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Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller addresses the Science Committee on behalf of 

 the Teague-Mosher bill to restore the science machiaery to the White House. 



Yet while it lasted, it was a unique experience. 



For 20 minutes after his arrival at 9:45 a.m., Rockefeller extended 

 his "Hiya, fella" form of personalized greeting to all the committee 

 members, staff, and other visitors. At 10:05 a.m., Teague rapped his 

 gavel, turned the microphone over to his distinguished visitor after 

 a very brief introduction, and promised: "We will guarantee you, 

 you can leave here at 10:45." Right on the dot, Teague abruptly ad- 

 journed the session when 10:45 arrived. 



In the 40 minutes in between, the Vice President noted that in 

 the 35 years he had testified before congressional committees, starting 

 for President Roosevelt, "I have never sat on this side of the room 

 before." He paid his compliments to Teague and Mosher for their 

 support of science, and added this appraisal of the committee: 



This committee has been really out front for the Nation, and I think can take a 

 great deal of the credit for the tremendous progress we have made. 



He mentioned briefly the dismantling of the machinery in 1973, 

 without referring to President Nixon by name. After mentioning that 

 President Ford had asked him to study the problem, Rockefeller said: 

 "His predecessor, for reasons we all know, had canceled the arrange- 

 ments that had been started under President Truman, that evolved 

 over a period of years under various Presidents * * *." Once again, he 

 noted: "Then, as I say, for reasons we understand, this was terminated, 



