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DEC 20 \951 

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Str~ECTr H • .a.· S72e 1 S2d Conzress, lst Session, a bill "For the .Bal!.ef 

of William 'it. Friedman" ands. 2263, S2d C~!'9Ss 1 lst Sweion, 

a bill, Mfor tile Relle.t of William F. Friedman8 

·roa Director • .Armed Foreee Stteurity Agf/!10'1' 

'tJa•hington 2.5, D. C. 

1. In connection with the subject correeponding bill.a for tkw relief 

of !{to. llilliUl 1''. Friedman of your office, this office has M6n directed 

to prepare repli""s for the signature ot t:be Secretary G! ~he Anq, in 

rooponse to requests .rrom. the Hause Camid~tee on the Judiciaey in the cue 

of H. R. 5?2S, and frOifl the Deputy AttQrney General (based on raqueet .troa 

tl1a Senate Committee on ·ithe Judiciary) in the cae• ot s. 2283, sett1ng 

forth the views o! the Department of the A.rlr;" concerniw...;. Mid hilU 

to;,;ether l'li th tt..e salient .t'aotn. 

2. The subject bills• cop.tes hersith, carreepond s\lbetant1ally to the 

pro{JO&ed bill •et 1'.-th on 'page 9 of letter d&ted Zl. A~t., 1950 to Major. 

JUbillt ~. Mills, .former Chie.t at this Diviaion,. trora »r. Friedmn•• at'torne1lt1 

Fischer, 'J;illis and Panzer, relatinli to C1:"1Ptograpldc inventions of vr., 

1',r1edman held in stterecy • and w1 th relard to which oorr•pondenee no bad 

rltl!. your office. 

). In order to u.,aist in the preparation of a~te :repliea and 

the submission of adequa\e faot.ual informa'Gion su.bsla.n\i&t:i?\; tbb 'ri.eft 

of the O.par~t of tlle Utl1y periaining to H. it.. ;?28 and S. 228.3, it 

iB i-equestad t.l~t this of!ioe be !'Jrni8bed •lth the pert1ncmt .!aat\t&l. 

1.nfonna.tion and an expression or the viewa or your office rel.atiye to theae 

bills. . 

4. CoruJiderable of the prior hia~ory ot Mr. _J'riadm&n• • nM,lU&8' fw: 

rellet appears in the correspondence ab~ mentioned, \Jle 1.ut act.ton in 

the l"JAtter bein& letter fram tbj.s Office to ar. Friedman'Lll attOl'n49B 

dated 31 August i·-::51, copy o:f whieh llAMJ eent t.o your oi'ticMa. It will b9 

recallfid that by let.t~· da~ecl 9 ~iat 1951 this o.t!ice in!omed. the 

attorneys that it ll&8 contrary to ~ polic;r of th• ~tun"' of Delea• 

to indicate its views with r~card to the proposed introduction or the bill. 

5. In order t.o furnish the inforu.tion and your vie.it a.e !'f)(1uested. 

above, it will be necessary ta complete the inveatl6ation and report 

ret(tleSted in our letter of 5 July 1951. The fol.lowing comalents are made 

in thia connection: 

a. · 1ried!i¥1n a_pplica~ioo, Seri&l Ho. 473,113, which ·#las uOO.r 

the '4three year rule" but not under .Pliblia Law 700, has been released from 

secnoy and on 15 ~, 19.51 Oeo&."le Patent :No. 2,552,5"W. 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 08-05-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a . 

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SU:BJ'.i::C'l': H. a. 'S72£,, 82d CoD[.ress, b't Session, a bill '14'or the R911et 

oi' ·;illiam F. Friedman" and 3. 2283, 82d Congress, ls't Session, · a bill, "I<'or the Relief of Jilllia:m i • .Friedman1t 

b. ·:nw tiles or this o:t1"'ice on this iaatter, lllbich in::lude the 

seoree.r order and tender i'ileo ref'erl"ed to in paragraph 2 or letter front 

this office dated 5 J lly 19.51. are available for your :lllapeot1on. Of 

particular iaiportance in this ,connection is the tender fil.e P9rta.ininr; 

to Friedman, Serial N0. 443,320, wi1erein mnoni.; other things, ther9 is 

discu.~sed 1n the correspondence the question or the respective rights of . 

:.he Governr.tent. and f;r. FriGdma.n in the invent:ton of the application. fhis 

is i;ia.rticul&rly rertinent. to the (tiiestion of ·~itle referred to in su.bpa.ra;.;raph l.O(b) of our letter of 5 July 1951. 'Nith 1·e~ard ·t;o this phase 

of the invenU,;;.ation, apecial at~ntion should be given to consideration 

of the ag:ceoi.~nt. oi 25 April 1936, referred to on page 5 of the 1et.ter o! 

