TRAVEL EXPENSES

Mr. STEFAN. How much is that?

Mr. WILBER. That is $32,000 as the total for the Secretary's office for 1951 and $35,000 is requested for 1952.

Mr. STEFAN. Is that the same for the Ambassador at Large?

Mr. WILBER. That is the grand total travel appropriated for the Office of the Secretary, which includes the Planning Staff's travel. Mr. STEFAN. $35,000 would be for both items?

Mr. WILBER. Yes, sir.

Mr. STEFAN. Not just one?

Mr. WILBER. That is the total Office of the Secretary travel. Mr. STEFAN. Then the $32,000 figure I have been given for Mr. Jessup's office would not be entirely for his office?

Mr. WILBER. No, sir. I am sorry; I perhaps confused you. The total $32,000 provided for this year is the total allotment for travel for the Office of the Secretary.

Mr. STEFAN. This entire amount?

Mr. WILBER. That is right, except for the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations and the Special Assistant for Press Relations. There are separate allotments for those two.

Mr. STEFAN. What is the separate allotment for Congressional Relations?

Mr. WILBER. That is $500 this year, and the same amount is requested for 1952.

Mr. STEFAN. $500 for travel?

Mr. WILBER. Yes, sir.

Mr. STEFAN. You could not do much traveling for that; could you? Mr. WILBER. That is correct. It includes only five domestic trips and one foreign trip in that figure.

Mr. STEFAN. For $500?

Mr. WILBER. That is correct-$244 for the domestic trips and $256 for the foreign trip. I do not know what that foreign trip is.

Mr. STEFAN. Where could one go outside the United States for $256? Mr. WILBER. Possibly to South America. I am not sure where. It represents a very short trip.

PERSONNEL IN OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL

RELATIONS

Mr. STEFAN. Now, as to these 25 people in Congressional Relations you are putting in the record their names and salaries?

Mr. WILBER. Yes, sir; we are.

Mr. STEFAN. And their duties?

Mr. WILBER. Yes, sir. One employee has been added since December 31, 1950, so the list will be of 26 employees.

(The information is as follows:)

Jack K. McFall, $15,000-Assistant Secretary

Directs Department-congressional relations and manages Department's legislative program, which encompasses participation in formulation of policies and legislative proposals from their inception through congressional presentation; directs the preparation of replies to congressional requests received through correspondence and telephone; and consults with and arranges for consultation with Members of Congress on foreign policy, its development and problems. Advises the Secretary, Under Secretary, and other Assistant Secretaries on congressional aspects of foreign-relation policies and problems.

Ben H. Brown, Jr., GS-16, $11,200—Deputy Assistant Secretary

Serves as Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, assisting in performance of all Assistant Secretary's functions and carrying on those functions in the absence of the Assistant Secretary.

William H. Dodderidge, $7,600, GS-13-Executive assistant

Serves as executive assistant to the Assistant Secretary, manages office and insures that all matters coming to the attention of the Office of the Assistant Secretary are referred to the appropriate officers of that Office and properly disposed of. Acts as personnel officer and coordinates the work of the Office of the Assistant Secretary in the expeditious disposition of all congressional relations action.

Allen H. Moreland, GS-15, $10,000; Horace H. Smith, GS-15, $10,700—Congressional liaison officers

Serve as liaison officers between the Department and Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, attend all committee hearings in which the Department is involved, and advise the Assistant Secretary and other Department officers on comments and expressions of opinions by committees and members. Advise and consult with individual Members of Congress on foreign policy programs and legislative requirements and arrange meetings between departmental officers and members on matters in which members are particularly interested.

Philander P. Claxton, Jr., GS-15, $10,750-Legislative management officer

Responsible for legislative matters pertaining to the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, the Bureau of Near Fastern and African Affairs, and the Administrator of the Technical Assistance Program. Advises these Bureaus of congressional aspects of their policies and programs and manages the legislative proposals originating in these Bureaus, including participation in the drafting of bills, preparation of written presentation materials and briefing papers for witnesses. Coordinates legislative matters with other interested departments of the Government and the Bureau of the Budget. Arranges and participates in consultation between officers of these Bureaus and interested committees and Members of Congress. Florence K. Kiriin, GS-15, $10,750-Legislative management officer

Performs same functions as above with respect to the Bureau of European Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Office of Economic Affairs, and the Office of Intelligence Research.

George O. Gray, GS-14, $8,800—Legislative management officer

Performs same functions above with respect to the Bureau of German Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser, Office of Public Affairs, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Administration, and the Bureau of United Nations Affairs. Clara G. McMillan, GS-13, $7,600—Legislation assistant

Assists Members of Congress by servicing their telephone calls to the Department regarding matters of a general nature. These calls amount to approximately 5,000 per year. Reviews all congressional mail prior to signing or clearance by the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations- approximately 6,500 during 1950. Generally assists the Assistant Secretary in his efforts to supply the Members of Congress with information and material.

