REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1968 AND H. RES. 1101 91-721 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1968. COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman CHET HOLIFIELD, California L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Director EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois ELMER W. HENDERSON, Counsel (II) CONTENTS Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Reorganiza- tion Plan No. 1 of 1968, creating a new Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs__. Text of House Resolution 1101, disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 1 Barton, Dr. Walter E., medical director, American Psychiatric Clark, Hon. Ramsey, Attorney General of the United States; ac- companied by John H. Finlator, Director, Bureau of Drug Abuse Control, Food and Drug Administration; and Henry L. Giordano, Commissioner of Narcotics, Department of the Treasury- Finlator, John H., Director, Bureau of Drug Abuse Control, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Giordano, Henry L., Commissioner of Narcotics, Department of the Page 1 Hendrick, James Pomeroy, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury (for Enforcement); accompanied by Charles C. Hump- stone, Deputy Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury Hughes, Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; accom- panied by Howard Schnoor, Director, Government Organization Lee, Dr. Philip R., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; accom- panied by John H. Finlator, Director, Bureau of Drug Abuse Control, Food and Drug Administration.. Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by- Conte, Hon. Silvio O., a Representative in Congress from the State 117 115 Fountain, Hon. L. H., a Representative in Congress from the State (III) 117 25 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1968 (DRUG ABUSE AND NARCOTICS) TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1968 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John A. Blatnik (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives John A. Blatnik, Chet Holifield, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, John N. Erlenborn, and Jack Edwards. Also present: Elmer W. Henderson, subcommittee counsel; James A. Lanigan, general counsel, Committee on Government Operations; and William H. Copenhaver, minority professional staff. Chairman BLATNIK. The Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations will please come to order. We meet in public session today, the first of a series of hearings lasting perhaps 2, possibly 3 days, to consider President Johnson's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968 and House Resolution 1101, a disapproval resolution introduced by our colleagues, Congressmen Edwards, Erlenborn, and Brown. (Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968 follows:) [H. Doc. No. 249, 90th Cong., first sess.] MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1968-CREATING A NEW BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS To the Congress of the United States: In my first Reorganization Plan of 1968, I call for the creation of a new and powerful Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. With this action, American will serve notice to the pusher and the peddler that their criminal acts must stop. No matter how well organized they are, we will be better organized. No matter how well they have concealed their activities, we will root them out. Today, Federal investigation and enforcement of our narcotics laws are fragmented. One major element-the Bureau of Narcotics-is in the Treasury Department and responsible for the ocntrol of marihuana and narcotics such as heroin. Another-the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control-is in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and is responsible for the control of dangerous drugs including depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens such as LSD. Neither is located in the agency which is primarily concerned with Federal law enforcement-the Department of Justice. This separation of responsibilities-despite the relentless and dedicated efforts of the agents of each Bureau-has complicated and hindered our response to a national menace. (1) |