FRANK G. WISNER DIES; FORMER OFFICIAL OF CIA

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Virginia Law Graduate
FRANK G.. WISNER
degree from _ Virginia's law
school in 1934 and joined the
Strategic Services in Africa, the
Middle East, the Balkans,
France and Germany from 1943
until 1946, rising to the rank of
commander.
Wisner returned to his New
York City law firm as a partner
after the war but left it at the
call of the State Department,i
where he served for, a year as
deputy assistant secretary of
state for occupied areas. He',
then joined what is now called
the CIA.
Locally; Wisner was a mem-
ber of the Metropolitan Club,
the F Street Club and the D.C.
Bar Association. He also was a
member of: the River Club in
New York, the Brooks Club in
London and on the . board of
directors of the Conservation;
Foundation.
Wisner leaves-his wife, Mary,'
of the home address; three]
sons, Frank Jr., now serving,{
with the State Department in
Viet Nam; Ellis, studying at.
Wisner ` was graduated from at St.. Paul's, School,' Concord,
the University of Virginia in N.H.,and one daughter, Wendy,
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Frank G. 'Wisner'Dies,
Fos?mer Officaa9 0f CIA
GALENA, Aid. (AP)-Frank
' G. Wisner, 56,'a key figure in
U.S. intelligence operations for
15 years following World War II,
took his life yesterday. at his
country home and farm In this
Kent County community, police
"said.
Wisner,, who had been ill for
,some time, shot himself with a
20-gauge shotgun in an upstairs
room of h)~ country home
shortly after, he arrived from
his Washington home, Deputy
Sheriff Allan Blizzard reported.
He said Wisner was already
'dyad of'.a head wound by the
,time an ambulance had arrived.
Mrs. Wisner was in a down-
stairs room when she heard the
!:fatal shot, Blizzard added.
Joined CIA In 1948
Wisner maintained an office
'An Washington at 1210 18th St.
. e NW, from which he .adminis-
i'iered various business firms in
"his native Laurel, Miss. He also
!was an Investor in several oil
:.firms. Wisner and his family
had lived at 3327 P St.'NW since
1948.
He ,served as a naval intelli-
gence officer in World War II,
and joined the Central Intelli-
xgcnce Agency In 1948-'a year
`- ,;after its formation-remaining
has one of the agency's top
administrative officers until
August 1962.
Although CIA officials de-
clined to make public details of
his work with the agency, one
close friend described him as.
one of the founders of Its
(CIA's) covert operations .
one of a half dozen of the most
Amportant men in ring his CIA careeWashington
during Allen W. Dulles, retired
director of the CIA and Wisner's
superior for nine years, said he
,was "a man I admired very
much and knew 'very well for
,,many years,"
&931, :, end received his. Yaw at Sarah,Lawreace College,; ,
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within three years and completed within five Roland A. J. Berardo, of Rhode Island.
VOOO
Hugh W. Burrows, of Michigan.
years from the date of enactment of this su
section." The following-named persons, now Foreign
SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTE
BETWEEN CERTAIN CARRIERS
BY RAILROAD AND CERTAIN OF
THEIR EMPLOYEES-AMEND-
MENTS
Mr. DAVITS submitted an amend-
ment, in the nature of a substitute, in-
tended to be proposed by him, to the
joint resolution (S.J. Res. 102) to pro-
vide for the settlement of the labor dis-
pute between certain carriers by rail-
road and certain of their employees,
which was ordered to lie on the table and
to be printed.
Mr. MILLER submitted amendments,
intended to be proposed by him, to Sen-
ate Joint Resolution 102, supra, which
were ordered to lie on the table and to
be printed.
Mr. TOWER submitted amendments,
intended to be proposed by him, to Sen-
ate Joint Resolution 102, supra, which
were ordered to. lie on the table and to
be printed.
Mr. MORSE submitted amendments,
intended to be proposed by him, to Sen-
ate Joint Resolution 102, supra, which
were referred to the Committee on Com-
merce and ordered to be printed,
Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. President, if
there is no further business to come be-
fore the Senate at this time, I move that
the Senate adjourn until 12 o'clock noon
tomorrow.
'The motion was agreed to; and (at 8
o'clock and 12 minutes p.m.) the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, Au-
gust. 27, 1963, at 12 o'clock meridian.
I Ex
Walter E. Craig, of Arizona, to be U.S. dis-
trict judge for the district of Arizona, vice
Arthur M. Davis, deceased.
