 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA). Discussion of FBI controversy
- April 26, 1971 - eulogy for Robert J. Corbett (R-PA); FBI controversy
- April 28, 1971 - routine
- April 29, 1971 - resolution urging President Nixon to convene a national conference on unemployment and inflation
- May 5, 1971 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA). Routine bill work and comments on demonstrators
outside the Capitol
- May 6, 1971 - demonstrators outside the Capitol
- May 10, 1971 - routine; discussion of how legislative business will be handled on Fridays
- May 11, 1971 - conference also attended by former Speaker John McCormack and Fishbait Miller. Discussion of the
McCormack award
- May 12, 1971 - Post Office appropriation
- May 13, 1971 - routine
- May 17, 1971 - discussion of rail legislation
- May 24, 1971 - discussion of House reorganization and Wilbur Mills (D-AR) for president
- May 26, 1971 - discussion of S. 575, Accelerated Public Works Extension and Authority
- May 27, 1971 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA) and Don Edwards (D-CA). Discussion of delay on
construction of Madison Building for the Library of Congress until House office building issue resolved
- June 2, 1971 - discussion of expansion of House office buildings and the building of the Madison Building
- June 7, 1971 - routine
- June 18, 1971 - miscellaneous bills
- June 22, 1971 - routine
- June 24, 1971 - routine
- June 28, 1971 - delivery of Pentagon documents; Mansfield amendment (draft bill)
- June 29, 1971 - Presidential veto of the Public Works bill
- July 6, 1971 - miscellaneous; reference to Dr. Morgan
- July 7, 1971 - miscellaneous
- July 8, 1971 - miscellaneous; Harley Staggers (D-WV) and contempt citation re: CBS and the program "The Selling of
the Pentagon."
- July 12, 1971 - miscellaneous; Harley Staggers (D-WV) and contempt citation re: CBS and the program "The Selling of
the Pentagon."
- July 13, 1971 - Harley Staggers (D-WV) and contempt citation re: CBS and the program "The Selling of the Pentagon."
- July 15, 1971 - miscellaneous
- July 21, 1971 - criticisms by the Republicans
- July 26, 1971 - routine
- July 28, 1971 - miscellaneous
- July 29, 1971 - routine
- August 3, 1971 - draft bill; foreign aid
- August 4, 1971 - draft bill
- August 8, 1971 - Nixon and announcement of a new economic program
- September 13, 1971 - miscellaneous bills; Democratic Caucus meeting
- September 20, 1971 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA); Equal Rights Amendment
- September 21, 1971 - miscellaneous bills
- September 22, 1971 - miscellaneous bills; internal problems on which bills to do first
- September 27, 1971 - routine
- September 30, 1971 - miscellaneous
- October 1, 1971 - routine
- October 4, 1971 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Nixon vs. Congress on economy
- October 5, 1971 - miscellaneous bills
- October 13, 1971 - various bills but mostly about Mansfield Amendment (Military Procurement bill)
- October 14, 1971 - Moorhead Amendment and Mansfield Amendment
- October 18, 1971 - Mansfield Amendment
- October 19, 1971 - Mansfield Amendment
- October 20, 1971 - miscellaneous
- October 26, 1971 - miscellaneous; China and the UN
- October 27, 1971 - miscellaneous
- November 1, 1971 - miscellaneous; busing bill
- November 2, 1971 - military aid; prayer in the schools
- November 3, 1971 - miscellaneous
- November 4, 1971 - routine
- November 11, 1971 - routine
- November 18, 1971 - miscellaneous
- November 29, 1971 - tax bill
- November 30, 1971 - election reform bill
- December 2, 1971 - miscellaneous
- December 7, 1971 - OEO bill; campaign spending
- December 8, 1971 - miscellaneous
- December 10, 1971 - miscellaneous
F 22: Speaker's Press Conferences, 1972.
- January 19, 1972 - campaign reform bill; foreign aid bill
- January 24, 1972 - budget; dock strike legislation
- January 25, 1972 - privilege resolutions from the House Administration Committee; Nixon and increase in debt limit and
talk on Vietnam
- January 26, 1972 - Nixon and Vietnam
- January 27, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- January 31, 1972 - routine
- February 2, 1972 - dock strike legislation
- February 3, 1972 - availability of House payroll
- February 7, 1972 - campaign finance; dock strike
- February 8, 1972 - miscellaneous; Reuss amendment on debt limit; privacy committee; continuation of Crime
Committee
- February 9, 1972 - dock strike legislation
- February 16, 1972 - busing; House payroll
- February 29, 1972 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA); Nixon and trip to China; status of Taiwan
- March 6, 1972 - routine
- March 7, 1972 - problem of elections disrupting House business
- March 8, 1972 - Commission on Extension of the Capitol
- March 9, 1972 - miscellaneous
- March 13, 1972 - debt limit
- March 14, 1972 - routine
- March 20, 1972 - busing
- March 21, 1972 - campaign finance
- March 22, 1972 - Ogden Reid (D-NY) switch from Republican Party to the Democratic Party
- March 27, 1972 - political junkets
- March 28, 1972 - response to Republican charges of Democratic Congress not doing anything
- April 10, 1972 - unemployment; community facilities bill; high prices in the House cafeteria
- April 11, 1972 - miscellaneous
- April 12, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- April 17, 1972 - Vietnam
- April 18, 1972 - Drinan resolution in the Caucus
- April 19, 1972 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Caucus activity
- April 20, 1972 - Caucus activity
- April 24, 1972 - chairmanship of Democratic Convention
- April 25, 1972 - Caucus activity
- April 26, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- April 27, 1972- Vietnam
- April 28, 1972 - routine
- May 1, 1972 - minimum wage
- May 2, 1972 - death of J. Edgar Hoover; campaign finance
- May 4, 1972 - minimum wage
- May 8, 1972 - miscellaneous; minimum wage
- May 9, 1972 - minimum wage; Caucus; Vietnam
- May 10, 1972 - closing of House galleries due to disruption by public
- May 15, 1972 - miscellaneous; revenue sharing; revenue sharing
- May 17, 1972 - Caucus activity; miscellaneous bills
- May 18, 1972 - revenue sharing bill
- May 22, 1972 - revenue sharing
- May 23, 1972 - revenue sharing; busing
- May 23, 1972 - revenue sharing; role of Wilbur Mills (D-AR)
- May 24, 1972 - miscellaneous
- May 30, 1972 - revenue sharing
- June 1, 1972 - routine
- June 5, 1972 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA); miscellaneous; Democratic National Convention
- June 5, 1972 - Democratic National Convention; role of Lawrence O'Brien
- June 6, 1972 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA); Democratic National Convention; role of Lawrence
O'Brien or Hale Boggs
- June 7, 1972 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN) and Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Democratic National
Convention; candidacy of George S. McGovern
- June 8, 1972 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); busing
