COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CHET HOLIFIELD, California, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina OGDEN R. REID, New York ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama FRANK HORTON, New York EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois JOHN E. MOSS, California JOHN W. WYDLER, New York DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan JOHN S. MONAGAN, Connecticut GILBERT GUDE, Maryland TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey SAM STEIGER, Arizona WM. J. RANDALL, Missouri GARRY BROWN, Michigan J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia CHARLES THONE, Nebraska HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director JAMES A. LANIGAN, General Counsel J. P. CARLSON, Minority Counsel SPECIAL STUDIES SUBCOMMITTEE WM. J. RANDALL, Missouri, Chairman EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland JOHN W. WYDLER, New York CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey GARRY BROWN, Michigan GEORGE W. COLLINS, Illinois BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California BELLA S. ABZUG, New York J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia EPSKINE STEWART, Subcommittee Staff Director WILEEN MOORE, Subcommittee Clerk (II) CONTENTS Moore, John W., Assistant General Counsel, General Accounting Randall, Hon. Wm. J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Missouri, and chairman, Special Studies Subcommittee, opening Robinson, William A., Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Tiller, Carl W., Special Adviser on Budgetary Development, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President.--- Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by- Randall, Hon. Wm. J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Missouri, and chairman, Special Studies Subcommittee: Letter, dated April 1, 1971, to Hon. Chet Holifield, chairman, Committee on Government Operations, from Graham W. Watt, Assistant to the Commissioner, District of Columbia govern- Letter, dated February 25, 1971, to Hon. Chet Holifield, chair- man, Committee on Government Operations, from R. F. Keller, Assistant Comptroller General, re H.R. 3644 - Letter, dated May 20, 1971, to Hon. Chet Holifield, chairman, Committee on Government Operations, from Wilfred H. Rommel, Assistant Director for Legislative Reference, Execu- tive Office of the President, OMB, re deferring to District of Columbia government concerning need for certain legislation - Tiller, Carl W., Special Adviser on Budgetary Development, Office of |