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• FBI Report to Chilean Military on Detainee, 6 June 1975

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  This letter, one of a number sent by FBI attache Robert Scherrer to Chilean General Ernesto Baeza, provides intelligence obtained through the interrogation of a captured Chilean leftist, Jorge Isaac Fuentes. The document records US collaboration with Chile's security forces, including the promise of surveillance of subjects inside the United States. Fuentes was detained through Operation Condor - a network of Chilean, Argentinian and Paraguayan secret police agency which coordinated tracking, capturing and killing opponents. According to the Report of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, he was tortured in Paraguay, turned over to the Chilean secret police, and disappeared.

  United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

  Scherrer, Robert W.

  1975-06-06
• Military Contingency Operations: The Lessons of Political-Military Coordination

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  From the thesis abstract: "This thesis investigates the utility of conventional military intervention by Western powers in achieving their short-term foreign policy aims. Through a survey of the literature of political-military coordination, case studies of contingency force interventions, and comparative analysis of the interventions, factors fundamental to successful contingency operations are developed."

  U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

  Clark, Wesley K.

  1975-06-06
• Federal Plan for Natural Disaster Warning and Preparedness: First Supplement (FY1976-1980)

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  From the foreword: "Natural hazards, such as the massive outbreak of killer tornadoes which struck 13 states early in April 1974, remain an ever-present threat to our Nation's welfare. Disaster surveys have indicated that the Nation's warning and preparedness system has reduced the toll in deaths, injuries, and economic losses from such hazards. However, unmet needs still exist in our monitoring, warning preparation, warning dissemination, and preparedness capabilities. The 'Federal Plan for Natural Disaster Warning and Preparedness' was published in June 1973. That Plan presented a comprehensive picture of the coordinated plans of 10 Federal agencies to bring about needed improvements to the warning system and preparedness programs. In the months since the Plan was prepared, much progress has been made to improve the system, and applications of recent technological advances promise even greater future improvements."

  United States. Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research

  1975-06
• Strategic Intelligence from ERTS? An Analysis of Digital Data on Soviet ICBM Sites

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  "The Earth Resources Technology Satellite, ERTS-1 (recently renamed LANDSAT-1), and its successor, LANDSAT-2, are providing the world with a revolutionary form of electro-optical overhead imagery at very low cost to the consumer. ERTS products are freely available for purchase from the United States, and a growing number of countries are building their own ground receiving stations. ERTS data could be a source of strategic intelligence for countries that do not have access to overhead reconnaissance systems but do have strategic missile-targeting and other military requirements. Because of the growing usage of ERTS data and de-centralization of dissemination centers, the difficult of detecting foreign military intelligence use of that data is increasing rapidly. This study reveals little evidence that foreign countries are exploiting the military and strategic intelligence potential of purchased ERTS data; but the Peoples Republic of China, which has shown interest in ERTS data and has made a considerable effort to obtain geodetic information and maps covering the Soviet Union and other areas, appears to be a possible user of ERTS data for such applications. An assessment of standard ERTS multi-spectral film coverage of selected Soviet areas indicates that the Chinese could now use it to identify and target large cities, airports, port facilities and transportation routes. ERTS digital images and data, supplemented by collateral information, could be used to map and target even smaller features, such as the larger Soviet SAM [surface-to-air missile] sites and soft ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] sites."

  United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  1975-06
• Executive Order 11858: Foreign Investment in the United States

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  "There is hereby established the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (hereinafter referred to as the Committee). The Committee shall have primary continuing responsibility within the Executive Branch, both direct and portfolio, and for coordinating the implementation of United States policy on such investment."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

  1975-05-07
• Some Climatological Characteristics of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, Gulf and East Coasts of the United States

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  "A climatology of hurricane factors important to storm surges is presented for the U. S. gulf and east coasts. A smoothed frequency of tropical storms and hurricanes entering and exiting the coast and storms passing within 150 n .mi. [nautical miles] of the coast during the period 1871-1973 is given. The central pressure for hurricanes and tropical storms and the radius of maximum winds and speed of forward motion for hurricanes were obtained from data analysis . Directions of landfalling hurricanes and tropical storms at the time they crossed the coast at selected points were also analyzed. The probability distribution of each factor was plotted and analyzed for each 50-n.mi. interval along the coast . Selected probability levels of each distribution were then summarized, and smoothed variations along the coast were obtained by analysis . The speeds of motion for two classes of hurricanes (those that entered the coast and those that passed within 150 n .mi. of the coast) were studied separately and a smooth speed analysis determined for each. The question of joint probability among the various factors and with latitude is discussed qualitatively."

