Tidbits and Outrages
Tidbits and Outrages For $80,000, They’ll Prevent Tornadoes Have you ever heard of the Federal Fire Council? If not, here’s a report from United Press International: “Senate investigators said...
...The first phase of the study-done at a cost to the government of $41 3,200-was completed several days ago...
...of accounts receivable...
...He mailed out some publications now and then but other than that, didn’t do anything.’ ” Godmother, There is a Favor I Would Ask of You...
...The second copy of the letter is for the congressman to send to the constituent to remind him, at election time...
...The agency was established in 1936 to coordinate federal fire prevention regulations in government buildings...
...On a preliminary basis, it showsperhaps not surprisinglythat a coal slurry pipeline of the type Bechtel wants to build would provide fuel for electricity cheaper than would the railroads...
...Tt has been moved from department to department since then...
...York Times reports one reason for Miss Knight’s success: “There are probably very few members of Congress who do not owe Miss Knight a favor or two, very few who have not called her on behalf of a constituent who needed a passport in a hurry...
...One can be obtained quickly, and when it is, Miss Knight sends a letter-in duplicate-to the member of Congress...
...Bechtel says: Bechtel...
...It is now in the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration within the Commerce Department...
...The results show this is true despite the fact that rail transportation is cheaper than pipeline use...
...Frances G. Knight is the female J. Edgar Hoover...
...L ‘ TL~eah~y staffers, assigned by the freshman senator to comb the bureaucracy to find wasteful spending, said the council met only twice during the seven-year period...
...The original performs the same task for Miss Knight...
...Linda Charlton of The New...
...She’s held on to her job as head of the Passport Office for over 20 years...
...If not, here’s a report from United Press International: “Senate investigators said today they have discovered an agency that did almost nothing for seven years at a cost of nearly $70,000 a year...
...The contract was awarded to Bechtel, one of the nation’s largest construction and engineering firms, by the Interior Department’s Office of Coal Research in May 1974, without competitive bidding...
...A full time executive director and secretary managed to spend $67,000 a year during this period,’ said Jack Ewing...
...Stephen Aug, one of the better business reporters around, came up with this gem from the Washington Star: “The Bechtel Corp., which is fighting the railroads for the opportunity to build a $750 million coal pipeline, at the same time is working under government contract to study the relative economics of using railroads and pipelines to transport coal long distances...
...and ends with the hope that the constituent had an enjoyable trip...
...It’s unclear how he spent his time...
...told UP1 the Federal Fire Council held no more than two meetings between 1968 and 1974 but throughout the period continued to receive congressional approval of its annual operating funds...
...Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt...
...The letter says something like, ‘In accordance with your request, we have issued a passport to...
...Investigators working for Sen...
Vol. 7 • December 1975 • No. 10
