15 f ws. Bexning. Mr. Devine. Ww ~ [No response.] a —— on a oe! rae i ia de. : 2 - Ms. Berning. Mr. Preyer. — | Oe oO fro response] ee SO | '. Ms. Berning. Mr. McKinney. . fro response. |} —— Ms. Berning. Mr. Fauntroy. oo | . ™ 20024 (202) S54-2345 ~ wo c. n. - : a 7 : Me. | rauntroy. Ayes | | | | Jno responses} CE | rs | . Ms. Berning. Mrs. Burke. . | | : fro response.] Ms. Berning. Mr. Sawyer. WASHPHGTON , osm Mr. Sauyer. Aye. Ms. Berning. | Mr.Dodd. REFORTERS BULLDING , "Mr. Dodd. Aye. Sou "Ms. Berning. 2 Mr. Ford. ws Mr. Ford. Pass. Ms. Berning. Mr. Fithian. 200 FTTH STREET, Mr. Fithian. Aye. VTS .c Ms. Berning. Mr.. Edgar. Mr. Bdgar. No. Ms. Berning. Five ayes, one no, and one pass Mh. elaine okes The Chairman, What is .the parliamentary situation? St AN AS K bh i i Mr. Blakey. That is sufficient, Mr. Chairman. if | u ALEERSON RESCRITING COMPANY, INC. Docld: 322766652 Page 16
FH xow « we have one vote in process waiting tor % Stoltes oo ae . ee Ghaiman} Or On ‘this, also? oe) Ww a roy ro) 7 a |  . Myr. Blakey. I am sorry. it would be appropriate to 7 . J 4 | state that the: resolution passes we _ = 7 a oe al if ; Stekes , z $ | ant Chairman}, | All right, then, five members having voted 3 8 | in the affirmative, the resolution is’ adopted. a 5 7 | Professor Blakey? . | ca 4 g a an a : Mr. Blakey, .: Mee Chaiman, we have one vote in “process _ ae a : awaiting ‘the arrival of Mr, | Preyer": s | PEOXY In that. interim. , hb. | 2 10) 4 it. might ‘be appropriate for me: ‘to, note for the benefit: of oe 2 a the fonnittes several items. One, Charlie Mathews will: be by | a : . 12. to see each of the Henbexs individually to discuss the question © = ra of specialization for ‘the upcoming King and Kennedy hearings. : = ia | The hearings have been outlined by subject. matter. I made an | = E 13. [ effort myself to specialize people and I found it just simply | ie is | wasn't appropriate for me to do it without getting your. judg- ; ¥ V7 | ments first about the areas where you would like | to specialize, 2 “8 and with a. clear idea @ when that material may come up in the | an t z 'y | hearings. | c : t = 2 H By the end of this week or certainly the middle of next, ! SES Lae Mathews will. certainly be around for you and he will ask : ® Wa At \ you to set out your preferences offe through 17. I will come | tt) rary | back and shuffle them to try to maximize your preferences,and then come back to you. with a tentative list of specialization, 2 an and. then you people can work among yourselves to make sure | i ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY, INC. Docld: 3272766682 Page i?
WwW Gp Second, you ought to. be aware that yesterday ‘the omni ttee secured a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum for James 17 . 1 everybody. gets basi ally what they are most interested in. , | jee Ray to appear in the August earings. It was done over an : the:. objections of Mark Lane. Fortunately, Judge Bryan ruled in i [in favor of the fomiteee. wWhat you ‘ought to be aware of is. | : a . Mee end of next week, with the fnaimman and a small delegation pf the fonnittee will go down to Brushy Mountain to ‘Speak with 2024 (202) SS-2345- ‘Mr. Ray, in an effort to. ‘secure “his cooperation ain ‘the hearings and. perhaps to. take a polygraph. eo ee So n.¢ os) MASHTNGTON, next week probably on Monday night an optional briefing for | Say bo You also ought: tobe aware that we will, try ‘to schedule { \. all ‘the membership to bring you up to date exactly where the { final reports | have been. prepared in both. Summaries of the REFORTERS BUTEDTUG, | investigations are on “both King and Kennedy. outlines of the | | | | investigations have been prepared on both sides. The King. case ae SoM, ! is ina very ‘dynamic situation, and the “fnaimman | has. Said. it is appropriate that all of you. ought — to be brought up to Pay io || the > briefing. It is optional. There won't be any business 300 7TH STREET, I i i » | | 19 | date, ana we will. try. to do that, as I said, Monday night at | | i | | discussed, but you may'want to hear exactly where we are. | . ! Be ee SSE } i Mr. Edgar. would counsel yield? — - bo. Mr, Blakey. Yes. \ i to (es | u t i ' Mr. Edgar. the briefing is “this “Monday night? ia ge i As : S : w hime? . i ll} | | , 3 ALTERSCON REPORTING COMPANY, INC. Docld: 32266682 page 13
20024 (202) S54-2945 boc, VAS IIGTON REPONTERS BUCLDING, ao § 209 7TH STREET, av da rs oo 18 OQ: ur. Blakey | Tt would be after Congress goes out. of "pa. “session, about 5 8, and we. will find an appropriate e room. You ought! “to also be aware that the fonnittes, is moving to a situation where there may bea confrontation between “it and the Department of Justice. the donnittee has asked for and not received access to certain informant files in ‘Memphis. It has zz well, Mr. Chatzmany I was just reminded by the flerk. that ‘that amendment was, an amendment to the “budget. but. not an adoption of the budget itsels, StpKes ‘The notion, aaT widévstocd it, by Mr. Paunercy.was that we submit the budget in the amount of $790,000 rather than amending it as such. Mr. ‘Blakey. ALL right, then, we are okay. To go back, it is Likely that the ‘Department of Justice will “deny us access to those informant files, and : it may be necessary for t the domnittee to subpgena them: You will probably receive that subpgena application sometime next week. There will be.a detailed justification on it. I simply draw it to your attention at this time. You ought also to. be made aware that the Committee has : | made an effort to interveiw a man named Maxie, Dr. Maxie in | Missouri who apparently was one of James Earl Ray's. physicians | inside the prison and who we have information that leads us to believe that he was involved in the drug traffic in the ALDERSON REPORTING COMPSN TS, INC. Docld: 322766632 Page 19 see Chairman, Well, it isa “question of interpretation.»