DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COM- AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1963 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS JOHN J. ROONEY, New York, Chairman FRANK T. BOW, Ohio GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California ELFORD A, CEDERBERG, Michigan DEPARTMENT OF STATE Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1962 83621 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas JOHN TABER, New York HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California BEN F. JENSEN, Iowa ALBERT THOMAS, Texas H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio WALT HORAN, Washington JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama GERALD R. FORD, JR., Michigan JOHN J. ROONEY, New York HAROLD C. OSTERTAG, New York J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia FRANK T. BOW, Ohio JOHN E. FOGARTY, Rhode Island CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina ROBERT L. F. SIKES, Florida MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana ELFORD A. CEDERBERG, Michigan SIDNEY R. YATES, Ilinois GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California FRED MARSHALL, Minnesota JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee JOHN R. PILLION, New York JOHN F. SHELLEY, California PHIL WEAVER, Nebraska EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts WILLIAM E. MINSHALL, Ohio DON MAGNUSON, Washington ROBERT H. MICHEL, Illinois WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania WILLIAM H. MILLIKEN, JR., Pennsylvania WIN FIELD K. DENTON, Indiana EARL WILSON, Indiana KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director (IT) HEARINGS PRINTO DREPORTS DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1962. WITNESSES HON. DEAN RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE TION TRATION SIONAL RELATIONS AND FINANCE 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 |