Evening star., 1961-02-07
HOUSING
FBI Weaver Doto
Satisfies Kennedy

NSaAasNNI
ton Of the President In justice
to Mr.. Weaver, to the Senate
and to the public.
When he did not get q prompt
reply to his letter Of January
80 the Senator said he spoke to
Senate Majority Leader Mans
field Of Montana who promised
to ask the White House about it.
No Answer Received r.
Senator Robertson said he
still did not get an answer and
later met q White House liaison
man at a luncheon and told
him I'VE could not proceed with
the hearings until I get a
reply"
Last Saturday, Senator Rob-
ertson said, q representative Of
the President called at his Of
flee and gave him orally the in
formation the FBI had fur
nished to the President about
the nominee. Senator Robert
son said he told the caller he
could not put that In the rec
ord and still wanted q letter.
The Virginia Senator said he
again called the White House
at 4 pm. yesterday and at 9:l5
this morning to say that no re-
ply had been received.
Text Of Letter
Senator Rohertson's January
80 letter to Mr.. Kennedy fol-
lows:
my Dear Mr.. President:
"Your nomination of Robert
c. Weaver to be administrator
Of the Housing and Home Fl.
nance Agency has been re-
ferred to the Committee on
Banking and Currency.
"AS chairman Of the COM
mittee, I have received a num-
Der Of allegations with respect
to the nominees associations
and affiliations with various
organizations alleged to have
been cited by the Attorney
General, the House Commit
tee on Unamerican Activities,
the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee and other
groups.
II understand 1t is custom
ary, in the case of nomina tions
Of this Importance for the
President to ask the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation to re-
port to him after a fun field
investigation Of the proposed
nominee. II it is in order, !
should like to know whether
such an investigation and re-
port were made in the case of
this nomination. whether such
a report was reviewed and eval-
uated. and whether you are en-
tirely satisfied with the results
Of such investigation, report.
review and evaluation.
Il make this request of you
because 1 am confident that
such an investigation and re-
port by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation would cover all
the allegations OF associations
and affiliations referred to in
the second paragraph Of this
letter, and I am not in a posi-
ton to receive such q report
made by the FBI for the use of
the committee.
Born In Washington
Mr.. Weaver. a tall, distin-
guished-looking man, was born
in Washington. He attended
the Mott Grade School and
Dunbar High School. Later he
received B.A., MA. and Phi. D.
degrees from Harvard, before
returning to Washington to
work in several Government
agencies in the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations.
Meanwhile, the first major
bill Of the session, under which
Mr.. Kennedy could set UP a new
Department Of Housing and
Urban Affairs. goes to a House
committee today after passing
the Senate yesterday.
Weaver May Get Post
1t has been reported that Mr..
Weaver is in line to head such
o department If it is created.
The Senate-approved bill is
not confined to this depart
ment, but would give Mr.. Ken
nedy general authority for the
next two years to reshuffle
Federal agencies. The Senate
measure revives without change
authority which was delegated
to former Presidents Truman
and Eisenhower, but which ex-
pired in 1859.
AS passed by the Senate, the
bill would enable a simple ma
jority in one branch Of Con-
gress to stop an order passing
a resolution Of disapproval.
The reorganization bill also
would enable Mr.. Kennedy to
make some changes in the reg
ulatory agencies, and this pos
sibility gave rise to most Of
the debate in the Senate yes
terday.