Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16


tal Sections (a), tbl, lcl, (d),
and lei amend sections 1854
Id (D, section 50ei (c). section
520i. and section s034 (dl 60 to
provide that the Chief Of Stan
OF the ArmQ. the Chief Of Naval
Operations. the Commandant Of
the Marine Corps. and the Chief
OF Stan OF the Air Force shall
each exercise command or SUI
lpervision over such members
and organizations OF his armed
force rs his Secretary deter
mines. other than the members
and organizations OF the forces
assigned by the Secretary Of
Defense 10 UNIFIED or specified
commands. Section s034td) (4l
is repealed and paragraphs t5).
90. and "a Of that section are
remembered a., go. and t0.
tb) Section w rewrites Sec
ton 8074(a) TO state that the
Air Force shall be divided into
such organizations as may be
prescribed by the Secretary Of
the Air Force. Subsections (b)
and (c) Of section sofa are re-
pealed. thus ending statutory
prescription or the internal
command structure in the Air
Force. Subsection Id Is re-
designated (b).
lei Section CgD and section
(h) amend sections 3032 (b) (lJs
and 8032 (b) "a relating to the
duties of the Army Stan and
the Air Stan to remove inde-
pendent statutory authorities TO
prepare plans for the national
security. Such planning would
henceforth be performed by the
Joint Chiefs Of Stan using the
support Of the Joint Stan.
Section 5 relates to the or
ganization and duties Of the
Joint STAFF. It amends section
l43 Of title 10, United States
Code:
ta) Section (Al removes the |
numbers limitation (2l0) on
the Joint staff. The tenure Of |
members Of the Joint Stan Is |
limited to three years except in |
time Of war. However. the Sec
retary may extend the tour Of
duty Of q member for q fur
ther period Of not more than |
one year upon a special finding |
that such an extension Is in the |
public interest.
(b) Section (b) authorizes |
the Chairman Of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff, with the APP
proval Of the Secretary Of De-
tense. to select the director Of |
the Joint STAFF. The directors
tenure Is limited to three years |
except in time Of war.
(c) Section (c) provides that |
the Joint Stan and Its director
shall operate under the man
aeement Of the chairman Of the
Joint Chiefs Of Stan and per-
mits him TO assign duties 70
the Joint Stan in addition to
those assigned by the Joint
Chiefs Of Stan.
Section 6 authorizes the per.
Torrance by the Vice Chiefs Of
the military services Of depart.
mental authority. responsibility
and duties delegated TO them
BY their chiefs with the ap-
proval Of the secretaries of the
military departments. Il Is
intended to provide free time
to the chiefs for their duties
a smembers Of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff. The following sec
tons Of title 10, United States
Code, are amended:
Section tal-3036, Vice Chief
Of Staff Of the Army:
Section (b)--50e5, Vice Chief
Of Naval Operations;
Section tcD-6202. Assistant
Commandank of the Marine
Corps;
Section (d)-S035. Vice Chief
Of Stan Of the Air Force.
Section = amends section
l4l(a)(D Of title 10, United
States Code. by striking out
the words who has no vote"
after the chairman, since, as
the President stated in his
message. the Joint Chiefs of
Stan do not operate by vote.
Section 9 reduces the num-
Der OF assistant secretaries Of
military departments from four
each TO three each. and elm
mates statutory duty assign.
ments. 1t amends title 10,
United States Code:
Section ta)-Amending Sec
ton 30l3(a)-Army
Section (h)--Amending Sec
ton 5034--Navy: and repeating
section 5035 assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy for ARR.
Section (c)-Amending Sec
ton 80l3(a)-Air Force.
Section Q provides for the
administration Of research and
development in the Department
Of Defense.
(a Section (a) add a new
subsection o. to section 2O2
OF the Natione. Security Act Of
l947. as amended. That Sec
ton authorizes the Secretary of
Defense to perform, or from
time to time authorize any
other ofiicer, agency, or en-
ploye OF the department to
perform any research and de-
velopment functions authorized
by law to be performed by any
ofiicer, agency, or employe OF
the department.
(b) Section tb) amends sec
Ion 203 Of the National Security
Act Of l947. as amended, to
create the position OF Director
OF Defense Research and Engi-
neering to be appointed from
civilian life by the President
with Senate confirmation. He
would perform research and
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