U.S. INTELLIGENCE UNDERGOES UPHEAVAL

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• Publication Date: June 23, 1967
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(From the Washington Post, Sept. 6, 19661 (ale) and believe me it is mightly welcome"
STORY BEIIIND THE DODD TV INTERVIEW It was for $500.
(By Drew Pearson) . By the time D, aer of 1904 rolled
around, the Senator ir.,n1 Connecticut felt so
There's an interesting untold story behind grateful for the hospitality extended to him
the fact that the Metromedia TV hookup by the Metromedia cohorts that he wanted to
featured a recent "'-"fed TV interview be- do something in return. On Dec. 22 he wrote
tween Sen. Tom (D-Conn.) and Wil- a glowing letter to President Johnson praising
liam Buckley, former Conservative candl- Mrs. Lowe and recommending her for a job.
date for Mayor of Now York. "I know how interested you are in bring-
The story began Jan. 18, 1964, when Sen. ing more and more qualified women into the
Dodd's stall on his Juvenile Delinquency Federal service," Dodd wrote his friend LBJ.
Subcommittee finished a study of crime and "it is my understanding that a vacancy ex-
violence on television. After monitoring ABC, ists on the U.S. Advisory Commission on In-
CBS. NBC and Metromedia they found that formation, and I would like to propose to you
the following networks had carried the Kol-
lowing, number of violent shows In one week:
ABC, 45; CBS, 13; NBC, 64 and Metromedia,
111. (The Washington Metromedia outlet is
'WTTG-TV, Channel 5).
Realizing Dodd's power to influence tele-
vision, Metromedia had already begun to
cultivate the Senator, and almost immedi-
ately after this preliminary juvenile delin-
quency report Florence Lowe, Metromedia
representative in Washington, intensified the
lobbying play for Sen. Dodd.
On Jan. 9, even while the Juvenile Delin-
quency Subcommittee was making its TV
crime study, Mrs. Lowe Invited Dodd to the
Women's Press Club dinner, where he sat at
the same table with Rep. Oren Harris (D-
Ark.), then chairman of the potent House
Commerce Committee, and Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith (R-Maine).
REGAL ENTERTAINMENT
On March 1, Dodd wm elltcrtalned royally
by Metromedia's owner, John Xltige, food
broker and big-time advertiser, at his
Beverly Hills home, which he purchased from
Frank Sinatra.
. Then . followed other dinners and lunch-
eons: April 14, with Mrs. Lowe and Mrs.
Klugo at dinner; April 23, with the Kluges
at their 2101 Connecticut ave. home in
Washington; May 15, with another Metro-
media representative, Larry Fraiberg; May 21,
dinner with Mrs. Lowe at the National
Lawyers Club, and so on.
And when he went to the Democratic
National Convention in Atlantic City in Au-
gust, 1964, Lowe arranged to meet him at
-the airport and later proposed driving him
on up to New London.
All this time Sen. Dodd and his Juvenile
Delinquency Subcommittee were supposed to
be studying TV violence, including the extra
high rate of violence on Metromedia. Inside. memo to Dodd dated Oct. 25,.1961.
fact, however, was that the study of Metro- SCORECARD OF CRIME
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media had come to a
"In our hearings thus far," they reported,
had given the Senator a beautiful color TV
set. and in gratitude for this and various en- "we have established that:.
tertainment the Senator had put Roger Lowe, "Programs of the crime-detective, action-
Mrs. Lowe's son, on the staff of the Juvenile adventure, Western type increased from 15
Delinquency Subcommittee where he was per cent of total prime program time (7-11
able to read all reports and know exactly p.m.) to over 50 per cent since 1955.
what was happening on the inside. Roger The memo also pointed out that "experts
it several disciplines have testified as to
om
Unknown to the subcommittee staff, NBC
had already made a private approach to
Dodd. The network had found an attorney in
Philadelphia, Tom Meeker, who had once
lived in Connecticut and knew the Senator
personally.
Meeker buttonholed Dodd in the Capitol
building on Sept. 16, 1961. Next day, he scrib-
bled a personal note to the Senator on the
.stationery of. the Mayflower Hotel. The
note, intended for Dodd's eyes only, was
slipped under the door of his Senate orrice.
"Dear Tom," wrote Meeker. "Thank you for
seeing us yesterday. In my haste to give you
the documents, I neglected to give you Mr.
Sarnoff's reply to Mr. Kintner, which I en-
close a copy of herewith. (Robert Sarnofi Is
NBC's board chairman; Robert Kintner was
then NBC's president, is now a White House
aide.)
"Mr. Sarnoff appreciated your willingness
to hear his testimony in closed hearings,"
Meeker's letter continued, "and would pre-
fer to make arrangements for the same sub-
to his return from Africa. in about
sequent
four weeks. In accordance with our chat yes-
terday, I will call you Monday afternoon."
Son, Dodd not only obliged with closed
hearings, but he completely suppressed any
real probe of NBC. The balance of this in-
side story will follow shortly.
[From the 'Washington Post, Sept. 21, 19661
'U.S. INTELLIGENCE UNDERGOES UPHEAVAL
(By Jack Anderson)
From the apogees of its spy satellites to the
perlgeee of it Bombproof flocculent 6?de
rooms, the vast U.S. intelligence industry has
.been going through a wrenching reorga-
nization.
