European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Capitol Hill paper Chase by w. Dale Nelson associated presso Newy Cahsay 1934. A co ski Starl slopped Oil the train no washing Lon s Union station a 22-year-old  Whiz on her first trip away irom hoi Hometown of Spink so. The next Day. She wont to work As a Secretary in room 452 of the Senate Ollice building one of lower than 600 employees on Tho drills of Tho 96 senators and then committees. How that 600 has grown. Today about 4,000 people work Lor 100 senators  employ t ,700 mom. Tho Story in lai., oif Xvi vex a 47 so 70 80 89 soum Saiti Cal abstract ottos . Apt. Dean Caple Alice Klopstad Andersen is still in the paper Chase after 55 years. 12,13, 14 and 16 it is my understanding we can just go through those or just move to adopt them if there is no further  there is none. Hems 4 to 7, on the other hand Deal with the sub minimum training wage a key Point of dispute Between congressional democrats and the Bush administration we Havo indicated they could t be part of a Small recommendation and would be decided by Tho members Kennedy says. Alter Briel discussion the items Are loft in. At that Point. Kennedy and sen James Jeffords r-vi., the Only senators present Nusl leave Lor a Vole on the floor. Representing the Senate Side is left to John v. Harvey jr., 33. Chief labor counsel of the committee and a Cluster of other stall members. Thai Brief mooting on May 2 was the culmination of weeks of Small work beginning when the Bill passed the Senate on april 12. Democratic and Republican Senate aides met separately to formulate their positions then All Trie Senate aides got together. There were similar meetings in the House. Then there were Lour meetings of aides with Tho members of the conference committee going through the Agenda item by item making objections agreeing on changes. After each preliminary meeting says one aide the stalls carried the changes to their Bosses for approval. When the conference committee met says the aide who commented on the condition to not be identified ii was really easy. We did t know until thai moment that it was going to be  Andersen reflecting on what stall members do says there s a volume of work i would t think we needed All those people but she less Tho Houghl Trail off. Tho swelling of congressional stalls irom just Over six per senator when Andersen arrived in Washington to 40 or More today was sharply criticized in a 1980 Book by Michael j. Malbin then a research Lellow Al the conservative leaning american Enterprise Institute in unelected representatives. Malbin wrote that the staggering growth in Tho number of aides has reinforced a situation in which the deliberative aspect of representation gets Short shrift on All but the Broad outlines. The process no longer forces members to talk to each other to resolve the Tough  Deering says members of Congress Range All the Way from a member who is pretty much staff driven to members who Don t Deal with their staffs Al  rep. Norman d. Dicks a Wash. Has seen the process from Bolh sides. Before his election to the House in 1976, he served for three years As legislative assistant and later administrative assistant to the late sen. Warren Magnuson in the House Dicks finds there is More direct member involvement and interest than in the Senate because the 435 representatives Are not spread As thinly among the committees As the 100 senators Are. The stars and stripes Page 13