COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON OPERATIONS AND POLICIES OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM 60031 FEBRUARY 22, 26, MARCH 3, 4, AND 8, 1955 PART I AND APPENDIX Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1955 CONTENTS Beers, Col. Barnet W., Assistant for Civil Defense, Division of Domes- 180 Cooley, Russell, labor relations counselor, Washington, D. C. Du Pont, Francis V., special consultant to the Secretary of Commerce; formerly Commissioner, Bureau of Public Roads.. Flemming, Dr. Arthur S., Director, Office of Defense Mobilization__ Peterson, Hon. Val, Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Adminis- Schnepfe, Fred, assistant to the Commissioner, Office of Public Roads, 23 171 60 CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1955 UNITED STATES SENATE, OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee (consisting of Senators Kefauver, Jackson, and Smith) met, pursuant to call, at 10: 15 a. m., in room 212, Senate Office Building. Present: Senator Kefauver (chairman) presiding. Also present: Senator Stuart Symington; Val Peterson, Civil Defense Administrator; Arthur S. Flemming, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization; Edward Braswell of the committee staff and Charles Kress, consultant to Senator Kefauver. Senator KEFAUVER. The committee will come to order. This subcommittee, composed of the Senator from Washington, Senator Jackson, who fortunately is also a member of the Joint Committee on Problems of Atomic Energy of the Congress, and Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, who was appointed by Senator Russell, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee on January 28, and I will place in the record at this point a letter to the chairman from Senator Russell establishing this committee in this Congress. That was January 28, shortly after the first meeting of the Armed Services Committee. (The letter above referred to is as follows:) I am writing to request that you serve as chairman of a Subcommittee on Civil Defense, composed of yourself and Senators Jackson and Smith. The purposes of the subcommittee are to hold such meetings and briefings as are necessary to maintain familiarity with the operation of the Civil Defense Act and the policies and programs being carried out pursuant to that authority, or being planned, and to provide a channel for liaison between the Civil Defense Administration and the Senate Committee on Armed Services. Mr. Braswell has been designated as the staff member to assist the subcommittee in addition to his other duties. Senator KEFAUVER. Chair would like to thank Dr. Flemming, Commissioner Libby, and Mr. Peterson for appearing before the subcommittee. Our original_order of appearance was to have Dr. Libby appear first, then Mr. Peterson and Dr. Flemming, but Dr. Flemming necessarily has to leave this afternoon, so we changed the order. He will be the second witness. Governor Peterson says he will be with us a few days. Today's meeting is the first for this subcommittee, which Senator Russell appointed, as I stated, in late January, to examine the civildefense program. |