e 10 11 12 4 ings of the National Archives HSCA (RG 223) gi Reproduced from the holdings ; ' ° HSCA AF 23 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 loss of hours. The Wednesday after election doesn't seem to be a good day for any of us. Mr .Blakey. Would Thursday after election? Mr. Edgar. I think I could probably make it by Thursday if I am not packing. I would urge not to use Wednesday. Mr. McKinney. the consensus is unanimous that you are right. | Mr../Stokes. Is there anything further? Mr. Dodd. I would like to use a few minutes to discuss his. I have discussed this in the past and I have mentioned it toa few people on the floor over the last couple of days about the scheduling itself. We are looking at the week in August and then the full month of September. I know, Bob, you have expressed the feeling that it would be almost impossible to conduct public hearings and be through by the 31st of December. I would like to raise for purposes of dis- cussion here, whether or not we want to proceed with this intensive public séssion in September. Two, whether or not it is possible to conduct more shifts on part or all of this until November, December and write up the report simultaneously, if that is possible. Mrs. Burke. Let me out line the strategy involved in setting this up. We are obviously dealing with problems. If you push it in one place, it will push out in another DoclId: 322766631 Page 19
t ne 6: OQ ; 2 mam: 7) s a 4 8 5 as) 8 » 6 _£ ya) o 7 of § 8 3. . 9 fo 9 3 » g 10 Pa} o 11 o 0 3 © 12 fory @ mae 13 14 mS 15 16 -17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 direction. I think the first two things that have to be said is that the committee has to begin its public hearings. before the end of September on both King and Kennedy because we will have to come up in September for additional money to go through December. While I am certainly not an expert in politics, having sat through the hearings and the floor debate on our money bill the last time, it is difficult for me to believe that the floor would give this committee more money unless it had started its hearings. I think preferably we should finish our hearings as an integral presentation on both sides. It is just not possible to do that before September. In addition, the King hearings would have a special problem with the appearance of James Earl Ray. We can ‘anticipate that he will present new material of some kind and- therefore we probably ought to get him out of the way in August and then finish up the King hearings in November or we will have the Opportunity in September and October to run down anything he says is new. If we don't begin ina substantial way demonstrating our competency, our professionalism and our serious dedication prior to the votes in September, I doubt that the Congress would finance it. This means, in my judgment, we would have to begin in August and September. Then I think in September DoclId: 322766631 Page 20
nm 11 12 13 “ff reproduced from the holdings of the National Archives HSCA (RG 273) La | 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DocId: 3227666681 FP 10 - e 21 25 we should finish Kennedy as a whole, so that people can watch it as a whole and not have it broken up. Mr.Dodd. May we go off the record, Mr. Chairman? Mr.Stokes. Yes, (Discussion off the record.) Mr. Stokes. Back on the record. Mr. Blakey. Mr. Chairman, I have no further business to bring before the committee. Mr. Stokes. There being no further business before the committee, the committee meeting is adjourned subject to the call of the Chair. (Whereupon, at 11:30. a.m.,..the committee adjourned, to reconvene at the call of the Chair.)