MERCE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE •U.S. Congress. House. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, THE JOHN J. ROONEY, New York, Chairman ROBERT L. F. SIKES, Florida FRANK T. BOW, Ohio GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California JAY B. HOWE, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee 83621 DEPARTMENT OF STATE Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1962 KF21 1925 2d set COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas HUGH Q. ALEXANDER, North Carolina JOHN LESINSKI, Michigan JOHN J. FLYNT, Georgia JOHN TABER, New York H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota HAROLD C. OSTERTAG, New York FRANK T. BOW, Ohio CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin ELFORD A. CEDERBERG, Michigan GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona PHIL WEAVER, Nebraska WILLIAM E. MINSHALL, Ohio ROBERT H. MICHEL, Illinois SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts WILLIAM H. MILLIKEN, JR., Pennsylvania EARL WILSON, Indiana DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1962. WITNESSES HON. DEAN RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE ROGER W. JONES, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRA- WILLIAM J. CROCKETT, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINIS- FREDERICK G. DUTTON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRES- VERNE B. LEWIS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET W. R. LITTLE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT FRANK G. MEYER, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF BUDGET Mr. ROONEY. The committee will please come to order. At this We are honored and delighted to have with us the distinguished GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Secretary RUSK. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, Before I proceed, Mr. Chairman, I should like to take note of my I intend to highlight some of our requirements and I hope the com- The assistant secretaries of the regional bureaus and the heads of (1) 1963 I realize that my main purpose here at this time is to review our most important problems, our experiences this year, and our aims and plans for the future. At the conclusion of this discussion, if the committee will allow me, I shall be pleased to discuss off the record some of the major issues, as we see them, in the world situation. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT I still hold to the belief, expressed here a year ago, that a critical examination of our proposals makes us a better Department of State than we would otherwise be, and that the prospect of such an examination strengthens the sense of responsibility which public servants must accept if our Nation is to thrive. I am pleased to be able to report substantial progress in improving administration in the Department. The Department's budget reflects an earnest effort to cope with our problems without asking for additional positions in the "Salaries and expenses" appropriation. We are a Department which has examined itself closely in the past year. What we are doing is useful and important and, to the best of our ability, we are eliminating unessential apparatus. Even in the face of many crises-Berlin, Cuba, the Congo, and southeast Asia, to mention some of the major ones our first year has been one of planning and reorganization, of strengthening the Department's decisionmaking and administrative capabilities. When we found some months after the beginning of fiscal year 1962 that certain expected funds would not be available and that our resources would fall short of paying for our operations, we were required to take emergency actions. REDUCTION-IN-FORCE ACTION, FISCAL YEAR 1962 In a determined effort to put ourselves on a sounder basis financially, we went through a reduction-in-force action. This procedure is a costly way to reduce an operation. It is costly in terms of what happens to human beings and costly in terms of disorganization and disruption. This was a difficult and complicated action. So was an order to defer home leave and travel pending relief through supplemental appropriations now before the Congress. SECOND YEAR OF NEW ADMINISTRATION We are entering the second year of this administration with an executive team in charge determined to support and promote the high quality of the Department and its personnel. I have been deeply gratified and proud of the way in which the professional people in the Department, in the civil and Foreign Service, have responded to the increasing demands being made upon them daily not just by the new administration, but by the course of events in the world about us. Skilled and devoted people in the Department have carried with brilliance and distinction the great responsibilities of the Department. President Kennedy has charged the Department with the primary role in the conduct of our country's foreign relations. In discussing my personal interest in administration as well as in policy direction |