COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT SECURITY HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE ON REORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. J. Res. 21 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON MARCH 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, AND 18, 1955 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY, Wisconsin WALTER L. REYNOLDS, Chief Clerk and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON REORGANIZATION JOHN F. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota II MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine Senate Joint Resolution 21, 84th Congress, 1st session_. Letters from Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey, a United States Senator from the State of Minnesota and acting chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Atomic Energy Commission, Hon Lewis L. Strauss, February 16, 1955 Civil Service Commission, Philip Young, February 16, 1955 Department of Defense, Hon. Charles E. Wilson, February 14, 1955. Department of Justice, Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., February 14, 1955. Amann, Joseph, president, Engineers and Scientists of America, Wash- ington, D. C.; accompanied by Leo F. Lightner, attorney at law, Angell, Ernest, chairman, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties D. C., office of the American Civil Liberties Union Bartky, Dr. Walter, professor of applied mathematics and dean, Divi- Brucker, Wilber M., general counsel, Department of Defense; ac- companied by Jack Stempler, assistant general counsel; Jerome Fenton, assistant to general counsel; Frederick Ayer, Jr., special assistant for intelligence, Air Force; Col. W. A. Perry, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Department of the Army; Adm. George A. Holderness, Jr., Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Personnel and Reserve Forces; Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll, Air Staff, Department of the Air Force; Robert Applegate, Industrial Security Division, Department of Defense; and John G. Connell, Jr., administrative assistant to the Secretary of the 400 Bundy, McGeorge, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences; accom- panied by Edward Reynolds, administrative vice president, Harvard Fitzsimons, Bernard F., director of security, Douglas Aircraft Co., 353 Harrell, William B., vice president, University of Chicago. Harris, Thomas E., associate general counsel, Congress of Industrial Lauterstein, Lincoln W., chairman, commission on national affairs, 653 LeRoy, George V., M. D., associate professor of medicine and associate Statement of-Continued Mitchell, William, general counsel, and John A. Waters, director, Division of Security; accompanied by C. A. Rolander, deputy director, Division of Security, Atomic Energy Commission____ Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., national vice presidert Americans for Demo- Pa 4 3 Rose, Hon. David A., on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League of Sachs, Leon, national judge advocate of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States; accompanied by Bernard Weitzer.. Spear, Ralph E., Assistant Administrator for Planning, Federal Civil Tompkins, William F., Assistant Attorney General; accompanied by Wiggins, J. Russell, managing editor, Washington Post-Times Herald, representing American Society of Newspaper Editors.-- Young, Philip, Chairman, Civil Service Commission; accompanied by Pierce J. Gerety, general counsel; and Kimbell Johnson, chief, Investigations Division, Civil Service Commission. Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by- Amann, Joseph, Engineers and Scientists of America, Washington, Excerpt from Administrative Procedure Act, S. 681.. Excerpt from an address entitled, "The Blessings of Liberty", by 5 7 7, Excerpt from case of Physicist A heard by the appeal division of Excerpt from Sir Winston Churchill's report to the British Excerpt from the New York Times, November 15, 1947- Excerpt of letter from Hon. Wilber M. Brucker, general counsel, Letter from Joseph Amann, to Hon. John A. Hannah, April 19, 6 Observation of the Assistant Attorney General, March 8, 1955.. 6 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Amann, Joseph, Engineers and Scientists of America-Continued Opinion of Judge Albert Reeves in the Coplon case. Resolution adopted at the second annual convention of the Engineers and Scientists of America held in New York City, Angell, Ernest, chairman, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Statement of American Civil Liberties Union, New York, N. Y., 478 Letter and memorandum from Herbert Monte Levy, staff counsel, 635 Letter from American Civil Liberties Union, to Senator Hubert 635 Criteria governing actions by the Industrial Employment Review Excerpt from report pertinent to industrial security in defense Letter from Wilber M. Brucker, general counsel, Department of Defense, to Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey, March 24, 1955-- Breakdown as to sensitivity of position for terminations and resignations under Executive Order 10450 for the period May 28, 1953, through September 30, 1954_.. Department of Defense approximate cost of personnel secu- rity investigations conducted during the calendar year 1954 covering military, civilian, and contractor personnel.. Campbell, James A., national president of the American Federation 722 Chase, W. M., acting administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State: Letter to Senator Hubert H. Hum- Clark, Judge William of New Jersey: Statement.. Counsel, International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Fitzsimons, B. F., director of security, Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.: Letter to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, March 29, 1955. Fondahl, John E., director, Office of Civilian Defense, District of Columbia: Data from the Office of Civil Defense, District of Columbia, relative to vacancies in positions caused by loyalty Green, Harold, staff member, Senate Subcommittee on Government 733 727 532 Questions asked by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Gov. 599 |