PUBLIC OFFICIALS INTEGRITY ACT OF 1977, BLIND
TRUSTS AND OTHER CONFLICT OF INTEREST MATTERS

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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

ESTABLISH

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 555

CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES, EFFECT
CERTAIN REORGANIZATIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN REFORMS IN THE OPERATION OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO PRESERVE AND PRO-
MOTE THE INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND INSTITU-
TIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MAY 3, 4, AND 5, 1977

AND

BLIND TRUSTS AND OTHER CONFLICT OF INTEREST MATTERS
JUNE 7 AND 9, 1977

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Printed for the use of the
Committee on Governmental Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1977

MARILYN A. HARRIS, Executive Administrator and Professional Staff Member ELIZABETH A. PREAST, Chief Clerk

PAT DONAT, Assistant Chief Clerk

JOHN B. CHILDERS, Chief Counsel to the Minority
BRIAN CONBOY, Special Counsel to the Minority
HAROLD C. ANDERSON, Staff Editor

Opening statements:

Senator Percy-

Senator Chiles-

Senator Ribicoff

Senator Nunn___

Senator Heinz..........

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

MAY 3, 1977

Hon. Lowell Weicker, U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut..

John M. Harmon, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal

Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice---

Livingston Hall, chairman of the American Bar Association, Special

Committee to Study Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.

Herbert S. Miller, member, American Bar Association, Special Committee

to Study Federal Law Enforcement Agencies---.

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4, 233

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MAY 4, 1977

Fred Wertheimer, vice president for operations, Common Cause---

96

MAY 5, 1977

Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States-

John Moore, Jr., President and Chairman of the Board, Export-Import

Bank...

Alan K. Campbell, Chairman-designate, U.S. Civil Service Commission.

Edward Tamm, chairman of the Review Committee, the Judicial Con-

ference of the United States...

Jack Nard........

JUNE 7, 1977

Fred Wertheimer, vice president for operations, Common Cause--

Hon. Dewey F. Bartlett, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma..

Hon. Robert Dole, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas...

Alan B. Morrison, director, of litigation for Public Citizen__

JUNE 9, 1977

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Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, Civil Service Commission_..

Gerald H. Goldsholle, chairman, Subcommittee on Conflict of Interest and

Ethics, Committee on Administrative Law, Association of the Bar of the

City of New York...

235

240

Leon Ulman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel,

Department of Justice..

252

Lester A. Fettig, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy,

Office of Management and Budget..

266

Hon. William Proxmire, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin...