WORDS OF PRAISE FOR (Classified)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200380002-3
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 3, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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WORDS OF PRAISE FOR NORMAN
S. PAUL
(Mr. HEBERT was granted permission
to extend his remarks at this point in
the RECORD and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. HEBERT. Mr. Speaker, from this
floor many words of praise have been
spoken. The deeds and accomplishments.
of great men have been recognized, and
their names have been called before the
Nation for acclaim.
Today, I would add the name of Nor-
man S. Paul, Under Secretary of the Air
Force, who soon will be leaving the De-
fense Department to return to private
life.
Mr. Speaker, Norman Paul has spent
more than 20 years in the service of his
country. As a Navy officer in World War
II, he took part in combat operations in
the southwest Pacific. In April 1948, only
2 years out of the University of Virginia
Law School, he joined the legal staff of
the Economic Cooperation Administra-
tion. The Marshall plan was then just
beginning to get underway.
In the ECA and in its successor agen-
cies he functioned in a number of ad-
ministrative positions dealing with mili-
tary and economic assistance matters in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Next in the Foreign Operations Ad-
ministration from 1953 to 1955, he was
first the Regional Director for the Near
East, Africa, and South Asia and later
Deputy Director for Congressional Rela-
tions. It was at this time that many of
us here in Congress began to know and
appreciate this dedicated and able gen-
tleman. And it was in 1955 that he re-
ceived the William A. Jump Memorial
Award presented annually to an em-
ployee of the executive branch, 36 years
of age or younger, for "exemplary serv-
ice in public administration."
Recognized as an outstanding manager
he was marked for greater responsi-
bilities. For 5 years, from 1955 to 1960,
Norman Paul served the Central Intelli-
gence Agency as Legislative ounse and
i s.
Then in January 1961 Secretary of
Defense McNamara appointed him
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Legislative Affairs. Subsequently, he was
appointed by President Kennedy in July
1962 to be Assistant Secretary of De-
fense-Manpower. That position he held
until October 1, 1965, the date he became
Under Secretary of the Air Force.
Military men and civilians alike in the
Air Force are quick to say that the Air
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Force was indeed fortunate in 1965 to
have a man of Mr. Paul's talents and ex-
perience appointed as its No. 2 leader
backing up Secretary Harold Brown. The
years during which they have teamed
together have been years of strengthen-
ing and improving the Air Force. I know
from personal observation and by con-
firmation from a large number of people
in the Pentagon that the combination of
Brown and Paul has been one of the best
ever to head the Department of the Air
Force. Their individual talents comple-
mented and blended to give the Air Force
invaluable leadership.
Norman Paul's wise counsel, his astute
judgment, his perceptiveness, objectivity,
and understanding will be missed-by the
Air Force staff and his associates in the
Office of the Secretary. Those officers and
airmen who felt something deeper and
more profound about the Air Force after
they had met him in Europe, in the
United States, and in Vietnam-all over
the world-will miss him too. Surely this
is one of the greatest rewards of a true
public servant-and Norman S. Paul, a
man dedicated to the service of his
country and his countrymen-is a great
and true public servant.
I take this opportunity to wish him
well in his future endeavors. I thank him
on behalf Qf the Congress, the people
and the Nation for his contributions to
U.S. security.
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