McMullin, Carleton E., city manager, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 140 Richland School District No. 400, Richland, Wash., by Karl Diettrich, mem- ber of the board of directors___ Rogers, John D., former county commissioner of Los Alamos_. Smith, Joseph P., director, Community Disposition Staff, Department of 23, 62, 68-69 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Financial history of Kadlec Methodist Hospital. Further breakdown of evidence from the State of Washington with regard CORRESPONDENCE INSERTED IN THE RECORD Campbell, Wallace J., president, Foundation for Cooperative Housing, to Campbell, Wallace J., president, Foundation for Cooperative Housing, to Conway, John T., Executive Director, JCAE, to R. E. Hollingsworth, Conway, John T., Executive Director, JCAE, to Dr. Gerald F. Tape, Com- Few, Robert P., Henderson, Few & Co., to the mayor and City Council of Oak Ridge, Tenn., dated August 18, 1967, concerning their $2,500,000 corporate purpose bonds___. Fuller, Murray W., city manager, city of Richland, to Richland Operations Office, AEC, dated September 7, 1966, concerning the city's attempt to eliminate the AEC assistance payments by the end of the 10-year period Hollingsworth, R. E., General Manager, AEC, to John T. Conway, Execu- Morris, Congressman Thomas G., to Philip R. Thompson, Southwest repre- sentative, FCH Co., Inc., dated August 17, 1967, asking for certain information on the organization, background, and activities of the FCH 37 Southard, Shelby Edward, assistant director, the Cooperative League of the U.S.A., to Congressman Thomas G. Morris, dated August 18, 1967, enclosing a folder containing a list of the members, officers, and directors Southard, Shelby Edward, assistant director, the Cooperative League of Stamps, Robert F., vice president, Equitable Securities Corp., to Carleton McMullin, city manager, Oak Ridge, Tenn., dated August 16, 1967, con- cerning the ability of Oak Ridge to finance necessary public works by the issuance of municipal bonds--. Sullivan, John R., mayor, city of Richland, to A. M. Waggoner, Assistant Tape, Dr. Gerald F., Commissioner, AEC, to John T. Conway, Executive SALE OF LOS ALAMOS APARTMENT HOUSES Appendix 1: Proposed legislation providing for granting of priorities in connection with sales of apartment houses at Los Alamos, N. Mex., introduced by Congressman Morris and Senator Anderson on April 26, Appendix 4: Views of Atomic Energy Commission (July 27, 1967) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (August 1, 1967) on ELIMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION CONCERNING PRO- DUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL-TECH- NICAL AMENDMENTS TO ATOMIC ENERGY ACT-TOLL ENRICHING FOR Appendix 6: AEC letter transmitting proposed omnibus bill for 1967 (May 11, 1967); S. 1901 [H.R. 10627, an identical bill]; Joint Com- mittee press release, August 9, 1967 Appendix 7: Joint Committee August 30, 1966, hearings on AEC omnibus bill, 1966 (H.R. 16211, S. 3617, 89th Cong., second sess.) Appendix 8: Bibliography on role of United States in creation of Euratom [prepared by Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress, TRAINING FOR FAMILIES OF OVERSEAS AEC EMPLOYEES Appendix 9: AEC letter transmitting proposed legislation to provide orien- tation and language training to dependents of overseas AEC employees CREATING AN ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR MILITARY APPLICATION Appendix 10: AEC letter transmitting proposed legislation to provide for Assistant General Manager for Military Application (August 24, 1967)__ Appendix 11: Opinion of AEC General Counsel Concerning reimbursement to Defense Department for pay and allowances of the Director of Mili- TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL PLUTONIUM TO EURATOM Appendix 12: AEC letter transmitting proposed legislation to authorize transfer of additional plutonium to Euratom (August 22, 1967) Appendix 13: Reports of Comptroller General concerning sale of pluto- nium to Euratom, October 20 and 24, 1967; AEC-Joint Committee cor- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OAK RIDGE AND RICHLAND Appendix 14: AEC letter transmitting report on future assistance to the communities of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Richland, Wash., and proposed legislation to authorize assistance payments to these communities through June 30, 1979 (July 28, 1967); S. 2220 (H.R. 12087 an identical Appendix 15: Telegram from Oak Ridge Community Relations Council, Appendix 16: Report on conclusions and recommendations of the Public Law 221 Study Committee, City of Richland, Wash., August 1966__. Appendix 17: Report on request for a capital outlay grant by the Federal Government to School District No. 400, Richland, Wash., upon termina- tion of Contract AT (45-1)-1415, August 16, 1966–. Appendix 18: Report on financial assistance by the Federal Government to the city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., by the Study Committee on Financial Appendix 19: Progress reports by Atomic Energy Commission and Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development concerning operations under Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (August 14 and 25, 1967)__. TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL U25 TO EURATOM Appendix 20: AEC letter transmitting proposed legislation to authorize transfer of additional uranium-235 to Euratom (September 28, 1967) --- Appendix 21: Joint Committee-AEC correspondence on proposed legisla- tion to transfer additional uranium-235 to Euratom (October 13 and 30, 1967). Appendix 22: AEC letter concerning safeguards applicable to plutonium transferred to Euratom, November 1, 1967....... Appendix 23: AEC letter transmitting proposed omnibus bill for 1966 (June 30, 1966); H.R. 16211 (S. 3617 an identical bill), 89th Congress, Appendix 24: AEC letter transmitting proposed legislation to authorize transfer of additional plutonium to Euratom (September 1, 1966); H.R. 17557 (S. 380S an identical bill), 89th Congress, second session_. 