Evening star., 1950-12-03

ding Jackson.
placed under the Foreign Office,
we have O director Of central in
telligence (not a director of the
Central Intelligence Agency, an
important distinction) to make
the final Interpretation.
The sober, bushy- y-browed Mr..
Jackson had no brush with intel
ligence work until World War II,
when he was commissioned a cap
tain and sent to the Army Air
Force Intelligence School at Har-
risburg. Pa. in 1912.
Mr.. jackson was born In Nash
vile, Tenn. While most Of his
family down through the years
were farmers. his great-uncle,
Howell Jackson, sat as a justice
of the United States Supreme
Court. His grandfather, a West
Pointer. was a general in the Con-
federate Army.
After graduation from Prince
ton he went to Harvard Law
School. Later. he Joined the Wall
Street firm of Carter. Ledyard
& Milburn. incidentally, this
man who is charged by the
Nation to keep his eye on the
Russians. is unmistakably proud
of the fact he was a lawyer on
Wall Street-a favorite target of
Soviet propagandists.
The things that helped me
in intelligence work I learned in
Wall Street, not in ROTC or the
National Guard" Mr.. Jackson as
serted with a smile.
In January, 1914, 1t. Col. Jack
son was made chief of the stra-
tegic intelligence branch for the
European Theater, under Gen.
Jacob Devers. Later, he served as
head Of the intelligence branch,
18th Army Group. under Gen.
Omar Bradley. and, following
promotion to colonel. became
deputy ca for the 18th.
During his service with Gen.
Bradley he made special study
Of the British Intelligence Service,
Ireputedly the finest in the world
Made Study of CIA
Upon his discharge, Mr.. Jack
/ son joined the rather unusual
venture capital Arm of J. H.
Whitney & Co. of New York as
managing partner. The company
provides advice and arranges
financing for the expansion of
small businesses and helps new
businesses over the rough spots
a sort of point-four program for
American free enterprise.
But Mr.. Jackson, who was back
in civilian clothes enjoying his
family Che and his wife have two
sons. aged 10 and 1s) and home
in Princeton, N. j., was not I'm
ished with intelligence.
He was called upon to work
with the so-called Lovett commit
tee which produced some Of the
recommendations leading to the
creation by presidential letter in
1916 of the Central Intelligence
Group.
Later, the GIG developed into
the CIA under the National Sc
curity Act of 1947.
In 1948, at the instigation of
the late Defense Secretary James
Forrestal. Mr.. Jackson was ap-
pointed by the President, along
with Allen w. Dulles and Matthias
F.. Correa, to make survey of
the CIA to determine how it was
actually operating and to make
recommendations for needed
changes, if any.
The result, printed January l.,
1949, is known as the Dulles Re-
port" 1t still is a top-secret
document.
In reply to a question as to
who was behind his appointment
as deputy at $4,000 a year, ef-
fective October /. Mr.. jackson
said:
Gen. Smith asked me to join
him. I don't know why, really.
had never met him."
Agencies Cooperate
Asked whether he was slated to
carry great deal of the real
load of the CIA, he smiled and
answered:
Gen. Smith runs his own show
there should be no mistake
about that. I'm the kind of per-
son who likes to null things
over, but he doesn't let me pro-
crastinate. He calls me his pro-
fessional civilian
Mr.. jackson said that the CO.
operation from all the other
Fagencies has been complete, but
having developed the skepticism of
the intelligence expert, he added:
Perhaps this is just the honey
moon"
In concluding, Mr.. jackson
cracked back at the frequently
heard criticism of the CIA as be-
ing a haven for rich incompetents.
Il haven't run across any yet"
he said. But if I find any they
will not last long here. 1t should
be understood. however. that be-
cause q man is rich 1t doesn't ex-
clude him If he has the skills we
Ineed."