10—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 26.196&
WASHINCTON REPORT Xft
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman
14th DUtrbt-toniuylvanta
You have probably had the ex
perience of trying to get some
needed information only to be
confronted with a run-around
fiom the organization being con
tacted. It is not an experience
which is particularly appealing
and probably does not leave you
in « very good frame of mind.
It is a sad fact that one of
the worst places to seek out an
answer is within the govern
mental structure. My office daily
receives pleas from people who
desires help in getting the
Federal Government to react to
specific requests.
A large portion of my time
is spent obtaining information
or looking into problems within
Federal agencies for consti
tuents Many people are sur
prised to learn how much of a
Congressman’s day must be de
voted to what is commonly call
ed casework. Primarily, case
work involves attempting to get
answers, hopefully the right ans
wers, out of the massive admmis
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ti ate bureaucracy. The questions
asked might deal in anything
from Social Security to pass
ports, but in each case someone
has gotten in touch with me in
hopes of receiving assistance in
obtaining something of personal
importance from the govern
ment.
It is natural to assume that a
Congressman can immediately
cut through the red tape and
come up with some satisfactory
responses. I am happy to re
port that with some persistence
such a pattern can often result,
but even for a Congressman
pursuing casework can be a
most frustrating job. Since a
Member of Congress is supposed
to wield some degree of influence
within the national structure, I
suppose that we do receive the
cream of the service provided,
but the cream sometimes runs
pretty thin and I cannot help
but think how difficult the
situation is for the general pub
lic when they try to contact a
AVAILABLE AT
branch of their government.
Within aome agencies, it is al
most impossible to make any
headway at all.
As an example of an operation
that causes some real frustration,
let me point to one that seems
to attempt to thwart me on
every occasion—the Office of
Education. After contacting
this agency, I have often con
cluded that never have so many
produced so little. And, a con
sideration of some note in this
instance Is that my committee
in the 'House deals in all edu
cational matters so that in a
manner of speaking OE’s fate is
partially in my hands.
On a tyical case involving edu
cation, I have learned to expect
that no less than five telephone
calls are necessary just to get
pointed in the proper direction.
Then several calls may be need
ed to finally get in touch with
the person supposedly has pos
session of the facts. More often
than not the facts finally accumu
lated leave much to be desired,
but by the time this juncture is
reached, you are almost ready
to settle for anything. I suppose
writing a letter might be a way
around such turmoil, provided,
of course that you do not really
need an answer in a hurry.
I am told that the new team
being installed in the education
agency will eliminate some of
these problems, and I hope this
means that the general public
as well as Congress will be the
beneficiaries of better service
fiom the Office of Education.
There are some professional
educators among those in the
16th District who I know would
welcome the change.
As a final note, I might add
that I am always happy to en
gage in casework for you, even
it it involves education. I just
thought that you might like to
know that if my answer to your
question is not always as prompt
as it might toe, it is highly
possible that I am tangled up hr
some pretty stiff red tape.
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