PAGENO="0001"
~- ~
HEARINGS RELATING TO HI, 15626, H.R. 15649,
H.R. 16613, H.R. 16757, HI. 15018, HI. 15092,
HI. 15229, H.R. 15272, III. 15336, an~ HI. 15828,
AMENDING THE SUBVERSIVE ACTWITIES CONTROL
ACT OF 1950
PART 2
APPENDIX TO HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETIETH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
APRIL 30, MAY 1, 2, AND 22, 1968
Printed for the use of the
Committee on Un-American Activities
i'-1 (
U S GOVERN lENT PRINTING OFFICE
94-756 0 WASHINGTON 1968
PAGENO="0002"
COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EDWIN II. WILLIS, Louisiana, Chairnvan
WILLIAM M. TUCK, Virginia JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
JOE R. POOL, Texas DEL OLAWSON, California
RICHARD H. ICHORD, Missouri RICHARD L. ROUDEBUSH, Indiaüa
JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa ALBERT W. WATSON, South Carolina
FRANCIS J. MCNAMARA, Director
CHaSTER D. SMITH, Geaerai Counsel
ALFRED M. NITTLE, Counsel
II
PAGENO="0003"
CONTENTS
Court Decisions: Page
United States v. Eugene Frank Robel 1569
Greene v. McElroy 1601
Dexter C. Shoultz v. Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense,
et al 1652
Herbert Schneider v. Willard Smith, Commandant, U.S. Coast
Guard 1665
Department of Defense Directive No. 5220.6 1677
Executive Orders:
No. 10421-Decemier 31, 1952 1710
No. 10438-March 13, 1953 1713
No. 10501-November 5, 1953 1714
No. 10773-July 1, 1958 1729
No. 11051-September 27, 1962 1731
"Security of Vessels and Waterfront Facilities" (Coast Guard
Regulations) 1739
Department of Defense Industrial Security Letter-February 29, 1968~. 1807
III
PAGENO="0004"
The House Committee on Un-American Activities is ~a standing
committee of the House of Representatives, constituted as such by the
rules of the House, adopted pursuant to Article I, section 5, of the
Constitution of the United States which authorizes the House to de-
termine the rules of its proceedings.
RULES ADOPTED BY THE 90TH CONGRESS
House Resolution 7, January 10, 1967
RESOLUTION
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Eighty-ninth
Congress, together with all applicable provisions of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946, as amended, be, and they are hereby, adopted as the Rules of
the House of Representatives of the Ninetieth Congress * *
* * * * * * *
RULnX
STANDING COMMITTEES
1. There shall be elected by the House, at the commencement of each Congress,
* * 4 * * * *
(r) Committee on Un-American Activities, to consist of nine Members.
* * * **~ * * - *
RULE XI
POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES
* * * * * * *
18. Committee on Un-American Activities.
(a) Un-American activities.
(b) The Committee on Un-American Activities, as a whole or by subcommittee,
is authorized to make from time to time investigations of (1) the extent, charac-
ter, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (2)
the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda
that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the
principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (3)
all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary
remedial legislation.
The Committee on Un-American Activities shall report to the House (or to the
Clerk of the House if the House is not in session) the results of any such investi-
gation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Un-American
Activities, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times
and places within the United States, whether or not the House is sitting, has
recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of
such witnesses.and the production of such books, papers, and documents, and to
take such testimony, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the
signature of the chairman of the committee or any subcommittee, or by any mem-
ber designated by any such chairman, and may be served by any person desig-
nated by any such chairman or member.
* * * * * * *
27. To assist the House in appraising the administration of the laws and in
developing such amendments or related legislation as it may deem necessary,
each standing committee of the House shall exercise continuous watchfulness of
the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject
matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that pur-
pose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the House by the
agencies in the executive branch of the Government.
* * * *
* *
Iv
*
PAGENO="0005"
APPENDIX TO HEARINGS RELATING TO H.R. 15626,
15649, 16613, 16757, 15018, 15092, 15229, 15272, 15336,
AND 15828, AMENDING THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
CONTROL ACT OF 1950
Part 2
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 8.-OcToBER TERM, 1967.
On Appeal From the United
United States, Appellant,
States District Court for
the Western District of
Eugene Frank Robel.
Washington.
[December 11, 1967.]
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion
of the ~Court.
This appeal draws into question the constitutionality
of § 5 (a) (1) (D) of the Subversive Activities Control
Act of 1950, 50 U. S. C. § 784 (a)(1)(D),' which provides
that, when a Communist-action organization 2 is under
a final order to register, it shall be unlawful for any mem-
ber of the organization "to engage in any employment
` Act was passed over the veto of President Truman. In
his veto message, President Truman told Congress, "The Department
of Justice, the Department of Defense, the Centrai Intelligence
Agency, and the Department of State have all advised me that the
bill would seriously damage the security and the intelligence opera-
tions for which they are responsible. They have strongly expressed
the hope that the bill would not become law." H. R. Doc. No. 708,
81st Cong., 2d Sess., 1 (1950).
President Truman also observed that "the language of the bill
is so broad and vague that it mIght well result in penalizing the
legitimate activities of people who are not Communists at all, but
loyal citizens." Id., at 3.
2 Section 3 (3) (a) of the Act, 50 U. S. C. § 782 (3) (a), defines
a "Communist-action organization" as:
"any organization in the United States (other than a diplomatic
representative or mission of a foreign government accredited as such
by the Department of State) which (i) is substantially directed,
(1569)
PAGENO="0006"
1570 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
dominated, or controlled by the foreign government or foreign
organization controlling the world Communist movement . . ~. and
(ii) operated primarily to advance the objectives of such world
Communist movement . . . ."
in any defense facility." In Communist Party v. Sub-
ver.sive Activities Control Board, 367 U. S. 1, this Court
sustained an order of the SACB requiring the Commu-
nist Party of the United States to register as a
Communist-action organization under the Act. The
Board's order became final on October 20, 1961. At that
time appellee, a member of the Communist Party, was
employed as a machinist at the Seattle, Washington,
shipyard of Todd Shipyards Corporation. On August 20,
1962, the Secretary of Defense, acting under authority
delegated by § 5 (b) of the Act, designated that ship-
yard a "defense facility." Appellee's continued employ-
ment at the shipyard after that date subjected him to
prosecution under § 5 (a)(1)(D), and on May 21, 1963,
an indictment was filed charging him with a violation
of that section. The indictment alleged in substance
that appellee had "unlawfully and willfully engage[d]
in employment" at the shipyard with knowledge of the
outstanding order against the Party and with knowledge
and notice of the shipyard's designation as a defense
facility by the Secretary of Defense. The United States
District Court for the Western District of Washington
granted appellee's motion to dismiss the indictment on
October 5, 1965. To overcome what it viewed as a
"likely constitutional infirmity" in § 5 (aXl)(D), the Dis-
trict Court read into that section "the requirement of
active membership and specific intent." Because the
indictment failed to allege that appellee's Communist
Party membership was of that quality, the indictment
was dismissed. The Government, unwilling to accept
that narrow construction of § 5 (a)(1)(D) and insisting
on the broadest possible application of the statute, ini-
tially took its appeal to the Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit.3 On the Government's motion, the case
3The Government has persisted in this view in its arguments
to this Court. Brief of the Government, pp. 48-513.
PAGENO="0007"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1571
IThTITED STATES v. ROBEL.
was certified here as properly a direct appeal to this
Court under 18 U. S. C. § 3731. We noted probable
jurisdiction. 384 U. S. 937~4 We affirm the judgment
of the District Court, but on the ground that § 5 (a)
(1)(D) is an unconstitutional abridgment of the right
of association protected by the First Amendment.5
We cannot agree with the District Court that § 5 (a)
(1)(D) can be saved from constitutional infirmity by
limiting its application to active members of Communist-
action organizations who have the specific intent of
furthering the unlawful goals of such organizations. The
District Court relied on Scales v. United States, 367
U. S. 203, in placing its limiting construction on § 5 (a)
(1) (D). It is true that in Scales we read the elements
of active membership and specific intent into the mem-
bership clause of the Smith Act.6 However, in Aptheker
v. Secretary of State, 378 U. S. 500, we noted that the
Smith Act's membership clause required a defendant to
have knowledge of the organization's illegal advocacy,
a requirement that "was intimately connected with the
construction limiting membership to `active' members."
We initially heard oral argument in this case on November 14,
1966. On June 5, 1967, we entered the following order:
"This case is restored to the calenda.r for reargument and counsel
are directed to brief and argue, in addition to the questions pre-
sented, the question whether the delegation of authority to the
Secretary of Defense to designate `defense facilities' satisfies perti-
nent constitutional standards."
We heard additional arguments on October 9, 1967.
~ In addition to arguing that § 5 (a)(1) (D). is invalid under the
First Amendment, appellee asserted the statute was also unconsti-
tutional because (1) it offended substantive and procedural due
process under the Fifth Amendment; (2) it contained an uncon-
stitutional delegation of legislative power to the Secretary of De-
fense; and (3) it is a bill of attainder. Because we agree that the
statute is contrary to the First Amendment, we find it unnecessary
to consider the other constitutional arguments.
618 U.S.C. § 2385.
PAGENO="0008"
1572 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
Id., at 511, n. 9. Aptheker involved a challenge to § 6
of the Subversive Activities Control Act, which provides
that, when a Communist organization is registered or
under a final order to register, it shall be unlawful for
any member thereof with knowledge or notice thereof to
apply for a passport. We held that "[t]he clarity and
preciseness of the provision in question make it impos-
sible to narrow its indiscriminate cast and overly broad
scope without substantial rewriting." Id., at 515. We
take the same view of § 5 (a) (1) (D). It is precisely
because that statute sweeps indiscriminately across all
types of associations with Communist-action groups,
with it régárd tO the quality and degree of membership,
tiTiff it runs afoul of the First Amendment.
In Aptheker, we held § 6 unconstitutional because it
too broadly and indiscriminately infringed upon consti-
tutionally protected rights. The Government has argued
that, despite the overbreadth which is obvious on the
face of § 5 (a) (1) (D), Aptheker is not controlling in
this case because the right to travel is a more basic free-
dom than the right to be employed in a defense facility.
We agree Aptheker is not controlling since it was de-
cided under the Fifth Amendment. But we cannot agree
with the Government's characterization of the essential
issue in this case. It is true that the specific disability
imposed by § 5 (a) (1) (D) is to limit the employment
opportunities of those who fall within its coverage, and
such a limitation is not without serious constitutional
implications. See Greene v. McElroy, 360 U.. S. 474, 492.
But the operative fact upon which the job disability
depends is the exercise of an individual's right of asso-
ciation, which is protected by the provisions of the First
Amendment.7 Wherever one would place the right to
~ Our decisions leave little doubt that the right of association is
specifically protected by the First Amendment. E. g., Aptheker v.
Secretary of State, supra, at 507; Gibson v. Florida Legislative
PAGENO="0009"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 19501573
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
travel on a scale of constitutional values, it is clear that
those rights protected by the First Amendment are no
less basic in our democratic scheme.
The Government seeks to defend the statute on the
ground that it was passed pursuant to Congress' war
power. The Government argues that this Court has
given broad deference to the exercise of that constitu-
tional power by the national legislature. That argument
finds support in a number of decisions of this Court.8
However, the phrase "war power" cannot be invoked as
a talismanic incantation to support any exercise of con-
gressional power which can be brought within its ambit.
"[E]ven the war power does not remove constitutional
limitations safeguarding essential liberties." Home Bldg.
& Loan Assn. v. Blai~dell, 290 U. S. 398, 426. More
specifically in this case, the Government asserts that
§ 5 (a)(1)(D) is an "expression of the growing concern
shown by the executive and legislative branches of gov-
ernment over the risks of internal subversion in plants
on which the national defense depend[s] ." ~ Yet, this
concept of "national defense" cannot be deemed an end
in itself, justifying any exercise of legislative power de-
signed to promote such a goal. Implicit in the term
"national defense" is the notion of defending those val-
ues and ideals which set this Nation apart. For almost
two centuries, our country has taken singular pride in
the democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution, and
the most cherished of those ideals have found expression
in the First Amendment. It would indeed be ironic if,
in the name of national defense, we would sanction the
Investigation Committee, 372 U. S. 539, 543; Bates v. City of Little
Rock, 361 U. 5. 516, 522-523; NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson,
357 U. S. 449, 460. See generally Emerson, Freedom of Association
and Freedom of Expression, 74 Yale L. J. 1 (1964).
8 See, e. g., Lichter v. United States, 334 U. S. 742, 754-772;
Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U. S. 81, 93.
~ Brief for the Government, p. 15.
PAGENO="0010"
1574 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
subversion of one of those liberties-the freedom of
association-which makes the defense of the Nation
worthwhile.
When Congress' exercise of one of its enumerated
powers clashes with those individual liberties protected
by the Bill of Rights, it is our "delicate and difficult task"
to determine whether the resulting restriction on freedom
can be tolerated. See Schneider v. State, 308 U. S. 147,
161. The Government emphasizes that the purpose of
§5(a)(1)(D) is to reduce the threat of sabotage and
espionage in the Nation's defense plants. The Govern-
ment's interest in such a prophylactic measure is not
insubstantial. But it cannot be doubted that the means
chosen to implement that governmental purpose in this
instance cuts deeply into the right of association. Sec-
tion 5 (a) (1)(D) put appellee to the choice of surrender-
ing his organizational affiliation, regardless of whether
his membership threatened the security of a defense
facility,10 or giving up his job.11 When appellee refused
to make that choice, he became subject to a possible
criminal penalty of five years' imprisonment and a
$10,000 fine.12 The statute quite literally establishes
guilt by association alone, without any need to establish
10 The appellee has worked at the shipyard, apparently without
incident and apparently without concealing his Communist Party
membership, for more than 10 years. And we are told that, following
appellee's indictment and arrest, "he was released on his own recog-
nizance and immediately returned to his job as a machinist at the
Todd Shipyards, where he has worked ever since." Brief for Ap-
pellee, p. 6, n. 8. As far as we can determine, appeilee is the only
individual the Government has attempted to prosecute under
§5 (a)(1)(D).
11 We recognized in Greene v. McElroy, 360 IT. S., at 492, that
"the right to hold specific private employment and to follow a
chosen profession free from unreasonable governmental interference
comes within the `liberty' and `property' concepts of the Fifth
Amendment." -
125OUSC~794 (c).
PAGENO="0011"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1575
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
that an individual's ass~ciation poses the threat feared
by the Government in proscribing it.1' The inhibiting
effect on the exercise of First Amendment rights is clear.
It has become axiomatic that "[p~recision of regula-
tion must be the touchstone in an area so closely touch-
ing our most precious freedoms." NAACP v. Button,
371 U. S. 415, 438; see Aptheker v. Secretary of State,
378 U. S. 500, 512-513; Shelton v. Tucker, 364 U. S. 479,
488. Such precision is notably lacking in § 5 (a)(1)(D).
That statute casts its net across a broad range of associa-
tional activities, indiscriminately trapping membership
which can be constitutionally punished 14 and member-
ship which cannot be so proscribed.15 It is made irrele-
vant to the statute's operation that an individual may
be a passive or inactive member of a designated organi-
zation, that he may be unaware of the organization's
unlawful aims, or that he may disagree with those un-
lawful aims.16 It is also made irrelevant that an mdi-
vidual who is subject to the penalties of § 5 (a) (1) (D)
may occupy a nonsensitive position in a defense facility.17
13 Government has insisted that Congress, in enacting
§5 (a) (1) (D), has not sought "to punish membership in `Com-
munist-action'. . . organizations." Brief for the Government, p. 53.
Rather, the Government asserts, Congress has simply sought to
regulate access to employment in defense facilities. But it is clea.r the
employment disability is imposed only because of such membership.
14See Scales v. United States, 367 U. S. 203.
15See Elf brandt v. Russell, 384 U. S. 11.
16A number of complex motivations may impel an individual to
align himself with a particular organization. See Gibscm v. Florida
Legislative Investigation Committee, 372 U. S. 539, 562-565 (con-
curring opinion). It is for that reason that the mere presence of
an individual's name on an organization's membership rolls is
insufficient to impute to him the organization's illegal goals.
17 See Cole v. Young, 351 U. S. 536, 546: "~!~ difficult to
ju~f~imma~sujpensions and nonrev~ewable di~nissal~ri~I~yalty
~
are thus not situationed where they could bring about any discern-
itile adverse effects on the Nation's security"
PAGENO="0012"
1576 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
Thus, § 5 (a)(1)(D) contains the fatal defect of over-
breadth because it seeks to bar employment both for
association which may be proscribed and for association
which may not be proscribed consistently with First
Amendment rights. See Elf brandt v. Russel~, 384 U. S.
11; Apth~eker v. Secretary of State, ~upra; NAACP v.
Alabama ex rel. Flowers, 377 U. 5. 288; NAAUP v.
Button, .s'upra. This the Constitution will not tOlerate.
We are not unmindful of the congressional concern
over the danger of sabotage and espionage in national
defense industries, and nothing we hold today should be
read to deny Congress the power under narrowly drawn
legislation to keep from sensitive positions in defense
facilities those who would use their positions to disrupt
the Nation's production facilities. We have recognized
that, while the Constitution protects against invasions of
individual rights, it does not withdraw from the Govern-
ment the power to safeguard its vital interests. Kennedy
v. Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U. S. 144, 160. Spies and
saboteurs do exist, and Congress can, of course, prescribe
criminal penalties for those who engage in espionage and
sabotage.'8 The Government can deny access to its
secrets. to those who would use such information to harm
the Nation.1~, And Congress can declare sensitive posi-
tions in national defense industries off limits to those
who would u~e such positions to disrupt the production
of defense materials The Government hat, told us that
C~i~réss, in passing § 5 (a)(1)(D), made a considered
18 Congress has already provided stiff penalties for those who
conduct espionage and sabotage against the United States. 18
U. S. C. §~ 792-798 (espionage); §~ 2151-2156 (sabotage).
`~ The Department of Defense, pursuant to Executive Order
10865, as amended by Executive Order 10909, has established de-
tailed procedures for screening those working in private industry
who, because of their jobs, must have access to classified defense
information. 32 0. F. R. Part 155. The provisions of those regu-
lations are n~t before the Court in this case.
PAGENO="0013"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1577
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
judgment that one possible alternative to that statute-
an industrial security screening program-would be
inadequate and ineffective to protect against sabotage
in defense facilities. It is not our function to examine
the validity of that congressional judgment. Neither
is it our function to determine whether an industrial
security screening program exhausts the possible alter-
natives to the statute under review. We are concerned
solely with determining whether the statute before us
has exceeded the bounds imposed by the Constitution
when First Amendment rights are at stake. The task
of writing legislation which will stay within those bounds
has been committed to Congress. Our decision today
simply recognizes that, when legitimate legislative con-
cerns are expressed in a statute which imposes a sub-
stantial burden on protected First Amendment activities,
Congress must achieve its goal by means which have
a "less drastic" impact on the continued vitality of First
Amendment freedoms.2° Shelton v. Tucker, supra; cf.
20 It has been suggested that this case should be decided by "bal-
ancing" the governmental interests expressed in § 5 (a) (1) (D)
against the First Amendment rights asserted by the appellee. This
we decline to do. We recognize that both interests are substantial,
but we deem it inappropriate for this Court to label one as being
more important or more substantial than the other. Our inquiry
is more circumscribed. Faced with a clear conflict between a fed-
eral statute enacted in the interests of national security and an
individual's exercise of his First Amendment rights, we have con-
fined our analysis to whether Congress has adopted a constitutional
means in achieving its concededly legitimate legislative goal. In
making this determination we have found it necessary to measure
the validity of the means adopted by Congress against both the
goal it has sought to achieve and the specific prohibitions of the
First Amendment. But we have in no way "balanced" those respec-
tive interests. We have ruled only that the Constitution requires
that the conflict between congressional power and individual rights
be accommodated by legislation drawn more narrowly to avoid the
conflict. There is, of course, nothing nvel in that analysis. Such
PAGENO="0014"
1578 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
United States v. Brown, 381 U. 5. 437,461. The Consti-
tution and the basic position of First Amendrrient rights
in our democratic fabric demand nothing less.
Affirmed.
MR. JusTIcE MARSHALL took no part in the considera-
tion or decision of this case.
a course of adjudication was enunciated by Chief Justice Marshall
when he declared: "Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the
scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate,
which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited,
but which consist with the letter and s-pint of the constitution, are
constitutional." M'Culloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 421
(emphasis added). In this case, the means chosen by Congress
are contrary to the "letter and spirit" of the First Amendment.
PAGENO="0015"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1579
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 8.-OCTOBER TERM, 1967.
On Appeal From the United
United States, Appellant,
States District Court for
the Western District of
Eugene Frank Robel.
Wasnington.
[December 11, 1967.]
MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, concurring in the result.
I too agree that the judgment of the District Court
should be affirmed but I reach that result for different
reasons.
Like the Court, I disagree with the District Court that
§ 5 (a)(1)(D) can be read to apply only to active mem-
bers who have the specific intent to further the Party's
unlawful objectives. In Aptheker v. Secretary of State,
378 U. S. 500, we rejected that reacting of § 6 of the Act
which provides that, when a Communist organization is
registered or under final order to register, it shall be un-
lawful for any member thereof with knowledge or notice
of the order to apply for or use a passport. We held that
"[t]he clarity and preciseness of the provision in question
make it impossible to narrow its indiscriminately cast and
overly broad scope without substantial rewriting." 378
U. S., at 515. I take the same view of § 5 (a)(1)(D).
Aptheker held § 6 of the Act overbroad in that it de-
prived Party members of the right to travel without
regard to whether they were active members of the Party
or intended to further the Party's unlawful objectives,
and therefore invalidly abridged, on the basis of political
associations, the members' constitutionally protected
right to travel. Section 5 (a) (1) (D) also treats as ii'-
relevant whether or not the members are active, or know
the Party's unlawful purposes, or intend to pursue those
PAGENO="0016"
1580 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIViTIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
purposes. Compare Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385
U. S. 589; Elf brandt v. Russell, 384 U. S. 11, 17; Scales
v. United States, 367 U. S. 203; Schneiderman v. United
States, 320 U. S. 118, 136. Indeed, a member such as
appellee, who has worked at the Todd Shipyards with-
out complaint or known ground for suspicion for over
10 years, is afforded no opportunity to prove that the
statute's presumption that he is a security risk is invalid
as applied to him. And no importance whatever is at-
tached to the sensitivity of the jobs held by Party mem-
bers, a factor long considered relevant in security cases.1
Furthermore, like § 6, § 5 (a) (1) (D) affects constitu-
tionally protected rights. "[T]he right to hold specific
private employment and to follow a chosen profession
free from unreasonable governmental interference comes
within the `liberty' and `property' concepts cf the Fifth
Amendment. . . ." Greene v. McElroy, 360 U. S. 474,
492. That right is therefore alsO included among the
"[i] ndividual liberties fundamental to American institu-
tions [which] are not to be destroyed under pretext of
preserving those institutions, even from the gravest ex-
ternal dangers." Communist Party v. SACB, 367 U. S. 1,
96. Since employment opportunities are denied by § 5(a)
(1) (D) simply on the basis of political associations the
statute also has the potential of curtailing free expression
by inhibiting persons from establishing or retaining such
associations. See Wieman v. Updegraff, 344 U. S. 183,
191. "Broad prophylactic rules in the area of free ex-
pression are suspect . . . . Precision of regulation must
be the touchstone in . . . area[s] so closely touching our
most precious freedoms." NAACP v. Button, 371 U. S.
1&e Cole v. Young, 351 U. S. 536, 546:
"[I]t is difficult to jii~tify summary suspensions and unreviewable
dismissals on loyalty grounds of employees who are not in `sensitive'
positions and who are thus not situated where they could bring
about any discernible adverse effects on the Nation's security."
PAGENO="0017"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1581
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
415, 438; see Shelton v. Tucker, 364 U. S. 479; 488;
Carttwell V. Connecticut, 310 U. 5. 296, 304.
~tjsi~e,iowever, as the Government points out, that
Congress often regulates indiscriminately, through pre-
`zentive or prophylactic measures, e. g., Board of Gover-
nors v. Agnew, 329 U. 5. 441; North American Co. v.
S. E. C., 327 U. S. 686, and that such regulation has
been upheld even where fundamental freedoms are poten-
tially affected, Hirabayashi v. U~nited States, 320 U. S. 81;
Cafeteria Workers v. McElroy, 367 U. S. 886; Carison v.
Lartdon,, 342 U. 5. 524. Each regulation must be ex-
amined in terms of its potential impact upon funda-
mental rights, the importance of the end sought and
the necessity for the means adopted. The Government
argues that § 5 (a) (1) (D) may be distinguished from § 6
on the basis of these factors. Section 5 (a) (1) (D) limits
employment only in "any defense facility," while § 6 de-
prived every Party member of the right to apply for or
to hold a passport. If § 5 (a) (1) (D) were in fact nar-
rowly applied, the restrictions it would place upon em-
ployment are not as great as those placed upon the
right to travel by § 6.2 The problems presented by the
2 The Government also points out that §5 (a) (1) (D) applies only
to members of "Communist-action" organizations, while § 6 applied
also to members of "Communist-front" organizations, groups which
the Government contends are less dangerous to the national security
under Congress' definitions, and whose members are therefore pre-
sumably less dangerous. This distinction is, however, open to some
~1oubt. Even if a "front" organization, which is defined as an
organization either dominated by or primarily operated for the pur-
pose of aiding and supporting "action" organizations, could in some
fashion be regarded as less dangerous, Aptheker held § 6 invalid
because it failed to discriminate among affected persons on the bases
of their activity and commitment to unlawful purposes, and nothing
in the opinion indicates the result would have been different if
Congress had been indiscriminate in these respects with regard only
to "Communist-action" group members.
94-756 O-68-pt.2--2
PAGENO="0018"
1582 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
employment of Party members at defense facilities,
moreover, may well involve greater hazards to national
security than those created by allowing Party members
to travel abroad. We may assume, too, that Congress
may have been justified in its conclusion that alternatives
to § 5 (a)(1)(D) were inadequate.3 FQr~t~e~Qiii~.
I am not persuaded to th~ç ~
is fatal to this statute, as I agreed it was in other con-
texts; see, è. g~ Keyishian v. Board of Regents, 385 U. S.
~589;Elfbrandt v. Russell, 384 U. S. 11; Apt heker v. Sec-
retary of State, 378 U. S. 500; NAACP v. Button, 371
U. 5. 415.
However, acceptance of the validity of these distinc-
tions and recognition of congressional power to utilize
a prophylactic device such as § 5 (a) (1) (I)) to safe-
guard against espionage and sabotage at essential defense
facilities, would not end inquiry in this case. Even if
the statute is not overbroad on its face-bc caus~here
may be "defense facilities" so essential to our national
` The choice of a prophylactic measure "must be viewed in the
light of less drastic means for achieving the same basic purpose."
Shelton v. Tucker, 364 U. S. 479, 488. Since I would affirm on
another ground, however, I put aside the question whether existing
security programs were inadequate to prevent serious, possibly
catastrophic consequences.
Congress rejected suggestions of the President and the Department
of Justice that existing security programs were adequate with only
slight modifications. See H. R. Doe. No. 679, 81st Cong., 2d Sess., 5
(1950); Hearings on Legislation to Outlaw Certain Un-American
and Subversive Activities before the House Un-American Activities
Committee, 81st Cong., 2d Sess., 2122-2125 (1950). Those programs
cover most of the facilities within the reach of § 5 (a) (1) (D) and
make Party membership an important factor governing access.
32 CFR § 155.5. They provide measures to prevent and punish
subversive acts. The Department of Defense, moreover, had screened
some 3,000,000 defense contractor employees under these procedures
by 1956, Brown, Loyalty and Security 179-180 (1958), thereby pro-
viding at least some evidence of its capacity to handle this problem
in a more discriminating manner.
PAGENO="0019"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1583
UNITED STATES u. ROBEL.
security that Congress could constitutionally exclude all
Party menEibers from employment in them-the con-
gi~ision~r delegation of authority to the Secretary of
Dgfn'~e1~o designate "defense facilities" creates the
clinger of overbroad, unauthorized, and arbitrary apph-
c~ioii of criminal sanctions in an area of protected
freedoms and therefore, in my view, renders this statute
invalid Because the statute contains no meaningful
standard by which the Secretary is to govern his desig-
nations, and no procedures to contest or review his desig-
nations, the "defense facility" formulation is constitu-
tionally insuffi&ent to mark "the field within which
the [Secretary] is to act so that it may be known
whether he has kept. within it. in compliance with the leg-
islative will." Yakus v. United States, 321 U. 5. 414, 425.
The Secretary's role in designating "defense facilities"
is fundamental to the potential breadth of the statute,
since the greater the number and types of facilities desig-
nated, the greater is the indiscriminate denial of job
opportunities, under threat of criminal punishment, to
Party members because of their political associations.
A clear, manageable standard might have been a signifi-
cant limitation upon the Secretary's discretion. But the
standard under which Congress delegated the designat-
ing power is so indefinite as to be meaningless. The
statute defines "facility" broadly enough to include
virtually, every place of employment in the United
States; the term includes "any plant, factory or other
manufacturing, producing or servicing establishment,
airport, airport facility, vessel, pier, waterfront-facility,
mine, railroad, public utility, laboratory, station, or
other establishment or facility, or any part, division or
department of any of the for~igoing." And §5(b)
grants jbe_ Secretary of Defense untrammelled disci~e-
tion to designate as a "ç~ifen se facility" any fa~ci1ity
"with respect to the operation of which he finds and de-
PAGENO="0020"
1584 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
termines that the security of the United States re-
quires. . ." that Party members should not be employed
thërö. Congress could easily have been more specific.4
Instead, Congress left the Secretary completely at large
in `determining the relevance and weight to be accorded
such factors as the importance and secrecy of the facility
and of the work being done there, and the indispensability
of the facility's service or product to the national security.
Congress ordinarily may delegate power under broad
standards. B. g., Dakota Central Tel. Co. v. South
Dakota, 250 U. S. 163, 183; FPC v. Hope Natural Gas C'o.,
320 U. S. 591; NBC v. United States, 319 U. S. 190.
No other general rule would be feasible or desirable.
Delegation of power under general directives is an in-
evitable consequence of our complex society, with its
myriad, ever changing, highly technical problems. "The
Congress, in fact, originally proposed to limit the Secretary's
discretion in designating "defense facilities." H. R. 9490, passed
by both the House and Senate, provided that the Secretary should
determine and designate each "defense plant" as defined in §3 (7)
of the Act. The difference between that version and § 5 (a) (1) (D)
adopted at conference is commented upon in Conf. Rep. No. 3112,
81st Cong., 2d Sess., 50 (1950):
"Under section 3 (7) a defense plant was defined as any plant,
factory, or other manufacturing or service establishment, or any part
thereof, engaged in the production or furnishing, for the use of the
Government of any commodity or service determined and designated
by the Secretary of Defense to be of such character as to affect the
military security of the United States.
"Section 3 (7), and the provisions of section .5 relating to the desig-
nation of defense plants by the Secretary of Defense, have been
modified in the conference substitute so as to broaden the concept of
defense plants to cover any appropriately designated plant, factory
or other manufacturing, producing, or service establishment, airport,
airport facility, vessel, pier, water-front facility, mine, railroad, public
utility, laboratory, station, or other establishment or facility, or
any part, division, or department of any of the foregoing. Because
of this broader coverage, section 3 (7) has been changed so as to
define the two terms `facility' and `defense facility.""
PAGENO="0021"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1585
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
Constitution has never been regarded as denying to the
Congress the necessary resources of flexibility and prac-
ticality . . . to perform its function. . . ." Panama Re-
fining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U. S. 388, 421; Currin v. Wallace,
306 U. S. 1, 15. It is generally enough that, in con-
ferring power upon an appropriate authority, Congress
indicate its general policy, and act in terms or within
a context which limits the power conferred. See, e. g.,
Arizona v. California, 373 U. S. 546, 584-585; FCC v.
RCA Communieations, Inc., 346 U. S. 86; Lichter v.
United States, 334 U. 5. 742; Yalcus v. United States,
s'upra, 321 U. S., at 424; Bandini Petroleum Co. v.
Superior Conrt, 284 U. 5. 8; FTC v. Gratz, 253 U. 5. 421;
Buttfield v. Stranahan, 192 U. S. 470. Given such a
situation, it is possible for affected persons, within the
procedural structure usually established for the purpose,
to be heard by the implementing agency and to secure
meaningful review of its action in the courts, and for
Congress itself to review its agent's action to correct
significant departures from Congress' intention.
