EFFECT OF THE 1958 ELECTIONS ON CIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE CONGRESS

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• Publication Date: November 13, 1958
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13 Nove
rYEMORA?WUM FOR t Director of Central Intelligence
StT'3JECT
Effect of the 19" Elections on CIA's
Relations with The Congress
1. This memorandum is for information only and is a pre-
liminary analysis of the effect that the Congressional elections
of 1958 will have upon CIA. It should be noted that this is
being written prior to any indication as to how the parties will
divide in setting up the committee structures, and consequently
I may have erred on the conservative side in indicating how the
Democrats will apportion the committees. The contents of the
memorandum have been discussed with the Legislative Counsel.
2. Considering the prinetpal committees with which CIA
deals, the following Is the statues.
a. The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is composed
of 9 Senators and 9 Representatives, and within those groups is
divided along party lines. Two of the Senators--Knowland of
California and Bricker of Ohio--will not be returning, while 3
Congressmen-'-Dempsey of New Mexico, Patterson of Connecticut and
Jenkins of Ohio--will not be returning. The membership of this
Committee is selected by the leaders so it would be difficult
to predict who they will choose.
b. On the Senate Armed Services Committee the present
division is 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans. All of the Democrats
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will be returning to the 86th Congress, but 2 Republicans-..
Flanders of Vermont and Barrett or Wyy ng..will not be return.
ing. Inasmuch as the new ft vision or the Committee will probably
be 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans, the 2 new Senators added to
the Committee will undoubtedly be Democrats.
c. The House Arced Services Comittee is presently
composed of 23 Democrats and 16 Republicans. There was a
remarkably small turnover an this Ccm nittee In the recent elections
with no Democrats dropping out and only 3 Republicans--Pattereon
of Connecticut (5th in seniority), Cunningham of Iowa (6th in
seniority),, and Devereux of Maryland (9th in seniority) . It
would appear that on the House Armod Services Committee the new
appointments will be Democrats and, in fact, some of the present
Republicans might lose their seats on the. Committee,
do The Senate Appropriations Committee is presently
composed of 12 Democrats and 11 Republicans. No Democrats were
displaced and the 4 Republicans were Knowland of California,
Thys of Minnesota, Potter of Michigan and Ives of New York. it
would appear that the new appointments would all be Democrats
with the adjustment of the Committee strength to something like
16 Democrats and 7 or 8 Republicans.
0. The Rose Appropriations Comittee in the 85th
Congress was composed of 29 Democrats and 20 Republicans, One
Democrat--Alfred Siominski of New jersey, who ranked lgth-.will
not be returning as he was defeated in the primaries. The 8
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lieains who will not be returning and their rank on the Con -
mittee *re as foil*"*. Ri*ard tiigglesworth of Massachusetts, 2nd;
Ernest Scri.vner of Kansas, 8th; Frederic Coudert of New York, 9th;
Cliff Clevenger of Ohio, 10th; Uri Wilson of Indiana, 11th;
Benjamin James of Pennsylvania, 12th; Edward Miller of Maryland,
14th; and Charles W. Vursell of Illinois, 15th. Of particular
note to CIA is the fact that this will move Gerald R. Ford, Jr.
of Michigan, who in the 85th Congress ranked 13th, up to be the
7th ranking Republican in the 86th Congress.
f. On the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the
division in the 85th Congress was 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans.
No Democrats lost. The 2 Republicans who will not be returning
are Smith of Now Jersey and Mk*owland of California. Inasmuch as
the new allocation on the Committee will probably be 10 Democrats
and 5 Republicans, the 2 replacements will undoubtedly be
Democrats. Of the Democrats, it is possible that a junior member,
like Clair Engle of California, x4W be placed on the Committee
in view of the importance of California politically and because
of its interest in foreign relations, particularly in the Far
Rat. Other candidates for this Committee might be Robert Byrd
of West Virginia, who served in the 85th Congress on the House
Foreign Affairs Committee but has been elected to the Senate for
the 86th Congress.
g. The House Foreign Affairs Committee was composed
of 17 Democrats and 15 Republicans in the 85th Congress. Three
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Democrats will not be returning, including the Chairman of the
Committee. These are Gordon of 11linois, let; Rays of Arkansas,
6th; and Byrd of West Virginia, 9th. Six Republicans will not
be returning. 'These are Vargo of Ohio, 2nd; Smith of Wisconsin,
4th; LeComptee of Iowa, 9th; Radom of New York, 10th; Marano of
Connecticut, llth; and Prouty of Vermont, 14th. Inasmuch as
Mr. Gordon is not returning to the 86th Congress, Thomas B. Morgan
of the 26th District of Pennsylvania will succeed to the Chair-
manship of the Cornitteee as a result of his seniority, This
will be Mr. Morgan's 8th term as he was elected originally to the
79th Congress on T November l944.
