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HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

-UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

NOMINATIONS

JOHN S. FOSTER, JR., NOMINATED TO BE DIRECTOR

OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

ROBERT A. BROOKS, NOMINATED TO BE ASSISTANT

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

SEPTEMBER 23, 1965

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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RICHARD B.

JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi

HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia

STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington

SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina

HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada

ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia

STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio

DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii

THOMAS J. McINTYRE, New Hampshire

DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland

Witaux H. DARDEN, Chief of Staff

CHARLES B. 'Cracow, Chief Clerk

II

RUSSELL, Georgia, Chairman

LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts

MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

JACK MILLER, Iowa

JOHN G. TOWER, Texas
CONTENTS

Statements of—

Dr. Robert A. Brooks, nominated to be an Assistant Secretary of the Page

Army 7

Dr. Harold Brown, Secretary of the Air Force 3

Dr. John S. Foster, Jr., nominated to be Director of Defense Research

and Engineering 2

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NOMINATIONS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1965

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:30 a.m., in room 212,

Old Senate Office Building.

Present: Senators Russell of Georgia (chairman), Stennis, Symington, Jackson, Cannon, Young of Ohio, Inouye, Saltonstall, Smith,

and Thurmond.

Also present: William H. Darden, chief of staff; T. Edward Braswell, Jr.; Gordon A. Nease, professional staff members; Charles B.

Kirbow, chief clerk; and Herbert S. Atkinson, assistant chief clerk.

NOMINATION OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR., TO BE DIRECTOR

OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

Chairman RUSSELL. The committee will come to order.

Dr. John S. Foster, Jr., of California, has been nominated to be

Director of Defense Research and Engineering to succeed Dr. Harold

Brown. You will recall that Dr. Brown has been nominated to be

Secretary of the Air Force and has already been confirmed by the

Senate.

The office Dr. Foster has been nominated to occupy is an extremely

important one within the Department of Defense organization. Indeed, it bears directly on our national security.

Dr. Foster is already known to most members of the committee.

We welcome you here, Dr. Foster, and we extend our congratulations

to you for having been nominated to fill this position and I trust that

your recommendations will have great weight in strengthening the

capability of the United States to defend our interests in the years to

come.

We have your printed biography which has been distributed to the

members of the committee, but we also would like to have you give

us a brief oral summary of your background, after which committee

members may ask such questions or make any comments they may

desire.

You may proceed, sir.

(The nomination reference and biographical sketch of Dr. Foster

follow:)

431] NOMINATION REFERENCE AND REPORT

IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

September 18, 1965.

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

Services:

John S. Foster, Junior, of California, to be Director of Defense Research and

Engineering vice Harold Brown.
2 NOMINATIONS OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR. AND ROBERT A. BROOKS

Profession: Physicist.

Present position: Director, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.

Born: September 18, 1922, New Haven, Conn.

Married: Barbara Anne Wickes of Montreal, Canada, 1946. Four children,

ages 14, 13, 11, and 6.

Education: B.S., with honors, 1948; McGill University. Ph. D. (physics),

1952; University of California.

Employment:

1942-44: Radio Research Laboratory, Harvard University.

1944-45: Field Adviser with the 16th Reconnaissance Squadron under

General Twining's 15th Air Force.

1946-47: Physicist with National Research Council, Chalk River, Canada.

1948-52: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley.

1952 to present: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore; division

leader; Associate Director (1958); Director (1961 to present).

Memberships: Panel consultant to the President's Scientific Advisory Committee; Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station

Advisory Board; Army Scientific Advisory Panel; Defense Intelligence Agency

Scientific Advisory Committee; Central Intelligence Agency Strategic Weapons

Intelligence Panel; Trustee of Research Analysis Corp., Sigma Xi.

Honors: 1960—Ernest 0. Lawrence Award of the Atomic Energy Commission.

DR. JOHN S. FOSTER, JR.

