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    "ocrText": "-3-\nHARRY&\nNARA\nGeneral Matters\nMr. Harry Read presented to Judge Patterson a statement from James B. Carey,\nfor the Committee's approval. A copy of this statement is attached to these\nminutes. Mr. Ferguson read the statement to the members of the Committee.\nAfter a general discussion of the statement, it was approved by the Committee\nand it was agreed that it would be released to the press and that copies would\nbe sent to the President and to the Administrator when appointed.\nMr. Moore made the motion that a resolution be passed, thanking Judge Patterson\nfor his efforts in behalf of the Committee's work. The resolution was unani-\nmously adopted. Mr. Moore also suggested that a resolution be sent to Mr.\nStimson, and Mr. Ferguson was asked to draft such a resolution and submit it\nto Judge Patterson for his approval.\nMr. McKee made the motion that a letter be sent to Mr. Wheeler thanking him\nfor his help at the time of the Washington Conference. Mr. Ferguson was asked\nto prepare such a letter.\nAt this point, Judge Patterson expressed his appreciation and that of the\nCommittee for Mr. Ferguson's contribution to the work of the Committee. The\nCommittee agreed that a written expression of the Committee's sentiment should\nbe sent to Mr. Ferguson by the Chairman. Mr. Ferguson thanked the Committee\nand stated that he wished to commend all of the members of the staff for their\nfine work.\nMr. McKee suggested that a letter be sent to all staff members of the Committee\nthanking them for their contribution to the Committee's success, to be signed\nby the Chairman. Judge Patterson asked for a list of the people to which such\na letter should be sent.\nMr. Ferguson presented to the Committee a message from Governor Lehman thanking\nthe Committee for its resolution on the occasion of his seventieth birthday.\nWashington Report\nMr. Stein reported that on the whole the conference bill is a good bill. The\nCongress, he thinks, has reached a good many sensible compromises. On two or\nthree of the major items the results are good. On the amount, the figure decided\nupon was $5.3 billion. On the authorization, they kept the one year authoriza-\ntion, but made 1t clear that it is a four year program. The F.B.I. provision\nhas been changed quite a bit; the Administrator can now operate without being\nhampered by it. East-West trade is the most serious question the Administrator\nwill have to face. The bill says that the Administrator, where practicable,\nshall refuse to send materials to Western Europe if those goods will be used in\nmaking exports to Eastern Europe which would be denied export'licenses in this\ncountry.\nThe Joint \"Watchdog\" Committee is to consist of three members each from the\nForeign Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees and two each from the Appropria-\ntions Committees."
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