European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Press Secretary Andrea Camp taking a cell in the office of democratic Ftp. Patricia Schroeder at Denver Colo. Support system for legislators mining an office on Capitol Hill rep. Scr Traeder her office is busier than some because she is identified with several issues that transcend her this Tinct such As Federal employees. By Jill Lawrence i associated press the mail can bring a loaf of bread or a Jar j Dirl labelled radioactive. Anyone can step by from Robert Bedford to Street people. The television drones the code brews the phone rings Welcome to your congressman s Copilot Hill office a paper factory spewing letters speeches Bills and press releases a Host tally suite for Consoli Luengs lobbyists and whoever else happens to wander to. Each member of Congress presides Over a Small piece of Hill real Ozlale one cramped fiefdom after another. Strung along fluorescent lit pastel corridors reminiscent of High school. Each Mollico has a support system a staff of Uncle Clad and largely Anonymous aides who do the ground work Lor sheif Bosses. How else could a congressman ask knowledgeable quo Lions at a medicare hearing cast a floor Vole on whether to build a now Jet lighter discuss the depreciation aspects of lax Reform Wilh visiting realtor from Home and address a teachers group on competency tests All before lunch congressional offices do tend to have personality orderly or chaotic sophisticated or Down Home depending on a member s style and Sale decor generally runs to paintings crafts and trave posters touting the Scenic wonders Superior products and compelling history of the member s Home Sale the Motif in the powder Blue office occupied by democratic rep. Patricia Schroeder is Plains indians and Frontier life if you guessed Denver you Guo Sod right. J plants in various states of ill health abound in Schroeder s office and in mos others As do phone Calls piles of paper and people in seemingly Perpetua motion. Imagine three rooms filled with paper says Andre Camp. Schroedor s press Secretary. That s wha this place is a paper lire Hazard. And thousands of Calls Al the same time Al some Point you just say Tell them i m dead " we re Lucky if to can read the paper adds Camp who has a Lour fool Square Pilelo Denver newspapers on the Moor near her desk to toss the other stuff into in to read pile and Hope ill get outdated so i can throw away v Schroeder s office is Lauly typical. It is staffed by an administrative assistant a press Secretary a schedule an office manager several legislative aides who work on Bills a congressional fellow and a cadre of College interns. Administrative assistant Daniel Buck has his own office while the scheduler and office manager sit in the reception area the other aides and interns work Oul c a file lined Den they Call the Annex or the boiler room. The same size As Schroeder s office this Jampa eke room is subdivided into compartments for seven desk three of them topped with new computers. A television set is tuned Solus to a Span the Cable system that covers Congress while a Large copying machine whirls in a Corner Al the Edge of the room is Small Kolchen equipped with coffeemaker and � microwave and a bathroom that has been converted i Inlo a tiny sub office with a desk and computer. The aides Squirrel led away there do research attend hearings and write letters speeches and momos on i their specially subjects which Range from nuclear Airt to civil rights one aide did an extensive analysis of parental leave policies in Federal agencies another researching a newspaper article investigated How House rules have been manipulated to pass or Bury Bills since the Early 1800s interns help do Tho reheard and answer the mail. Everyone lakes turns answering the Telephone. The Schrceder office is less hierarchical than most an Extension of the congresswoman s Low key inform style. Al some of Ces. It s congressman Here it s pal and the door s open ii you have a question you g ask  says Camp but Don t be fooled by the casual Lone. There s no question Here about who s Boss. We work Tor Pat Schroeder she makes the policy. We implement  says Camp. We know when we write an Arline that it s not our article Hal in would. Go nowhere without her name on it the casual operation of Schroeder s Soltice and i flood of the a Choli Congress Are perplexing to Zhang i. A congressional Lellow from China who recently received a master s degree in american Page 14 the stars and stripes