Mr. FASCELL. But the Director of the Office of Security Review cannot reassign a military man that has been put there, can he? Mr. Ross. No, sir.

Mr. FASCELL. And the formula for the division of the funds is still one-third to each service?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir.

Mr. FASCELL. Except for the one qualification you have on the officers which are actually assigned to your shop but chargeable back to the budgets of the services?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir.

Mr. FASCELL. That is all I have.

Mr. Moss. Is there a limitation on the number of personnel from any of the three military services that you can have assigned to your office?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir; an administrative limitation set by the Secretary of Defense.

Mr. Moss. And what is that limitation?

Mr. Ross. Forty-eight, sir.

Mr. Moss. Forty-eight?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir.

Mr. Moss. In dollars and cents, can you give us a figure on that for the record?

Mr. Ross. I can get it.

Mr. Moss. It isn't necessary that you do it now.

Mr. Ross. I can submit it to you, sir.

(The following information was transmitted by letter, dated July 25, 1956, from the office of Assistant Secretary Ross.)

Each of the services is authorized to spend $940,000 gross for public information activities; however, from this amount is deducted approximately $120,000 per service, representing the budget for military personnel assigned to the Office Secretary of Defense Public Information Office. In addition, the Office of Public Information, OSD, is authorized to spend $450,000, making a total of $3,270,000. Mr. Moss. To the extent that you request personnel from the services, their effective budget is reduced in the information field?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir.

Mr. Moss. Is that 48 overall, or 48 from any one service?

Mr. Ross. Overall, sir.

Mr. Moss. Is there a limitation from each service?

Mr. Ross. Mr. Allen says it is divided equally, a third from each service.

Mr. ALLEN. Sixteen from each service.

Mr. Moss. Can you request assignment to your office of civilian personnel chargeable to the appropriations of the services?

Mr. Ross. I don't know whether we can or not. We have never found an occasion to do so.

Mr. MITCHELL. Then the entire $450,000 per year is for pay of civilian employees in your office; is that correct, sir?

Mr. Ross. Working in the Public Affairs Office; yes, sir.

Mr. MITCHELL. What is the total number of civilians you have today?

Mr. Ross. 103.

Mr. MITCHELL. 103 civilian employees?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir. May I correct that figure, as 55 civilians, instead of 103. It is a total of 103, including civilians and military.

Mr. Moss. Fifty-five civilians and 48 Service?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir.

Mr. FASCELL. I think you ought to ask me one question so that we can clear up an inference in the record. How much of the $450,000 is for salaries?

Mr. Ross. Well, I can't tell you, sir-practically all except for supplies and whatever equipment they need. About $368,000 is for per

sonnel.

Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Ross, in the third paragraph:

The Secretary of each military department is requested to initiate a review and analysis of the public information activities of each military department with the following objectives.

Now, was such a review and analysis conducted in accordance with this memorandum of March 29, 1955?

Mr. Ross. I have been informed that it was done; yes, sir.

Mr. MITCHELL. Who would receive those reports of review and analysis?

Mr. Ross. The Secretary of Defense.

Mr. MITCHELL. Are those reports in your office now?

Mr. Ross. No, sir; the reports which have been made in response to this memorandum have been verbal reports by the Secretaries of the Services to the Secretary of Defense.

Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Chairman, I don't see anything here suggesting they should be verbal reports. I would assume that a report is ordinarily supposed to be in writing. This is a new technique.

Mr. Moss. We might disagree, but I might point out also there is nothing that alludes to a written report.

Mr. Ross. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. FASCELL. Might I inquire at this point what has been done since March 29, 1955, to change anything?

Mr. Ross. Do you wish to now explain what has happened in connection with this memorandum?

Mr. Moss. Yes; I think that would be most helpful.

Mr. Ross. The military departments, as we have been informed, did initiate such a review and analysis of their Office of Public Information activity. The Department of the Army made a reorganization of their public information operation, resulting in a reduction of some personnel-I cannot tell you how many, I don't know, sir.

In addition to that, the other two services, I am informed, determined that they were operating on such a tight basis that they could not reduce their personnel.

In addition to that, the chief of the public information activity of the various services under their reorganization plans are now reporting directly to the Secretary of their services as shown on their organizational charts.

Now, with respect to replacement of the military chiefs by civilians, that has not been done by the services. It is still hoped by Mr. Wilson that eventually that can be done.

Mr. Moss. Can you tell us why it has not been done?

Mr. Ross. Well, I think there are several reasons why. The main one, as reported by the service Secretaries to the Secretary of Defense, is that they have been unable to find a qualified person to fill that spot at the salary which they could pay.

Mr. Moss. Can you give us for the record the background of the individual flag officers presently heading the information programs in the three services, and their background in the field of public information?

Mr. Ross. Yes, sir.