  United States. National Weather Service

  Ho, Francis P.; Schwerdt, Richard W.; Goodyear, Hugo V.

  1975-05
• Address by the Honorable Edward H. Levi Attorney General of the United States Before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York

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  "I would like to speak to you this evening about confidentiality and democratic government. The subject is an important one. It is complicated and has many facets. I do not suggest there are easy answers. I do suggest, however, that public understanding of the issues involved and the relationship among the issues is extremely important. The bar as a profession has an enormous responsibility to help clarify these issues. My belief is that understanding may be increased by putting together certain doctrines and values with which most of us would agree. The relationship among these doctrines and values may have been obscured in the recent past. If hard cases sometimes make bad law, emergency situations also have distorted our perspective. The public good requires that we try to correct that distortion. In recent years, the very concept of confidentiality in government has been increasingly challenged as contrary to our democratic ideals, to the constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and to our structure of government. Any limitation on the disclosure of information about the conduct of government, it is said, constitutes an abridgement of the people's right to know and cannot be justified. Indeed, it is asserted that governmental secrecy serves no purpose other than to shield improper or unlawful action from public scrutiny. This perception of the relationship between confidentiality and government has been shaped in large measure by the Watergate affair. The unfortunate legacy of that affair is a pervasive distrust of public officials and a popular willingness to infer impropriety. Skepticism and distrust have their value; they are not the only values to which our society must respond."

  United States. Department of Justice

  Levi, Edward H. (Edward Hirsch), 1911-2000

  1975-04-28
• National Security Decision Memorandum 292: U.S.-Iran Nuclear Cooperation

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  This memorandum focuses on the nuclear cooperation between the United States and Iran. It outlines that the U.S. will take the following actions: "[1] Permit U.S. material to be fabricated into fuel in Iran for use in its own reactors and for pass-through to third countries with whom we have Agreements. [2] Agree to set the fuel ceiling at a level reflecting the approximate number of nuclear reactors planned for purchase from U.S. suppliers. We would, as a fallback, be prepared to increase the ceiling to cover Iran's full nuclear requirement under the proviso that the fuel represents Iran's entitlement from their proposed investment in an enrichment facility in the U.S. Any additional entitlement could be disposed of by Iran without importing the material into that country through sales from the United States to appropriate third countries with whom the U.S. has bilateral Agreements for Cooperation. [...]"

  National Security Council (U.S.)

  1975-04-22
• Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1974

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  This document provides a general overview of the 1974 hurricane season in the North Atlantic along with detailed accounts of individual storms.

  National Hurricane Center (2012- )

  Hope, John R.

  1975-04
• Federal Role in Fire Prevention and Control

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  "The fire problem in this country can be measured by some 12,000 deaths, by about a quarter of a million serious burn injuries every year, and by several billion dollars of annual property loss. The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 recognized that the time has come to devise solutions to these problems using modern technology, education techniques and other resources that are available to us. In looking for those solutions we must recognize, as the Act does, that fire prevention and fire control are state and local responsibilities. It is a fundamental principle upon which this Act is based: that state and local government has as one of its most important missions the fire safety of our citizens. The Act recognizes the need for Federal Government help. Thus, the President and the Congress have seen that we have a serious fire problem, that this problem is a prime responsibility of state and local government, and that the Federal Government must help if solutions are to come as soon as they are needed."

  United States. Department of Commerce

  Clark, Joseph E.

