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10/10/53 - Reel 4, track 2 - Page 1 MR. ACTOSSON: Everybody took advantage of this thing to sound off on his own particular sphere of interest. I am looking at the transcript, and Judge Key sai d that "everybody who has asked a question is asking it for purposes of his own personal publicity," and (Phil) sort of blurted out what was the God's truth. Now here are the first questions, which I just picked off the record as I read it: Senator Kane said, "Why aren't Greece and Turkey in NATO?" Well, of course that had no thing to do with what we were talking about; Mr. Sykes of somewhere - I don't know where he came from - said, "is the State Department prepared to back the Schuman plan?" Well, whether what difference did it make shats/the State Department was prepared to back it - at any rate, that had nothing to do with : Senator Knowland said, "Did you agree in London to let China into the UN?" (laughter) Congressman (Rich) said, "Why don't wo have a disarmament conference instead of building uo this great NATO armament program?" Now, this is what happens when you try to build up what Simpson thought would be an intimate relation branch between the executive and the legislative part/of the Government RUMAN (confused, coughing) Est ARCHIVES & "NATIONAL RECORDS ADMIN: of DR. OPPENHEIMER: that was the first time. GOVERNME MR. ACHESON: It will happen in all times. It is, I am sure, destined to confusion and frustration, because there is absolutely no connection between responsibility and execution; there is just none at all. Well. after this, and after many other many other experiences, I. have completely changed my view about whether it's possible to bring the executive and the legislative branches together, and I think it is a waste of time, and I don't think anyone whll get anywhere in doing it. One of the most interesting things that I