The area of permissible indefiniteness narrows, how-
ever, when the regulation invokes criminal sanctions
and potentially affects fundamental rights, as does
§ 5 (a) (1) (D). See Barenblatt v. United States, 360
U. S. 109, 140, n. 7 (dissenting opinion, BLACK, J.). This
is because the numerous deficiencies connected with
vague legislative directives, whether to a legislative com-
mittee, United States v. Runwly, 345 U. S. 41, to an
executive officer, Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293
U. S. 388, to a judge and jury, Cline v. Frink Dairy
Co., 274 U. S. 445, 465, or to private persons, Bantam
Books, Inc. v. Sullivan, 372 U. S. 58, see Schechter
Poultry Corp. v. United States, 205 U. S. 495, are far
more serious when liberty and the exercise of funda-
mental rights are at stake. See also Go jack v. United
States, 384 U. S. 702; Kunz v. New York, 340 U. S. 200;
PAGENO="0022"
1586 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
Winters v. New York, 333 U. S. 507; Thornhill v. Ala-
bama, 310 U. S. 88; Hague v. C. I. 0., 307 U. S. 496;
Hermdon~ v. Lowry, 301 U. S. 242.
First. The failure to provide adequate standards in
§ 5 (a) (1) (D) reflects Congress' failure to have made a
"legislative judgment," Cantwell v. Co'rtnectic'ut, supra,
310US., at 307, on the extent to which the prophylactic
measure should be applied. Formulation of policy is a
legislature's primary responsibility, entrusted to it by the
electorate, and to the extent Congress delegates authority
under indefinite standards, this policy-making function is
passed on to other agencies, often not answerable or
responsive in the same degree to the people. "[S]tand-
ards of permissible statutory vagueness are strict . . ."
in protected areas. NAACP v. Button,. ~upra, 371 U. S.,
at 432. "Without explicit action by lawmakers, decisions
of great constitutional import and effect would be rele-
gated by default to administrators who, under our system
of government, are not endowed with authority to decide
them." Greene v. McElroy, 360 U. S. 474, 507.
Congress has the resources and the power to inform
itself, and is the appropriate forum where the conflict-
ing pros and cons should have been presented and
considered. But instead of a determination by Con-
gress reflected. in guiding standards of the types of
facilities to which § 5 (a) (1) (D) should be applied,
the statute provides for a resolution by the Secretary
of Defense acting on his own accord. . It is true that
the Secretary presumably has at his disposal the in-
formation and expertise necessary to make reasoned
judgments on which facilities are importaut to national
security. But that is not the question to be resolved
under this statute. Compare Hague v. (310, 307 U. S.
496. Rather, the Secretary is in effect determining
which facilities are so important to the national security
that Party members, active or inactive, well-intentioned
PAGENO="0023"
AMENDING STJBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1587
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
or ill, should be prohibited from working within them
in any capacity, sensitive or innocuous, under threat
of criminal prosecution. In resolving this conflict of
interests, the Secretary's judgment, colored by his over-
riding obligation to protect the national defense, is not
a constitutionally acceptable substitute for Congress'
judgment, in the absence of further, limiting guidance.5
The need for a legislative judgment is especially acute
here, since it is imperative when liberty and the exer-
cise of fundamental freedoms are involved that consti-
tutional rights not be unduly infringed. Cantwell v.
Connecticut, supra, 310 U. S., at 304. Before we can de-
cide whether it is an undue infringement of protected
rights to send a person to prison for holding employment
at a certain type facility, it ought at least to appear that
Congress authorized the proscription as warranted and
necessary. Such congressional determinations will not
be assumed. "They must be made explicitly not only
to assure that individuals are not deprived of cherished
rights under procedures not actually authorized . . . ~ut
also because explicit action, especially in areas of doubt-
5The Secretary has published criteria which guide him in applying
the statute:
"The list of `defense facilities' is comprised of (1) facilities engaged
in important classified military projects; (2) facilities producing
important weapons systems, subassemblies and their components;
(3) facilities producing essential common components, intermediates,
basic materials and raw materials; (4) important utility and service
facilities; and (5) research laboratories whose contributions are im-
portant to the national defense. The list, which will be amended
from time to time as necessary, has been classified for reasons of
security."
Department of Defense Release No. 1363-62, Aug. 20, 1962. These
broad standards, which might easily justify applying the statute to
most of our major industries, cannot be read into the statute to
limit the Secretary's discretion, since they are subject to unreviewable
amendment. -
PAGENO="0024"
1588 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
ful constitutionality, requires careful and purposeful
consideration by those responsible for enacting and
implementing our laws." Greene v. McElroy, supra,.
360 U. S., at 507.
Second. We said in Watkins v. United States, 354 U. S.
178, 205, that Congress must take steps to assure "respect
for constitutional liberties" by preventing the existence
of "a wide gulf between the responsibility for the use
of . . . power and the actual, exercise of that power."
Procedural protections to avoid that gulf have been
recognized as essential when fundamental freedoms are
regulated, Speiser v. Randall, 357 U. S. 513; Marcus
v. Search Warrant, 367 U. S. 717, 730; A Quantity of
Copies of Books v. Kansas, 378 U. S. 205, 213, even
when Congress acts pursuant to its "great powers,"
Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martirtez, 372 U. S. 144, 164.
Without procedural safeguards, regulatory schemes will
tend through their indiscriminate application to inhibit
the activity involved. See Marcus v. Search Warrant,
supra, 367 U. S., at 734-735.
It is true that "[al construction of the statute which
would deny all opportunity for judicial determination
of an asserted constitutional right is not to be favored."
Lockerty v. Phillips, 319 U. S. 182, 188. However, the
text and history of this section. compels the conclusion
that Congress deliberately chose not to provide for pro-
test either to the Secretary or the courts from any desig-
nation by the Secretary of a facility as a "defense
facility." The absence of any provision in this regard
èontrasts strongly with the care that Congress took to
provide for the determination by the SACB that the
Party is a Communist-action organization, and for judi-
cial review of that determination. The Act "requires
the registration only of organizations which . . . are
found to be under the direction, domination, or control
of certain foreign powers and to operate primarily to
PAGENO="0025"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1589
¶JNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
advance certain objectives. This finding must be made
after full administrative hearing, subject to judicial re-
view which opens the record for the reviewing court's
determination whether the administrative findings as to
fact are supported by the preponderance of the evidence."
Communist Party v. SACB, s~upra, 367 U. S., at 86-87.
In contrast, the Act nowhere provides for an administra-
tive hearing on the Secretary's designation., either public
or private, nor is his finding subject to review. A Party
member charged with notice of the designation must quit
the Party or his job; he cannot contest the Secretary's
action on trial if he retains both and is prosecuted.6
This is persuasive evidence that the matter of the
designation of "defense facilities" was purposely com-
mitted by Congress entirely to the discretionary judg-
ment of the Secretary. Unlike the opportunities for
hearing and judicial review afforded the Party itself, the
Party member was not to be heard by the Secretary to
protest the designation of his place of employment as
a "defense facility," nor was the member to have recourse
to the courts. This pointed distinction, as in the case
of the statute before the Court in Schilling v. Rogers,
~ The statute contemplates only four significant findings before
criminal liability attaches: (1) that the Communist Party is a
"Communist-action organization"; (2) that defendant is a member
of the Communist Party; (3) that defendant engaged in employ-.
merit at a "defense facility"; and (4) that he had notice that his
place of employment was a "defense facility." The first finding was
made by the Subversive Activities Control Board. The third find-
ing-that the shipyard is a "defense facility"-was made by the
Secretary of Defense. The fourth finding refers to the notice re-
quirement which is no more than a presumption from the posting
required of the employer by § 5 (b). Thus the only issue which
a defendant can effectively contest is whether he is a Communist
Party member. In view of the result which I would reach, how-
ever, I need not consider appellee's argument that this affords
defendants only the shadow of a trial, and violates due process.
PAGENO="0026"
1590 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
363 U. 5. 666, 674, is compelling evidence "that in this
Act Congress was, advertent to the role of the courts,
and an absence in any specific area of any kind of pro-
vision for judicial participation strongly indicates a legis-
lative purpose that there be no such participation."
This clear indication of the congressional plan, coupled
with a flexibility-as regards the boundaries of the Sec-
retary's discretion-so unguided as to be entirely unguid-
ing, must also mean that Congress contemplated that
an affected Party member was not to be heard to contend
even at his criminal trial that the Secretary acted beyond
the scope of his powers, or that the designation of the
particular facility was arbitrary and capricious. Of.
Estëp v. United States, 327 U. S. 114.
The legislative, history of the section confirms this
conclusion. That history makes clear that Congress was
concerned that neither the Secretary's reasons for a
designation nor the fact of the designation should be
publicized. This emerged after President Truman vetoed
the statute. In its original form the Act required the
Secretary to "designate and proclaim, and from time
to time revise, a list of facilities . . . to be promptly pub-
lished in the Federal Register . . ." `~ 5 (6). The
President commented in his veto message, "[s] pies and
saboteurs would willingly spend years of effort seeking
to find out the information that this bill would require
the Government to hand them on a silver platter."
H. R. Doc. No. 708, 81s4 Cong., 2d Sess., 2(1950). Shortly
after this Court sustained the registration provisions of
the Act in SACB v. Communist Party, supra, the Act
was amended at the request of the Secretary to eliminate
the requirement that the list of designated facilities
be published in the Federal Register. 76 Stat. 91. In-
stead, the list is classified information. Whether or not
such classification is practically meaningful-in light of
the fact that notice of a designation must be posted in
PAGENO="0027"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1050 1591
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
the designated facility-the history is persuasive against
any congressional intention to provide for hearings or
judicial review that might be attended with undesired
publicity. We are therefore not free to imply limita-
tions upon the Secretary's discretion or procedural safe-
guards that Congress obviously chose to omit. Compare
Cole v. Young; 351 U. 5. 536; United States v. Rumely,
supra; Ex parte Endo, 323 U. 5. 283, 299; Japanese Im-
migrant Case, 189 U. 5. 86, 101; see Green v. McElroy,
s'upra, 360 U. S., at 507.
Third. The indefiniteness of the delegation in this case
also results in inadequate notice to affected persons. Al-
though the form of notice provided for in § 5 (b) affords
affected persons reasonable opportunity to conform their
behavior to avoid punishment, it is not enough that per-
sons engaged in arguably protected activity be reason-
ably well advised that their actions are subject to regula-
tion. Persons so engaged must not be compelled to
conform their behavior to commands, no matter how
unambiguous, from delegated agents whose authority to
issue the commands is unclear. Marcus v. Search War-
rant, ~upra, 367 U. S., at 736. The legislative directive
must delineate the scope of the agent's authority so that
those affected by the agent's commands may know that
his command is within his authority and is not his own
arbitrary fiat. Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction~, 368
,U. S. 278; Scull v. Virginia, 359 U. 5. 344; Watkins v.
United States, supra, 354 U. S., at 208-209. There is no
way for persons affected by § 5 (a)(1)(D) to know
whether the Secretary is acting within his authority, and
therefore no fair basis upon which they may determine
whether or not to risk disobedience in the exercise of
activities normally protected.
section 5 (a) (1) (D) denies significant employment
rights under threat of criminal punishment to persons
simply because of their political associations. The Gov-
PAGENO="0028"
1592 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
ernment makes no claim that Robel is a security risk.
He has worked as a machinist at the shipyards for many
years, and we are told is working there now. We are in
effect invited by the Government to assume that Robel
is a law abiding citizen, earning a living at his chosen
trade. The justificatiOn urged for punishing him is that
Congress may properly conclude that members of the
Communist Party, even though nominal or inactive
members and believing only in change through lawful
means, are more likely than other citizens to engage in
acts of espionage and sabotage harmful to our national
security. This may be so. But in areas of protected
freedoms, regulation based upon mere association and
not upon proof of misconduct or even of intention to act
unlawfully, must at least be accompanied by standards
or procedural protections sufficient to safeguard against
indiscriminate application. "If . . . `liberty' is to be
regulated, it must be pursuant to the law-making func-
tións of Congress . . . [ajnd if that power is delegated,
the standards must be adequate to pass scrutiny by the
accepted tests." Kent v. Dulles, 357 U. S. 116, 129.
PAGENO="0029"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1593
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 8.-OCTOBER TERM, 1967.
On Appeal From the United
United States, Appellant,
States District Court for
V* the Western District of
Eugene Frank Robel.
Washington.
[December 11, 1967.]
MR. JUSTICE WHITE, with whom MR. JUSTICE HARLAN
joins, dissenting.
The Court holds that because of the First Amendment
a member of the Communist Party who knows that the
Party has been held to be a Communist-action organiza-
tion may not be barred from employment in defense
establishments important to the security of the Nation.
It therefore refuses to enforce the contrary judgments of
the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Govern-
ment. Respectfully disagreeing with this view, I dissent.
The constitutional right found to override the public
interest in national security defined by Congress is the
right of association, here the right of respondent Robel
to remain a member of the Communist Party after being
notified of its adjudication as a Communist-action orga-
nization. Nothing in the Constitution requires this
result. The right of association is not mentioned in the
Constitution. It is a judicial construct appended to the
First Amendment rights to speak freely, to asemble, and
to petition for redress of grievances.1 While the right of
~Jf men may speak as individuals, they may speak in groups
as well. If they may assemble and petition, they must have the
right to associate to some extent. In this sense the right of associa-
tion simply extends constitutional protection to First Amendment
rights when exercised with others rather than by an individual alone.
In NAACP v. Alabama, the Court said that the freedom to associate
for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is constitutionally protected
and that it is "immaterial whether the beliefs sought to be advanced
PAGENO="0030"
1594 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
association has deep roots in history and is supported by
the inescapable necessity for group action in a re-
public as large and complex as ours, it has only recently
blossomed as the controlling factor in constitutional
litigation; its contours as yet lack delineation. Although
official interference with First Amendn~Ient rights has
drawn close scrutiny, it is now apparent that the right
of association is not absolute and is subject to significant
regulation by the State. The law of criminal conspiracy
restricts the purposes for which men may associate and
the means they may use to implement their plans Labor
unions, and membership in them, are intricately con-
trolled by statutes, both federal and state, as are political
parties and corporations.
The relevant cases uniformly reveal the necessity for
accommodating the right of association and the public
interest. NAACP v. Alabama, 357 U. S. 449 (1958),
by association pertain to political, economic, religious or cultural
matters . . . ." 357 U. S. 449, 460 (1958). That case involved
the propagation of ideas by a group as well as litigation as a form
of petition. The latter First Amendment element was also involved
in NAACP v. Button, 371 U. S. 415 (1963); Railroad Trainmen v.
Virginia Bar, 377 U. S. 1 (1964); and United Mini Workers v.
Illinois Bar Assn., ante, p. -. The activities in Eastern R. Preni-
dents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., 365 U. S. 127
(1961), although commercially motivated, were aimed at influencing
legislative action. Whether the right to associate is an independent
First Amendment right carrying its own credentials and will be car-
ried beyond the implementation of other First Amendment rights
awaits a definitive answer. In this connection it should be noted
that the Court recently dismissed, as not presenting a substantial
federal question, an appeal challenging Florida regulations which
forbid a Florida a.ccountant from associating in his work, whether as
partner or employee, with any nonresident accountant; out-of-
state associations are barred from the State unless every partner
is a qualified Florida accountant, and in practice only Florida resi-
dents can become qualified there. Mercer v. Hemmings, 36 U. S.
L. Week 3167 (Oct. 23, 1967).
PAGENO="0031"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1595
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
which contained the first substantial discussion of the
right in an opinion of this Court, exemplifies the judicial
approach. There, after noting the impact of official
action on the right to associate, the Court inquired
"whether Alabama has demonstrated an interest ih
obtaining the disclosures it seeks from petitioner which
is sufficient to justify the deterrent effect which we have
concluded these disclosures may well have on the free
exercise by petitioner's members of their constitutionally
protected right of association." 357 U. S., at 463. The
same path to decision is evident in Bates v. City of Little
Rock, 361 U. S. 516 (1960); NAACP v. Button, 371 U. S.
415 (1963); and Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Bar,
377 U. S. 1 (1964). Only last week, in United Mine
Workers v. Illinois Bar Assn., ante, p. -, the Court
weighed the right to associate in an organization furnish-
ing salaried legal services to its members against the
State's interest in insuring adequate and personal legal
representation, and found the State's interest insufficient
to justify its restrictions.
Nor does the Court mandate a different course in this
case. Apparently "active" members of the Communist
Party who have demonstrated their commitment to the
illegal aims of the Party may be barred from defense
facilities. This exclusion would have the same deterrent
effect upon associational rights as the statute before us,
but the governmental interest in security would override
that effect. Also, the Court would seem to permit barring
respondent, although not an "active" member of the
Party, from employment in "sensitive" positions in the
defense establishment. Here, too, the interest in antici-
pating and preventing espionage or sabotage would out-
weigh the deterrent impact of job disqualification. If
I read the Court correctly, associating with the Commu-
nist Party may at times be deterred by barring members
from employment and nonmembership may at times be
PAGENO="0032"
1596 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
imposed as a condition of engaging in defense work. In
the case before us the Court simply disagrees with the
Congress and the Defense Department, ruling that Robel
does not present a sufficient danger to the national
security to require him to choose between membership
in the Communist Party and his employment in a defense
facility. Having less confidence than the majority in
the prescience of this remote body when dealing with
threats to the security of the country, I much prefer
the judgment of Congress and the Executive Branch
that the interest of respondent in remaining a member
of the Communist Party, knowing that it has been
adjudicated a Communist-action organization, is less
substantial than the public interest in excluding him
from employment in critical defense industries.
The national interest asserted by the Congress is real
and substantial. After years of study, Congress prefaced
the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, 64 Stat.
987, 50 U. S. C. §~ 781-798, with its findings that there
exists an international Communist movement which by
treachery, deceit, espionage, and sabotage seeks to over-
throw existing governments; that the movement operates
in this country through Communist-action oreganizations
which are under foreign domination and control and
which seek to overthrow the Government by any neces-
sary means, including force and violence; that the Com-
munist movement in the United States is made up of
thousands of adherents, rigidly disciplined, operating in
secrecy, and employing espionage and sabotage tactics
in form and manner evasive of existing laws. Congress
therefore, among other things, defined the character-
istics of Communist-action organizations, provided for
their adjudication by the SACB, and decided that the
security of the United States required the exclusion of
Communist-actiOn organization members from employ-
ment in certain defense facilities. After long and corn-
PAGENO="0033"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1597
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
plex litigation, the SACB found the Communist Party
to he a Communist-action organization within the mean-
ing of the Act. That conclusion was affirmed both by
the Court of Appeals, Coirtmuni~t Party v. SACB, 107
U. S. App. D. C. 279, 277 F. 2d 78 (1959), and this
Court, 367 U. 5. 1 (1961). Also affirmed were the
underlying determinations, required by the Act, that
the Party is directed or controlled by a foreign govern-
ment or organization, that it operates primarily to ad-
vance the aims of the world Communist movement, and
that it sufficiently satisfies the criteria of Communist-
action organizations specified by § 792 (e), including the
finding by the Board that many Party members are sub-
ject to or recognize the discipline of the controlling for-
eign government or organization. This Court accepted
the congressional appraisal that the Party posed a threat
"not only to existing government in the United States,
but to the United States as a sovereign, independent
nation.. . ." 367 U. S., at 95.
Against this background protective measures were
clearly appropriate. One of them, contained in § 784
(a)(1)(D), which became activated with the affirmance
of the Party's designation as a Communist-action organi-
zation, makes it unlawful "[f] or any member of such
organization, with knowledge or notice.. . that such order
has become final . . . to engage in any employment in
any defense facility . . . ." A defense facility is `any
of the specified types of establishment "with respect to
the operation of which [the Secretary of Defense] finds
and determines that the security of the United States
requires" that members of such organizations not be
employed. Given the characteristics of the Party, its
foreign domination, its primary goal of government over-
throw, the discipline which it exercises over its members,
and its propensity for espionage and sabotage, the exclu-
sion of members of the Party who know the Party is a
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 -- 3
PAGENO="0034"
1598 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
Communist-action organization from certain defense
plants is well within the powers of Congress.
Congress should be entitled to take suitable precau-
tionary measures. Some Party members may be no
threat at all, but many of them undoubtedly are, and it
is exceedingly difficult to identify those in advance of
the very events which Congress seeks to avoid. If Party
members such as Robel may be barred from "sensitive
positions," it is because they are potential threats to
security. For the same reason they should be excludable
from employment in defense plants which Congress and
the Secretary of Defense consider of critical importance
to the security of the country.
The statute does not prohibit membership in the Com-
munist Party. Nor are respondent and other Com-
munists excluded from all employment in the United
States, or even from all defense plants. The touchstones
for exclusion are the requirements of national security,
and the facilities designated under this standard amount
to only about one percent of all the industrial establish-
ments in the United States.
It is this impact on associational rights, although
specific and minimal, which the Court finds impermis-
sible. But as the statute's dampening effect on asso-
ciational rights is to be weighed against the asserted and
obvious government interest in keeping members of
Communist-action groups from defense facilities, it would
seem important to identify what interest Robel has in
joining and remaining a member of a group whose pri-
mary goals he may not share. We are unenlightened,
however, by the opinion of the Court or by the record
in this case, as to the purposes which Robel and others
like him may have in associating with the Party. The
legal aims and programs of the Party are not identified
or appraised nor are Robel's activities as a member of
PAGENO="0035"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1599
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
the Party. The Court is left with a vague and form-
less concept of associational rights and its own notions
of what constitutes an unreasonable risk to defense
facilities.
The Court says that mere membership in an associa-
tion with knowledge that the association pursues unlaw-
ful aims cannot be the basis for criminal prosecution,
Scales v. United States, 367 U. S. 203 (1961), or for
denial of a passport, Apthelcer v. Secretary of State, 378
U. S. 500 (1964). But denying the opportunity to be
employed in some defense plants is a much smaller deter-
rent to the exercise of associational rights than denial
of a passport or a criminal penalty attached solely to
membership, and the Government's interest in keeping
potential spies and saboteurs from defense plants is
much greater than its interest in keeping disloyal Ameri-
cans from traveling abroad or in committing all Party
members to prison. The "delicate and difficult judg-
ment" to which the Court refers should thus result in
a different conclusion from that reached in the Scales
and Aptheker cases.2
The Court's motives are worthy. It seeks the widest
bounds for the exercise of individual liberty consistent
with the security of the country. In so doing it arro-
2 J cannot agree with my Brother BRENNAN that Congress dele-
gated improperly when it authorized the Secretary of Defense to
determine "with respect to the operation of which [defense facili-
ties] . . . the security of the United States requires the application
of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section." Rather I think
this is precisely the sort of application of a legislative determination
to specific facts within the administrator's expertise that today's
complex governmental structure requires and that this Court has
frequently upheld. E. g., Yakus v. United States, 321 U. S. 414
(1944). I would reject also appellee's contention that the statute
is a bill of attainder. See United States v. Brown, 381 U. S. 437,
462 (1965) (WHITE, J., dissenting).
PAGENO="0036"
1600 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES v. ROBEL.
*gates to itself an independent judgment of the require-
ments of national security. These are matters about
which judges should be wary. James Madi;son wrote:
"Security against foreign danger is one of the
primitive objects of civil society. .
* ". . . The means of security can onl.y be regu-
lated by the means and the danger of attack. They
will in fact be ever determined by these rules, and
by no others. It is in vain to oppose constitutional
barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is
worse than in vain; because it plants in the Consti-
tution itself necessary usurpations of power, every
precedent of which is a germ of unnecessary and
multiplied repetitions."
~ The Federalist No. 41 (Cooke ed. 1961) 269-~27O.
PAGENO="0037"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195O~ 1601
[SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATF~
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Syllabus. 360 U. S.
GREENE V~ MCELROY ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA `CIRCUIT.
No. 180. Argued April 1, 1959.-Decided June 29, 1959.
Petitioner, an aeronautical engineer, was general manager of a pri-
vate corporation engaged in developing and producing for the
Armed Forces goods involving military secret~s, under contracts
requiring the corporation to exclude from its premises persons
not having security clearances. Under regulations promulgated
by the Secretary of Defense without explicit authorization by
either the President or Congress, and after administrative hearings
in which he was denied access to much of the information adverse
to him and any opportunity to confront or cross-examine wit-
nesses against him, petitioner was deprived of his security clearance
on the grounds of alleged Communistic associations and sympathies.
As a consequence, the corporation discharged him and he was
unable to obtain other employment as an aeronautical engineer.
He sued for a judgment declaring that the revocation of his
security clearance was unlawful and void and an order restraining
the Secretaries of the Armed Forces from acting pursuant to it.
Held: In the absence of explicit authorization from either the
President or Congress, the Secretaries of the Armed Forces were
not authorized to deprive petitioner of his job `in a proceeding
in which he was not afforded the safeguards of confrontation and
cross-examination. Pp. 475-508.
(a) Neither Executive Order No. 10290 nor Executive Order
No. 10501 empowers any' executive agency to fashion security
programs whereby persons are deprived of their civilian ~nlj~loy-
ment and of the opportunity of continued activity in their chosen
professions without being accorded the chance to challenge effec-
tively the evidence and testimony upon which an adverse security
determination might rest. Pp. 500-502.
(b) Neither the National Security Act of 1947 nor the Armed
Services Procurement Act of 1947, even when read in conjunction
with 18 U. S. C. § 798, making it a crime to communicate to
unauthorized persons information concerning cryptographic or in-
telligence activities, and 50 U. S. C. § 783 (b), making it a crime
PAGENO="0038"
1602 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v. McELROY.
474 Opinion of the Court.
for an officer or employee of the United States to communicate
classified information to agents of foreign governments or officers
and members of "Communist organizations," constitutes an au-
thorization to create an elaborate clearance program under which
persons may be seriously resti~.ined m their emplo ~`ment oppor-
tunities through a denial of clearance without the safeguards of
cross-examination and confrontation. Pp. 502-504.
(c) Congressional ratification of the security clearance proce-
dures cannot be implied from the continued appropriation of funds
to finance aspects of the program fashioned by the I)epart.tnent of
Defense. Pp. 504-505.
(d) In this area of questionable constitutionality, this Court
will not hold that a person may be deprived of the right to follow
his chosen profession without full hearings where accusers may
be confronted and cross-examined, when neither the President nor
Congress has explicitly authorized such procedure. Pp. 506-508.
103 U. S. App. D. C. 87, 254 F. 2d 944, reversed and cause remanded.
Carl W. Berueffy argued the cause and filed a.brief for
petitioner.
Assistant Attorney General Doüb argued the cause for
respondents. With him on the brief were Solicitor Gen-
eral Rankin, Samuel D. Skzde and Bernard Cedarbaum.
David I. Shapiro filed a brief for the American Civil
Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAirn~N delivered the opinion of
the Court.
This case involves the validity of the Government's
revocation of security clearance granted to petitioner,
an aeronautical engineer employed by a private manufac-
turer which produced goods for the armed services. Peti-
tioner was discharged from his employment solely as a
consequence of the revocation because his access to classi-
fied information was required by the nature of his job.
After his / discharge, petitioner was unable to secure
PAGENO="0039"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1603
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
employment as an aeronautical engineer and for all prac-
tical purposes that field of endeavor is now closed to him.
Petitioner was vice president and general manager of
Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO), a busi-
ness devoted primarily to developing and manufacturing
various mechanical and electronic products. He began
this employment in 1937 soon after his graduation from
the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics and, except for a
brief leave of absence, he stayed with the firm until his
discharge in 1953. He was first employed as a junior
engineer and draftsman. Because of the excellence of
his work he eventually became a chief executive officer of
the firm. During his career with ERCO, he was credited
with the expedited development of a complicated elec-
tronic flight simulator and with the design of a rocket
launcher, both of which were produced by ERCO and long
used by the Navy.
During the post-World War II period, petitioner was
given security clearances on three occasions.' These were
required by the nature of the projects undertaken by
ERCO for the various armed services.2 On November 21,
1 Petitioner was given a Confidential clearance by the Army on
August 9, 1949, a Top Secret clearance by the Assistant Chief of
Staff G-2, Military District of Washington on November 9, 1949,
and a Top Secret clearance by the Air Materiel Command on Feb~
ruary 3, 1950.
2 ERCO did classified contract work for the various services. In
1951, in connection with a classified research project for the Navy,
it entered into a security agreement in which it undertook "to pro-
vide and maintain a system of security controls within its . . . own
organization in accordance with the requirements of the Department
of Defense Industrial Security Manual . .. . ." The Madual, in turn,
provided in paragraphs 4 (e) and 6: ,,
"The Contractor shall exclude (this does not imply the dismissal
or separation of any emp'oyee) from any part of its plants, factories,
or sites at which work for any military department is being per-
formed, any persOn or persons whom the Secretary of the military
PAGENO="0040"
`1604 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
1951, however, the Army..Navy- Air Force Personnel Secu-
rity Board (PSB) advised ERCO that the company's
clearances for access to classified information were in
jeopardy because of a tentative decision to deny petitioner.
access to `classified Department of Defense information
and to revoke his clearance for security reasons.3 ERCO
was invited to respond to this notification. The corpora-
tion, through its president, informed PSB that petitioner
had taken an extended furlough due to the Board's action.
The ERCO executive also stated that in his opinion peti-
tióner was a loyal and discreet United States citizen and
that his absence denied to the firm the services of an,
outstanding `engineer and administrative executive. On
December 11, 1951, petitioner was informed by the Board
that it had "decided that access by you to contract work
and information [at ERCO] . . . would be inimical to
department concerned or his duly authorized representative, in the
interest of security, may designate in writing.
"No individual shall be permitted to have access to classified matter
unless cleared by the Government or the Contractor, as. the case may
be, as specified in the following subparagraphs and then he will be
given access to such matter only to the extent of his clearance
~ The PSB was created pursuant to an interim agreement dated
October 9, 1947, between the Army, Navy, and Air Force and pursu-
ant to a memorandum of agreement between the Provost ~`larslial
General and the Air Provost Marshal, dated March 17, 1948. It
was a three-man board, with one representative from each of the
military departments . . . . Its functions were to grant or deny
clearance for employment on aeronautical or classified contract work
when such consent was required, and to ~usiwnd individuals, whose
continued employment was considered inimical to the security inter-
ests of the United States, from employment on classified work.'
Report of the Commission on Government Security, 1957,' S. Doe.
No. 64, 85th Cong., 1st Sess. 239. It established its own procedures
which were approved by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and.
Air Force. See "Procedures Governing the Army-Navy-Air Force
Personnel Security Board, dated 19 June fl150.'~
PAGENO="0041"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o( 1605
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
the best interests of the United States." Accordingly, the
PSB revoked petitioner's clearances. He was informed
that he could seek a hearing before the Industrial Employ-
ment Review Board (IERB), and he took this course.4
Prior to the hearing, petitioner received a letter inform-
ing him that the PSB action was based on information
indicating that between 1943. and 1947 he had associated
with Communists, visited officials of the Russian Embassy,
and attended a dinner given by an allegedly Communist
Front organization.5
On January 23, 1952, petitioner, with counsel, appeared
before the IERB. He was questioned in detail concern-
ing his background and the information disclosed in the
IERB letter. In response to numerous and searching
questions he explained in substance that specific "suspect"
persons with whom he was said to have associated were
actually friends of his ex-wife~ He explained in some
detail that during his first marriage, which lasted from
~ IERB was a four-member board which was given jurisdiction
to hear and review appeals from decisions of the PSB. Its charter,
dated 7 November 1949 and signed by the Secretaries of the Army,
Navy, and Air Force, contemplated that it would afford hearings to
persons denied clearance. And see "Procedures Governing Appeals
to the Industrial Employment Review Board, dated 7 November
1949."
~ The letter read, in part:
"That over a period of years, 1943-1947, at or near Washington,
D. C., you have closely and sympathetically associated with persons
who are reported to be or to have been members of the Communist
Party; that during the period 1944-1947 you entertained and were
visited at your home by military representatives of the Russian
Embassy, Washington, D. C.; that, further, you attended social func-
tions during the period 1944-1947 at the Russian Embassy, Wash-
ington, D. C.; and on 7 April 1947 attended the Southern Conference
for Human Welfare, Third Annual Dinner, Statler Hotel, Washing-
ton, D. C. (Cited as Communist Front organization, Congressional
Committee on Un-American Activities)."
PAGENO="0042"
1606 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o\
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
1942 through 1947, his then wife held views with which
he did not concur and was friendly with associates and
other persons with whom he had little in common. He
stated that these basic disagreements were the prime rea-
sons that the marriage ended in failure. He attributed
to his then wife his attendance at the dinner, his member-
ship in a bookshop association which purportedly was a
"front" organization, and the presence in his home of
"Communist" publications. He denied categorically that
he had ever been a "Com.munist" and he spoke at length
about his dislike for "a theory of Government. which
has for its object the common ownership of property."
Lastly, petitioner explained that his Visits to persons
in various foreign embas8ies (including the Russian
Embassy) were made in connection with his attempts to
sell ERCO's products to their Governments. Petitioner's
witnesses, who included top-level executives of ERCO
and a number of military officers who had worked with
petitioner in the past, corroborated many cf petitioner's
statements and testified in substance that he was a
loyal and discreet citizen. These top-level executives of
ERCO, whose right to clearance was never challenged,
corroborated petitioner's testimony concerning his reasons
for visiting the Russian Embassy.
The Government presented no. witnesses. It was ob-
vious, however, from the questions posed to petitioner
and to his witnesses, that the Board relied on confidential
reports which were never made available to petitioner.
