g34 HISTORY OF THl (OMM1TIII ONMIINU AND TFCMNOLOGY 



The Rules Committee has been kept informed of this bill all the way through and 

 if they were going to refuse to consider this legislation, they could have saved much 

 work in this and other committees Also, we have had numerous polls which indicate 

 a positive 201 Members committed for the bill and many others semi-committed for 

 the bill. 



My understanding is that 1 have been given a tlat " No"; that I will not have a 

 hearing before the Rules Committee. I feel that this action is an absolute insult to my 

 committee. Therefore, I shall take the only action that is left to me. As of Septem- 

 ber 8, I will object to every unanimous consent request. I shall make a no quorum 

 point-of-ordcr at every opportunity. I regret the necessity to do this, but I feel that 

 myself and my committee, and the other committees that have labored long on this 

 legislation, arc not being treated fairly. 



Speaker Albert was very understanding, and responded on Septem- 

 ber 1 to Teague: 



Immediately after you discussed this with me, I went to Ray Madden and asked 

 him if he could not have a hearing. He said that it was too late in the session. He 

 advised me that there were apparently some 60 amendments to the bill and that it 

 would be impossible to finish the bill in time to adjourn sine die on October 2. It 

 seemed to me that there was nothing I could do about it. 



I will send him a note and tell him how you feel and see whether anything can 

 be done. I do hope though you don't find it necessary to object to every unanimous 

 consent request or make continuous points of no quorum just because one committee 

 chairman has treated you and your committee unfairly. 



World War I veteran, 80-year-old Ray Madden had served in the 

 House for 17 consecutive terms since 1943- He had just been defeated 

 in the Indiana Democratic primary, so he had nothing to lose by what- 

 ever action he took. It wasn't long before he heard about Teague's 

 threat, and on top of that Speaker Albert and the leadership were 

 vigorously twisting his arm to get the bill out of the Rules Committee. 

 Madden fumed around about Teague's threat, vowing that he would 

 get even if Teague wanted to play rough. It was not long before the 

 press found out about the Teague letter, which proved to be a juicy 

 tidbit when printed. For himself, Madden finally agreed to schedule a 

 hearing for the bill, which cleared the committee by a voice vote, and 

 saved his anger for the floor debate on the rule. 



PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPROMISE BILL 



Ottinger and his allies scurried around and collected almost 200 

 signatures opposing the rule when it came up for debate on Septem- 

 ber 23. He brought the petition to Speaker Albert, who took one look 

 at it and said, "Come back and see me when you have 218." Now the 

 opponents had a new procedural argument: The bill to be debated was 

 not in customary form and had only been printed in the Congressional 