- June 12, 1972 - revenue sharing
- June 13, 1972 - revenue sharing; Vietnam
- June 19, 1972 - discussion of security at the Democratic National Committee
- June 20, 1972 - appropriations
- June 22, 1972 - appropriations
- June 26, 1972 - miscellaneous
- June 29, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- June 30, 1972 - revenue sharing; reference to John Dowdy (D-TX); debt limit
- July 17, 1972 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-TX); Democratic Party platform; routine
- July 18, 1972 - conference also attended by Wright Patman (D-TX); Emergency Community Facilities and Public
Investment Act of 1972
- July 19, 1972 - Republican Conference activity; George McGovern as candidate
- July 20, 1972 - Republican Conference activity on Emergency Community Facilities legislation
- July 24, 1972 - miscellaneous; cyclamates
- July 25, 1972 - George McGovern on equal time; role of Harley Staggers (D-WV)
- July 26, 1972 - miscellaneous legislation; Thomas Eagleton as vice presidential candidate
- July 27, 1972 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); George McGovern and home rule bill; Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee
- July 31, 1972 - routine
- August 1, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- August 2, 1972 - Bill of Rights
- August 3, 1972 - miscellaneous bills; End the War Amendment
- August 7, 1972 - Caucus endorses Sargent Shriver for vice president; End the War Amendment; John Dowdy (D-TX)
matter
- August 8, 1972 - End the War Amendment; education and labor bill
- August 9, 1972 - foreign aid
- August 14, 1972 - recognition of the Olympic team on their way to Munich
- August 15, 1972 - Wayne Hays (D-OH) activities; End of War Amendment
- August 16, 1972 - Republicans and the busing bill
- August 17, 1972 - introduction of Olympic team representatives
- September 5, 1972 - OEO legislation; Nixon
- September 6, 1972 - Olympic assassination
- September 7, 1972 - wheat to Russia; Nixon and taxes
- September 12, 1972 - school lunch bill
- September 13, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- September 14, 1972 - Vietnam
- September 18, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- September 19, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- September 20, 1972 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous bills
- September 25, 1972 - military legislation
- September 26, 1972 - spending ceiling
- September 27, 1972 - housing bill
- October 2, 1972 - travel to Hanoi; campaign expenditures; Common Cause
- October 3, 1972 - debt ceiling
- October 4, 1972 - miscellaneous bills; minimum wage; revenue sharing; debt limit
- October 5, 1972 - Supreme Court and issue of delay in the courts
- October 10, 1972 - debt limit; revenue sharing
- October 11, 1972 - miscellaneous bills
- October 12, 1972 - miscellaneous bills; D.C. transit
- October 13, 1972 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA); miscellaneous legislation; upcoming election
- October 14, 1972 - conference also attended by Hale Boggs (D-LA); miscellaneous bills; Water Pollution Bill and Nixon
- October 17, 1972 - Nick Begich (D-AK) and Hale Boggs (D-LA) missing in Alaska when airplane went down.
- October 18, 1972 - Nick Begich (D-AK) and Hale Boggs (D-LA) missing; debt ceiling.
F 23: Speaker's Press Conferences, January - June 1973.
- January 6, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); discussion of new leadership among the House
Democrats, including O'Neill as majority leader; John McFall (D-CA) as majority whip; John Brademas (D-IN) as chief
deputy whip; and Richard Fulton (D-TN), Spark Matsunaga (D-HI), and James Wright (D-TX) as deputy whips
- January 9, 1973 - Caucus actions and membership on particular committees
- January 11, 1973 - Caucus and committee assignments
- January 22, 1973 - Caucus and its chairman
- January 23, 1973 - Caucus and committees; death of Lyndon B. Johnson
- January 24, 1973 - conference attended by John McFall (D-CA); peace in Vietnam
- January 26, 1973 - budget; Nixon; Vietnam
- January 29, 1973 - Bolling-Martin Resolution; Nixon and abolishment of programs
- January 30, 1973 - Congress vs. Nixon; impoundment; Erwin bill
- January 31, 1973 - Bolling Resolution; committees and their jurisdictions; shooting of Senator John Stennis (D-MS)
- February 1, 1973 - miscellaneous bills; Caucus activity
- February 5, 1973 - revenue sharing; meeting with mayors
- February 6, 1973 - special committees; Crime Committee
- February 7, 1973 - interest equalization tax
- February 8, 1973 - routine
- February 19, 1973 - Wilbur Mills (D-AR) illness
- February 21, 1973 - two conferences were held on this date; John McFall (D-CA) attended the second conference;
impoundment; Caucus and closed meetings; reform of committees
- February 22, 1973 - Caucus work
- February 26, 1973 - miscellaneous
- February 27, 1973 - dismantling of OEO
- February 28, 1973 - extension of west front of the Capitol
- March 5, 1973 - impoundment
- March 6, 1973 - miscellaneous; criticism of the Democrats
- March 7, 1973 - Fascell bill; Caucus
- March 8, 1973 - House Office Building Commission to meet
- March 12, 1973 - Steering Committee activities; Albert not serving on the DNC Advisory Committee; dismantling of the
OEO
- March 13, 1973 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous; Older Americans Act;
impoundment
- March 14, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; election reporting
- March 15, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous bills
- March 19, 1973 - Steering Committee regional elections
- March 20, 1973 - cutback in social services and role of OEO; vocational rehabilitation bill
- March 21, 1973 - Caucus activities; impoundment
- March 22, 1973 - conference also attended by Ray Madden (D-IN); impoundment; Nixon; inflation
- March 26, 1973 - routine
- March 27, 1973 - inflation
- March 28, 1973 - Nixon's veto of Vocational Rehabilitation Bill and efforts to override the veto
- March 29, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Steering Committee membership
- April 2, 1973 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); efforts to override veto of Vocational Rehabilitation
Bill
- April 3, 1973 - override of veto of Vocational Rehabilitation Bill; Steering Committee
- April 4, 1973 - comments on lack of votes needed to override the Vocational Rehabilitation in the Senate; water and
sewer legislation
- April 5, 1973 - Steering Committee
- April 9, 1973 - impoundment
- April 10, 1973 - Economic Stabilization Act; Steering Committee and Caucus activities; Nixon
- April 11, 1973 - franking privilege bill; Nixon's power over Republicans
- April 12, 1973 - miscellaneous
- April 16, 1973 - Economic Stabilization Act
- April 17, 1973 - conference also attended by Jim Wright (D-TX); impoundment; highway bill
- April 18, 1973 - miscellaneous
- April 19, 1973 - highway act; public employment bill