Dan H. Fenn, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be
a member of the U.S. Tariff Commission for
the term expiring June 16, 1969, vice William
E. Dowling.
DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE
Roy T'1T~Gis " r., "a .. ar~y an now a For-
eign Service officer of class 2 and a secretary
in the diplomatic service, to be also a consul
general of the United States of America.
PBurris, of Virginia, for appoint-
hill ..a Foreign. Service officer of class 2,
a consul, and a secretary in the diplomatic
service of the United States of America.
The following-named persons, now For-
eign Service officers of class 3 and secretaries
in the diplomatic service, to be also consuls
general of the United States of America:
John R. Barrow, of Maryland.
Delmar R. Carlson, of the District of Co-
lumbia.
William D. Toomey, of North Dakota.
The following-named persons for appoint-
ment as Foreign Service officers of class 5,
consuls, and secretaries in the diplomatic
service of the United States of America:
Howland Bancroft, Jr., of the District of
Columbia.
Service officers of class 6 and secretaries in
the displomatic service, to be also consuls
of the United States of America:
Gordon R. Beyer, of Maryland.
Richard H. Howarth, of Pennsylvania.
The following-named Foreign Service Of-
ficers for promotion from class 7 to class 6:
A. Donald Bramante, of New York.
Philip J. Adler, of the District of Columbia.
Richard C. Barkley, of Michigan.
Natale H. Bellocchi, of New York.
John D. Blacken, of Virginia.
A. Donald Bramate, of New York.
John R. Countryman, of New York.
Miss Marie R. de Gunzburg, of New York.
William K. Mackey, of the District of Co-
lumbia.
David Dysart Morse, of Illinois.
Andrew J. Pierre, of New York.
Martin Procl'inik, of Colorado.
Peter Solmssen, of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Mary M. Johnson, of Texas, for ap-
pointment as a Foreign Service Officer of
class 6, a vice consul of career, and a secre-
tary in the diplomatic service of the United
States of America.
The following-named Foreign Service of-
ficers for promotion from class 8 to class 7:
David L. Aaron, of California.
Kenneth P. Allen, of Texas.
Morris J. Amitay, of New York.
John P. Becker, of California.
Alan D. Berlind, of Virginia.
F. James Bingley, Jr., of Pennsylvania.
Werner W. Brandt, of New York.
Philip E. Burnham, Jr., of New Hampshire.
James A. Carney, Jr., of Virginia.
James H. Cheatham, of Tennessee.
Richard A. Christensen, of Wisconsin.
John R. Davis, of New York.
Miss Patricia A. Dawson, of New York.
Peter Jon de Vos, of the District of Co-
lumbia.
Dale Alan Diefenbach, of Ohio.
Charles F. Dunbar, Jr., of the District of
Columbia.
William A. Feldt, of Wisconsin.
Patrick E. FitzGerald, of Montana.
Ronald D. Flack, of Minnesota.
Jerry A. Fowler, of California.
Ralph P. Gallagher, Jr., of New Jersey.
Carmen L. Gentile, of Massachusetts.
Stephen R. Gibson, of California.
Robert F. Gillin, of Pennsylvania.
Frank Ralph Golino, of Pennsylvania.
Robert Coleman Gratsch, of Michigan.
David W. Guthrie, of Ohio.
Mies Ruth M. Held, of New York.
M. Charles Hill, of New Jersey.
Miss Elinor V. Hohman, of Illinois.
George R. Hoover, of California.
Alden H. Irons, of Massachusetts.
Philip K. Johnson, Jr., of Ohio.
Don Roland Kienzle, of Massachusetts,
Walter C. Lenahan, of Oregon.
Winston Lord, of New York.
James M. Lucas, of California.
Stephen R. Lyne, of Vermont.
John Linden Martin, of Oregon.
David P. Matthews, of Virginia.
Robert Allan Mautino, of California.
John T. McCarthy, of New York.
Carroll R. McKibbin, of Iowa.
Robert Wesley Miller, of California.
Miss Carole A. Millikan, of Indiana.
Miss Marilyn H. Moninger, of Illinois.
Lewis Roy Murray, Jr., of Tennessee.
Robert P. Myers, Jr., of California.
David G. Newton, of Massachusetts.
Thomas M. T. Niles, of Kentucky.
Ernest D. Oates, of California.
Arthur M. Odum, of Texas.
Carl Pearl, of California.
Charles R. Pogue, of Indiana.
Fernando E. Rondon, of California.
Ronald F. Rosner, of Louisiana.
Ernest C. Ruehle, of Missouri.
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Cornelius D. Scully III; of Virginia.
