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The Senator asked our opinion as to whether any part of the
hearings should be public. He apparently wants to state in advance
how the hearings will be conducted and not wobble back and forth be-
tween public hearings and executive sessions according to the pressure
of the moment as the Tydings Subcommittee has done. He thought that
the medical testimony at the beginning might be public and the rest
in executive session. We were of two minds about it. Mr. Murphy's
reaction was that it would be best to have the whole hearing in execu-
tive session. Jim Webb was not certain and I was inclined to believe
that the medical testimony should be public and the rest in executive
session. The Senator asked us to think about it some more and get in
touch with him. It was agreed that I would act as liaison man with
him.
I talked to Peyton Ford today and told him of our visit with
Senator Hoey and also asked his views about the public hearing question.
Peyton was rather strongly inclined to the view that the medical testi-
mony should be public.
S 5.
S.J.S.
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