CONTENTS

Messages from the President:

Reorganization Plans of 1961:

No. 1 (H. Doc. 146)

No. 2 (H. Doc. 147)

No. 3 (H. Doc. 152)

No. 4 (H. Doc. 159)

No. 5 (H. Doc. 172)

Resolutions of disapproval:

S. Res. 148 (plan No. 1).

S. Res. 142 (plan No. 2)

S. Res. 143 (plan No. 3)

S. Res. 147 (plan No. 4).

Staff memorandums:

No. 87-1-15 (May 12, 1961).

No. 87-1-30 (June 2, 1961)_.

WITNESSES

James M. Landis, Special Assistant to the President..

Hon. Francis Case, U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota.

William L. Cary, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, ac-

companied by Manuel Cohen, Director, Division of Corporation Finance;

Philip Loomis, Director, Division of Trading and Exchanges; Walter

North, General Counsel; and Arthur Fleischer, legal assistant to the

Chairman..

Henry Geller, Associate General Counsel, and Gerard M. Cahill, Assistant
General Counsel, Legislation, Federal Communications Commission ___

Paul Rand Dixon, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, accompanied

by John Wheelock, Executive Director; Victor Buffington, legal adviser

to the Chairman; and James M. Henderson, General Counsel...

Frank W. McCulloch, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, ac-

companied by Stuart Rothman, General Counsel, and Ogden Fields,

Executive Secretary---

Hon. Roman L. Hruska, U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska...

Robert M. Booth, Jr., president, Federal Communications Bar Associa-

tion_..

Alan S. Boyd, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, accompanied by John

Warner, General Counsel, and Ross Newman, Associate General Counsel.

Civil Aeronautics Board:

Statement before the Executive and Legislative Reorganization Sub-

committee___

Number of applications, petitions, and other matters received or initi-

ated to which the Administrative Procedure Act is applicable

(1956-60)

Number of undecided applications, petitions, and other matters

pending to which the Administrative Procedure Act is applicable

(1956–60)

Number of applications, petitions, and other matters disposed of to

which the Administrative Procedure Act is applicable (1956-60)--

Letter from the Chairman to Senator McClellan, dated June 9, 1961,

indicating current and contemplated procedures should plan No. 2

become effective, and areas of contemplated delegations.

Letter from the Chairman to Senator McClellan, dated June 12, 1961,

indicating the effect of section 7(a) of the Administrative Pro-

cedure Act currently and if plan No. 3 becomes effective_- -

Federal Communications Commission:

Statement of Newton N. Minow, chairman, in support of Reorgani-

zation Plan No. 2.

Letter to Senator McClellan, dated June 8, 1961, concerning the

effect of the first proviso of sec. 1, plan No. 2, on the Commission's

operations

Statement of John S. Cross, Commissioner, in support of Reorgani-

zation Plan No. 2.

Statement of Rosel H. Hyde, Commissioner, re Reorganization Plan

No. 2.

Letter from Robert T. Bartley, Commissioner, to Senator McClellan

dated May 4, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 2.

Statement of Robert E. Lee, Commissioner, opposing Reorganization

Plan No. 2_

Statement of Frederick W. Ford, Commissioner, in support of Re-

organization Plan No. 2..

Comparison of Reorganization Plan No. 2 with respect to present
practice on review and proposed practice on review if plan becomes
effective_._.

Federal Trade Commission:

Cases pending end of fiscal years 1956-60 and April 30, 1961---

Orders issued during fiscal years 1956-60 and first 10 months of fiscal

year 1961

Complaints issued during fiscal years 1956-60 and first 10 months of

fiscal year 1961.

Commission actions on hearing examiners initial decisions.

Statement of Sigurd Anderson, regarding Reorganization Plan No. 4.

Letter from Senator Warren G. Magnuson, chairman, Committee on

Commerce, to Senator McClellan, dated June 7, 1961, recommend-

ing that Reorganization Plan No. 4 be approved..

Memorandums: (1) Current and contemplated review practices if

plan No. 4 becomes effective and, (2) effect of section 7(a) of the

Administrative Procedure Act of 1946, currently, and if plan No. 4

becomes effective__

116, 117

Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1950, Message from the President,
H. Doc. 512, 81st Cong., 2d sess.

