ALL INTELLIGENCE IS UNDER HOOVER STUDY

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Reorganization Probe Widens
Under Hoover-Study
All Intelligence Is
Former President Herbert Hoover has disclosed that a special
task force to study the highly secret Central Intelligence Agency
will also look into "other major intelligence activities of the Gov-
ernment."
The disclosure was the first of-
Mr. Rickenbacker Gen. Clark
Carolina University president, and "one of the worst situations we have
Ernest Frederick Hollings, speaker as far as communist infiltration is
pro tern of the South Carolina concerned." He said he. would turn
House of Representatives and Dem- some data on CIA over to Gen.
ocratic nominee for lieutenant gov. Clark, but there has been no word
ernor. whether he has done so.
CLARK IS CHAIRMAN
It 7-ad been announced earlier
tha' fin. Mark W. Clark, former
U. S. Ear East commander, would
be chairman of the special group.
Maj. Gen. James G. Christiansen,
who retired from the y y
day, will be director of the task E i
force.
A Defense Department spokesman
said Mr. Hoover's announcement
that the task force will "investigate"
the CIA and other government in-
telligence activities probably means
that the study will include the
Army, Navy, Air Force, FBI, AEC
and CIA intelligence operations.
"Closest coordination is desirable
to improve the overall product," the
spokesman said.
CIA- Director Allen W. Dulles
"welcomed" the inquiry When it was
announced by- Mr. Hoover on July 4.
Mr. Dulles had previously blocked a
proposed" investigation of CIA by
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy who sub-
sequently said that the CIA was
ficial announcement that such agen-
cies as Army and Navy Intelligence
would come under the scrutiny of
the special task force of the Gov.
ernment Reorganization Commis-
sion which Mr. Hoover heads.
Mr. Hoover also named fou ,mem-
bers to the task force:
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,. World
War I hero and Eastern Airlines
president; Admiral Richard Lansing
Conolly, Long Island University
ri nt; Donald S. Russell, South,
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Rickenbacker and Conolly of
L. W. Join Clark Task Force
-Other Inquiries Likely
WASHINGTON,. Sept. 30. (UP)-
Former President Hoover today
named Capt. Eddie'Rickenbacker
and three others ass-members of
a special Hoover Commission
task force that will study the
super-secret Central Intelligence
Agency.
At the same time, Mr. Hoover
disclosed, the task force will in-
vestigate "other major intelli-
gence activities of the Govern-
ment." It was the first official
announcement that such agencies
as Army and Navy intelligence
would come under scrutiny.
Gen. Mark W. Clark;, former
Far East Commander, was named
earlier as chairman of the 'special
task force. ..Mr..Hoover said the
other members would be:
Admiral Richard Lansing Con-
olly, president of. Long Island
:`University; Donald Stuart -Rus-
sell, president of the Universiy
of South Carolina, and Ernest
Frederick Hollings of Charleston,
S. C., speaker pro tem of the
South ? Carolina House of Repre-
sentatives and Democratic nomi-
nee for Lieutenant Governor.
Dulles Welcomed Inquiry
They will "investigate the op-
eration of the Central-Intelligence
Agency and other major intelli-
gence activities of the Govern-
ment," Mr. Hoover said.
The former-President announced
on July 4 that his Government
Reorganization Commission had
decided to study the "structure
and administration" of.the highly
secret spy' and counter-spy
agency. Allen W. Dulles, C. I. A.
Director, promptly "welcomed"
the inquiry.
Mr. Dulles, a brother of John
Foster Dulles, Secretary of State,
previously had blocked a proposed
investigation, of the C. I. A. byI
Senator Jds4ph R. McCarthy. The
Wisconsin Republican subsequent-
ly said during the Army-McCar-
thy hearings that the C. I. A.
was "one of the worst situations
we' have" as far as Communist
infiltration was concerned.
Mr.. McCarthy later said he
would turn over to General Clark
data his staff had gathered on
the C. I. A.. There has been no
word whether Senator McCarthy
has done so. Mr. Dulles has de-
nied McCarthy's charges against
his agency.
Captain Rickenbacker, a hero
of both World Wars, now is presi-
dent of Eastern Airlines. During
World War II he carried out spe-
cialrpissions for the Secretary of
Dar to nine foreign countries. He
holds the Medal of Honor.
Commander in Chief of the Pacif-
ic Fleet.
He also commanded landing
craft and.bases in Africa and the
Pacific and served as president
Of the.NO.val War College.
Mr. Hollings, a lawyer, is a
graduate of Citadel Military Col-
lege and the 'University of South
Carolina, During World War II
he served in the African and
European theatres.
Mr. Russell, a native of Spar-
tanburg, S. C., also is a lawyer.
A former member of the old War
Department's Price Adjustment
Board, he held high posts in the
World War II Offices of. War
Bobilization and Economic Stab-
Blization:.::lIe also has served as
'o6ity"#nachinery of the Cen_
not likely to make public 'finding
on Individual cases within the
C. I. A. This would conform
with the commission's work and
findings in other Government
agencies it 'has 'investigated for
efficiency and business-like meth-
But Mr. Hollister said that if
the C. I, A's-"machinery is loose
in any 'way in recruitment or
checking on' ppeople the task force
would'probably say so."
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