STATEMENT OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR., NOMINEE TO BE DIRECTOR

OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

Dr. FOSTER. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I believe you and the committee have a copy of my résumé. However, it may be helpful if I were to make an oral summary in my own

words.

I was born in New Haven, Conn., where my father was a physics

professor at Yale University and after 2 years my family moved to

Montreal where my father then went to McGill University.

I grew up there and attended the public schools, and then went to

McGill University to pursue a bachelor of science degiee.

In 1944, however, I interrupted my schooling and returned to the

United States to work at the radio research laboratory at Harvard

University on electronic countermeasures..

After 2 years in the laboratory I left to be a technical observer and

adviser to the 15th Air Force in that area of operation and after a

little over a year in the Mediterranean theater I returned to the

laboratory just before the end of World War II.

I went back to McGill University to complete my bachelor of science

degree with honors in mathematics and physics and then returned

again to the United States, to the University of California at Berkeley,

and the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

While in the Laboratory I worked on nuclear physics, high energy

accelerator, and plasma physics.

On receiving my Ph. D. in 1952 I went with Dr. York, Dr. Harold

Brown, and others as the initial staff of the Lawrence Radiation

Laboratory at Livermore. I first worked on the controlled thermonuclear research and then changed over to do research on nuclear

explosives for military and civil purposes.

In 1955 I became a division leader; in 1958 an Associate Director,

and in 1961 when Dr. Harold Brown left tp assume the post of Director

of Defense Research and Engineering, I assumed his position as Director of the Laboratory at Livermore.

During my association with the Laboratory I have acted as a member and consultant to a number of committees and panels of the
NOMINATIONS OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR. AND ROBERT A. BROOKS 3

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense, the Civilian

Intelligence Agency, the President's Advisory Committee and so on.

Last week I resigned from each of those m which I still had any

active part. I have been a consultant to the Boeing Airplane Co., to

the Zenith Radio Corp., and the Northrup Corp. I also resigned from

these organizations last week.

I was a trustee of the Research Analysis Corp. and resigned from

that organization last week. I believe you have a copy of my financial

statement. My only financial holdings are in my home and in a retirement fund with the University of California.

If I am appointed to this position, I will request a leave of absence

from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and resign as Director of

the Livermore Laboratory.

I believe that completes an oral summary of my situation.

Chairman RUSSELL. We are honored this morning by the fact that

Dr. Harold Brown, predecessor to the nominee, has accompanied him

here.

Do you desire to comment on Dr. Foster, Secretary Brown?

STATEMENT OF HON. HAROLD BROWN, SECRETARY OF THE

AIR FORCE

Secretary BROWN. Mr. Chairman, I won't comment on his résumé

but I will say some things about him that he can't say himself, and

that is, he is eminently qualified for this position in my opinion.

He has devoted essentially the whole of his professional career to the

national security, to the service of national security, and he has been

deeply involved in the technical aspects of our military strength.

He will bring to the job great technical ability, great integrity, and

great devotion to the national security of the United States.

Chairman RUSSELL. Thank you, Doctor.

I wouldn't have commented on it if Dr. Foster hadn't mentioned

it in his own statement, but I don't recall another nominee here who

didn't have any stock of any kind anywhere in any organization other

than in his home, and I should think that of itself is evidence of his

dedication and desire to serve.

Senator Saltonstall?

Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Chairman, Dr. Foster was good enough

to come to see me. I have no questions on his record at all. I

would like to ask one question however. You said, you were going

to get a leave of absence from where?

Dr. FOSTER. The Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Senator SALTONSTALL. So that while you have a leave of absence

you have no connection with it or pension or anything coming out of it?

Dr. FOSTER. The connection I would have is that it would represent

an understanding that if I wish to return to the Laboratory to be

employed there, they are granting prior approval.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would say with a smile to Secretary Brown that I have a feeling

that Dr. Foster was his recommendation. Was that so?

