BILL ON C.I.A. GOES TO SENATE TODAY

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• Publication Date: June 22, 1966
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'BILL ON C.I.A. GOE
TO SENATE TODA
.Measure Would Add Thre
to Watchdog Committee.
By E. W. HENWORTIIY
SpeUel to The New York Times
The Senate, Foreign Relation
'Committee will report to th
floor tomorrow a bill ?to ad
Agency.
With hones of a compromis
t 1. _k1 ,__P1ajlAed_.t n
troversia bill i for actiot
a Fourtli..... f ,Jury recess o
Jill y11.' "'".0 The bill, which was sponsore
ate Committee on Intelligent
Operations composed of nin
(members. The Armed Service
Committee, the Appropriation
lations Committee would eat
supply three.
T?:1ISSS.Ja,, Sal ilrJ#Iq t~
Ever since the C.I.A. was
created by the National Security
Act of 1947, Senate supervision
has been the province of a group
made up of ranking members
of the Armed Services Commit-
tee and the Defense subcom-
mittee of the Appropriations
Committee. Te chairman of the
watchdog committee, now num-
bering seven members, is Sena-
tor Richard B. Russell,
Democrat of Georgia.
The decision to take the Mc-
Carthy bill to the floor for a
showdown followed repeated
failures by Senator Mansfield
and Senator J. W. Fulbright,
chairman of the Foreign Rela a
tions Committee, to reach. a
compromise with Senator Rush
Arguing that his commitee,
because of its jurisdiction over.
foreign affairs, should be repo
resented on the watchdog eom-
~mittec, Mr. Fulbright suggested
to Mr. Russell that three For-
Icign Relations members; 'bei
added agreement without re-
courselljo legislation. .
Senator Russell refused on
the ground that he did not have
the authority to make such an
agreement. ?
When Mr. Mansfield likewise
failed td make a dent in Senator
Russell's opposition to any in-
crease in the watchdog com-
mittee, Senator Fulbright wrote
on June 13 to m Will.
P
; S1iPr
o en ra a fig.
3t~Cr. ulbriglit asked Mr. Ra-
born whether, he would give
of the Foreign Relations Com- ceeds from the sale of surplus,'uon about this activity as are
mittee and supply It with the agricultural commodities. ' ~ these private citizens who come
(information furnished,Mr. Rus- Under the program
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998.from the busines
lif
f
,
,
s
e o
the
sell's group. Americans have studied abroad,nation and also from the ranks
Senator Fulbright recalled that and 53,572 foreigners have'come of retired
when Mr. Raborn appeared. be- generals or semi-re-
fore. his committee to the United States. tired generals."
last Ii'ebru- The Fulbri ht program has It could not be learned today
supervision, he declined to an- been a source e of pride to 'the ght had take,
swer some questions. .. Senator.. Consequently, he en up. with President Johnson.
Tn? ii s.. repIJ,as,tednesda spoke with some feeling on May the }l{i}ds of questions Mr.'Ra?
Mr. ?Raborn said 'of~tTi p'tyblYii 16 when Senator Milton R. 'ern ad refused to answer.',
ary meeting: Young, Republican of . North `
were greatly disturbed about'tions Mr. Raborn refused 'to
the re uaI'Co ans t7r-
r 1 estions'answer, Mr. Fulbright said the
about possible use of the Ful-;admiral had conceded that ,he
brightsdhpla'rr1iflrprogram. !would answer them if asked by
Senator Fulbright conceived1the Russell committee or by
this program In 1945 when helthe Foreign Intelligence Advis-
introdu
d .. 1.11.
.. -- a _
ce
to
cal currency proceeds from the
sale of United States surplus
property abroad to finance ex-
changes of students, teachers
and artists. The Fulbright Act
was passed in 1946, and ek-
Mr. Fulbright noted that
eight of the. nine members of
the board were not Government)
officials. He said:
"While I do not wish to puff
up the importance of Senators
tun much T A, believe tha es
th
was sold, the pro-gram wa.5 .......
ey are
, S ' much entitled to infmrna-
c the, Foreign Relatidns Commit-
I lee set up its own subcommita
0
.w
e A. th
M T A .. . .. . .
e
e
the C.I.A. would continue to re-
fuse to members of the Foreign
Relations Committee any infor-
Scholarships Cited
It was learned that one of
methods" ML-Zibor to
answr,S.,;ldt ar,. ta.."A.
evef,*11? &l ,t4%,XJdW.d'~ ~? a5u" ?~`
ars,~l ~,~rQ~r~~ as a cover fbr
it$ agenu. t,+r.
Mr. Raborn, it was learned,
Iso declinedi f answer an
y
I, estions about the e'ov'6Mup-
a'1
`?8Mtl M6Mbers, ,it was said,
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