BOMB MAKERS WILL HOLLER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000200270002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 25, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

STAT
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/19: CIA-RDP73-00475R000200270002-5
NORTHERN
VIRGINIA SUN
JUN 25 1964
lien-Scott Report
Bomb Makers
Will Holier'
By ROBERT S. ALLEN
AND PAUL SCOTT ' Mr. Allen
_
It ,provides for the establish-
ment of a nine-member com-
mission to be headed by the
Secretary . of Commerce end to
include the Secretaries of De-
fense, Agriculture, Labor , and
Interior; the Atomic Energy
Commission chairman; Disarm-
ament . Agency Director; the
Chairman of the Council *of Ec-
onomic Advisers; and the Na-
A far . reaching legislative
sleeper to watch for during the
final days of this session of Con-
gress is a bill establishing a Na-
tional Econoinic Conversion Com-
mission.
This carefully camouflaged dis?
armament proposal, requiring all
defense contractors to prepare
plans for an eventual change-
over to r.ort - arms production' ' tonal Aeronautics & Space
. is going to get the full endorse- i administrator.
, merit of the Johnson Admirns- The comrnission would be
? ? tration. empowered to report on. the
Deputy Defense Secretary r v
? - . various programs needed fcfy a
rus Vance will lead a parade gradual conversion of U. S.
of administration witnesses tes- military spending into other
tifying this week before the I areas of the economy. It would
Senate Interstate & Commerce also supervise the convening of
Committee in support of the a National Conference on Indus-
commission plan and hailing it trial Conversion and Growth to
as an integral part of the Pres- consider the problems arising
ident's ? program for building from the change in defense
the 'Great Society." spending.
Vance will stress that the Until the Johnson administration
, commission, which will institute decided to endorse the commis-
: studies on the economic impact . sion this week, its major support
, of large cutbacks in defense came from the controversial
spending, is needed to meet the I Council for a Liveable World
new challenges presented by rev- , which is causing a mild sensa-
olutionary changes in U. S. de-
fense expenditures and future
tion in political circles with its
.
U.S.-Soviet disarmament agree- ? sizable contributions to legislators
' ments. 'I supporting the peace lobby's dis-
c
Drafted 'by the Pentagon's ' armament objectives.
I "Whiz Kids" to pave the waY ? For example, the council had
for Secretary McNamara's mill- quietly contributed funds to the
tary base shutdowns and uni- campaigns 'of Senator McGov-
? lateral disarmament moves, the : ern ($22,000); Senator Quentin
commission plan is' being vigor- Burdick, D-N.D., ($14,000); Sen-
? ously pushed in Congress by a , ator Gale McGee, D,Wyo., t$8,-
group of 20 senators headed by 000), and Senator J. William
l Senator George McGovern, D-S. Fulbright, D-Ark., ($2,500) ? all
C., and 35 members of the House backing the legislation to es
led by Representative. B r a d : tablish a National Economic
Morse RVIass,:...._______ ___ .._ _ Convention Commission,
: The senators seeking passage
of the commission plan before
: Congress recesses for the po-
litical conventions are warning
of new reductions in military
; spending this year in their of-
forts to__ win support.
Significantly, Senato-r 1VIcGov-
em is circulating an unpub-
lished report, supplied by the
Defense Department, revealing .;
that 50 major defense 'contrac-
tors in 20 *states will have their
. contracts terminated by Secre-
tary McNamara's new economy .
moves.. .
Since Senator Warren Magnu-
son, D-Wash. chairman of the,.
'Commerce Committee, has pri- ,
vately endorsed the -commission, '
the odds now favor swift alP- ?
proval by his committee and the ,?
Senate unless the public strong-
ly protests the legislation,
? At present, only three main-' ,
. bers of the Commerce Commit-
tee ? Senators Frank Lausche,
; D-0., Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., ,
c and Thruston Morton, R-Ky., ?
1 have indicated they will oppose
?,
the measure.
' "Behind the scenes ? The :
;:?Capitol was under heavy guard
c - against 'possible violence by Purer-
!:
1 c,cto Rican demonstrators- at the
I' climax of the Senate civil rights ,
!filibuster.
Although it didn't leak out,
all off - duty police were sum-
moned secretly to reinforce the .
regular guard alter the FBI ..
I flashed a warning that four Pu-
erto :ticans, known to be vio-
lently anti-American and trained.
in the use of. incendiary bombs,
had arrived in Washington.
c According to FBI spotters, the '
four men left San Juan and flew
? to Baltimore, gathering in a ho-
tel near the Capitol on June 10. '
The names 'and detailed descrip-
tion's ,
of the men, all with records :
of past participation in bomb- -
throwing episodes, were turned ,
over to Capitol Hal police.
However, instead of going to'
the Capitol, the Puerto Ricans
i changed their plans, checked out
' of their hotel and flew to New
i York. Indications were that.;
they were tipped off about the
police alert.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/19: CIA-RDP73-00475R000200270002-5