RETIREMENT OF MCCONE ANNOUNCED

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WASHINGTON POST
12 Aril 1965
Retirement
Of McCone
Announced
Johnson Appoints
Richard Helms as
Deputy Director
By a Washington Post Staff Writer
JOHNSON CITY, Tex.,
on announced today the
election of Vice Admiral
illiam F. Raborn Jr. (Ret.
S . hector of the Central
of - igence Agency.
R , porn will succeed John A
eCone, who is retiring.
The President a 1 s o an
ouriced the selection of.Rich
d helms, now deputy direr
or for plans at CIA, as th
ew deputy director. Helm
ill succeed Army Lt. Gen
1arsha1I S. Carter.
eveloped Weapons
Raborn Was,, the developer o
he Polaris weapons progra
hen Vice Admiral Hyma '
Rickover was developin
he Polaris submarine.
Known as a` brilliant sci
tist and officer, Raborn ha
een vice president and pro
ram manager of Acrojet Gen
ral Corp. since he retire
rum the Navy in September
as a naval aviator and co
under in the Pacific, when
e was decorated for conspic
ous gallantry while servin
n the USS Hancock.
After the war, as directo
f the fleet ballistic missil
A, 59-year-old native of De
atur, Tex., Raborn was ap
ointed to the Naval Academ
rom Oklahoma. He graduate
z the Annapolis class of 192
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s stem, he played a leading
r le in building the complex
P laris missile system.
He was named Deputy Chief
o Naval Operations in March,
1 62, and served until his re-
t rement 18 months later.
SS Veteran
Helms, 52, is a native of
t. Davids, Pa. He attended
hools in New Jersey, Switz.
land and Germany before
tering Williams College.
After graduation from 4Vi1-
1 ams, Helms worked for the
kited Press for two years
efore being named national
dvertising manager of the
dianapolis Times.
He served in the Navy dur-
g World War 11 on assign-
ent to the Office of Strategic
ervices, forerunner of the
IA.
After the war he worked
riefly as a civilian in the War
epartment's strategic servi-
ces unit before joining the
,IA in 1947. He has been in
harge of CIA's covert activ-
ties, succeeding Richard Bis-
ell after the Bay of Pigs
ebacle.
cCone's Aim Known
McCone, a California in-
ustrialist and Republican,
ucceeded Allen W. Dulles as
CIA director in Novernber,
1961. It has been known for
some time that McCune want-
McCone was director of the
Atomic Energy Commission
during the last years of the
Eisenhower Administration.
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NEW YORK TIMES, 13 April 1965
`Master Spy.'
The appointment of Vice Adm. W. F. Raborn Jr.,
U .N., retired; as Director of the Central Intelligence
A ency came as the kind of surprise President
J hnson loves to spring. Nearly everybody else had
b en mentioned as the successor to John A. McCone;
A miral Raborn, though a Texan, was - a complete
dark horse.
A naval aviator, Admiral Raborn is a highly com-
p tent officer; his services to the nation in the
p omotion, management and administration of the
P laris submarine missile program were outstanding.
is the kind of man who enlists and keeps the
1 alties of subordinates. He is also a man of sound
j gment, well acquainted in Washington and re-
s ected both in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.
A1 these virtues are major.
The liabilities are, however, important. Admiral
R born has had little,: intelligence experience; and
t e job of running the most complex intelligence
operation in the world, and of coordinating other
i elligence organizations jealous of their preroga-
ti es, is one that requires professional expertise as
11 as tact, charm and strength. Another liability
i_ Admiral Raborn's age; he is 59.
The C.I.A. post should be .a nonpartisan, long-term
appointment; it is absolutely essential for' continuity
and effectiveness .that. intelligence,. be kept out' of
p litics and that it beheaded by men ,who will give
t it.major portions of their lives.
Fortunately, the companion appointment dY Richard
elms as Deputy Director of the C.I.A., compensates
t a considerable degree for AdmiralRaborn's lack
o past intelligence.experience.Mr.. Helms is one of
t e most respected Intelligence experts in the country.
if anyone can be"called expert in' this fantastically
d ficult'field.
WASHINGTON POST, 13 April 1965
Admiral on the Potomac
It is disquieting to learn that President Johnson
has decided to reverse the practice of the past
12 years and replace a civilian with a military
man as the head of the Central Intelligence
Agency.
