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Rio Salado development with Grace Provenzano, Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano, Arturo Portillo, Chicanos por la Causa, Joe Dixon, Army Corps of Engineers, John Meunier, ASU College of Architecture. Then children’s vision impairments with Brendan Cassidy MD, John Nelson, PhD Special Education ASU.
Senator Barry Goldwater, Congressman John Rhodes, Senator Carl Hayden, and Congressman Morris Udall appear in an "informal discussion" moderated by Udall. Topics include current committee assignments, House and Senate appropriations processes, "back door" appropriations, and a postal service rate increase. Hayden breaks down "the way taxpayer's dollars are broken up" (the percentages of federal budget spending). Panelists also discuss the "seniority system" for committee appointments in Congress, the roles of constituent opinion vs. members personal knowledge or convictions in voting for or against proposed legislation, reapportionment, and members work schedules. The film concludes with silent b-roll head shots of each guest.
Senator Carl T. Hayden (D-AZ) endorses Roy Elson and Senator Frank E. Moss (D-UT) for election to the US Senate in two brief film clips.