CHAPTER VII 



Space Science, Applications, and Advanced Research, 1963-69 



Congressman Joe Karth of Minnesota dominated every subcom- 

 mittee session he chaired. To a far greater extent than most chairmen, 

 he not only led the questioning, but his insistently probing mind and 

 meticulously thorough preparation enabled him to set the tone of all 

 his subcommittee activities and dominate the public hearings. Joe 

 Karth was no committee dictator, and his subcommittee members 

 always were given free rein and plenty of opportunity to participate. 

 He built up respect among his subcommittee members on both sides of 

 the aisle, winning and retaining that respect through sheer force of 

 personality and knowledge of the subject matter. But there was never 

 any doubt who was boss. 



The Karth subcommittee in 1963-64: Seated, from left, Representatives William J. 

 Randall (Democrat of Missouri), Thomas G. Morris (Democrat of New Mexico), Chairman 

 Karth, Full Committee Chairman Miller, J. Edgar Chenoweth (Republican of Colorado). 

 Standing, Representatives Neil Staebler (Democrat of Michigan), Thomas N. Downing 

 (Democrat of Virginia), William K. Van Pelt (Republican of Wisconsin), Charles A. Mosher 

 (Republican of Ohio), and James D. Weaver (Republican of Pennsylvania). 



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