Vice Admiral William F. Raborn Jr. retired
from the Navy 2%/z years ago with the reputation
of having an inventive mind and being a careful
administrator. He is credited with developing the
Navy's Polaris system for shooting nuclear mis-
siles from submarines. The Admiral was born
59 years ago in Texas and he was an outspoken
Johnson supporter in last year's election.
Administration officials insist that the Admiral's
selection represents no attempt to give CIA a
military cast, something it hasn't had since Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith stepped out as director in
1953. And they note that an extremely able CIA
veteran, Richard Helms, has been put in to re-
place a military man, Lt. Gen. Marshall S. Carter,
as CIA's deputy director.
But in an Administration where the Pentagon
already has so many advantages in budget, per-
sonnel and friends on Capitol Hill, and Mr. Mc-
Namara as the Cabinet's most forceful personality,
is it wise to have a recently retired Admiral in
the key slot of supervising intelligence and covert
operations? Has the Admiral's training, in science
and the military, given him the requisite experi-
ence to deal with popular political movements
other than last November's election in America?
Perhaps so. Admiral Raborn certainly will and
should have the opportunity to prove our doubts
unfounded. But as long as the CIA is the one major
branch of our Government to escape unwatched
by the traditional system of checks and balances
imbedded in the executive branch's relations with
the legislative and the judiciary, we think civilian
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NEW YORK NEWS 14 April 1965
(APITOL
STUFF E
Piz '1`Fll T.FWTC
Washington, April 13-Without a doubt Vice Ad .
William F. Raborn Jr. was picked by President Johnson
head the vital, Central Intelligence Agency, not because f
his military background, but because of his outstandi
administrative ability.
Adm. William F. Raborn Jr.
The man to clean up a mete
The chances are also that Johnson is depending on his n
CIA chief to use his persuasive technique as an administrator (pret y : Hew Everybody Got Into the Intelligence Act
i~i .ch Biinilarr-ee-s~ W 'a "lot --- maswen t,,...,+~.e ., e..~* eon o
"The U. S. Information Service set up an intelligence group.
this country's intelligence gather-
ing activities.
Each branch of the armed
services has its own intelligent
operation. So does the State De-
partment, and believe It or not, s
does (at least in South Viet Nam)
the U.S. Information Service.
It has to be granted that retir-
ing CIA Chief John McCone tried
during his three and a half year
in office to end the petty jeal
ousies, rivalries and contradictor
"evaluations" which spring fro
these spyboy upits over which th
CIA had no control.
McCone had a modicum of sue
cess, but his first job was t
straighten out the CIA itself
which had become under "maste
spy" Allen Dulles' regime o
eight years an administrativ
monstrosity. Dulles was a bril
liant intelligence operator, but
lousy administrator.
Until the CIA became an of
ficient, well-coordinated entity n
much of a case could be made
McCone for halting the overla
McCone will not leave the CIA
so that Raborn can tackle th
Pentagon and State Departme
centralized jurisdiction.
If there is any question as
of having U.S. intelligence o
ready answer in the present s
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An Editor's Appraisal of 'The Spooks'
THE NEws military editor, Jerry Greene, recently returned from
th Southeast Asia war area. "The spooks" as he calls our intel-
lig nee operatives "are falling all over themselves out there and they
sti I don't know what the Viet Cong is doing, or is up to."
reene substantiates entirely a description of U. S. intelligence
op rations in Viet Nam by Malcolm Browne, who began covering
th war for the Associated Press in 1961.
In his book "The New Face of War" (Bobbs-Merrill 284 pp, $6.),,
Br wne has this to say:
"More needed to be known (in 1961) about this peculiar enemy
(t e Viet Cong) and American intelligence organizations began to
pr liferate. First there was the CIA. From its headquarters on the
se and floor.of the embassy in Saigon, the CIA's 200 or so agents
w Ere divided into three groups: Administrators and analysts, field
ob ervers, and infiltrators. The infiltrators were (and are) the only
se et operatives of the agency.
"Closely allied to the CIA was the military combined studies
gr up which administered the whole special forces program. The
U. S. aid mission set up an intelligence group, working with its
ci Ilan police advisers.
T1 e U. S. Army set up the 704th Military Intelligence Detachment,
w ich dabbles in all kinds of things. The provost marshal's office
h an intelligence outfit. The Army created another intelligence
u t for 'strategic intelligence: At a lower level, the Army put into
o ration a 'sector intelligence' unit at every one of the scores of
A erican advisory detachments throughout South Viet Nam. Even
th U. S. Navy brought in a little intelligence unit. And the U. S.
