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$300 million above the budget on a program that is losing romance with the American 

 le. 



Teague was angry at the criticism levelled at his subcommittee, and 

 shot hack : 



I think that our subcommittee Lou Frey, Bob Price, oe Waggonner, and Don 

 Fuqua, and the group that got out and talked and worked from daylight to dark, 

 have got a good feel for this thing, and I don't think wc have o rubber-stamp some- 

 thing the Bureau ol the Budget does We arc going along with the people halfway, 

 going along with the people who are supposed to know something. That was the 

 President's Task Group. What should we do, |ust sit back on our cans and let the 

 Bureau of the Budget dictate every damn thing we do? * * * We are right, and we 

 know we are right, and we know more about it than they do, and I bet you this 

 subcommittee of mine knows mo c about this program than the Bureau of the Budget 



does 



When the full committee report came out, Teague's position was 

 voted as the majority position. Karth's minority views on the Shuttle 

 were endorsed by three Democrats- Hechler, Downing and Biaggi; 

 and three Republicans Pellv, Vander Jagt and Pettis in a written 

 minority report. Mosher, in "Additional Views", also criticized the 

 budget-busting recommendations of the Manned Space Flight 

 Subcommittee. 



THE SPLIT AMONG COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS 



Just before the battle over the Shuttle on the House floor, it 

 became apparent that in a close vote the position of the Republicans 

 on the committee represented a crucial swing element. Fulton, as the 

 long-time ranking Republican on both the full committee and the 

 Manned Space Flight Subcommittee, had usually been an exasperating 

 thorn in the side of both Miller and Teague, but now in 1970 his 

 support of the Shuttle suddenly became of towering importance. 

 Fulton's hospitalization as he recovered from a heart attack loomed 

 as an important factor in the outcome of the vote on the House floor, 

 which was expected to be close. 



Teague haddone hisusual workmanlike job of lining up Republican 

 support on his subcommittee. He could count on active help from 

 Roudebush. Winn, Frey and Price, and certainlv from Fulton on the 

 Shuttle. It was an open question how many of the other Republicans 

 would join Mosher in opposition. 



On April 10. Mosher sent the following memo to all Republican 

 members of the committee: 



Due to Mr. Fulton's illness, and expecting him not to be here for the NASA 

 authorization bill debate on the floor next week (probabl) I hursday), I am preparing 

 .mage the bill lor our side. 



