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    "ocrText": "- 2 -\nThe Senator asked our opinion as to whether any part of the\nhearings should be public. He apparently wants to state in advance\nhow the hearings will be conducted and not wobble back and forth be-\ntween public hearings and executive sessions according to the pressure\nof the noment as the Tydings Subcommittee has done. He thought that\nthe medical testimony at the beginning might be public and the rest\nin executive session. We w.re of two minds about it. Mr. Murphy's\nreaction was that it would be best to have the whole hearing in execu-\ntive session. Jin Webb was not certain and I was inclined to believe\nthat the medical testimony should be public and the rest in executive\nsession. The Senator asked us to think about it some nore and get in\ntouch with him. It was agreed that I would act as liaison man with\nhim.\n(\nI talked to Peyton Ford today and told him of our visit with\nSenator Hoey and also asked his views about the public hearing question.\nPeyton was rather strongly inclined to the view that the medical testi-\nmony should be public.\nS.J.S."
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