Secretary BROWN. Well, he was, of course, the President's choice,

but he ranked very high on my list, I will tell you that.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Stennis?
4 NOMINATIONS OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR. AND ROBERT A. BROOKS

Senator STENNIS. Mr. Chairman, I have no questions, but I want

to make this one remark. I remember when we held hearings on

the nuclear test ban treaty, on the suggestion of Senator Jackson we

asked Dr. Foster to come in as a witness. All of us were very much

impressed with his very fine knowledge of all matters which have

been entrusted to him and his idea of responsibility. I think this is

one of the big places in our Government and if he thinks he can do

it, and wants to try, I would certainly vote for him.

Dr. FOSTER. Thank you, Senator.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Symington?

Senator SYMINGTON. Mr. Chairman, I can't imagine a better

appointment. Dr. Foster is known as one of the world's greatest

physicists in this nuclear and space age and I would like to join and

associate myself with what Senator Stennis said. I was very much

impressed by the discussion of Dr. Foster on the implications and

problems and potentials of the nuclear test ban treaty. I intend to

vote for him and I can't imagine a finer appointment to this allimportant job.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. I haven't any questions, Mr. Chairman.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Jackson?

Senator JACKSON. Mr. Chairman, I should merely like to observe

that I have known Dr. Foster, as I have Harold Brown for many,

many years. He is a first-rate scientist. He is not only extremely

competent in his own discipline, but I do believe that he understands

the urgency and the importance of exploiting science in order to provide for the security that we need to carry out our responsibilities, and

this latter consideration is certainly an important one. He understands the dangerous world in which we live. He is a man of great

integrity, intellectual honesty, and I can't speak too highly of him.

There is only one thing I am concerned about, and that is, for a long

time Harvard provided so much in the way of so-called talent for the

executive branch of the Government. I don't know whether my

colleagues are aware of it, but this office seems to have been appropriated to the University of California and more specifically to

the Livermore Laboratory. Three holders of this office have come

out of the Livermore chain of command. But it is a good chain of

command, and I thought Senator Saltonstall might have detected

that earlier.

In fact, not only that, but I thought Senator Symington would have

mentioned the fact that he was born in New Haven which might have

been an indication of some rivalry between Harvard and that other

institution.

Senator SYMINGTON. I would have mentioned it except Dr. Foster

mentioned it himself with great pride.

Senator JACKSON. I came in late, I didn't get the genesis of his

statement.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Would the Senator yield?

I simply make the remark that in his biography you will see that he

received his early training in scientific knowledge in Harvard.

Chairman RUSSELL. As I understand it, that was as an instructor,

though.

Senator JACKSON. I understand that after being in New Haven,

he decided to leave the country, and he graduated with honors from

McGill, which is a very fine institution.
NOMINATIONS OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR. AND ROBERT A. BROOKS 5

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Young?

Senator YOUNG. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is nothing I

can add to this. I am very happy over the nomination.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Inouye?

Senator INOUYE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think we are most fortunate to have Dr. Foster volunteer his

services.

Chairman RUSSELL. Thank you very much, Dr. Foster.

Dr. FOSTER. Thank you, Senator.

(The nomination of Dr. John S. Foster, Jr., to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, was subsequently approved by the

committee in executive session and confirmed by the Senate on September 24, 1965.)

NOMINATION OF ROBERT A. BROOKS TO BE ASSISTANT

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR INSTALLATIONS AND

LOGISTICS

Chairman RUSSELL. The committee will next interview Dr. Robert

A. Brooks, of Massachusetts, who has been nominated to be an

Assistant Secretary of the Army to succeed Daniel M. Luevano,

resigned.

Dr. Brooks, the committee congratulates you on your selection to

fill the important position of Assistant Secretary of the Army for

Installations and Logistics.

We are pleased to have you before us this morning and we would

like to have you give us a brief oral summary of your biography and

then the committee members may have a question or observation

(The nomination reference and biographical sketch of Dr. Brooks

follow:)

430] NOMINATION REFERENCE AND REPORT

IN EXECUTIVE SESSION,

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

September 18, 1965.

Ordered, That the following nomination be referred to the Committee on

Armed Services:

Robert A. Brooks, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army

vice Daniel M. Luevano, resigned.

