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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954 In at 8:00 A. M. (3) Staff meeting on press conference. Discussed as main upcoming topics: 1. Geneva Conference with South Korean offer for UN- supervised election May 20th and stories on defeat of U. S. policies. 2. Indo-China and Asia - Loss of Dien Bien Phu and collective action measure. 3. Churchill renewal of Big Four meeting. 4. Bi-partisan foreign affairs. 5. UN atomic proposal and Soviet reaction. 6. Army-McGarthy hearings - On cutting off hearings on television and on Army personnel giving classi- fied information to Senator. 7. American defenses and UMT 8. Taft-Hartley 9. St. Lawrence 10. 18-year old vote 11. California delegation pledging support for Eisenhower. 12. Truman and his criticism. Before Presidential briefing discussed international situation with Dulles. He stressed two points for the President to make: (1) Some papers were making point of saying President and Dulles were in opposition, particularly on domino theory and (2) that French papers were saying that Dulles had written off Indo-China. Discussed with Secretary Humphrey story on resignation of Coleman Andrews - Humphrey said nothing to it Discussed with Brownell three items: (1) Security Division of Department of Justice to handle prosecution in national security cases; (2) Attorney General bill sub- mitted yesterday to (a) get subversives in defense plants and (b) to bring before Subversive Activities Control Board business of labor unions con- trolled by Communists; (3) Letter from McClellan and Mundt which they had sent to Attorney General asking him for interpretation of law on whether any criminal violation in connection with the Army officer giving McCarthy secret document - Brownell told me (not for use at conference, however) that he was going to reply saying he believed there had been a criminal violation and that to bring Senator McCarthy before Grand Jury for testimony under oath it would be necessary for the Senate to pass a resolution to that effect. Going to break story late today or tomorrow morning.