Ig4 HISTORY OF THE COMMITTI E ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



said: "The chairman has approved a staff member." He said: "Who do you recom- 

 mend?" I said: "I do not know." 



Fulton hired Richard E. Beeman on June 1, 1968. Beeman resigned 

 on March 19, 1969, to be succeeded by James A. Rose, Jr., who came 

 aboard June 2, 1969, and remained until August 15, 1970. Not until 

 the arrival of Carl Swartz on February 23, 1971, and Joseph Del Riego 

 in October 1971 did the minority have an organized unit which 

 included more than one professional staff member. 



During the 1960's, the following were some of the issues which 

 were raised by Republican members of the committee: 



Establishment of an Inspector General for NASA. 



Opposition to the Electronics Research Center (discussed in the next chapter^. 



Increased emphasis on military space development. 



Creation of Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. 



Greater emphasis on aeronautics, and the fight against aircraft noise. 



Opposition to NASA-controlled tracking ships which would constitute a NASA 



"Navy." 

 End duplication of Apollo Applications and Manned Orbiting Laboratory. 

 Opposition to large nuclear rocket (NERVA). 

 Opposition to M-l engine development. 

 Opposition to rapid increase of NASA training grants. 

 Strong effort to insure that NASA keep the committee better informed in advance of 



plans and actions. 



VICTORIES IN 1965 



At the start of 1965, the Manned Space Flight Subcommittee was 

 reorganized to include the following: 



Democrats Republicans 



Olin E. Teague, Texas, Chairman James G. Fulton, Pennsylvania 



Emilio Q. Daddario, Connecticut Richard L. Roudebush, Indiana 



Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., Louisiana Alphonzo Bell, California 



Don Fuqua, Florida Edward J. Gurney, Florida 



Gale Schisler, Illinois Donald Rumsfeld, Illinois 

 William J. Green, Pennsylvania 

 Earle Cabell, Texas 



The year 1965 saw one of many victories for the Science Committee 

 members, as they savored the results of their earlier efforts bearing 

 fruit and sustained progress was made toward the lunar landing goal. 

 In contrast to 1964, which had been a year of some frustration, budget 

 slashing, and the long span of inactivity between the last Mercury 

 flight and the first two-manned Gemini flight, 1965 was a banner year. 



On February 16, Chairman Miller told his cheering colleagues in 

 the House of Representatives that "this morning the United States 

 took another giant stride in the exploration of space. At 9:37 a.m., a 

 Saturn rocket * * * with its 1,500,000 pounds of thrust, lifted off the 

 launch pad at (ape Kennedy, Fla., on a mission to place in orbit 