These reports apparently were compilations of statements
taken from various persons contacted by an investigatory
agency. Petitioner had no opportunity to confront and
question persons whose statements reflected adversely on
him or to confront the government investigators who took~
their statements. Moreover, it Seemed evident that the
Board itself had never questioned the investigators and
PAGENO="0043"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~ 1607
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
* Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
had never seen those persons whose statements were the
subject of their reports.
On January 29, 1952, the JERB, on the basis of the
testimony given at the hearing and the confidential re-
ports. reversed the action of the PSB and informed
petitioner and ERCO that petitioner was authorized to
work on Secret contract work.
On March 27, 1953, the Secretary of Defense abolished
the PSB and IERB and directed the Secretaries of the
three armed services to establish regional Industrial Per-
sonnel Security Boards to coordinate the industrial secu-
rity program.6 The Secretaries were also instructed to
establish uniform standards, criteria, and procedures.7
6 The Boards were abolished pursuant to a memorandum of March
27, 1953, issued by the Secretary of Defense to the Secretaries of
the Army, Navy, and Air Force and to the Chairman of the Muni-
tions Board. It provided in part:
"5. The Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force shall estab-
lish such number of geographical regions within the United States
as seems appropriate to the work-load in each region. There shall
then be established within each region an Industrial Personnel Set~u-
rity Board. This board shall consist of two separate and distinct
divisions, a Screening Division and an Appeal Division, with equal
representation of the Departments of the Army~ Navy and Air Force
on each such division. The Appeal Division shall have jurisdiction
to hear appeals from the decision of the Screening Division and its
decisions shall be determined by a majority vote which shall be
final, subject only to reconsideration on its own motion or at the
request of the appellant for good cause shown or at the request of
the Secretary of any military department."
~ The memorandum from the Secretary of Defense also provided:
"6. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy snd.Air Force, shall within
thirty days (30), establish such' geographical regions and develop joint
uniform standards, criteria, and detailed procedures to implement the
above-described program. In developing the standards, criteria, and
procedures, full considerationj; shall be given to the rights of indi-
viduals, consistent with security requirements. After approval by
PAGENO="0044"
1608 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
Cases pending before the PSB and IERB were. referred to
these new Boards.8 During the interim period between
the abolishment of the old program and the implementa-
tion of the new one, the Secretaries considered themselves
charged with administering clearance activities under
previously stated criteria.9
On April 17, 1953, respondent Anderson, the Secretary
of the Navy, wrote ERCO that he had reviewed peti-
tioner's case and had concluded that petitioner's "con-
tinued access to Navy classified security information
[was] inconsistent with the best interests of National
Security." No hearing preceded this notification. He
requested ERCO to exclude petitioner "from any part
of your plants, factories or sites at which classified Navy
projects are being carried out and to bar him access to
all Navy classified information." He also advised tile
corporation that petitioner's case was being referred to
the Secretary of Defense with the recommendation that
the IERB'~ decision of January 29, 1952, be overruled.
ERCO had no choice but to comply with the request.1°
the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the standards,
criteria, and procedures shall govern the operations of the Board."
8 memorandum provided:
"7. All cases pending before the Army-Navy-Air Force Personnel
Security Board and the Industrial Employment lleview Board shall
be referred for action under this order to the appropriate in(iustrial
Personnel Security Board."
9 memorandum further provided:
"4. The Criteria Governing Actions by the industrial Employment
Review Board, dated 7 November 1949, as revised 10 November 1950,
and approved by the Secretaries of. the Army, Navy, and Air Force,
shall govern security clearances of industrial facilities and industrial
personnel by the Secretaries of the Army, N ivy and Air Force until
such time as uniform criteria are est.ablish'd in connection with
paragraph 6 of this memorandum."
~° See note 2, supra.
PAGENO="0045"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o\ 1609
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
This led to petitioner's discharge.11 ERCO informed the
Navy of what had occurred and requested an opportunity
to discuss the matter in view of petitioner's importance
to the firm.12 The Navy replied that "[a]s far as the Navy
~ The Chairman of the Board of ERCO, Colonel Henry Berliner,
later testified by affidavit as follows:
"During the year 1953, and for many years previous thereto, I
was the principal stockholder of Engineering and Research Corpora-
tion, a corporation which had its principal place of business at River-
dale, Maryland. I was also the chairman of the board, and the
principal executive officer of this corporation.
"I am acquainted with William Lewis Greene. Prior to the month
of April, 1953, Mr. Greene was Vice-President in charge of engineer-
ing and General Manager of Engineering and Research Corporation.
He has been employed by this corporation since 1937. His progress
in the company had been consistent. He was one of our most valued
and valuable employees, and was responsibje for much of the work
which Engineering and Research Corporation was doing. In April,
1953, the company receiyed a letter from the Secretary of the Navy
advising us that clearance had been denied to Mr. Greene and advis-
ing us that it would be necessary to bar him from access to our plant.
In view of his position with the company, there was no work which he
could do in light of this denial of clearance by the Navy. As a result,
it was necessary for the company to discharge him. There was no
other reason for Mr. Greene's discharge, and in the absence of the
letter referred to, he could have continued in the employment of
Engineering and Research Corporation indefinitely."
12 The President of ERCO wrote to the Secretary of the Navy as
follows:
"The Honorable R. B. Anderson
"Secretary of the Navy
"Washington 25, D. C.
"My dear Mr. Secretary:
"Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of April 17, 1953 in which
you state that you have reviewed the case history file on William
Lewis Greene and have concluded that his continued access to Navy
classified security information is inconsistent with the best interests
of National Security.
"You request this company to exclude Mr~ Greene from our plants,
PAGENO="0046"
1610 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
Department is concerned, any further discussion on this
problem.at this time will serve no useful purpose."
Petitioner asked for reconsideration of the decision
On October 13, 1953, the Navy wrote to him stating that
it had requested the Eastern Industrial Personnel S~curity
Board (EIPSB) to accept jurisdiction and to arrive at a
final determination concerning petitioner's status.13 Var-
factories or sites and to bar him from information, in the inter-
ests of protecting Navy classified projects and claa.sified security
information.
"In accordance with your request, please be advised that since
receipt of your letter this company has excluded Mr. Greene from
any part of our plants, factories or sit.e~ and barred him access to
all classified security information.
"For your further information, Mr. Greene tendered his resigna-
tion as an officer of this corporation and has left the plant. We
shall have no further contact with him until his status is clarified
although we have not yet formally accepted his resignation.
"Mr. Greene is Vice President of this company in charge of en-
gineering. His knowledge, experience and executive ability have
proven of inestimable value in the past. The loss cf his services at
this time is a serious blow to company operations. Accordingly, we
should like the privilege of a personal conference to discuss the
matter further~
"Furthermore, you state that you are referring the case to. the
Secretary of Defense recommending that the Industrial Employment
Review Board's decision of January 29, 1952 be overruled. If it is
appropriate, we should like very much to have the privilege of
discussing the matter with the Secretary of Defense.
"Please accept our thanks for any official oourte~ies which you are
in a position to extend.
"Respectfully yours,
"Engineering and Research Corporation
"By /s/ L. A. Wells"
`~ On May 4, 1953, pursuant to the memorandum of the Secretary
of Defense dated March 27, 1953, see note 6, supi~a, the Secretaries
of the military departments established regional Industrial Personnel
Security Boards governed by generalized standards, criteria, and
procedures.
PAGENO="0047"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o( 1611
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. `360 U. S.
ious letters were subsequently exchanged between peti-
tioñer's counsel and the EIPSB. These resulted finally
in generalized charges, quoted in the margin, incorporat-
ing the information previously discussed with petitioner
at his 1952 hearing before the IERB.'4
14 The specifications were contained in a letter to petitioner's
counsel dated April 9, 1954, which was sent nineteen days before
the hearing. That letter provided in part:
"Security considerations permit disclosure of the following informa-
tion that has thus far resulted in the denial of clearance to Mr.
Greene:
"1. During 1942 SUBJECT was a member of the Washington
Book Shop Association, an organization that has been officially cited
`by the Attorney General of the United States as Communist and
subversive.
"2. SUBJECT's first wife, Jean Hinton Greene, to whom he was
married from approximately December 1942 to approximately De-
cember 1947, was an ardent Communist during the greater part of
the period of the marriage.
"3. During the period of SUBJECT's first marriage he and his
wife had many Communist publications in their home, including the
`Daily Worker'; `Soviet Russia Today'; `In Fact'; and Karl Marx's
`Das Kapital.'
"4. Many apparently reliable witnesses have testified that during
the period of SUBJECT's first marriage his personal political sym-
pathies were in general accord with those of his wife, in that be was
sympathetic towards Russia; followed the Communist Party `line';
presented `fellow-traveller' arguments; was apparently influenced
by `Jean's wild theories'; etc. [Nothing in the record establishes that
any witness "testified" at any hearing on these subjects and every-
thing in the record indicates that they could have done no more
than make such statements to investigative officers.]
"5. In about 1946 SUBJECT invested approximately $1000. in
the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation and later became a di-
rector of its Radio, Station WQQW. It has been reliably reported
that many of the s~ockho1ders of the Corporation were Communists
or pro-Communists and that the news coverage and radio programs
of Station WQQW frequently paralleled the Communist Party `line.'
[This station is now Station WGMS, Washington's "Good Music'
Station." Petitioner stated that he invested money in the station
PAGENO="0048"
1612 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
* GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
April 28, 1954, more. than one year after the
* Secretary took action, and for the two days thereafter,
petitioner presented his~ case to . the EIPSB and was.
cmsa-exammed in detail The hearing began with a
because be liked classical music and he considered it a good
investment.] .
"6. On 7 April 1947 SUBJECT and his wife Jean attended the
Third Annual Dinner of the Southern Conference for Human We!-
fare, an organization that has been oMcially cited as a Communist
front. [This dinner was also attended by many Washington notables,
including several members of this Court.]
"7. Beginning about 1942 and continuing for several years there-
after SUBJEC'F maintained sympathetic associations with various
officials of the Soviet Embassy, including Major Constantine I.
Ovchinnikov, Col. Pave! F. Berezin, Major Pave! N. Asseev, Col.
Ilia M. Saraev, and Col. Anatoly Y. Golkovsky. [High-level execu-
tives of ERCO, as above noted, testified that these associations were
carried on to secure business for the corporation.]
"8. During 1948 and 1947 SUBJECT had frequent sympathetic
association with Dr. Vaso Syrzentic of the Yugoslav Embassy. Dr.
Syrzentic has been identified as an agent of the International Com-
munist Party. [Petitioner testified that he met this individual once
in connection with a business transaction.]
"9. During 1043 SUBJECT was in contact with Col. Alexander
Hess of the Czechoslovak Embassy, who has been identified as an~
agent of the Red Army intelligence. [This charge was apparently
abandoned as no adverse finding was based on it.]
"10. During 1946 and 1947 SUBJECT maintained close and sym-
pathetic association with Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
and William Ludwig Uliman. Silvermaster and Uliman have been
identified as members of a Soviet Espionage Apparatus active in
Washington, D. C., during the 1940's. [Silvermaster was a top
economist in the Department of Agriculture and the direct superior
of petitioner's ex-wife who then worked in that department.]
"11. SUBJECT had a series of contacts with Laughlin Currie
* during the period 1945-48. Currie has also been identified as a
member of the Silvermaster espionage group. [Petitioner met Currie
in the executive offices of the President at a time when Carrie was
a Special Assistant to the President.]
* "12. During the period between 1942 and 1947 :~UBJECT main-
tained frequent and close associations with many Communist Party
PAGENO="0049"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1 95 O~ 1613
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
statement by the Chairman, which included the fQllowing
passage:
"The transcript to be made of this hearing will not
include all material in* the file of the case, in that,
it will not include reports of investigation conducted
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other
investigative agencies which are confidential. Nei-
ther will it contain information concerning the iden-
tity of confidential informants or information which
will reveal the source of confidential evidence. The
transcript will contain only the Statement of Rea-
sons, your answer thereto and the testimony actually
taken at this hearing."
Petitioner was again advised that the revocation of his
security clearance was based on incidents occurring be-
tween 1942 and 1947, including his associations with
alleged Communists, his visits with officials of the Russian
Embassy. and the presence in his house of Communist
literature.
Petitioner, in response to a question, stated at the out-
set of the hearing that he was then employed at a salary
of $4,700 per year as an architectural draftsman and that
he had been receiving $18,000 per year as Vice President
and General Manager of ERCO. He later explained that
members, including R- 5- -, and his wife E------.-~, B-.-
W-- and his wife M --, M - P- -, M-~ - L.
R N ~- and I ---- 8- . [These persons
were apparently friends of petitioner's ex-wife.]
"13. During substantially the same period SUBJECT maintained
close association with many persons who have been identified as
strong supporters of the Communist conspiracy, including 8- J.
R-, 5- L.-, 0-.--- L~-.--, Fe- F--- and V-
G . [These persons were apparently friends of his ex-wife.]
"It is noted that all of the above information has previously been
discussed with Mr. Greene at his hearing before the Industrial Em-
ployment Review Board, and that a copy of the transcript of that
hearing was made available to you in August of last year."
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --4
PAGENO="0050"
1614 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v McELROY
Opinion of the Court
after his discharge from ERCO he had unsuccessfully tried
to obtain, employment in the aeronautics field but had
been barricaded from it because of lack of clearance.15
Petitioner was subjected to an intense examination sim-
ilar to that which he experienced before the IERB in 1952.
* During the course of the, examination, the Board injected
new subjects of inquiry and made it evident that it was
relying on various investigatory reports `and statements
of confidential informants which were not made available
* to petitioner.15 Petitioner reiterated in great detail the
15 Petitioner stated by affidavit in support of his motion for sum-
mary judgment that "[a]fter my discharge from Engineering and
Research Corporation, I made every possible effort to secure other
employment at a salary commensurate with my experience, but I
was unable to do so because all of my work history had been in the
field of aeronautics. In spite of everything I could do, the best
* position I could obtain was a draftsman-engineer in an architectural
firm.. I was obliged to go to work for a salary of $4,400 per year,
* because the basis upon which a higher salary would be justified was
experience in a field which was not particularly useful in the type of'
work which I was able to obtain. As a result of the actions of the
defendants complained of, the field of aeronautical engineering was
closed to me."
~ For instance, the following questions were asked in connection
with the so-called "left wing" radio station in which petitioner owned
stock, petitioner's acquaintanceship with alleged subversives, and
petitioner's business relationships with foreign governments:
"Q. We have information here, Mr. Greene, thai. one particular
* individual specifically called your attention to the fact that [Con-.
gressman] Rankin and [Senator] Bilbo had characterized this station
as a Communist station, run by and for Communists?
"Q. We have information here, this has come from an informant
characterized to be of known reliability in which Fe refers to con-
versations he had with you about January of 1947 in which you
told him that you had visited M P the previous evening
and had become rather chummy with him, do you wish to comment
on that?
`Q. Concerning your relationship with S~ - 1 , we have
~O9615 O-59--3.4
PAGENO="0051"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1615
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
* Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
explanations previously given before the IERB. He was
subjected to intense cross-examination, however, concern-
ing reports that he had agreed with the views held by his
ex-wife.
information here from an informant characterized as being one of
known reliability, in which S-~ L told this informant that
shortly following her Western High School speech in 1947, she
remarked to you that probably many people will learn things about
Russia and she quoted you as replying, `Well I hope they learn Some-
thing good, at least.' Do you wish to say anything about that?
"Q. Information `~e have, Mr. Greene, indicates first of all, that
you didn't meet these Russians in 1942 but you met them in early
1943.
"Q. Now, we have further information, Mr. Greene, indicating
that the initiative of these contacts came from Col. Beresin.
"Q. We have information here indicating that as a matter of fact,
sir, we do know that the meeting between you and Col. Berezin was
arranged through Hess and Hochfeld as you indicated. We also
have information from a source identified as being one of known
reliability referring to a conversation that this source had with Hess
in April 1943 in which Hess stated that he had been talking to
one Harry, not further identified but presumed to be Hochfeld and
that Harry said to Hess that he had a young engineer who is a
good friend of ours and of our cause and Harry wanted Hess to set up
a meeting between Berezin and yourself. Can you give us some
reason why Harry might have referred to you as a good friend of
our cause?
"Q. Of course, we can make certain assumptions as to why CoL
Berezin might have wanted to meet you back in December 1942
when we look at a statement like this indicating that you. were con-
sidered a good friend of their's and of their cause. Of course, some
weight is lent to this assumption by the fact that your wife was
strongly pro-Communist and after she left you she became very
active in Communist affairs, in case you don't know that, I'll pass
it on to you."
And the following questions were asked of various witnesses presented
PAGENO="0052"
1616 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~
GREENE `v. McELROY.
Opinion àf the Court.
Petitioner again presented a number of witnesses who
testified. that he was loyal, that he had spoken approv-
ingly of the United States and its economic system, that
he was a valuable engineer~ and that he had made valu-
able and significant contributions to this country's war
efforts during World War II and the Korean War.
`Soon after the conclusion of the hearing, the EIPSB
notified* petitioner that it had affirmed the Secretary's
action and that it had decided that the grantiirig of clear-
ance to petitioner for access to classified information was
"not clearly consistent with the interests of national secu-
rity." Petitioner requested that he be furnished with
a detailed statement of findings supporting the Board's
decision. He was informed, however, that security con-
by petitioner evidently because the Board had confidential informa-
tion that petitioner's ex-wIfe was "eccentric."
"Q. Now you were in Bill's home, that red brick house that you're
talking about.
"Q. Was there anything unusual about the house itself, the interior
of it, was it dirty?
"Q. Were there any beds in their house which had no mattresses
on them?
"Q. Did you ever hear it said that Jean slept on a board in order
to keep the common touch?
"Q. When you were in Jean's home did she dress conventionally
when she received her guests?
"Q. Let me ask you this, conventionally when somebody would
invite you for dinner at their home would you expect them, if they
were a woman to wear a dress and shoes and `stockin~gs and the usual
clothing of the evening or would you expect them to `appear in
overalls?"
PAGENO="0053"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195O~ 1617
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
* siderations prohibited such disclosure.1T On September
* 16, 1955, petitioner requested review by the Industrial
Personnel Security Review Board.18 On March 12, 1958,
almost three years after the Secretary's action and nearly
one year after the second hearing, he received a letter from
the Director of the Office of Industrial Personnel Security
Review informing him that the EIPSB had found that
from 1942-1947 petitioner associated âlosely with his
then wife and her friends, knowing that they were active
in behalf of and sympathized with the Communist Party,
that during part of this period petitioner maintained a
sympathetiC association with a number of officials of the
Russian Embassy, that during this period petitioner's
* political views were similar to those of his then wife, that
petitioner had been a member of a suspect bookehop asso~
ciation, had invested money in a suspect radio station,
had attended a suspect dinner, and had, on occasion,
Communist publications in his home, and that petitioner's
credibility as a witness in the proceedings was doubtful.
The letter also stated that the doubts concerning peti~
tioner's credibility a~ected the Board's evaluation of his
trustworthiness and that only trustwort~iy persons could
be afforded access to classified information.10 The EIPSB
determination was affirmed.
After the EIPSB decision in 1954, petitioner filed a
complaint in the United States District Court for the Dic.~
17 notification stated:.
"Security considerations prohibit the furnishing to on appellant
of a detailed statement of the findings on appeal inasmuch as the
entire* file is considered and comments made by the Apps~l Divbico
panel on security matters which could not for security znacona forni
the basis of a statement of reasons.".
* 18ThiS Board was created by the Secretary of Defeflz~ on February
2,1955, and given power to review adverse decisions rendered by the
regional boards.
1'This was the first time that petitioner was charged or found to
be untrustworthy.
PAGENO="0054"
1618 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIE.S CONTROL ACT OF 195 0'
GREENE v~ McELROY..
O~ awn of the Court.
trict of Columbia asking for a declaration that the revoca
tion wa~ unlawful and void and for an order restraining'
respondents from acting pursuant to it.~° He also asked
for an order requiring respondents to advise ERCO that
the clearance revocation was void. Following the affirm-
ance of the EIPSB order by the Industris,l Personnel
Review Board, petitioner moved for summai.y judgment,
in the District Court. The Government cross-filed for
dismissal of the coxn~laint or summary judgment. The
District Court granted the Government's motion for sum-
mary judgment, 150 F. Supp. 958, and the Court of
Appeals affirmed that disposition, 103 U. S. App. D. C'.
87, 254 F. 2d 944.
The Court of Appeals recogi~ized that petitioner had
suffered substantial harm from the clearance revocation.~
But `in that court's view, petitioner's suit presented no
"justiciable controversy"-no controversy which the
courts could finally and effectively, decide. This conclu-
sion followed from the Court of Appeals' reasoning that
the Executive Department alone is competent to evaluate
the competing considerations which exist in determining
the persons `who are to be afforded security clearances.
20 complaint was filed before the establishment of the Indus-~
trial Personnel Security Review Board. See note 18, supra.
21 The Court of Appeals stated: `We have no doubt that, Greene
has in fact been injured. He was forced out of a job that paid him
$18,000 per year. He has since been reduced, so far as this `record
shows, to working as an architectural draftsman at a salary of some'
$4,400 per year. Further, as an aeronautical engine~r of considerable
experience he says (without real contradiction) that he is effectively
barred from pursuit of many aspects of his profession, given the
current dependence of most phases of the aircraft industry on Defense,
Department contracts not only for production but for research and
development work as well. . . . Nor do we doubt that, following the
Government's action, some stigma, in greater or less degree, has
attached to Greene." 103 U. S. App. D. C. 87, 95-96, 254 F. 2d
944, 952-953. `
PAGENO="0055"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~ 1619
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S..
The court also rejected petitioner's claim that he was
deprived: of his livelihood without the traditional safé.~
guards required by "due process oflaw" such as confronta-
tion of his accusers and access to confidential reports used
to determine his fitness. Central to this determination
was the court's unwillingness to order the Government to
choose between disclosing the identities of informants or
giving petitioner clearance.
Petitioner contends that the action of the Department
of Defense in barring him from access to classified in-
formatiOn on the basis of statements of confidential
informants made to investigators was not authorized by
either Congress or the President and has denied him
"liberty" and "property" without "due process of law"
in contravention of the Fifth Amendment. The alleged
property is petitioner's employment; the alleged liberty
is petitioner's freedom to practicç his chosen profession.
Respondents admit, as they must, that the revocation of
security clearance caused petitioner to lose his job with
ERCO and has seriously affected, if not destroyed, his
ability to obtain employment in the aeronautics f~e1d.
Although the right to hold specific private employment
and to follow a chosen profession free from unrea-
sonable governmental interference cOmes within the
"liberty" and "property" concepts of the Fifth Amend-
ment, Dent v. West Virginia, 129 U. S. 114; Schware v.
Boatd of Bar Examiners, 353 U. S. 232; Peters v. Hobby,
349 U S 331, 352 (concurrmg opinion), cf Slochowet~' V
Board of Education, 350 U. S. 551; Truax v. Raich, 239
U. S. 33, 41; .Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U. S. 578, ~89-
590; Powell v. Pennsylvania, 127 U. S. 678, 684, respond-
ents contend that the admitted interferences which have.
occurred are indirect by-products of necessary govern-
mental action to protect the integrity of secret information
and hence are not unreasonable and do not coi~stitute
deprivations within the meaning of the Amendment.
PAGENO="0056"
1620 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIViTIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v. `McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
Alternatively, respOndents urge that even if petitioner
has been' restrained in the enjoyment of constitutionally
protected righte, he was accorded due process of law in
that, he was permitted to utilize those procedural safe-.
guards consonant with an effective clearance program, in
the administration of which the identity of informants
and their statements are kept secret to insure, an unim-
paired flow to the Government of information concerning
subversive conduct. But in view of our conclusion that
this case should be decided on the narrower ground of
"authorization," we find that we need not determine the
answers to these questions.22
The issue, as we see it, is whether the Department of
Defense has been authoriZed to create an industrial secu-
rity clearance program under which affected persons may
lose their jobs and may be `restrained in following their,
chOsen professions on the' basis `of fact determinations
concerning their fitness for clearance made in proceedings
in which they are denied the traditional procedural
safeguards of confron~tion~and cross-examination.
Prior to World War II, only sporadic efforts were made
to control the clearance of persons who worked in private
establishments which manufactured materials for national
defense. Report of the Commission on Government
Security, 1957, S. Doe. No, 64, 85th Cong., 1st Sess.',236.
During World War [I the War Department instituted a
22 note our agreement with respondents' concession' that peti-
tioner has standing to bring this suit and to assert ~vhatever rights
he may have. Respondents' actions, directed at petitioner as an
individaal, caused substantial injuries, Joint Anti-Fczscuit Committee~
V. McGrath, 341 U. 8. 123, 152 (concurring opinion), and, were they
the subject of a suit, between private persons, they could be attacked
as an invasion of a legally protected right to be free from arbitrary
interference' with private contractual relationships, Moreover, peti-.
tioner has the right to be free from unauthormed nctions of govern-
ment officials which substantially impatr his plroperty interests.
Cf. Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson, 223 U. 8. 605.
PAGENO="0057"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950\ 1621
OCTOBER TERM,. 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
formalized program to. obtain the discharge. from war
plants of persons engaged in sabotage, espionage, and
willful activity designed to disrupt the national defense
program. Id., at 237. In 1946, the War Department
began to require contractors, before being given access to
classified information, to sign secrecy agreements which
required consent before their employees were permitted
access to Top Secret or Secret information. Id., at 238.
At the outset, each armed service administered its own
industrial clearance program. Id., at 239. Later, the
PSB. and IERB were established by the Department of
Defense and the Secretaries of the armed services to
administer a more centralized program. Ibid. Confu-
sion existed concerning the criteria and procedures to be
employed by these boards. Ibid. Eventually, general-
ized procedures were established with the approval of the
Secretaries which provided in part that before the IERB
"[tJ he hearing will be conducted in such manner as to
protect from disclosure information affecting the national
security or tending to compromise investigative sources
or methods .~. . ." See "Procedures Governing Appeals
to the Industrial Employment Review Board, dated 7
November 1949," note 4, supra, § 4 (c). Aftei~ aboli-
tion of these boards in 1953, and the establishment of the
IPSB, various new sets of procedures were promulgated
which likewise provided for the non-disclosure of informa-
tion "tending to compromise investigative sources or
methods or the indentity of confidential informants." ~
23 Industrial Personnel Security Review Regulation, 20 Pod.
Reg. 1553, recommended by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, cud
Air Force, and approved by the Secretary. of Defense,' provided:
"~ 67.1-4. Relea8e of informatioii. AU personnel in the Progrom
will comply with applicable directives pertaining to the safeguarding
of classified information and the handling of investigative reports.
No classified information, nor any, information which might corn-
PAGENO="0058"
1622 ~)AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
All of these programs and procedures were established
by directives issued by the Secretary of Delense or the
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force None was
the creature of statute or of an Executive Order issued by
the President.~"
Respondents maintain that congressional. authorization
to the Président to fashion a program which denies secu-
rity clearance to persons on the basis of confidential in-
formation which the individuals have no opportunity to
confront and test is unnecessary because the President
has inherent authority to maintain military, secrets invio-
late. And respondents argue that if's statutory grant of
power is necessary, such a grant can readily be inferred
"as a necessarily implicit authority, from the generalized
provisions" of legislation dealing with the armed services.
promise investigative sources or methods or the identity of confiden-
tial informants, will be disclosed, to any contractor or contractor
employee, or to his lawyer or representatives, or to ally other person
not authorized to have access to such information. In Addition, in a
case involving a contractor employee the contractor concerned will be
advised only of the final determination in the case to grant, deny, or
revoke clearance, and of any decision to suspend a clearance granted
previously pending final determination in the case. The contractor
will not be given a copy of the Statement ~f Reasons issued to the
contractor employee except at the written request of the contractor
employee concerned."
24See "Charter of the Industrial Employment Review Board, dated
7 November 1949," note 4, 8upra; "Charter of the Army-Navy-Air
Force Personnel Security Board, dated 19 June 1950," note 3, supra;
Memorandum issued by the Secretary of Defense to the Secretaries
of the Army, Navy, and Air Force ~nd to the Chairman of the
Munitions Board, dated March 27, .1953, notes 6, 7, 8 and 9, 8upra;
"The Industrial Personnel and Facility Security Clearance Program,"
effective May 4, 1953, note 13, supra; "The Industrial Personnel
Security Review Regulation," 20 Fed. Reg.. ISSa, 32 CFR Part 67
(1958 Supp.); Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classi-
fied Information, 20 Fed. Reg.. 6213, 21 Fed. Reg. 2814.
PAGENO="0059"
(AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~ 1623
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 Ti. S.
But the question which must be decided in this case is
not whether the President has inherent power to act or
whether Congress has granted him such a power; rather, it
is ~ hether either the President or Congress exercised such
a power and delegated to the Department of Defense. the
authority to fashion such a program
Certain principles have remained relatively immutable
in our jurisprudence. One of these is that where govern-
mental action seriously injures an individual, and the
reasonableness of the action depends on fact findings,
the evidence used to prove the Government's case must
be disclosed to the individual so that he has an oppor-
tunity to show that it is untrue. While this is important
in the case of documentary evidence, it is even more
important where the evidence consists of the testimony
of individuals whose memory might be faulty or who,
in fact, might be perjurers. or persons motivated by~
itiahee. vindictiveness, intolerance, prejudice, or jealousy.
We have formalized these protections in the require-
ments of confrontation and cross-examination. They
have ancient roots.~ They find expression in the Sixth
Amendment which provides that in all criminal cases
the accused shall enjoy the right "tO be confronted with
25 When Festus more than two thousand years ago reported to
King Agrippa that Felix had given him a prisoner named Paul and
that the priests and elders desired to have judgment against Paul,
Festus is reported to have stated: "It is not the manner of the
Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused
have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself
concerning the crime laid against him." Acts 25:16. .~
Professor Wigmore explains in some detail the emergence of the
principle in Anglo-American law that confrontation and cross
examination are basic uigredlents m a fair trial 8 Wigmnore on Em
dence (3d ed 1940) § 1364 And see O'Brian, National Security and
Individual Freedom, 62
PAGENO="0060"
1624 \AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950'
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
the witnesses against him." This Court has been zealous
to protect these rights from erosion. It has spoken out
hot only in criminal cases, e. g~, Mattox v. United State8,
156 U S 237, 242-244, Kwby v United States, 174
U. S. 47; Motes v. United States, 178 U. S. 458, 474;
In re Oliver, 333 U S 257, 273, but also in all types
of cases where administrative and regulatory actions were
under scrutiny E g, Southern R Co v Virginia,
290 U. S. 190; Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities
Commis&ion, 301 U. S. 292; Morganv. United States; 304
U. S. 1, .19; Carter v. Kubler, 320 U. S. 243; Reilly v.
Pinkus, 338 U. S. 269 Nor, as it has been pointed out,
has Congress ignored these fundamental requirements
in enacting regulatory legislation. Joint Anti-Fascist
Committee v. McGrath, 341 U. S. 168-169 (concurring
opinion).
Professor Wigmore, commenting on the ~irnportance of
cross-examination, states in his treatise, 5 Wigmore on
Evidence (3d ed. 1940) § 1367:
"For two centuries past, the policy of the Anglo-
American system of Evidence has been to regard the
necessity of testing by cross-examinal;ion as a vital
feature of the law. The belief that no safeguard for
testing the value of human statements is comparable
to that furnished by cross-examination, and the con-
viction that no statement (unless by special excep-
tion) should be used as testimony until it has been
probed and sublimated by that test, has found
increasing strength in lengthening experience."
Little need be added to this incisive summary statement
except to point out that under the present clearance pro-
cedures . not only is the testimony of absent witnesses
allowed to stand without the probing questions of the
person under attack which often uncover inconsistencies,
PAGENO="0061"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1625
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
lapses of recollection, and bias,~ but, in addition, even
the members of the clearance boards do not see the
informants or know their identities,, but normally rely
on an investigator's summary report of what the in-
26 For instance, in' the instant case, to establish the charge that
petitioner's "personal political sympathies were in general accord with
those of his wife," the EIPSB apparently relied on statements made
to investigators by "old" friends of petitioner. Thus, the following
questions were asked petitioner:
"Q. I'd like to read to you a quotation from the testimony of a
person who had identified himself as having been a very close friend
of yours over a long period of years. He states that you, as saying
to him one day that you were reading a great deal of pro-Communist
books and other literature. Do you wish to comment on that?
"Q. Incidentally this man's testimony concerning you was entirely
favorable in one respect. He stated that he didn't think you were a
Communist but he did state that he thought that you had been
influenced by Jean's viewpoints and that he had received impressions
definite that it was your wife who was parlor pink and that you were
going along with her.
"Q. This same friend testified that he believed that you were
influenced by Jean's wild theories and he decided at that time to have
no further association with you and your wife .
"Q. . . . Here's another man who indicates that he has been a
friend of yours over a lông period of time who states that he was a
visitor in your home on occasions and that regarding some of these
visits, he met some of your wife's friends, these people we've been
talking about in the past and that one occasion, he mentioned in
particular, the topic of conversation was China and that you cet
forth in the conversation and there seemed general agreement among
all of you at that time that the revolutionists in China were not actu-
ally Communists but were agrarian reformists which as you probably
know is part of the Communist propaganda line of several years
back. . .
