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committee appointed by the House and Senate to resolve the differences and come up with compromise legislation acceptable to both chambers.

The conference committee, however, was composed of some of the most senior and strong-minded members of both bodies. Some were also the members who were most jealous and protective of the prerogatives of their respectives chambers.

The conferees on the part of the Senate were Edward E. Willey of Richmond, president pro-tem and chairman of the Finance Committee; Hunter Andrews of Hampton, majority leader and second ranking member of the Finance Committee; and Stanley Walker of Norfolk, chairman of the Education and Health Committee and third ranking member of Finance.

The House conferees were Richard Bagiey of Hampton, chairman of the Appropriations Committee; Cleaves Manning of Portsmouth, chairman of the Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and second ranking member of the Appropriations Committee; and Dorothy McDiarmid, chairman of the Education Committee and third ranking member of Appropriations.

Three other conferees were also appointed by the House to deal with the smaller 1982-84 bill. However, because the Senate insisted on deahng with the two p-, muhaneously, no Senate conferees wemappointedr rVlf v •' Thus the stand-off which, as this is written, appeared likely to extend the session or make a session necessary to deal with the budget later in the spring.

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