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    "ocrText": "cc; murphy\nDawson\nCommelly\nSteelman\nJoney\nElsey, floyd, Bell, etc.\nMataty\nher- Schede\nPentn Fnd\nRESTRICTED\nJuly 5, 1950\nMemorandum for the Hoey Subcommittee Sex\nPervert Investigation File\nI went to the Capitol today to confer with Senator\nHoey about this investigation.\nI told him that, as he had requested at our previous\nmeeting of June 28 (at which Charlie Murphy and Jim Webb were\npresent), we had considered the question of whether the entire\nSubcommittee hearings should be held in executive session,\nincluding the medical testimony, or whether the medical testi-\nmony might be given at public hearings with the rest in executive\nsession.\nI told him that it was the unanimous opinion of the\nWhite House staff, including Matt Connelly, Charlie Murphy,\nDon Dawson, and others, as well as that of Surgeon General\nScheele, that all of the hearings, including the medical\ntestimony, should be in executive session. I went over the\nreasons for this briefly. The Senator said he was glad to\nget our views and indicated he would try to work it out that\nway, although there might be some opposition from the Repub-\nlicans, particularly Senator Mundt.\nThe Senator also told me that he proposed to get\nthe records of the Washington Police on arrests and convictions\nin this field and then query the various agencies as to what,\nif anything, they had done about individual employees involved.\nThis may present some problems on the disclosure of information, but\nI do not see how it can be avoided since these police records are\npublic records and are not within the President's directives\nabout non-disclosure of personnel files and information.\nThe Senator said that Superintendent Barrett of the\nMetropolitan Police had called him this morning at Matt Connelly's\nsuggestion and had offered to cooperate fully in connection with\nthe investigation.\nI also made two further suggestions to Senator Hoey,\nboth of which were made to me by Dr. Scheele. The first was\nthat a Medical Staff Adviser be appointed by the Subcommittee\nfor the purpose of its hearings. Scheele recommended for this\npurpose Dr. Tex Buxton, President of the Washington, D.C.,\nPsychiatric Association. I know Dr. Buxton and think he would\nbe a good man for this purpose and therefore gave his name to\nthe Senator.\nUNCLASSIFIED\nHL\n5-10-02\nRESTRICTED\nSignature\nDate\nRESTRICTED\n- 2 -\nThe other suggestion was that Navy and Army security\nofficers (presumably the ONI Director and the Army Director of\nIntelligence) be the first security officers called by the Sub-\ncommittee after the medical testimony is in. Dr. Scheele made\nthis suggestion because the military security people have had\nparticular experience with the homosexual problem on a pretty\nbig scale. Senator Hoey seemed to react favorably to both of\nthese suggestions.\nHe said that he expected to call his Subcommittee\ntogether within the next few days to map out their course of\ndirection.\nS.J.S.\nS.J.S.\nRESTRICTED"
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