do to start the ball rolling in this direction in whatever manner I could possibly do.

Chairman STENNIS. That is a fine attitude. And you expect to serve at the pleasure of the President. You have no desire just to come here for a short time?

Governor BOE. That is correct, sir.

Chairman STENNIS. We consider your duties very important. I know the Vice President considers them important and he has a high sense of responsibility in connection with these matters. I am glad that we are going to have the services of a former Governor, one of your stature. You will find out, though, that you are a Governor. You will have to persuade your way around up here. I have been a judge. I have not been a Governor, but I remember Senator Thye said, "Well, you haven't been a Governor, maybe it is better, because it has gotten to the point where Governors expect to be obeyed," and he said up here they walk off while you are talking to them.

Governor BOE. I appreciate that, sir.

Chairman STENNIS. So you are going to persuade us to approve this nomination now and you keep on persuading. I think it is a highly important job in relation to cities and States.

Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. Mr. Chairman, I have no questions, and I would like to wish the Governor well in his new assignment.

Governor BOE. Thank you.

Chairman STENNIS. Senator McIntyre?

Senator MCINTYRE. I would just say, Mr. Chairman, that the Office of Emergency Preparedness is an extremely important one, because we have all kinds of knotty problems. For instance, up in New Hampshire, which is my State, I find that we are about 90 percent of the production people with the miniature precision ball bearing. In trying to find out what we are going to do about these Japanese imports-these Japanese boys are very good imitators-I found that there is what you were mentioning, Governor, a little bit of not so much competing, but it seems as though one avenue is unable to reach a decision, and it is transported over to another one, and they are not sure whether they should operate under this provision of the law or whether they should go to the emergency section. I am certain that you are going to find it a fascinating and interesting job, one that will demand the fine talents you bring to it, and I congratulate you for coming down here.

I note that you are a bachelor. I do not understand how such a handsome man is still a bachelor but you have to be careful down here. There are a lot of good-looking women around here. Thank you and good luck to you.

Governor BOE. Thank you, sir.

Chairman STENNIS. I note that you are the son of a Lutheran minister. That is a mighty good start in life.

Since you are a member, in a way, of the Security Council, and all these matters come up about imports, oil, and so forth, you are not dealing in oil or anything like that? I just point out that you continue to stay out of that.

Governor BOE. Yes, sir; I fully understand that.
Chairman STENNIS. Are there any other questions?

Governor, thank you very much for coming in. I hope that we can pass on this today.

Governor BOE. Thank you very much.

Chairman STENNIS. Thank you, Senator Mundt.

Senator MUNDT. Thank you for holding the hearing, Mr. Chairman. (Whereupon, at 10:20, the committee proceeded into executive session.)

(The nomination of Mr. Boe to be an Assistant Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness was subsequently approved by the committee in executive session and confirmed by the Senate on March 27, 1969.)

NOMINATION OF CURTIS W. TARR, TO BE ASSISTANT

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1969

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES,
Washington, D.C.

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:35 p.m., in room 212, Old Senate Office Building, Senator John Stennis (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Stennis, Symington, Cannon, Young of Ohio, McIntyre, Byrd of Virginia, Thurmond, Dominick, and Schweiker. Also present: T. Edward Braswell, Jr., chief of staff; Labre R. Garcia, professional staff member; Charles B. Kirbow, chief clerk; and Herbert S. Atkinson, assistant chief clerk.

Chairman STENNIS. The committee will please come to order.

The committee is resuming its hearing today on the annual procurement authorization legislation. We did not complete the questioning of Secretary Seamans and General McConnell yesterday. Prior to proceeding with the procurement legislation, however, there are two pending nominations which the committee will consider in open session. These are Dr. Curtis W. Tarr, who has been nominated to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Lt. Gen. Robert E. Cushman, U.S. Marine Corps, who has been nominated to be Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency with his current rank of lieutenant general while serving in this position.

Dr. Tarr has a distinguished background in the field of education and since 1963 he has served, and actually still is serving as president of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. The Chair would point out that even though Dr. Tarr's nomination was received in the Senate February 19, it is not contemplated that he will be appointed to the office until this coming June, upon the completion of the school year. The Chair might also point out that Dr. Tarr has submitted a letter to the committee regarding the so-called conflicts problem, indicating that he will dispose of all securities in defense corporations dealing with the Department of Defense, under the $10,000 rule. It is the understanding of the Chair-Dr. Tarr might elaborate on this point if he wishes that he intends to sell all securities except possibly that held by him in the family holding company, known as Sierra Tractor & Equipment Co. In this case he plans to either turn in his holdings to the corporation for cash or exchange them for stocks in nondefense companies.

Dr. Tarr, we are delighted to have you here. One time before you were scheduled to appear, and unavoidably developments didn't permit us to get to that part of the program for that day.

(The nomination reference and biographical sketch of Dr. Tarr follow, as well as a letter to Chairman Stennis from Dr. Tarr regarding his financial standing follow :)

NOMINATION REFERENCE AND REPORT

IN EXECUTIVE SESSION,
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
February 19, 1969.

Ordered, That the following nomination be referred to the Committee on Armed Services:

Curtis W. Tarr, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.

CURTIS W. TARR

Dr. Tarr was born on September 18, 1924 in Stockton, California. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford in 1948, and his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard in 1950. He was awarded his doctorate by Stanford in 1962. He has also been awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, by Ripon College.

From 1950-1952, Dr. Tarr served as an instructor at Harvard and from 1952 to 1958 he was Vice President of Sierra Tractor andq Equipment Company of Chico, California. He served as a staff member of the 2nd Hoover Commission in 1954-1955, and was a Republican candidate for Congress from the 2nd District of California in 1958.

Dr. Tarr served on the administration at Stanford from 1961-1963, first as the Assistant Director of the summer session, then as Director of the summer session, and thereafter as Assistant Dean in the School of Humanities and Sciences. He also served as Lecturer in the School of Business at Stanford during this period.

In 1963, he was appointed President of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin and has served in that position since that time. Lawrence College became Lawrence University in 1964.

Dr. Tarr married the former Elizabeth May Myers in 1955 and they have two children, Pamela Elizabeth and Cynthia Leigh. The family resides in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Dr. Tarr has been nominated to replace Mr. J. William Doolittle as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

MARCH 18, 1969.

Hon. JOHN C. STENNIS,

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In relation to my pending nomination to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower and Reserve Affairs, this letter sets forth my financial situation.

My present position is President of Lawrence University at Appleton, Wisconsin. I am resigning from this position, and shall retain no ties to the University. I shall have a vested interest in the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund retirement program, which is a nationwide program for college and university faculty and administrative officers.

I have a portfolio of securities set forth in attachment 1 of this letter. It is my intention to dispose of all securities within this portfolio in companies which have contracts with the Department of Defense reflected in the statistical lists of the Department of Defense. I am advised that those securities which must be disposed of are as shown in attachment 1.

I am a director and officer and own a minority interest in the stock of the Sierra Tractor & Equipment Co., a family company which holds investments in a number of corporations, including those doing business with the Department of Defense. If confirmed, I shall resign as an officer and director and shall dispose of my shares of stock in that company. I am a director of the First National Bank of Appleton, Wisconsin-Michigan Power Company, and the Appleton Industrial Development Corporation, and am a Vice President of the Appleton