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HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 5

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 762

TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS OF INFORMATION INTERCEPTED IN NATIONAL SECURITY
INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H. R. 867

TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS OF INFORMATION INTERCEPTED IN NATIONAL SECURITY
INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

то

H. R. 4513

PROHIBIT WIRETAPPING EXCEPT BY A COURT-AUTHORIZED
FEDERAL OFFICER ENGAGED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES
AGAINST THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES

H. R. 4728

MAKING UNAUTHORIZED WIRETAPPING A CRIMINAL OFFENSE

H. R. 5096

TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS OF INFORMATION INTERCEPTED IN NATIONAL SECURITY
INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

64652

MARCH 23, 29, 30, APRIL 19, 21, 26, 27, 28,
MAY 3, 4, 9, AND JUNE 1, 1955

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

Serial No. 2

UNITED STATES, CYS

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1955

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Text of bills, H. R. 762, H. R. 867, H. R. 4513, H. R. 4728, and H. R. 5096.

Hon. Laurence Curtis, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Massachusetts.

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Hon. Edwin E. Willis, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Hon. E. L. Forrester, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Hon. Kenneth B. Keating, A Representative in Congress from the

State of New York..

Hon. Warren Olney, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,

Department of Justice...

Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States. -
Charles R. Wilson, Office of Naval Intelligence, Civil Head of Investi-
gations Branch, Department of the Navy..

Gilbert R. Levy, Chief Counter-Intelligence Division, Director of

Special Investigations, United States Air Force__

Col. Joseph E. Stearns, Assistant Chief, Security Division, G-2,

Department of the Army-

Lt. Col. George P. Miller, Chief, Criminal Investigations Branch,

Provost Marshal General's Office, Department of the Army-

Bernard B. Spindel, New York City.

Edward S. Silver, district attorney, Kings County, N. Y.

Robert E. Lee, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission.

Richard A. Solomon, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Communica-

tions Commission..

Andrew J. Biemiller, member national legislative committee, Ameri-

can Federation of Labor__.

Irving Ferman, director, American Civil Liberties Union..

John O'Mara, director, New York City Anti-Crime Committee_

William J. Keating, former counsel, New York City Anti-Crime

Andrew J. Kavanaugh, past president and member, committee on

legislation, International Association of Chiefs of Police_

Sidney Davis, Washington, D. C_____

Murray A. Gordon, National Lawyers Guild.

William P. Rahill, Friends Committee on National Legislation__

Wellington Powell, vice president of operations, New York

Telephone Co...

Frank Hogan, district attorney, New York County, N. Y.

John P. Walsh, chairman, committee on criminal justice and law en-

forcement, Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, Pa..

Samuel Dash, acting district attorney of Philadelphia, Pa..

Section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934.

Letter from Edward B. Crosland, assistant vice president of American

Telephone & Telegraph Co., dated March 22, 1955-

Statement by Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., dated April 20, 1954-

Letter from Alan A. Lindsay, executive assistant, Criminal Division, trans-

mitting memorandum on convictions for violations of 47 U. S. C. 605.-

III

705

Letter from Warren Olney III, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Divi-

sion, Department of Justice, addressed to Hon. Emanuel Celler, chairman

of the Committee on the Judiciary dated March 30, 1955-

Letter from Col. Harry J. Wheaton, Deputy Chief of Legislative Liaison,

dated April 8, 1955, in behalf of Gen. C. J. Hauck, Jr., Chief of Legisla-

tive Liaison, addressed to Hon. Emanuel Celler, chairman, Committee on

New York State Constitution, article 1, section 12.

Code of Criminal Procedure, section 813-a...

Record of wiretap orders of the Kings County district attorney 1951-54

Letter from George C. McConnaughey, Chairman of Federal Communica-

tions Commission dated May 26, 1955, concerning correspondence which

the Federal Communications Commission had with the Department of

Justice concerning section 605---

Excerpts from statement of Robert J. Silberstein for the National Lawyers

Guild to the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to H. R. 8649-

Wire from Harold W. Kennedy, president of the National Association of

County and Prosecuting Attorneys.

Address before the American Law Institute by Mr. Justice William O.

Statement of Americans for Democratic Action in opposition to the legali-

zation of wiretapping, dated April 26, 1955-

Pamphlet issued by National Lawyers Guild entitled, "Is Anybody

Letter from Library of Congress, American Law Division, subject: State

wiretapping laws.

Opinion of New York State Supreme Court Justice Hofstadter denying

application for an order permitting police to tap a telephone line..

Statement of the American Jewish Congress..

Letter from Blake T. Newton, Jr., assistant vice president and attorney

for American Telephone & Telegraph Co. dated May 12, 1955.

Record of court orders received for year 1953, New York Telephone Co. -

Letter from H. Holmes Vogel, vice president of Chesapeake & Potomac

Telephone Co. dated May 10, 1955, addressed to Hon. Emanuel Celler

concerning the preservation of secrecy of communications..

Letter from H. Holmes Vogel, vice president of Chesapeake & Potomac

Telephone Co. dated May 11, 1955, addressed to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Letter from Hon. Emanuel Celler, chairman, Committee on the Judiciary

of the House of Representatives, addressed to Hon. Gerald Nolan,

presiding justice, supreme court, appellate division, second department,

Article 50 of New York penal law on communications.

Pamphlet entitled, "Wire Tapping Should Be Outlawed".

Senate bill 196 and House bill 726 concerning unauthorized interception of

communications__

Letter from John Patrick Walsh, chairman, Committee on Criminal Justice

and Law Enforcement addressed to Hon. Emanuel Celler__.

Chart entitled, "Overall Prosecuting Activity and the Use of Court-

Ordered, Legal Wiretapping, Office of the District Attorney: New York

Court, 1942-54".

Chart entitled, "Types of Investigations Where Wire Tap Orders Were

Secured and Taps Installed, 1942-54".

Preliminary report of the joint legislative committee to study illegal

interception of communications to the governor and legislature of the

State of New York dated March 22, 1955.

An act concerning the unauthorized interception, divulgence or use of

telephone and telegraph communications, approved by Philadelphia Bar

Article from Dickinson Law Review entitled, "A Wire Tap Proposal" by

Richardson Dilworth and Samuel Dash..

Notice of special meeting of Philadelphia Bar Association, subject: Wire-

Letter from Richardson Dilworth, district attorney of Philadelphia, Pa.,

dated February 4, 1955, concerning a proposal to outlaw wiretapping---

Copy of an act dealing with the prohibition of unauthorized interception,

divulgence or use of telephone and telegraph communications without

Letter from Department of the Navy on legislation before the Committee

on the Judiciary, House of Representatives.

Letter from the Federal Communications Commission on the legislation

before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives__

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