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- the foregoing proviso shall cease to be
4
controlling upon tho establishment of a new rate of com-
5 pensation for such positions by or pursuant to the provisions
6 of .any law hereafter enacted.
7 8
( d) The Secretary may delegate any of his functions
- of S. 3010 as amended, is to centr~lize in one new
Cabinet-level department the responsibility for leadership in the
development, direction, and coordination of the principal transporta
tion policies, functionsJ .and operations of the Federal
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NEW YORK. N. Y.
DeOClllber
Twenty-fourth
1965
....
Dear Bobs
Ma7I first
'
take this opportunity to express the unprecedented
pleasure I have experienced 1n working w1th this •secret" task
force. Having bad a mmber ot assignnents ot similar nature
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it will s.ay things that people already around it. It is a new version of the =•.:::.>·:....:::··:,.. ·, .'\ . ·; •· · • ·.
. "
·~•. •. '. •·f •...:
··:·know; things they know, but haven't Bible story: Jonah has the comfortable-~::•-:,• .. ·i'.i
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Committee.
Senator McClellan told Alan Boyd and me that he will hold
the hearings himself on the Department
of Transportation
bill and will "expedite" the matter.
His first question
concerned what functions if any the new Department would
take from
- 11 all ready to go_1n New Haveo and Detroit .
'
this week. I)epartment official• will be 1n both C1Ues 'lhursday, DecembGr
9, to wrap up final detail a for tho comprohenslve prOCJl'am.A numbor •
of other c1t1ea, Including Atlanta, Plttaburgh
- and the advisors
.
-- Emphasize
increased
researchand
.
0
committee
would
.
development.
• - - Develop a modern dry bulk carrier
fleet (Bulk carri~s ·are the
·ships we now need in view of our growing b~k .trade .. The tastforce
.
recommends
5 sucij new ships
- HARDESTY:
( E:_
() ~
Hore••~ new pago 8 for the Cabinet Department draft v,hich
who ha• been most
works in some credit for Ray~aeher.
effective in connection with International
Cooperatlon Year
efforts in the Urban Development area.
l
·1/
I
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i1
Perry
- of the activities
of each Wtit, seep. 365) PL89-174 transferred the FHA
as an entity to HUD.
The legislation basically upgraded the existing HHFA
(established in 1947) to Cabinet-level status. The new
agency was not to administer all federal programs relating
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OctQber 25, 1965
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.FOR THE PBESIDENT ..
FBOM
Joe Calua.no
There are two ways to move forward
on equal opportunity
in housing:
1. By extending the Executive Order to cover all new housing.
o£ which is financed by any institutions supervised
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Ervin
Non-coinm.ittal.
Gruening
Okay.
Muskie
Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol
of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/:
All the way with us
I
•Ribicoff
Harris
Open mind
- beset
the advantageous
are steps
for the new Depart
that can and should be
taken immediately:
1.
Maritime
I am today issuing
Labor Management
difficult
manning,
• - have hampered
the Secretary
program
order
Commission
to aid in resolving
- to the same effect could be included in
Section 3 either as a part of or as a new subsection following
Sub~ection (d), with the succeeding Subsections to be renum•
bered as required.
In either event, Section 8(1) should be
amended to insert the following
- by the Indian government, and details of
the interim Food - for - Peace
agreement are being negotiated
.
· in New Delhi. ·
Behind the Indian annoyance
is a feeling that the United
: States is being niggardly in its
· off er, which is on_ly enough to
·. meet
- ,
was
decision that the contribution
of transportation
to our economy and way
the creation of a new Cabinet-level
"Department
of Transportation."
.
The following figures serve as examples to bring the importance
of transporta
tion irito focus.
America
spent
- piecemeal
and on a small scale, but ~ave never been
really pulled together for lack of an appropriate
focus fo;: doing so.
Now that the Department
of Housing and Urban Affairs has come
into being, it seems to me to be an opportune time to assure that
the new
- shall
be renumbered and a new Section~
inserted
as follows,
"THE'tNATIONAL
OFFICEOF TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE"
"Section 5(a).
There is hereby established
within the Department a
\
N3tional Office of Transportation
Service at the head of'cy'hich shall
- this outline
could be prepared
very easily.
Therefore,
I patterned my draft
'more along the lines of the Budget outline, which contains a
number of new proposals.
I have also added a few proposals
of
my own.
If there is to be no Transportation
Message,
I would
- .
Alternative
torms ot truck taxes should be developed. Wapill taxes
on the shipper 11181'
be teasible.
••
2.
~ster
excise
tax on new automobiles to the Highway Trust Flmd.
Comment: 'l'o~
Recommendation:
~
ignores the problem. ot tax equity
among highvq
- at the highest levels of Government.
New program emphasis led to the creation of a Federal Aviation Agency
outside the Department of Commerce. The inception of a program to assist
urban mass transportation h::is led to an increasing transportation function
- for the Record
(Confidential)
12-27--65
Dept. of State to Am Embassy New Delhi
(Secret)
12-30-65
A
Dept. of State to Am.Embassy New Delhi
(Confidential)
12-30-65
A
McG. B. to the President (with Secret
attachment Komer to Pres.)
1-8-66
A
Memor and urn
- ~:pa.r.t~ent_~~.Defen~e.
a new frc.mework
President,
and subject to the provisions
of
Defense shall'have·direction,
authority,
and
of Defense. • The Secretary
shall be the
President
in all .~tters
relating
to the
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