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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
I REPORTS
By Rep. Burr P. Harrison
V - * , Committee testimony commenced in Congress this week on President Eisenhower’s reorganization plan for the Defense Department. This j$ a proposal which, by its very subject matter, is charged with controversy. Because it affects^, the ability of the. United Sates to defend itself,’ it is essential that it be examined carefully /4nd dispassionately by the Qon«ress. v Approval of the! plan would mean a substantial increase of power in,the office of Secretary of Defense, jwhich has been filled during the fiast six months by Neil H; McElroy, formerly a soap company official. So far, Mr. McElroy appears to have made a basically favorable impression on the Congressional ^committees dealing with
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