A MAX NAM! AM) IXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR I HI COMMITTEE 723 

 MOSHER AS RANK1NC, MINORITY MEMBER 



With the death of Fulton in October 1971, Mosher was next in 

 line to he ranking minority member. He had been elected in I960, and 

 joined the committee in 1961. A smalltown newspaper editor in 

 several communities, graduate of Oberlin College, and former Ohio 

 State senator, the 6-foot 4-inch Mosher stood out as one of the most 

 liberal members of his party — so much so that there was a question 

 within Republican ranks whether he should be allowed to move up to 

 be ranking minority member of the committee in 1971. He was one of 

 the first opponents of the war in Vietnam, a strongly positive sup- 

 porter of education and scientific advancement, coauthor of the legis- 

 lation establishing the Office of Technology Assessment and Vice 

 Chairman of the Technology Assessment Board, and coauthor of the 

 bill restoring the Science Adviser and scientific machinery in the White 

 House. '"Supportive" is one of Mosher's favorite words, and in prac- 

 tice he was intelligently supportive of the successive committee chair- 

 men and also the programs generally sponsored by a majority of the 

 committee. Scholarly in manner, tolerant of differing opinions, even 

 tempered, a good negotiator, Mosher approached issues with the 

 equable grandfatherliness of a senior academician. 



Wydler, Rumsfeld, Winn, Goldwater, and younger committee 

 Republicans pushed Mosher to put up more of a scrap for minority 

 staff. In 1973, there was a Republican confrontation of sorts with 

 Teague and his newly appointed staff director, Jack Swigert. With 

 Teague's blessing, Swigert had set up a system of task team leaders in 

 all areas of the committee's jurisdiction. He indicated that as the com- 

 mittee's responsibilities grew (in areas like energy) it was necessary 

 to shape the staff structure and operation toward goals of greater pro- 

 ductivity and efficiency. Swigert stressed the importance of clear lines 

 of command and authority reaching up to the executive director. 



On July 18, 1973, Swigert outlined his plans for a reorganization 

 of the committee staff to implement these ideas. That afternoon, 

 following his presentation, 11 Republican committee members met 

 to discuss the implications of Swigert's staff plans. They unanimously 

 signed approval of a three-page memorandum which Mosher drafted 

 to Teague and Swigert, reiterating their strong feeling that the integ- 

 rity of the hard-won minority staff must be preserved at all costs. At 

 that time the minority staff consisted of Carl Swartz, Joseph Del Riego 

 and Theresa Gallo (secretary). Mosher's memorandum stated in part: 



We consider it of the utmost importance that the identity and reality of the 

 minority staff (all three members) shall be maintained as a working team, with a high 

 degree of autonomy, responsible basically to the ranking minority member, but co- 

 operating and participating as fully and productively as possible in the work of the 

 full staff of the committee * * * and that certainly means working closely with Swigert 

 and his "team leaders" and amenable as far as possible (without losing minority 

 identity) to their planning, procedures and programming. 



