MEETING WITH ROBERT HARRIS, COUNSEL FOR THE SENATE LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE REGARDING S. 1779

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• Publication Date: May 15, 1968
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SUBJECT: Meeting with Robert l rrris, Counsel for the Senate ,ebor
Subcommittee Regarding S. 1779
1. On this date I met with Mr. Harris to discuss further the
status of S. 1779 and to provide him with a draft of a suggested new
section 7 to S. 1779, Senator Yarboroughts bill to establish an inter-
national health, education and labor foundation to provide open support
for activities in these and other welfare fields.
2. Mr. Harris advised me that no further action has been
taken on S. 1779 and no plans have been formulated with respect to
future action. tie added that they had still not decided whether they
quire reports from Government departments and agencies and
if so, when. In this connection I asked Harris whether the Subcommittee
aff had been in touch with. Jim Clarke, of the Bureau of the Budget,
on this subject. Harris said he had suggested to Staff Assistant Reid
t contact be made with Clarke but he was not certain whether
3. 1 provided Mr. i- rris with a copy of our suggested revision
of section 7 of S. 1779. having to do with the prohibition against
"intelligence gathering. 11 1 reviewed with Harris again the problems
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h the existing language would cause this Agency, particularly in
I pointed out
again that section 7 as originally written would appear to create
problems for other Government agencies (such as the Department of
.Agriculture) having a legitimate Interest in obtaining information
recipients of grants provided pursuant to the Act. I also touched on
the following points:
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(a) CIA is not the acth n agency concerned, in connection with
the funding of organizations previously subsidized by as;
(b) the Rusk Committee presumably held its final meeting lat
Thursday on this saw-=e subject (Senators Russell and Milton
Young and Representatives Rivers and Mahon - also a Tex:
are members of the Rusk Gor .ittee and persons with whom
Senator Yarborough (D.. Texas) might wish to discuss this
subject; and
ere dealing with him on. an informal basis in attemptin
to eliminate what appeared to be a general problem regarding
section 7, as well at; a specific problem for our Agency.
4. Mr. Harris stated again, as he has said before, that he
appreciated our position and our reasons for approaching him regard
section 7. He read the proposed language very quickly and appeared to
be satisfied with it although he obviously did not study it in any detail.
I think it is entirely possible that Senator Yarborough will defer any
action on E. 1779 until next year, unless some unexpected
pressure is brought to bear or unless Home incident re-focuses attention
on the problem.
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