E bassy's security section was involved all along in political
in Iligence."
This is of course a case of federal bureaucracy functioning at
it very worst and in the. delicate involved intelligence aspect of
n ional security with its "peace or war" connotations. ,
As Browne says in his book, none of these spy groups "is willing
to cooperate with the others on a regular basis. Each maintains
fi ce unit espirit and takes enormous pride in its intelligence scoops.
I formation is very often closely concealed from competing Amerfi-
c n agencies, because of. the danger that the competitors may pirate
t e material and report it to headquarters first, getting the credit."
When the Spy Boys Are on the Wing
Jerry Greene advises that out in Viet Nam this "army of
11 ooks" have scores of planes at their disposal. Everybody knows
hen the spy boys are on the wing, for their planes are invariably
fight silver in color, totally unmarked, except for a number on the
jI.
Adm. Raborn can clean up this intelligence mess if anybody
n. It wait Raborn who had administrative charge of development
erial
mana
N
Hi
g
avy
s
[Itents the Polris missile submarine program.
were almost uncanny. They will have to be equally uncanny
treamlining our intelligence.
Fortunately, under the new CIA setup he can devote much of
time a to this problem as an outstanding intelligence "pro" will
in the No. 2_ spot itC the spy agency. This individual is newly-
ointed deputy Richard M. Helms, who has been with the CIA
e It was organized in 1947.
Under the new management, itimay also be hoped that the CIA
h its 25,000 staff and its secret $1 billion fund will function
better than it has In the past.
Its over-all excellent record has been tainted with occasions
blunders, like its amateurish estimate that a Cuba-wide revol#
uld be sparked once anti-Castro forces came ashore at the Br.-
Pigs.
ng spy activities of other agencies.
th the agency fairly well organized,
oo-long delayed job of putting the
t spies out in the cold, or under more
the importance to national security
atiops function properly there is` a
state of affairs in Viet Nam.
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NEW YORK JOURNAL - 13 April 1965
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ECTOR o the deeply mysterious Cen-
k C11igence Agency, most secretive of
the njtians se .u ity units, President Johnson
pi :ked Vice Admiral William F. Raborn
president of a company en-
missiles and missile engines.
an aucee (I.-John A. McCone. who seeks a
returnto___cisvilian activities after an eminent
career in.high Government posts.
ral Raborn?brings to CIA a notably
demq ale ability. His Achievements in naval
'-research and slevelopment were crowned by the
program teaf resulted in the submarine Polaris
missile system.
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NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE 14 April 1965
Objections to "Outsider'
Being Named CIA Head
CPYRGHT By David Lawrence
. WASHINGTON.
The American people just happened to read in their news-
papers that a new man has been named to head the Central
Intelligence Agency. The news item had the look of a routine
occurrence-that the head of an agency was merely desirous
of leaving and that someone else was taking his place.
But the truth is that the kind of change made can impair
the morale of. a vast agency of the government and could mean
the differences between success and failure in the "cold war"
itself.
Many years ago a European intelligence officer of a Western
country who had spent a long
career in the service was
asked to evaluate American
efforts in the field of intel-
ligence. He replied that it
would take the United States
from 20 to 30 years to become
efficient - largely because it
never had an intelligence serv-
ice before.
Something of the enormity
of the problems faced by the
CIA can be inferred from the
fact that it spends a half-
billion dollars a year and must
have personnel familiar with
military operations, personnel
familiar with diplomatic ac-
tivities and systems, personnel
familiar with business, eco-
nomics and finance, and per-
sonnel familiar with the whole
system of espionage-both on
defense and on offense-in the
"cold war." Above all, they
must be trained inside the
intelligence agency itself. The
longevity of service is a key
factor in its success.
President Johnson now has
named Adm. ,William F. Ra-
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born jr., (ret.) who has a goo
reputation in the field
science and in naval oper
tions. But a mistake was mad
in failing to promote someon
in the Central Intelligen
Agency Itself. For it is not
political institution, and i
chief officer should not
appointed to satisfy the per-
sonal predilections of a Pres
dent.
