STANFORD UTILIZATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER UTILIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8, 1957 Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service UNIVERSITY DEC 1957 DOCUMENT 98219 DIVISION UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1957 Statement of- CONTENTS Bassett, William K., Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Personnel and Reserve Forces). Broyhill, Hon. Joel T., a Representative in Congress from the State of Page 93 181, 244 Crawley, W. Roy, Assistant to the Deputy Administrator, General Foote, Dr. Paul D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Francis, Hon. William H., Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense. Fregosi, Col. Albert, Acting Director for Procurement Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics) - Glen, Lt. Col. Donald W., Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Depart- Hammond, Merrill, Chief, Manpower Utilization Staff, Department of Musgrave, Maj. Gen. Thomas C., Jr., Director of Manpower and Organization, Headquarters, United States Air Force.- Newbegin, Hon. Robert, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget for Anderson, Hon. Robert B., Secretary of the Treasury, letter to Hon. James C. Davis, chairman of the subcommittee, regarding reduc- Correspondence between Hon. James C. Davis, chairman of the November 15, 1957-Subject: Director of Guided Missiles_. Forrester, Congressman E. L., letter of October 30, 1957, to Hon. Richard B. Russell, Senator from Georgia, regarding military per- Wilson, Hon. Charles E., Secretary of Defense, letter of February 1, 1957, to Hon. Philip Young, Chairman of the Civil Service Com- mission, regarding scientist and engineer vacancies in the Depart- MANPOWER UTILIZATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOVEMBER 4, 1957 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER UTILIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee, met, pursuant to call, at 2 p. m., in room 213, Old House Office Building, Washington, D. C., Hon. James C. Davis (chairman of the subcommittee), presiding. Present: Representatives Davis (subcommittee chairman), Lesinski, Scott, Gross, Johansen, and Dennison. Also present: Mr. Fred Belen, committee counsel. Mr. DAVIS. The subcommittee will come to order, please. The Subcommittee on Manpower Utilization of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service is continuing its hearings under authority of House Resolution 139, 85th Congress. There are a number of important matters we wish to take upparticularly in regard to the Department of Defense and its use of engineering and scientific manpower. Last year our hearings emphasized that scientific manpower was being wasted through hoarding and unnecessary duplication of effort. We also brought out that this was being financed by defense dollarsdollars that were supposedly being largely spent to give us supremacy in the missile and other fields of armament. Our finding was that because of poor management the defense effort was being retarded due to the artificially created scarcity of engineers. Harvard University has since published the results of a survey that supports our position that there was pirating and hoarding of engineers under defense contracts. Every day since October 3 we have had a little visitor named "Sputnik" that reminds us how right we were. It is a constant reminder of the unfortunate results of poor manpower utilization. Now Sputnik No. 2 has been sent into outer space by the Russians. It is 1,038 pounds heavier and it is 300 miles farther away from the earth. As has been demonstrated, much of this poor utilization stemmed from the almost unbridled competition growing out of unlimited defense dollars. This must not be allowed to continue if we are to win supremacy over the Russians. The Russians have more scientists now than we have. A report just recently made public by the Central Intelligence Agency states that Russia now has 1,500,000 scientists at work while we have only 1 |