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T. E. Bishop to DeLoach Memo an a _ on -"" Yn this regard, when Senator Kennedy initially offered the“ amendment concerning the National Institute in the Subcommittee, he — ey a + indicated it was acceptable to him to have the FBI responsible for training: » This, in effect, would create two National Institutes and, because of this, ~~ the Kennedy amendment was rejected in the last meeting of the Subcommittee. Flug obviously is attempting to cloud the issue and imply that the FBI is. out its training functions under the direction of a Nations stic e will make sure this er- before the Committee meeting. Republican me a of the Tati bhoe, according to Pete Velde, Minority Associate C on the Subcommittee, are unanimous in favor of block grants--grants of money directly to the states for dis- tribution to state and local agencies af the direction of the Governor for the improvement of law enforcement rather than placing the control of such grants in the hands of the Attorney General, The Department is strongly opposed to this issue. This issue was not considered in Sub- committee due to its highly controversial nature. The vote on this issue will be very close. Velde stated he feels certain Senators Dirksen, Hruska, and { Thurmond will support the FBI's training provision in the bill. He is un- certain of what action Senator Fong will take in this regard. Senator Scott is out of the country and will not be present for the meeting. Senator Dodd also is expected to be absent due to his illness. These are the only absentees anticipated. _ We are continuing to follow very closely developments con- cerning this legislation and are staying in close contact with our friends on the Committee in an effort to prevent the Department and Senator Kennedy from sabotaging the provisions of the bill placing law enforcement training responsibilities under the direction of the FBI. RECOMMENDATION: For informatio RE: 8, 917. te eee