President Johnson is r(-
ported not to have consulte
the top men in the CIA whe
he made the new appointmen
He did not ask the advice
retain the services of the se(-
,end highest official in t 1e,
CIA, Lt. Gem Marshall Car-
ter, who reluctantly and a -
most unwillingly took over h s
post at the CIA a few yea s
ago. He did so at the urge t
insitence of President Ke -
nedy, who told him that it w s
more important for him o
take this post than to" co -
mand a big army unit fir
which he was in line at t 4e
time. Gen. Carter is 53 yea s
old. His experience now will
be lost to his associates and
to the new personnel.
There have been some com-
ments made that no one from
the armed services should
head. up the CIA. But this is
an uninformed suggestion, for
it is very important to have
someone at the top of the
agency who not only under-
stands military operations but
can direct the activities of
various military personnel
who undertake some of the
most delicate tasks in the
whole CIA operation.
The CIA is one of the most
useful agencies in the entire
government, and in some re-
spects transcends in impor-
tance almost all the other
agencies of the government.
For if erroneous information
or no information at all is re-
ceived on points of major co;1-
cern during a crisis, a decision
can be made by the President
that could plunge this country
into war or reduce its effec-
tiveness in a serious negotia-
tion designed to prevent a war.
The CIA is a relatively young
institution compared with
some of the intelligence serv-
ices of different countries of
the world) It takes years and
years of training in the tech-
niques of intelligence work to
produce an effective instru-
mentality. The United States
has been making substantial
progress in this field, but the
changes just instituted at the
top of the agency could re-
tard that progress.
which has special commtitees
nos suriered from the criti-
cism of some of the civilian
agencies which feel the
y
wrugence people how to do
b
their ,
-
-
o
s
r
flicts inside the government
between the various gPwp"ri..
interchange of information
is often friction and jealousy.
with the Bay of Pigs affair in
plained to the public. It'wn ~i a
4 """uarons without disclosing
any ir.,
i_
por
nt
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WASHINGTON POST 14 April 1965
Choice of Raborn to Head CIA
Ended Long Search for Talent
By Carrol Kilpatrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
President Johnson's selection
of Vice Adm. William F. Ra-
born Jr. to be director of the
Central Intelligence Agency
ended one of the longest talent
searches of the Johnson Ad-
ministration and was primari-
ly the work of talent scout
John W. Macy Jr.
Like a number of other
Johnson appointments, it came
as an almost complete surprise
after many other prominent
men had been mentioned for
the delicate assignment.
Criticism Expected
The selection of a military
man to head the CIA was ex
pected to arouse criticism, an
it has, but it likewise has
stimulated applause because o
Raborn's popularity- in Con
gress and the military service
and in industry.
John A. McCone, the presen
CIA director, a Californi
Republican and industrialist
told the President last year of
his desire to retire.
Civil Service C h a i r m a n
Macy, acting as the President's
chief talent scout, immediate-
ly began the search for a suc-
cessor to McCone. There were
a number of candidates for the
post and there were some high
officials considered who would
have taken it but were not
necessarily eager to have it.
Endorsed by McNamara
As always, the President
went about the task in the
greatest secrecy.
' After much discussion with-
in the Administration of all
possible choices, Macy wrote
a memorandum recommend-
ing Raborn as first choice. He
had the endorsement of Sec-
retary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara.
The President knew Raborn
from the days of the Senate
investigation that followed the
Soviet launching of the first
space satellite, but he appar-
ently did not know the ad-
miral well.
While the Admiral is a na-
tive Texan, he moved to Okla-
homa when a child and was
appointed to the Naval Acad-
emy from Oklahoma. He is a
close friend of House Majori-
ty Leader Carl Albert (D-
Okla.).
During last year's presiden-
tial campaign, Raborn, unlike
a number of other military
leaders, opposed the candida-
cy of Barry Goldwater.
"He's just not smart enough
to--be President of the United
f
States," Raborn said of Gold-
water.
A major factor in Macy's
recommendation of Raborn
was that a primary concern of
CIA is knowledge of the de-
velopment of new weapons
overseas. Raborn is one of the
foremost military experts on
weapons development and
evaluation.
Another factor is that the
CIA directorship requires
strong managerial talent,
which Raborn demonstrat?d
when he was chief of the
Navy's Special Projects Agen-
cy, which produced the Po-
laris missile.
