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MINUTES

MONDAY, JULY 27, 1953

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met in executive session at 10:30 a.m. in the committee room.

Present Chairman Wiley, Senators Hickenlooper, Green, Fulbright, Sparkman, Gillette and Mansfield.

The chairman first discussed the death of Senator Tobey on Friday, July 24. It was decided that the members of the committee send an appropriate floral piece to the funeral. A letter was authorized to be written to Mrs. Tobey, containing the text of a resolution passed by the committee.

The following nominations were considered and ordered reported without objection: Avra M. Warren of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Turkey; Ellis O. Briggs of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, to which office he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate: Raymond A. Hare, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Lebanon; Cavendish W. Cannon of Utah, to be Ambassador to Greece.

The committee then discussed the question of committee travel during the adjournment of Congress. A motion made by Senator Sparkman was approved, authorizing the chairman to permit such travel and to have the expenses for same paid out of the committee funds.

S. 2237, relating to Danish ship claims, was discussed. It was agreed to defer action on the legislation.

The same action was taken with respect to the North Atlantic Regional Broadcasting Agreement.

S.J. Res. 12, relating to the Passamaquody power project, was also passed over.

The chairman called attention to the resignation of Thorsten V. Kalijarvi, a member of the professional staff of the committee and obtained permission for appointment of someone to take his place. The proposed portrait of former Senator Connally was discussed. It was agreed to defer any final action on the matter.

For record of proceedings, see official transcript.

The committee adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

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MINUTES

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1953

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

Washington, D.C. The committee met in executive session at 11 a.m. in the committee room.

Present: Chairman Wiley, Senators Langer, Green, Gillette and Mansfield.

The committee considered the nomination of James W. Riddleberger, a Foreign Service Officer of the class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador to Yugoslavia. Mr. Riddleberger was present and replied to questions asked him by the chairman. The nomination was ordered reported to the Senate, after a poll of absent members had been made.

The committee also considered a list of promotions of Foreign Service Officers who were appointed during the last recess of the Senate. No action was taken.

The committee briefly discussed nominations to the General Assembly of the United Nations but no action was taken. The chairman stated that a meeting would be held tomorrow, July 30 on these mat

ters.

The committee adjourned at 12 noon.

MINUTES

THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1953

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met in executive session at 11 a.m. in the committee

room.

Present Chairman Wiley, Senators Smith, Hickenlooper, Ferguson, George, Green, Gillette, Humphrey and Mansfield.

The committee considered a list of Foreign Service appointments made during the last recess of Congress which are now before the committee for approval. The list was approved for reporting, with certain deletions of names which had not received recent full field investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The committee considered further the nominations of the following persons to the United States delegation to the Eighth General Assembly of the United Nations, to serve no longer than December 31, 1953: Representatives-Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., James F. Byrnes, Mrs. Frances Pavne Bolton, James P. Richards. Alternate Representatives Archibald J. Carey, Jr., James David Zellerbach, Henry Ford II, Charles W. Mayo, Mrs. Oswald B. Lord.

The committee considered two requests from an organization and one individual asking to be heard in opposition to the appointment of Mr. Byrnes. A motion made by Senator Green and approved by Senator Humphrey, setting aside a short time this afternoon to hear the two witnesses, was defeated by a showing of hands. Senators Green and Humphrey were the only members favoring the motion. All the nominations were then ordered reported unanimously. Senator Langer, who attended the previous meeting on the U.N. nominees on July 29, had asked to be record in opposition to all the nominations. The chairman had the proxies of Senators Knowland and Sparkman for reporting all the nominations acted upon on this date.

The following nominations were ordered reported without objection: Lester D. Mallory of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: William J. Donovan of New York, to be Ambassador to Thailand: Eric A. Johnston of Washington, to be Chairman of the International Development Advisory Board; Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. to be Ambassador to Indonesia.

For record of proceedings, see official transcript.
The committee adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

MINUTES

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1953

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met in executive session at 9:30 a.m. in the committee room.

Present Chairman Wiley, Senators Smith, Hickenlooper, Ferguson, Green, Sparkman, Gillette and Mansfield.

The nomination of Theodore C. Streibert of New York, to be director of the U.S. Information Agency, a position provided for in the Reorganization Plan Numbered 8 of 1953, effective on the date upon which the said reorganization plan becomes effective, was considered first by the committee. Mr. Streibert was present and answered a number of questions of members of the committee.

The committee agreed by voice vote to report the nomination favorably to the Senate.

The committee discussed the death of Senator Taft on July 31 and ordered an appropriate resolution be drafted and a copy of same to be sent to members of the Senator's family. It was also agreed that a floral offering be sent to the funeral.

The committee considered and approved two bridge bills which had been passed by the House. They are as follows: H.R. 307, to revive and reenact the act entitled "An act authorizing the Ogdensburg Bridge Authority to construct, maintain and operate a bridge across the St. Lawrence River, at or near the city of Ogdensburg, New York." H.R. 1219, passed by the House, "authorizing the Hidalgo Bridge Company to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande, at or near Hidalgo, Texas."

For record of proceedings, see official transcript.
The committee adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

P.S. Following this meeting, the Senate received later in the day the nominations of Harold E. Stassen to be Director of the Foreign Operations Administration, William McNear Rand to be Deputy Director, and Walter S. DeLany to be Deputy Administrator of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act. These nominations were confirmed by the Senate today on motion of the chairman, and without reference to the committee.

APPENDIXES

Appendix A: Volumes published to date in the
"Historical Series"

Legislative Origins of the Truman Doctrine.

Foreign Relief Aid: 1947.

Foreign Relief Assistance Act of 1948.

The Vandenberg Resolution and the North Atlantic Treaty.

Military Assistance Program: 1949.

Extension of the European Recovery Program: 1949.

Economic Assistance to China and Korea: 1949-1950.

Reviews of the World Situation: 1949-1950.

Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

Volume I, Eightieth Congress, First and Second Sessions, 1947-48.
Volume II, Eighty-first Congress, First and Second Sessions, 1949-50.
Volume III, Parts 1 and 2. Eighty-second Congress, First Session, 1951.
Volume IV, Eighty-second Congress, Second Session, 1952.
Volume V, Eighty-third Congress, First Session, 1953.

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