  1975-03-25
• Theft and Diversion of Special Nuclear Materials and Military Nuclear Weapons

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  From the thesis abstract: "Theft and diversion of nuclear materials suitable for construction of nuclear explosives or dispersal weapons has received considerable recent attention in the public domain. A design study was undertaken to improve the security systems for nuclear materials and weaponry. In addition to an analysis of the threat, calculations are presented to quantify the amount of material necessary to produce a significant nuclear yield, as well as models to deduce a probability of diversion and hazards associated with plutonium dispersion. These methods were closely patterned after a similar analysis contained in the recently released Reactor Safety Study (WASH 1400). Several event trees were considered with different initiating events representing theft or diversion at different stages of nuclear materials processing or utilization. Unlike the Reactor Safety Report, fault trees were of limited use in assigning probabilities-- especially for the initiating event itself. Instead, probabilities were estimated based on models which were constructed from available data on similar terrorist activities such as airline hijackings, mass murders, and other equivalent antisocial acts. These techniques had only limited success and predicted only a gross upper bound for final probabilities. Relative risk levels are shown to be approximately an order of magnitude less than the risk posed by most common accidents."

  Air Force Institute of Technology (U.S.)

  Bjurstrom, Richard G.; Casady, John T.; Careway, Harold A.

  1975-03-12
• Taking Measure: U.S. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency Annual Report 1975

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  "Over the past years, the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) pursued various means of fulfilling joint obligations with the State and local governments in developing and maintaining nationwide civil preparedness. At State and local level the prime objective was the same-but ideas and methods for reaching the always-elusive goal sometimes didn't mesh with Federal concepts and programs. […] A few years ago, a new idea in management began to take hold; its name-participatory management. The concept wasn't really new, but as managers both in and out of government looked around, they were surprised to see how little 'participation' there was by everyone concerned in various systems. DCPA encouraged participatory management in civil preparedness-and took a good hard look at its own programming and management system. DCPA's system was functional but it was cast in the old mold; it was top heavy in superstructure, designed around national objectives; and weak at the foundations, with funds trickling down to communities in thinly sliced allotments based on those national objectives; and with little hard data and other information on which to determine total local needs. After a full year of development, DCPA now has an 'objectives oriented' system, based on a good, firm foundation of finding out local needs in relation to the overall objectives of the national program."

  United States. Department of Defense; United States. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

  1975
• Indian Housing, [Part 1], Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, May 1, 1975

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  This is the May 1, 1975 hearing on "Indian Housing," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the Opening Statement of James Abourezk: "The purpose of the hearing this morning is to receive testimony from those agencies whose responsibility it is to provide Indian people with decent housing. Similarly, the subcommittee has asked representatives of various national tribal organizations as well as several nonprofit groups who are experienced in Indian housing programs to present testimony here today regarding Indian housing in the United States. As I stated in my letter of invitation, I am particularly interested in obtaining for the record: (1) an assessment of the Indian housing need; (2) a discussion of the various agency and private market efforts to meet this need; (3) a determination of the factors which serve to make Indian housing among the worst, if not the worst, in the United States; and (4) an analysis of possible policy alternatives or suggestions for improving the Indian housing delivery system." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: James Abourezk, Joseph Burstein, Gordon Cavanaugh, Ronald Froman, Joseph R. Hanson, Stuart James, Emery A. Johnson, Iliff McKay, Pail Reilly, George Rucker, Morris Thompson, and John Tiger.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• U.S. Department of Commerce National Fire Prevention and Control Administration: Second Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce

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  "This Report is submitted to the Congress and the President of the United States in accordance with the requirements of Section 16 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. The Act directs that the Report shall include, but need not be limited to, an appraisal of human and economic losses due to fire; a survey and summary of the research and technology program undertaken pursuant to the Act; a summary of the activities of the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control; the activities undertaken to assist the Nation's fire services; progress in public education programs; an analysis of the extent and participation in preparing and submitting fire safety effectiveness statements; a summary of outstanding problems confronting the administration of the Act in the order of their priority; recommendations for additional legislation as being necessary and appropriate; and a summary of reviews, evaluations and suggested improvements in Federal, state, local and private fire prevention and building codes and fire services. […] With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, President Gerald R. Ford appointed Howard D. Tipton of California as Administrator, and David A. Lucht of Ohio as Deputy Administrator, on August 5, 1975, and June 27, 1975, respectively. Thus, at midyear, the first operating executives were in place within the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration. During subsequent months emphasis was placed on recruiting and hiring of top management personnel and professional and support staff, consultation with the fire services and others regarding priority needs, identification of priority initiatives, and the development of a comprehensive Five-Year Plan for the National Fire Administration."