ROBERT A. BROOKS

Date and place of birth: Born Calcutta, India, October 16, 1920, of U.S.

parents. U.S. citizen.

Education:

1923-34: Early education in Dundee and Edinburgh, Scotland.

1934-36: After coming to United States in 1934, completed secondary

education at Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, Mass.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.:

1936-42: A.B. 1940, summa cum laude, with concentration in classics.

1946-49: A.M. 1941. Appointed junior fellow, Society of Fellows,

1942. Returned to Society of Fellows 1946-48 for independent studies

in Roman literature. Ph. D. in classical philology 1949.

Military service:

1942-46: Entered U.S. Army, 1942, assigned to Army Air Forces. Commissioned second lieutenant AUS, 1943; first lieutenant, 1943; captain, 1944.

Faculty member of Army Air Force Air Intelligence School, 1943-44. Assigned to 9th Photo Intelligence Department, 7th Air Force, Pacific Ocean
6 NOMINATIONS OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR. AND ROBERT A. BROOKS

Area, 1944-45. Served in Hawaii, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and

Ryukyus. Inactive 1946.

Employment:

1948-51: Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.: Teaching fellow 1948,

instructor in classics, 1949-51.

1951-65: Harbridge House, Inc., Boston, Mass.: Research associate, 1951;

director of research, 1955; vice president, Data Management Group, 1957.

From 1951 to 1957 participated in and directed research, educational, and

consulting projects for Government and commercial organizations, with particular emphasis on military logistics. Projects in this area included the

following:

Army: Preparation of PM 38-1, Logistics Supply Management.

Development and teaching of the first Army supply management

course (now the senior course at the Army Logistics Management

Center).

Preparation of initial manual and training materials for the Army

Command Management System.

Preparation of case studies in procurement for the Army Signal Supply

Agency.

Study of the Army logistics training needs leading to estsblishment of

the Army Logistics Management Center.

Development and teaching of the first courses for the Army Logistics

Management Center, including the Army requirements course, the Army

storage and distribution management course, and the Army maintenance

management course.

Navy: Preparation of the educational pamphlet series: Industries that

supply the Navy.

Development of the training course: Functions of the Naval Administrator.

Preparation of the Navy Negotiator's Handbook.

Preparation of the first Navy negotiator's course.

Air Force: Preparation of the Air Force Contracting Officer's Handbook.

Preparation of case studies and other training materials dealing with

purchasing, contract administration, cost and price analysis, production

control and other industrial logistics subjects.

Preparation of Air Force Supply Management Handbook.

Since 1957, supervised and directed all activities of Data Management

Group. Military logistics projects undertaken by the group during these

years include the following:

Army: Design, development and test installation of the economic

inventory policy, a system for control of inventories of secondary items

and repair parts at Conus and overseas installations and at national

inventory control points. The policy was incorporated into Army

Regulations 711-16 and 710-45. The policy also involved preparation

of educational materials for orientation to the new system.

Design, development, and test of a system, summary accounting for

low-dollar turnover items (SALTI), designed to reduce recordkeeping

and accounting workload for low sales value supply items at Army

installations in Conus and overseas.

With sponsorship by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

(I. & L.), assistance to the Army in design and development (by the

DCS/LOG Data Processing Center) of an automated model for rapid

response to staff and command queries on major Army equipment

(PEMA) requirements and readiness against a variety of operating plans,

for purposes of measuring capability and deficiencies, and assessing

programing and budgeting implications.

Design of a pilot system for grouping data on related PEMA items,

such as weapons, ammunition, communication and support equipment,

into a "mission item" system display, showing overall system capability

and balance among related items for the purposes of programing and

budgeting decisions.

Design, development and operating test of the secondary item model

(SIM), an automated •model for determining mobilization requirements

and readiness for secondary items and repair parts in the Army supply.

system, for purposes of determining capability and deficiencies in support of specific major equipment, and in commodity categories, together

with the cost implications of any deficiencies.
NOMINATIONS OF JOHN S. FOSTER, JR. AND ROBERT A. BROOKS 7

Conversion of the above secondary item model to develop supporting

data for Army stock fund budgeting on a requirements basis, as well as

the Army implementation of DOD Instruction 4140.24.

