JOHNSON FORBIDS U.S. AGENCY SWAY OVER EDUCATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 16, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Guidance Sought
T *l fl
? ~, ~1~ .~ i j 'IIe ]i;+s directed a careful
review of any Government ac-
Livities that ma end-
r 7 tF- T 1< integrity and independence, Hn
J I l ij iv~~ Y has further directed me, in con-
'sultation with Secretary [of
!!~',~ ~i ~ y1 J(fi~ 1 !Health, Education and Welfare]
V ~tI ? ll t iJ LI U WL i Y ?Y V ~~ "John W. Gardner and Director:'
[of Central Intelligence] Rich.:
lovft dolma to formulate a liol
icy that will provide necessary;
Acts After C.I.A. Disclosures guidance for Government agen-'
to Protect the `Integrity'' cics in their relationship to the ?
-international activities otAnr
c -'
of Student Community ', ican education organizations.' ']ina, and Senator Richard B.
"At the same time, the fecal=
dent recognizes the great need.
ORDERS REVIEW, PANEL, bf America's private organiza
.Lions to participate"in 'the world
.community. He has asked me to !
Directs Katzenbacll, Helms explore means for assuring that
United States organizations play
and Gardner to Set Policy their proper and vital role,"
for Federal Guidance
The White ?house and the
State Department would neither
By JOIN: iIERBERS view would be extended to sub-
sccciAt to The New Yorlc Ttmee sillies of the Central Intelligence
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15--- 'Agency of private institutions
1'rc, ident Johnson directed three !other than educational
high officials in his Administra?', 'I'ltey also refused to confirm
tion today to formulate a policy or deny that Mr. 'Johnson had
that would prevent the Central nstructed the agency to close
Intelligence Agency or any other out all secret programs to aid
(Government agency from cn-.student groups.
Q dangering the integrity and in-, Government officials, said the
dependence of American educe review would he a broad one
atonal institutions. .. ? and that the President had or-
Acting Secretary of State dered all agency involvement in
Nicholas deb. I{atzenbach ,educational activities suspended.
Meanwhile in Congress Son-
;speaking for the President, also ,
ator Eugene J. McCarthy, Dem-1o into the agency's entire in-
reported in a statement that ocrat of Minnesota, proposedivolvement with domestic organ
Mr. Johnson had ordered a care= the formation of a Select Sea- izations and institutions,
fill review of the circumstances ate Committee to investigate Tills, he said, should include
surrounding subsidies by the -the influence of the intelligence the agency's reported Involve-
agency in domestic organiza- mcnt over the last few years in
Central Intelligence Agency to lions and institutions. The universities, labor unions, foun-
the National Student Associa- House Education and Labor dations, hook publishing, broad-
tion. Committee announced it would casting and refugee groups.
At the same time, a study. .look into the relations of thel "C.I.A.' has become. an op-
agency with education. crating arm. of the State Dc-
of financial records disclosed Earlier in the day, the, White parimment overseas," Senator
that three foundations identified House had referred all yues- ;McCarthy said. "It appears that
by the students as channels for tions on the controversy to Mr,
Intelligence agency money had Katzenbach. George Christian,
also been helping to subsidize thc^? White House press secre-
tary, said the President had
at least four other youth organ. turned the entire matter over
Izatlons. . to Mr. Katzenbach because it
An -article in Ramparts , mvoYved student exchange pro-
parts, magazine said that the grams and international confer-
intelligence agency had trans- ences in which American stu-
dents participated,
formed the student associa- Mr. McCloskey, in ' response
tion's international activities 'ito questions about the Admin-
Into "an arm of United States. ' istration's review and formula-
foreign policy."] ? tion of policy, said the three
Mr. I{atzenbach's statement' officials contact involved "will be in
with interested and ap-
was read to reporters by Rob-.propriate members of Congress
eel J. McCloskey, the State De-land other officials of Govern-
partment press secretary. meet who may have contribu-
Q "The President belIevesltions to make."
He alluded, in part,to the
;strongly that 'the integrity and
s $og independence of the a~l] 9tIQ1k~ t o1a 2f St~Ya`tL+ AT
community must be preserved," Services Committees that
the statement said,. , ' watches over the intelligence
a,.ency.
M
Russell, Democrat of Georgia,
the committee chairman, re-
mained silent.
But Senator McCarthy, who
has long been critical of the in-
telligence agency's secret in-
volvements and of the Congres-
sional watch of the agency,
called a news conference and
announced he would Introduce
a resolution, probably next
week, seeking the creation. of a
seven or eight member select
committe to conduct an Investi-
gation,
Ho said .the committee's. In-
vestigation would probably be
as secret as the Congressional
watch of the C.I.A. ,
"It is a question of whether
the public would have more con-
fidence in a select committee
than in the committee that reg-
ularly oversees that agency,"
Senator McCarthy said.
get into a fight with Senator
McCarthy." -
Representative Carl D. Per-
kins, chairman of the House
Education and Labor Commit-
tee, said he had asked both the
intelligence agency and the
student association to supply
full reports on the relationship
between the two organizations.
He said the reports might be'
received by Feb. 28 and would,
determine what kind of roves-,
tigation the committee then or-
dered.
Representative Benjamin S.'
Rosenthal, Democrat-Lihcral of
Queens, introduced a resolutioni
calling foi' a joint committee to'
Investigate the Intelligence)
agency, Mr. Rosenthal and
seven other House members
sent President Johnson a letter
protesting agency subsidies to
the student association.
"Tile C.I.A. ]tag compromised
and corrupted the largest stu=
dent organization In the largest
democracy in the world," they
said. "It has willfully involved
inexperienced young men and
women in that action and thus
has surely alienated further the
best elements of American
youth."
Those signing the letter, in
addition to Mr. Rosenthal, were.
William F. Ryan of Manhattan,:
John G. Dow of Grandview,
Rockland County; George E.
Brown Jr., Phillip Burton and
D9n Edwards of California,
John Conyers Jr,'of Michigan
and Robert W. Kastennrteler of
it has also become an operas:ingWisconsin, .all,~Derr~acrats~, ,;t,I
home."
The senator said Mr. Helms
had called him after the. dis=i
closure that the agency had been
subsidizing the National Student.
said. "I'll just say he's unhappy."
Senator McCarthy said he had
not cleared his proposal 'with
any other Senator and it was
considered unlikely, that any of
the regular intelligence agency
watchdogs in Congress would
submit to the creation of a sc-
lect committee without a fight,
Senator Russell was entering:
an elevator when he saw rc-i
porters emerging from the Me,
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a fight with Senator McCar-
thy," Mr. Russell said, holding
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