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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, February 16, 1973
By an overwhelming vote of
64-17, the Senate has paraed a
bill to require Senate con
firmation of the Director and
Deputy Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
Hie bill, which I intn^uced, if
it becomes law, would apply to
0MB Director, Roy Ash, and his
Deputy, Frederic V, Malek, and
all future directors and deputy
directors. The measure
provides that the Senate have
an opportunity to inquire into
the qualifications, background,
and fltness of th^ officials in
the same manner as is required
for virtually all other policy
making positions in the
executive branch of the
government.
The questiMi arises as to why
Congress has raised this issue
after many years of allowing
the matter to lie dormant. The
Bureau of the Budget was
established in 1921 by the
Congress. At that time, the
Senate favored confirmation of
the Budget Director. The
House, however, took the view
that the position was merely one
of gathering certain financial
data for the President and of
performing certain personal
services to the President.
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Congress at that time concluded
that the Director and his deputy
would not wield major powers
and allowed the Presioent to
make these appointments
without confirmation.
Over the years, however, vast
changes have occurred in the
structure, responsibilities and
authority of the Office of
Management and Budget. Even
the name of the agency was
changed in 1970 to the Offlce of
Management and Budget. The
Bureau’s once small staff has
now grown to about 700 persons.
What was once a bureau with
limited housekeeping duties has
developed into a super
department with enormous
authority over every activity of
the Federal Government.
Now with the Federal budget
representing about one dollar
out of every four spent in the
country, the Director of 0MB
has powers never before
asserted in this country.
Members of Congress are often
dismayed when they seek the
opinion of an executive
department or agency in
respect to some legislative
proposal affecting that
department or agency. No reply
is given by these offices con
cerning any fiscal matter
without the permission of the
Office of Management and
Budget. What this amounts to is
a ban on all financial data in
volving the executive branch
unless and until the 0MB
decides to release it.
I certainly do not take issue
with the President’s need for
officials to assist him in exer
cising management and control
over the Federal budget just as
I do not quarrel with him having
officers to carry out our defense
policies. It is iroinic, however,
to require the senate to confirm
the appointment of a second
lieutenant or the promotion of
any Army officer and deny the
Senate the power to pass on the
fitness of individuals who
manage the fiscal affairs of the
country.
Hie issue involved relates to
the role that Congress should
play in developing the Federal
budget. I favor a reduction in
Federal spending, and I think
that in order to achieve this,
Ccuigress is going to need to
have access to a great deal
more information than it is now
able to receive from the
departments and agencies. At
the present time, the Executive
branch through the 0MB has a
virtual monopoly on the budget
process. It is paradoxical and
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Norris G. Dillahunt and wife,
Helen M. Dillahunt, to Jimmy
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Jacqueline C. Thompson.
Property on New South Front
Street.
Ada H. Mattocks and
husband, Herman E. Mattocks,
to John Richard Moore, Jr., and
Sonia Mattocks Moore.
Property on Trent River.
James W. Shank and wife,
Helen S. Shank, to Mark
Sherwood Splain and wife,
Henrietta Mills Splain.
Property in No. 6 Township.
J. G. Dunn, Jr., and vrife,
Margaret G. Dunn, to Lee
Russell Sanders, Sr., and wife,
Mildred Whitford Sanders.
Property on Queen Street.
Glenn Gray HasseU and wife,
Lois S. Hassell, to David A.
Jones and wife, Peggy W.
Jones. Property in Riverview
Park.
Alvera Bryant Jarman to
Alvera Bryant Jarman and
husband, David Jarman.
Property on Jones Street.
Carrie McCoy to Katie Pugh
Codgell. Proparty in No. 1
Township on River Side Road.
Carrie McCoy to Ervin
Gardner. Property in No. 1
Township on River Side Road.
Harold I. Dowling and wife,
Elsie F. Dowling, to James B.
Cox and wife, Deloris D. Cox.
Property in No. 7 Township.
Branch Banking and '^st
Company to Charles William
Kafer and wife, Rebecca M.
Kafer. Property on Forest
Drive.
Leonard G. Rice and wife,
Elizabeth G. Rice, to Dewey M.
Haye anc wife, Evelyn Rice
Haye. Property in No. 2
Township.
Roberta K. Hokanson to
Charles Joseph Johnston.
Property in Havelock Park.
T. S. Fulcher and wife, Lela
belittling for Congress to have
to wait until such time as the
buitaet comes before it in a total
package before it can bi^
undertaking its tasks of ap
propriating monies. Within the
time frame, this sometimes
amounts to legislating in virtual
darkness.
Unless the Senate can require
confirmation of the Dir^tor
and Deputy Director of OAffi,
Congress cannot hold 0MB
accountable to it in any fasMon
nor have access to vital data
needed to establish levels of
revenues and expenditures.
Hiis is the heart of the debate
now going on over this issue and
it relates directly to a
reasonable restoration of power
between the legislative and
executive branches of the
Federal Government.
Simpkins Fulcher, to Ronald L.
Fulcher and wife, -Byrtle R.
Fulcher Roy G. Fulcher and
wife, Peggy Ipock Fulcher; and
Thomas G. Fulcher and wife,
Brenda Fulcher. Property in
Sunnyside.
Phillip Haywood Koonce and
wife, Marilyn M. Koonce, to
Beasley-Kelso Associates.
Property in Wiison Creek
Heights.
T. A. Karam and wife, Marion
E. Kram, to Tryon Realty Co. of
New Bern, Inc. Property in
Southgate.
Tryon Realty Co. of New
Bern, Inc., to Callie A. Sutton
and wife, Ruth H. Sutton.
Property in Bemview Park. .
Paul W. Crayton and wife,
Flossie D. Crayton, to Bruce
Lucien Paradis and wife, Polly
H. Paradis. Property in
Havelock.
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