BOARD00985

• Board Meeting Date: 2/5/1969
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. BARKLEY,

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MR. STAPLB'1'ON,

water matters and knowing the tenor of the
legislature of the appropriation to Mr.
Geissinger's committee and the date February
5th of the legislative session. can you ex-
press an opinion on whether or not. unless
there is some degree of unanimity between
Mr. Sparks' bill and the position of the Ad-
visory Committee and the Geissinger drafts.
that we can hope to get any legislation in
the present session of the General Assembly?"

"I've always recognized the ability of
Mr. Stapleton as a chairman and your ability
to ask questions is equally as good as your
ability to chairl

It is most difficult. I think. for any-
one to predict at this point what might
happen within the halls of the legislature.
But I will honestly. and I think I would be
less than candid if I did not say that, after
listening to the explanations of the Geis-
singer proposals. it is extremely difficult
for even those of us in the water business to
fully follow and understand the multiple pro-
posals. I'm not an attorney. It may be that
attorneys can thread their way from one bill
to another in the package of nine bills.
However. Jim. as a layman and as an engineer.
I have great difficulty in making a sensible
integration of what has been suggested in the
multiplicity of the proposals. And I have
the distinct feeling that some of the legis-
lators share my confusion.

I don't know whether that helps answer
the question or not. Mr. Stapleton. but that's
the best I can do."

"Mr. Barkley, this comment is not made to
you and it is not directed against anyone.
I think we can point to two great difficul-
ties we've had in the last year. Namely, the
concentration of the staff of this Board on
the problems of the legislation in the Congress