FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

PART 12-Panel Discussion With Government Lawyers

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

JUNE 20 AND 22, 1956

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Government Operations

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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1957

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
JOHN E. MOSS, California, Chairman

DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, ex officio

SAMUEL J. ARCHIBALD, Staff Director
JOHN J. MITCHELL, Chief Counsel
J. LACEY REYNOLDS, Senior Consultant

CONTENTS

Page

Index..

Letter of May 17, 1956, from Chairman John E. Moss inviting general

counsels of executive and regulatory agencies to participate in panel

discussion..

3029

2645

2646

2653

2680

Fascell, Hon. Dante B.

Hoffman, Hon. Clare E.

2674, 2682

2661

Meader, Hon. George.

Excerpt from court opinion of McGrain v. Dougherty--

Moss, Hon. John E..

2670, 2685, 2701

2676

2673, 2687, 2760

Excerpt from letter from Deputy Attorney General Rogers of

June 18, 1956...

Excerpt from letter to Deputy Attorney General Rogers of June
19, 1956

Testimony-

Farrington, Robert L., General Counsel, Department of Agriculture.

Gatchell, Willard W., General Counsel, Federal Power Commission.

Ginnane, Robert W., General Counsel, Interstate Commerce Com-

mission..

Kinter, Earl W., General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission..

Lipps, Myer S., Associate General Counsel, Veterans' Administration..

Meeker, Thomas G., General Counsel, Securities and Exchange Com-

mission...

Pollack, Irving M., attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission..

Scribner, Fred C., Jr., General Counsel, Treasury Department--

Stone, Franklin M., General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board_

Wahrenbrock, Howard, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Power

Commission..

Government Operations Committee, staff study entitled "The Right of

Congress to Obtain Information From the Executive and From Other

Agencies of the Federal Government"-

Analysis by American Law Division, Library of Congress, of replies from

Federal agencies to committee questionnaire on basic statutes for with-

holding information....

2707

2695

2703

2771

2778

2741

2677

2756

2756

2657

2730

2745

2997

2993

Department of Justice study entitled "Is a Congressional Committee

Entitled To Demand and Receive Information and Papers From the

President and the Heads of Departments, Which They Deem Confi-

dential, in the Public Interest?".
2692, 2707, 2891

APPENDIX

LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit I. Agriculture Department. Letter dated November 5, 1956,

from R. L. Farrington, General Counsel, enclosing answers to legal ques-

tions submitted by the House Government Information Subcommittee.. 2797

Exhibit II. Civil Aeronautics Board. Letter dated July 5, 1956, from

Franklin M. Stone, General Counsel, enclosing answers to legal ques-

tions...

2802

2808

Exhibit III. Civil Service Commission. Letter dated July 31, 1956, from

L. V. Meloy, General Counsel, enclosing answers to legal questions

Exhibit IV. Commerce Department. Letter dated October 9, 1956, from

Philip A. Ray, General Counsel, enclosing answers to legal questions___ 2819