- April 30, 1973 - Watergate
- May 2, 1973 - Office of Management and Budget; John Connally
- May 3, 1973 - miscellaneous
- May 7, 1973 - bombing of Cambodia
- May 8, 1973 - Cambodia; comparisons to Gulf of Tonkin resolution
- May 9, 1973 - Caucus and Steering Committee activities
- May 10, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation
- May 14, 1973 - announcement that CA is planning to have a female page; Nixon's plan to set up a commission to study
Watergate-type tactics
- May 15, 1973 - commission to study election matters; Watergate; impoundment
- May 16, 1973 - Cambodia; Caucus activity; commission to study election practices
- May 17, 1973 - miscellaneous
- May 21, 1973 - introduction of Felda Looper, the first female page of the House; Watergate; impeachment
- May 22, 1973 - miscellaneous
- May 23, 1973 - potential vote for override of OMB bill; Watergate
- May 29, 1973 - impoundment; Watergate; miscellaneous
- May 24, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); death of William Mills (R-MD); miscellaneous
- May 31, 1973 - miscellaneous; more female pages
- June 4, 1973 - miscellaneous; Cambodia; Eagleton amendment
- June 5, 1973 - miscellaneous
- June 6, 1973 - minimum wage bill; Erlenborn amendment; impeachment
- June 7, 1973 - two conferences were held on this date; conference also attended by Ray Madden (D-IN); impoundment
- June 11, 1973 - Cambodia; Eagleton amendment
- June 12, 1973 - miscellaneous
- June 13, 1973 - announcement that Henry Kissinger re: signing of a new pact
- June 15, 1973 - Cambodia
- June 18, 1973 - routine
- June 19, 1973 - impoundment; miscellaneous
- June 20, 1973 - membership of Steering Committee; Leonid Brezhnev as possible speaker before Congress
- June 21, 1973 - miscellaneous bills
- June 22, 1973 - impoundment
- June 25, 1973 - Cambodia; Eagleton amendment
- June 26, 1973 - Cambodia; Eagleton amendment; Watergate
- June 27, 1973 - Nixon veto of appropriation bill; Cambodia; Eagleton amendment; War Powers Act
- June 28, 1973 - Cambodia; Eagleton amendment
- June 29, 1973- appropriations; Cambodia
- June 30, 1973 - miscellaneous
F 24: Speaker's Press Conferences, July - December 1973.
- July 11, 1973 - two conferences were held on this date; farm bill; impoundment
- July 16, 1973 - farm bill; war powers
- July 17, 1973 - farm bill; Nixon taping phone conversations
- July 18, 1973 - farm bill; Caucus action
- July 19, 1973 - farm bill
- July 20, 1973 - routine
- July 23, 1973 - miscellaneous bills
- July 24, 1973 - impoundment; miscellaneous bills
- July 25, 1973 - Caucus activity; congressional pay raises
- July 30, 1973 - miscellaneous; prison riot at Oklahoma Penitentiary in McAlester
- July 31, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation
- August 1, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation; White House investigation of CA
- August 2, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation
- August 3, 1973 - farm bill
- September 5, 1973 - miscellaneous
- September 6, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); trade; Melvin Laird; west front extension to
Capitol
- September 10, 1973 - discussion meeting between House leadership and Nixon; mention of various legislation; spirit of
compromise
- September 11, 1973 - miscellaneous
- September 12, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation; mass transit bill
- September 13, 1973 - miscellaneous
- September 17, 1973 - miscellaneous; discussion of date for adjournment
- September 18, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation; Spiro Agnew
- September 19, 1973 - miscellaneous; campaign reform
- September 20, 1973 - miscellaneous; campaign reform
- September 24, 1973 - miscellaneous; campaign reform; most favored nation
- September 25, 1973 - routine
- September 26, 1973 - Spiro Agnew
- September 27, 1973 - Spiro Agnew
- October 1, 1973 - Spiro Agnew
- October 2, 1973 - miscellaneous; Spiro Agnew
- October 3, 1973 - Findley resolution
- October 9, 1973 - miscellaneous; Spiro Agnew
- October 10, 1973 - Israel
- October 11, 1973 - Republican Conference; nomination of new vice president
- October 12, 1973 - nomination of new vice president
- October 13, 1973 - Gerald Ford as new vice president nominee
- October 15, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation hearings
- October 16, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation hearings; Steering Committee
- October 17, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation hearings
- October 18, 1973 - miscellaneous
- October 19, 1973 - Nixon; Gerald Ford; Mike Mansfield; CA as second in line to presidency; Watergate
- October 23, 1973 - conference also attended by Peter Rodino (D-NJ); Nixon's dismissal of Archibald Cox; resignations
of Elliot Richardson and Ruckelshaus; impeachment; Gerald Ford nomination
- October 24, 1973 - impeachment; CA and the 25th amendment
- October 25, 1973 - Middle East
- October 29, 1973 - death of John Saylor (R-PA); impeachment
- October 30, 1973 - trade bill; Gerald Ford nomination
- October 31, 1973 - miscellaneous; Gerald Ford nomination; impeachment; appointment of independent prosecutor
- November 1, 1973 - miscellaneous; impeachment
- November 5, 1973 - Nixon; impeachment; CA and presidency
- November 6, 1973 - miscellaneous bills; impeachment; Gerald Ford nomination
- November 7, 1973 - trade bill; Nixon; war powers;
- November 8, 1973 - Alaska pipeline bill and fuel allocation bill; criticism of Nixon's blaming Congress for not enacting
of fuel bill
- November 12, 1973 - Alaska pipeline bill; impeachment; Nixon and the missing tapes
- November 13, 1973 - two conferences for this date; impeachment; Nixon and milk price; Gerald Ford confirmation
- November 14, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation
- November 26, 1973 - energy crisis; Nixon
- November 27, 1973 - miscellaneous legislation; Watergate tape issue; UN Resolution 42
- November 28, 1973 - campaign finance reform
- November 29, 1973 - campaign finance reform; Gerald Ford confirmation
- November 30, 1973 - energy crisis; Gerald Ford confirmation
- December 3, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation
- December 4, 1973 - trade bill; Operation Candor; impeachment; Nixon
- December 5, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation; Romania; trade bill
- December 6, 1973 - Gerald Ford confirmation and installation as vice president
- December 7, 1973 - trade bill
- December 10, 1973 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); John McFall (D-CA); and Jim Wright (D-TX);
discussion of taxes
- December 11, 1973 - energy; trade bill
- December 12, 1973 - miscellaneous
- December 13, 1973 - miscellaneous
- December 14, 1973 - energy
- December 17, 1973 - miscellaneous
- December 18, 1973 - energy
- December 19, 1973 - miscellaneous
- December 20, 1973 - miscellaneous
- December 21, 1973 - energy
F 25: Speaker's Press Conferences, January - June 1974.
