JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL- WEDNESDAY-21 DECEMBER 1955
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Journal
Office of Legislative. Counsel
ednesday - 21 December 1955
1. Messrs. Houston and Paul met with Roger Jones of the Bureau of
the Budget to discuss legislative problems. The following three specific mat-
ters were discussed:
a. Joint Committee. Mr. Jones shares our opinion that a Joint Com-
mittee on Intelligence would be an undesirable thing. He hopes that the matter
will not become a subject of discussion in the Planning Board of the NSC, and
will cooperate in trying to avoid this step if possible. He agrees, however,
that the matter should be brought to the attention of the President. We des-
cribed the Director's discussion with Carl Vinson on this subject, and Jones
volunteered the opinion that he thought Carl Hayden on the Senate side could be
a most effective ally in blocking it;
b. Executive Pay Bill. Jones informed us that this matter was entirely
in the hands of Philip Young insofar as the executive branch was concerned,
and he was unable to offer any advice except to keep in touch with Mr. Young
on the matter. He feels that there will probably be strong pressure to put this
bill through in the coming session, although there apparently is going to be
some wrangling between the House and the Senate as to the form of the bill.
He feels that the Democrats may want to wait until they know whether or not
the President will run again before they get into action on it. If the President
decides not to run, he feels that the Democrats will press for a very liberal
Executive Pay bill;
c. CIA Legislation. Jones had not had an opportunity to read our
draft legislation, which had been formally submitted to him the day before.
He requested that before we make any further approaches to Mr. Winslow or
Mr. Young, we allow him an opportunity to read the proposed legislation and
to advise us on next steps. His offhand opinion was that the death benefits
section would never get through.
2. On the basis of a discussion between Paul and Bob Smart of the
Armed Services Committee staff the Director was advised not to make any
specific suggestions to Mr. Vinson on the membership of the CIA subcommittee.
On the general problem of the Joint Committee, Smart elaborated on Mr.
Vinson's previous views that the matter could be bottled up in the House. He
feels that Mr. Vinson will probably work. on this matter through Speaker Rayburn
and Judge Smith oev sMl4m~AE1$ 'lo is i w 8196 0 c t rative.