PQ 71308 KF 27 HEARINGS BEFORE THE ANTITRUST SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS H.R. 302, H.R. 3050, H.R. 3411, H.R. 3412, BILLS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPLEMENT J8 Serial No. 3 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1961 Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida____ Fordham, Jefferson, dean of the Law School, University of Pennsylvania__ Katzenbach, Hon. Nicholas deB., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Lindsay, Hon. John V., a Representative in Congress from the State of Macy, Hon. John W., Jr., Chairman, Civil Service Commission__. Additional information— Analysis submitted by Roswell B. Perkins on conflict-of-interest laws and the provisions of H.R. 7139_. Katzenbach, Hon. Nicholas deB.: Analysis of H.R. 302 Analysis of H.R. 3050. Analysis of H.R. 3411_ Comparative presentation of the conflict of interest provisions of Explanation of proposed bill entitled “Executive Employees' Prepared statement_ Prepared statements: Fordham, Jefferson_ Weitzell, Hon. Frank H.... 129 51 43 36 52 57 30 141 Katzenbach, Hon. Nicholas deB_. 30 82 Statements submitted for record: National Association of Manufacturers_ 145 Retired Officers Association___ 144 Summary of recommendations of the Special Committee on the Federal Conflict of Interest Laws of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 100) Vance, Cyrus R., General Counsel, Department of Defense, letter, 63 III 646 CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST LEGISLATION THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ANTITRUST SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m., in room 346, Old House Office Building, Hon. Emanuel Celler presiding. Present: Representatives Celler, Rogers, Toll, McCulloch, and Meader. Also present: Herbert N. Maletz, chief counsel; William H. Crabtree, associate counsel; Herbert Fuchs, assistant counsel. The CHAIRMAN. The hearing will come to order. The Antitrust Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary begins public hearings this morning on a number of bills of great importance designed to implement and strengthen the criminal laws relating to conflicts of interest, and to promote ethics in Federal Government employment. These bills are H.R. 3411 and H.R. 3412, identical measures introduced by the Chair and by the distinguished ranking minority member of the subcommittee, Representative McCulloch; H.R. 3050, a bill proposed by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and introduced by Representative Lindsay; and H.R. 7139, a bill proposed by the administration and introduced by Representative Holtzman. We shall also consider H.R. 302, introduced by Representative Bennett of Florida, which would prohibit for 2 years the employment of a former employee of the Federal Government by a concern with which certain transactions were handled. Copies of these bills will be placed in the record at the conclusion of this statement. Recent years have recorded a growing concern, both in and out of Congress, with the ever present and perplexing problems of how best to assure high ethical standards in the conduct of the Federal Government. This committee, as well as other congressional committees, have conducted investigations into conflict-of-interest cases arising in executive agencies of the Government. The consensus of public expressions on the subject has criticized existing Federal laws in this area as inadequate, and confused. As the staff report of this subcommittee observed: Existing conflict-of-interest law comprises overlapping, inconsistent, and incomplete provisions ***. Similarly, the chairman of a Special Committee on Federal Conflict of Interest Laws of the Association of the Bar of the City of New 1 |