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AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

NOMINATIONS OF THE INCORPORATORS OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION
JOSEPH V. CHARYK

JOHN T. CONNOR

GEORGE FELDMAN

BEARDSLEY GRAHAM

SAM HARRIS

EDGAR F. KAISER

DAVID M. KENNEDY

GEORGE L. KILLION
A. BYRNE LITSCHGI

LEONARD MARKS

BRUCE G. SUNDLUN

SIDNEY J. WEINBERG

LEO D. WELCH

LEONARD WOODCOCK

MARCH 19, 1963

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Kennedy, David M__

Killion, George (Leonard).

Litschgi, A. Byrne..

Marks, Leonard_.

Sundlun, Bruce___

Weinberg, Sidney James___

Welch, Leo D., chairman and chief executive officer of Communica-
tions Satellite Corp-

Woodcock, Leonard_

Statements:

Case, Hon. Clifford P., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey,

letter from, to Senator Anderson, March 18, 1963_.

Kennedy, Hon. John F., President, letter from, to incorporators of the

Communications Satellite Corp., January 31, 1963__

Kennedy, Hon. Robert F., Attorney General, letter from, to the Presi-
dent, October 25, 1962, and January 31, 1963----

Kuchel, Hon. Thomas H., a U.S. Senator from the State of California,
letter from, to Senator Anderson, March 15, 1963___

Schlei, Norbert, Assistant Attorney General, letter from, to Senator
Anderson__
Smathers, Hon. George A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Florida__
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, special counsel to the incorporators, letter
from, to Communications Satellite Corp., March 29, 1963_

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NOMINATIONS OF JOSEPH V. CHARYK, JOHN T. CONNOR, GEORGE FELDMAN, BEARDSLEY GRAHAM, SAM HARRIS, EDGAR F. KAISER, DAVID M. KENNEDY, GEORGE L. KILLION, A. BYRNE LITSCHGI, LEONARD MARKS, BRUCE G. SUNDLUN, SIDNEY J. WEINBERG, LEO D. WELCH, AND LEONARD WOODCOCK TO BE INCORPORATORS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORP.

TUESDAY, MARCH, 19, 1963

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES,

Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 235, Old Senate Office Building, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman, presiding.

Present: Senators Anderson, Symington, Young, Holland, Edmondson, Smith, Curtis, and Keating.

Also present: Everard H. Smith, Jr., chief counsel; William J. Deachman, Dr. Glen P. Wilson, professional staff members; and Richard R. Wolfe, technical assistant.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order.

We have before the committee today the nominees of the President to be incorporators of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962.

Under section 302 of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962, the President is required to appoint an unspecified number of incorporators by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The duties of the incorporators would be to organize the corporation, serve as its initial board of directors, and arrange for an initial stock offering. On October 4, 1962, the President submitted the names of thirteen men to be incorporators of the new corporation. Because of the substantial interest of both the Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee and the Commerce Committee of the Senate in the Communications Satellite Corp., these names were referred jointly to both committees.

Unfortunately, because of the lateness of the session, and despite joint staff efforts, it was not possible to arrange for confirmation hearings prior to the adjournment of the Congress.

The President, during the adjournment of the Congress, made recess appointments and the incorporators began their duties on October

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