3. As has been pointed out by the press, the new Congress
is expected to be more liberal. It is interesting to note that
of the 15 new Senators, one (Young) is in his 60te; five are in
their 50t s (Keating-58, Scott-58, Randolph-56, Prouty-52 and
Dodd-51); seven are in their 40'e (Moss-47, gnglee, Hart and
Cannon-46, McGee-43, McCarthy-42 and Byrd.4O); and two are in
their 301s (Rartke-39 and Williams.'38). Thus the average age
of the new Senators is 48.7 years--probably the youngest average
of any group ever to be elected to the Senate.
4. Analyzing the effect of the elections on the Mansfield
Bill, we can note the following. The Mansfield Bill was debated
on 9 April 1956 and defeated by a vote of 59 to 27. Of the 86
Senators who voted on the Bill, 27--or nearly 1/3--are no longer
in the Senate. Of the 27 who are,out, 18 (5 Democrats and 13
'Republicans) were among the 59 who voted against the Bill, while
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4 Democrats and 5 Republicans) voted for the Bill. In other
wards, 32% of those who voted Est the Bill and 33 1/39 of
those who voted for the Bill out oaf ' the Senate.
5. Ago strictly party lines, of the k6 Republicans who
voted on the Bill, 18 or 44% are out of the Senate, and of the
#0 Democrats who voted on the Bill, 9 or 22.51% are out of the
Senate. Conversely, 31 Democrats and 28 Republicans who voted
on the Bill are still in the Senate. The vote on the Bill along
party lines was Republicans - 38 against and 8 for, or 82.6%
of the Republicans voting were against the Billg Democrats - 21
against and 19 for, or 52,5% of the Democrats voting were against
the Bill.
6. If we could assume that future votes might follow
similar lines and that 4 out of every 5 Republicans would vote
against the Bill while the Democrats would split evenly, we might
assume that in the 86th Congress a vote on the Mansfield Bill
would find 27 Republicans against and 32 Democrats against,, for
a total of 59 against and 37 for. (This would not take into con-
sideration the 2 new Senators from Alaska.) However, two other
factors are very important in this analysis. First, as the
following tabulations will show, those favoring the Mansfield
Bill on the Democratic side were mainly from what has been called
the liberal wing of the party. Inasmuch as a majority of the
13 newly elected Democratic Senators would fall into this category,
it is evident that there will be stronger support for the Bill
than simple statistics would indicate. But perhaps even more
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Important is the tact that Senator Mansfield' a prestige and
following will have increased tremendously since the first debate
19 ,, and consequently we should. assume that if he brings the
Bill to the floor for debate, he will do so assuming that he will
get it passed. It will be recalled that at the time of the last
debate Senator Mansfield was quoted as having made the statement
that he had been taught a lesson by the "pros." We should
appreciate that this time, If he brings the Bill to the floor, he
will have the '"pros' with him.
7. There follows a tabulation of the vote on the Mansfield
Bill with an indication as to whether the individual Senators are
still in the Congress.
B. Kirkpatrick
Inspector General
DD/P
DV I
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legislative Coun
Col. Grogan
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A rpubi1cans
Barrett
Jenner
McCarthy
Payne
Welker
FOR MANSP BW (27)
Republicans (8) .. Democrats (19)
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Re publicans still In
Langer
Mundt
Smith (Maine
Democrats Out (4
?Mrrwi~~
Clements
Lehman
Murray
Neely
Democrats Still In E 15
Ervin
Fuibright
Gore
Green
Hill
Humphrey
Jackson
Kefauver
Kennedy
Kerr
Mansfield
McNamara
Morse
Neuberger
Pastore
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Reablicanis -out
Republicans
A4 A T
NSPXE BILL (52}
38) - Democrats (21)
Democrats Out (21
Barkley
Daniel
Laird
Scott
Wofford
Bender
Brie ker
Duff
Flanders
Khowland
Malone
Martin
Millikan
Potter
Purtell
Smith (New Jersey
Thye
Watkins
Republic
a S
11 In 25)
Aiken
Allott
Beall
Bennett
Bridges
Bush
Butler
Capehart
Carlson
Case
Case
Cotton
Curtis (Nebraska)
Dirksen
Dworshak
Goldwater
Hickenlooper
Hruska
Kuchel
Morton
Saltonstall
Schoeppel
Wiley
Williams
Young
Democrats Still. In (16)
Bible
Douglas
Eastland
Ellender
'rear
Hayden
Kennings
Holland
Johnson
Johnston
McClellan
O'Mahoney
Robertson
Russell
Stenn
Symington
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