  United States. Department of Commerce

  1975
• Fire Defense and Emergency Response

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  "This Guide is about making Fire Defense and Emergency Response Plans for fire prevention and control (which add up to fire protection). It is designed to help people interested in improving local fire protection through the use of basic systematic procedures. Following the procedures should result in finding out: 1. What are the real fire problems? 2. What are the causes of the problems? 3. What are the possible solutions? 4. What are the best solutions? 5. What action will be taken? Community involvement is an important element in the fire /emergency planning process. Early citizen participation and support can do much to air concerns and avoid misunderstanding. The community as a whole needs to understand what fire /emergency planning is and what it is not. […] Planning will take a lot of work and some of the decisions will be difficult, but the results are likely to be well worth the effort. This Guide is intended to be used in a number of settings ranging from rural areas and communities without any significant groupings of people and businesses to moderate-sized cities, of say, up to 50 or 60,000, and regions containing a number of small cities and communities. This Guide should be used by any group that believes it will work for them; however, a set of companion guides and procedures addresses the more complex fire protection problems associated with large cities and highly urbanized areas containing a number of cities and communities with many common boundaries. These documents address organization and data-collection issues in various settings and provide a handbook for continuous use in the complete process of systematic fire protection planning."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  1975
• Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War

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  This study is the result of extensive research on the worldwide, long-term effects of nuclear war. LLIS Core Capability: Emergency Management

  United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

  1975
• Status of the U.N. Law of the Sea Conference, Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, November 19, 1974

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  This is the November 19, 1974 hearing titled "Status of the U.N. Law of the Sea Conference," held before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives. From the opening statement of Clement J. Zablocki: "The purpose of today 's meeting is to hear a report of the status of the U.N. Law of the Sea Conference and an update on U.S. policy toward the Conference. Appearing before the committee is Hon. John R. Stevenson, Special Representative of the President for the Law of the Sea Conference. Ambassador Stevenson's statement and a statement from his Deputy, Hon. John Norton Moore, who could not be present today, is in front of the members. Ambassador Stevenson was the chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the first substantive session of the Third U.N. Law of the Sea Conference which was held at Caracas, Venezuela, from June 20 to August 29 this year. As the members will recall, the House passed a resolution last year which endorsed the President's ocean policy objectives at the current Conference and called for an early agreement on a new Law of the Sea Convention." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John R. Stevenson and Thomas A. Clingan, Jr.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• United States and the United Nations, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session on the United States and the United Nations and the Nomination of Daniel Patrick Moynihan to Be U.S. Representative to the United Nations with the Rank of Ambassador, May 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22, and June 4, 1975

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  This document contains the May 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22, and June 4, 1975 hearings titled "United States and the United Nations," held before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of John Sparkman: "We are meeting today to open a series of hearings on the United States and the United Nations. The purpose of these hearings is to put into perspective what our original hopes and aims were, how the UN has developed, and what our future policies and attitudes should be. I think it is fair to predict that recent world developments will focus greater attention on the United Nations. The question is whether the UN will be a constructive force in ameliorating difficult situations, such as in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, or whether it will be a destructive force in pitting the developing and third world nations against the developed, mostly Western countries, thereby further increasing the polarization evident at the U.N." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Bruno V. Bitker, Seyom Brown, William F. Buckley, Jr., William Sloane Coffin, Norman Cousins, Alexander Dallin, Richard A. Falk., Pauline Frederick, J.W. Fulbright, Buckminster Fuller, Richard N. Gardner, Arthur Goldberg, Henry Cabot Lodge, Daniel P. Moynihan, John A. Scall, Richard Scammon, Joseph Segel, Maxwell C. Stanley, Harold E. Stassen, Alvin Toffler, Abraham Yeselson, and Charles W. Yost.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Replacement of the American Falls Dam, Upper Snake River Project, Idaho, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Research and Water Resources of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, April 24, 1975