Raborn retired as Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations for
Development in September,
1963, after 39 years in uni-
form. He then became vice
president` and program man-
ager of Aerojet-General Corp.,
a leading defense manufac-
turer. Raborn will be 60 years
old in June.
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13 APRIL 1965
New Chief of C.I.A.
William Francis Raborn, Jr.
Special to The New York Times
up in the
ASHINGTON, April 12-
b
William Francis Rabor
Jr is famous fo rhis role i
managing the development o
the Polaris missile. But he is
no one-weapon zealot "I an
not the kind of man," he one
said, "who when he puts his
pants on 'in the morning
thinks the whole world i
dressed."
Man
in the
News
That about sum
up the philosophy
of the newly ap-
pointed head o
the Central Intelli-
gence Agency-modest appre-
ciation for the interdepends
bility of people and things.
Burly, barrel-chested, jo
vial Red Raborn, who retire
a vice admiral in September,
1963, after a 39-year career
in the Navy, brings another
quality to his new job.
The 59-year-old admiral i
persuader. He is not merely
personally dedicated to his
tasks, as so many leading me
in Government are, but h
has the capacity for persuad
in others to join him.
For example, there was
time about 10 years ago dur
ing the development of th
Polaris missile that a speed
pro due ion of the
su
marine weapon was de-
manded.
Admiral Raborn flew by
jet throughout the country,
visiting every plant and sub-
plant that was making mate-
rials for the new weapon. At
each stop he delivered a pep
talk.
The process became known
k9 the "Raborn rededication
treatment" and was described
by one listener as "part
locker-room pep talk, part
Navy enlistment appeal, part
Arthur Godfrey commercial."
Some of the flavor of those
talks is contained in this
excerpt:
"Polaris is to important to
be the business of only the
Pentagon. It's everybody's
business. Stop a second and
grab yourself in the back of
the neck. Well, that's it-your
neck-that's what it'll be if
we fail."
Combining his modesty and
leadership qualities is Ad-
miral Raborn's proven man-
agerial talent. For the Polaris
missile was not the product
of a single man in the way
the atomic submarine was
"fathered" by Vice Admiral
Hyman Rickover.
It was the product of a
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relatively new management
technique.
When Admiral Raborn re-
ceived his assignment to head
the Navy's Special Projects
Office, he selected a small
group of aides, including one
who did nothing but search
for talent.
Criticized for keeping his
staff too small, the admiral
answered: "I can get more
out of one overworked man
than two underworked ones."
And the managerial system
he adopted for producing the
Polaris, a system known as
PERT, for Program Evalua-
tion Review Technique, has
been widely adopted through-
out industry.
It is an administrative tech-
nique for running analysis of
the detailed progress of all
aspects of a project, permit-
ting speedy correction of
slippages and failures.
The new C. I. A. chief came
from an environment far from
the ocean. He was born June
8, 1905, in Decatur, Tex., the
second child of eight. He grew
up in Marlow, Okla., and
never saw the sea until he got
to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
An "average" student who
boxed and played tennis at
the academy, he got his nick-
name when he wrote on a
A Navy pilot at the time of
Pearl Harbor, he served as
executive officer on the car-
rier Hancock during the Iwo
Jima, Okinawa and several
other World War II cam-
paigns. He won a Silver Star
for bringing fires under con-
trol when the Hancock was
hit in a Kamikaze attack.
In 1955 Admiral Raborn
was assigned to head the Po-
laris development. He was
chosen, Admiral Arleigh A.
Burke, then Chief of Naval
Operations, subsequently ex-
plained, not only because he
was an aviator but also be-
cause he was. "a nice person
who got along with people
when the going was tough."
He was Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Devel-
opment when he retired in
September, 1963, and has been
vice president in charge of
management of Aerojet-Gen-
eral Corporation in California
since then. At the time, the
president of Aerojet-General,
a subsidiary of General Tire
and Rubber Company, said
Admiral Raborn had been
taken into the company be-
cause he had the "ability to
get tough jobs done in the
shortest possible time."
Admiral and Mrs. Raborn,
who used to live in a split-
level in Arlington, Va., have
been residing in California
questionnaire that his hair ojet-General. It was not
was "auburn." A superior l known today where he would
crossed it out and substituted reside in the future.
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CPYRGHT
Raborn at C/A'S Helm WASHINGTON NEWS 4113 (14
THE popular idea is that the head of
the Central Intelligence Agency should
be a super James Bond, directing cloak
and dagger operations around the
world.
