GOVERNMENT MINORITY ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS-

FISCAL YEAR 1974

(VOLUME I)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINORITY SMALL
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND FRANCHISING

OF THE

PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON
SMALL BUSINESS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 3 AND 4, 1973

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U.S. GOVERNMENT. PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

CONTENTS

HEARING DATES

October 3, 1973.

October 4, 1973.

OPENING STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

Addabbo, Hon. Joseph P., a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York, and chairman of the Subcommittee on Minority Small Busi-

ness Enterprise and Franchising---.

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Mitchell, Hon. Parren J., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maryland

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TESTIMONY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Small Business Administration:

Kleppe, Thomas S., Administrator; accompanied by Marshall J. Par-

ker, Associate Administrator; H. Gregory Austin, General Counsel;

and Arthur McZier, Assistant Administrator for Minority

Enterprise

Office of Economic Opportunity:

Ramirez, Louis, Associate Director for Economic Development, Office

of Economic Opportunity---.

Office of Management and Budget:

Malek, Frederic V., Deputy Director; accompanied by James A. Roth-

erham, Management Associate; James L. Hill, Budget Examiner ;

James A. Fletcher, Executive Assistant to Deputy Director; and

Robert L. Underwood, Management Associate_----

Office of Minority Business Enterprise, Department of Commerce:

Armendaris, Alex, Director, Department of Commerce and John K.

Tabor, Under Secretary of Commerce; accompanied by John Gray-

son and Tony Stadeker, Assistant Director for Field Operations

and Administrator at OMBE______

Tabor, Hon. John K., Under Secretary of Commerce; accompanied by

Alex Armendaris, Director, OMBE, Department of Commerce; John

Grayson, OMBE; and Tony Stadeker, Assistant Director for Field

Operations and Administration at OMBE___.

PREPARED STATEMENT BY A MEMBER OF CONGRESS

McCollister, Hon. John Y., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Nebraska: Prepared statement_-_.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Armendaris, Alex, Director, Office of Minority Business Enterprise, De-

partment of Commerce:

Biography

Management contracts renewed and refunded, table___

MESBIC staffing information----

OMBE-DOC contracts terminated, table_-.

OMBE new hires since April 1972 as of October 18, 1973_

OMBE-SBA agreement (Memorandum of Understanding).

Prepared statement..

SBA-OMBE coordination_.

Submissions to additional subcommittee questions--.