"Q. Mr. Greene we've got some information here. indicating that
during the period of your marriage to your first wife that she was
PAGENO="0062"
1626 AMENDING SUBVERSiVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREE .v. McELROY.
Q~inion of the Court.
fm'rnant ~id ~ithotit even. e~~amining the investigator.
p~r~pn~iy~..
We ~u~tdeterrnine ftg~inst thin background, whether
the Pe'eni~i~t or~ Congrece line delegaLed to the Depart-
constantly finding fault with the Amorican institutions, opposing
the Anierican Capitalistic System and never had anything but
praise for the Russians and everything they attempted to do. Did
you find that to be the case?
"Q. We have a statement here from another witness with respect
to yourself in which he states that you felt that the modern people
in this country were too rich and powerful, that the capitalistic
system of this country was to the disadvantage of the working people
and that the working people were exploited by the rich.
"Q. I have a statement from another one of your associates to
the effect that you would at times, present to him a fellow-traveler
argument. This man indicated to us that he was pretty well versed
on the Communist Party line himself at that time and found you
parroting arguments which he assumed that you got from your wife.
Do you wish to comment on that?"
Confrofltation of the persons who allegedly made these statements
would have been of prime Importance to petitioner, for cross-examina-
tion might have shown that these "witnesses" were hazy in recol-
lecting long-past incidents, or were irrationally motivated by bias or
vindictiveness.
This is made clear by the following testimony of Jerome D.
Fenton, Director, Industrial Personnel Security, Department of De-
fense, before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of t.he
Senate Judiciary Committee, given on November 23, 1955:
What other type of evidence is received by the hearing
boards besides the evidence of persons under oath?
"[A,] The reports from the various governmental investigative
agencies.
"[Q.J And the reports of the various governmental investigations
might, themselves, be hearsay, might they not?
"[A.] I think that is a fair statement.
"[Qj In fact, they might be, as the Court of Appeals for the Ninth
District [sic] said with respect to the port security program, second,
PAGENO="0063"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~ 1627
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S~
ment of Defense the authority to by-pass these tradi-
tional and well-recognized safeguards in an. industrial
security clearance program which can operate to injure
individuals substantially by denying to them the oppor-
tunity to follow chosen private professions. Respondents
cite two Executive Orders which they believe show presi-
dential delegation. The first, Exec. Order No. 10290, 16
Fed. Reg. 9795, was entitled "Prescribing Regulations
Establishing Minimum Standards For The Classifica-
tion, Transmission, And Handling, By.Departments And
or third, or fourth-hand hearsay, might they not? [This question
refers to the opinion of the Court of Appeals for, the Ninth Circuit
in Parker v. Lester, 227 F. 2d 708.]
"[A.] The answer is `Yes.'
Q] (`an you tell me what type of help is given to the hearing'
bo~ird in these reports with respect to the matter of evahtation?
What is the nature of the evaluation that is used for this purpose?
"[A.] Well, each board has a person who is (~alled a security adviser,
who is an expert in that particular area. Each screening board has
one, and those individuals are well-trained people who know how
to evaluate reports and evaluate information. They know how to
separate the wheat from the chaff, and they assist these boards.'
"[Q.] This expert, then, has to t~e the report and make his own
determination in assisting the board as to the reliability of .~ witness
that he has never seen, or perhaps hasn't even had the `opportunity
to see the person who `interviëwed'the witfiess?
"[A.] Well, he has nothing to do with the witness; no.
"[Q.] What is that?
"[A.] He has not interviewed the witness; no."
Hearings before Subcommittee on Constitutional' Rights, Senate
Juchciary Committee, on S Res 94, 84th Cong, 2d Ses~ 623-~24
And cf. Richardson, The Federal Employee Loyalty Program, &1' Cal.
L. Rev. 546, and Hearings beforo"a Subcommittee of tbc ~ato
Foreign Relations Committee on .8. flee. 231, S1~t Cong.1 2d Sec~'.
327-339 (statement'ôf J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau' of
Investigation)
PAGENO="0064"
1628 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195
GREEN11~ v McELROY
Opinion of the Coutt.
Agencies of the Executive Branch, Of Official Informa-
tion Which Requires Safeguarding In The Interest Of
The Security Of The United States." It provided, in
relevantpatt:
"P~irr V-DISSEMINATION OF CLASSIFIED SECURITY
INFORMATION
"29. General. a. No person shall be entitled to
knowledge or possession of, or access to, classified
security information solely by virtue o~ his office or
position.
"L. Classified security information shall not be
discussed with orin the presence of unauthorized per-
sons, and the latter shall not be permitted to inspect
or have access to such information.
"c. The head of each agency shall establish a sys-
tem for controlling the dissemination of classified
Tsecurity information adequate to the needs of his
agency.
"30. Limitations on dissemination-a. Within the
Executive Branch. The dissemination of classified
security information shall be limited to persons whose
official duties require knowledge of such information.
Special measures shall be employed to limit the dis-
semination of `Top Secret' security information to
the absolute minimum. Only that portion of `Top
Secret' security information necessary to the proper
planning and appropriate action of any organizational
unit or individual shall be released to such unit or
individual.
"b. Outside the Executive BranCh. Classified
security information shall not be disseminated out-
side the Executive Branch by any person or agency
having access thereto or knowledge thereof except
under conditions and through channels authorized by
PAGENO="0065"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1629
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion~ of the Court. 360 U. S.
the head of the disseminating agency, even though
such person or agency may have been solely or partly
responsible for its production."
- The second, Exec. Order No. 10501, 18 Fed. Reg. 7049,
which revoked Exec. Order No. 10290, is entitled "Safe-
guarding Official Information In The Interests Of The
Defense Of The United States" and provides in relevant
part:
"Sec. 7. Accountability and Dissemination.
"(b) Dissemination Out side the Executive &anch.
Classified defense information shall not be dissemi-
nated outside the executive branch -except under con-
ditions and through channels authorized by the head
of the disseminating -department or agency, even
though the person or agency to which dissemination
of such information is proposed to be made may have
b*~s~n solely or partly responsible for its production."
Clearly, t~either of these orders empowers any executive
agency to fashion security programs whereby persons are
deprived of their present civilian employment and of the
opportunity of continued activity in their chosen pro-
fessions without being accorded the chance to challenge
effectIvely the evidence and testimony upon which an
adverse security determination might rest.~
Turning to the legislative enactments which might be
deemed as delegating authesity to the Department of
Defense to fashion programs under which persons m~y be
28No better, for this purpose, is Exec. Order No. 8972, 8 Fed.
Reg. 6420, filed on December 12, 1941, which empowered the eec-
retary of War "to establish and maintain military guards and patrols,
and to take other appropriate measures, to protect from injury or
destruction national-defense material, national-defense premises, and
national-defense utilities . . . ." Even if that order is relevant
authority for programs create~I-after World War II, whiehis doubtful,
it provides no specific authorisation for non-confrontation hearings.
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --5
PAGENO="0066"
1630 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 0,'
GREENE v. McELROY.
Opinion of the Court.
seriously restrained in. their employment opportunities
through a denial of clearance without the aifeguards of
cross-examination and confrontatioz~, we note the Gov-
ernment's own assertion, made in its brief, 1;hat "{w]ith
petitioner's cOntention that the industrial Security
Program is not explicitly authorized by statute we may
`rea~dily agree.. . .
The, first proffered statute is the National Security Act
of 1947, a~ amended, 5 U. S. `C, § 171 et seq. That Act
created the Department of Defense and gave to the Secre-
tary of Defense and the Secretaries of the armed services
the authority to administer their departments. Nowhere
in the Act, or its amendments, is there found specific
authority to create a clearance program similar to the one
now, in effect~
Another Act cited by respondents is the Armed Service
Procurement. Act of 1947, as amended. It provides in
10 U. .5. C. §2304 that:
"(a) Purchases of and contracts for property or
serviceS covered by this chapter shall be made by
formal advertising. However, the head of an agency
may negotiate such a purchase or contract, if-
"(12) the purchase or contract is for property or
services whose procurement he determines should not
be' publicly disclosed because of' their character,
ingredients, or components."
It' further provides in 10 U. S. C. § 2306:
"(a) The cost-plus-a-percentage-of~cost system of
contracting may not be used. Subject to this limita-
tion ~and subject to subsections (b)-('e), the head of
an agency may, in negotiating contracts under sec-
tion 2304 of this title, make any kind of contract that
he considers will promote the best interests of the
United States."
5O96i~ O-59--35
PAGENO="0067"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950' 1631
OCTOBER `TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U.S.
Respondents argue that these statutes, together with 18
U. S. C. § 798, which makes it a crime willfully and know..
ingly to communicat,e to unauthorized persons informs,.
tion concerning cryptographic or intelligence activities,
and 50 U. S~ C. § 783 (b), which makes it a crime for an
officer or employee of the United States to communicate
classified information to agents of foreign governments or
officers and members of "Communist organizations," re-
flect a recognition by Congress of the existence of military
secrets and the necessity of keeping those secrets inviolate.
Although these statutes make it apparent that Congress
recognizes the existence of military secrets, they hardly
constitute an authorization to create an elaborate clear-
ance program which embodies procedures traditionally
believed to be inadequate~to protect affected pèrsons?~
Lastly, the Government urges that if werefuse to adopt
its "inferred" authorization reasoning, nevertheless, con..
gressional ratification is apparent by the' continued apprö~.
i~riation of funds to fluiance aspects of the program
fashioned' by the Department of Defense. Respondents
refer us to Hearings before the House Committee on
Appropriations on Department of DefenseAppropriâtions
for 1956, 84th Cong., `1st Sees. 774-~781. At those
hearings, the Committee was asked to approve the appro-
priation of funds to finance a program under which reim-
bursement for lost wages would be made to employees of
government contractors who were temporarily denied, but
later granted, security clearance. Apparently, such reim..
2aAs far as appears, the most substantial official nQtice which
Congress had of the non-confrontation procedures used in screening
industrial workers was embodied in S~ Doe. ~o. 40, 84tb~ Càng., let
Sess., a 354-page compilation of laws, executive ordere, and regWa-
tions relating~ to internal security, printed at the reqtsest of a
single Senator, which reproduced, among other documents and
without specific comment, the Industrial Personnel Security Review'
Regulation.
PAGENO="0068"
1632 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
O~ENE ~. McEL~OY.
Opinion of the Court.
bUtsement8 had been made prior ~to that time out of
general appropriations. Although a specific appropria-
ti6n was eventually made for this purpose, it could not
conceivably constitute a ratification of the hearing pro-
* cedures, for the ~rócedures were in no way involved in the
special reimbursement program3°
* ~°At the hearings to which we have been referred, the following
passage from the testimony of the Department of Defense repre-
sentative constitutes the only description made to the Committee
concerning the procedures used in the Department's clearance
program:
"In connection with the procurement programs of the D~partment
of Defenae~ regulations have been prescribed tO provide uniform
standarde and criteria for dete~mining the eligibility of contractors,
contractor employees, and certain other individuals, to have access
to classified defense information. The regulations ah~o establish ad-
ministrative procedures governing the disposition of cases in which
a military department, or activity thereof, has made a recommenda-
tion or determiziation (a) with respect to the denial, suspension, or'
revocation of a clearance of a contractor or contractor employee;
and (b) with respect to the denial or withdrawal of authorization
for access by certain* other individuals.
"While the Department of Defense assumes, unk~ss information
to the contrary is received, that all contractors and contractor
employees are loyal to the Government of the United States, the
responsibilities of the Military Establishment necessitate vigorous
application of policies designed to minimise the security risk incident
to the use of classified information by such contractors and contractor
employees. Accordingly, measures are taken to provide continuing
assurance that ilo contractor or oonttactor employee will be granted
a clearance if available information indicates .that the granting of
such clearance may not be clearly consistent with the interests of
national security. At the same time, every possible safeguard within
the limitations of national security will be provided to ensure that
no contractor or contractor employee will be denied a clearance
without an opportunity for a fair hearing.". Id., st 774.
This description hardly constitutes even notice to the Committee
of the nature of the hearings afforded. Thus the appropriation could
not "plainly show a purpose to bestow the preet~ie authority which
is claimed." Ex. porte Endo, 323 U. S. 283. 303, a. 24. Likewise,
PAGENO="0069"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1633
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
Respondents' argument on delegation resolves itself
into the following: The President, in general terms, has
authorized the Department of Defense to create pro-
cedures to restrict the dissemination of classified infor-
mation and has apparently acquiesced in the elaborat
program established by the Secretary of Defense even
where application of the program results in restraints
on traditional freedoms without the use of long-required
procedural protections Similarly, Congress, although it
has not enacted specific legislation relating to clearance
procedures to be utilized for industrial workers, has
acquiesced in the existing Department of Defense pro-
gram and has ratified it by specifically appropriating
funds to finance one aspect of it.
If acquiescence or implied ratification were enough to
show delegation of authority to take action@ within the
area of questionable constitutionality, we might agree
with respondents that delegation has been shown here.
In many circumstances, where the Government's freedom
to act is clear, and the Congress or the President has
provided general standards of action and has acquiesced
in administrative uiterpretation, delegation may be in-
ferred Thus, even in the absence of specific delegation,
we ha'~e no difficulty in finding, as we do, that the Depart-
ment of Defense has been authorized to fashion and
apply an industrial clearance program which affords
affected persons the safeguards of confrontation and
cross-examination But this case does not present that
situation We deal here with substantial restr~pn
employment opportunities of numerous persons ~uiposed
in~I~manner which is in conflict with our long-accepted
appropriations of specific arnounla for the MuniUons Boar4 ~r ito
successors, agencies with multifold objectives, without eny rpe~tio~i
of the uses to which the funds could be put, cannot be considered as
a ratification of the use of the specified bearing procedures
PAGENO="0070"
1634 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL i~CT OF 1950
GREENE v McELROY
Opinion of the Court
notions of' fairproôedures.el: Before we are asked to judge
whether, in the context of security clearance cases, a
persoi:may be deprived of the right to follow his, chosen
profession without full h~ gswbere accusers may be
confronted, it must be made clear that the President or
Congre~ within their respective constitutional powers,
specx6cally has decided that the nn~osed procedures are
necessary and warranted and has authoriz1'd their use
Cf ~Watkzsis v United States, 354 U S 178, Scull v
Virginia, 359 U S 344. Such decisions cannot be assumed
by acquiescence or non-action Kent v DuLles, 357 U S
116, Pef~ers v Hobby, 349 U S 331, Ex pai te Endo, 323
15 S 283, 301-302 They must be made explicitly not
only to' assure that individuals are not deprived of cher-
ished rights under procedures not actually authorized, see
Peter8 ~v. lThbby, 8upra, but also because explicit action,
especjally.,in areas of doubtful constitutionality, requires
`carefül'ánd purposeful consideration by those responsible
for' enac1~ing and implementing our laws Without ex-
* plicit action by lawmakers, decisions of great constitu-.
tional `import and effect would be relegated by default
to administrators who, under our system of government,
are not endowed with authority to decide them
Where administrative action has raised' serious con-
,stitutional problems, the Court has assumed that. Con-
gress or the President intended to afford tho~e affected by
`the action the traditional safeguards of due prOOess. See,
e. g., The' Japanese Immigrant Case, 189 U. S. 86; 101;
Di.smuke v. United States, 297 U. S. 167, 172; Ex parte
Endo, 323 U. S. 283, 299-300; American Power Co. v.
Securities and Exchange Comm'n, 329 U. 5. `90, 107-
81 It is estimated that approximately three million persons having
access to classified information are covered by the industrial security
program. Brown, Loyalty and Security (l~58), l7~-18O; Association
of the `Bar of the City of New York, Report of the Special Committee
on the Federal Loyalty-Security Program (l95~), 64,
PAGENO="0071"
* AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1635
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Opinion of the Court. 360 U. S.
108; Hannegan v. Esquire, 327 U. S. 146, 156; Wong Yang
Sung v. McGrath, 339 U. S. 33, 49. Cf. . Anni~ton MI g.
Co. v. Davis, 301 U. S. 337;. United States v. Rumely, ~45
* U. S. 41. These cases reflect tbe Court's cOncern that
traditional forms of fair procedure not be restricted by
implication or. without the most explicit action by the
Nation's lawmakers, even in areas where it is pocsible that
the Constitution presents no inhibition. ...
In the instant case, petitioner's work opportunities have
been severely limited on the basis of a fact determination
rendered after a hearing which failed to comport with our
traditional ideas of fair procedure. The type of hearing
was the product of administrative decision not explicitly
authorized by either Congress or the President. Whetber
those procedures under the circumstances comport with
the Constitution we do not decide. Nor do we decide
whether the President has inherent authority to create.
such a program, whether congressional action is neees
sary, or v~hat the limits on executive or legislative author
ity may be. We decide only that in ~ eb~n~s:of 7
explicit authorization from either the President Or: Coii~
gross the respondents were not empowered to deprive
petitioner of his job in a proceeding in which he was
not afforded the safeguards of confrontation and
examination. .. ..
Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the c~e' is
remanded to the District Court for proceedings not
inconsistent herewith.
S * ft is so ordered.
MR JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, MR Jtrerio~ H~aw and
MR. JUSTICEWHITrAKER concur in the judgme~it on the
ground that it has not been shown that either Congress
or the President authonzed the procedures whereby peti~
tioner's security clearance was revoked, intimating z~o
views as to the validity of `those procedures. ~.
PAGENO="0072"
1636 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950.
GREENE~ v. McELROY.
)~j~ "of RAR!I~N, J~
MR JtTS'riCE HAiu~AN, concurring epeeially
What has been written on both sides of this case makes
appropriate a further word from one who concurs in the
judgment of the Court, but can~ot join its cpmion
Unlike my brother Cv~u~ who finds this case "both
`dIear and simple," I consider the constitutional issue
it presents most difficult and far-reaching In my view
the Court quite properly declines to decide it in the
present posture of the case. My unwillingness to sub-
scribe *` to the Court's opinion is due to the fact that it
unnecessarily deals with the very issue it disclaims
deciding..~ `Por present purposes no more need be said
than `that we should not be drawn into deciding' the
constitutionality of the security-clearan e revocation
procedures employed in this case until the use of such
procedures in matters of this kind has been deliberately
considered and ~*pressly authorized by the' Congress or
the President who alone are in a position to evaluate in
the first instance the totality of factors bearing upon the
necessity for their use That much the courts are entitled
to before they are asked to express a constitutional
judgment upon an i~ue fraught with such important
consequences both to `the Government and the citizen.
`Ample justification for abstaining from a constitutional
décisión `at this stage of the case is afforded by the Court's
traditional and' wise rule of not reaching constitutional
issues umiecessarily or prematurely. That rule indeed
has been consistently followed' by. this Court when faced
with "confrontation" issues in other security or loyalty
cases.' See Peters v. Hobby, 349 U. S. 331; Vitarelli v.
Seatc,n, 359 U. S. 535; cf. Service v. Did les, 354 U. S. 363;
Kent v. Efl.dtes, 357 U. S. 116. Adherence to that rule
is, ui understand it, the underlying basis of today's deci-
sion, and it is on that basis that I join the judgment of
the Court.
PAGENO="0073"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1637
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Cx~ai~, J., dissenting. 360 U. S.
It is regrettable that my brother CL~taK should have
so far yielded to the temptations of colorful characteriza-
tion as to depict the issue in this case as being whether a
citizen has "a constitutional right to have access to the
Government's military secrets," and to suggest that the
Court's action today requires "the President's Cabinet
members to revoke, their refusal to give" the petitioner
"access to military secrets," despite any views they may
have as to his reliability. Of course this decision involves
no such issue or consequences. The basic constitutional
issue is not whether petitioner is entitled to access to
classified material, but rather whether the particular
procedures here employed to deny clearance on security
grounds were constitutionally permissible. With good
reason we do not reach that issue as matters now stand.
And certainly there is nothing in the Court's opinion
which suggests that petitioner must be given access' to
classified material.
MR. JUSTICE Cz~.RE, dissenting. *
To me this case is both clear and simple. The
respondents, all members of the President's Cabinet,
have, after a series of hearings, refused to give Greene
further access to certain government military informa-.
tion which has been classified "secret," The pertinent
Executive Order defines "secret" information as -
"defense information or material the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result in serious, damage
to the Nation, such as by jeopard17~ng the mterna-
tional relations of the United States, endangering the
effectiveness of a program or policy of vital impor-
tance to the national defense, or coinproniising
important military, or defei~se plans, scientjfie.' or
technological developments important to national
defense, or information revealing importaflt. intelli.
PAGENO="0074"
1638 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
GREENE v McEtROY
Cwiz, J., di~ent~ig
genes operations" Rxec Order No 10501, Nov 5,
1053, 18 Fed Reg 7049, 3 CFR (1949- 1953 Comp),
p 979, § 1 (b)
Surely one does not have a constitutional right to have
access to the `Government's military secrets.1 But the
Coui~t says that because of the refusal to grant Greene
further acce8s, he has lost his position as vice president
and general manager, a chief executiye officer, of ERCO,
whóse~business was devoted wholly to defense contracts
`with the United States,8 and~ that his training in aero-
nautical engineering~ together with the facts that ERCO
engages solel~' in government work and that the Govern-
ment j~: the country's largest airplane customer, has in
some unaccountable fashion parla)~ed his Qmployment
with ERCO into "a constitutional right" What for any-
one else would be considered a' privilege at best has for
Greene been enshrouded in constlti4tional protection
This sleight of hand is too much for me.
But this is not all After holding that Greene has con-
stitutional protection for his private job, the Court has
ordered the President's Cabinet members to revoke their
refusal to give Greene access to military secrets ` It
~ My brother HA.at&N very kindly credite me with "colorful char-
acterization" in stating this as the issue. While I `take great pride
in authorship, I must say that in this instance I merely agreed with
the statement of the issue by the Solicitor General and his co-counsel
`in five 4i~erent places in the Brief for the United States. See pp.
2, 17, 19, 29, 59.
~ ERCO agreed in its government `contract, a~ wa~ well known to
* Greene, to exclude any individual from any part of its Plant at which
work under the contract was being performed who had not been
cleared `by the Navy for access to military secrels.
3 Brother HARLAN states that I suggest `that the Court's action to-
`day requires `the President's Cabinet members to revoke their refusal
to give' the petitioner `access to military secrets' despite any views
they may have as to his reliability . . . ~" Government officials, well
versed in the applientioC of this Court's judg~nent~ to the practicalities
PAGENO="0075"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1050 1639
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
CLARK, J., dissenting. 360 U. S.
strikes down the present regulations as being insufficiently
authorized by either the President or the Congress because
the procedures fail to provide for confrontation or cross.~
examination at Board hearings. Let us first consider that
problem.
I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE..
After full consideration the Coutt concludec "that in
the absence of explicit authorization from either the
President or Congress the respondents were not empow~
ered to deprive petitioner of his job in a proceeding in
which he was not afforded the safeguards of confronta-
tion and cross-examination." In so doing, as 1 eball
point out, it holds for naught the Executive Orders of
both President Roosevelt and President Truman and
* the directives pursuant thereto of every Cabinet officer
connected with our defense since 1942 plus the expIic~t
order of General DwightD. Eisenhower as Chief of Staff
in 1946. In addition, contrary to the Court'~'conelusion,
the Congress was not only fully informed but had itself
published the very procedures used in Greene's case.
I believe that the Court is in error in holding tth it
must, in order to reach this "authorization" issue, that.
Greene s "right to hold specific private employment ~nd
to follow a chosen profession free from unreasonthle.:gov-
ernmental interference" Is protected by the FifthAi~éncL..
ment It cites four cases in support of this proposition
and says compare four others As I read those ca~ not
of government operation, say that the rebe' which Gres~e seeks
here-and which the Court now grants-is "in substance, a maM$ory
injunction requiring that the Government show hun (or, in practice,
allow contractors to show him) def~nse secrets, notwithstanding the
judgment of the executive branch that such disclosure might jeop.-
ardize the national safety" Brief for the Unite4 States, 48
PAGENO="0076"
1640 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
v M~LILOY
(!~ Ji, d~w~ng
one 18 m point~ ~1n ~ ~ ~not find a single i-'ase in
support of the~ Co~art/s~positaon~ even a smt~ for damages
Øfl; thé~ ~ ünd~ó~j,~,f~rence!:with private contracts does
net he against th~ nm~t~ The Cor~g~ese specifl.
c~Zb~ e~xeinpted suel~ suite from the Tort Cligarns Act 28
U S' C ~268O (ii) BUt the action today ~nay have the
efféát of'by-pasthng that e~einptáon since Greene will now
cl~un, as has Viterdlli, aes Vitarsflt v Seaion, 359 t S
~ (p59),. reimbursement for he lbs~ of wages. See
Taylor v~. McErroy~ 08t p 7O~ This will date back to
I~953~ ~i aakwy at that tithe w $I8,O(X) a year.
rn. holding that the Fifth ~mendment prntects Greene
the Court ignores the basic. consideration in the case,
nameI~. that no person, save the Pi~ethdent, has a con-
stitutiOnal r1~ht to access to governmental secrets. Even
theu~ such adces~ in necessary for one to keep a job
4Dent v. West Virginia, 129 ti. S. 114 (1889), held that aWest
Virginia.. statute did not deprive one previously practicing medicine
of Ma rights without due process by requiring him to obtain a license
under the Act. Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners, 353 lJ. S. 232
(I95V)~,. likewise a license cans, did not pass upon the "right" or
"privilege" to practice~ law, merely holding that on the facts the
~funst to permit Schwan~ to take the examination, was "invidiously
dinan~" l~i Peters v. Hobby, 349 U. S. 331 (1955~, the
Cour~t simply held the action taken violated the Executive Order
invch~d~ The concurring opinion, DOUGLAS, J., p. 350, went further
hut alone on the question of "right." The Court did not (liscuss
that 4Uestion,. much less pass upon it. Slochower v. Board of Educe-
tion, 3~O. U. a 851 (1~56'), held that the summary dismissal without
further evidence by New York of a school teacher because he had
pleaded' the Fifth Amendment before a United States Senate Com-~
mittee violated' due process. The ease merely touched' on the `right"
to' plead the Fifth Amenrhnent, not to "property" rights. Truax v.
J~oich, 239 U. ~. 33 (19t5); Altqeyer v. Lonisiaaa, 165 tJ. S. 578
(1~97);. and PoweU v. Pennsijlvania, 127 C. S. 678 (VsSS), were
equal prot ction cases wherein discrimination was claimed. Greene
alleges no discrimination.
PAGENO="0077"
(AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1641
OCTOBER .ERM,. 1958.
CLARK, J., dissenting. 380 U. S.
in private industry, he is still not entitled to the secrets.
It matters not if as a consequence he is unable to secure
a specific job or loses one he presently enjoys. The simple
reason for this conclusion is that he has no constitutional
right to the secrets. If access to its secrets is granted by
the Government it is entirely permissive and may be
revoked at any time. That is all that the Cabinet officers
did here. It is done every day in governmental opera~
tion. The Court seems to hold that the access granted
Greene was for his benefit. It was not. Access was
granted to secu~re for the Government the supplies or
services it needed. The contract with ERCO specifically
provided for the action taken by the Cabinet officers.
Greene as General Manager of ERCO knew of its provi~
sions. If every person working on government contracts
has the rights Greene is given here the Government is
indeed in a box. But as was said in Perkins v. Lithen~
Steel Co., 310 U. S. 113, 127-128 (1940):
"Like private individuals and businesses, the Gov~
ernment enjoys the unrestricted power to produce its
own supplies, to determine those with whom it wiU
deal, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which
it will make needed purchases. . . . Judicial re~
straint of those who administer, the Government'o
purchasing would constitute a break with settled
judicial practice and a departure into fields hitherto
wisely and happily apportioned by the genius of ou~
polity to the, administration of another branch of
Government."
The Court refuses to pass on the constitutionoiity of
the procedures used in the hearings. It does say that.
the hearings provided for in the program permit the
restraint of "employment o~~portuthfies through a denial
of clearance without the safeguards of confrontation and
cross-examination." I think the Court confuses admin~
PAGENO="0078"
1642 \AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 0)
GREENE v. McELROY.
CLAa~, ST., dissenting.
istrative action with judicial trials. This Court has long
ago and repeatedly approved administrative action where
the rights of. cross-examination and confrontation were
not permitted. Chicago & Southern Air Lines v. Water-
man Corp., 333 U. S. 103 (1948); Carl~n v. Landon,
342 11. S. 524 (1952); United States v. Nugent, 346
U. S. 1 (1953); United States v. Reynold8~ 345 U. S. 1
(1953); Knauff v. Shaughnessy, 338 U. S. 537 (1950);
Shaughnessij v. `Mezei, `345 U. S. 206 (1953); and Jay v.
Boyd, 351 U. S. 345 (1956).
At no' time since the programs now in vogue were es-
tablished in 1942 have the rights of cross-examination and
confrontation of witnesses been required. In fact the
present regulations were patterned after the Employee
Loyalty `Program, first ins.ugurated upon the passage of
the Hatch Act in 1939, in which the rights of confronts-
`tion and cross-examination have never been recognized.
Every.. Attorney General since that time has approved
these procedures, as has every President. And it should
be noted, though several cases here have attacked the
regulations on this ground, this Court has yet to strike
them down.5
I shall not labor the point further than to say that in
my opinion the procedures here do comport with that fair-
ness required of administrative action in the security field.
A score of our cases, as I have cited, support me in this
position. Not one is to the contrary. And the action of
the Court in striking down the program for lack of spe-
cific .authorization is indeed strange, and hard for me to
understand at this critical time of national emergency.
The defense establishment should know-and now-
whether its program is constitutional and, if not, wherein
5See Bailey v. Richardson, 86 U. S. App. D. C. 248, 182 F. 2d 46,
affirtned by an equally divided Court, 341 U. 8. 918 (1951); Peters v.
Hobby, 349 U. 8. 331 (1955).
PAGENO="0079"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o\ 1643
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Ci~nx, J., dissenting. 360 U.S.
it is deficient. I am sure that it will remember that in
other times of emergency-no more grave than the pres.-
ent-it was permitted, without any hearing whatsoever-
much less with confrontation and cross-examination-to
remove American citizens from their homes on the West
Coast and place them in concentration camps. See
* Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U. S. 81 (1943);
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1q44). My
examination of the Japanese exclusion orders indicates
clearly that the Executive Order was a general authoriza-
tion just as the two here. Congress at the time only
created criminal offenses for violation of exclusion or
curfew orders of the military commander. Likewise we
have criminal statutes here. And while the Japanese
orders were in time of war, those involved here had their
inception in war and have been continued during the
national emergency declared by the President. No one
informed in present world affairs would say that our safety
is less in jeopardy today. In fact. we are now spending
nearly as much money to protect it as during the war
period. In this light it is inescapable that the existing
authorizations are entirely sufficient. Let us examine
them.
II. THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS HAvE GRANTED
SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY TO THE CABINET Omc~n~.
Since 1941 the industrial security program has been in
operation under express directives from the President.
Within a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Presi-
dent Roosevelt issued Exec. Order No. 8972, 6 Fed. R.eg.
6420, Dec. 12, 1941, which authorized both the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of the Navy "to establish and
maintain military guards and patrols, and to take other
appropriate -measures, to protect from injury and destruc-
tion national-defense material, national-defense premises,
and national-defense utilities, . ." (Emphasis added.)
PAGENO="0080"
1644 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
G1~EENE v. McELROY.
CLARK, 3., dissenting.
In 1942, under the authority of that Executive Order, the
Secretary of War undertOok the formulation and execu-~
tion of a progrsm of industrial security~ The procedures
in. operation from 1942 and 1943 are outlined in a 1948
publication of the Department of War entitled "Suspen-
mon of Subversives 1mm-Privately Operated Facilities of
Importanee to the Security of the Nation's Army and
Navy Programs." ~ Inter~tingly enough, the instruc-
* tions were iasued in time of peace, did not give the suspect
a hearing, and were signed by the then ChiEf of Staff-
now President-Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In 1947, the National Security Act, 61 Stat. 495,
effected a reorganization of the military departments
and placed the Secretary of Defense at the head of the
National Military Establishment. Section 305 (a) of
the Act transferred to the new organization "[a]ll laws,
orders, regulations, and other actions applicable with
respect to any function . . . transferred under this
Act . . . ." Section 213 created a Munitions Board
~ Report of the Commission on Government &curity (1957),
S. Doe. No. 64, 85th Cong., 1st Sess. 237, n. 7.
~ War . Department Pamphlet No. 32-4 (1946) provided both
criteria and procedures for removal of subversives. The basic cri-
terion was "good cause to suspect an employee of subversive ac-
tivity . . ," the latter being defined as "sabotage, espionage, or
any other wilful activity intended to disrupt the national defense
program." The basic procedure for removal was set out in ¶ 10:
"10. When adequate investigation has revealed that there is good
cause to suspect an employee of subversive activity on a national
defense project of importance to Army or Navy procurement, the
vital success of the project, as well as the security of the loyal
employees, may require that the Army or Navy, without revealing
the nature or source of its evidence, request the immediate removal
of such individual from the project. To this end the cooperation
of the organizations representative of organized labor is solicited for
the following program: . . ." -
Clearly this procedure did not anticipate confrontation or cross-
examination.