(The records referred to, including public information backgrounds, follow :)

BACKGROUND OF MAJ. GEN. GUY STANLEY MELOY, JR., ARMY CHIEF OF
PUBLIC INFORMATION

He

Guy Stanley Meloy, Jr., was born in Lanham, Md., September 4, 1903. was graduated from the United States Military Academy and commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry June 14, 1927. His first assignment was with the 12th Infantry at Fort Washington, Md.

He joined the 27th Infantry at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, in March 1931. In September 1934, he entered the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., and completed the regular course in June 1935, and the tank course in February 1936. He then was assigned to the 66th Infantry (Light Tanks) at Fort Benning, Ga. In September 1938, he entered the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., from which he was graduated in June 1939. He then was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. From August to December 1941, he was a military observer in England, after which he became an instructor in tactics and later executive officer of the Tank Destroyer School at Camp Hood, Tex. In May 1943, he was appointed the chief of staff of the Tank Destroyer Center at Camp Hood.

He was named chief of staff of the 103d Infantry Division at Camp Howze, Tex., in April 1944, and the following October moved with the division to the European theater, where he served as its chief of staff until September 1945.

In November 1945, he was named chief of staff of the Airborne Center at Fort Bragg, N. C. The following January he was appointed air activities control officer of Army Ground Forces Board No. 1 at Fort Bragg. In May 1946, he became professor of military science and tactics and commandant of cadets at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. He entered the National War College in August 1948, and was graduated a year later.

He went to Japan in August 1949, commanded the 19th Infantry Regiment, part of the 24th Infantry Division, with which he went to Korea. In July 1950, he was wounded and hospitalized until November when he became a deputy to the assistant chief of staff for personnel of the Far East Command at Tokyo.

He returned to the United States in February 1951, to become chief of the Civil Relation Office in the Office of the Chief of Information at Army headquarters. In October 1951, he was named assistant commandant of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, and in January 1953, became commandant. In June 1954, he was transferred to Europe where he became commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division.

In December 1955, he was assigned as Chief of Public Information, Office of the Secretary of the Army, and Chief of Information and Education, Office of the Army Chief of Staff.

For his services during World War II, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Army Commendation Ribbon.

While serving in Korea, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart for heroism in action on July 16, 1950, near Taejon.

He also has been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge and is a parachuter.

He was promoted to first lieutenant, August 1, 1933; to captain, June 14, 1937; to major, January 31, 1941; to lieutenant colonel, February 1, 1942; to colonel, December 8, 1942; to brigadier general, February 13, 1951; to major general, March 16, 1953.

BACKGROUND OF BRIG. GEN. ROBERT L. SCOTT, JR., AIR FORCE CHIEF OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

Robert L. Scott, Jr., was born in Macon, Ga., on April 12, 1908. He was appointed in 1928 to the United States Military Academy from the Regular Army, and was a graduate of the 1932 class.

His first assignment was the Air Corps Training Center at Randolph Field, Tex. He was graduated from pilot training at Kelly Field, Tex., October 14, 1933, with assignment to Mitchel Field, N. Y. There he flew the air mail when that duty was given the Air Corps in February 1934.

His first command was the 78th Pursuit Squadron in Panama, an organization he joined in March 1935. He returned to the United States in August 1937, to fill a succession of positions involving instruction and training in Texas and California.

General Scott was ordered overseas immediately after the outbreak of World War II, his first assignment being with Task Force Aquila in February 1942. He was active in the pioneering phases of Air Force activity in the ChinaBurma-India theater of war.

Within his first month in the Orient, he was executive and operations officer of the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command, forerunner of the famous ATC and hump Route efforts from India to China. In July of 1942, he was ordered by Gen. Lewis H. Brerton, at the request of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, to command the Flying Tigers of the 23d Fighter Group. In addition, he took on the duty of fighter commander of the China Air Task Force, later to become the 14th Air Force.

In October 1943, he was ordered back to the United States and General Staff Corps assignment as deputy for operations in the School of Applied Tactics at Orlando, Fla.

But 1944 found General Scott back in China with a rocket team in fighter aircraft, experimenting with HVAR-type rockets against Japanese supply locomotives in eastern China. This same type of testing was under his direction from Okinawa against enemy shipping when the war ended.

He returned to the United States for Staff duty in Washington and other continental stations until orders assigned him to command the Jet Fighter School at Williams Field, Ariz., 1947-49.

He was next ordered to Germany as commander of the 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing (Jet) at Furstenfeldbruck in late 1949. He returned to the United States in June 1953 to attend the National War College in Washington, from which he was graduated in 1954.

He was then assigned to the Directorate of Plans, Headquarters, USAF, and then to the position of Director of Information Services, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.

General Scottt is a command pilot with more than 14,000 hours pilot time. He flew 388 combat missions in World War II, with 13 confirmed victories in 925 hours of combat flying.

An author of established reputation, General Scott has had the following books published: God Is My Copilot, 1943; Damned to Glory, 1944; Runway to the Sun, 1945; Between the Elephant's Eyes, 1954; and Look of the Eagle, 1955.