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  This is the April 24, 1975 hearing on "Replacement of the American Falls Dam, Upper Snake River Project, Idaho," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy Research and Water Resources of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the Opening Statement of Frank Church: "The purpose of this hearing before the Energy Research and Water Resources Subcommittee this afternoon is to take testimony on S. 1152, a bill to clarify the relationship of the provisions of the American Falls Dam Replacement Act, to provisions of section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code. Passage of 1152 will assure tax-exempt status for the bonds to be issued by the American Falls Reservoir District in financing replacement cost of the American Falls Dam." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Frank Church, James A. McClure, John A. Rosholt, and Edwin F. Sullivan.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Dissemination of Criminal Justice Information, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, July 26, August 2, September 26, October 11, 1973; February 26, 28, March 5, 28, and April 3, 1974

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  These are the July 26, August 2, September 26, October 11, 1973; February 26, 28, March 5, 28, and April 3, 1974 hearings on "Dissemination of Criminal Justice Information," held before the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary. From the Opening Statement of Don Edwards: "This morning we begin hearings to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for the dissemination and use of criminal arrest records in a manner that insures their security and privacy. Of particular interest to us are the civil rights aspects and problems related to the collection and maintenance of raw arrest records." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Robert T. Andrews, Wason G. Campbell, David O. Cooke, O.J. Hawkins, Clarence M. Kelley, Nancy LeBlanc, Joseph J. Liebling, Anthony K. Mondello, Pierce Myers, Aryeh Neier, Bernard J. O'Donnell, John Pemberton, Arnold R. Rosenfeld, William B. Saxbe, Allen W. Sill, Fletcher D. Thompson, Richard Velde, Paul Wormeli, and Barry Zanoff.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Indian Child Welfare Program, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, April 8 and 9, 1974

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  These are the April 8 and 9, 1974 hearings on the "Indian Child Welfare Program," held before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of James Abourezk: "We have called these hearings today to begin to define the specific problems that American Indian families face in raising their children and how these problems are affected by Federal action or inaction. Many Americans and the Congress are becoming more aware of the difficulties Indian communities face in a broad range of areas: Health, education, land and water rights, economic development, among others. But there are few who are knowledgeable about the difficulties American Indians face in a matter of vital concern to them; namely the welfare of their children and their families." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Robert Bergman, George Goldstein, Jere Brennan, William Byler, Leon F. Cook, Cheryl DeCoteau, Alex Fournier, Bertram Hirsch, Roger R. Jim, Sr., Mary Ann Lawrence, Richard Lone Dog, Carl Mindell, Alan Gurwitt, Mel Sampson, James H. Shore, Margaret Townsend, Joseph Westermeyer, William Blackwell, Thomas Peacock, Evelyn Blanchard, Raymond Butler, Mike Chosa, Victoria Gokee, Carl Hammerschlag, Betty Jack, Robert E. Lewis, Esther Mays, Ramona Osborne, Ben Rowland, Freda Moore, and Mel Tonasket.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Indian Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1975 (Part 1), Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, December 3 and 4, 1975

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  These are the December 3 and 4, 1975 hearings on the "Indian Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1975," held before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of James Abourezk: "This is an open public hearing to receive the views of witnesses from the Indian community on general jurisdictional issues and problems and S. 2010, the Indian Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1975. I know of no other problems in the Indian field today that are as complex and difficult to resolve as those found in the area of jurisdictional concern in Indian country. Contributing to this dilemma is the tangle of overlapping or mutually exclusive jurisdictions--Federal, State and tribal--which govern law enforcement in Indian country." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Odric Baker, Ed Cline, Lucy Covington, Joe DeLaCruz, Roger Jim, Lewis LaRose, Max Mazzetti, Mel Tonasket, Joseph Ansera, Benny Atencio, Wendell Chino, Wayne Ducheneaux, Roland Johnson, Ernest Lovato, Frank Tenorio, and Bruce Townsend.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Reduction in Force in the BIA, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, August 23, 1974