- January 21, 1974 - impeachment
- January 22, 1974 - impeachment
- January 23, 1974 - impeachment
- January 24, 1973 - conference attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- January 28, 1973 - energy; impeachment
- January 29, 1973 - energy; impeachment
- January 30, 1974 - energy
- January 31, 1974 - energy; impeachment; Nixon
- February 4, 1974 - budget; impeachment
- February 5, 1974 - pensions; congressional pay raises
- February 6, 1974 - impeachment; subpoena powers to the Judiciary Committee; Democratic victory in formerly
Republican district held by the late John Saylor (R-PA)
- February 7, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; civil
service pay raises
- January 13, 1974 - energy; effect on detente by treatment of Solzhenitsyn
- February 14, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); impeachment; poll which says Congress doing
poor job
- February 19, 1974 - success of Democrats in elections; Watergate
- February 25, 1974 - Harley Staggers (D-WV); energy; foreign policy
- February 26, 1974 - energy
- February 27, 1974 - various New York officials at conference; energy
- February 28, 1974 - miscellaneous
- March 4, 1974 - pay raises; economic stabilization; impeachment
- March 5, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); energy; pension reform; pay
raise
- March 7, 1974 - Democratic victories in previous Republican districts; pay raise; mass transit
- March 7, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-MA); miscellaneous; energy; Nixon
- March 11, 1974 - campaign finance
- March 12, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation
- March 13, 1974 - miscellaneous; land use
- March 14, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and Gary Hymel; miscellaneous legislation
- March 18, 1974 - Nixon and impeachment
- March 19, 1974 - education; Committee on Committees
- March 20, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); Nixon and impeachment; energy
- March 21, 1974 - miscellaneous; campaign finance; wage and price legislation
- March 25, 1974 - prisoners of war; attack on Judiciary Committee by the president; Nixon; John Conyers (D-MI)
- March 26, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; CA on television and possible White House response
- March 27, 1974 - miscellaneous
- March 28, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous legislation; Nixon and the Republican
banquet
- April 1, 1974 - Nixon and impeachment
- April 2, 1974 - Caucus; Bolling Committee; committee structure
- April 3, 1974 - retirements of members of House
- April 4, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous legislation; Nixon and payment of taxes
- April 8, 1974 - miscellaneous
- April 9, 1974 - impeachment and Judiciary Committee
- April 10, 1974 - impeachment; Judiciary Committee; Nixon asking for more time to turn over material; pension plan and
national health insurance
- April 11, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA) and Jim Wright (D-TX); miscellaneous legislation;
national health insurance; impeachment
- April 22, 1974 - discussion of what CA did on the recess
- April 23, 1974 - two-party system; Republican Party problems
- April 24, 1974 - foreign aid; Middle East
- April 25, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); foreign aid; Senate Democratic Caucus
- April 29, 1974 - impeachment; Nixon on television; tapes; impeachment
- April 30, 1974 - reaction of CA to Nixon on television; tapes; impeachment; expiration of Economic Stabilization Act;
special energy research and development bill
- May 1, 1974 - Nixon; tapes; impeachment; Bolling Committee report; Caucus
- May 2, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- May 6, 1974 - tapes; Nixon; impeachment; Alexander Haig's comments
- May 7, 1974 - energy bill; Nixon; tapes; impeachment
- May 8, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Caucus; Bolling Committee; committee reform
- May 9, 1974 - Bolling; committee reform; Caucus
- May 13, 1974 - impeachment; Nixon
- May 14, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous
- May 15, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; Caucus
- May 16, 1974 - impeachment; leak of transcripts
- May 20, 1974 - visit by Soviet legislative bodies; Judiciary Committee; impeachment; depletion allowance; Caucus
- May 21,1974 - miscellaneous; Leon Jaworski
- May 22, 1974 - Caucus; Wilbur Mills (D-AR); impeachment
- May 23, 1974 - routine
- May 28, 1974 - Watergate; impeachment; Nixon; John Rhodes (R-AZ)
- May 29, 1974 - miscellaneous; women in the service academies; defeat of J. William Fulbright (D-AR); Watergate
- June 3, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; impeachment
- June 4, 1974 - miscellaneous; Caucus
- June 5, 1974 - joint Democratic leadership meeting of the House and Senate; miscellaneous legislation; congressional
policy questions
- June 6, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); High Seas Oil Port legislation; Nixon; impeachment
- June 10, 1974 - campaign finance; impeachment; Nixon; Judiciary Committee
- June 11, 1974 - Watergate; Henry Kissinger; impeachment
- June 12, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); oil tax bill
- June 13, 1974 - Judiciary Committee; leaks; impeachment
- June 17, 1974 - impeachment; Judiciary Committee
- June 18, 1974 - Steering Committee; Caucus; miscellaneous legislation
- June 19, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- June 20, 1974 - Middle East; nuclear energy/weapons; miscellaneous legislation
- June 21, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill; impeachment
- June 24, 1974 - Caucus; Republican Conference; large number of Democrats expected to win fall elections; concern over
two-party system
- June 25, 1974 - conference also attended by Lewis Deschler; impeachment
- June 26, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; impeachment
- June 27, 1974 - conference also attended by Vice President Gerald Ford; retirement of Lewis Deschler
- June 28, 1974 - education; busing
- May 30, 1974 - miscellaneous
F 26: Speaker's Press Conferences, July - December 1974.