DECORATIONS

Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters

Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters

Asiatic-Pacific, and American Theatre Ribbons

British Distinguished Flying Cross

Special Neclet YUMWHEI (Chinese)

Ten Star Dragon Medal (Chinese)

PROMOTIONS

He was promoted to first lieutenant (temporary) on August 5, 1935; to first lieutenant (permanent) on June 9, 1937; to captain (temporary) on September 1. 1940; to captain (permanent) on June 9, 1942; to major (temporary) on September 22, 1941; to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on January 23, 1942; to colonel (temporary) on February 1, 1942; to colonel (permanent) in the USAF on April 2, 1948; to brigadier general (temporary) on July 25, 1955. BACKGROUND OF REAR ADM. EDMUND B. TAYLOR, NAVY CHIEF OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

Edmund Battelle Taylor was born in Chicago, Ill., on April 4, 1904, son of Edmund Blanton and Rebecca Attwood (Battelle) Taylor. He attended Central High School in Lima, Ohio, before his appointment to the United States

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., from the fourth district of Ohio in 1921. As a midshipman he was a member of the varsity football team, which he captained in 1924; of the basketball squad in 1922; the boxing squad in 1923–24; the varsity lacrosse team in 1922-25, and All American on that team in 1924–25. He was awarded the Navy Athletic Association sword, as a first classman, for "personal excellence in athletics and leadership."

Graduated with credit and commissioned ensign on June 4, 1925, he subsequently advanced in rank, attaining that of captain, to date from May 20, 1943. His selection for the rank of rear admiral, approved by the President on July 19, 1952, was confirmed to date from September 1, 1952.

After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1925, he served as a junior officer in the U.S.S. New York until August 1926, when he returned to the Naval Academy to serve as assistant football coach during the fall of that year. In December 1926 he joined the U.S.S. Texas, and was on board that battleship until the spring of 1927, then served in the U.S.S. Wyoming until April 1929. Following instruction at Edgewood (Md.) Arsenal, he joined the U.S.S. Hatfield. When that destroyer was decommissioned in January 1931, he was transferred to the U.S.S. Leary, in which he served until June 1932.

Again returning to the Naval Academy, he was an instructor in the department of ordnance and gunnery until May 1935, and during that period again served as assistant football coach in 1933, as assistant coach of the lacrosse team in 1933, 1934, and 1935, and as officer representative for lacrosse in 1935. In June 1935 he was ordered to the U.S.S. Philip, in which he served as executive officer until December 1936, when he was transferred to the U.S.S. Perry for similar duty.

In June 1937 he joined the staff of commander destroyers, Battle Force, the U.S.S. Detroit flagship, as aide and flag lieutenant. He continued duty in that capacity until May 1939, when he was ordered to the Navy Department, Washington, D. C. There he served in the Records Section, Officer Personnel Division, Bureau of Navigation, later redesignated Bureau of Naval Personnel. He was so serving when the United States entered World War II, on December 8, 1941. Shortly thereafter he was detached, and after a month's temporary duty at the Fleet Sound School, Key West, Florida, he reported in March 1942 to Kearny, N. J., to fit out the U.S.S. Duncan. He assumed command of that destroyer at her commissioning on April 16, 1942.

Under his command, the Duncan assisted in the rescue of survivors of the aircraft carrier Wasp, lost in action off the Solomon Islands in September 1942. She later, operating south of Guadalcanal, participated in the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of October 11-12, 1942. As a result of that engagement, the Duncan was lost from severe damage received while carrying out a torpedo attack upon a Japanese heavy cruiser later identified as the Furataka.

For outstanding services as commanding officer of the U. S. S. Duncan, he was awarded the Navy Cross, and also received a letter of commendation, with ribbon, from the commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet. The citations follow, in part:

NAVY CROSS

"For extraordinary heroism*** during action against enemy Japanese naval forces off Savo Island on October 11, 1942. Although his ship had sustained heavy damage under hostile bombardment, Lieutenant Commander Taylor, by skillful maneuvering, successfully launched torpedoes which contributed to the destruction of a Japanese cruiser. Maintaining the guns of the Duncan in effective fire throughout the battle, he, when the vessel was finally put out of action, persistently employed to the fullest extent all possible measures to extinguish raging fires and control severe damage ***"

LETTER OF COMMENDATION

"For meritorious action and distinguished service ** * during the rescue operations subsequent to the loss of the U. S. S. Wasp. His fine judgment in seamanship made possible the successful rescue of many officers and men in an area where enemy submarines were actively present ***."

Following the loss of the Duncan, he returned to the United States, and after fitting out the U. S. S. Bennett, commanded that destroyer from her commissioning, February 9, 1943, until July 31, 1943. While he was in command, the Bennett began her career by rescuing survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship while on a Caribbean shakedown cruise early in 1943, being ordered to the