The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
Investigation Suggested On
Acc Barring Of Rep. Condor
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WASHINGTON @-Rep. Keating
(R-NYl today suggested ! con
gressiOnaI COMMITTEES investigation
to determine whether the Atomic
Energy Commission acted proper.
~ IN barring hep. Condor ~ Gallo
from witnessing an atom bomb
test.
Rep. Price (D-Il), member
81 the Senate House Atomic Energy
Committee, termed the barring Of
the representative, which Condor
said was since reseinded VERY
unfortunate. Price added, II
don't think there was any Oeca-
SIGN for It. !"
Condor, meanwhile, saying the
commissions action could mean
political suicide to him unless
II was Thoroughly understood In
his home district, announced he
would take the House floor, prob
ably this week, ito make q fun
and public statement Is to my
position. !"
The California freshman law
maker said In an interview yes
terday he was one Of nearly 100
congressman who accepted an -.
vitation extended TO al members
Of Congress b witness an atomic
explosion In Nevada last Nay.
He said two men met him &c
Las Vegas and told me ] could
not see the test because 1t se-
curity reasons"
Later, Condor said, former
Chairman Gordon Dean 81 the
Atomic Energy Commission adj
mitted ''some sort Of mistake.
Condor said, my status with the
commission now Is the same is
any other member Cf this Con-
Rreas.n
Keatlng, q member 81 the House
Judiciary COMMITTEES and chairman
% 9 subcommittee which u ID.
vestigating the Justice Department
said In an interview:
II suppose the executive branch
has the power . exclude any
member 81 Che. legislative body
from access 70 information Of 1
sensitive character. That happens
al the time. None of as are Riven
al the information some execu.
tive branches have, nor would we
want to have Il.
II would think that IN shie spe-
cific eAse. Rep. Condor would
want 70 have m opportunity Of /
complete hearing before an ap.
prOpEiate committee % Congress,
to determine whether the executive
branch acted properly IN excluding
him from this information.
TT seems TO me he Is entitled
70 such : hearing, Il b requests
Il.
The Atomic Energy Commission
maintained : strict slIenchrona the
incident.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty also declined
comment, saying Il IL ''entirelS d
matter for the Atomic EnerKy
Commission" He said the White
House had no advance infOrma.
ton On the barring u Condor.
keating suggested any investi-
cation could be conducted by The
judiciary committee or 1 subcom.
mittee, the atomic committee or
. special committee appointed By
House Speaker Martin lR.lGassl.
who said he plans no inquiry un-
less Condor asks for one.
Condor said he was OUTRAGED
b. the ban. He quoted Dean 60
saying the FBI had 3 report "a
him. Condor said he assumed this
report stemmed from - rehash 81
stale political charges.
he iawmaker said his political
foes have accused him 81 connec.
hons with ieft-wing organizations.
He said q law firm with which
AZ formerly worked represented
some unions considered LEFT wing
and he made some speeches
which people didn't appreciate. =
Condor said ~ s'definiteIya il
not sympathetic 10 any Communist
0P Communists Rrnv,k a.,,.n.