THE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS
OCTOBER 5, 6, AND 7, 1971
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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
CHET HOLIFIELD, California, Chairman
L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina
ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama
EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland
JOHN E. MOSS, California
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin
JOHN S. MONAGAN, Connecticut
TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts
WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey
WM. J. RANDALL, Missouri
BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
JIM WRIGHT, Texas
FLORENCE P. DWYER. New Jersey
OGDEN R. REID, New York
FRANK HORTON, New York
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan
GILBERT GUDE, Maryland
PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California
JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama
SAM STEIGER, Arizona
GARRY BROWN, Michigan
BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California
J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia
FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island WALTER E. POWELL, Ohio
JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa
FLOYD V. HICKS, Washington
GEORGE W. COLLINS, Illinois
DON FUQUA, Florida
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas
BELLA S. ABZUG, New York
HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director
CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Administrator
JAMES A. LANIGAN, General Counsel
MILES Q. ROMNEY, A880ciate General Counsel
J. P. CARLSON, Minority Counsel
WILLIAM H. COPENHAVER, Minority Professional Staff
LEGAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE
JOHN S. MONAGAN, Connecticut, Chairman
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey
FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island
GEORGE W. COLLINS, Illinois
WM. J. RANDALL, Missouri
CHET HOLIFIELD, California
SAM STEIGER, Arizona
GARRY BROWN, Michigan
WALTER E. POWELL, Ohio
CHARLES THONE, Nebraska
FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey
RICHARD L. STILL, Staff Director
CHARLES A. INTRIAGO, Counsel
JEREMIAH S. BUCKLEY, Counsel
WILLIAM C. LYNCH, Investigator
FRANCES M. TURK, Clerk
JANE CAMERON, Assistant Clerk
HELENA A. GRADY, Assistant Clerk
Hodges, David, chairman, executive committee, Arkansas Commission
on Crime and Law Enforcement; accompanied by Ray Biggerstaff,
director.
Leonard, Jerris, Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Ad-
ministration; accompanied by Dean Pohlenz, Assistant Administra-
tor; and Robert R. Donlan, Assistant to the Associate Administra-
tor..
Kelly, Walter F., executive director, Wisconsin Council on Criminal
Justice.
Rogovin, Charles H., president, Police Foundation..
Documents pertaining to purchase of communications equipment
by St. Croix, Dunn, Barron Counties, and city of Prescott, Wis. 556-574
Letter, dated October 1, 1971, to Wisconsin Council on Criminal
Justice, from Roy H. Simenson, sheriff, Pierce County, Ells-
worth, Wis., re grant award No. 70-04-01-08-.
Supplemental material to prepared statement_.
Statement.
Monagan, Hon. John S., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Connecticut, and chairman, Legal and Monetary Affairs Sub-
committee:
Letter, dated May 19, 1971, to Irvine M. Crawford, Associate
Director, Civil Division, GAO, from L. M. Pellerzi, Assistant
Attorney General for Administration, Department of Justice,
re law enforcement education program.
Letter, dated September 20, 1971, to Walter Kelly, director,
Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice, re invitation to appear
as witness
Letter, dated September 23, 1971, to Ray Biggerstaff, director,
Arkansas Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement, re
invitation to testify..
Sundry correspondence relative to the State of Arkansas law
enforcement agencies...
Total professional audit staff, table included in letter dated Septem-
ber 13, 1971, to Robert R. Donlan and Allen J. Vander-Staay..
Ruth, Henry, director, New York City Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council, statement__
Letters statements, etc., submitted for the record-Continued
St Germain, Hon. Fernand J., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Rhode Island: Article from the New York Times of
February 22, 1971, entitled "A Judicious Official".
Hodges, David, chairman, executive committee, Arkansas Commission
on Crime and Law Enforcement:
Agreement between Management-Computer Interlock, Inc., and
Arkansas Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement..
Documents pertaining to purchase of communications equipment
by the Arkansas State Police, Poinsett County, Crittenden
County, city of Jonesboro, Pope County, city of Benton,
Jefferson County, and Grant County-.
Memorandum, dated September 24, 1971, to crime commission
staff and criminal justice council planners, from John H.
Hickey, director, subject: Vendors - -
(Appendixes A and B appear in part 1 of these hearings)
Appendix C.-Letter, dated October 12, 1971, from the Honorable Emanuel
Celler, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of
Representatives, to Chairman Monagan--
Appendix D.-Supplementary testimony of LEAA, dated January 4, 1972,
to questions posed by Chairman Monagan subsequent to the appearance
of the Administrator of LEAA before the subcommittee...
Appendix E.-Statement of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, dated
November 1971, together with subsequent correspondence to Chairman
Monagan from LEAA and the conference of mayors..
Appendix F.-Correspondence between the subcommittee and LEAA
relative to the audit resources and activities of LEAA..
Appendix G.-Letter, dated September 27, 1971, from the Administrator
of LEAA to Chairman Monagan relative to the administrative resources
of LEAA for years 1969 through 1972, inclusive..
Appendix H.-Responses by the director of the Wisconsin State Planning
Agency, dated December 22, 1971, to questions posed by Chairman
Monagan subsequent to the appearance of the director before the
subcommittee_.
Appendix I.-Correspondence, dated September 1971, between Chairman
Monagan and the director of the Arkansas SPA relative to the purchase
of communications equipment with LEAA block grant funds...
Appendix J.-Supplemental material to the testimony of Jerris Leonard,
Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, dated
October 7, 1971..
Appendix K.-Responses by the director and administrator of the Arkansas
State Planning Agency, dated October 28, 1971, and December 21, 1971,
to questions posed by Chairman Monagan subsequent to the appearance
of the director before the subcommittee__
Appendix L.-Correspondence between Chairman Monagan and Assem-
blyman Robert Crown, chairman of the Select Committee on the Admin-
istration of Justice, together with extracts of the report of the select
committee pertaining to the California State Planning Agency-
Appendix M.-Correspondence, with attached documents, between
Chairman Monagan and officials in the State of Louisiana relative to
investment of block grant funds, alleged use of block grant funds to
purchase land, and other matters--
Appendix N.-Letter, dated June 7, 1971, from the Administrator of
LEAA to all Governors requesting audits by September 15, 1971, and
the responses of 39 Governors-.
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