330 AEC OMNIBUS LEGISLATION-1967 FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1967 SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNITIES, Los Alamos, N. Mex. The Subcommittee on Communities met, pursuant to call, at 9:20 a.m., in the Civic Auditorium, Los Alamos, N. Mex., Representative Thomas G. Morris (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Wallace F. Bennett; Representatives Thomas G. Morris and Craig Hosmer. Also present: Leonard M. Trosten, staff counsel, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Representative MORRIS. The subcommittee will be in order. Today's hearing before the subcommittee concerns identical bills (S. 1623 and H.R. 9199) which Senator Anderson and I introduced in April to authorize the AEC to make certain changes in the procedures for sale of multifamily housing units at Los Alamos. By way of background it appeared to me last fall that the program for sale of multifamily properties was in real trouble. Serious complaints were being raised by Los Alamos residents against the policies and procedures being followed. As a result, Senator Anderson and I suggested that the Atomic Energy Commission appoint a special committee, including representatives from Los Alamos, to review the overall apartment situation in the community before proceeding further with the sales program. This suggestion was followed, and the study committee was appointed and went to work. It performed a creditable job, in my opinion, by analyzing the problems which had arisen in the sale of the multifamily units. In the course of its review, the committee held a public meeting in Los Alamos in January. In April, the study committee filed a written report proposing a nine-point program which was designed to afford a more equitable basis for going forward with these sales. (See app. 3, p. 151.) After receiving and reviewing the study committee's report, it appeared to me that a workable program had been proposed. Accordingly, H.R. 9199 and S. 1623 were introduced. (See app. 1, p. 149.) I believe this proposed legislation, if enacted, would permit the study committee's recommendations to be implemented. I shall furnish the following legislative summary for the record at this time, concerning the intent of this bill. I have tried to put it in lay terms instead of legal terms. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION First: The AEC would be authorized to establish a revised system of priorities for purchase of the multifamily units by occupants, project-connected persons and residents of Los Alamos. This system would permit priority purchase by cooperatives, and by others as well. Second: A first priority right would go to the person or organization which had received an assignment of the priority interests of at least 70 percent of the occupants of the building in question. Third: If no one qualified for the first priority, a second priority would go to the organization whose members agreed to occupy at least 70 percent of the units of the building in question. Fourth: If there is a sale to a priority purchaser, those occupants not desiring to participate in the priority purchase could obtain a 15month lease. This is to permit people who do not wish to participate in the purchase reasonable time to make a permanent arrangement with the purchasers or to move to other homes. Fifth: If no one qualified for a first or second priority, the property would be sold to the high bidder. While this summary of the legislation may not be precise from a legal standpoint, it fairly well, in my opinion, describes the fundamental principles of these bills. Of course, the report of the special committee does not necessarily represent the perfect solution to the problems at hand. Moreover, this proposed legislation leaves considerable discretion in the hands of the AEC. That is why we are having this public hearing today before this subcommittee. We want to obtain firsthand the opinions of those who are familiar with, and will be affected by, these bills. Everyone who has an interest in this problem has been afforded an opportunity to make his views known to the subcommittee. It goes without saying that the subcommittee, and the entire Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, regard the laboratory here at Los Alamos as vital to our national security. We accordingly have a powerful interest in the future of this community, and the effect of disposal actions on the work of this key defense installation. It is a great personal pleasure for me to be here with you again. I would now like to take this opportunity to introduce to those of you who are here the members of the Joint Committee who have come so far to help us in the problem which confronts us. First, I would like to introduce to you the senior Senator from the State of Utah, who is a member of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. He is a fine American, a distinguished Senator, and one whom I am proud to say is a personal friend, and even prouder to say that he is a "working" Senator-Wallace Bennett of Utah. Senator Bennett, would you care to make any remarks at this time? Senator BENNETT. Mr. Chairman, when the arrangements for this hearing were being made, I was very anxious to be included in the group. I was here in 1959 at a similar hearing and I became very interested in the problems of this community. I have a particular interest in this hearing because I am the ranking minority member on the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency which handles problems involving FHA housing. In fact, I am a fugitive from a committee meeting this morning which is considering this |