PAGENO="0081"
`AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1 95O~ 1645
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
Ci~iix, J., dissenting. 360 U. S.
within the military establishment and under the super~
vision of the Secretary of Defense. Among its functions
were
"(1) to coordinate the appropriate activities within
the National Military Establishment with regard
to industrial `matters, including procurement `~
plans . . . ; (2) to plan for the military' aspects
of industrial mobilization; . . and (10) to perform
such other duties as the Secretary of Defense may
direct." ~
In his first report to the President in 1948, Secretary
of Defense Forrestal reported that:
* . the Munitions Board is responsible for neces-.
sary action to coordinate internal security within the
National Military Establishment with regard to
industrial matters. This work is being planned and
in some phases carried forward by the following
programs:
"c. Development of plans and directives to protect
classified armed fotces information in the hands of
industry from potential enemies;
"d. Establishment of uniform methods of handling
of personnel cle~ran~ and secrecy agreements
First Report of the Secretary of Defense (1948) 102~-
103
The forerunner of the exact program now in effect was
put in operation in 1948 under the supervision of that
Board And, in the Annual ~eport to the President, in
1949, the Secretary, then Louis Johnctni, reported that
"Industrial Security...-A program toe or mate and
develop uniform practices to protect classified xnili~
~ National Security Act Amendments of 1949, 63 8tat 578,
amended § 213 so as to delete subparagrAph 10.
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --6
PAGENO="0082"
1646 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 0
GREENE v. McELROY.
CiiMtK,:J., di~sentãng.
.tary information, placed in the hands of industry
under procurement and research contracts was con-
turned by the Mumtaons Board Criteria were devel-
oped for the granting or denial of peirsonnel and
facility clearances ~ the. performance of classified
contracts. Work we started to establish a central
security clearance register to centralize clearance data
for. ready reference by all departments andto prevent
duplication in making clearance iii vestigations. A'
joint Personnel Security Board administers this
program, and the Industrial Employment Review
Board hears appeals from security clearance denials."
SeóOnd Report of the Secretary of Defense, for the
Flscal,Year 1949(1950), 85.
Transmitted with that report to the President was the
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Army, where the
number of security cases processed by the Army-Navy-
Air Force Personnel Board, and the number of appeals
handled by the Industrial Employment Review Board
were detailed.9
Again in. 1950 the Secretary of Defense informed the
President, in a report required by law, of the status of
the industrial security program.
"In the past 6 months, the Munitions Board acti-
vated the Industrial Employment Review Board,
established procedures under which the latter will
operate, and developed a set of uniform criteria stipu-
lating the circumstances under which t;eeurity clear-
ances will be denied. The Munitions Board also
established a Central Index Security Clearance File
to serve as a clearing house for all individual and
facility clearances and denials, [and 1 developed a
standard security requirements check list .
°Annual Report of the Secretary of the Army for the Fiscal
Year 1949 (1950), 192.
509613 O-39.-36
PAGENO="0083"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195011647
OCTOBER TERM, 1958k
CLAIu~, J., dissenting. 360 U.S.
Uniform standards for security investigations of
facility and contractors' personnel are being devel-
oped . . . . A standard military security agreement
is being coordinated to bind potential. suppliers
to security regulations before a classified contract is
awarded, and a manual to give security guidance to
industry is being prepared." Semiannual Report of
the Secretary of Defense, July 1 to Dec. 31, 1949
(1950), 97.
The President, in 1953, in Reorganization Plan No. 6,
67 Stat. 638, trai..~ferred all of the "functions of the Muni-
tions Board" to the Secretary of Defense and dissolved
that Board. Since then the program has been in operation
under the authority of the Secretary. Also in 1953, the
President issued Exec. Order No. 10450, Apr. 27, 1953,
18 Fed. Reg. 2489, 3 CFR (1949-1953 Comp.), p. 936.
That order dealt with the criteria and procedures to be
used in the Federal Loyalty Security Program, which
had been instituted under Exec. Order No. 9835, 12 Fed.
Reg. 1935, 3 CFR (1943-1948 Comp.), p. 630, Mar. 21,
1947. The latter order made clear that federal employees
suspected of disloyalty had no right of confrontation."
And the regulation8 promulgated under the order pro-
vided no such right. See 13 Fed. Reg.9365, 5 CFR (1949),
§ 210, Dec. 31, 1948. These procedures were revised
under Exec. Order No. 10450, 8upra, although ~gain, con-
frontation and cross-examination were not provided. See
`° IV, §2 of Exec. Order No. 9835 specifically stated that;
the investigative agency may refuse te. disclose the names of
confidential informants, provided it furnishes sufficient information
about such informants on the basis of which the requesti*~g depart-
ment or agency can make an adequate evaluation of the inférmation
furnished by them, and provided it advises the requesting department
or agency in wntmg that it is essential to the protection of the
informants or to the investigation of other cases that the identity
of the informants not be revealed. . . ."
PAGENO="0084"
1648 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 19591
GREENE v McELROY
Ci4~, 3, diMenting
19 Fed Reg 1503,32 CFR, p 288, Mar 19, 1954 Thus,
it was clear that the President bad not contemplated that
there would be a right of confrontation in the Federal
Loy~1ty Security Program.. And the report of the Sec-
retary of the Army-tranaimtted to the President by the
Secretary ~of Defen.e-ma4e. clear `that the criteria of
Exec~ Order No. i04~50. were being utilized not only where
the loyalty `of & government employee was ii~ doubt, but
also in" carrying out the industrial security program.
Semiannual' Report of the.Secretary of the Army, Jan. 1,
1954, to June 30, 1954; 135-136.
Thus we see that the program has for 18 years been
carried on under the express authority of the President,
and has been regularly reported to him by his highest
Cabinet officers. flow the Court can say, despite these
facts, that the President, has not sufficiently authorized
the program' is beyond me, unless the Court means that
it is necessary for the President to write out the Industrial
Security Manual in his own hand.
Furthermore, `I think,Congress has sufficiently author-
ized the program, as it has been kept fully aware of its
development and has appropriated money to support it.
During the formative period of the program, 1949-1951,
the Congress, through appropriation hearings, was kept,
fully informed as to the activity. In 1949 D. F. Carpen-
ter, Chairman of the Munitions Board, appeared before
a Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropria-
tions to testify concerning the requested appropriation
for the Board. While the report indicates much of the
testimony was "off the record," it does contain specific
references to the program here under attack." Signifi-
cantly the appropriation bill for 1950 included an item
"House of Representatives, Hearings before the Subeomrnittee of
the Committee on Appropriations on the National Military E~tab1ish-
ment Appropriation Bill for 1950, 81st Cong., 1st Sess. 91.
PAGENO="0085"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1050:1649
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
CL~iuc, J, dissenting 360 U S
of ~11,300,000 for the maintenance, inter alia, of the
Board.
Again, in 1950 General Timberlake, a member of the
Board, testified:
"Then we~ are going to intensify the industrial
mobilization planning within the Department of
Defense, with particular emphasis on industrial
- security . . . ." House of Representatives, Hearings
before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appro.
priations on .the: Supplemental Appropriation for
1951, 81st Cong~, 2d Sess. 264.
While, again, some of the testimony was "off the record"
it was sufficiently urgent and detailed for the Congress to
appropriate additional funds for the Board for 19~5L~'
By the 1953 Reorganization Plan, the functions of the
Munitions Board were transferred to various Assistant
Secretaries of Defense. The industrial security program
was put under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Manpower, Personnel, and Resesve Forces. Of course,
this office received an appropriation each year. These
hearings, to cite but two,: certainly indicate an awareness
" The reason for the dearth of legislative reference to the program
appears in some 195~5 bearing8 on an appropriation bill. Under
consideration at the time was a proposal for a fund to reimburse
contractor employees who had been s~ispended during a security
check and subsequently cleared. Geheral Moore testified that, in the
past, such reimbursement had been made by the service secretaries
out of their contingency funds. Thai followed this colloquy:
"Mr. Mahon. Under. that [the contingency fundj yeu can buy
a boy a top, or a toy, provided the Secretary of Defense thinks it is
proper?
`Gen Moore That is right and we come down here and explain
to this committee with respect to this in a very secret cession, how
much we have spent and precisely what we have spent it for"
House of Representatives, Hearthg~ before the Subcommittee of the
Committee on Appropriations oü flepartment of DefenesAppropri-
ations for 1956, 84th Cong., 1st Sees. 780. -
PAGENO="0086"
1650 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~
GREENE v McELROY
Ci1&ax, J., dissenting.
on the part of Congress of the existence of the industrial
security program, and the continued appropriations
hardly bespeak an unwillingness on the parib of Congress
that. it be cathed `on~ In 1955, the Eighty-fourth Con-
grecs, on the motion of Senato~ Wiley for unanimous con-
sent, caused to be printed the so~called Internal Security
Manual, S. Doc. No. 40, 84th Cong., 1st Sess. It is a
compilation of all laws, regulations, and congressional
committees relating to the national security. Contained
in the volume is the "Industrial Personnel Security
Review Regulation," i. e., a verbatim copy of the regula-
tions set up by the Secretary of Defense on February 2,
1955. This Manual outlined in detail the hearing pro-
cedures which are here condemned by the Court. And it
is important to note that the `final denial of Greene's
clearance was by a Board acting under these very regula-
tions.~ Still not one voice was raised either within or
without the Halls of Congress that the Defense Depart-
ment had exceeded its authority or that contractor em-
ployees were being denied their constitutional rights.
In other cases we have held that the inaction of the
Congress, in circumstances much less specific than here,
was a clear ratification of a program as it was then being
carried out by the Executive. Why, I ask., do we not do
that here where it is so vital? We should not he "that
blind Court . . . that does not see what `[ajil others can
see and understand . . . .`" United States v. Rurncly,
345 U. S. 41, 44 (1953).
While it certainly is not clear to me, I suppose that the
present fastidiousness of the Court can be ~~~j~fied by the
President's incorporating the present industrial security
program into a specific Executive Order or the Congress'
placing it on the statute books. To me this seems entirely
superfluous in light of the clear authorizs~tion presently
existing in the Cabinet officers. it also subjects the
Government to multitudinous actions-and perhaps large
PAGENO="0087"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1651
OCTOBER TERM, 1958.
CLAnS, J., dissenting. 360 U. S.
damages-by reason of discharges made pursuant to the
present. procedures.
And I might add a nota bene. Even if the Cabinet
officers are given this specific direction, the opinion today,
by dealing so copiously with the constitutional issues,
puts a cloud over both the Employee Loyalty Program
and the one here under attack. Neither requires that
hearings afford confrontation or cross~examination.
While the Court disclaims deciding this constitutional
question, no one reading the opinion will doubt that the
explicit language of its broad sweep speaks in prophecy.
Let us hope that the winds may change. If they do not
the present temporary debacle wifl turn into a rout~ of
our internal security.
PAGENO="0088"
1652 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DEXTER C. SHOULTZ, )
Plaintiff, )
vs. ) No. 47330
ROBERT S. McNAMABA, Secretary ) ~tEMORANDUN OF OPINION
of Defense, and Does One
Through Ten, )
Defendants. )
Plaintiff, a holder of a security clearance, employed by
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company of Sunnyvale, California,
seeks to enjoin the defendants, Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara and other Defense Department officials, from suspend-
ing plaintiff l~ secret security clearance pursuant: to the pro-
visions of Section V. B. of Department of Defense Directive
1/
5220.6, effective January 6, 1967. Both parties move for
1/ "In the course of an investigation, interrogation, examina-
tion, or hearing, the applicant may be requested to answer
relevant questions, or to authorize others to release relevant
information about himself. The applicant is expected to give full,
frank, and truthful answers to such questions, and to authorize
others to furnish relevant information. The applicant may elect
on constitutional or other grounds not to comply. However, such
a wilful failure or refusal to furnish or to authorize the fur-
nishing of relevant and material information may prevent the
Department of Defense from reaching the affirmative finding re-
quired by reference (a) in which event any security clearance then
in effect shall be suspended by the Assistant Secretary of Dafense
(Administration), or his designee, and the further processing of
his case discontinued. Section V. B. of Department of Defense
Directive 5220.6.
PAGENO="0089"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1 95 0~ 1653
summary judgment and agree that there is no dispute as to the
material facts. A minute order was entered on February 2, 1968,
granting plaintiff's motion and denying defendants' motion.
The facts will not be fully repeated in this memorandum;
instead, the Courtadopts the statement of facts filed by de-.
fendants herein, augmented by the admitted allegations of the
complaint and supplement to complaint filed herein, and such
facts as do not appear in this memorandum are incorporated by
this reference.
Plaintiff has been employed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
and its subsidiary, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, since
1960. Since June of 1966, he has been employed in the capacity
of a computer programmer. Since 1956, with a brief exception
not material here, plaintiff has held a security clearance at
the access level of "Secret".
On or about October 13, 1967, plaintiff's security c1ea~ance
was "suspended" under Section V., B. of Department of Defense
Directive 5220.6 (hereinafter cited as Section V. B.). Further
proceedings with respect thereto were discontinued because of
plaintiff's earlier refusal to answer questions which he felt
were irrelevant, immaterial or incompetent, or all of these, at
a Defense Department interview held on June 30, 1967, in San
Francisco, California. Almost immediately thereafter, plaintiff
was informed by his employer that solely because of the suspension
of h~s clearance he could no longer be employed by Lockheed but
would be placed on "prolonged leave of absence" without pay until
such time as his clearance status was settled.
On November 16, 1967, this Court issued a Thmporary Rescrain-
ing Order enjoining defendants from continuing the suspension of
plaintiff's security clearance under Section V. B.; and at the
hearing on the application for the Restraining Order and on
PAGENO="0090"
1654 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
subsequent occasions, the parties consented to extensions of
the Restraining Order until February 4, 1968.
The crux of this case is the validity of Section V. B.
and the procedures contained therein under which plaintiff's
First,
security clearance was to be suspended.! Plaintiff asserts that
this Section is invalid because it is not expressly authorized
by Congress or the President. Secondly, plaintif:~ asserts that
if Section V. B. is authorized, it deprives plaindff of a
security clearance without Due Process of law. -
Plaintiff relies on Greene v. McElroy, 360 U.S. 474 (1959),
in support of his argument that Section V. B. is invalid for
lack of specific authorization. In Greene v. Mc~)~, ~pra, the
Supreme Court defined the issue before it in that case as "whether
the Department of Defense has been authorized to create an in-
dustrial security clearance program under which affected persons
may lose their jobs and may be restrained in following their
chose professions on the basis of fact determinations concerning
their fitness for clearance made in proceedings in which they are
denied the traditional procedural safeguards of confrontation
and cross-examination." (Id., at 508.)
This Court believes that the teaching of Greene is that
an agency of the federal government cannot, without affording
the traditional forms of fair procedure, take administrative
action which effectively deprives an individual of his means of
livelihood on loyalty or security grounds unless, at the least,
Congress (or the President, if he is the sov.rce of the power) has
expressly authorized the lesser procedure. See Carrot v. United
States, 340 F.2d 615, 618 (Ct. Cl. 1965).
At the outset, defendants attempt to distinguish Greene by
asserting that the suspension here is not a fina.l revocation
because plaintiff has it within his power to reopen the proceedings
PAGENO="0091"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1655
at any time he chooses to ans~z t.I:e c~uestions which he declined
to answer at his interview. Accordingly, defendants argue that
Greene does not require specific authorization by the President
or Congress for the Department of Defense to have included in
Directive 5220.6 "normally accepted administrative practices"
which permit suspension of a security clearance without a hear..
ing and related procedural rights when the suspension does not
amount to a "final" revocation.
In formulating the Greene test, the Supreme Court stressed
the effect on the individual's livelihood of the challenged
administrative action. Greene v. McE1rq~, ~ at 500, 502,
506-7, 508; Garrott v. United States, 340 F.2d 615, 619 (Ct. Cl.
1965). Here, it is undisputed that under Section V. B., once
a security clearance has been suspended, there is no further
administrative or judicial remedy to challenge the suspension.
Further processing of the case is discontinued. Defendants argue
that the suspension remains in effect and further processing is
discontinued only for as long as plaintiff refuses to answer the
propounded questions. The Court is of the opinion, however, that
this remedy is illusory. In effect, it requires plaintiff to
submit to procedures which he believes are unauthorized and un-
constitutional., thus rendering moot his objections to the proced-
ures, in order to obtain a hearing with the procedural safeguards
2/
of Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Executive Order 10865. In these
2/ Executive Order 10865 (25 Fed. Reg. 1583), entitled "Safe-
guarding Classified Information Within Industry", sets up com-
prehensive procedures to provide the "maximum possible safeguards'
to protect the interests of a holder of a security clearance.
It was issued in 1960 by President Eisenhower after Greene v.
NcE1ro~. It will be discussed in more detail elsewhef~in this
memorandum.
PAGENO="0092"
1656 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950.
circumstances, the Court believes that this "suspension' which
has entailed a discontinuance of the processing of plaintiff's
clearance, has the same final effect on plaintiff's livelihood
that the Supreme Court was concerned about in Greene. Moreover,
although plaintiff's employer was informed by the defendants
that the suspension of plaintiff's security clearance was not
intended to prevent utilization of plaintiff upon any non-
classified work that may be available to plaintiff, defendants
admit that plaintiff was informed by authorized agents of Lockheed
that solely because of the suspension of his clearance he could
no longer be employed by Lockheed and that he woul.d be placed on
"prolonged leave of absence" without pay until such time as his
clearance status was settled. In light of these facts, the Court
feels that plaintiff has suffered a serious deprivation of his
"right to hold specific private employment and to follow a chosen
profession . . . [which come] . . . within the `liberty' and
`property' concepts of the Fifth Amendment." Greene v. McElroy,
supra, 360 U.S. 474, at 492. This Court is of the opinion that
to hold otherwise would be honoring unduly the semantic differ-
ence between "final revocation" and "suspension", and would be
disregarding the effect on plaintiff's livelihood so strongly
emphasized in the Greene case.
The Court must next inquire whether the governmental action
that was taken here deprived plaintiff of traditional forms of
fair procedure which are associated with procedural Due Process.
The salient facts can be briefly summarized. Plaintiff was
notified that "the Screening Board [of the Dcpartment of Defense]
has some new information that might affect . . . [his] . .
continued eligibility for a clearance", and that the Screening
PAGENO="0093"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 19501657
Board was going to "use this information to re-examine the status"
3/
of plaintiff's clearance. It was indicated to plaintiff that
this new information had been "developed by the investigation
4/
conducted in his case". Plaintiff was requested to attend an
interview at which he would be questioned about "matters germane
to his [continuedi eligibility for a security clearance." Plain-
tiff was also informed that, "[i}n particular, the Board desires
that he be questioned in order to determine the extent ofhis
participation in Cuban affairs." No further notice of the pur-
pose and scope of the inquiry was given to plaintiff, nor was he
apprised of the nature of the "new information" possessed by the
Screening Board which had prompted the re-examination of his
security clearance. Plaintiff was informed that he could be
represented by counsel at the interview and that he would be
afforded an opportunity to make a statement in his own behalf.
His counsel was provided before the interview with a copy of
Defense Department Directive 5220.6, including Section V. B.,
and plaintiff was informed that the provisions of Section V. B.
would be applicable. Further, plaintiff was told that if he
3/ Letter to plaintiff's counsel dated March 14, 1967, from
Solis Horwitz, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration)
Exhibit B to the Complaint).
4/ Letter to plaintiff's counsel dated April 14, 1967, from
`ames E. Stauffer, Department Counsel (Department of Defense)
(Exhibit A to Defendant's Statement of Material Facts).
5/ Letter to plaintiff's counsel dated February 1, 1967, from
crilliam Scanlon, Director, Administrative Staff (Department of
Defense)(Exhibit A to Complaint).
PAGENO="0094"
1658 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIE.S CONTROL ACT OF 1950
refused "to answer questions relevant to his continued eligibility
for security clearance, his existing clearance will be suspended
and further processing of his case will be discontinued."
At the outset of the interview on June 30, 1967, plaintiff
stated his name, address and employer in response to questions
propounded by the Department Counsel who was conducting the inter-
view. Thereafter, he declined to answer all other questions on
the grounds that they were irrelevant, incompetent or immaterial,
or all of these. There was no hearing officer or other impartial
person present at the interview to make rulings on these objec-
tions. After each objection, the Department Counsel proceeded
to the next question.
By.. letter dated October 13, 1967, plaintiff was informed by
the Department of Defense in pertinent part that:
"Having reviewed the transcript of that inter-
view, the Screening Boardhas concluded that
Mr. Shoultz's refusal to answer the questions
addressed to him by Department Counsel denies
the Board information it considers essential
to a determination of his continued eligibility
for security clearance. The conclusion by the
Screening Board that the additional information
is essential was based upon its evaluation of
facts developed by investigation. Without that
information the Board is unable to reach the
affirmative finding required by Section2 of
Executive Order 10865 dated February 20, 1960,
i.e., that it is clearly consistent with the
national interest to continue his clearance."
Almost immediately, plaintiff was notified by his employer that
he would be terminated solely because of the suspension.
The Court is of the opinion that, as in Greene, there are
serious constitutional problems inherent in the suspension pro-
cedure as outlined above which is sanctioned by Section V. B.
In Hannah V. Larche, 363 U.S. 420 (1960), the Supreme Court
stated: "Whether the Constitution requires that a particular
right obtain in a specific proceeding depends upon a complexity
of factors. The nature of the alleged right involved, the nature
of the proceeding, and the possible burden on that proceeding are
all considerations which tnustle taken into account." (Id., at
PAGENO="0095"
AMENDiNG SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 19501659
442.) In that case, it was held that the rights to know the
specific charges that are being investigated and the identity of
the complainants, and the right to confrontation and cross-
examination of the complainants and other witnesses wererot
constitutionally required at a Civil Rights Commission investiga-
tive hearing. The Court emphasized the "purely investigative
nature of the Commission proceedings" (Id., ad 451) and dis-
tinguished between such a proceeding and one ~ihere the govern-
ment agency involved is charged with making "determinations in
the nature of adjudications affecting legal rights." (Ibid.)
The Court stated that in contrast to this latter type of govern-
mental action, as occurred in Greene v. McElroy, su~pra, "the
Civil Rights Commission does not make any binding orders or issue
`clearances' or licenses having legal effect. Rather, it investi-
gates and reports leaving affirmative action, if there is to be
any, to other governmental agencies where there must be action
de novo." (Id., at 452.)
Closely viewed, the personal interview is neither a purely
investigative nor an adjudicatory hearing. Because of the direct
effects it can have, it is a hyrbrid proceeding. The investi-
gating officer, called the Department Counsel, is not empowered to
make any determinations affecting an individual's security clear-
ance. Yet the suspension which was ordered here was clearly more
than a collateral or incidental effect of the interview. It was
expressly sanctioned by Section V. B. for refusal to answer
relevant questions. Plaintiff's clearance was ordered to be
suspended precisely as he had been forewarned. This action of
the Screening Board under Section V. B. transforms the personal
interview into something more than a purely investigative hearing.
PAGENO="0096"
1660 AMENDING STJBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
This two-stage process, like the governmental action in Greene,
"was determining whether [plaintiff] could have a security clear-
ance--a license in a real sense, and one that had a significant
impact upon his employment." Hannah v. Larche, ~ 363 U.S.
420, at 452.
The lesser procedures sanctioned here by Sect:ion V. B. must
be viewed in light of the drastic impact which they have on an
individual's livelihood after a refusal to answer questions at
a personal interview. The finality of this impact: has heretofore
been discussed. The only avenue available to plaLntiff to reopen
the proceedings is to submit to the lesser procedures provided*
by Section V. B. Finally, when viewing these procedures, the
Court attaches significance to the fact that Defense Department
Directive5220.6 contains an alternative procedure of a State-
ment of Reasons and a full hearing which would more adequately
6/
protect plaintiff's procedural rights.
Based on the foregoing analysis, the Court feels that
SectionV. B., in sanctioning the procedures which took place here,
raises serious constitutional questions. In sunmiation, Section V. B.
permits an indefinite, if not effectively permanent, suspension of
6/ Section VIII. Further, subsection 8 thereof provides for a
summary procedure when the Secretary of Defense "determLnes person-
ally that the provisions of this Directive cannot: be ~tivo~ed ~
consistently with the national security.'
PAGENO="0097"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1661
an individual's security clearance, thereby nullifying employ-
ment opportunity, without any statement of charges or other
specific notice, without any opportunity to answer specific facts
alleged to be jeopardizing an individual's security clearance,
without any confrontation or cross-examination, and without any
factual basis given as the reason for the suspension.
The Court is not dissuaded from the opinion by the defend-
ant's argument that a suspension so long as there is a refusal to
furnish relevant information is reasonable and procedurally proper.
The instant case does not present the question whether the refusal
on unprivileged grounds to answer questions in a properly con-
vened hearing could serve as the basis for the type of suspension
which was prescribed here. Defendants strenuously rely on
Ko~jg~~ v. State Bar, 366 U.S. 36 (1961) and on In Re Anastaplo,
366 U.S. 82 (1961). The government action involved in each of
those cases occurred after the refusal to answer questions by an
applicant for admission to a state bar in the midst of a hearing
fully consonant with procedural Due Process requirements. Also,
it is significant that those administrative decisions were subject
to judicial review.
Nor is the Court ~mrsuaded by the cases whichdefendants
cite which stand for the proposition that an incomplete initial
or renewal application entitles a governmental agency to discon-
7/
tinue processing the application. In reaching this conclusion
7/ Borrowv. FCC, 285 F.2d 666 (D.C. Cir. 1960), cert. denied,
364 U.S. 892 (1960); Cronan V. FCC, 285 F.2d 288 (D.C. Cir. 1960),
cert. denied, 364 U.S. 892 (1961); Blumenthal V. FCC, 318 F.2d 276
(D.C. Cir. 1963), cert. denied, 373 U.S. 951 (1963); Schneider V.
Roland, 263 F. Supp. 496 (W.D. Wash. 1967), rev'd. on other grounds,
36 Law Week (January 16, 1968).
94-756 0 - 66 - pt. 2 --7
PAGENO="0098"
1662 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
the Court is persuaded by the emphasis which the Supreme Court
placed in Greene upon the right to be free from unr~asonable
governmental action by which "affected persons may i2~ their
jobs and may be restrain~4 infollowing their chose professions
* . *`(Gre~i~~. McEl~py, supra, 360 U.S. 474, at 493).(ernphasis
added).
Having exposed the serious constitutional problems in
Section V. B., this Court must next inquire whether "the President
or Congress, within their respective constitutiona:L powers, speci-
fically has decided that the imposed procedures ar~ necessary and
warranted and has authorized their use." (Id., at 507). Plaintiff
asserts, and defendants do not contend otherwise, that Congress
has never enacted an industrial security clearance program.
Therefore, if Section V. B. is authorized, the authorization must
specifically appear in an Executive Order issued by the President.
The defendants do not point to any Executive Order as
specifically authorizing the procedures of Section V. B. In
their Memorandum of Points and Authorities defendants argue that
the authority and responsibility for the protection of official
information affecting the national security is granted and dele-
gated by Executive Order 10501, 18 Fed. Reg. 7049, 50 U.S.C. ~ 401
note. That Order, however, does not specifically authorize the
procedure sanctioned by Section V. B. Defendants also discuss
Executive Order 10865, 25 Fed. Reg. 1583, 50 U.S.C. § 401 note,
as being relevant. Section 3 of that Order prov:Ldes, "[e~xcept as
provided in Section 9 of this Order", a security clearance may
not be finally denied or revoked "unless the applicant has been
given the following": (1) a comprehensive and detailed written
statement of reasons; (2) an opportunity to reply in writing;
PAGENO="0099"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1663
(3) an opportunity to appear personally at a hearing; (4) a
reasonable opportunity to prepare for the appearance; (5) to be
represented by counsel; (6) an opportunity to confront and cross-
examine his accusers (except, as provided in Section 4, when the
head of the department declares that such disclosure "would be
substantially harmful to the national interest"); and (7), a
written notice of a final decision which contains findings as to
each allegation in the statement of reasons. This section clearly
does not authorize the procedure of Section V. B. and the Court
feels that by inference Section V. B. is Inconsistent with this
Section of the Executive Order. Section 9 provides for a revocation
or denial of a security clearance under lesser procedural protec-
tion "only when the head of a department determines that the pro-
cedures prescribed in Sections 3, 4, and 5 cannot be invoiced
sonsistently with the national security". Defendants do not con-
tend that this section has been complied with here or that it
authorizes the procedure of SectionV. B. Finally, Sections 1(a)
and 2, the sections of Executive Order 10865 which generally restate
the authority and responsibility of the executive department heads
to protect classified information and issue appropriate regulations,
do not constitute the specific authorization for Section V. B.
which is required by Greene v. McElroy, supra. As defendants point
to no other Executive Orders which might provide the requisite
authorization, this Court concludes that Section V. B. is invalid
as not being authorized. This ruling makes it unnecessary for
çhis Court to decide the other ground advanced by plaintiff in
support of his motion for summary judgment.
PAGENO="0100"
1664 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff's motion for summary
judgment has been granted ~and defendants' cross-motion for summary
judgment has been denied. Defendants and each of them, their
agents and subordinates are permanently enjoined from suspending
plaintiff's security clearance for classified materials described
in the complaint in this action under the provisions of Section
V. B. of Department of Defense Directive 5220.6, dated December 7,
1966. This Order does not prevent defendants from taking appro-
priate action to safeguard the national security under Section 9
of the Executive Order 10865 or any other authorized provisions
8/
of Directive 5220.6, if they be so advised.
Dated: February 9, 1968.
- - i',/ //
) 1' /
United States District Judge /
8/ It is interesting to note that plaintiff was asked to attend
an interview regarding his security clearance by the Defense
Department at least as early as November 30, 1966. His clearance
was not ordered to be suspended until on or about October 13,
1967.
PAGENO="0101"
(AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1665
SUPREME COURT OF TRE UNITED STAT~
No. 196.-OCTOBER TERM, 1967.
On Appeal From the
Herbert Schneider, Appellant,
United States District
Court for the Western
Willard Smith, Commandant,
District of Washing-
United States Coast Guard.
ton.
[January 16, 1968.]
MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the
Court.
Appellant, who has served on board American-flag
commercial vessels in various capacities, is now qualified
to act as a second assistant engineer on steam vessels.
But between 1949 and 1964 he was employed in trades
other than that of a merchant seaman. In October 1964
he applied to the Commandant of the Coast Guard for
a validation of the permit or license which evidences his
ability to act as a second assistant engineer.
Under the Magnuson Act, 50 U. S. C. § 191 (b), the
President is authorized, if he finds that "the security of
the United States is endangered by . . . subversive ac-
tivity," to issue rules and regulations "to safeguard
against destruction, loss, or injury from sabotage or
other subversive acts" all "vessels" in the territories or
waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.1
1'Section 191 provides in part:
"~T1ienever the President finds that the security of the United
States is endangered by reason of actual, or threatened war, or
invasion, or insurrection, or subversive activity, or of disturbances
or threatened disturbances of the international relations of the
United States, the President is authorized `to institute such measures
and issue such . rules and regulations-
"(a) to govern the anchorage and movement of any foreign-flag
vessels in the territorial waters of the United States, to inspect such
vessels at any time, to place guards thereon, and, if necessary in his
PAGENO="0102"
1666 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
President Truman promulgated Regulations, 33 CFR,
pt. 6, which gives the Commandant of the' Coast Guard
authority to grant or withhold validation of any permit
or license evidencing the right of a seaman to serve on
a~ merchant vessel of the United States. § 6.10-3. He
is directed not' to issue such validation, unless he is
satisfied that "the character and habits of life of such
person are such as `to authorize the belief that the pres-
ence of the individual on board would not be inimical to
the security of the United States." § 6.10-IL.
The questionnaire, which appellant in' his application
was required to submit, contained the following inquiry
which he answered:
"ITEM 4. Do you now advocate, or have yOu ever
advocated, the overthrow or alteration of the Gov-
ernment of the United States by force or violence
or by unconstitutional means?
"Answer: No."
The questionnaire contained the following inquiries
`which related to his membership and participation in
organizations which were on the special list of ~the Attor-
ney' General as authorized by Executive Order 10450~
18 Fed. Reg. 2489:
"ITEM 5. Have you ever submitted material for
publication to any `of the organizations listed in
Item 6 below?
opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to
prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United
States, or to secure the observance of rights and obligations of the
United States, may take for such purposes full possession and con-
trol of such vessels and remove therefrom the officers and crew'
thereof, and all other persons not especially authorized by him t&
go or remain on board, thereof.
"(b) to safeguard against destruction, loss, or injury from sabo-~
tage or other subversive acts, accidents, or other causes of similar'
nature, vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities in the United
States, the Canal Zone, and all territory and water, continental or
insular, subject. to the jurisdiction of the United S'tates."
PAGENO="0103"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1667
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
"Answer. No.
