Reeves. whose nomination as a Commissioner for the District of Columbia has been withdrawn. .According to my information. the security clearances in the cases of Messrs. Bontempo and Cieplinski required under Executive Order No. 10450. issued by former President Eisenhower. have not been obtained and the necessary investigations have not been completed. In addition to this violation of the old and new Presidential orders and instructions. the intended appointment of the two men would be in violation of section 104(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act which. in establishing the position of Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. describes his qualifications as requiring that he "shall be qualified by experience." Both nominees come directly from the field of strictly political activities. neither of them having ever been associated with matters affecting internal security. immigration. issuance of passports. and determination of citizenship and nationality. although all of those matters are within the purview of the law which they would be called upon to administer. The Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs is one of the most important offices in the Department of State. indeed. one of the more important offices of the entire executive branch of the Government. Not only is internal security of the Nation involved in the Bureaus operations but so is the security supervision of diplomatic and consular establishments and personnel as well as the very fate of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens and aliens who leave this country or come to the United States each year.
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