SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION JOHN E. MOSS, California, Chairman

SAMUEL J. ARCHIBALD, Staff Director
JOHN J. MITCHELL, Chief Counsel

PAUL SOUTHWICK, Professional Staff Member

Statement or testimony of-

CONTENTS

Banta, Parke M., General Counsel, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare__

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Goff, Abe McGregor, General Counsel, Post Office Department_-

Moss, Hon. John E., chairman Subcommittee on Government Infor-

mation:

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Opening statement_

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Purpose of amendment to title 5, United States Code, section 22__
Statement on separation of power.

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Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record:

Trade secrets:

Excerpt from letter dated June 17, 1957, from John K. Worley,

general counsel, American Drug Manufacturers Association___

Excerpt from title 18, United States Code, section 1905_.

Army's use of title 5, United States Code, section 22 to withhold:

Letter from Attorney Alvin L. Newmeyer, Jr., dated May 21, 1957-

Effect of proposed amendment on court cases: Excerpt from Depart-

ment of Justice letter dated July 18, 1957.

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Effect of proposed amendment on Post Office Department:

Excerpt from letter dated April 12, 1957, from Maurice H. Stans,

Deputy Postmaster General.

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Excerpt from letter dated July 15, 1957, from Abe McGregor Goff,

General Counsel, Post Office Department---

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EXHIBITS

RESPONSES FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS ON PROPOSED AMEND-
MENT OF SECTION 161, REVISED STATUTES

I-A1. Agriculture Department: Letters dated April 15 and 16, 1957,

from E. T. Benson, Secretary --

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I-A2. Commerce Department: Letter dated June 24, 1957, from Sinclair

Weeks, Secretary -

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I-A3. Defense Department: Letter dated April 15, 1957, from Robert

Dechert, General Counsel___

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I-A4. Health, Education, and Welfare Department: Letter dated July 5,

1957, from M. B. Folsom, Secretary.

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I-A5. Interior Department: Letter dated July 16, 1957, from Hatfield

Chilson, Under Secretary

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I-A6. Justice Department: Letter dated May 21, 1957, from William P.

Rogers, Deputy Attorney General_.

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I-A7. Labor Department: Letter dated April 8, 1957, from James P.

Mitchell, Secretary - -

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I-A8. Post Office Department: Letters dated April 12, 1957, from

Maurice H. Stans, Deputy Postmaster General..

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I-A9. State Department: Letter dated April 30, 1957, from Robert C.

Hill, Assistant Secretary.

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I-A10. Treasury Department: Letter dated April 24, 1957, from W.

Randolph Burgess, Acting Secretary.

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REPLIES OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO QUESTIONS IN CHAIRMAN

Moss' LETTER DATED JUNE 20, 1957

I-B1. Letter from Chairman John E. Moss to Secretary of Agriculture,

dated June 20, 1957, containing nine questions on the proposed

amendment of section 161 Revised Statutes,-.

(Identical letter sent to Departments of Commerce; Defense;

Health, Education, and Welfare; Interior; Justice; Labor;

Post Office; State; and Treasury.)

I-B2. Agriculture Department: Letter dated July 17, 1957, from Earl L.

Butz, Acting Secretary

I-B3. Commerce Department: Letter dated July 8, 1957, from Frederick

C. Nash, General Counsel.

I-B4. Defense Department: Letter dated July 10, 1957, from Robert

Dechert, General Counsel...

I-B5. Health, Education, and Welfare Department: Letter dated July 5,

1957, from M. B. Folsom, Secretary.

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I-B6. Interior Department: Letter dated July 18, 1957, from Theodore

Stevens, assistant to the Secretary and legislative counsel.

I-B7. Justice Department: Letter dated July 18, 1957, from William P.

Rogers, Deputy Attorney General_.

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I-B8. Labor Department: Letter dated July 3, 1957, from James T.

O'Connell, Acting Secretary-

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I-B9. Post Office Department: Letter dated July 15, 1957, from Abe

McGregor Goff, General Counsel_

I-B10. State Department: Letter dated July 18, 1957, from John S.

Hoghland II, Acting Secretary for Congressional Relations_.

I-B11. Treasury Department: Letter dated July 15, 1957, from Fred C.

Scribner, Jr., Acting Secretary-

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COMMENTS OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT
OF SECTION 161, REVISED STATUTES

I-C1. Atomic Energy Commission: Letter dated April 1, 1957, from

David F. Shaw, Assistant General Manager

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I-C2. Bureau of the Budget: Letter dated April 11, 1957, from Percival F.

Brundage, Director-

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I-C3. Civil Aeronautics Board: Letter dated April 16, 1957, from James

R. Durfee, Chairman___

I-C4. Civil Service Commission: Letter dated June 20, 1957, from Harris

Ellsworth, Chairman__

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I-C5. Comptroller General of the United States: Letters dated February

26 and March 1, 1957, from Joseph Campbell, Comptroller

General

I-C6. Federal Civil Defense Administration: Letter dated April 16, 1957,

from Val Peterson, Administrator.

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I-C7. Federal Power Commission: Letter dated February 27, 1957, from

Jerome K. Kuykendall, Chairman_.

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I-C8. General Services Administration: Letter dated April 1, 1957, from

Franklin G. Floete, Administrator_.

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I-C9. Housing and Home Finance Agenty: Letter dated April 10, 1957,

from Oakley Hunter, Acting Administrator__

I-C10. Interstate Commerce Commission: Letters dated June 28 and July

17, 1957, from Owen Clark, Chairman, Committee on Legisla-

tion___

I-C11. Office of Defense Mobilization: Letter dated April 15, 1957, from

Gordon Gray, Director..

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I-C12. Securities and Exchange Commission: Letter dated April 25, 1957,

from Andrew Downey Orrick, Commissioner

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I-C13. Small Business Administration: Letter dated May 6, 1957, from

Wendell B. Barnes, Administrator.

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I-C14. Veterans' Administration: Letter dated February 21, 1957, from

H. V. Higley, Administrator...

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