Evening star., 1953-09-03
Board Created
ByEisenhower
ToAid Security
Walter BedeII Smith
Heads New Setup to
Coordinate Policies
BY the Associated Press


BY the Associated Press
DENVER, Sept. 3.-PreSident
Eisenhower today created a new
operations co-ordinating boarC
under the National Security
Council to strengthen the secur-
ity programs of the United State.
in the world struggle"
The President signed an eXecu-
tive order providing for abolition
of the old Psychological Strategy
Board within so days and shift
ing its functions to the new unit
THE main purpose in eStab-
fishing the new board is to pro-
vide better coordination in car
rying out the security programs
of the United States in the worlc
struggle" a statement issued al
the summer White House said
The new board will report tc
the National Security Council
of which the President is chair
man.
Smith Named Chairman.
Gen. Eisenhower named Un-
derSecretary of State Walter
Bedell Smith, chairman of the
operations co-ordinating unit.
Other members are:
Roger M. Keyes, deputy Sec
retary of Defense; Harold E.
StaSsen, director of the Foreign
Operations Administration; AL
len w. Dulles, chief of the Gen.
tral Intelligence Agency; and
C. D. Jackson, special assistant
to the President.
Gen. Eisenhower signed the
executive order shortly after he
arrived at his Lowry Air Force
Base office today. He returned
to Denver late yesterday from
a weeks rest at the Colorado
Rockies ranch of his old friend
Aksel Nielsen, at Fraser on the
western slope of the continental
divide.
The Presidents creation of
the new Operations Co-ordinat-
ing Board was based on recon-
merdationS contained in the
June 80 report of his Committee
on International Information
Activities headed by William H.
Jackson.
Duties of Board.
Under the new setup, the
board will see to it that national
security policies recommended
by the Security Council are car
ried out.
This will insure" the White
House statement said, that ap-
proved security policies are car
ried out in such a way to make
the maximum contribution 'to
the attainment of national Sc
curity objectives and to the par
ticular climate of opinions the
United States is seeking tc
achieve in the world"
The President signed the exec
utive order after a conference
last night with Robert j. Cutler
White House liaison man with
the National Security Council
Mr.. Cutler flew back to Wash
ington early today. Gen. Eisen-
hover, shifting from a full-time
vacation to a part-time one
turned up at his Lowry Office al
7:45 am. (MST). He planned
to spend the morning at hi;
desk, then keep a noon golf en-
gagement at Cherry Hills Coun.
try Club.
In Fraser, he played no golf
Fished, Painted and LOafed.
There he fished, worked on an
oil painting of the Rockies
cooked for his party and got in
a lot of plain loafing. The only
interruption on the business side
all week was to make public q
message assuring the Prime
Minister of Iran sympathetic
American consideration of that
nations urgent appeal for eco
nomic aid.
Gen. Eisenhower looked well
rested when he returned here
Within an hour after mis- re-
turn he was back at work-an-
nouncing selection of Is of thu
18 members of a new nationa
agricultural advisory commission
The members picked for the unit
which will help draft national
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-3.)