Louise White, GS-13, $8,400—Legislation assistant

Obtains and analyzes information in congressional debate and public statements concerning discussions, action and trends in the Congress on foreign-policy legislation and programs, and provides such information to policy officers of the Department for their use in the formulation and preparation of departmental plans, programs and policies, in the preparation of legislative proposals, and in consultations with Members of the Congress on foreign-policy issues, programs and legislation.

Edith Mamish, GS-9, $5,100-Research assistant (Bureau of the Budget Liaison) Analyzes all bills, resolutions, reports and hearings, and legislative publications and maintains history of those of interest to the Department, apart from the Department's legislative program. Works closely with the Bureau of the Budget, other Departments and agencies, and with Departmental officers in insuring prompt reply and clearance within the Department of Congressional and Budget Bureau requests for the Department's position on le islation. Prepares a daily

legislative report on status of such requests. Reads Congressional Record and prepares a daily summary designed to be an early and quick-reading notice of significant congressional developments. Performs special research as requested. Bennie Mae Stevens, GS-9, $5,100-Research assistant (Legislative Reference)

Maintains a legislative reference service for the use of the Department, which involves the collection and indexing of documents and material pertaining to the legislative program of the Department, and the cataloging and preservation of supplementary material. Answers inquires concerning and prepares a weekly status report of legislative developments for departmental distribution. Performs miscellaneous research as assigned. Attends and prepares reports on congressional committee hearings to insure that offices concerned are notified of significant developments, which may require departmental action.

Beatrice Ruffin, GS-9, $4,725-Personal assistant

Manages the Assistant Secretary's immediate office. Relates and explains the Secretary's views to various departmental officers. Determines that studies and reports requested are initiated, conducted, and completed; composes correspondence; and performs nontechnical research and works with Secretary in assembling material to be used in meetings.

Mary M. Walker, GS-9, $4,600—Administrative assistant

Responsible for the daily operational matters relating to personnel, management, and budgetary services for the Office. Prepares regular and special budget estimates and justifications. Maintains appropriate fiscal records of funds for personnel, travel, overtime, and other miscellaneous expenses. Processes administrative actions, including personnel actions, travel arrangements, etc. Coordinates the administrative and clerical operations of the Office to effect an expeditious flow of work. Supervises operation of Office Message Center and Office messenger service.

Annette Vollmer, Florence Grendon, Milrae Jensen, GS-7, $3,950 Secretarial

assistants

As secretary, arranges calendar, plans detailed schedules for meetings with Members of Congress and inter- and intradepartmental groups. Secures and compiles materials for superior's use; takes and transcribes technical and confidential dictation. Serves as personal assistant in relieving superior of many details.

George Winnett, Jr., GS-7, $3,825—Clerical assistant

Responsible for insuring that congressional correspondence receives top-priority handling. Maintains a close control over all congressional correspondence being worked on throughout the Department and to expedite replies. Through this system, the average time required in the answering of congressional letters, has within the past year been reduced from an average of 14 days to less than 4 days. Assists in the answering of oral inquiries from Members of Congress. Assists in the review of correspondence addressed to Members of Congress.

Louise Hines, GS-6, $4,075; Ruth Filsinger, GS-6, $3,575; Mary Ann Sames, GS-6, $3,450-Secretarial assistants

Regularly is reponsible for (1) developing superior's working schedule, (2) taking and transcribing dictation, (3) generally disposing of considerable administrative and clerical matters directed to superior, who is absent an appreciable portion of time for attendance at meetings of Members of the Congress or of officers of the Department of State and other departments.

Helen E. McAllister, GS-5, $3,100; Norma Griffin, GS-5, $3,475-Secretary (stenographers)

Secretarial and clerical assistants responsible for planning schedules, making appointments, and reviewing incoming and outgoing mail. Receives telephonic messages and reports which must be promptly relayed to interested persons by telephone or memorandum. Takes and transcribes technical and confidential dictation and maintains necessary files.

Barbara E. Mason, GS-4, $2,875—Clerk

Receives, analyzes, and distributes incoming communications received in the Office and assigns appropriate routings. Maintains appropriate records of classified material. Assists in maintaining card index of legislation introduced of

interest to Department and acknowledging requests from Congress for Department's comments on pending or proposed legislation. Daily prepares report of Legislation and Legislative Reports cleared through the Office.