Design and specification of requirements for an automated system to

produce the Army materiel plan.

Navy: Development of subject outline, format, and specimen content

for revision of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Manual, "Supply

Afloat" volumes.

Air Force: Preparation of the Air Force Requirements Handbook and

supporting educational materials.

Department of Defense (OASD, I. ez L.): Design, development and

test installation of related management systems for achieving optimum

competitive procurement decisions in: (1) replenishment buys of repair

parts; (2) initial buys of repair parts, at provisioning, and (3) initial

and replenishment buys of Government-furnished equipment and end

items by all three military services. This project resulted in the issuance

of the Department of Defense high-dollar spare parts breakout program.

Preparation of the agenda and assembly of the results of the Department of Defense Equipment Maintenance Management Conference,

1962.

Other Government organizations served by the Data Management

Group during the period included the Department of State, the Federal

Aviation Agency, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Office of Civil and

Defense Mobilization. Commercial organizations for which research,

consulting, and educational services were provided included the Radio

Corp. of America, the Westinghouse Electric Corp., Bowser, Inc., the

West Virginia Pulp Sz Paper Co., Volkswagen of America, Inc., Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, the National Stationery & Office Equipment

Association, and the Lead Pencil Manufacturers Association.

Publications (in addition to the texts, courses, and reports mentioned above) :

"Discolor Aura: Reflections on the Golden Bough," American Journal of Philology,

1953. (Translator) "Satires of Persius," in Latin Poetry in Verse Translation,

ed. Lind, 1957. (Recording) "The Wind in the Willows," Pathways of Sound,

1960 and 1961. (Recording) Narration for Honegger's "King David," MIT

Centennial Celebration, 1959.

Family: Married Jane Sheila Kochmann, 1943; Smith College, A.B., 1942;

A.M., 1943; Research Assistant, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1959-60,

1961-62; Instructor in English, Pine Manor Junior College, 1963-65. Three

children: Alison Spence, born 1944; candidate for A.B., Radcliffe College, June

1965. Roger Angus, born 1948. Camilla Jane, born 1953.

Travel and languages: After early travel, visited Italy for study at American

Academy in Rome, 1947; also Switzerland, France, Britain. Spent 1960-61 in

France in connection with overseas Army logistics project (USAREUR), with

visits to Germany, Italy, Britain. Four business trips to Germany, France, and

Great Britain during 1964. Speak moderately fluent French, German, and Italian.

Read French, German, Italian, Latin, and Greek.

Memberships: Professional and honorary. Phi Beta Kappa, American Production ez Inventory Control Society, American Philological Association, Classical

Society of the American Academy in Rome. Community. Cambridge Civic

Association, NAACP. Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union, Boston Council for

International Visitors. Social. Harvard Club of Boston, Stratford Club,

Cambridge Tennis Club.

Other activities: Theater activities at Harvard and after, including directing,

acting, and narration. Chairman, the Poet's Theatre, Cambridge, 1957-60.

Liturgical dramas at Christ Church, Cambridge, 1960-62. Sports: Tennis,

squash, skiing, sailing, swimming.

STATEMENT OF ROBERT A. BROOKS, NOMINEE TO BE ASSISTANT

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS

Dr. BROOKS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think I can summarize quite briefly this quite overlengthy biography which you have in front of you. I was born in Calcutta,

India, of U.S. parents, in 1920. I received my early education in

Scotland, and came to this country in 1934.
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After 2 years at the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, I attended

Harvard and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1940 and

master of arts in 1941.

From 1942 until 1946 I served in the Army—U.S. Army Air Forces

as it was then—entering as a private and leaving as captain, and

saw overseas service in the western Pacific area.

After 1946 I returned to Harvard for graduate work as a member

of the Society of Fellows and received my Ph. D. there in 1949 in

classical philology.

