JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00682R000200110067-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: August 12, 1954
• Content Type: NOTES

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Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday - 12 August 1954
1. In connection with the surfacing of a Soviet defector, I am in-
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on 13 August. In view of the Director's discussions with Chairman Jenner,
in February 1954, on the subject of this defector, it is recommended that
Chairman Jenner be advised regarding this defector a few minutes before
the press conference is scheduled. This will permit Chairman Jenner, if
he so desires, to make an announcement on the Floor to the effect that the
defector is in this country and will testify before his Subcommittee in the
near future.
It is recommended that Legislative Counsel discuss this matter with
the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, as they may
wish to inform the Majority and/or Minority Leaders and the Chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee as a matter of courtesy. These small
attentions are usually highly appreciated by senior members of the Congress
who often feel that the Administration does not pay them sufficient attention.
The problem of the Committee staff member who will handle this case should
also be discussed with Chairman Jenner.
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3. In connection with H. R. 10203, the Atomic Weapon Rewards Act
of 1954, Mr. Cotter, of the staff of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
informs me that they have revised the membership of the Board created to
determine the amount of rewards to be paid under the Act to include the
following: The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the
Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and a member of
the Atomic Energy Commission. The Committee felt very strongly that the
evaluation of the information should be in the hands of CIA and that there-
fore the Director should also be on the Board.
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5. The Senate has completed action on 8 private bills requested by
CIA. 7 of these must now pass the House, and an attempt is being made to
complete action during this session. Mr. Francis Walter, key Democratic
member of the House Immigration Subcommittee, informed me that no
more CIA bills would pass as CIA had not hired any of the Lehigh graduates
he had recommended to us and had turned them down on the ground that
they were not qualified. As Mr. Walter does not know of the 7 bills now
pending, it may be that he will not follow through on his comment it is
my recollection that Personnel, during the past few years, has correctly
held that none of the applicants endorsed by Mr. Walter qualify, with one
possible exception, and that individual was so high-handed during and
after his interview as to make it obvious that he would be a problem at all
times.
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the Director of Training, informs me that throw h
outside contacts he has been asked to interview
for possible employment here.
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7. The Senate has passed H. R. 2263, a bill for the readjustment
of compensation of holders of contracts of mail messenger service. The
bill has been amended in the Senate to include various fringe benefits,
including the exemption for CIA from the Performance Rating Act of 1950
and the repeal of Section 9 of the CIA Act of 1949. The bill now returns
to conference.on. Friday afternoon. Mr. Belen, Counsel to the House Com-
mittee, called me at home to make certain that the present format is
satisfactory.
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