"ITEM 6. Are you now, or have you ever been,
a member of, or affiliated or associated with in any
way, any of the organizations set forth below?
[There followed a list of more than 2&~
organizations.}
"Answer. Yes.
"If your answer is `yes,' give full details in
Item 7.
"ITEM 7. (Use this space to explain Items 1
through 6. Attach a separate sheet if there is not
enough space here.)
"Answer. I have been a member of many political
& social organizations, including several named on
this list.
"I cannot remember the names of most of them
and could not be specific about any.
"To the best of my knowledge, I have not been
a member of or participated in the activities of
these organizations for ten years."
Upon receiving the questionnaire returned by the
appellant, the Commandant advised him that the infor-
mation was not sufficient and that answers to further
interrogatories were necessary.2
2 "1. With respect to your statements above, furnish the following
information, fully and honestly to the best of your al)ility:
"(a) List the names of the political and social organizations to~
which you belonged, and location.
"(b) Furnish approximate dates of membership.
"(c) Furnish full particulars concerning the extent of your activi-
ties and participation in the organizations (number and type of
meetings/functions attended; positions or offices held; classes or
schools attended; contributions made; etc.).
"(d) Your reason for discontinuing the membership.
"(e) Your present attitude toward the principles and ohjectives~
of the organizations.
"If your answer is `YES' to the following Questions, explain fnily
in the space provided at the end of the Interrogatories:
"2. Are you now, or have you ever been a member of or affiliated
PAGENO="0104"
1668 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
In reply. appellant, speaking through his counsel,.
admitted to the Commandant that he had been a mem-~
ber of the Communist Party as well as other organiza-
tions on the Attorney General's list and that he had
subscribed to People's World. He said that he had
joined the Party because of his personal philosophy and
idealistic goals, but later quit it and the other organiza-
tions due to fundamental disagreement with Communist
methods and techniques. But beyond that he said
he would not answer because "it would be obnoxious to
a truly free citizen to answer the kinds of questions
under compulsion that you require." The Commandant
declined to process the application further, relying upon
33 CFR § 121.05 (d)(2) which authorizes him to hold
the application in abeyance, if an applicant fails or
refuses to furnish the additional information.
Appellant thereupon brought this action for declara-
tory relief that the provisions of the Magnuson Act in
question and the Commandant's actions thereunder were:
unconstitutional, praying that the Commandant be di-
rected to approve his application and that he be enjoined
with, in any way, the Communist Party, its Subdivisio:ris, Subsidiaries,.
or Affiliates?
`C
(Answer `Yes' or `No.')
"3. Have you at any time been a subscriber to the `People's
World'?
If your answer is `Yes,' give dates.
(Answer `Yes' or `No.')
4. "Have you at any time engaged in any activities in behalf of
the `People's World'?
(Answer `Yes' or `No.')
"If your answer is `Yes,' furnish details.
"5. What is your present attitude toward the Communist Party ~
"6. What is your present attitude toward the principles and
objectives of Communism?
"7. What is your attitude toward the form of Government of
the United States?
PAGENO="0105"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1669
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
from interfering with appellant's employment upon ves-
sels flying the American flag.
A three-judge court was convened and the complaint
was dismissed. 263 Fed. Supp. 496. The case is here
on appeal, 28 U. S. C. § 1253. We postponed the ques-
tion of jurisdiction to the merits. 389 U. S. 810.
We agree, as does appellee, that the case was one to
be heard by a three-judge court and that accordingly
we have jurisdiction of this appeal. For appellant did
raise the question as to whether the statute was uncon-
stitutional because of vagueness and abridgment of First
Amendment rights and also questioned whether the
power to install a screening program was validly dele-
gated. A three-judge court was accordingly proper.
Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U. S. 360; Zemel v. Rusk, 381
U.S.1.
The Magnuson Act gives the President no express:
authority to set up a screening program for personnel
on merchant vessels of the United States. As respects
"any foreign-flag vessels" the power to control those
who "go or remain on board" is clear. 50 U. S. C.
§ 191 (a). As respects personnel of our own merchant
ships, the power exists under the Act only if it is found
in the power to "safeguard" vessels and waterfront facili-
ties against "sabotage or other subversive acts," that is,.
under § 191 (b). The Solicitor General argues that the
power to exclude persons from vessels "clearly implies
authority to establish a screening procedure for deter-
mining who shall be allowed on board." But that power-
to exclude is contained in § 191 (a) which, as noted,
applies "to foreign-flag vessels," while, as we have said,
the issue tendered here must find footing in § 191 (b).3
~ it is true that Senator Magnuson when discussing this measure
stated that it "will give the President the authority to invoke the
same kind of security measures which were invoked in World War I
and World War II." 96 Cong. Rec. 10795. And from that Solicitor-
PAGENO="0106"
1670 AMENDING SIJBVERSIVE ACTIVITIE.S CONTROL ACT OF 1950
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
We agree with the District Court that keeping our
merchant marine free of saboteurs is within the purview
of this Act. Our question is the much narrower one.
The Regulations prescribe the standards by which the
Commandant is to judge the "character and habits of
life" of the employee to determine whether his "presence
on board" the vessel would be "inimical to the security
of the United States":
"(a) Advocacy of. the overthrow or alteration of
the Government of tile United States by unconstitu-
tional means.
"(b) Commission of, or attempts or preparations
to commit, an act of espionage, sabotag:e. sedition or
treason, or conspiring with, or aiding or abetting
another to commit such an act.
General argues that the Act authorizes the broad sweeping personnel
screening programs which were in force during World War II.
But this reference by Senator Magnuson apparently was to
§ 191 (a.) which, as noted, covers "any foreign-flag vessels." When
it came to § 191 (b) Senator Magnuson did not speak in terms of
any screening program, but said:
"It [the bill] also has this purpose, which I think is a good one:
As I have said before, the last stronghold of subversive activity in
this country, in my opinion, or at least the last concentrated strong-
hold, has been around our water-fronts. It would be impossible for
destruction to come to any great port of the United States, of which
there a.re many, as the result of a ship coming into port with an
atomic bomb or with biological or other destructive agency, without
some liaison ashore. This would give authority to. the President
to instruct the FBI, in cooperation with the Coast Guard, the Navy,
or any other appropriate governmental agency, to go to our water
fronts and pick out people who might be subversives or security
risks to this country. I think it goes a long way toward taking care
of the domestic situation, as related to this subjet, particularly in
view of the large amount of talk we have had in the Senate within
t.he past few days about Communists. The bill also protects that last
loophole which is left, by which there might be some actual destruc-
tion along the shores of the United States." 96 Cong. Rec. 11321.
PAGENO="0107"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1671
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
"(c) Performing, or attempting to perform, duties
or otherwise acting so as to serve the interests of
another government to the detriment of the United
States.
"(d) Deliberate unauthorized disclosure of classi-
fled defense information.
"(e) Membership in, or affiliation or sympathetic
association with, any foreign or domestic organiza-
tion, association, movement, group, or combination
of persons designated by the Attorney General pur-
suant to Executive Order 10450, as amended."
33 CFR § 121.03.
If we assume arguendo that the Act authorizes a type
of sceening program directed at "membership" or "sym-
pathetic association," the problem raised by it and the
Regulations would be kin to the one presented in ~Shelton
v. Tucker, 364 U. S. 479, where a teacher to be hired by
a public school of Arkansas had to submit an affidavit.
"listing all organizations to which he at the time belongs
and to which he has belonged during the past five years."
id., 481. /
We held that an Act touching on First Amendment
rights must be narrowly drawn so that the precise evil
is exposed; that an unlimited and indiscriminate search
of the employee's past which interferes with his associa-
tional freedom is unconstitutional. Id., 487-490.
If we gave § 191 (b) the broad construction the Solici-
tor General urges, we would face here the kind of issue
present in Shelton v. Tucker, supro, whether govern-
ment can probe the reading habits, political philosophy,
beliefs, and attitudes on social and economic issues of
prospective seaman on our merchant vessels.
A saboteur on a mechant vessel may, of course, be
dangerous. But no charge of appellant being a saboteur
was made. Indeed, no conduct of appellant was at issue
PAGENO="0108"
1672 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
before the Commandant. The propositions tendered in
the complaint were (1) plaintiff is now and always has
been loyal to the United States; (2) he has not been active
in any orgathzation on the Attorney Genera:I's list for the
past 10 years; (3) he has never committed any act of sabo-
tage or espionage or any act inimical to the security of the
United States. Those propositions were neither con-
tested by the Commandant nor conceded. He took the
position that admission of evidence on those propositions
was "irrelevant and immaterial."
We are loathe to conclude that Congress, in its grant
* of authority to the President to "safeguard" vessels and
waterfront facilities from "sabotage or other subversive
acts," undertook to reach into the First Amendment
area. The provision of the Act in question, 50 U. S. C.
§ 191 (b), speaks only in terms of actions, not ideas or be-
liefs or reading habits or social, educational, or political
associations.
The purpose of the Constitution and Bill of Rights,
unlike more recent models promoting a welfare state,
was to take government off the backs of people. The
First Amendment's ban against Congress "abridging"
freedom of speech, the right peacably to assemble and.
to petition, and the "associational freedom" (Shelton v.
Tucker, supra, at 490) that goes with those rights create
a preserve where the views of the individual are made
inviolate. This is the philosophy of Jefferson that.
"[T]he opinions of men are not the object of civil gov-
ernment nor under its jurisdiction. . . . [lit is time
enough for the rightful purposes of civil government
for its officers to interfere when principles break out into
overt acts against peace and good order . . . ." `
~ A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, Jefferson Cyclopedia.
976 (1900).
PAGENO="0109"
(AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1673
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
No act of sabotage or espionage or any act inimical
to the security of the United States is raised or charged
in the present case,
In United States v. Rumely, 345 U. 5. 41, the Court
construed the statutory word "lobbying" to include only
direct representation to Congress, its members, and its
committees, not all activities tending to influence, en-
courage, promote, or retard legislation. Id., at 47. Such
an interpretation of the statute, it was said, was "in the
candid service of avoiding a serious constitutional doubt"~
(ibid.)-doubts that were serious "in view of the prohibi-
tion of the First Amendment." Id., at 46.
The holding in Rumely was not novel. It is part of
the stream of authority which admonishes courts to con-
strue statutes narrowly so as to avoid constitutional
questions.5
The Court said in Rumely, "Whenever constitutional
limits upon the investigative power of Congress have to
be drawn by this Court, it ought only to be done after
Congress has demonstrated its full awareness of what is
at stake by unequivocally authorizing an inquiry of
dubious limits. Experience teaches us to tread warily in
this domain." 345 U. S., at 46.
The present case involves investigation, not by Con-
gress but by the Executive Branch, stemming from
congressional delegation. When we read that delega-
tion with an eye to First Amendment problems, we hesi-
tate to conclude that Congress told the Executive to~
ferret out the ideological strays in the maritime industry.
The words it used-"to safeguard . . . from sabotage
or other subversive acts"-refer to actions, not to ideas or
~ United States v. Delaware & H. Co., 213 U. S. 366, 407-408;
United States v. Harris, 347 U. S. 612, 618, n. 6; Internationnr
Machinists v. Street, 367 U. S. 740, 749; Lynch v. Overholser, 369'
U. S. 705, 710-711; United States v. National Dairy Corp., 372"
U. 5. 29, 32.
PAGENO="0110"
1674 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
196-OPINION
SCHNEIDER v. SMITH.
beliefs. We would have to stretch those words beyond
their normal meaning to give them the meaning the
Solicitor General urges. Rurnely, and its allied cases,
teach just the opposite-that statutory wOrds are to be
read narrowly so as to avoid questions concerning the
"associational freedom" that Shelton v. Tucker protected
and concerning other rights within the purview of the
First Amendment.
Reversed.
MR. JUSTICE BLACK, while concurring in the Court's
judgment and opinion, also agrees with the statement in
MR. JUSTICE FORTAS' concurring opinion that the statute
under consideration, if construed to authorize the inter-
rogatories involved, is offensive to the First Amendment.
MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL tOok no part in the considera-
tion or decision of this case.
PAGENO="0111"
/~MENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1675
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 196.-OCT0BER TERM, 1967.
On Appeal From the~
Herbert Schneider, Appellant,
United States District
Court for the Western
Willard Smith, Commandant,
District of Washing-
United States Coast Guard.
ton.
[January 16, 1968.]
MR. JUSTICE FORTAS, concurring.
I concur in the opinion of the Court. Reversal is~
dictated because the interrogatories which petitioner re-
fused to answer offend the First Amendment. Shelton
v. Tucker, 364 U. S. 479 (1960). (They also pass the
outermost bounds of reason. No agency may be permit-
ted to require of a person, subject to heavy penalty,
sworn essays as to his "attitude toward the form of gov-
ernment of the United States" or "full particulars," under
oath, without time limit, as to contributions made and
functions attended with respect to 250 organizations.)
I agree that since Congress did not specifically authorize~
a personnel screening program, authority to impose pro-
cedures of the comprehensive type here involved, neces-
sarily impinging on First Amendment freedoms, may
not be inferred from dubious general language. The
fault, however, is not that there was an inadequate or
improper delegation, but that Congress did not authorize
the type of investigation which was launched. Needless
to say, Congress has constitutional power to authorize
an appropriate personnel screening program and to dele-
gate to executive officials the power to implement and
administer it. See United States v. Robel, - U. S..
- (1967).
MR. JUSTICE STEWART, agreeing with the separate
views of MR. JUSTICE FORTAS, concurs in the judgment..
PAGENO="0112"
1676 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITE]) STATES
No. 196.-OCTOBER TERM, 1967.
On Appe&{ From the
Herbert Schneider, Appellant,
United States District
Court for the Western
Willard Smith, Commandant
District of Washing-
United States Coast Guard.
ton.
[January 16, 1968.]
MR. JUSTICE WHITE, with whom MR. JUSTICE HARLAN
joins, concurring in the result.
I agree with the Court that the Magnuson Act did not
aUthorize the inqury' undertaken by the Coast Guard
Commandant and that therefore the judgment of the
District Court must be reversed. I express no opinion
as to the scope of inqury which Congress could consti-
tutionally provide with respect to applicants for the
position of merchant seiman.
PAGENO="0113"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o(1677
0 December ASD(A)
Department of Defense Directive
SUBJECT Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Program
References: (a) Executive Order 10865, Safeguarding Classi-
fied Information Within Industry, dated
February 20, 1960, as amended by Executive
Order 10909, (Appendix A)
(b) DoD Directive 5220. 6, Subject: Industrial Per-
sonnel Access Authorization Review Regu-
lation, dated July 28, 1960 (cancelled)
(c) DoD Directive 5220. 22, DoD Industrial Secu-
rity Program, dated July 30, 1965
Cd) DoD Directive 5515. 9, Settlement of Claims
Under the Provisions of the Federal Tort
Claims Act (28 U.S. Code; Sections 2671-
2680) (Delegation to the Secretary of the
Army) dated November 15, 1961
(e) DoD Directive 5210. 8, Policy on Investigation
and Clearance of DoD Personnel for Access
to Classified Defense Information, dated
February 15, 1962
PURPOSE
In accordance with reference (a) this Directive establishes
the standard and criteria for making security clearance
determinations when persons employed in private industry
require access to classified defense information, and sets
forth procedures which shall be followed for cases arising
under the DoD Industrial Personnel Security Clearance
Program (hereinafter referred to as the Program).
II. CANCELLATION
Reference (b) is hereby superseded and cancelled, effective
30 days from the date hereof.
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --8
PAGENO="0114"
1678 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
III. DEFINITIONS
A. Department of Defense components includes the Military
Departments and Defense Agencies and as appropriate,
their subordinate organizations.
B. Agencies refers to Executive Departments and agencies
outside of the Department of Defense w:hich have agreed
to process industrial personnel security clearances under
this Directive.
C. Agency Case. A case arising out of the release of classi-
fied information to or within industry by any Agency.
D. Agency Head. The head of any of the Agencies in B. above.
E. Applicant. A person eligible to have the status of his
clearance determined under this Directive.
F. Contractor. An industrial, educational, commercial, or
other organization which has executed a Department of
Defense Security Agreement.
G. Examiner. An official designated by the Department of
Defense to conduct hearings and make determinations
under the Program.
H. Hearing. A proceeding convened and conducted by an
Examiner in accordance with this Directive for the pur-
pose of determining an applicant's eligibility for a
clearance.
I. Security Clearance or Clearance. An authorization for a
contractor or person employed by a contractor to have
access to specified levels of classified defense informa-
tion provided his duties so require.
J. Statement of Reasons. A statement i~3sued by the Depart-
ment of Defense setting out the reasons why an applicant's
security clearance should be denied, suspended, or
revoked.
III.A.
PAGENO="0115"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1679
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
IV. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
A. The provisions of this Directive are applicable to all
Department of Defense components.
B. By mutual agreement, the provisions of this Directive
also extend to other Agencies. These agencies include
the Department of State, Department of Treasury,
Department of Commerce, General Services Administra-
tion, National Science Foundation, Small Business
Administration, Federal Aviation Agency, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and such other
Agencies as may agree to process industrial security
clearance cases under this Directive.
C. All applicants in private industry who require access
to classified defense information shall as a minimum
be investigated in accordance with the standards set
forth in reference Ce).
D. This Directive applies to cases in which the applicant
is eligible to be considered for a clearance, and a
Department of Defense activity has recommended
either (1) that such clearance be denied or revoked,
or (2) that such clearance be suspended under section
IX. A. below.
E. In cases where an applicantts clearance has been
suspended or a Statement of Reasons issued, the
subsequent termination of employment will not
affect the applicantts right to pursue these procedures.
F. The Program may be extended to other cases at the
direction of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration).
G. The Program does not extend to cases involving access
to communications analysis material or information, to
cases in which a clearance is administratively withdrawn
without prejudice upon a finding that the applicant is not
eligible, or to cases in which an interim clearance is
withdrawn during, an investigation.
IV. A.
PAGENO="0116"
1680 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIE~ CONTROL ACT OF 1950
V. )LICY
A. Access to classified information shall be granted
or continued only to those individuals who have been
determined eligible based upon a findin:~ that to do so
is clearly consistent with the national interest.
B. In the course of an investigation, inter:rogation,
examination, or hearing, the applicant may be requested
to answer relevant questions, or to authorize others to
release relevant information about himself. The
applicant is expected to give full, frank, and truthful
answers to such questions, and to authorize others to
f~irnish relevant information. The applicant may
elect on constitutional or other grounds not-to comply.
However, such a wilful failure or refusal to furnish or
to authorize the furnishing of relevant and material infor-
mation may prevent the Department of Defense from
reaching the affirmative finding required by reference (a)
in which event any security clearance then in effect shall be
suspended by the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Admin-
istration), or his designee, and the fu:rther processing
of his case discontinued.
C. Inquiries concerning an applicant will be limited to
matters relevant to a determination whether granting
access to classified information is clearly consistent
with the national interest, and shall not be directed to
the applicantts opinions about: (1) religious beliefs and -
affiliations (2) racial matters; (3) political candidates
or parties other than those included in section VI. D.
below; (4) the constitutionality or wisdom of legislative
policies. -
D. Determinations under this Directive Ehall be in terms
of the national interest and shall in no sense be deter-
minations as to the loyalty of the applicant; nor shall
they be considered a bar to employment in a position
not requiring access to classified information.
V.A.
PAGENO="0117"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF l95O~, 1681
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
E. The conduct described in section VI. below may, in
the light of all the surrounding circumstances, be the
basis for denying or revoking a clearance. The conduct
varies in implication, degree of seriousness, and
significance depending upon all the factors in a
particular case. Therefore, the ultimate deter-
mination must be an over-all common sense one based
upon all the information which may properly be con-
sidered under this Directive including, but not limited
to, such factors as the following: the seriousness of
the conduct, its implications, its recency, the moti-
vations for it, the extent to which it was voluntary
and undertaken with knowledge of the circumstances
involved and, to the extent that it can be estimated
and is appropriate in a particular case, the probability
that it will continue in the future.
VI. CRITERIA
The criteria for determining eligibility for a clearance
shall relate, but not be limited to, the following:
A. The attempt or commission of any act of sabotage,
espionage, treason, or sedition, or conspiring with,
or aiding or abetting, another to commit or attempt
to commit any act of sabotage, espionage, treason,
or sedition.
B. Establishing or continuing a sympathetic association
with a saboteur, spy, traitor, seditionist, anarchist,
or with an espionage agent or other representative
of a foreign nation whose interests may be inimical
to th' nterests of the United States, or with any
perst who advocates the use of force or violence
to overthrow the Government of the United States or
the alteration of the form of Government of the
United States by unconstitutional means.
V.E.
PAGENO="0118"
1682 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
C. Advocacy of use of force or violence to overthr'ow
the Government of the United States, or of the
alteration of the form of Government of the United
States by unconstitutional means.
D. Membership in, or affiliation or sympathetic association
with, or participation in the activities of any foreign or
dome stic organization, as sociation, movement, group,
or combination of persons which is totalitarian, fascist,
communist, or subversive, or which has adopted or
shows, a policy of advocating or approving the com-
mission of acts of force or violence to deny other persons
their rights under the Constitution of the United States,
or which seeks to alter the form of Government of the
United States by unconstitutional meant;.
E. Intentional, unauthorized disclosure to any person of
classified information, or of other information, dis-
closure of which is prohibited by law.
F. Performing or attempting to perform his duties, or
otherwise acting, so as to serve the interests of
another government in preference to the interests of
the United States.
G. Participation in the activities of an organization estab-
lished as a front for an organization referred to in D.,
above, under circumstances indicating that his personal
views were sympathetic to the subversive purposes of
such organization.
H. Participation in the activities of an organization with
knowledge that it had been infiltrated by members of
subversive groups under circumstances indicating that
the individual was a part of, or sympathetic to, the
infiltrating element or sympathetic to its purposes.
Sympathetic interest in totalitarian, fascist, communist,
or similar subversive movements. .
VI. C.
PAGENO="0119"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1683
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
3. Sympathetic association with a member, or members,
or an organization referred to in D., above. Ordinarily,
this will not include chance or occasional meetings nor
con.tacts limited to normal business or official relations.
K. Currently maintaining a close continuing association with
a person who has engaged in activities or associations
of the type referred to in A. through 3., above. A close
continuing association may be deemed to exist where the
individual lives at the same premises as, frequently
visits, or frequently communicates with, such person.
L. Close continuing association of the type described in
A. through K, above, even though later separated by
distance, where the circumstances indicate that renewal
of the association is probable.
M. Wilful violation or disregard of security regulations.
N. Any behavior, activities, or associations which tend
to show that the individual is not reliable or trustworthy.
0. Any deliberate misrepresentations, falsifications or
omission of material facts from a Personnel Security
Questionnaire, Personal History Statement, or similar
document.
P. Any criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral, or
notoriously disgraceful conduct, habitual use of intoxi-
cants to excess, drug addiction, or sexual perversion.
Q. Acts of a reckless, irresponsible or wanton nature which
indicate such poor judgment and instability as to suggest
that the individual might disclose classified information
to unauthorized persons, or otherwise assist such persons,
whether deliberately or inadvertently, in activities
inimical to the national `interest.
R. Any illness, including any mental condition, of a nature
which, in the opinion of competent medical authority,
may cause significant defect in the judgment or reliability
of the employee, with due regard to the transient or con-
tinuing effect of the illness and the medical findings in
such cases.
VL 3.
PAGENO="0120"
1684 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
S. Any facts or circumstances which furn:ish reason to
believe that the individual may be subjected to
coercion, influence, or pressure which may be
likely to cause action contrary to the national
interest. Such facts may include: The presence of
a close relative of the applicant or of the applicantts
spouse in a nation whose interests may be inimical to
the interests of the United States, or in satellites or
occupied areas of such a nation, under circumstances
permitting coercion or pressure to be brought on the
individual through such relatives which may be likely
to cause action contrary to the national interest. The
term close relative includes parents, brothers, sisters,
offspring and spouse.
T. Exce s sive indebtedness, recurring financial difficulties,
unexplained affluence or repetitive unexplained absences.
U. Refusal by the individual, without satisfactory subse-
quent explanation, to answer questions before a Con-
gressional Committee, Federal or State court, or
Federal administrative body, regarding charges of
his alleged disloyalty or other conduct relevant to his
security eligibility.
VII. AD~4INISTRATION
A. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration)
shall provide over-all policy guidance for the Program
and is responsible for its administration, including the
organization and composition of the various boards and
staffs, and the establishment of field offices. The
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), or
his designee, may issue such supplemental instructions
and guidance as may be desirable for efficient and
equitable operation of the Program cr to accomplish
the objectives set out in reference (a).
B. An Office shall be established in the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), to
administer the Erogram and shall include an Administra-
tive Staff, Department Counsel, Screening Board, Field
Offices, and an Appeal Board.
VI. S.
PAGENO="0121"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o~ 1685
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
C. DoD components designated to support boards, staffs,
and field offices will provide, from resources avail-
able to the designated DoD component, financing, per-
sonnel and personnel spaces, office facilities, and
related administrative support.
D. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration),
or his designee, is authorized to issue in appropriate
cases, invitations and travel orders to persons to
appear and testify who have provided oral or written
statements adverse to the applicant relating to a con-
troverted issue. The Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration), or his designee, is authorized to
issue instructions regarding the issuance of travel
orders, payment of travel expenses, and reimburse-
ment for actual expenses as provided by section 6 of
reference (a).
E. Screening Board members will be designated by the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), or
his designee. The Screening Board will be divided
into panels of three members each; one member of
each panel will be designated as chairman. In an
agency case, the Agency Head may appoint one member
from his agency to such a panel.
F. Examiners, who must be qualified civilian attorneys,
will be designated by the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration), or his designee. A single Examiner
will be assigned to each case. Examiners will be
assigned to such locations as will best serve the needs
of the Program.
G. Qualified attorneys will be designated by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Administration), or his designee,
to act as counsel for the Department of Defense in cases
in which hearings are held. Department Counsel will
present the Departmentts case at the hearing and will con-
duct examinations and cross-examinations of those persons
testifying, as appropriate. Other functions of Department
VII. C.
PAGENO="0122"
1686 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
Counsel include (1) providing advice and assistance
to the Screening Board as required, and (2) taking
appeals to and arguing cases before the Appeal
Board on behalf of the Department. Department
Counsel will not participate in the deliberations or
determinations of any of the Boards, no:~ present
any argument or other representation to an Examiner
or to the Appeal Board with respect to any case
pending before such Examiner or Board unless the
applicant involved is provided with adva:nce notice
of intention and reasonable opportunity to be heard.
H. Appeal Board members will be designated by the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration),
or his designee. The Appeal Board will be divided
into panels of three members each. One member of
each panel will be designated as chairman. In an
agency case, the Agency Head may appoint one member
from his Agency to such a panel.
The Screening Board, the Examiners, and the Appeal
Board shall operate under the authority, direction,
and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration).
VIII. PROCEDURES
A. Screening Board
1. Where a Department of Defense component recommends
that an industrial security clearance be denied or revoked,
the applicant's case and the recommendation of the Defense
component will be referred to the Screening Board.
As an interim measure, where a determination is
made that the applicant's continued access to classi-
fied information, pending action by the Screening
Board, would constitute an immediate threat to the
national interest, an existing clearance will be
suspended. This interim suspeneion authority,
however, is limited to statutory appointees, and
the Deputy Director for Contract Administration
Services, Defense Supply Agency; where there is
VII.H.
PAGENO="0123"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1687
Dec ~, 66
5220.6
significant evidence of espionage or sabotage,
emergency suspension action may be taken by an
authorized subordinate after consulting with
appropriate investigative agency officials. The
As sistant Secretary of Defense (Administration)
shall be notified promptly of all suspension
actions taken under this paragraph together with
the basis therefor.
2. With respect to any case pending before it, the
Screening Board may direct (a) further investi-
gation, specifying the particular matters to be
investigated; (b) written interrogatories; (c) inter-
views with the applicant or other persons; (d) a
medical examination of the applicant; or (e) recom-
mend to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Admin-
istration), or his designee, the suspension of the
applicant's clearance pending further proceedings.
3. Determinations of the Screening Board will be
made by majority vote.
4. Where the Screening Board determines that clear-
ance at the level requested is clearly consistent
with the national interest, a written determination
will be prepared, the Defense component concerned
notified, and any outstanding suspension rescinded.
5. Where the Screening Board determines that the case
does not warrant a favorable determination, it will
prepare a Statement of Reasons informing the appli-
cant of the grounds upon which his clearance may be
denied or revoked. This Statement of Reasons
shall be as comprehensive and detailed as the
national security permits.
6. The Statement of Reasons shall be forwarded to the
applicant by the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration), or his designee, with a letter of
instructions clearly outlining subsequent actions
required of the applicant, including information on
his right to counsel and right to appeal.
VflI.A.2.
PAGENO="0124"
1688 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
7. To be entitled to a hearing the appli:ant must
submit within twenty (20) days after receipt of
the Statement of Reasons a detailed written
answer under oath or affirmation which shall
admit or deny specificallj each .aUegation and
each supporting fact contained in the Statement
of Reasons. A general denial or other similar
answer is not sufficient. The answer must
be sufficiently responsive to permit the Depart-
ment of Defense to determine the issues that
are controverted. Where an applicant is without
knowledge or information sufficient to form a
belief as to the truth of an allegation contained
in the Statement of Reasons, he may, after
setting out fully the circumstances so state,
and it may have the effect of a denial, upon
a showing that he has made reasonable inquiries
as to the matters alleged and has b~en unable to
obtain the requisite information or knowledge.
If the Assistant Secretary of Defenee (Administra-
tion), or his designee, finds that t1~e applicant's
answer does not meet the above requirements,
he shall suspend any security clearance then in
effect, and shall discontinue further proceedings.
8. An applicant who answers the Statement of Reasons
as prescribed above is entitled to a hearing before
an Examiner at which he may be represented by
counsel of his own choosing, and for which he shall
have a reasonable time to prepare. At that hearing
he may present evidence in his own behalf and
may cross-examine adverse witne~;ses either
orally or in writing as hereinafter provided.
9. Where the applicant answers the Statement of Reasons
but does not request a hearing, the case will be
assigned to one of the Examiners 1:or final deter-
mination based upon all available information
including the applicant's answer.
VIII. A. 7.
PAGENO="0125"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1689
Oec 7, 66
5220.6
10. Should the applicant not answer the Statement of
Reasons, the Department of Defense component which
forwarded the case shall be directed to deny or
revoke the clearance, and the applicant shall be
so advised.
B. Examiner and Prehearing Procedures
1. The applicant who requests and is granted a hear-
ing will be notified of the time and place of the
hearing by the Examiner to whom the case is
referred. Upon request either of the applicant
or Department Counsel, postponements may be
granted in the discretion of the Examiner.
Dilatory postponements will not be allowed.
Normally the hearing will be held in the city where
the Examiner's office is located. Where the cir-
cumstances warrant convening at a different
location, the Examiner may schedule the hearing
elsewhere.
2. Department Counsel is authorized to consult
directly with the applicant or his counsel for the
purpose of reaching agreement with respect to
matters in issue. Stipulations entered into shall
be binding upon the applicant and the Department
of Defense for the purpose of these proceedings.
3. The applicant is responsible for producing witnesses
and other evidence in his own behalf at the hearing.
Upon request, the Department Counsel and the
Examiner may provide assistance upon a showing
that it is practicable and necessary.
4. Department Counsel is responsible for producing
witnesses and information relied upon by the
Department to establish those facts alleged in
the Statement of Reasons which have been contro-
verted. All Department of Defense components
shall cooperate fully with Department Counsel
so that the Department's responsibilities under
this paragraph may be fulfilled.
VIII. A. 10.
PAGENO="0126"
1690 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
5. Where an applicant answers the Statement of
Reasons but fails, without good and sufficient
cause, to appear at the time and place set
for the proceeding, the Examiner shall return
the case to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration), or his designee, who will
direct the denial or revocation of the clearance,
as appropriate, and advise the applicant.
C. Hearing
1. The purpose of a hearing under the Program
is to ascertain all the relevant facts in the case
in order that a fair and impartial determination
may be reached. The rules, including the rules
of evidence, governing court proceedings or
administrative hearings conducted under the
Administrative Procedure Act are not applicable
to hearings under this Directive.
2. The hearing will be conducted in an orderly
manner. It may be attended only ~y the Examiner,
the applicant and his counsel, authorized personnel
of the DoD and necessary clerical personnel.
Unless the Examiner rules otherwise, a witness
may be present only when testifying. Should the
conduct of the applicant or counsel impair the
orderly progress of the hearing or should the
Examiner's rulings be ignored or flouted deliber-
ately, the Examiner is authorized, in his discretion
to recess the hearing forthwith. Further proceed-
ings may be held only after satisfactory assurances
are made to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration), or his designee, that the rulings
of the Examiner will be followed. Otherwise the
recess will continue indefinitely, during which time
the applicant will be ineligible for a clearance.
3. The Examiner will notify all witnesses testifying
that 18 United States Code 1001 makes it a criminal
offense punishable by a maximum of five years
imprisonment, $10,000 fine, or both, knowingly
and wilfully to make a false statement or
VIILB. 5.
