COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 832 TO AUTHORIZE ACQUISITION AND INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNI- S. 2753 TO ALLOW ADMISSION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF EVIDENCE IN THE S. 3229 TO PROHIBIT WIRETAPPING BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A AND H. R. 8649 TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CONTENTS Bernstein, Nahum A., attorney at law, New York City. Biemiller, Andrew J., American Federation of Labor. Brownell, Hon. Herbert, Jr., Attorney General of the United States... Celler, Hon. Emanuel, Representative in Congress from the State Coar, Robert, Director, Joint House-Senate Radio Facility Dodd, Hon. Thomas J., Representative in Congress from the State of Fly, James Lawrence, American Civil Liberties Union.. Gunther, John J., Americans for Democratic Action__ Hyde, Hon. Rosel H., Chairman, Federal Communications Commis- sion, accompanied by Hon. Warren E. Baker, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission... Jones, Capt. Stephen E., Chief, Security Branch, Office of Naval Keating, Hon. Kenneth, Representative in Congress from the State McCarran, Hon. Pat, United States Senator from the State of Nevada_ Miller, Mineola, Suffield, Conn.. Pearson, Theodore, chairman, committee on Federal legislation, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Rahill, William H., Friends Committee on National Legislation.... Shindler, Raymond C., New York City.. Smith, Chester D., security adviser to Chief, Security Division, Steinberg, Harris B., chairman, committee on criminal courts, law Memorandum from the Attorney General dated April 28, 1954_. at law, Washington, D. C.. Lloyd N. Cutler, Charles A. Horsky, and Herbert L. Parker, attorneys 60 142 59, 74 244 III WIRETAPPING FOR NATIONAL SECURITY TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1954 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10: 30 a. m., pursuant to notice, in room 424, Senate Office Building, Senator Alexander Wiley, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators Wiley, Watkins, Welker, and Johnston. Also present: Thomas B. Collins, subcommittee counsel, and J. G. Sourwine, counsel to Senator McCarran. Senator WILEY. The meeting will come to order, please. I am sorry that I am a little late, but I happened to be with the Secretary of State. This subcommittee convenes today for one of the most significant purposes of any committee in this session of the 83d Congress. Our purpose is to analyze various bills relating to the interception and divulgence of telecommunications and all the issues related thereto. The four principal measures pending before us and their sponsors are: H. R. 8649, as approved by the House of Representatives on April 8 by a vote of 377 to 10. S. 3229, by Senator Pat McCarran. S. 2753, by Senator Charles Potter. S. 832, which I personally introduced at the start of this Congress, in February 1953, largely, I may note, for the purpose of bringing this issue up before the Judiciary Committee. As chairman of this subcommittee, I am happy to have the opportunity to serve with the splendid associates who have been designated by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It will be my purpose to conduct these hearings in an expeditious and thorough way which will best serve the objectives of the American people and to do so in a manner fully agreed upon by my associates and myself. I want to say that the chairman of this subcommittee enters upon this review with no preconceived commitments, but with certain fundamental principles in mind. Among these principles which will guide my own particular approach and which I respectfully submit to my colleagues, are the following: 1. The greatest obligation of this Nation is to preserve itself. Selfpreservation is still the first law of nations and of individuals. 1 |