21 Au~t 1950 froa friedman 1s attornfl)'ll ~,. whereb;rj it is stated> 

Friedlaa.n B.(~reed t1'.a. t upon l'C'-l uas ~ of the ~ Signal O!!ieet· ha would 

make a complete assigI:ll!lent to t.tre United St.at.es oi any invention tlatreaf'ter 

made by him• t.hat no snch request had been made with respect to any of 

F.t"ifldman•a inventions involved in the present situa.\ion, and that in all 

such inventions made bl :r-rif)..dman subsequent to 25 A..nril 1936, ~:r. F'riedman 

has been allcnred to retain right::; under the prov:18ions ot .lR 650-50 

(nov1 AR 8.25-20) to the Sallie extent as in those inventions made prior to 

that da"Ge, .:,xcept .for t.he two hishly classified inventions upon which 

pa.tent applications were not riled. n is posaible tllat the investigat.ion 

mi)1ii shm1 trust, as to certain of the i'.riedma.n inve.ntions in question, 

asai;;naent or the entire right, title and interest in the inven"tions 

s:ioill.a be obtainable fro1:i .i<"riedma.11 upon requeat by the Chief Signal O!'ficer. 

I! obtained, such assigmnen"~ would eliminate all basis for the damai;e 

claim by FridCbnan due to secreC!I· order restricticms (Public Law '100), 

insofar a:s the particular inveptions so asai;ned are eoncernect • 

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c. I!l connection with sub-para..J.rapb lO(a) o.f the letter of 

5 ,July 1-951, theN 'Bb'Ould be furnished a oompl.e"ie statement 01' far. Frie<lman•a 

militar-.l (active duty) service a...11d federal government civilian service, 

the military a~c.l civil1aJ1 ~rades and positionB (state full Urns or J*r"t 

iiim.e) helCi. by him., hls d1.1.ties and salary in each auch position, th.a dat.e 

of his military retireme.."1t for oisability a..'l'ld the ·pension per ann.u1r1 received 

by h.ilU since its award. 

d. It is re;1uested that your report include ;rour views .as to 

whether Mr. Friedms.n has any valJ.d cla.Ul for damages· under .Public Law 700. 

and the reasons there.f,>r. 

6. This matter is of some ur;;ency $Specially in view of the early 

reconvenin;; of Con.:iress on ~) January 1952. Interim replies !1ave beai 

ma.de to the letters tto the Secretar.( of the Arm:! ref erred ;o in pan.1'~'1 1 

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SG'BJE;CT: li. R. 572.B, a2d Congress, lst aesaion,, a bill 11For the Relief 

o~ Wil.l.:i.aiu F'.. Friedman" and S... 22831 S2d Coog.ress 1 1st Session~ 

a bill, n:For the Relief o! William "l'. Fr~ 

a.hove, stating that a .f'ull report. mt4 reoomerada:Uon:s 'Will be. made 

prunplily when all of the pertinent facts have been obta.i.neci. Ii; ia 

requested \herefora !iha.t desired r~1:iori f'r1JJft your o!fice be furnished at 

tM e.!!r~i<:?.at practicable date. - -·---------· --

2 Inels 

l. Copy li. R. 5728 

2. Copy S. 2iB3 

,~ ILURD J. HODGES JR. 

I.ieutenant aoion;!)c JJ.00 

Chief, Patents Diviaion 

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82D CONGRESS 

lsT SESSION 

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S.2283 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 17 (legislative day, 0CTOBJ!JR l), 1951 

. Mr. MoRsE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

For the relief of William F. Friedman. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and ]louse of Represenla2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembl/ip,1 

3 That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed 

4 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

5 appropriated, to William F. Friedman, the sum of $100,QeO, 

6 in full settlement for all rights with respect to his inventions 

7 in connection with military, naval, and air communications 

g facilities, which are now or at any time have been placed 

9 in secrecy status by the War Department, the Department 

10 of the Army, or the Department of Defense, including but 

11 not limited to all rights with respect to his inventions cov-
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1 ered by Patent Number 2,395,863, and by patent appli2 cation serials 682,096, 107,244, 70,412, 443,320, 4 78,193, 

3 and 549,086 and with respect to all inventions for which 

4 patent applications have been withheld by the War Depart5 ment, the Department of the Army, or the Department of 

6 Defense in order to preserve secrecy: Provided, That no 

7 part of the· amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 

8 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received 

9 by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered 

10 in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, 

11 any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person 

12 violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty 

13 of a misdemeanor .and upon conviction the:t;eof shall be fined 

14 . ' . 't- d0 

• ~1 000 ~. · : ~ · ,.1» ;any s\lm 1'lO e~eee mg 'II' , '. ~ · 
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82D CONGRESS 

lST SESSION S.2283 

A BILL 

For the relief of William F. Friedman. 

By Mr. MORSE 

OCTOBER 17 (legislative day, OCTOBER 1)' 1951 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary