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“Off Memordn Auy + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT wy nan Nichols TO DATE: June 9, v4 t a | me y a oy sneer-ealircr ON ORGANIZATION | pis OF THE EYSCUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT Far wit Tt? reca tan 20 Weld vega + iid BOERS UGE Yee byes a that complete memoranda be prepared on the twelve-member commt St én: > =, G@ppotnted pursuant to a bill of July 7, 1947, to make studies — which will help Congress promote efficiency in the Frecutive . ‘Branch of the Federal Government. This Commission reportedly will ™ .8tt until April, 1949, and its under the leadership of the Honorable ra ' Herbert Hoover. Among its purposes are defining and itmiting functio a ‘abolishing unnecessary services, eliminating duplication, cutting aT, down erpenditures, etc. yo { 7 P F) ae Ly ~ Attached are summ memoranda on the following which + go 3) Tare listed in orpho besa’ orders . hole eee G j = Poomimons cheson (Forner Undersecretary of State) “> tken- ASenator) i \ LZ te Qrorenon Je Brow Congressman) 7 ne ao (4) Arthuy, oherwo Flemming (Civil Service Commissioner) (5) —Janea Forrestal (Secretary of Defense) (6) —Herbertr¥oover (Former President (7)--Joseph "P Ykennedy (Former Ambassador to Great Britain om! \ 8) Carter Wanasco (Congressman) ° a } (9) John Le MeClellan\ (Senator) hy (10) Géorge Houk fead \(Industrialist) , (11) Dr. James fous’ Ire ock (University of Michigan) ae (12) James Hox owe, Jrel (Former Assistant to President. ee Roosevelt and Assistant to the Attorney General) . A perusal of these memoranda will reveal thot none of the tndividuals have tndicated any basic hosttliity toward the FBI. In fact, the vast majority of them have indicated a very friendly attitude toward the Bureaus. It is noted that in a few instances such as Dean Acheson and Dr. James Kerr Pollock the indtmiduals ore a somewhat liberal. eee oe Aptooiment ; 104 _ sat yor oH, | rr ae wae ! re Deo ve ol sin Gk GB YUN 8 1988 tte rae tA Per i372. :