- July 1, 1974 - introduction of William H. Brown, the new parliamentarian; impeachment
- July 2, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); IDA; impeachment; miscellaneous
- July 9, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); oil depletion allowance; energy
- July 10, 1974 - impeachment; Judiciary Committee not getting enough information printed for the press
- July 11, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); death of Earl Warren; press expressed appreciation for
- receiving copies of the impeachment materials and for House expediting matter
- July 15, 1974 - impeachment; Julia Hansen; Bolling Committee; committee reform; Caucus
- July 16, 1974 - Steering Committee; Caucus; economy; wage and price controls
- July 17, 1974 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN) and Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Bolling and Hansen
- committee reports on committee reform; Judiciary Committee complaint that leadership not indicating support on
- televising impeachment proceedings; strip mining
- July 18, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); televising impeachment proceedings; strip mining
- July 22, 1974 - strip mining; televising impeachment proceedings
- July 24, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill and John Brademas (D-IN); impeachment; Supreme Court;
- Caucus; tax reform
- July 25, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); strip mining; televising impeachment proceedings;
- Judiciary Committee
- July 29, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Steering Committee; Caucus; impeachment
- July 30, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); televising impeachment proceedings
- July 31, 1974 - impeachment
- August 1, 1974 - impeachment; Nixon; Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)
- August 2, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; question of censure of Nixon rather than impeachment
- August 5, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); impeachment; possible resignation of Nixon
- August 6, 1974 - impeachment; censure of Nixon; possible resignation of Nixon
- August 7, 1974 - impeachment; possible resignation of Nixon
- August 8, 1974 - impeachment; possible resignation of Nixon; question of whether Nixon would be prosecuted if he
resigned
- August 9, 1974 - Nixon resignation; swearing-in of Gerald Ford; CA as next in line to presidency
- August 12, 1974 - Judiciary Committee report; potential candidates for vice president; impact of Watergate on elections;
national health insurance bill
- August 13, 1974 - national health insurance bill; miscellaneous legislation
- August 14, 1974 - selection vice president; mass transit
- August 15, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; committee reform
- August 19, 1974 - death of U.S. ambassador to Cyprus; Judiciary Committee report; miscellaneous
- August 20, 1974 - nomination of Nelson Rockefeller for vice president
- August 21, 1974 - visit by Gerald Ford to Congress; nomination of vice president
- August 22, 1974 - miscellaneous; nomination of Nelson Rockefeller
- September 9, 1974 - this conference was with Oklahoma news representatives; present were Allan Cromley, David
Jones, Joe Foote, and Pauline Girvin; pardon of Nixon; relationship with Gerald Ford; economy; miscellaneous
- September 11, 1974 - possible pardons of those involved with Watergate
- September 12, 1974 - railroad retirement bill; confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller
- September 16, 1974 - draft dodgers; confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller
- September 17, 1974 - pardon of Nixon; coup in Chile
- September 18, 1974 - role of CIA; confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller; miscellaneous legislation
- September 19, 1974 - role of CIA; coup in Chile
- September 23, 1974 - Edward Kennedy's decision not to run for president in 1976 - budget
- September 24, 1974 - mid-term caucus meeting in Kansas City; Democratic Party
- September 25, 1974 - committee reform; confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller
- September 30, 1974 - budget; economy
- October 1, 1974 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); routine
- October 2, 1974 - appropriations
- October 3, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous
- October 7, 1974 - miscellaneous
- October 8, 1974 - committee reform; taxes
- October 9, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); committee reform; mass transit
- October 10, 1974 - Wilbur Mills (D-AR) personal life
- October 11, 1974 - miscellaneous
- October 15, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous
- October 16, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; military aid to Turkey
- October 17, 1974 - miscellaneous
- November 18, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; six veto messages
- November 19, 1974 - miscellaneous; mass transit
- November 20, 1974 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); John Rhodes (R-AZ) and issue of one party
Congress; miscellaneous legislation
- November 21, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (R-MA); John McFall (D-CA); and John Brademas
(D-IN); miscellaneous legislation; mini Democratic convention in Kansas City
- November 25, 1974 - Caucus; miscellaneous legislation; relationship between White House and Congress
- November 26, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; Ford and trip to Far East
- December 3, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; Wilbur Mills (D-AR) and future in leadership roles
- December 4, 1974 - two conferences held on this date; appointees to Steering Committee; Caucus activity; Wilbur Mills
- December 5, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Caucus; Ways and Means Committee; Wilbur
Mills (D-AR)
- December 9, 1974 - conference also attended by tip O'Neill (D-MA); unemployment compensation bill; freshman
members of the House; Steering Committee
- December 10, 1974 - Wilbur Mills (D-AR) and resignation as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee
- December 11, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation; Caucus; appointments to various committees
- December 12, 1974 - miscellaneous
- December 13, 1974 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous legislation; confirmation of
Nelson Rockefeller; committee appointments
- December 16, 1974 - miscellaneous legislation
- December 17, 1974 - this conference was handled while CA was on his way to the House floor; answers to questions
could not be heard so no transcript
- December 18, 1974 - miscellaneous
- December 19, 1974 - confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller
- December 20, 1974 - Nelson Rockefeller as new vice president; relationship between Congress and White House
F 27: Speaker's Press Conferences, January - April 1975.
