CONVERSATION WITH ED BRASWELL, ON THE STAFF OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

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29 October 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Conversation with Ed Braswell, on the staff of
the Senate Armed Services Committee
1. I met with Ed Braswell today to check with him on our
:Went legislation. I told him that Chairman Rivera had intro-
duced our bill in the House today and I wondered about the possibility
of having the bill also introduced in the senate. Braswell said he did
not agree with the policy of having identical bills in both the I-louse
and Senate. He sees no advantage, other than a psychological one,
roducing our bill in the Senate when it has already been introduced
2. He went on to say that Senator Stennis is opposed generally
to retroactive legislation. For this reason, Braswell felt it would be
our best interest (since we want our legislation to be retroactive)
to press for action in the House. The Senate could then act on the
House-passed bill. He said if we saw any further need for having a
bill introduced in the Senate or felt that we would not get reasonably
prompt action in the House to let him know. Braswell is obviously
harassed;. he is devoting all of his time to working with the conferees
on the Military Procurement bill and as soon as that is taken care of
will move immediately to the military draft legislation.
3. Braswell mentioned Senator Nelson's bills to create a
National Security Commission and an Office of Defense Review
(5.3024 and S. 3023) which were referred to the Senate Armed
Services Committee. He said the Committee would probably request
views on these bills but he does not expect Committee action on
ess they are pushed to the wall to do so. We discussed the
jurisdictional aspects of these bills which would make substantial
inroads into the jurisdiction of the Armed Services and Appropriations
Committees and for all practical purposes put them out of business.
I told Braswell that we had received letters from the House Committee
on the identical House bills and would forward our reports in due
course.
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