PAGENO="0127"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 [691
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
representation to any department or agency
of the United States as to any matter within the
jurisdiction of any department or agency of the
United States. Written interrogatories must be
sworn to before a notary public or other official
authorized to administer oaths.
4. After a hearing has been convened, and the State-
ment of Reasons and the applicantts answer thereto
have been entered into the record, the applicant
shall have the right to make a general opening
statement and to present his case.
5. The Examiner may require the applicant to respond
to relevant questions, to undergo a medical examina-
tion, or to authorize the release of relevant infor-
mation in the possession of other parties. Should
the applicant refuse, the Examiner shall refer the
case to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Administration) for action in accordance with
the provisions of section V. B., above.
6. When appropriate, the Examiner will amend the
Statement of Reasons to make it conform to the
information presented and enter the amendment
into the record. When such amendments are made,
the Examiner will grant the applicant such addi-
tional time as the Examiner deems appropriate to
answer such amendments and present evidence
pertaining thereto.
7. The Examiner may recess the hearing at the request
of the applicant or his counsel, Department Counsel,
or upon his own motion.
8. A verbatim transcript (in triplicate) will be made
of the hearing and made a permanent part of the
record. The transcript will not include informa-
tion introduced in accordance with provisions of
D. 4., and 5., below. The applicant will
VIII.C.4.
PAGENO="0128"
1692 AMENDING STJBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
be furnished without cost one copy of the transcript,
less the exhibits. Corrections will be allowed by
the Examiner solely for the purpose of conforming
the transcript to the actual testimony.
9. Whenever the Examiner concludes that he requires
further information in making a determination, he
may request that a further investigation or examina-
tion be conducted. Information thus developed shall
be made available to the Examiner subject to the
provisions of this Directive.
D. The Case Record
1. The record of a case shall consist of all information
presented in accordance with this Directive by the
DoD and by or on behalf of the applicant. Irrelevant,
immaterial, and unduly repetitious material shall
be excluded in the discretion of the Examiner.
2. Information adverse to the applicant on any contro-
verted issue may not be made a part of the hearing
record unless (1) the information or a summary
thereof has been made available tc the applicant and
(2) he either offers no objection to its presentation,
or is afforded an opportunity to cross-examine the
persons supplying the information either orally or
in writing. The foregoing restrictions do not apply
to information received and consic~ered under
3., 4., 5., and 6., below.
3. Records compiled in the regular course of business,
or other physical evidence other than investigative
reports, may be made a part of the record in the
case subject to rebuttal without authenticating witnesses,
provided that such information has been furnished by
an investigative agency pursuant to its responsibilities
VZEI.C.9.
PAGENO="0129"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1693
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
in connection with assisting the Secretary of
Defense, or the Agency Head concerned, to
safeguard classified information within industry
pursuant to Executive Order 10865.
4. Records compiled in the regular course of
business or other physical evidence other than
investigative reports, relating to a controverted
issue, which, because they are classified, may
not be inspected by the applicant, may be received
and considered provided the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Administration), as designee of the Secre-
tary of Defense, or when applicable, of the Agency
Head concerned has (1) made a preliminary deter-
mination that such. physical evidence appears to be
material, and (2), determines that failure to receive
and consider such physical evidence would, in view
of the level of access sought, be substantially harm-
ful to the national security. Information as to the
authenticity and accuracy of such physical evidence
furnished by the investigative agency involved shall
be considered.
5. A written or oral statement adverse to the applicant
on a controverted issue may be received and con-
sidered without affording an opportunity to cross-
examine the person making the statement only in
the circumstances described in either of the following
subparagraphs:
a. The head of the department supplying the
statement certifies that the person who
furnished the information is a confidential
informant who has been engaged in obtaining
intelligence information for the Government
and that disclosure of his identity would be
substantially harmful to the national interest.
b. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration)
as designee of the Secretary of Defense, or when
applicable, of the Agency Head, has preliminarily
determined, after considering the information
VIII. D. 4.
94-756 0 - 68 - pt.2 --9
PAGENO="0130"
1694 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~
furnished by the investigative agency involved
as to the reliability of the person and the accuracy
of the statement concerned, that the statement
concerned appears to be reliable and material,
and has determined that failure to receive and
consider such statement would, in view of the
level of access sought, be substantially harm-
ful to he national security, and that the person
who furnished the information cannot appear to
testify (a), due to death, severe illness, or
similar cause, in which case the identity of
the person and the information to be considered
shall be made available to the applicant, or
(b), due to some other cause determined by
the Secretary of Defense, or, when appropriate,
by the Agency Head concerned, to be good and
sufficient.
6. A written or oral statement relating to the characteri-
zation in the Statement of Reasons of any organization
or individual other than the applicant may be received
and considered without affording the applicant an
opportunity to cross-examine the person making the
statement irrespective of whether t~he statement is
adverse to the applicant or relates to a controverted
issue.
7. Whenever physical evidence or statements are received
and considered under 4. and 5., above, the applicant will
be furnished with as comprehensive and detailed a summary
of the information or physical evidence as the national
security permits. Certificates evidencing the deter-
minations required by these Sectioss will be entered
into the hearing record. Appropriate consideration
shall be accorded by officials charg;ed with making
determinations under this Directive to the fact that
the applicant did not have an opportunity to cross-
examine the person or persons who provided the infor-
mation, or to inspect the physical evidence.
E. Determinations
1. Following the hearing, the Examiner will determine
whether it is clearly consistent with the national
interest to grant or continue the ap~licant's clear-
ance at a specific level. He will prepare findings
VflI.D.6.
PAGENO="0131"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT. OF 1950 1695
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
of fact for or against the applicant with respect to
each allegation in the Statement of Reasons and reasons
in support of the said findings of fact. The Examiner's
determination shall be based on grounds set out in the
Statement of Reasons and upon information placed in
the record in conformity with this Directive. Where the
Examiner's determination is adverse to the applicant,
the Examiner shall also determine whether any clearance
then held by the applicant should be suspended or limited
pending appeal under this Directive.
2. Where the Examiner's determination is adverse to the
applicant, a copy thereof will be furnished to the appli-
cant. Where the determination is favorable to the appli-
cant, a copy thereof will be furnished to the Department
Counsel. In the absence of timely appeal under F., below,
this determination constitutes the final decision in the
case. Provided, in those cases in which information was
received and considered under D. 4. and 5., above, a
copy of the determination, less any deletions required
in the interests of national security, will be furnished:
a. To applicant, if adverse to him, with notice that, in
the absence of a timely appeal under F., below, the
case record and the Examiner's determination will
be forwarded to the Secretary of Defense or an Agency
Head, as appropriate, for final determination;
b. To Department Counsel, if favorable to applicant,
with notice that, in the absence of timely appeal
under F., below, the determination constitutes
the final determination in the case.
F. ~ppeals
1. Within 10 days after receiving the Examiner's deter-
mination, the applicant or Department Counsel may
appeal by filing a Notice of Appeal with the Appeal Board.
When a Notice of Appeal is filed, a copy of the Examiner's
determination will be furnished to the appellee.
2. Appeals may be made either in person or by filing a
brief, and shall be based solely upon the case record.
No further testimony or other evidence shall be
received. A brief shall state with particularity the
VIII. E. 2.
PAGENO="0132"
1696 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
specific issues involved in the appeal, cite the
relevant portions of the record and set out the
reasons why the determination shou~d be re-
versed. Where an appeal is made in person,
the appellant shall file with the Appeal Board,
prior to the scheduled appeal hearing, a written
statement identifying the issues to be considered
before the Appeal Board. Appellant shall send a
copy to the appellee who may file a statement in
reply.
3. The Appeal Board may recommend to the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Administration), or his designee,
that a case be returned (1) for further investigation, or
(2) to the Examiner with instructions to take further
testimony.
4. Appeal Board deliberations will be made in executive
session and the Board's determination arrived at by
majority vote. The Board will prepare a written
determination setting forth whether it is clearly con-
sistent with the national interest to grant or continue
a clearance to a specific level. The determination
will include findings for or against the applicant with
respect to each allegation in the Statement of Reasons
and a separate memorandum of reasons in support
of the determination.
5. In those cases in which information was received
and considered under D.4. and 5., above, and the
Appeal Board's determination is adverse to the
applicant, the case record, together with the deter-
minations of the Examiner and the Appeal Board,
will be referred to the Secretary of Defense or the
appropriate Agency Head, who, following his personal
review of the case, will make a final determination.
In all other cases, the Appeal Board's determination
will be announced as the final determination in the
case.
6. If the final determination is adverse to the applicant,
he will be furnished findings with respect to each allega-
tion in the Statement of Reasons. The Appeal Board's
memorandum of reasons will not be furnished to the
applicant.
VIII. F. 3.
PAGENO="0133"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 (i 697
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
7. No provision of this Directive shall be
construed as conferring a right upon an
applicant to appeal from a final decision to
the Secretary of Defense, to the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Administration) or to
the Agency Head.
8. Nothing contained in this Directive shall be deemed
to limit or affect the responsibility and powers of
the Secretary of Defense or of an Agency Head to
deny or revoke a clearance when the security of
the nation so requires. This authority may be
exercised only where he determines personally
that the provisions of this Directive cannot be
invoked consistently with the national security.
Such determinations shall be conclusive.
tX. SUSPENSION ACTIONS IN SECURITY VIOLATION CASES
A. In any case alleging wilful, unauthorized use or release
of classified information or documents, or wilful appro-
priation or retention of classified documents for personal
use or for the use of others, or where the loss or com-
promise of classified documents or information is
wilfully concealed, the Screening Board, irrespective
of whether its determination under Section VLEI. A.,
above, is to grant or continue a clearance, or issue
a Statement of Reasons, shall make a separate finding
whether the acts are established by a preponderance of
the evidence. In each case where it so finds, it shall
suspend an existing clearance for a period of one year,
subject to the provisions of B., below, and ~hall set
out in writing its reasons therefor.
B. Where within twenty (20) days after being notified of the
Screening Board action, the applicant does not give
notice of intent to contest the proposed suspension,
it shall be ordered into effect. Where the applicant
VIII. F. 7.
PAGENO="0134"
1698 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 ~
contests the proposed suspension, the case shall be
referred to an Examiner who shall make a final deter-
mination following a hearing which shall be governed
by the provisions of this Directive to the extent
applicable. A determination by the Examiner under
this Section shall be final and no further appeal may
be taken.
C. No action taken under this Section shall preclude
other actions as provided in this Directive at any
stage of the proceedings. Issues u:ader this Section
shall be heard in the same proceeding as other issues
under this Directive, unless otherwise agreed by the
parties.
D. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration),
or his designee, shall order suspe:rlsions under this
Section which shall become effective immediately.
E. When the suspension has expired the applicant will
be eligible for reinstatement of his clearance upon
filing the necessary forms.
X. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSS OF EARNINGS
A. An applicant may be reimbursed for a loss of earnings
resulting directly from the suspension, revocation, or
denial of his clearance provided (1) a final determination
thereafter is made that it is clearly consistent with the
national interest to grant him a cisarance for access to
classified information at least equal to that which was
suspended, revoked, or denied, and (2) it is found to be
fair and equitable for the Department of Defense to
reimburse the applicant for all or a part of the loss of
earnings.
B. It shall be considered fair and equitable, except as
hereinafter provided, to reimburse any applicant who
has suffered loss of earnings as a result of suspension
IN. C.
PAGENO="0135"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~ 1699
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
revocation, or denial of clearance when that
clearance is, in the course of the timely exhaustion
of remedies by the applicant, graiited or restored.
A claim for reimbursement may be denied when:
1. The subsequent determination to grant the clear-
ance depends upon material facts withheld by the
applicant, or where circumstances have changed-
since the suspension, revocation, or denial and
the grant or restoration of the clearance; or
2. The suspension, revocation, or denial follows
the applicant's failure to comply with procedural
requirements.
C. Claims for reimbursement in Department of Defense
cases shall be initiated by a petition filed by the appli-
cant with the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administra-
tion). The petition shall contain a detailed statement
why fairness and equity require reimbursement, including
the basis for the assertion that the loss of earnings is
attributable to the suspension, denial, or revocation of
the clearance, and shall identify the alleged errors of
fact or judgment involved.
D. Claims for reimbursement in Agency cases shall be
initiated by a petition filed by the applicant with the
Agency concerned. At the request of the Agency Head
concerned, the Department of Defense under its pro-
cedures will review the petition and furnish that Agency
with a recommendation with respect to the merits of
the petition. However, the Department of Defense is
not responsible for payment of such claims.
E. When a case has been reopened under Section XI.,
below, and thereupon a determination favorable to the
applicant is made, a request for reimbursement may
be considered only where (1) the applicant exhausted all
of the administrative remedies available in the original
proceeding, (2) the applicant made a full and complete
X.B. 1.
PAGENO="0136"
1700 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF l95O~
disclosure during the original proceeding, and (3)
the determination to grant or restore: the clearance
is not based upon circumstances occurring after the
final denial or revocation.
F. The amount of reimbursement shall riot exceed the
difference between the earnings of the applicant at
the time of the suspension, revocation, or `denial,
whichever is earlier, and the interim net earnings.
No reimbursement shall be allowed for any period
of undue delay resulting from the applicant's acts or
failure to act. Any payment shall be in full satisfac-
tion of any further claim against the United States,
the Department of Defense, and the Departments and
Agencies referred to in Section IV. B., above, arising
out of the suspension, revocation, or denial of a
clearance. Any claim shall be forever barred unless
it is filed within one year after the date such claim
first accrues, or within one year of the final disposi-
tion of the case, whichever is later, `Provided, a
claim for reimbursement may be filed under this
Section within one year from the effective date of this
Directive where the applicant filed a claim under
reference (b), but was denied solely on the ground
that the clearance determination which resulted in the
loss of earnings was not unjustified..
G. Approved claims against the Department of Defense
shall be forwarded to the Department of the Army for
payment from `Claims, Defense" Appropriation, in
the same manner that Federal tort claims are, cur-
rently processed under reference (d).
XI. PENDING AND REOPENED CASES
A. All cases pending before the Screening Board and the
Field Boards 30 days from the date hereof shall
proceed to a final determination under this Directive.
All cases pending before the Central Board on that
date, including those in which the applicant has requested
a determination on the record, will be referred to an
X. F.
PAGENO="0137"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1050 1701
Dec 7, 66
5220.6
Examiner for determination, notwithstanding a
tentative determination has been announced or
oral argument heard.
B. Any person whose clearance has been denied or revoked
under this Program or any predecessor program, may
have his eligibility for a clearance reconsidered upon a
showing of newly discovered evidence or other good
cause. The request for reconsideration shall set out
fully the grounds therefor. The Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Administration), or his designee, in his discre-
tion, shall grant or deny such requests for reconsider-
ation.
C. Where a clearance previously has been granted under
this Program, and a Department component or Agency
receives additional derogatory information which was
not considered at the time the case was decided, it
shall refer the information to the Deputy Director for
Contract Administration Services, or to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, as appropriate, for appro-
priate action.
XII. EFFECTIV~DATE
Section VII. of this Directive is effective immediately.
Other provisions are effective 30 days from the date
hereof.
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Enclosure
Appendix
XI. B.
PAGENO="0138"
1702 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
5220.6 (End i)
Dec 7, 66
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10865
SAFEGUARDING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
WITHIN INDUSTRY
WHEREAS it is mandatory that the United States protect
itself against hostile or destructive activities by preventing
unauthorized disclosures of classified information relating to
the national defense; and
WHEREAS it is a fundamental principle of our Government
to protect the interests of individuals against unreasonable or
unwarranted encroachment; and
WHEREAS I find that the provisions and procedures
prescribed by this order are necessary to assure the preser-
vation of the integrity of classified defense information and to
protect the national interest; and
WHEREAS I find that those provisions and procedures
recognize the interests of individuals affected thereby and provide
maximum possible safeguards to protect such interest:
NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States,
and as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief
of the armed forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Defense, the Commissioners of the Atomic Energy Commission,
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, and the Administrator of the Federal Aviat~Lon Agency,
respectively, shall, by regulation, prescribe such specific require-
ments, restrictions, and other safeguards as they co:risider neces-
sary to protect (1) releases of classified information to or within
United States industry that relate to bidding on, or the negotiation,
award, performance, or termination of, contracts w~th their
APPENDIX "A"
PAGENO="0139"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1703
5220.6 (End i)
Dec 7, 66
respective agencies, and (2) other releases of classified infor-
mation to or within industry that such agencies have responsibility
for safeguarding. So far as possible, regulations prescribed by
them under this order shall be uniform and provide for full
cooperation among the agencies concerned.
(b) Under agreement between the Department of Defense
and any other department or agency of the United States, including,
but not limited to, those referred to in subsection (c) of this section,
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection
(a) of this section may be extended to apply to protect releases (1)
of classified information to or within United States industry that
relate to bidding on, or the negotiation, award, performance, or
termination of, contracts with such other department or agency, and
(2) other releases of classified information to or within industry
which such other department or agency has responsibility for safe-
guarding.
(c) When used in this order, the term "head of a department"
means the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Com-
missioners of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, and, in sections 4 and 8,
includes the Attorney General. The term "department" means
the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the Atomic
Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, the Federal Aviation Agency, and, in sections 4 and 8,
includes the Department of Justice.
SECTION 2. An authorization for access to classified
information may be granted by the head of a department or his
designee, including, but not limited to, those officials named in
section 8 of this order, to an individual, hereinafter termed an
"applicant", for a specific classification category only upon a
finding that it is clearly consistent with the national interest to
do so.
SECTION 3. Except as provided in section 9 of this order,
an authorization for access to a specific classification category may
not be finally denied or revoked by the head of a department or his
designee, including, but not limited to, those officials named in
section 8 of this order~, unless the applicant has been given the
following:
APPENDIX "A"
PAGENO="0140"
~7O4 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
5220.6 (~nc1 i)
Eec 7, 66
(1) A written statement of the reasons why his access
authorization may be denied or revoked, which shall be as
comprehensive and detailed as the national security permits.
(2) A reasonable opportunity to reply in writing under
oath or affirmation to the statement of reasons.
(3) After he has filed under oath or affirniatio:a a written
reply to the statement of reasons, the form and sufficiency of which
may be. prescribed by regulations issued by the head of the depart-
ment concerned, an opportunity to appear personally before the head
of the department concerned or his designee, including, but not
limited to, those officials named in section 8 of this order, for the
purpose of supporting his eligibility for access authorization and to
present evidence on his behalf.
(4) A reasonable time to prepare for that appearance.
(5) An opportunity to be represented by counsel.
(6) An opportunity to cross-examine persons either orally
or through written interrogatories in accordance with section 4 on
matters not relating to the characterization in the statement of
reasons of any organization or individual other than the applicant.
(7) A written notice of the final decision in his case which,
if adverse, shall specify whether the head of the department or his
designee, including, but not limited to, those officials named in
section 8 of this qrder, found for or against him with respect to
each allegation in the statement of reasons.
SECTION 4. (a) An applicant shall be afforded an oppor-
tunity to cross-examine persons who have made oral. or written
statements adverse to the applicant relating to a controverted issue
except that any such statement may be received and considered
without affording such opportunity in the circumstances described
in either of the following paragraphs:
(1) The head of the department supplying the statement
certifies that the person who furnished the informat~on is a confiden-
tial informant who has been engaged in obtaining intelligence infor-
mation for the Government and that disclosure of his identity would
be substantially harmful to the national interest.
APPENDIX A
PAGENO="0141"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1705
5220.6 (End i)
Dec 7, 66
(2) The head of the department concerned or his special
designee for that particular purpose has preliminarily determined,
after considering information furnished by the investigative agency
involved as to the reliability of the person and the accuracy of the
statement concerned, that the statement concerned appears to be
reliable and material, and the head of the department or such special
designee has determined that failure to receive and consider such
statement would, in view of the level of access sought, be substan-
tially harmful to the national security and that the person who
furnished the information cannot appear to testify (A) due to death,
severe illness, or similar cause, in which case the identity of the
person and the information to be considered shall be made available
to the applicant, or (B) due to some other cause determined by the
head of the department to be good and sufficient.
(b) Whenever procedures under paragraphs (1) or (2) of
subsection (a) of this section are used (1) the applicant shall be
given a summary of the information which shall be as comprehensive
and detailed as the national security permits, (2) appropriate considera-
tion shall be accorded to the fact that the applicant did not have an
opportunity to cross-examine such person or persons, and (3) a
final determination adverse to the applicant shall be made only by
the head of the department based upon his personal review of the
case.
SEC TION 5. (a) Records compiled in the regular course of
business, or other physical evidence other than investigative reports,
may be received and considered subject to rebuttal without authen-
ticating witnesses, provided that such information has been furnished
to the department concerned by an investigative agency pursuant to
its responsibilities in connection with assisting the head of the de-
partment concerned to safeguard classified information within
industry pursuant to this order.
(b) Records compiled in the regular course of business, or
other physical evidence other than investigative reports, relating to
a controverted issue which, because they are classified, may not
be inspected by the applicant, may be received and considered pro-
vided that: (1) the head of the department concerned or his special
designee for that purpose has made a preliminary determination
that such physical evidence appears to be material, (2) the head of
the department concerned or such designee has made a determination
APPENDIX "A"
PAGENO="0142"
1706 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
52206 (2nd 1)
Dec 7, 66
that failure to receive and consider such physical evidence would,
in view of the level of access sought, be substantially harmful to
the national security, and (3) to the extent that the national secu-
rity permits, a summary or description of such physical evidence
is made available to the applicant. In every such case, information
as to the authenticity and accuracy of such physical evidence fur-
nished by the investigative agency involved shall be considered. In
such instances a final determination adverse to the applicant shall
be made only by the head of the department based upon his personal
review of the case.
SECTION 6. Because existing law does not authorize the
Department of State, the Department of Defense, or the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration to subpoena witnesses, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, or the Administrator
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or his repre-
sentative, may issue, in appropriate cases, invitations and requests
to appear and testify in order that the applicant may have the oppor-
tunity to cross-examine as provided by this order. So far as the
national security permits, the head of the investigative agency involved
shall cooperate with the Secretary or the Administrator, as the case
may be, in identifying persons who have made statemsnts adverse
to the applicant and in assisting him in making them available for
cross-examination. If a person so invited is an officer or employee
of the executive branch of the Government or a member of the armed
forces of the United States, the head of the department or agency
concerned shall cooperate in making that person avaitable for cross-
examination.
SECTION 7. Any determination under this order adverse to
an applicant shall be a determination in terms of the national interest
and shall in no sense be a determination as to the loyalty of the
applicant concerned.
SECTION 8. Except as otherwise specified in the preceding
provisions of this order, any authority vested in the head of a
department by this order may be delegated to the
(1) Under Secretary of State or a Deputy Under Secretary
of State, in the case of authority vested in the Secretary of State;
(2) Deputy Secretary of Defense or an Assisl;ant Secretary
of Defense, in the case of authority vested in the Secretary of
Defense;
APPENDIX A'
PAGENO="0143"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950~ 1707
5220.6 (2nd 1)
Dec 7, 66
(3) General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission, in
the case of authority vested in the Commissioners of the Atomic
Energy Commission;
(4) Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, in the case of authority vested in the Admin-
istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(5) Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, in
the case of authority vested in the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Agency; or
(6) Deputy Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General,
in the case of authority vested in the Attorney General.
SECTION 9. Nothing contained in this order shall be deemed to
limit or affect the responsibility and powers of the head of a depart-
ment to deny or revoke access to a specific classification category if
the security of the nation so requires. Such authority may not be
delegated and may be exercised only when the head of a department
determines that the procedures prescribed in sections 3, 4, and 5
cannot be invoked consistently with the national security and such
determination shall be conclusive.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THE WHITE HOUSE
February 20, 1960
APPENDIX "A"
PAGENO="0144"
1708 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
5220.6 (End 1)
Dec 7, 66
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10909
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10865,
SAFEGUARDING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
WITHIN INDUSTRY
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
statutes of the United States, and as President of the United. States,
and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States,
Executive Order No. 10865 of February 20, 1960 (25 F. R. 1583),
is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Section 1(c) is amended to read as lollows:
`(c) When used in this order, the term `head of a department'
means the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Commis-
sioners of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Agency, the head of any other department or
agency of the United States with which the Department of Defense makes
an agreement under subsection (b) of this section, and. in sections 4 and
8, includes the Attorney General. The term `departn~ent' means the
Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Atomic Energy
Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
Federal Aviation Agency, any other department or agency of the
United States with which the Department of Defense makes an agree-
ment under subsection (b) of this section, and, in sections 4 and 8,
includes the Department of Justice."
Section 2. Section 6 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 6. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense,
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, or his represen-
tative, or the head of any other department or agency of. the United
States with which the Department of Defense makes an agreement
under section 1(b), or his representative, may issue, in appropriate
cases, invitations and requests to appear and testify in order that
the applicant may have the opportunity to cross-examine as provided
APPENDIX "A"
PAGENO="0145"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 o\ 1709
5220.6 (End i)
Dec 7, 66
by this order. Whenever a witness is so invited or requested to
appear and testify at a proceeding and the witness is an officer or
employee of the executive branch of the Government or a member
of the armed forces of the United States, and the proceeding
involves the activity in connection with which the witness is em-
ployed, travel expenses and per diem are authorized as provided
by the Standardized Government Travel Regulations or the Joint
Travel Regulations, as appropriate. In all other cases (including
non-Government employees as well as officers or employees of the
executive branch of the Government or members of the armed forces
of the United States not covered by the foregoing sentence), transportation
in kind and reimbursement for actual expenses are authorized in an
amount not to exceed the amount payable under Standardized Govern-
ment Travel Regulations. An officer or employee of the executive
branch of the Government or a member of the armed forces of the
United States who is invited or requested to appear pursuant to this
paragraph shall be deemed to be in the performance of his official
duties. So far as the national security permits, the head of the
investigative agency involved shall cooperate with the Secretary, the
Administrator, or the head of the other department or agency, as the
case may be, in identifying persons who have made statements adverse
to the applicant and in assisting him in making them available for cross-
examination. If a person so invited is an officer or employee of the
executive branch of the Government or a member of the armed forces
of the United States, the head of the department or agency concerned
shall cooperate in making that person available for cross-examination."
Sec. 3. Section 8 is amended by striking out the word "or" at
the end of clause (5), by striking out the period at the end of clause
(6) and inserting "; or" in place thereof, and by adding the following
new clause at the end thereof:
"(7) the deputy of that department, or the principal assistant
to the head of that department, as the case may be, in the case of
authority vested in the head of a department or agency of the United
States with which the Department of Defense makes an agreement under
section 1(b)."
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THE WHITE HOUSE
January 17, 1961
APPENDIX "A"
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --10
PAGENO="0146"
1710 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIE.S CONTROL ACT OF 1950
/~jft~
FEDEtIAL~$REtii STEII
$9
VOLUME 18 NID~'~ NUMBER 2
Washington, Saturday, January 3, 1953
TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT measures for the physical security of
facilities within the cognizance of such
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10421 agencies, respectively.
PROVIDING POE ~TE PHYSICAL SECURITY OI( Sac. 3. (a) In addition to carrying oub
FACILITIES II(PORTANT TO THE NATZQNA&~ the functions conferred upon him by
* DEWfSI law, the Chairman shall supervise and
* bring into harmonious action the pro..
me by the Constitution and statutes, and grats measure -
as President of the United States it is tiOn 2 u~ this oruer
hereb ordered as follows' (b) More particularly, the Chairman
J shall from time to time:
SEcTIoN 1. As used In the following i prescribe pOlicies and programs
sections of this order: ` governing the activities of Federal agen-
(a) The word "facilities" means those des with respect to the physical security
Government-owned and privately- of facilities, including the activities in-
owned plants, mines, facilities (Includ- volved In carrying out section 4 (a)
log buildings occupied in whole or in hereof (`respecting security ratings).
part by any Federal agency), materials, (2) WIth the advice and assistance, of
products, and processes, and those Oov- appropriate Federal agencies, develop
ernment-provided and pr1vately-pro~ and promulgate standards of physical
vided ~erv1ces, which are of Importance security to be applicable to facilities,
to defense mobilization, defense PrOdUC' which standards shall as far as practica-
tIQO, `or the essential civilian economy ble accommodate differences In degrees
and are located' or provided In the con- and types of physical security required,
tinental United States or In the Tern., different categories of facilities, different
tories or possessions of the United States: security ratings, and such other consid-
Provided, That the Chairman' of the erations as may be pertinent.
National Security ResouEces Board may, (3) Assign facilities to Federal agen-
upon proper notice to affected Federal des, insofar as deemed practicable by the
agencies, from time to time amend the , Chairman on the basis of the interest.s
foregoing definition of "facilities," with and general cogntzance of agencies, for
* respect to any or all parts of this order, the,performaflCe by such agencies of the
as he shall deem' to be' compatible with following functions, subject to the direc-
the purposes of this order. tion of the Chairman: (A) the furnish-
(b), The term "Physical security" ing~ of advice tO the management or
means security against sabotage, esplo- owner of a facility with respect to de-
nage, and other hostile activity and veloping and administering the physical
other destructive acts an4 omissions, but security program thereof: (B)* in con-
excludes security attributable to opera- sultation with the management or owner
* tions of military defense or combat and of a facility and with other technically
excludes also activities with' respect to qualified persons, the development of
the dispersal and post-attack rehabili- ph.~sica1 security measures for such f a-
tation `of facilities. cility and, when necessary, the author-
(c) The word "Chairman" means the Izatlon of standards of physical security
Chairman of the National Security F.e' therCfor which differ from the standards
sources Board. prescribed under section 3 (b) (2) here-
of; (C) such supervision as may be ap-
* SEC. 2. With a view toward the mainS. propriate of the application of physical
ter~ance of essential production and the security measures to assigned facilities;
security of the United States, to the ex- (D) the furthering, by other measures
tent permitted by law, and subject to the desIgnated by the Chairman, of the
provisions of this order, Federal agencies physical security of as~igned facilities;
shall develop and execute programs and and (E) the ap:praisal of the adequacy
PAGENO="0147"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 Ok 1711
and efficiency of the physical security ~i (a hereof, Federal agencies which
measures taken. have~ or can best obtain, data on plant
(4) Approve or revise security ratings locations, plant capacities, production,
established under section 4 (a) hereof service industries, technical processes,
and. transmit the security ratings so ap- and production recluirements, and other
similar information shall make available
proved or revised to agencies assiiinecii to the Secretary of Commerce such data
"facilities under section 3 (b) (3) hereof.. and information. In the event of any
The Chairman may make any approved disagreement with respect to mak..
or revised security rating available tO ing data or information available tinder
Federal agencies other than the agency this section 4 (C), the Chairman shall
to which a facility concerned is assigned, resolve sucii disagreement and the decl~.
for such uses related to the maintenance sion of the Chairman shall be finaL
of production or the national security as (d) The Industry Evaluation Board is
the Chairman may approve. contmued and shall, to such extent and
(5) RevIew the physical security pro- in suchmanner as the Secretary of Coin-
grams and measures of Federal agencies xnerce may direct, assist the Secretary
as to effectiveness and as to conformity in carrying out the functions of the Sec..
with the policies and directives of the retary tinder section 4 (a) hereof. The
Chairman under this order. Secretary, with the approval of the
(6) Obtain from Federal agencies re~ Chairman, may from time to time alter
ports, recommendations, and irtfornra-L the composition of the said Board.
tion deemed by the Chairman to be, There is hereby terminated the now-
essential to the discharge of his responsi'.. existing Presidentially approved assign-
bilities under this order. ment of functions to the said Board.
(7) Consult with Federal agencies
SEC. 5. Each F e d e r a 1 procurement
having responsibilities related to func.. agency which obtains in connection with
tions set forth in this order, for the ~ its procurement contracts agreements
pose of furthering coordination of requiring contractors to provide physical
policies and activities; and develop, and security measures for their facilities
report to the President concerning, shall provide in such agency for the re-
programs which properly relate ~ view of such agreements. The purpose
physical security of facilities and Other of such revjew shall be to assure con-
measures designed to maintain and i~ formity of the physical security measures
store essential productive capability.
(8) Make available, or cause ~ ~j *equired by the agreements with the
made available, to Federal agencies ~ standards prescribed under section 3 (b)
(2) hereof.
of the Information developed In connec~
tion with carrying out section 4 (a) SEC. 6. (a) The Facilities Protection
hereof as the Chairman deems to be Board is transferred to the jurisdiction
needed by those agencies in connection of the Chairman. Existing arrange-
with the physical securityof facilities or ments concerning the physical location
other aspects of the maintenance of of and administrative support for the
production. Board may b~ continued.
(9) Keep the President informed an (b) The Facilities Protection Board
may be necessary concerning the mat- shall hereafter consist of one representa-
ters encompassed by this order and fur- tive of each of the following agencies,
nish him such recommendations as may namely, the Departments of Defense,
be appropriate. Commerce, Interior, and Labor, the
(10) Consistent with law, establish Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal
such advisory bodies as the Chairman Civil Defense Administration, and such
may deem necessary to assist him In other agencies as the Chairman may
carrying out his functions under this from time to time designate. Each such
order. _____ representative shall be designated by the
bead of the agency he.is to represent.