The truth is, of course, that the CIA
is a vast, sprawling factory-type
operation. It is mainly in the business
of refining the raw materials of
information and rumor into factual
reports on which policy decisions can
be made. As boss it needs an organizer
rather than a master spy.
That is one good reason for
applauding the choice of retired' Vice
Admiral William F. Raborn Jr. to
succeed John A. McCone as chief of
qiit: nA. it, 111s Mg career, c mira
Raborn repeatedly has demonstrate
superior executive and organizing skill
as well as a cool head under fire.
His best known accomplishment wa
as director of the special Navy task
force which created the Polaris
submarine missile, one of the most
successful weapon developments in the
nation's history.
As a onetime gunnery officer and
naval flier as well as a missile expert,
he also brings to his new job broad
knowledge of military hardware. That
is an Important asset in a man whose
responsibility is to know who is aiming
what weapons at whom - and where
and why.
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N.Y. HERALD TRIBUNE 12 APRIL 1965
C. Getting
New Boss:
An Admiral
By Douglas Kiker
Of The Herald Tribune Stag
JOHNSON CITY, Tex.
Praciri nt Johnson vesterday named retired Navy Vice-
..'lm. William Francis Raborn jr -the man who developed
-.e Navy's Polaris missile system-as the new director of the
nited States Central Intelligence Agency.
Adm. Raborn, 59, will succeed John A. McCone
man in charge of all U. S.
Intelligence activity. He will
assume his duties as soon as
the Senate confirms the ap-
pointment.
Mr. Johnson announced the
shift yesterday afternoon,
moments after he had signed
into law the Administration's
new $1.3 billion education bill
in the yard outside the one-
room school he attended as a
boy.
At the same time, he an-
nounced that Richard Helms,
52, currently the Deputy CIA
Director for Plans, will suc-
ceed Lt. Gen. Marshall Carter
as CIA Deputy Director.
It had been known for some
time that Mr. McCone was
seeking retirement from the
intelligence post and that the
President was giving serious
attention to the search for
replacement.
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ante as a guest at the LBJ
Ranch this weekend had given
rise to speculation that the
President was about to name
him o the CIO post.
There was further specula-
tion that Mr. Johnson made
the announcement sooner than
he would have liked as re-
sult of a CBS radio news re-
port earlier yesterday that the
move was imminent.
At the school house yester-
day, Mr. Johnson signed his
education bill, spent a few
moments shaking hands with
old friends and classmates,
then summoned reporters to
one side.
"During the last few days
I have spent some time work-
ing on,appointments of great
importance to our country,"
he said. Then, flanked by
Adm. Raborn and Mr. Helms,
he announced their appoint-
ments to two of the most
sensitive, important posts
within the executive branch
of government.
THE SEARCH
The Herald Tribune re-
ported on Dec. 2 that Mr.
McCone. was leaving the
government. The search for a
replacement has been on at
least since then, and in this
search the President has been
advised by Clark Clifford, a
Washington attorney and
chief of the Foreign intelli-
gence advisory board.
have been screened, inclu
Paul Nitre, Navy Sec*_eLary,
former Deputy Defense Sec-
retary Roswell L. Gilpatric,
and even the Ambassador to
South Viet Nam, Gen. Maxwell
Taylor. However, in recent
days Mr. Johnson, apparently
very close to a decision on the
matter, let it be known quietly
that the Ambassador was not
going to get the job.
Adm. Raborn's appointment
is bound to be the cause of
some controversy. Under the
law the CIA Director can be
a military man, but in that
case, his deputy must be a
civilian. In the past there
have been those who have
charged that too many mili-
tary figures are involved in
CIA activities.
One of the most adamant of
these critics by accident was
present in the schoolyard yes-
terday when Mr. Johnson
named his choice. He is Sen.
Eugene McCarthy, D., Minn.,
who has made several speeches
on the Senate floor, on the
subject.
The Senator, long a sup-
porter of Federal aid to edu-
cation, was invited to the
education bill ceremony after
Mr. Johnson learned that he
was in Austin to speak at a
University of Texas seminar
on government.
The Senator' had no com-
ment on the appointment. ,
Adm. Raborn currently is
vice-president for program
management of the Aerojet
General Corp., a gigantic Cali-
fornia buildr of missiles and
missile engines.
His unexplained appear-
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