Speaker. I wish to record my opposition to consideration of S. 1271 and S. 1272 on todays consent calendar. These bills would grant exemption from our long established dual position statutes and permit Generals Partridge and Howard to accept positions as Assistant Commissioners of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice. which is already headed by General Swing. If these bills were enacted. retired generals would occupy 3 of the top 5 operating positions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. In testimony before the Legal and Monetary Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations. in justifying the employment of these generals. General Swing stated thatWhen a man has a big problem facing him he likes to have people he knows and can depend on and knows their qualifications. Normally. there would be no objection to such a statement. however. the situation is immediately complicated by General Swings background which has been exclusively military. As a retired general. he appears compelled to depend only on other generals or officers whose activities he was able to observe when he was in the Armed Forces. General Swing recently stated before the Armed Services Committee: I couldnt find anyone to take over the whole operationOf the Border Patroland coordinate it from the Gulf to the Pacific. And again referring to the two positions proposed to be filled by retired generals. he stated: There was no one present in the Department who could satisfactorily fill them. I feel compelled to observe that these statements of the general are completely incredible. The Immigration and Naturalization Service is an old established agency. It has over 7.000 employees. Yet.
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