The Central Intelligence Agency has been
rocked by more than 200 reforms. Military
intelligence has been consolidated, with a
great battering together of brass hats, into a
single unit: The Defense Intelligence Agency.
Still, many Senators are not convinced that .
the reforms have gone far enough, and are
demanding greater control over the whole
James Bond Industry.
The purpose of the reforms, of course, is
to improve the quality of intelligence, elimi-
nate rivalries, and prevent another Bay of
Pigs-the CIA-sponsored invasion 'of Cuba
which became a bloody fiasco.
While some minor rivalries may have been
scotched, however, a major rivalry has
emerged. Our intelligence apparatus has'
sprouted two heads, the CIA and the' 'DIA,
which often get in one another's war.
CIA VERSUS DIA
In theory, the CIA is supposed to be the
final sieve through which all intelligence
should pass before reaching the President.
It is upon this information that he keeps
abreast of world affairs and makes his policy
judgments.
had, no knowledge of juvenile problems other
than being a school dropout. It was an amaz- the cumulative effect of so many children, Yet the DIA increasingly is catching the
ing deal, and it continued for about two 'watching so much violence. Their feelings President's eye. Moreover, it is so dominated
D W11b b w of Defense Robert McNamara
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Meanwhile the buttering up of the man
In charge of investigating TV violence con-
tinued. When Sen. and Mrs. Dodd celebrated
their wedding anniversary May 19, they re-
calved an assortment of champagne and
choice liquors from the Kluges with a card
reading: "Congratulations and best wishes.
Theo and John."
As Dodd's election campaign approached,
Mrs. Lowe wrote Oct. 6, 1064, "I am the self-
appointed chairman, board of directors and
membership of the 'Florence Lowe, for Dodd
Committee.' So far all my candidates have
won. You will be no exception. With fondest
,
regard to you and Grace. Sincerely, Florence.", are responsible for major program develop- dts intentions.
She also sent Dodd a contribution with 'wont ... A further public exposure of the The Secretary of Defense, a formidable fig- It
this note, "Love and kisses, Florence." men at NBO, ABC and CBS could have a per- ure. Inside the policy-making councils, also 1
the future makeup of net- has had an .Intimidating effort on the CIA
on
Dodd wrote back, =Anent effect
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"Dear Florence: awnii1L'Ctioh JK VUU' -VI~RClease C
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the name of Mrs. Florence S. Lowe of Wash-
itigton."
Dodd went on for more than a page in
praise of the lady who had managed to
maneuver him out of investigating TV vio-
lence on her own stations. President Johnson.
was not particularly impressed. Bill Moyers
wrote Dodd a perfunctory acknowledgement
Dec. 31.
Fraternizing and the bacylscratching con-
tinued through 1965 with a regal party given
by the Kluges on the Dodds' 31st wedding
anniversary in May.
Meanwhile the TV stations with the high-
est rate of violence remained uninvestigated.
So you can understand why grateful Metro-
'ntervieW
media featured the Dodd-Buckle-
'when other stations did not.
[From the Washington Post, Sept. 13, 19661
SECOND NETWORK PROTECTED BY DODD
(By Drew Pearson and Jaclc Anderson)
The Metromedia `1'V chain'was riot the only
one Sen. Tom Dodd (D-Conn.) protected from
Senate investigation regarding televised vio-
-lence.and its effect on the youth of America.
Another network, the National Broadcasting
Company, also got immunity.
Sen. Dodd's staff on the Juvenile Delin-
quency subcommittee spent many hours
screening the networks, prepared all sorts of
material ready for the Senator to investigate.
But when they were all ready to go, investi-
gation of the two most violent TV groups
just faded away. Something mysterious hap-
pened. Suddenly Sen. Dodd, chairman of the
subcommittee, lost interest.
At that time-the autumn of 1961-
Dodd's Juvenile Delinquenecy staff had pre-
pared a damaging case. Chief counsel Paul
L. Laskin and staff director Carl L._ Perian
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can be summarized
Schramm who testified, 'In view of our find- that it has a tendency to produce intelligence
Ings, the amount of violence on television is that supports his views. Its reports generally
just too dangerous to go on."' have reflected his optimistic outlook in the
The staff's biggest problem stated Laskin Vietnam, war, rather than the pessimistic
and Perian, was to pin down who was re- possibilities.
sponsible for TV violence. Those in the Pentagon who disagree with
WHO IS TO BLAME? an intelligence analysis, of course, are free
to state their views as a footnote. But it takes
"Through the process of subpoenaing doe- a bold man to challenge McNamara's atti-
uments relative to program decisions, we are tudes too frequently.
now on the threshold of identifying the per- His Interest In economy, no secret to his
sons at not only NBC but ABC and CBS as intelligence ofllcers, has led to more coin-,
well, who are responsible for crime and vie- fortablo appraisal than conservative military
lence on television, men would make. They prefer to judge the
'"We can now focus public opinion and at- Communist threat by Its capability for ag-!
of
tention on the actual three-to-six men who gression rather than someone's estimate