OCDM DRAFT BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL DEFENSE CIVILIAN RESERVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00357R000100230009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2014
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 23, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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23 January 1959
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: OCDM Draft Bill to Establish a National Defense
Civilian Reserve
1. On 21 January 1959 Mr. Warner and met with representa-
tives of the Office of Personnel to discuss a draft proposal for a "Reserve
of less than executive level" which had been prepared by the Office of Civil
and Defense Mobilization and submitted to members of the Interagency
Committee on National Defense Executive Reserve for informal comment.
Mr. James White of the Personnel Office is the Agency representative
this Committee. Office of Personnel members present at the meeting
were Messrs Gordon Stewart,
and James White.
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2. The discussion at the meeting centered around the draft reply which
Mr. White had prepared. gave some of the background of the
development of a draft bill which was prepared by the Civil Service Commis-
sion and submitted to the former ODM some months ago. He also explained
the development of a Civilian Reserve program in the Agency which currently
contains a membership of a relatively small number of Commo technicians.
and Mr. White pointed out that the Civil Service Commission's
proposal contained provisions which this Agency felt were desirable in a
general bill of this sort. On the contrary, the current OCDM bill lacks
many of these provisions and is generally unacceptable to the Agency.
Mr. Warner pointed out that the OCDM proposal contained language which
raised involved technical questions on the subject of employee relationships
of Reservists under this bill. The draft bill also suffers from very poor
drafting. Mr. Warner suggested that we reserve a complete review and
study of this bill until such time as our views are formally requested.
3. It was agreed that the present response should be from Mr. White
in his capacity as a representative to the Committee. It was also agreed
that the various objections to the bill as dis.cussed at this meeting be included
in Mr. White's response. However, it should be made clear in the response
that an Agency position would be reserved until such time as the Agency's
views were formally requested.
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4. Mr. White will make certain revisions in his proposed resDonse and
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