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have continuous information as to the manner in which these funds are being spent, 

 and that we be conversant from tune to time with the progress being made in every 

 one of these facilities and programs that are carried on. 



Mr. Ti u,t i Yes. 



Mr. Morris. \ T or only in facilities, but in research 



I he chairman of the committee has told me that as soon .is we 

 get through with this authorization that he wanted to go into the reorganization of 

 the committee ami staff Mow, might we write a letter from this subcommittee, 

 signed by all members of the subcommittee, to the chairman, setting forth what 

 you have said? Would you draw up a proposed letter, Duke, and give each member 

 a copy? Let them make suggested changes, and let each member of the subcommittee 

 sign the letter to the chairman. 



Mr Ducander. Yes; if 1 were asked, I would agree, that at one time, we didn't 

 even have a man in the office to answer questions that Members of Congress call us 

 on all the time. The girls had to |Ust rake messages down there and ask us. 



Mr. Rti hi, max We have to impress on his mind that this subcommittee has had 

 a heck ol a lot of responsibility here, and we want to be sure from now on we will 

 have help. 



Mr. Fulton. I might say, at one point in these subcommittee hearings, the 

 chairman and I have each pointed out that we need a staff of an investigatory nature, 

 and need them to be competent, so they are able to evaluate. We need, really, a 

 scientific contractor approach to it, that the General Accounting Office couldn't 

 give us, and frankly said they couldn't, in these hearings. How many slots are 

 open? Five? 



Mr. Ducander. Mr. Fulton, it is not a matter of vacancies, it is a matter of 

 money, and we have plenty of money. We are going to turn back, if we go as we are 

 going now, about $95,000. 



Mr. Teaoue. Unless we do this, the Government Operations Committee will be 

 over on this committee taking over our job. 



Before the full committee live days later, Representative Fulton said: 

 "I think Tiger Teague and I, as well as the other members of the com- 

 mittee, such as Tom Morris (Democrat of New Mexico) have recom- 

 mended that we immediately get technically trained people with a 

 background in this field, that we can follow these programs and follow 

 them carefully." 



In response, Chairman Miller stated: "May I say this, that one of 

 the reasons you haven't got some technical assistance now is you 

 haven't any place to put technical assistants." 



On August 7, Chairman Miller introduced W. H. Boone, a graduate 

 of Mississippi State College with an electrical engineering degree, as 

 the "first purely technical member we have on the staff." This 

 prompted Representative John W. Davis (Democrat of Georgia) to 

 quip: 



A great deal has been written about the fact that the Republican Party does 

 not have an adequate representation on the staff. I would simply like to welcome 

 Mr. Boone as a representative of the Confederacy. 



