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...following is an excerpt from a statement presented by Daniel P. Moynihan, Director of the Joint Center for Urban Studies, to Senator Abraham Ribicoff's subcommittee on executive reorganization. Ribicoff called Moynihan's plan for an Office of Legislative Evaluation one of "the most significant ideas" to come before the committee and said he would introduce it in legislation this January...
Senator Abraham H. Ribicoff (D-Conn.) will ask the 90th Congress, when it convenes next January, to enact Daniel P. Moynihan's proposal for an "Office of Legislative Evaluation...
...Ribicoff said yesterday that Moynihan's plan was one of "the most significant ideas" to come before his Senate sub-committee on government operations, which is investigating urban affairs and he instructed his staff to incorporate it into legislation...
Moynihan, who is director of the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies, testified before the Ribicoff committee Monday. He said that there was an increasing lack of confidence in the government's efforts to deal with urban problems...
...everyone was quite as enthusiastic over the plan as Ribicoff was. Senator Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) was openly skeptical about its value. Another committee member said that expanded congressional committee staffs could perform the review work just as easily and as objectively as could an independent agency...