David Segal, of Connecticut.
John W. Sewell, of New York.
Miss Edith Smith, of Illinois.
Gerald E. Snyder, of Ohio.
Joel S. Spiro, of Pennsylvania.
John P. Steinmetz, of California.
William Morgan Stewart, of Maryland.
Carl Taylor, of Vermont.
Joel D. Ticknor, of New York.
Frank Tumminia, of New York.
James F. Twaddell, of Rhode Island.
Gary L. Vyne, of Arizona.
Lannon Walker, of the District of Columbia
William J. Waller, of California.
Martin A. Wenick, of New Jersey.
J. William Wenrich, of Michigan.
Frank G. Wisner IT, of Maryland.
oanna Wltzel, of California.
William R. Womack, of Arkansas.
Ronald R. Young, of California.
The following-named persons for appoint-
ment as Foreign Service officers of- class 7,
vice consuls of career, and secretaries in the
diplomatic service of the United States of
America:
George E. Brown, of Texas.
Warren Clark, Jr., of the District of Co-
lumbia.
Raymond H. Collins, of Missouri.
Stephen P. Dawkins, of New Jersey.
William S. Diedrich, of New York.
Kenneth Allen Hartung, of New York.
Peter B. Johnson, of California.
James J. Johnston, of Arkansas.
Miss Susan M. Klingaman, of New York.
Miss Claretta L. Krueger, of Illinois.
James S. Landberg, of Washington.
Charles T. Magee, of the District of
Columbia,
Arnold E. Ogren, of California.
Alfred L. Padula, Jr., of New York.
Thomas R. Shaver, of Illinois.
Dudley G. Sipprelle, of California.
Lawrence R. Tharp, of Michigan,
Andrew G. Thoms, Jr., of New Jersey.
Erwin W. von den Steinen, of California.
Donald R. Woodward, of California.
The following-named persons for appoint-
ment as Foreign Service officers of class 8,
vice consuls of career, and secretaries in the
diplomatic service of the United States of
America:
Miss Janet M. Ansorge, of Wisconsin.
John P. Banning, Jr., of New York.
William A. Bell, Jr., of the District of
Columbia.
William J. Boudreau, of Massachusetts.
Walter M. Cadette, of New York.
Lawrence E. Christmas, of Texas.
Carl B. Cunningham, of California.
E. Bliss Eldridge, of New York.
Guy Feltz Erb, of California.
Arthur M. Giese, of Mississippi,
Marvin Groeneweg, of Iowa.
Miss Jean Marianne Haeske, of Washing-
ton.
Brian S. Kirkpatrick, of California.
Vernard A. Lanphier, of Utah.
Warren A. Lavorel, of California.
James B. MacRae, Jr., of Pennsylvania.
Thomas G. Martin, of Alabama.
Michael A. G. Michaud, of California.
Charles T. Owens, of California.
Vernon D. Penner, Jr., of New York.
Miss Charlotte W. Peters, of Indiana.
Joseph A. Presel, of Rhode Island.
Thomas W. Simons, Jr., of the District of
Columbia.
Thomas W. Sonandres, of Michigan.
Gilbert J. Sperling, of Pennsylvania.
James H. Taylor, of California.
Patrick N. Theros, of the District of
Columbia.
John N. Thomas, of California.
Miss Susan L. Travis, of Pennsylvania.
Joseph H. Weiss, of California.
Leonard F. Willems, of Wyoming.
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TERMINATION' OF ' THE STATUTORY
PERIOD
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sTATVS QUO Mr. President, I would fa~l to maintain
The parties are free to take such ac-
tion as they may determine to be in their
own interests whenever all issues in the
dispute have either been resolved
through collective bargaining or have
been made the subject of the Work Rules
Disputes Board's decision and recom-
mendation.
PARTIAL OPERATION OF THE RAIL SYSTEM IN THE
EVENT OF A STRIKE
First. If the carrier should reject the
recommendations of the Board and
should put into effect work rules of a
different nature, the unions may strike.
In this event, the President is authorized
to seize such part of the railroad system
as may be necessary to maintain essen-
tial services in the public interest. The
facilities which have not been seized will
remap subject to the strike.
Second. If the carrier should put into
effect the recommendations of the Board,
the unions may strike in protest thereof.
In this event, the President is authorized
to enjoin that part of the strike which
interferes with the maintenance of es-
sential rail transport.
Third, In determining what part of
the rail system must be maintained in
order to provide essential services, the
President must give due consideration to
the availability of other means of trans-
port for the shipment of essential com-
modities.
