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By the time the President's message had arrived, the staffs of the 

 House and Senate were moving closer toward agreement. The House 

 had yielded to the Senate's desire to breathe new life into a Federal 

 Coordinating Council. Some objectionable Senate provisions had been 

 carefully changed through phraseology to become acceptable — such as 

 labeling a 5-year forecast as an "outlook." One very unexpected issue 

 ballooned into a heated controversy, when the Senate added the word 

 "engineering" in the title and throughout the bill to the dismay of the 

 House negotiators, who looked on engineering as encompassed by 

 science and technology. Just when they thought they had a compromise 

 worked out, a well-orchestrated campaign was mounted by engineering 

 societies all over the country, and the whole issue was thrown back 

 to be considered when the conference committee met on April 1 



THE CONFERENCE MEETS ON APRIL 1 



At 8:40 a.m., the joint conference met in room 235 of the Russell 

 Senate Office Building. There were five House and five Senate Members 

 present, as follows: 



House: Teague, Fuqua, Symington, Thornton, and Mosher. 



Senate: Wendell H. Ford (Democrat of Kentucky); Barry Goldwater (Republican 

 of Arizona); Edward M. Kennedy (Democrat of Massachusetts); Paul D. Laxalt 

 (Republican of Nevada); and Frank E. Moss (Democrat of Utah). 



According to custom, the conference opened on a friendly and 

 humorous note, as follows: 



Senator Kennedy. Could I suggest that Chairman Teague be Chairman of the 

 Conference? If there is no objection, that will be a proposal to be put forward by our 

 side, Mr. Chairman. 



Senator Moss. I do not hear any objection. 



Mr. Teague. Thank you, Senator. I understand there has been some kind of 

 frame-up on this. 



Senator Kennedy. You win it every time. 



TEAGUE CALLS ON NOAH WEBSTER 



Teague immediately brought up one of the most ticklish points, 

 the use of the word "engineering" in the title and throughout the bill, 

 which individual Senate conferees strongly defended. Teague offered 

 Webster's definition of engineering, science, and technology, as 

 follows: 



Engineering: A science by which the properties of matter and the source of energy 

 and nature are made useful to man. 



Science: A possession of knowledge, as distinguished from ignorance and mis- 

 understanding; knowledge obtained through study or practice, 



Technology: Applied science; a technical method of achieving a practical pur] 