- January 14, 1975 - tax cut; tax increase on gas and oil; demise of Internal Security Committee; Caucus
- January 15, 1975 - Wayne Hays (D-OH) and Wright Patman (D-TX) not being elected chairmen of committees; Steering
Committee; Caucus; Democratic leadership
- January 20, 1975 - Caucus; committee leadership positions; FBI investigation of various congressmen
- January 23, 1975 - Caucus; committee leadership
- January 27, 1975 - death of John Kluczynski (D-IL); tax bill; oil imports bill
- January 28, 1975 - committee appointments; oil imports bill
- January 29, 1975 - oil import
- January 30, 1975 - oil import; relationship with White House
- February 4, 1975 - debt ceiling; oil import; energy
- February 5, 1975 - Caucus; House business
- February 6, 1975 - miscellaneous
- February 17, 1975 - death of Jerry Pettis (R-CA) and former Congresswoman Maude Kee (D-WV); miscellaneous
- February 18, 1975 - miscellaneous
- February 19, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); interest rates; Caucus;
Steering Committee; Select Committee on Intelligence
- February 20, 1975 - miscellaneous
- February 21, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous
- February 24, 1975 - investigation of Pauline Girvin, a staff member in CA's office; CIA
- February 25, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John Brademas (D-IN); energy; Greem
amendment; Caucus
- February 27, 1975 - Caucus; charge by Republicans that the Caucus upsetting Ways and Means Committee; energy;
- committee work
- March 3, 1975 - energy; oil tariff
- March 5, 1975 - oil tariff; relationship between White House and Congress
- March 6, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; energy
- March 10, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); relationship between White House and Congress;
Cambodia
- March 11, 1975 - energy; John J. Rhodes (R-AZ)
- March 12, 1975 - employment appropriations
- March 13, 1975 - miscellaneous; Steering Committee and Caucus activities
- March 14, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall(D-CA); Cambodia; tax bill; Caucus
- March 17, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); Cambodia; energy
- March 18, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); tax bill; role of freshmen members
- March 19, 1975 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); Federal Elections Commission; Cambodia;
Caucus
- March 20, 1975 - farm bill; tax bill
- March 21, 1975 - miscellaneous
- March 22, 1975 - tax bill
- March 24,1 975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); tax bill; Cambodia; Caucus
- March 25, 1975 - tax bill; Albert to go to China
- March 26, 1975 - tax bill; China trip; energy
- April 10, 1975 - CA's trip to China; aid to Vietnam; Chinese attitude on world affairs
- April 14, 1975 - appropriations; fall of Vietnam and rescue of Americans
- April 15, 1975 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); aid to Vietnam and Cambodia; evacuation of
Vietnam; Caucus
- April 16, 1975 - humanitarian vs. military aid to Vietnam
- April 17, 1975 - Vietnam; fall of Cambodia
- April 18, 1975 - aid to Vietnam; evacuation
- April 21, 1975 - resignation of Thieu; aid to Vietnam; evacuation
- April 22, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); evacuation of Vietnam
- April 23, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; evacuation of Vietnam
- April 24, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); freshmen House members; miscellaneous
- April 28, 1975 - evacuation of Vietnam
- April 30, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); end of the Vietnam War
F 28: Speaker's Press Conferences, May - July 1975.
- May 1, 1975 - conference also attended by Thomas E. Morgan (D-PA); Morgan discussed plight of Vietnamese refugees
- May 5, 1975 - Vietnamese refugees; miscellaneous
- May 6, 1975 - Vietnamese refugees; energy
- May 7, 1975 - miscellaneous; televising of House proceedings
- May 8, 1975 - Vietnamese refugees; aid to cities; televising of House proceedings
- May 12, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); role of U.S. military in parts of the world in light of
the fall of Vietnam; miscellaneous bills
- May 13, 1975 - televising of House proceedings; Vietnamese refugees; Cambodia seizes ship, the Mayaguez
- May 14, 1975 - Cambodia seizes Mayaguez; federal funds for New York City
- May 15, 1975 - Cambodia seizes Mayaguez; U.S. re-takes Mayaguez; War Powers Act
- May 19, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous legislation
- May 20, 1975 - miscellaneous; women in the military academies
- May 21, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); energy; role of the White House
- May 22, 1975 - tariff; miscellaneous
- June 2, 1975 - miscellaneous
- June 3, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); Steering Committee; Caucus;
energy
- June 4, 1975 - Caucus; vote to override the jobs bill; miscellaneous
- June 5, 1975 - Democrats fail to override the jobs bill; question of failure of Democratic leadership; Robert Michel
(R-IL)
- June 6, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; Lucien Nedzi (D-MI) and chairing
Select Committee on Intelligence; jobs bill; energy
- June 9, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; Lucien Nedzi (D-MI) and Select
Committee on Intelligence; CIA investigations; Democratic members of Select Committee on Intelligence unhappy with
Nedzi
- June 10, 1975 - strip mining bill; charge that the Republicans not working with Democrats
- June 11, 1975 - appropriations; criticism of Senate not moving on supplemental
- June 12, 1975 - resignation of Lucien Nedzi (D-MI) from the Select Committee on Intelligence; role of Democratic
members of this committee
- June 13, 1975 - resignation of Lucien Nedzi (D-MI) from the Select Committee on Intelligence
- June 16, 1975 - resignation of Lucien Nedzi (D-MI) from the Select Committee on Intelligence; possible abolishment of
the committee
- June 18, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); meeting of freshmen members with Steering
Committee and later with leadership; problems with the freshmen
- June 19, 1975 - question of the freshmen members of House; energy
- June 20, 1975 - possible override of housing bill veto
- June 23, 1975 - possible override of housing bill veto; problems with Select Committee on Intelligence; Caucus
- June 24, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous legislation; various appropriations bills;
debt limit; Ford to veto housing bill; CA concerned that override not possible as housing bill another jobs bill and
president has a monumental record of vetoing jobs bills
- June 25, 1975 - possible vote on override of housing bill veto
- June 26, 1975 - miscellaneous; Lucien Nedzi (D-MI) and Select Committee on Intelligence; unemployment
compensation
- July 8, 1975 - Elk Hills bill; Select Committee on Intelligence
- July 9, 1975 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); John J. Flynt (D-GA) and Standards of Official
Conduct Committee; arms sales to Turkey
- July 10, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); controversy with the Select
Committee on Intelligence; miscellaneous legislation
- July 11, 1975 - Select Committee on Intelligence; arms sales to Turkey
- July 14, 1975 - energy; Ford and oil decontrol; Select Committee on Intelligence
- July 15, 1975 - energy; Ford and oil decontrol; arms sales to Turkey
- July 16, 1975 - energy; Select Committee on Intelligence; Caucus
- July 17, 1975 - miscellaneous
- July 18, 1975 - energy; appropriations; education; Paty Mink (D-HI)
- July 21, 1975 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous; Marianas; Steering Committee
- July 22, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); decontrol of oil; relationship between White House and
Congress
- July 23, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall 9D-CA); decontrol of oil
- July 24, 1975 - miscellaneous
- July 25, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA) and John Brademas (D-IN); energy; decontrol
- July 28, 1975 - miscellaneous; CA to go to Russia
- July 29, 1975 - conference also attended by tip O'Neill (D-MA)energy; possible vote on override of veto on health
services bill
- July 30, 1975 - miscellaneous
- July 31, 1975 - miscellaneous
F 29: Speaker's Press Conferences, August - December 1975.