COMPENSATION IN THE EVENT OF SEIZURE
In the case of seizure, the amendment
provides that just compensation shall be
made for the operation of the railroads,
giving due consideration to the fact that
the United States took possession of the
rail system when its operations had been
interrupted by a strike.
STRIKER RISKS
The amendment provides that the
Work Rules Disputes Board, in its recom-
mendations, may provide that employees
who strike in protest of the recommenda-
tion may be denied any part of the job
protection provisions contained In its
decision.
Tomorrow, Mr. President, I shall dis-
cuss the amendments at some length,
Item by item, if it becomes necessary to
Call them up.
I close, Mr. President, by calling atten-
tion to the fact that a great labor policy
question confronts the Senate and the
House Of Representatives. We are so
close to it that I wonder whether we fully
appreciate what is involved. We are so
close to it that I wonder whether we are
in somewhat the same position that our
predecessors in the Senate were. in during
the period 1919 to 1920, to which I have
previously alluded. If we read the de-
bates published in the CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD, we find that then there were
those who wanted to follow a course of
action so reactionary in nature and so
inconsistent with economic freedom that,
for the time being, they stood in the way
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ice In the field of labor relations if I did
not run the risk of unpopularity here and
elsewhere by taking the time to warn the
parties to this dispute, the Members of
Congress, and the public generally of the
potential dangers to the preservationof
our system of economic freedom by the
establishment of a precedent involving
the creation of what amounts to a gen-
eral compulsory arbitration board.
We cannot maintain economic freedom
In America without having free trade
unions and free employers; We cannot
have free trade unions and free em-
ployers if we start subjecting them to the
dictates of a compulsory arbitration
board, for under a system of compulsory
arbitration there is no end; to the power
over management and to-the power over
labor that will be developed. Now is the
time to stop it.
Let me say to the parties to this dis-
pute that they have an obligation to
make their contributions to citizen
statesmanship. If they really want the
economic freedom which' our system
makes available to them,' they should
? quickly offer to resolve their differences
and to eliminate the need for this debate
in the Senate and for our further con-
sideration of such legislation, by prompt-
ly developing their own program for a
voluntary arbitration settlement of all
the issues in this dispute.
Mr. President, I yield the Cor,
Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. president, the
Senator from Oregon has, made a se-
rious contribution to a solution of the
Issue. If we listened, I believe that a
great number of us would pot be in dis-
agreement with a great deal of what
the Senator from Oregon has said. If
Senators will read the RECORD, they will
see that tonight the Senator from Ore-
gon has narrowed the di erences that
might exist on the question, which will
probably lead us to the possibility tomor-
row of a quick solution of. the issues, if
we do not have too many' amendments
to consider.
The Senator from Oregon has two
amendments. I think there will be not
more than two or three other amend-
ments offered, which can be handled
very 'quickly. In that respect the Sen-
ator from Oregon has narrowed the is-
sues-before the Senate. We all have the
same objective that he has.' He has con-
tributed a great deal to the debate.
TRANSACTION OF ADDITIONAL
ROUTINE BUSINESS
By unanimous consent, the following
additional routine business was trans-
acted:
ADDITIONAL REPORT OF A
COMMITTEE
The following additional report of a
committee was submitted:
By Mr. GRUENING, from the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs, v Ith an amend-
ment:
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ing for the admission of the State of Alaska
into the Union with respect 'to the selection
of public lands for the development and ex-
pansion of communities; (Rept. No. 468).
ADDITIONAL BILL INTRODUCED
An additional bill was introduced, read
the first time, and, by unanimous con-
sent, the second time, and referred as
follows:
By Mr. MILLER (for himself and Mr.
HICKENLOOPER):
S. 2090. A bill to amend the act of July
28, 1956, to authorize; the Muscatine Bridge
Commission to construct, maintain, and
operate a bridge across the Mississippi River
at or near the city of Muscatine, Iowa, and
the town of Drury, Ill.; to the Committee on
Public Works.
(See the remarks of Mr. HICKENLOOPER
when he introduced the above bill, which
appear under a separate heading.)
CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT OR NEAR
MUSCATINE, IOWA, AND DRURY,
ILL.
