J. Stanley Pottinger, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the Department of Justice, was invited to testify before the committee concerning the existence and extent of discrimination in the public broadcasting industry. The Justice Department was concerned with the Civil Rights Act, Title VI. Members of his Federal Program Section met with officers of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) during the latter of 1974 to discuss their responsibilities under Title VI, and to attempt to develop an enforcement program. Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The General Counsel for CPB expressed the view consistently that, because CPB is not a government agency, it is not subject to the requirements of Title VI. CRD's position was then, and is now, that while CPB may not be a government agency, this means only that they are not required to adopt the regulating procedures envisioned by that section; but the corporation, being a recipient of Federal funds, is still subject to the nondiscrimination provisions, and more importantly, is responsible for their subrecipients' use of subgrants. (Author/JM)