HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 2180 A BILL TO ESTABLISH A UNITED STATES DISARMAMENT 74094 AUGUST 14, 15, AND 16, 1961 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1961 CONTENTS J F662 D57 Benoit, Emile, National Council of Churches of Christ in the United Clark, Joseph S., U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania_ Eaton, Frederick M., former Ambassador to the Ten-Nation Con- ference on Comprehensive Disarmament.. Gardner, Trevor, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., Second Congressional District, Wisconsin Larson, Arthur, World Rule of Law Center, Duke University- Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Levering, Samuel, chairman, executive council, Friends Committee on Lodge, Henry Cabot, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations_ 115 82 37, 78 Wadsworth, James J., former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations_ Wing, Mrs. Wilson, Maryland Committee for a Nuclear Test Treaty. Letter to John J. McCloy from former President Eisenhower. Letter, dated June 13, 1961, to Secretary of State Rusk from Senator Memorandum on useful byproducts for basic knowledge, based on research on detection of nuclear explosions by electromagnetic Information on VELA research program_ 97 Chart on principal organizations in executive branch of U.S. Govern- Page ment involved in disarmament research__. Memorandum on relationship of the Director of USIA to the President Text of Senate Concurrent Resolution 37, 87th Congress, 1st session___ Notes on the evolution of the Democratic Advisory Council proposal- List of cosponsors of Disarmament Agency bill.. Statement by Andrew J. Biemiller, director, department of legisla- Listing of titles, authors, and tables of contents of reports to the Committee on Research for Peace_- Resolution of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.. Statement by David C. Williams, director of research and educa- Letter from Clifford R. Johnson, Staten Island, N.Y. Letter from Dr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Cayard, Wheeling, W. Va. Statement by Emil Mazy, secretary-treasurer, United Auto Workers__ Letter from Clark M. Eichelberger, American Association for the United Letter from John G. Darley, executive officer, American Psychological Association, and enclosed letter from Charles E. Osgood, director, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois_-- Statement by Hon. Seymour Halpern, Fourth Congressional District, DISARMAMENT AGENCY MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1961 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 4221, New Senate Office Building, Senator J.W. Fulbright (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Fulbright, Sparkman, Humphrey, Symington, Wiley, Hickenlooper, Aiken, Carlson, and Williams. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The purpose of the meeting this morning is to hear representatives from the executive branch on S. 2180, the Disarmament Agency for World Peace and Security. This bill would create a new U.S. Disarmament Agency for World Peace and Security to handle matters relating to disarmament, including negotiations, research, recommendations to the President and Secretary of State, and certain information functions. This legislation was requested by the President in a communication of June 29, 1961, and introduced by the chairman of the Disarmament Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations on the same day. After a brief sojourn with another committee, it was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations on August 3. I ask that there be included in the record at this point (1) the text of S. 2180; (2) the communication from the President, together with its enclosure which is a letter from Mr. McCloy to the President; and (3) a letter to the chairman of this committee from Mr. McCloy, dated August 2, 1961. (The documents referred to follow :) [S. 2180, 87th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To establish a United States Disarmament Agency for World Peace and Security. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-SHORT TITLE, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Disarmament Act for World Peace and Security". PURPOSE SEC. 2. An ultimate goal of the United States is a world which is free from the scourge of war and the dangers and burdens of armaments; in which the use of force has been subordinated to the rule of law; and in which international adjustments to a changing world are achieved peacefully. It is the purpose of this Act to provide impetus toward this goal by creating a new agency of peace to deal with the problem of disarmament. 1 |