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McCormack relates: 



We were free CO study absolutely anything at all. * * * Teague and Davis gave 

 us very strong support, and George Miller was more or less indifferent to our activ- 

 ities. * * * As a subsidiary of the Davis subcommittee, that gave us a little additional 

 insulation 



STAFF SUPPORT FOR THE TASK FORCE 



McCormack was very fortunate in receiving excellent staff support 

 from Dr. Ratchford, Dr. John Andelin who at that time worked with 

 the task force out of McCormack's congressional office, and a number 

 of stall personnel at the Congressional Research Service. Dr. Ratchford, 

 a University of Virginia Ph.D. in physics, had taught at Washington 

 and Lee University and had worked for the Air Force Office of Scientific 

 Research prior to joining the committee staff in 1970. Andelin, a Ph.D. 

 from the California Institute of Technology, had been a senior research 

 scientist in cryogenics at Ford Scientific Laboratory in Dearborn, 

 Mich., and later a research associate in solar physics at Harvard 

 University. 



Task force on energy visit to Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, 111., to inspect 

 removal of sulfur oxide gases from burning of fossil fuels. From left, Dr. J. Thomas Ratchford, 

 Mrs. Mike McCormack, Representatives Mike McCormack (Democrat of Washington), 

 Charles A. Mosher (Republican of Ohio), James W. Symington (Democrat of Missouri) 

 and plant representatives. 



In addition to presenting a briefing on September 13, 1971, the 

 Environmental Policy Division of CRS produced a voluminous study 

 for the task force, published as a committee print, entitled "Energy 

 the Ultimate Resource." This Inst task force publication was a com- 

 pendium of material on the current status of world energy production 