Mr. MILLER. Mr. President, on be-
half of my colleague, the senior Sena-
tor from Iowa [Mr. HICKENLOOPER] and
myself, I introduce, for appropriate ref-
erence, a bill relating to a bridge across
the Mississippi River. I ask unanimous
consent that the bill be printed in the
RECORD.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred; and, without objection, the bill
will be printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 2090) to amend the act
of July 26, 1956, to authorize the Mus-
catine Bridge Commission to construct,
maintain, and operate a bridge across the
Mississippi River at or near the city of
Muscatine, Iowa, and the town of Drury,
Ill., introduced by Mr. MILLER (for him-
self and Mr. HICKENLOOPER), was re-
ceived, read twice by its title, referred
to the Committee on Public Works, and
ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as
follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the Act
entitled "An Act creating the Muscatine
Bridge Commission and authorizing said
Commission and its successors to acquire by
purchase or condemnation and to construct,
maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges
across the Mississippi River at or near the
city of Muscatine, Iowa, and the town of
'Drury, Illinois," approved July 26, 1956 (70
Stat. 669; Public Law 811, Eighty-fourth
Congress), as amended by the Act of April
27, 1982 (76 Stat. 59; Public Law 87-441), is
amended by inserting immediately after sec-
tion 14, the following new section:
"Szc. 15. The commission and its aucces-
,sore and assigns are authorized to construct,
maintain, and operate a bridge and ap-
proaches thereto across the Mississippi River
at or near the city of Muscatine, Iowa, and
the town of Drury, Illinois, subject to the
provisions of 'this Act; except that the au-
thority granted by this subsection shall
cease and be null and void unless the actual
construction of such bridge is commenced
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENATE 150
The following-named Foreign Service Re-
serve officers to be consuls of the United
States of America:
William H. Dunbar, of the District of Co-
lumbia.
Philip F. Gould, of the District of Colum-
bia.
Edward S. Grainger, of Connecticut.
Geoffrey Groff-Smith, of Michigan.
George C. Jenkins, of California.
Edward J. Joyce, of Virginia.
John R. Kochevar, of Wyoming.
Ernest Mayerfeld, of New York.
Charles J. Orr, of Texas.
Robert T. Shaw, of Arizona;
Howell S. Teeple, of Texas.
Clinton Thaxton, of Kentucky.
Otto H. Wagner, of Michigan.
William G. Wilcox, of Ohio.
Martin J. Bergin, Jr., of Virginia, a Foreign
Service Reserve officer, to be a consul and a
secretary in the diplomatic service of the
United States of America.
The following-named Foreign Service Re-
erve officers to be vice consuls of the United
Mates of America:
Anthony Chapell, of Connecticut.
Thomas I. Dowling, Jr., of Indiana.
William C. Horn, of Washington.
Grant H. Ichikawa, of Virginia.
Arthur D. Lofkowitz, of New York.
William R. Lenderking, Jr.,, of Connecticut.
The following-named Foreign Service Re-
serve officers to be secretaries in the diplo-
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America.:
Keith E Adamson, of Kansas.
Dean J. Almy, Jr., of Massachusetts.
Max J. Arnold, of Virginia.
Robert A. Bauer, of California.
Robert W. Berg, of Texas.
Philip Birnbaum, of New Jersey.
John W. Dayton, of Virginia.
William K. Harvey, of Maryland.
John H. Hoskins, of the District of Co-
lumbia.
Harold Kaplan, of New Jersey.
Henry W. Koski, of Ohio.
Harry K. Lennon, of Virginia.
William P. MacLean, of Wisconsin.
John D. McGrail, of Massachusetts.
Gilbert F. McGreevy, Jr., of the District of
Columbia.
John R. O'Brien, of the District of Colum-
bia.
Horace L. Rhorer, Jr., of Georgia.
Charles A. Shields, of Connecticut.
George T. Walsh, of Massachusetts.
Charles G. Williamson, of Florida.
CONFIRMATIONS
Executive nominations confirmed by
the Senate August 26, 1963:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
George L. Mehren, of California, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
V.S. COAST GUARD
To be lieutenant commander
Phillip M. Griebel
To be lieutenants
Dan S. Meginley Robert A. Rich
Warren K. Edward L. Murnane
Wordsworth Carl "J" Angus
James L. Webb
To be lieutenants (junior grade)
Richard H. Hicks Lafayette J. Harbison
Danny M. Brown Donald H. Ramsden
Robert T. Morhard
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION
David Statler Black, of Washington, to be
a member of the Federal Power Commission
for the term expiring June 22, 1968.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Robert M. White, of Connecticut, to be
Chief of the Weather Bureau, Department of
Commerce.
WITHDRAWAL
Executive nomination withdrawn from
the -Senate August 26, 1963:
The nomination sent to the Senate on
May 2, 1963, of J. Ellison Deer to be post-
master at Ulmers, in the State of South
Carolina.