DoD-INDUSTRY RELATIONS: CONFLICT OF INTEREST

AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON

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WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas, Chairman

WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin, Vice Chairman LEONOR K. SULLIVAN, Missouri

JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama GARRY BROWN, Michigan

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey ALBERT W. JOHNSON, Pennsylvania JOHN TOWER, Texas

EDWARD W. BROOKE, Massachusetts
WILLIAM H. KINCADE, Staff Director
LEON S. REED, Professional Staf Member

MARTHA BRADDOCK, Chief Clerk and Editor
J. MICHAEL HEMPHILL, Minority Professional Staf

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CONTENTS

LIST OF WITNESSES

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Robert E. Hampton, Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission, accom-

panied by Carl Goodman, General Counsel...

Robert Anderson, President, Rockwell International Corp., accompanied

by John J. Roscia, Vice President and General Counsel-

Thomas V. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Corp.;

accompanied by Eldon H. Crowell, Esq---

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Alice Tepper Marlin, Executive Director, Council on Economic Priorities.

Dr. George M. Low, Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and

Space Administration; accompanied by Neil'Hosenball

, General Counsel;

and James Cummings, Director, Inspections and Security --

William P. Clements, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense; accompanied by

Richard A. Wiley, General Counsel, DoD; and Bernard P. Lynn,

Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency --

APPENDICES

I. CORRESPONDENCE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD BY

MR. ROBERT HAMPTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE CIVIL

SERVICE COMMISSION:

Relating to the investigation by the Civil Service Commission

into alleged charges of favoritism in hiring of former employees

of Rockwell Corp. by National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.--

II. MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY MR. ROBERT ANDERSON,

PRESIDENT OF ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP.:

A. Letter froni Mr. Robert Anderson to Senator William Prox-

mire, dated March 15, 1976..

B. List of all facilities owned, leased or used by Rockwell Corp.

or its officials to entertain officials of the Department of

Defense or NASA, along with names of officials enter-

tained and costs..-

C. Denial of leasing, owning or using hunting facilities in Labra-

dor or Arkansas...

D. List of members of Conquistadores, bylaws and rules.-

E. Additional questions and responses for the record relating to

Business Roundtable..

III. MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD BY MR.

THOMAS V. JONES, PRESIDENT OF NORTHROP CORP.:

A. Northrop's corporate policy directive (CPD) ordering termina-

tion of entertainment of Government officials and related

policy niemoranda---

B. Detailed amplification of Mr. Whidden's job description;

description of duties of Maj. Gen. Winston Wilson, USAF
(retired): letter from Mr. F. W. Lynch, Northrop Corp.,
to Major General Wilson, dated September 23, 1975; de-
scription of duties of Mr. S. W. Towle, Jr.: letter from
Mr. F. W. Lynch to Mr. S. W. Towle, Jr., dated January 13,

1976---

C. Additional questions and responses for the record..

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