MCCONE IS CONFIRMED FOR C.I.A.; FULBRGHT DISSENTS IN 71-12 VOTE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200930128-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 128
• Publication Date: February 1, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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;Senator Says He la Uncertai
u? e!ign Poor;. ~ietia"".,.! u'
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aappuinrment Of Jnnn A. Mcc:owe Poo
to be director of the Centraltft
lrtteriligenr Agency. The vote ne'P
c untroveri~tai appointments. the
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5cn otc's . endars*!ntent was di- with th+h diredtl tit,a V
:ion of J. W. Fulhrigltl, chair-' ""'
ms! of the Foreign itelatio Of of f the ]ttul.6;_sett,tltive natttre, is,
Cor1ntittee, who Is the Penate sl not angler t to the cio t' sCriiUnv
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ment by f'onerei q. by the nress.
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,n troy li 1 I ecn cauultM about
'ie'pptJ nttnrnt and be cruse he Talk Influence Powerful
s u x r t ti" ,,bout Mr. Mc ,'lac duuhts abott Mr. McCone's
c : rnvictlons on Unit,+ea (111 and shipping interests, Thus, he said. the agency ex-
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0erts "powerf influence" on
i!; i ;oils Nvill his instincts be free foreign relations "without being
Ul,p,oyed toy 'I rvo Repuhhesus f . r , , ; his hra.kground?" M r . subject to the processes oil con-
r??,:tin, +igAir;t the .!,pint-1'-'ase asked floe Senate. sultatlon and review of iti a c -
' ' ' e two Repuh,u;an, airs. Smith said that she cos-~tivities by the committees of'
1.c r aret Ch:cso Smith of Maine' ICongres:s normally charged with
,sir erect him unqualified w':c -and bec?ause;-esponsibiltty in this area"
htff
e rrl lten Case Democrats. L)a,of tack ofexperience. He had His coinrnlttee, Mr. P`ulbri&1
Mr. MC one, a California Rc-I ter i Lf:e d that, he had no prevl- said, did not have a chance to
publican with extensive holdings!l,ou, experience in the. intelli- learn Air. McGlone' N v1ewaloN
s Under Secltary of the AirSenator Richard 8 e
ltussefl, u~'
i Dice during (he Truman Ad- f In his news coif #oday'
Detnxr.tt of Georgia
chstnnan President Kennedy' float
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ministration and chairman of
the Atomic hTher~ V Comn$srilonbof the Armed Service Cbmnttt- It ehad?sought id`tlphper-
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rtaria . the. tr'?t:s.how?er. min? tee, ;:rp'ic;l that. irrelevant 1K- vision of the-l' Ceutral~~Intel
i 1 t tt:ion. soars lend "uanuendo" had been llgetuce .Agency y e,,ppointing
lie v, as confirmed umtnl- dragged to to eoenfuee the lassie (hen. Maa:weil ylolr as; a spe-
muosiv bv the-Senate for both He was "appalled,"' he said.,cYA1 presidential x+epresesrttaUve
these p( ts. ,by trite "mi'+conception" sonic n matters affecting intelli-
A vartet,y of reas)ne were ?ter.ators estiertraLted that the gence. There are also intergov.
given for the votes against hint het:ei trf C L A. was "some kind ernmental 'meetings "In re-
today, All reflected broad un- of si,??r state department roo# sportse to any. "activities that
cerl.ainty within the Senate kiwi of f;'ee-wheeling 9ccretary C.J. A. might Catrty' out, wider
about how much power the Cen- of ,).>lenso" with power "tugehe auperrrjilon, he_msid.
tri1 intelligence Agency ex,.r- mole cro,:r.d the world declar-
e es in (iovo,-nmerill". is i '.v ar it nu toppling over gov-
ticnator= Jo eph S. Clark offfe"^r))ce'rt'i without any respon-
t ;rr'.nt?v:vania :t.id Eugene .1.1-1tI0ty to tice President.
.!c'.;nrthy of Minnesnta, both' Ire .1iresctor has ncitber "the
lle..noc. ats, argued that Mr. Mc-li>?rAtr. it the resppoonsibIlity, or.
Carr., a man given tr, strongly tae all t' of formulating foreign
held convictions, was terrpera,+')ilie:'. ' la: said.
;nentally unqualified fo. a rigit-, 11 e c t'.ce was not ocreated
ly secret, delicate office that t t,- o,~'iit ' in the foretgil?policv
theoretically was supposed t?o1lieid, t.o said, but to serve the
exert no policy influence on t,^t,Jbr'esi,i?.nt in his role as Coni-
"resideai and State ,fruartIvinder in Chief of the Armed
n-ent,
matnt rulbright a-;,?r'ie' 11 R+issell said he was not
that the C. I. .4. In (to . c 41 it, . roomier by arguments
If
a trowerful lath.. ace or, " hci ; ' ,.fCt r,v a"s oil and ship_
t, r tei nor, cvndut:t of ov: l j t r s' m'ght create cen
s n rc, ttcnriw.' J ct " ~v rn itts personal estat r .
1 Ville responslblilties In
tt}e Yra k 1 -?t,dgoli Li o r: the Far and Middle!
',li. .,. '!:. ?if .,+.d ' .,- !.' ',t+Y:-,', over the Mc-
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