I taught that subject at Harvard, both while I was working for

my degree and for 2 years thereafter until 1951. At that time I

changed my career and joined the then newly organized firm of

Harbridge House, Inc. This was and still is a management firm

which specializes in consulting in educational services. The part of

the business that I was concerned with was primarily the provision

of logistics and material management services to government and to

industry.

Very substantial emphasis during that period was in the military

logistics and specifically in Army logistics.

Among the areas that we covered were the preparation, for example,

of the Arms Field Manual on Logistics Management, assistance in the

establishment of the Army Logistics Management Center, and the

preparation of a number of projects in the area of improved management in procurement and supply management.

I am still a member of the company, an officer and a director.

As I indicated to you, Mr. Chairman, in my letter, about my financial statement, if confirmed in this position my entire holdings are

with this company. I will dispose of all those holdings. Since it is

a closely held corporation and the sale of interests requires negotiation

within the company, rather than putting stock on the public market,

I have asked in my letter that I be permitted until January 7 of next

year to complete the disposal of these holdings, and that I understand

will be within 90 days from the time of which I am told, if confirmed,

I will assume my duties, which is October 16 of this year.

That completes my summary, sir.

Chairman RUSSELL. Thank you very much for your statement, Dr.

Brooks.

Senator Saltonstall?

_ Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Chairman, I hesitate in view of the

statements that have been made, to say anything beyond the fact

that Roxbury Latin School is one of our best local schools.

I competed in athletics against it many times and I do see the

term "Harvard University" here.

I have no further comment for fear that I might bring some retaliatory comments.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Stennis?

Senator STENNIS. No questions, thank you.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Symington?

Senator SYMINGTON. Mr. Chairman, I have learned on this committee through experience that a Harvard education is unique

but I am wondering why this distinguished gentleman who graduated

summa cum laude took 6 years to go through Harvard. I see you

state 1936-42.

Dr. BROOKS. Yes, sir.

That includes graduate work, Senator.
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Senator SYMINGTON. That includes graduate work.

Thank you.

Dr. BROOKS. I graduated in 1940 with the degree of A.B.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Smith?

Senator SMITH. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Jackson?

Senator JACKSON. Doctor, I was very much intrigued with your

background in the classics and your shift into logistics.

Dr. BROOKS. Yes, sir.

Senator JACKSON. Could you enlighten me on that? How you

happened, with this very fine background in classics, to get into

logistics?

Dr. BROOKS. Yes, sir; I will be glad to.

Senator JACKSON. Just looking at the record here, one would ask

that question, I think because you indeed have a distinguished

academic background.

Dr. BROOKS. Well, sir, there were two reasons. One, quite

frankly, was economic. I was a veteran with two children. The

other, I think, might be phrased this way: I was seeking somewhat

more active participation in the business life and the life of the community than in the academic field at that time and when this particular

discipline was offered.

Senator JACKSON. Did you take some graduate work in economics?

Dr. BROOKS. No, sir.

Senator JACKSON. It was all in the classics?

Dr. BROOKS. Yes, Sir.

Senator JACKSON. That is wonderful. We expect you to make

wise decisions.

Dr. BROOKS. Thank you. I shall attempt to do so.

Senator JACKSON. That is all.

Chairman RUSSELL. I believe, Dr. Brooks you are a classmate

of the late and lamented President, John F. Kennedy.

Dr. BROOKS. Yes, sir; I was.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Young?

Senator YOUNG. Thank you, I have no questions.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Inouye?

Senator INOUYE. No questions, Mr. Chairman.

Chairman RUSSELL. Thank you very much for your presence

here, Doctor.

The committee will now go into executive session for the consideration of legislation involving transfer of naval vessels of the

United States. We will hear testimony which will undoubtedly be

of a classified nature and those who are not concerned with this will

please leave.

(Whereupon, at 10:50 a.m., the committee went into executive

session.)

(The nomination of Dr. Robert A. Brooks to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army was subsequently approved by the committee in

executive session and confirmed by the Senate on September 24,

1965.)

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