TOO MANY GENERALS AND ADMIRALS IN TOP CIVILIAN JOBS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800170119-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 119
• Publication Date: June 11, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN

Too MArrsr a>;rl>~tnLS AND Azk
MrR.ALS nv roP CIVILIAN Jos~a ~.
Mr. YOUNC+ of Ohio. Mr. President,
Ben. Maxwell ]~. Te~vlor, II.S. Ambassa-
dor to Vietnam, IS fn Washington for.
qulrement that only a civilian may holdi
;this position, t3cneral McKee will be the,
highest salaried ofHoialin the executive;
sand legislative branches of the Govern-i
ment, with the exception of the Presl-?
eral Aviation Agency be confirmed by the, ~
Should the nomination of den. Wihlam
,F. McKee as Aclminiatrator of the Fed-
yearly salary thnit ranges between 335,000
Viand 339,000. ~,
of our Government.
Another example is Gen. Herbert B 1
Powell, our Ambassador to New Zea-~
Forces, who have been appointed, for ex-~
-ample, as ambassadors, or who serve ink
est paid officials. of our Government. His
salary as Ambassador, combined with his
retirement pay es-fi gen@ral of our Army;?
ranges between 335,859 and =39,859: , In
other words, 1n the executive and legisla-,'
flue branches of our Government his salmi
Lary 1s exceeded only'?by the salaries we
'pay to the_Preslctent of the IInited States
and the Vice President of >the United?
States. i
I cite this fact to Indicate the high sat=
President Lyndon S. Johnson-that this
administration. has become topheavy.
with oflcials who are former 'generals;
,and admirals and who are reclplerts of ~
high reth?ement pay in addition to their;
Civilian pay.
Appendix 8 of the report and minority'
?vlews of the Cammlttee on Commerce on
and I say it regretfully, as a Senator who1.
desires to support the administration ot,l
':vided that 1n the United States civilian;
authority must always be supreme oven
mil[tary authority It appears to me--
cry to this troubcd area of southeast Asia:
...Our Founding., Fathers, who were the
?. ' bassador at Large, would be an ic~eai~
t representative of our Government as?
Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentt-~
~ to Routh Vietnam. The situation there
'.,has gone from bad to worse. It appears
i to me that Averell Harriman, our Am-
I have prevlousIy voiced in this Cham- .~
,;berm; view.that Gen. Maxwell D.~Taylor?
~, F was a bad choice to be our Ambassador
eral McKee.
hope that I shall have an opportunity to~
.;vote on a yea and nay vote against the
the appointment of General McKee sets
forth the retired regular generals? and Mr. YOUNC3 of Ohfo. Mr. President,'
Commisslan as employed ae Federal dull-, have such great influence and be in ao
fans. many high positions !n clvllfan agenclea?
I salt unanimous consent that the table ~ of ?the Federal Government. It fa to be
;may be' Drtnte[i 1n. the 1Zsco>to at thii regretted. I hope I ahalI lYare fm opf:
point in my remarks. _ ?. ' ~ portunity thin week or next week; along;
}~ .There being no ob~ectfon, t.~a tsble~'.with other Senators, to rote agab~us0 theta
r~ o~lo ~ ;.