REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 6 OF 1953

(DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE)

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1958

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record-Continued

Eberstadt, Ferdinand, New York, N. Y.-Continued

Excerpt from report of the task force committee on national

security

Excerpt from statement of Chief of Staff, General Bradley-

Excerpt from statement of Winston Churchill.

Extract of testimony of General Eisenhower before the Senate

Committee on Armed Forces, March 25, 1947

Memorandum re President Eisenhower's

recommendations

for reorganization of the Defense Department contained in

Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953.....

Edson, Maj. Gen. Merritt A., United States Marine Corps (retired):

Excerpts from Executive order of February 28, 1942.

Excerpts from hearings on National Security Act of 1947.

Excerpt from lecture given at the Army Information School in

1946--

228, 246

Memorandum presented by the Chief of Staff of the Army, Nov-

ember 2, 1943_

Finletter, Thomas K., former Secretary of the Air Force: Statement..

Hoffman, Hon. Clare E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Michigan, and chairman, House Government Operations Com-

mittee:

Article from the U. S. News & World Report, May 15, 1953,

entitled "Interview With Thomas K. Finletter, Former Secre-

tary of the Air Force".

Excerpt from General Eisenhower's statement of May 7, 1947_

Excerpt from statement of General Eisenhower before the House

Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments,

May 7, 1947.

Excerpts from Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953.

Exhibit A-Comparative analysis of views regarding (1) Chief of

Staff for the armed services and (2) a Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff_

23, 208

151

Five Defense Departments, article written by David Lawrence,
U. S. News & World Report, May 8, 1953_

259

Is Defense Plan Constitutional? article written by David

Lawrence, Evening Star, May 4, 1953-

255

Joint Chiefs Criticized, article written by Hanson W. Baldwin,

New York Times, April 23, 1953.

251

Legislation by the Executive, article written by David Lawrence,

Evening Star, May 8, 1953.

257

Letter from Dan A. Kimball, national vice president, Navy

League of the United States, to Hon. Clare E. Hoffman, June

15, 1953

249

Letter from Ernest J. King, fleet admiral, United States Navy, to

Hon. Clare E. Hoffman, June 11, 1953.

248

Military Takes Step Backward, article written by David Law-

rence, Evening Star, May 14, 1953.

Letter from Frank A. Hecht, president, Navy League of the

United States, to Hon. Clare E. Hoffman, May 27, 1953_ _

Letter from Hon. Herbert Hoover, to Congressman Clare E. Hoff-

man, June 19, 1953-

249

260

258

Provisions of the act of 1947 and amendments of 1949 and of

Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953 as they affect selection of a

chairman and of the members of the Joint Staff:

Excerpts from Public Law 216.

Excerpts from Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953.

Shake-up in Pentagon Represents Compromise, article written

by Hanson W. Baldwin, New York Times, May 3, 1953-

Statement of Adm. Richard S. Edwards, United States Navy

(retired)__

Unconstitutional Defense Plan, article written by David Iaw-

rence, Evening Star, May 1, 1953..

254

Holifield, Hon. Chet, a Representative in Congress from the State of
California: Excerpt from Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953------

238

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record-Continued

Ikard, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas: Excerpt from the 1949 amendments to the National Security

Act of 1947_.

Johnson, Robert W., chairman of the board, Johnson & Johnson:

Excerpt from Arthur Salzberger's paper, Concept for Catastrophe_

Excerpt from Congressman Shafer's remarks in the Congressional

Record, March 11, 1953..

Excerpt from George Fielding Elliott's pamphlet, How To Lose a

War...

Excerpt from statement of Congressman Clare E. Hoffman in
report on National Security Act of 1947.

Ruling of Secretary of War Newton P. Baker, 1916-

Statement of Donald Nelson, former head of the War Production

Board

Ketchum, Omar B., director, National Legislative Service, Veterans

of Foreign Wars of the United States: Statement_.

Kyes, Roger M., Deputy Secretary of Defense:

Excerpt from President's message on Reorganization Plan No. 6

of 1953.

Excerpt from statement of Secretary Forrestal, March 24, 1949__

Letter from Gen. Omar N. Bradley, to Congressman Hoffman re

Plan No. 6 of 1953__.

Lantaff, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Florida:

Excerpt from National Security Act of 1947 as amended.
Excerpt from Rockefeller report - -

McCormack, Hon. John W., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Massachusetts:

Answer by Secretary Wilson re General Staff_

Excerpt from hearings before the Senate Committee on Armed

Services May 28, 1953-

Riehlman, Hon. R. Walter, a Representative in Congress from the
State of New York: Letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
to Brig. Gen. Robert W. Johnson, May 27, 1953_

Rockefeller, Nelson A., Chairman, Committee on Department of

Defense Organization:

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Excerpt from Hoover Commission Report re Joint Chiefs_
Excerpt from Hoover Commission Report under the title "What's
Wrong With the Present Organization".

Excerpts from report_.

Section 11-Joint Chiefs of Staff organization chart.

APPENDIX

149

152

141-144

146

Excerpt from statement of Adm. Arthur William Radford, nominee as

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a hearing before the Senate

Committee on Armed Services, May 28, 1953-

262

List of witnesses appearing for and against Reorganization Plan No. 6 of

1953__.

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