- August 1, 1975 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous; arm sales to Turkey
- September 3, 1975 - energy bill; Middle East
- September 4, 1975 - energy bill; Middle East; aid to New York City
- September 5, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); possible override of
education bill
- September 8, 1975 - possible override of education bill; decontrol of oil; energy
- September 9, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); possible override of education bill; Middle East
- September 10, 1975 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); energy; arms sales to Turkey
- September 11, 1975 - miscellaneous
- September 15, 1975 - MIA committee; President vs. House over intelligence information
- September 17, 1975 - energy; miscellaneous legislation
- September 18, 1975 - energy
- September 22, 1975 - pay raise
- September 23, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); attempted assassination of Gerald Ford; gun
control
- September 24, 1975 - time for changing votes; CIA reading mail
- September 25, 1975 - pay raise
- September 29, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); aid to Turkey; pay raise
- September 30, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); aid to Turkey; miscellaneous legislation
- October 1, 1975 - miscellaneous
- October 2, 1975 - miscellaneous
- October 3, 1975 - miscellaneous
- October 6, 1975 - miscellaneous
- October 7, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); tax cut; CIA; ethics; Michael Harrington (D-MA)
- October 8, 1975 - Middle East; miscellaneous
- October 9, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- October 20, 1975 - CA comments on trips he made around country; New York City problems
- October 21, 1975 - Michael Harrington (D-MA); ethics; New York City
- October 22, 1975 - miscellaneous legislation; Morris Udall; New York City
- October 23, 1975 - Anwar Sadat; New York City
- October 28, 1975 - Anwar Sadat; New York City
- October 29, 1974 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); New York City
- October 30, 1975 - New York City
- November 3, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); President to replace James R. Schlesinger as
Secretary of Defense and William E. Colby as director of the CIA; new Secretary of Defense to be Donald Rumsfeld and
new director of CIA to be George Bush; Nelson Rockefeller not to run for vice president in 1976
- November 6, 1975 - miscellaneous
- November 7, 1975 - ethics issue; New York City
- November 10, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-MA); miscellaneous
- November 11, 1975 - United Nations; Zionism
- November 12, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA) and Tip O'Neill (D-MA); budget; debt limit
- November 13, 1975 - budget; debt limit
- November 14, 1975 - Intelligence Committee citing of Henry Kissinger; energy; New York City
- November 17, 1975 - New York City; busing; Caucus activity; Henry Kissinger and contempt citation
- November 18, 1975 - conference also attended by Henry Reuss (D-WI); New York City
- November 19, 1975 - New York City; Caucus; busing
- November 20, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; budget; energy; New York City
- December 1, 1975 - tax bill; New York City
- December 2, 1975 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); routine
- December 3, 1975 - tax bill
- December 4, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); tax bill
- December 8, 1975 - Price-Anderson provisions of the atomic energy act; contempt citation of Henry Kissinger
- December 9, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; discussion of Christmas holidays;
House taking over Madison Library Building
- December 10, 1975 - House taking over Madison Library Building; miscellaneous legislation
- December 11, 1975 - miscellaneous
- December 12, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous legislation
- December 15, 1975 - miscellaneous legislation; Angola
- December 16, 1975 - miscellaneous; tax bill; resignation of Richard Nixon
- December 17, 1975 - miscellaneous
- December 18, 1975 - tax bill; John Rhodes (R-AZ)
- December 19, 1975 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); budget
F 30: Speaker's Press Conferences, January - May 1976.
- January 19, 1976 - budget
- January 27, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN),Tip O'Neill (D-MA), and John McFall (D-CA);
appropriations; Angola
- January 29, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Otis Pike (D-NY) and investigation of CIA
- February 2, 1976 - Otis Pike (D-NY) and investigation of CIA; Federal Election Commission
- February 3, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA) and John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous
- February 4, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- February 6, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); natural gas bill
- February 9, 1976 - miscellaneous; campaign reform; Otis Pike (D-NY) report
- February 10, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); election reform; Steering and Policy Committee;
Federal Election Commission
- February 11, 1976 - report from the Select Committee on Intelligence
- February 17, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA) and John Brademas (D-IN); Samuel S. Stratton
(D-NY) to introduce resolution citing CBS reporter Daniel Schoor for contempt of Congress; Federal Election
Commission
- February 18, 1976 - overhaul of intelligence activity; George Bush role as CIA director
- February 19, 1976 - Samuel S. Stratton (D-NY) and contempt citation for Daniel Schoor; CA relationship with Suzi Park
Thomson
- February 23, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); budget act
- February 24, 1976 - conference also attended by Jim Wright (D-TX); Standards of Official Conduct Committee (ethics);
budget; job bill; New Hampshire primary
- February 25, 1976 - Standards of Official Conduct Committee; New Hampshire primary
- February 26, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); Daniel Schoor; John J. Flynt (D-GA); Mike
Reed; question whether CA will run in 1976
- March 1, 1976 - Federal Election Commission; South Korea giving money to congressmen for campaign
- March 2, 1976 - Standards of Official Conduct Committee; use of FBI or GAO
- March 3, 1976 - John Flynt (D-NY) and Standards of Official Conduct Committee investigation
- March 4, 1976 - disappearance of 200 documents from the Intelligence Committee; Otis Pike (D-NY); John Flynt
(D-NY) and Standards of Official Conduct Committee; retirement of Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
- March 8, 1976 - deaths of Marvin Jones (D-TX) and Wright Patman (D-TX)
- Undated (either March 9 or 10, 1976) - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); routine
- March 11, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous; Magna Carta bill; funding the
Standards of Official Conduct Committee; Federal Election Commission; Korean bribery investigation
- March 15, 1976 - revenue sharing
- March 16, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); representation in the District of Columbia; Magna
Carta resolution; jobs bill; LEAA funds for security at national political conventions
- March 18, 1976 - anti-trust bill; Magna Carta bill
- March 22, 1976 - Democratic National Convention
- [March 23, 1976] - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); funds for Standards of Official Conduct
Committee investigation; Cuba sending troops to Africa
- March 24, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); broadcasting bill; auditing travel vouchers
- March 25, 1976 - miscellaneous
- March 29, 1976 - miscellaneous; campaign finance
- March 30, 1976 - Intelligence Committee and CIA; electin bill
- March 31, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); military legislation; base closings; reopening the
investigation of the Kennedy assassination
- April 1, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); Federal Election Commission; miscellaneous
- April 2, 1976 - miscellaneous legislation; unemployment rate
- April 6, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); election bill
- April 7, 1976 - question on whether CA will retire; Magna Carta; Robert Sikes (D-FL) and possible conflict of interests
- April 8, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; Standards of Official Conduct
investigation of Robert Sikes (D-FL)
- April 9, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous; marriage of Wayne Hays (D-OH)
- April 12, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous; Federal Election Commission;
employment legislation
- April 13, 1976 - death of William Barrett (D-PA)
- April 26, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); routine
- April 27, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); CA on congressional travel; question on whether
CA will run again
- April 28, 1976 - miscellaneous; Federal Election Commission
- April 29, 1976 - budget; Hubert Humphrey
- May 3, 1976 - Federal Election Commission; criticism of Gerald Ford spending too much time on campaign; question of
who Democrats will nominate for president
- May 4, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); miscellaneous legislation
- May 5, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA) and John Brademas (D-IN); Federal Election
Commission; jobs bill
- May 6, 1976 - miscellaneous; Governor Jerry Brown
- May 7, 1976 - Jerry Brown; Jimmy Carter; Federal Election Commission
- May 10, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Magna Carta trip; Rhodesian chrome; Federal Election
Commission
- May 13, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- May 17, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); platform recommendations; Black Caucus
- March 19, 1976 - ERDA bill; Jerry Brown; Jimmy Carter
- March 20, 1976 - trip to Great Britain to get Magna Carta
- March 21, 1976 - miscellaneous; Tom Steed (D-OK) to run for reelection
F 31: Speaker's Press Conferences, June - October 1976.