Curtis White, CPC-4, $2,770; James O. Holland, CPC-3, $2,412-Messengers

Responsible for collecting and delivering documents, papers and other material requiring special handling; running special errands between the Office and other Government agencies and the Congress; performing simple clerical duties, such as opening mail, alphabetizing papers for filing and sealing outgoing mail; and assisting in the arrangement of furniture, obtaining and stocking supplies, etc.

LEGAL ADVISER

WITNESS

ADRIAN S. FISHER, LEGAL ADVISER

Mr. ROONEY. The next item, the Office of the Legal Adviser, appears at page 20 of the justifications. At this point we shall insert in the record the table on page 20, from which it appears that the request is in the amount of $571,585 for 97 employees, the same as the appropriation and the personnel in the current fiscal year. (The matter referred to is as follows:)

Mr. ROONEY. Do you have a workload statement with regard to the Office of the Legal Adviser?

Mr. McWILLIAMS. I have the Legal Adviser, Mr. Adrian Fisher, here.

Mr. ROONEY. Do you have a workload chart?

Mr. FISHER. I can provide it for the record, broken down for two subdivisions of the office. It is not possible to give you an over-all chart, because the type of work in the various component offices is varied. For example, one of the largest components of the office is the treaty unit, with which I am sure the chairman (Mr. Rooney) is familiar. It requires specialists in the law of treaties. They have the primary responsibility for such matters as treaty drafting and treaty clearing, providing information on the full powers and some of the other formalities necessary for treaties, providing information and services to permit the embassies abroad and lawyers to know what the treaty rights and obligations of this country are; also for compiling for use of the political units of the Department information on treaties of other countries.

I will be delighted to break those down quantitatively for you and supply it for the record.

(The information referred to is as follows:)

TREATY AFFAIRS STAFF

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 1950

1. Drafted 27 proposed treaties and other agreements.

2. Revised drafts of 130 treaties and agreements prepared in other offices of the Department.

3. Drafted reports to the President on 25 treaties with a view to submission of those treaties to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification.

4. Members of staff served as treaty advisers at four formal international conferences:

(a) United Nations Conference on Road and Motor Transport (Geneva). (b) First session of International Wheat Conference (Washington).

(c) International Telecommunication Union Region 2 Conference (Washington).

(d) Fourth Inter-American Radio Conference (Washington).

5. Participated in many meetings on bilateral negotiations with representatives of other governments, including, among others:

(a) Meetings with representatives of Argentine, Canadian, Colombian, and Uruguayan Governments regarding double taxation convention.

(b) Meetings with representatives of Canada on the treaty regarding uses of the waters of the Niagara River.

6. Attended congressional committee hearings on various treaty matters, for example, the Convention on Road Traffic and the recently approved law on the publication of treaties in a new compilation.

7. Prepared comprehensive documentation on all significant developments on treaty law since 1945 for use by the International Law Commission of the United Nations.

8. Recommended position to be taken on numerous treaty questions, for example:

(a) Whether or not the Paris telegraph regulations required approval by the Senate.

(b) Application of consular convention with the Republic of the Philippines to Philippine citizens in the United States Navy.

(c) Tax exemptions for British Foreign Service officers living in Arlington, Va. (d) Obligation of the United States under the convention of 1867 to furnish the U. S. S. R. with copies of documents regarding Alaska.

(e) Publication by the Department of United States treaties and agreements in a new compilation separate from the Statutes at Large.

(f) Determination of liability of private operating agencies for share of expenses of administrative telecommunication conferences.

9. Continued performing depositary functions with respect to various international agreements for which the United States is depositary, for example, the Chicago aviation agreements, the 1949 wheat agreement, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention, the 1949 Inter-American radio agreement, the International Whaling Convention of 1946, the convention of the World Meteorological Organization and the International Monetary Fund and Bank agreements, each of which is very active.

10. Drafting: In addition to drafts of new treaties and of reports thereon to the President, L/T prepared: 10 ratifications and acceptances, 8 proclamations, 27 full powers, 327 letters in reply to inquiries, and, 228 instructions and diplomatic

notes.

11. Prepared 27 special surveys and lists of treaties and agreements on various subjects.

12. Prepared manuscripts for publication of 152 treaties and agreements concluded by the United States.

13. Prepared certificates for registering with the United Nations 158 treaties and other agreements and 49 certificates on aviation agreements for registration with the International Civil Aviation Organization.

14. Prepared preliminary documentation on 352 treaties and other agreements concluded by the United States and on over three times that number of treaties to which the United States is not a party.

15. Prepared annotations on 181 treaties and agreements and revised annotations on 235 treaties and agreements for publication in the loose-leaf service entitled "United States Treaty Developments.'

16. Member of staff lectured on treaty negotiation to the School of Basic Officer Training, Foreign Service Institute.