ALLEN-SCOTT REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040021-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: November 16, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Inside Washington
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CPYRGHaT By ROBERT g ALLEN slid formula because oT the possibili- lth?.aove~tinieint has no authorit
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nominally hold.- over private pension funds an
PAUL SCOTT
-WASHINGTON ing down the lederal budget. how they .are administered.
of assisting in financing th~~ of private pension fun,l: into a' milyon Adiericans. are covers
son's much-touted "great socie money directly from. the Trea,,? Mme than 2.3 million individual
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Another key aspect of thi. s u c h large-soale "backdoor hcse fuhds.
spending" would avoid the revolutionary financing concLop necess of a Organized labor, chief bens
ity ppropriating .tax _
to
in the budget,tnat must be sub- F
sive powers to supervise
.__:l._, The' leiislafive renreSant.A1iv
. THE - PROS AND CONS 0-k+ a uera i U snray to lts execu
of $4 to $:, billion annually. i five hoard charoinr the nrnvinea
guarantee such investments - '?
against Jos: control over?;..private pension . ?Olher unitlrt offir.fals. favor it,
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up by the President especially,
'f or this p. >cse. It includes gov-
ernment- officials and private
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society" are :being deliberated
by a backstage task force se
`;.: templated under the "great
j' required for the projects con- 11 .,Department has no power to broadcastinj media -are to be
and congressional leaders, .can investigate complaints ? of .,. are Itrepar,n.- tr, lanncll a dr,vF
TASK FORCE irregularities and other viola- to rally p'tblir. wiptnrt. In, rot
Various proposals for raising Lions, such as embezzlement. I ernnieni control of. privatc pcn-
the huge suns that would be fra.ud, etc. But beyond this the Sinn cloj~lct..-r.9rier and
President,. Cabinet. members' fire of Welfare Pension Reports ' ra''risans of Rr'?`ltr.r' :rh-rne
,,. The Labor net'al tanent's 01 IAb I IP;9r'erc
who has
di rcu.med it with the
reached, and there is no indite
!': ' lion
when a report will be sent
i ;?. to. the., White }rouse.
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i??: President is described as ' det'i
nitely interested"'i:n the Reuther:,
regulate or in any other, way u=era.
control the operation 4if . these.' Those tcro State Department
pension funds. All it can do is to officials Involved in the tapping
Department for possible prose curlty officer Otto Otepka have
The Internal, Revenue Service 1: John Reilly; deputy. assistant
has the function of examing`pri secreta'ry' for security who was
vale pension funds to ensure ' permitted to resign, is now trial
status. If they meet stipulated ' nidations - Commission,. K i a
conditions, the IRS must grant salary is $17,000 as against $18,-
lux exemption. . 000 while.-on the ?5tate Depart-
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lirutenant, is in West Germany
-for the State i)eparimenr. In
other words, hr was merely
shifted out of sight.
covered by the Senate internal
security subcommittee, investi-
gating the long-sputtering Otep-
ka case. The probers have asked
both the State Department' and
FCC for a. full report on why
Reilly and Belisle were given
their new ,jobs.
In testimony before the sub-
1 committee early this year, Reil-
i ly and Belisle denied they had
i bugged. Otepka's phone. Later,
they admitted they had installed
a tapping device.
The Senate committee's long-
I delayed. hearing on Otepka?' is
'plans to ' begin publishing its
previous voluminous testimony,
While Otepka is still on the
State Department, payroll, Sec-'t
retary Rusk is continuing to try
to oust him,
STILL ANOTHER SURVEY
The frequently studied Agency...,
(foreign aid administration) is"'
undergoing still another expend:.
sive scrutiny. This latest exami-'
nation is being made by a pri
vate consulting firm at the di
reel behest of the White House.:-,'
The survey is to he completed is
by earl" next month, in time to ;.;
side how much money he will
seek from Congress next year '
for foreign aid. Another purpose
of the study -is to advise Foreign !
again ask Congress for authority'
to fire employes regardless of,
civil service regulations. He ,j
wants to get rid of around 500
on the ground they are dead
wood. The recent Congress tea
fused to give him this power.. .
.les.se ("Big Daddy") Unruh, .`
Southern Cplifornia Democratic
leader, is in t'-' doghouse in
Inner Administration circles- for
the 10x3 of the late- Sett t"tair i
Engle's -:seat. r?,
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