- June 1, 1976 - scandal involving Wayne Hays (D-OH); miscellaneous legislation
- June 4, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); Wayne Hays (D-OH) and scandal
- June 7, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); CA not to run for reelection; Tip O'Neill as candidate
for Speaker
- June 8, 1976 - activities of the Standards of Official Conduct Committee; role of the Steering Committee and Caucus on
the Wayne Hays (D-OH) scandal
- June 9, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA), John Brademas (D-IN), and John McFall (D-CA);
meeting of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to select new chairman in light of Wayne Hays (D-OH)
resignation
- June 10, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Wayne Hays (D-OH) resignation as chairman of the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; question as to whether Hays will resign as chairman of the House
Administration Committee; activity of Caucus in Hays matter
- June 11, 1976 - Wayne Hays (D-OH) scandal; investigation of John Young (D-TX); Caucus action; John Rhodes (R-AZ)
call for bi-partisan committee to investigate various scandals
- June 14, 1976 - investigations of ethics violations; David Obey (D-WI) to lead task force on ethics
- June 15, 1976 - ongoing investigation of ethics violations; Caucus
- June 16, 1976 - Caucus; David Obey (D-WI) and task force; Wayne Hays (D-OH); Charley Ward to run for CA's
congressional seat
- June 17, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); defense bill; B-1
- June 18, 1976 - Wayne Hays (D-OH) to step down as chairman of the House Administration Committee; Justice
Department to investigate travel records of nine members of Congress; Caucus
- June 21, 1976 - Wayne Hays (D-OH) resignation as chairman of the House Administration Committee; David Obey
(D-WI) and task force report; Caucus; Steering Committee
- June 22, 1976 - Frank Thompson (D-NJ) to become chairman of the House Administration Committee; Caucus; Steering
Committee
- June 23, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); Caucus; committee reform
- June 24, 1976 - Jimmy Carter
- June 25, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); Caucus; reform; miscellaneous legislation
- June 28, 1976 - miscellaneous legislation; reform
- June 29, 1976 - miscellaneous legislation; reform; Caucus; Republican Conference; H.R. 900
- June 30, 1976 - Caucus; reform in the House; debt limit
- July 1, 1976 - Bicentennial celebration ceremonies; reform resolutions; Peter Rodino (D-NJ) for vice president
- July 19, 1976 - Robert Leggett (D-CA) and possible ethics investigation; Suzi Thomson
- July 20, 1976 - discussion of legislation and adjournment date by October 2
- July 21, 1976 - House Commission on Administrative Review; miscellaneous legislation
- July 22, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous legislation; jobs bill; Caucus
- July 26, 1976 - miscellaneous
- July 27, 1976 - postal service registration bill; Jimmy Carter; override of jobs bill
- July 28, 1976 - Robert Sikes (D-FL); Standards of Official Conduct Committee
- July 29, 1976 - Robert Sikes (D-FL); Standards of Official Conduct Committee
- July 30, 1976 - miscellaneous
- August 2, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; national political conventions
- August 3, 1976 - conference also attended by John Brademas (D-IN); postal service registration bill
- August 4, 1976 - death of Jerry Litton (D-MO); miscellaneous legislation; Caucus
- August 5, 1976 - postal service registration bill; jobs bill; activities of the freshmen and the Black Caucus
- August 9, 1976 - postal service registration bill; Jimmy Carter; Humphrey-Hawkins bill
- August 10, 1976 - miscellaneous; swine flu bill
- August 23, 1976 - miscellaneous; Republican Convention; Humphrey-Hawkins bill
- August 24, 1976 - miscellaneous
- August 25, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; Humphrey-Hawkins bill; Robert J.
Dole (R-KS) as vice presidential candidate; John Rhodes (R-AZ) wanting to be Speaker
- August 26, 1976 - miscellaneous; Daniel Schorr
- August 30, 1976 - Wayne Hays (D-OH) and ethics violation
- August 31, 1976 - miscellaneous; Wayne Hays (D-OH)
- September 1, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; Wayne Hays and ethics violation
- September 2, 1976 - presidential protection law; Wayne Hays (D-OH) resignation
- September 8, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; estate tax bill; clean air bill;
Humphrey-Hawkins bill
- September 9, 1976 - miscellaneous
- September 10, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous legislation
- September 13, 1976 - miscellaneous
- September 14, 1976 - possibility of creating a select committee on assassinations; one of CA's employees granted
immunity to be called before grand jury investigating Korean bribes
- September 16, 1976 - miscellaneous
- September 17, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; Select Committee on
Assassinations
- September 20, 1976 - Humphrey-Hawkins bill
- September 21, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- September 22, 1976 - miscellaneous
- September 23, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous
- September 27, 1976 - conference also attended by John McFall (D-CA); miscellaneous; goal to adjourn
- September 28, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); miscellaneous; ships bill
- September 29, 1976 - conference also attended by Tip O'Neill (D-MA); introduction of Wes Watkins (D-OK) who won
CA's congressional seat; jobs bill; Gerald Ford
- September 30, 1976 - miscellaneous; Gerald Ford
- October 1, 1976 - miscellaneous; Andrew Hinshaw (R-CA); Charles Wiggins (D-CA)
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