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  This is the August 23, 1974 hearing on "Reduction in Force in the BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs]," held before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of James Abourezk: "This is an open public hearing before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs exercising its constitutional oversight function to determine if the Bureau of Indian Affairs is properly carrying out the law. The specific purpose of our inquiry today is to examine the reorganization plan that the Bureau has been in the process of implementing for nearly 2 years and a reduction in force action which apparently finalizes that reorganization. [...] At a hearing in Denver, Colo., last September this committee heard from over 30 witnesses who were tribal leaders and other Indians familiar with the Bureau structure. These witnesses unanimously condemned the reorganization as an attempt by the old-line bureacracy in the BIA to destroy the opportunity tribes had to be heard in the decisionmaking process." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Ray Butler, Peter Dexter, Eva Sieben, Larry Shortman, James Robinson, George Scott, Ruth Chess, Ramona Osborne, Harris D. Sherman and Charles Trimble.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Abandonment Disaster Demonstration Relief Act of 1975, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, August 28 and 29, 1975

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  These are the August 28 and 29, 1975 hearings on "Abandonment Disaster Demonstration Relief Act of 1975," held before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. From the opening statement of Alan Cranston: "Housing abandonment is still a major menacing housing problem in our urban cities. Housing abandonment is a problem of poor people concentrated in overcrowded, unsafe, and unsanitary housing units, of streets scarred by vandalism and fire, of neighborhoods shunned by businesses and investors, of cities with dying central cores. Housing abandonment is creating housing, crime, health, and tax crises in many of the Nation's cities." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John Reading, John B. Williams, Fred Cooper, John Sutter, Fran Matarrese, Richard Ilgin, Bard Saladin, Marjorie Evans, James Price, Frederick Craig, Gene Jarnagin, Henry Cohn, Gary Schmidt, Gordon Wile, Doris Davis, Michael Salzman, Joseph Korpsak, Henry B. Dotson, Ralph Fertig, Herman Rappaport, Richard Crissmark, Cary Lowe, Ellen Kastel, Frederick Case, Frank Mittelbach, John Clapp, Jonathan Lehrer-Graiwer, and Valarie Pope.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session

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  These are the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam for Fiscal Year 1975" hearings before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of George H. Mahon: "As a result of the action of Congress last year there is now an unfunded authorization for economic aid to South Vietnam in the sum of $170 million, and an unfunded authorization of military aid to South Vietnam in the sum of $300 million. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Congress itself has the responsibility of deciding what, if anything, to do about the funding of these authorizations." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Henry A. Kissinger, Robert McCloskey, Philip C. Habib, Daniel Parker, Frederick E. Weyand, and Erich Von Marbod.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Fire Management (Vol.36 No.3)

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  This is the Summer 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.3) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1975
• Fire Management (Vol.36 No.2)

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  This is the Spring 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.2) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1975
• Fire Management (Vol.36 No.4)

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  This is the Fall 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.4) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1975
• Executive Order 11822: Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury

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  "By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3347 of title 5 and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, either the Secretary of the Treasury or his Deputy Secretary is not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office of Secretary, an officer from the Department of the Treasury appointed by the President--by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in such order as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time prescribe--shall act as Secretary until the absence or the disability of the incumbent shall cease, or until a successor is appointed. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, then such officers shall act as Secretary in the descending order of rank, as established by their offices being listed in sections 5314, 5315 or 5316 of title 5 of the United States Code and, at each level of the Executive Schedule, in the order which they shall have taken the oath as such officers. Sec. 2. Executive Order No. 11680 of August 21, 1972, entitled 'Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury' is hereby revoked."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

  1974-12-10
• National Security Decision Memorandum 281: Ratification of the Geneva Protocol of 1925 on Gas War

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  In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 281, President Ford "has reviewed the report of December 6 submitted by the director of the arms Control and Disarmament Agency, pursuant to NSDM 279. He has approved the report and authorizes the Director to state before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that: (1) the formulation of U.S. policy toward tear gas and herbicides incorporated in the report is the Presidents position, (2) it is the President's intention to conform U.S. policy accordingly, assuming the Senate consents to ratification on this basis, and (3) the President continues to urge advice and consent to ratification of the Biological Warfare Convention. The President also approves the notification of appropriate allied government of the Administration's position on the Protocol prior to the appearance of the Director before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."

  United States. White House Office

  1974-12-09