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B-169163 1 (1970-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabktv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: WASH[NGTON. D.C. 20548 B-169163 July 8, 1970 RELEASED LM089909 Dear Mr. Chairman: By letter dated June 15, 1970, you re at we develop certain information concerning a Small Business Administration (SBA) regional con- ference held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 31 through June 3, 1970. As discussed with Messrs. Bryan Jacques, Charles O'Conner, and Henry Robinson of the Committee staff in a meeting on June 12, 1970, we inquired into arrangements for hotel rooms and expenditures of public funds for various services and equipment in connection with the conference activities. An official of the Holiday Inn of Chicago (Downtown), I South Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, advised us that the SBA Administrator had been provided a one-bedroom suite free of charge at the hotel for 3 nights. He added that it was a normal practice of the hotel to provide a free suite to the head of any group occupying 20 or more rooms. He advised us also that the attendees at the conference who stayed at the hotel were charged $15 a day for their rooms instead of the usual $16-a-day rate. According to Holiday Inn records, a total of 116 individuals attended the conference and 99 of these spent one or more nights at the hotel, The hotel also billed SBA $815.08 for the following items: Catering of five coffee breaks from June I through June 3, 1970 $316.25 Use of conference room from June I through June 3, 1970 474.45 Use of hotel room for office space on May 31, 1970 24.38 $815.08 Copies of the statements and some of the supporting invoices for these services are enclosed. As the Committee staff requested, we inquired from five other hotels in Chicago whether they had been contacted by SBA about providing facili- ties for the conference. Representatives of the Marriott Motor Hotel, the Pick-Congress Hotel, the Water Tower Hyatt House, the Hotel Bismark, and the Cu t ,jj

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