DEAR MR. HOUSTON:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R000100170001-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 9, 1953
• Content Type: LETTER

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WILLIAM L. ELLIS
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CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
First Vice President
BETTIN STALLING
CHIEF OF DIRECT LOAN SECTION
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Second Vice President
JOHN F. RICHTER
SPECIAL LEGAL ASSISTANT
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Secretary
WILLIAM S. TYSON
SOLICITOR
LABOR DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTS
(BY FEDERAL JUDICIAL CIRCUITS)
District of Columbia
LAURENCE H. AXMAN
First District
(VACANCY)
Second District
MARTIN C. EPSTEIN
NEW YORK, N. Y.
Third District
JULIAN R. EAGLE
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Fourth District
(VACANCY)
Fifth District
WILLIAM F. FARRELL
DALLAS, TEX.
Sixth District
(VACANCY)
Seventh District
BARRATT O'HARA
OAK PARK, ILL.
Eighth District
(VACANCY)
Ninth District
JOSEPH F. BRODIE
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
Tenth District
SPURGEON E. PAUL
DENVER, COLO.
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OGC HAS REVIEWED.
January 9, 1953
Mr. Lawrence Houston
General Counsel
Central Intelligence .'agency
Washington 25, B. C.
Treasurer
KENNEDY C. WATKINS
ASST. TO ASST. SECRETARY
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Delegate
American Bar Association
FRANK J. DELANY
CONSULTANT
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Alternate Delegate
American Bar Association
MARTIN C. EPSTEIN
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Executive Director
HEBER H. RICE
The Federal Bar Association, in the interest of its
members, has undertaken to assemble information which may
affect the status of lawyers employed in the Government
service. While the legal staffs of the executive agencies
may, by and large, not have been recruited through the civil
service, there is no doubt that the head of each legal divi-
sion has taken significant steps to insure that his staff
is an effective one composed of qualified attorneys chosen
on a merit basis.
In order to present this fact effectively and to illus-
trate whether most of the lawyers now in the Government have
obtained and continued to hold their jobs because of ability
and skill, rather than for any other reason, it would be
greatly appreciated if you would advise me of any written
or oral examinations, review of records, or any other method
used in your agency (since about 1947) to establish the merit
of the attorneys being employed.
Williah L. Ellis
President
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