National Labor Relations Board:

Statement in support of Reorganization Plan No. 5.-

Statement of Stuart Rothman, General Counsel, supporting Reor-

ganization Plan No. 5-

145

118

134

Memorandum comparing current procedures governing automatic

review with contemplated procedures if plan No. 5 becomes

effective_..

139

Letter from Senator Lister Hill, chairman, Committee on Labor and

Public Welfare, to Senator McClellan, dated June 8, 1961, com-

menting on plan No. 5...

Securities and Exchange Commission:

Analysis of Commission actions__

Letter from William L. Cary, Chairman, to Senator McClellan, dated

May 9, 1961.

Letters from Walter P. North, General Counsel, to Dr. Eli Nobleman,
dated June 7 and 8, 1961, concerning current and contemplated
review practices and the effect of the Administrative Procedure
Act of 1946 currently, and if plan No. 1 becomes effective_-

Williams, Senator Harrison A., Jr., chairman, Subcommittee on Securities,

Committee on Banking and Currency, letter to Senator McClellan

dated June 5, 1961, regarding hearings held by the subcommittee on Re-

organization Plan No. 1.

COMMUNICATIONS

Bell, Edgar T., general manager, Oklahoma Television Corporation,
letter to Senator Kerr, dated May 18, 1961, opposing Reorganization
Plan No. 2.___.

Brown, Douglas, president, Ozark Broadcasting Corp., letter to Senator

McClellan, dated May 17, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 2.-

Buttle, Edgar, president, The Federal Trial Examiners Conference, letter

to Senator McClellan, dated June 7, 1961, opposing section 1 of the reor-

ganization plans.

Attachments:

Letter to Senator Pastore, May 11, 1961.

Letter to Congressman Oren Harris, May 26, 1961.......

Collins, LeRoy, president, National Association of Broadcasters, statement

opposing Reorganization Plan No. 2..

Darity, Martin J., station manager, WULA, Eufaula, Ala., letter to Senator

Sparkman, dated May 17, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 2.-.-

Devine, John, general manager, station KVOO, Oklahoma, letter to

Senator Kerr, dated May 20, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan

No. 2.

Funston, G. Keith, president, New York State Exchange, letter to Senator

McClellan, dated May 15, 1961...

Garner, John, general manager, station KMOS, Sedalia, Mo., letter to

Senator Symington, dated May 16, 1961, opposing Reorganization

Plan No. 2.

Haas, Julian F., president, Arkansas Broadcasters Association, telegram

to Senator McClellan dated May 19, 1961, opposing Reorganization

Plan No. 2__

Hardwick, Carter, managing director, station WSFA-TV, Montgomery,

Ala., letter to Senator Sparkman, dated May 23, 1961, opposing Re-

organization Plan No. 2..

Hyland, Robert, president, Missouri Broadcasters Association, telegram

to committee dated May 23, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan

No. 2..

Landis, James M., Special Assistant to the President, letter to Senator

McClellan, dated June 12, 1961, setting forth the effect of section 7(a) of

the Administrative Procedure Act on agencies if plans No. 1-4 become

effective...

Lane, Frank S., general manager, station KRMG, Tulsa, Okla., letter to

Senator Kerr, dated May 25, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan

No. 2.

Martin, Luther W., general manager, Show-Me Broadcasting Co., letter

to Senator Symington dated May 15, 1961, opposing Reorganization

Plan No. 2.

Mayo, W. H., Radio Station KBRI, Brinkley, Ark., telegram to Senator

McClellan, dated May 16, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 2--

Millar, Hudson C., Jr., president, Cullman Broadcasting Co., letter

to Senator Sparkman dated May 22, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan

No. 2.

Miller, Lambert H., general counsel, National Association of Manufac-

turers, letter to Senator McClellan, dated June 6, 1961, opposing Re-

organization Plan No. 4.

Statement of NAM..

Morey, Gerald J., president, Station WNLC, New London, Conn., tele-

gram to Senator Bush, dated May 22, 1961, opposing Reorganization

Plan No. 2.

Richardson, Kermit L., president and general manager, station KBOK,

Malvern, Ark., letter to Senator McClellan, dated May 18, 1961,

opposing Reorganization Plan No. 2..

Roden, E. O., president, Skyline Radio Network, Booneville, Miss., letter

to Senator Sparkman, dated May 19, 1961, opposing Reorganization

Plan No. 2.

Shipley, Carl L., of Shipley, Akerman & Pickett, letter to Senator

McClellan dated June 1, 1961...