Sgc. 4. (a) The Secretary of Oom~ each person who is now a member of the
merce shall from time to time establish Board may continue as a member with-
and transmit to the Chairman security out the necessity of redesignation by
ratings of facilities, based on the rela- reason of this order. The Chairman of
tive Importance thereof to defense the National Security Resources Board
mobilization, defense production, and Shall from time to time designate from
essential civilian economy. among. the members of the Board a
(b) In carrying out section 4 (a) Chairman of the Facilities Protection
hereof, the Secretary of Commerce shall Board.
consult with Federal agencies as may be (c) The Board shall assi~t and advise
appropriate;. the Chairman in carrying out the func
(c) To the extent necessary for the tions vested in him by this order. There
performance of functions under section Ii hereby terminated the now-existing
PAGENO="0148"
1712 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
* Presidentially approved assignment of ~èi5i~itment shall advise 8nd consi4$
functions to the Board. pith the Chairman concerning the phy~
Ssc 7 (a) The programs and mes~~ Ical security of any facility soexoludof.
urea provided for in this order with ~`fl~ provisions of this order shall not~i
respect to the physical security of fa~th~~~d to apply to military defense or
ties shall be supplementary to, and not In co~b~t. except thai the Chairman and
substitution for, similar or related actlv. the Secretar7 of Defense shall effect ap..
ities carried on by state and local aU. propriate coordination of the functions
thorities and by private enterprise. `j~,j~ carried out under this order and of oper-
order shall not be deemed to place in ations of military defense or combat
the Federal Government the primary affect1fl~ facilities,
responsibility for the physical. security. (e) Nothing in this order shall be
of privately-owned facilities or of faci1~. deemed to confer 05 any Federal agency
*lties owned by any state, any political 1flVest1~Rt1ve functions exercised by any
* subdivision of any state, or any 1nter~ FedSl'9.l agency represented. In the In-
governmental body. . terdepartinental Intelligence Confer-
(b) This order shall not be deemed to ence or to alter or modify any function
govern activities with respect to the of the said Confereiice. -
post-attack immediately essential emer- (t) Nothing In this order shall be
gency repair or restoration of damaged deemed to affect the responsi~ilities now
vital facilities (64 Stat. 1247; 50 U. s. c. assigned to the Interdepartmental Corn-
App. 2252 (b)), except that the Federal nilttee on Internal Security, except that
* Civil Defense Administration and the there shall be gQverned by this order, (A)
Chairman shall effect appropriate Co.. the Facilities Protection Board and the
ordination of the said activities and Industry Evaluation Board and their
functions carried out under this order; functions and supervision, (B) the pee-
`(c)Thls orde ``iii ~ ~ of standards of physical
a o cx n any ,,,~
facility of or under the cognizance of ` ~ ~ e maLLLRS 0
the Atomic Energy Commission, except ~ec~~ty ratings respecting facilities, and
* those parts of any such facility which (D) the assignment of facilities to Fed..
are not the responsibility of the saId~ eral agencies for the performance by
* Commission. *~ th~1U o~ physical security functions and
(d) This order shall"not ~ the conduct y the said agencies of
Federally-owned ~ physical security functions respecting
* stations, arsenals, or other comnparabia facifities assigned 1o them, respectively.
facilities under military command. The. * *` -`. BARRY 8. TRVXAN
* *, Chairman may exclude partly or wholly' `j'~ WRITE Ho~as,
from the operation of this order any J)ecernber 31, 1952.
other facility under the cognizance of, ~ ~, ~ ea.1381~*
the Department of Defense, except th.a& * ~ m~' Dec. 31, 1052,
PAGENO="0149"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 G 1713
[Federal Register-vol. 18, no. 51, Mar. 17, 1953]
TITLE 3--THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTiVE ORDER 1043$
TRANSvERRING CERTAIN Fwrcrrous or ia~
NATIO1~AL SECURITY RxsOuac~ ~&RD
AND 0? THE Caua*&i~ THa~wv TO THE
DIRECTOR 0? DtrENaz MOIZLIZATW~
By virtue of the authorIty.vest~ed In me
by the Constitution and laws of the
United `States, and as President of the
United States and Commande~ In CThlef
of the armed forces of the United States,
It Is hereby ordered as foliow*:
SECTION 1. All of the functions vested
In the~ NatIo~ial Security' Resources
Board and In the Chairman of such
Board by the follo~Vlng-des1gnated Ex.
ecutive orders are hereby transfex~ód to
the Director of Defense Mobilization,
and the said Executive orderB are
amended accordingly.
(a) Executive Order No. 9181 of Sep.
tember 19, 1946, as amended bi Execu.
tive Order No, 10360 of Ju~e 11, 1952
(17 F. R.. 5337).
jb) Execut1ve~ Order No. 10312 of De-
cember 10, 1951 (16 P. R.124S2).
(c) Executive Order No~ 10346 of April
17, 1952 (17?. R. 3477).
(d) Executive Order N'o~ `10421 of De-
cember 31,1952 (18 F. R. 57.
Szc. 2. 8o much of the reecwds and.
personnel under the jurlsdlctkn of the
Chairman of the Natlolial Security Re-
sources Board as such Chairman and the
Director of Defense Mobilization shall
jointly determine to relate primarily to
the functions which are transferred to
the Director of Defense Mobilization by
section 1 of this order shall be t~tns-
f erred, consonant with law, to the Of0~e
of Defense MoblIIMt,tOD.
DwEsw~ D. Ez~wow~
Thz WaITE HOuaz,
March 13) 1953.
EP. B. `Doe. 53~4I05: Piled. )tsr. 13, 1853;
*:52p.ni3
PAGENO="0150"
1714 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950'
EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10501 ~ ~
NOVEMBER 5, 1953
SAFEGUARDING OFFICIAL INFORMATION iN THE INTERESTS
OF THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES
WHEREAS it is essential that the citizens of the United States be informed con~
cerning the activities of their government; and
WHEREAS the interests of national defense require the preservation of the
ability of the United States toprotect and defend itself against oil hostile or destruc-
tive action by covert or overt means, including espionage as well as military action;
and
WHEREAS it is essential that certain official information affecting the national
defense be protected uniformly against unauthorized disclosure:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and statutes, and as President of the United States, and deeming such action nec-
essary in the be8t interests of the national security, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES
Official information which requires protection in the interests of national de-
fense shall be limited to three categories of classificatio:i, which in descending
order of importance shall carry one of the following designations: Top Secret,
Secret, or Confidential. No other designation shall be used to classify defense in-
formation, including military information, as requiring protection in the interests
of national defense, except as expressly provided by statute. These categories are
defined as follows:
(a) Top Secret: Except as may be expressly provided by statute, the use
of the classification Top Secret shall be authorized, by appropriate authority,
only for defense information or material which requires the highest degree of
proteátion. The Top Secret classification shallbe applied only to that informa-
tion or material the defense aspect ofwbichis paramounl;, and the unauthorized
disclosure of which could result in exceptionally grave damage to the Nation
such as leading to a definite break in diplomatic relations affecting the defense
of the .United States, an armed attack against the Uthted~ States or its allies, a
war, or the compromise of military or defense plans, or intelligence operations,
or scientific or technological developments vital to the national defense.
(b) Secret: Except as may be expressly provided by statute, the u~e of the
classification Secret shall be authorized, by appropriate authority, only'for de-
fense information or material the unauthorized disclosure of which could result
in serious damage to the Nation, such as by jeopardizing the international rela-
tions of the United States, endangering the effectiveness of a progrant or policy
of vital importance to the national defense, or compromising important military
or defense plans, scientific or technological developments important to national
defense, or information revealing important intelligence operations.
(c) Confidential: Except as may be expressly provided by statute, the use
of the classification Confidential shall be authorized, by appropriate authority,
only for defense information or material the unauthorized disclosure of which
could be prejudicial to the defense interests of the nation.
PAGENO="0151"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 O~ 1715
Section 2. LThIT~TION OF ATJ~IORITY ~D ClASSIFY (NoTE~ 2, I~, ~)
The authority to classify defense information or material under this
order shall be limited in the departments, agencies, and other units of
the executive branch as hereinafter specified.
(a) In the following departments, agencies, and Governmental
units having primary responsibility for matters pertaining to nat..
ional defense, the authority for original classification of infor-
mation or material under this order may be exercised by the head of
the department, agency, or Governmental unit concerned or by such
responsible officers or employees as be, or his representative, may
designate for that purpose. The delegation of such aixthority to
classify shall be limited as severely as is consistent with the or..
deny and expeditious transaction of Government business.
The ~1hite House Office
President's Science Advisory Coternittee
Bureau of the Budget
Canal Zone Government
Council of Econcmic Advisors
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air Force
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Department of the ¶t~reasury
Export-Import Bank of Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Radiation Council
General Services Administration
Interstate Cczmnerce Ccnmission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Nattonal Security Council
Office .of Imergency Planning
Office of Science and Technology
Peace Corps
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Ualted States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States Civil Service Commission
United States Information Agency
Agency for International Development
Atomic Energy Commission
Central Intelligence Agency*
Department of State
PAGENO="0152"
1716 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
(1,) In the following departments, agencies, and Governmental
units, having partial but not primary responsibility for matters
pertaining to national defense, the authority for original classi-
fication of information or material under this order shall be exer~
cised only by the head of the department, agency, or Governmental
unit without delegation:
Civil Aeronautics Board
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of the Interior
Federal Earitime Commission
Federal Power Commission
Nations]. Science Foundation
Post Office Department
Renegotiation Board
Small Business Administratinn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Panama Canal Ccc~pany
(c) Any agency or unit of the executive branch not named
herein, and any such agency or unit which may be established here-
after shall be deemed not to have authority for original classifi-
cation of information or material under this order, except as such
authority may be specifically conferred upon any such agency or
unit hereafter.
Section 3. CLASSI~TC~T1ON
Persons designated to have authority for original classification
of information or material which requires protection in the interests of
national defense under this order shall be held responslhle for its pro-
per classification in accordance with the definitions of the three cate-
gories in section 1, hereof. Unnecessary classification and over-classi-
fication shall be scrupulously avoided. The following Epecia]. rules shall
be observed in classification of defense information or material:
(a) Documents in General: Documents shall be classified
according to their own content and not necessarily according to
their relationship to other documents * References to classified
material which do not reveal classified defense information shall
not be classified.
(b) Physically Connected Documents: The classification of
a file or group of physically connected documents nhall be at
least as high as that of the most highly classified document
therein. Documents separated from the file or group shall be
handled in accordance with their individual defense classification.
(c) Multiple Classification: A document, product, or substance
shall bear~~lassification at least as high as that of its highest
PAGENO="0153"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1717
classified component. The document, product, or substance sha].].
bear only one over-afl classification, notwithstanding that pages,
paragraphs, sections, or components thereof bear different
classifications.
(d) Transnitta]. Letters: A letter transmitting defense
information~bal1 i~i classified at least as high as its highest
classified enclosure.
(e) Information Originated by a Foreign Government or
g~~ation: Defense information of a classified nature furnished
to the United States by a foreign government or international organi..
zation shall be assigned a classification whIch will assure a degree
of protection equivalent to or greater than that required by the
government or international organization which furnished the infor-
mation.
Section 1~. DECIASSIP~CATI0N, DOWNGRADING, OR UPGRADING
(Note 1, 3)
When classified Information or material no longer requires its
present level of protection in the defense interest, it shall be down.-
graded or declassified in order to preserve the effectiveness and integ-
rity of the classification system and to eliminate classifications of
information or material which no longer require classification protection.
Heads of departments or agencies originating classified information or
material shall designate persons to be responsible for continuing review
of such classified information or material on a documentby-document
category, project, program, or other systematic basis, for the purpose of
declassifying or downgrading whenever national defense considerations
permit, and for receiving requests for such review from all sources.
However, Restricted I~ata and material formerly designated as Restricted
]~ta sha.U. be handled only in accordance with subparagraph 1~ (a) (i)
below and section 13 of this order. The following special rules shall be
observed with respect to changes of classification of defense information
or material, including information or material heretofore classified:
(a) Atrtonatic Changes. In order to insure uniform procedures
for automatic changes, heads of departments and agencies having
authority for original classification of information or material,
as set forth in section 2, shall categorize such classified infor-
nation or material into the following groups:
(1) Group 1. Information or material originated by foreign
governments or international organizations and over which the United
States Government has no jurisdiction, information, or material
provided for by statutes such as the Atomic Ener~r Act, and infor-
ination or material requiring special handling, such as intelligence
and cryptography. This information and material is excltded from
automatic downgrading or declassification.
PAGENO="0154"
1718 \ AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195 Of
(2) Group 2. Extremely sensitive information or material
which the bead of the agency or his designees exempt, on an
individual basis, frcsn autcasatic downgrading and declassification.
(3) Group 3. Information or material which warrants sane
degree of classification for an indefinite period. Such informa-
tion or material shall become automatically downgraded at 12-year
intervals until the lowest classification is reached, but shall
not become è.ubomaticaUy declassified.
(li) Group 1~. Information or material which does not qualify
for, or is not assigned to, one of the first three groups. Such
information or natarial shall become automatically downgraded at
three-year intervals until the lowest classification is reached, and
shall be automatically declassified twelve years after date of
issuance.
To the fullest extent practicable, the classifying authority shall
indicate on the information or material at the time of original
classification if it can be downgraded or declassified at an earlier
date, or.if it can be downgraded or declassified after a specified
event, or upon the removal of classified attachments or enclosures.
The heads, or their designees, of departments and agencies in posses-
sion of defense information or material classified pursuant to this
order, but not bearing markings for automatic downgrading or declassi-
fication, are hereby authorized to mark or designa~e for automatic
downgrading or declassification such information o:~ material in
accordance with the rules or regulations established by the depart-
ment or agency that originally classified such information or
material.
(b) Non-Automatic ~ The persons designated to receive
requests for review o~' classified material may doungrade or declass-
ify such material when circumstances no longer warrant its retention
in its original classification provided the consent of the appro-
priate classifying authority has been obtained. The downgrading or
declassification of extracts from or paraphrases cf classified docu-
ments shall also require the consent of the appropriate classifying
authority unless the agency making such extracts knows positively
that they warrant a classification lower than that of the document
from which extracted, or that they are not classified.
(c) Material Officially ~anaferred: In the case of material
transferred by or pursuant to statute orExecutive order from one
department or agency to another for the latter1 a use and as part of
its official files or property, as distinguished :~ron transfers i~rely
for purposes of storage, the receiving department or agency shall be
deemed to be the classifying authority for all purposes under this
order, including declassifiction and downgrading.
PAGENO="0155"
`AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1719
(d) rial Not Officially Transferred: `When any department
or agency has ha~ in its possession any c]A~iified material which has
become five years old, and it appears (1) that such material origi..
mated in an agency which has since become defunct and whose files
and other property have not been officially transferred to another
department or agency within the meaning of subsection (c), above, or
(2) that it is impossible for the possessing department or agency to
identify the originating agency, and (3) a review of the material
indicates that it should be downgraded or declassified, the said
possessing department or agency shall have power to declassify or
downgrade such material. If it appears probable tInt another depart..
inent or agency may have a substantial interest in whether the classi..
fication of any particular information should be maintained, the
possessing department or agency shall not exercise the power conferred
upon it by this subsection, except with the consent of the other
department or agency, until thirty days after it has notified such
other department or agency of the nature of the material and of its
intention to declassify or downgrade the same. During such thirty..
day period the other department or agency may, if it so desires,
express its objections to declassifying or downgrading the partic..
ular material, but the power to make the ultimate decision shall
reside in the possessing department or agency.
(e) Information or I~aterial Transmitted by Electrical ~eans;
The downgrading or declassification of. classified inforination oi~
material transmitted by electrical means shall be accomplished in
accordance with the procedures described above unless specifically
prohibited by the originating departmant or agency. Unclassified
information or material which is transmitted in encrypted form shall
be safeguarded and handled in accordance with the regulations of the
originating department or agency.
(f) Down~radin~z: If the recipient of classified material
believes that it has been classified too highly, he may make a
request to the reviewing official who may downgrade or declassify
the material after obtaining the consent of the appropriate
classifying authority.
(g) ~p~rading: If the recipient of unclassified information
or material believes that it should be classified, or if the reci-
pient of classified information or material believes that its
classification is not sufficiently protective, it shall be safe-
guarded in accordance with the classification deemed appropriate
and a request made to the reviewing official, who may classify the
information or material or upgrade the classification after obtain-
ing the consent of the appropriate classifying authority. The date
of this action shall constitifte a new date of origin insofar as the
downgrading or declassification schedule (paragraph (a) above) is
concerned.
PAGENO="0156"
1720 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 195
(h) Departments and Agencies Which Do Not have Authority for
Original Classification: The provisions of this section relatiñj
to the declassification of defense information or matérial shall
apply to departments or agencies which do not, under the terms of
this order, have authority for original classification of infor-
mation or material, but which have formerly classified information.
or material pursuant to Ececutive Order No. 10290 of September 21k,
1951.
Ci) Not~ificatiôn of Change in Classification: In all cases
in which action is taken by the reviewing official to downgrade
or declassify earlier than called for by the automatic downgrading-
declassification stamp, the reviewing official shall promptly notify
all addressees to whom the information or material was originally
transmitted. Recipients of original information or material, upon
receipt of notification of change in classification, shall notify
addressees to whom they have transmitted the classified information
or material.
Section 5. MARKING OF ClASSIFIED MATERIAL (Note 3)
After a determination of the proper defense classification to be
assigned has been made in accordance with the provision:; of this order,
the classified material shall be marked as follows:
(a) Downgrading~Deôiassification Markings:. At the time of
origination, all classified information or materia:L shall be marked
to indicate the downgrading-declassification schedule to be followed
in accordancd~ with paragraph (a) of section l~ of this order.
(b) Bound Documents: The assigned defense c:Lassification on
bound documents, such as books or pamphlets, the pages of which are
permanently and securely fastened together, shall be conspicuously
marked or stamped on the outside of the front cove:s, on the title
page, on the first page, on the back page and on the outside of the
back cover. In each case the markings shall be applied to the top
and bottom of the page or cover.
(c) Unbound Documents: The assigned defense classification
on unbound documents, such as letters, memoranda, reports, telegrams,
and other similar documents, the pages of which are not permanently
and securely fastened together, shall be conspicuo~sly marked or
stamped at the top and bottom of each page, in such manner that the
marking will be clearly visible when the pages are clipped or stapled
together.
(a) Charts~ Maps, and Drawings: Classified charts, maps, and
drawings shall carry the defense classification marking under the
legend, title block, or scale in such manner that it will be repro-
duced on all copies made therefrom. Such classification shall also
be marked at the top and bottom in each instance.
PAGENO="0157"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1721
Ce) ~otographs, Films and Becording~: Classified photographs,
films and recordings, and their containers, shall be conspicuously
and appropriately marked with the assigned defense classification.
(f) ~pducts_or Substances: The assigned defense classifica-
tion shall be conspicuously marked on classified products or sub-
stances, if possible, and on their containers, if possible, or, if
the article or container cannot be marked, written notification of
such classification shall be furnished to recipients of such products
or substances.
(g) ~productions: All copies of reproductions of classified
material shall be appropriatelymarked or stamped in the sane manner
as the original thereof.
(h) Unclassified Material: Normally, unclassified material
shall not be marked or stamped Unclassified unless it is essential
to covey to a recipient of such material that it has been examined
specifically with a view to imposing a defense classification and
has been determined not to require such classification.
(i) Change or Removal of Classification: Whenever classified
material is declassified, downgraded, or upgraded, the material shall
be marked or stamped in a prominent place to reflect the change in
classification, the authority for the action, the date of action,
and the identity of the person or unit taking the action. In addi-
tion, the old classification marking shall be cancelled and the new
classification (if any) substituted therefor. Automatic change in
classification shall be indicated by the appropriate classifying
authority through marking or stamping in a prominent place to reflect
information specified in subsection 1~ (a) hereof.
(j) Material Furnished Persons not in the Executive Branch of
the Government: When classified material affecting the nationaT~
defense is furnished authorized persons, in or out of Federal service
other than those in the executive branch, the following notation, in
addition to the assigned classification marking, shall whenever prac-
ticable be placed on the material, on its container, or on the
written notification of its assigned classification:
"This material contains information affecting the national
defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage
laws, Title 18, U.S.C., Secs. 793 and 791k, the transmission or
revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is
prohibited by law."
Use of alternative marking concerning "Restricted Data" as defined by the
Atomic, Energy Act is authorized when appropriate.
PAGENO="0158"
1722 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
Section 6. CUS~(ODY AdD SA EEPING (Note 3)
The possession or use of classified defense information or material
chail be limited to locations where facilities for secure storage or pro-
tection thereof are available by means of which unautho:rized persons are
prevented from gaining access thereto. l4henever such information or
material is not ;under the personal supervision of its cuctodian, whether
during or outside of working hours, the following means shall be taken to
protect it:
(a) Storage of Toy Secret Information and MateriaL: As a minimum,
Top Secret defense information and material shall be st~red in a safe or
safe-type steel file container having a three-position dial-type combina-
tion lock, and being of such weight, size, construction, or installation
as to minimize the possibility of unauthorized access to, or the physical
theft of, such information and material. The head of a department or agency
may approve other storage fhcilities which afford equal protection, such
as an alarmed area, a vault, a vault-type room, or an area under contin-
uous surveillance.
(b) Storage of Secret and Confidential Information and Material:
As a minimum, Secret a~td Ccnfidential defense informati~n ~hd material
may be itored in a manner authorized for Top Secret information and
material, or in steel file cabinets equipped with steel lockbar and a
changeable three-combination dial-type padlock or in other storage facili-
ties which afford equal protection and which are authorized by the head of
the department or agency.
(c) Storage or Protection Eau.tmnent: whenever nev security storage
equipment is procured, it should, to the maximum extent practicable, be
of the type designated as security filing cabinets on the Federal Supply.
Schedule of the General Services Administration.
(d) Other Classified Material: Heads of departments. and. agencies
shall prescribe such protective facilities as may be necessary in their
departments or agencies for material originating under statutory provi-
sions requiring protection of certain information.
(e) Changes of Lock Combinations: Combinations o:a locks of safe-
keeping eaj±pmsat shall be changed,o±ily by persons having appropriate
security clearance whenever such equipment is placed in use after procure-
ment fran the manufacturer or other sources, whenever a person knowing
the combination is transferred fran the office to which the equipment is
assigned, or whenever the combination has been subjected to compromise,
and at least once every year. Knowledge of combinations shall be limited
to the minimum number of persons necessary for operating purposes. Records
of combinations shall be classified no lower than the highest category of
classified defense material authorized for storage in the eafekeeping
equipment concerned.
PAGENO="0159"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1723
(f) Custodian's Resp~nsibilities: Custodians of classified defense
material shall be responsible for providing the best possible protection
and accountability for such material at all times and particularly for
securely locking classified material in approved safekeeping equipment
whenever it is not in use or under direct supervision of authorized em-
ployees. Custodians shall follow procedures which insure that unauthorized
persons do not gain access to classified defense information or material
by sight or sound, and classified information shall not be discussed with
or in presence of unauthorized persons.
(g) ~~phone Conversations: Defense information classified in the
three categories under the provisions of this order shall not be revealed
in telephone conversations, except as may be authorized under section 8
hereof with respect to the transmission of Secret and Confidential material
over certain military communications circuits.
(h) Loss or Subjection to Conmroxnise: Any person in the executive
branch who has knowledge of the loss or possible subjection to compromise
of classified defense information shall promptly report the circumstances
to a designated official of his agency, and the latter shall take appro-
priate action forthwith, including advice to the originating department or
agency.
Section 7. ACC0UNT~BILITY AND DISSENINATION
Knowledge or possession of classified defense information shall be
permitted only to persons whose official duties require such access in the
interest of promoting national defense and only if they have been deter-
mined to be trustworthy. Proper control of dissemination of classified
defense information shall be maintained at all tines, including good accoun-
tability records of classified defense information documents, and severe
limitation on the number of such documents originated as well as the number
of copies thereof reproduced. The number of copiesof classified defense
information documents shall be kept to a minimum to decrease the risk of
compromise of the information contained in such documents and the financial
burden on the Government in protecting such documents. The following spe-
cial rules shall be observed in connection with accountability for and
dissemination of defense information or material:
(a) Accountability Procedures: Heads of departments and agencies shall
prescribe such accountability procedures as are necessary to control effeôt-
ively the dissemination of classified defense information, with particularly
severe control on material classified Top Secret under this order. Top Secret
Control Officers shall be designated, as required, to receive, maintain
accountability registers of, and dispatch Top Secret material.
(b) Dissemination Outside the Executive Branch: Classified defense
information shall not be disseminated outside the executive branch except
under conditions and through channels authorized by the head of the dis-
seminating department or agency, even though the person or agency to which
PAGENO="0160"
1724 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
dissemination of such information is proposed to be made may have
been solely or partly responsible for its production.
(a) Information Originating in Another Department `or Ag~~ç~:
Except as otherwise provided by section 102 of the National Security
Act of July 26, l9I~7, c. 31~3, 6i Stat. 1~98, as amended, 50 U.S.C.
sec. 1~03, classified defense information originating in another de-
partment or agency shall not be disseminated outside the receiving
department or agency without the consent of the originating depart-
ment or agency. Documents and material containing defense information
which are classified Top Secret or Secret shall not be reproduced
without the consent of the originating department or agency.
Section 8. TRANSMISSION (Note 1, 3)
For transmission outside of a department or agency~ classified defense
material of the three categories originated under the provisions of this
order shall be prepared and transmitted as follows:
* (a) Preparation for Transmission: Such material shall be
* .endlosed in opaque inner and outer covers. The inner cover shall be
a sealed wrapper or envelope plainly marked with the assigned classi-
fication of its contents. A receipt form shall be attached to or
enclosed in the inner cover, except that Confidential material shall
require a receipt only if the sender deems it neceosary. The receipt
form shall identify the addressor, addressee, and the document, but
shall contain no classified information. It shall be signed by the
proper recipient and returned to the sender.
(b) Transmitti~g Top Secret Material: The transmission of Top
Secret material shall be effected preferably by direct contact of
officials concerned, or, alternatively, by specifically designated
personnel, by State Department diplomatic pouch, by a messenger-
courier system especially created for that purposej or by electric
means in encrypted form; or in the case of information transmitted by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, such means of transmission may
be used as are currently approved by the Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, unless express reservation to the contrary is made in
exceptional cases by the originating agency.
(c) Transmitting Secret Information and Material: Secret
information and material shall be transmitted within and between the
forty-eight contiguous States and the District of Columbia, or wholly
within Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a United
States possession, by one of the means established for Top Secret
information ~nd material, by authorized courier, by United States
registered mail, or by the use of protective services provided by
commercial carriers, air or surface, under such conditions as may be
prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned. Secret
PAGENO="0161"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1725
information and material may be transmitted outside those areas
by one of the means established for Top Secret information and
material, by commanders or masters of vessels of United States
registry, or by the United States registered nail through Army,
Navy, Air Force, or United States civil postal facilities; pro-
vided that the information or material does not at any time pass
out of United States. Government control and does not pass through
a foreign postal system. For the purposes of this section regis-
tered mail in the custody of a transporting agency of the United
States Post Office is considered within United States Government
control unless the transporting agent is foreign controlled or
operated. Secret information and material may, however, be trans-
mitted between United States Government or Canadian Government
installations, or both, in the forty-eight contiguous States, the
District of Columbia, Alaska, and Canada by United States and
Canadian registered mail with registered mail receipt. Secret
information and material may also be transmitted over communications
circuits in accordance with regulations pronulgated for such purpose
by the Secretary of Defense.
(a) Transmitting Confidential Information and Material:
Confidential information and material shall be transmitted within
the forty-eight contiguous States and the District of Columbia, or
wholly within Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or
a United States possession, by one of the means established for
higher classifications, or by certified or first-class mail. Outside
those areas Confidential information and material shall be trans-
mitted in the same manner as authorized for higher classifications.'
(e) Within an Agency: Preparation of classified defense
material for transmiss~on,and transmission of it, within a depart-
meni~or agency shall be governed by regulations, issued by the head
of the department or agency, insuring a degree of security equiva-
lent to that outlined above for transmission outside a department
or agency.
Section 9. DISPOSAL AND DE~THUC?PION
Documentary record material made or received by a department or agency
in connection with transaction of public business and preserved as evidence
of the organization, functions, policies, operations, decisions, procedures
or other activities of any department or agency of the Government, or
because of the informational value of the data contained therein, may be
destroyed only in accordance with the act of July 7, l9l~3, c. 192, 57 Stat.
380, as amended, 1t4 U.S.C. 366-380. Non-record classified material,
consisting of extra copies and duplicates including shorthand notes, pre-
liniinary drafts, used carbon paper, and other material of similar tenroo-
rary nature, may be destroyed, under procedures established by the head
of the department or agency which meet the following requirements, as soon
as it has served its purpose:
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --11
PAGENO="0162"
1726 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
(a) Methods of Destruction: Classified defense material
shall be destroyed by burning in the presence of an appropriate
official or by other methods authorized by the head of an agency
provided the resulting destruction is equally complete.
(b) Records of Destruction: Appropriate accountability
records maintained in the department or agency s1all reflect the
destruction of classified defense material.
Section 10. ORIENTATION AND INSPECTION
To promote the basic purposes of this order, heads of those depart-
ments and agencies originating or handling classified defense information
shall designate experienced persons to coordinate and supervise the
activities applicable to their departments or agencies under this order.
Persons so designated shall maintain active training and orientation pro-
grams for employees concerned with classified defense information to
impress each such employee with his individual responsibIlity for exer-
cising vigilance and care in complying with the provisions of this order.
Such persons shall be authorized on behalf of the heads of the departnents
and agencies to establish adequate and active inspection programs to the
end that the provisions of this order are administere3. effectively.
Section ll. INTERPRETATION OF REGUlATIONS BY TEE APIORNEY GENERAL
The Attorney General, upon request of the head of a department or~
agency or his duly designated representative, shall personally or
through authorized representatives of the Departnent of Justice render an
interpretation of these regulations in connection with any problems
arming out of their administration..
Section 12. STATUTORY RRINAENTS
Nothing in this order shall be construed to authorize the dissemi-
nation, handling or transmission of classified information contrary to
the provisions of any statute.
Section 13. RESTRICTED DATA, MATERIAL FORME~RLY DESIGNATED AS
`RESTRICTED DATA; COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE AND CRYPTOGRAPHY: (Note 3)
(a) Nothing in this order shall supersede any requirements
made by or under the Atomic Energy Act of Augusl; 30, l95~~, as amended~
`Restricted Data,' and material formerly designated as `Restricted
Data," shall be handled, protected, classified, downgraded, and
declassified in conformity with the provisions of the Atomic Energy
Act of l95l~, as amended, and the regulations of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
PAGENO="0163"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1727
(b) Nothing in this order shall prohibit any special
requirements that the originating agency or other appropriate
authority may impose as to communications intelligence, crypto-
graphy, and matters related thereto.
Section IA. COMBAT OPERATIONS
The provisions of this order with regard to dissemination, trans-
mission, or safekeeping of classified defense information or material
may be so nodified in connection with combat or combat-related operations
as the Secretary of Defense nay by regulations prescribe.
Section 15. EXCEPTIONAL CASES (Note 1)
When, in an exceptional case, a person or agency not authorized to
classify defense information originates information which is believed
to require classification, such person or agency shall protect that in-
formation in the manner prescribed by this order for that category of
classified defense information into which it is believed to fall, and
shall transmit the information forthwith, under appropriate safeguards,
to the department, agency, or person having both the authority to classify
information and a direct official interest in the information (preferably,
that department, agency, or person to which the information would be trans-
mitted in the ordinary course of business), with a request that such
department, agency, or person classify the information.
historical Research. As an exception to the standard of
access prescribed in the first sentence of section 7, but subject
tO all other provisions of this order, the head of an agency may
permit persons outside the executive branch performing functions
in connection with historical research projects to have access to
classified defense information originated within his agency if he
determines that: (a) access to the information will be clearly con-
sistent with the interests of national defense, and (b) the person
to be granted access is trustworthy: Provided, that the head of
the agency shall take appropriate steps to assure that classified
information is not published or otherwise compromised.~
Section i6. REVIEW ¶10 INSURE ThAT INFORMATION IS NOT IMPROPERLY
WIThHELD HERETJNDER
The President shall designate a member of his staff who shall receive,
consider, and take action upon, suggestions or complaints from non-Govern-
mental sources relating to the operation of this order.
Section 17. REVIEW ¶10 INSURE SAFEGUARDING OF CLASSI~ED DEFENSE
INFORMATION
The National Security Council shall conduct a continuing review of
the implementation of this order to insure that classified defense infor-
mation is properly safeguarded, in conformity herewith.
PAGENO="0164"
1728 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
Section 18. REVIEW WITHIN DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
The head of each department and agency shall designate a member or
members of his staff who shall conduct a continuing review of the in~ple-
mentation of this order within the department or agency concerned to
insure t1~t no information, is withheld hereunder which the people of
the United States have a i'ight to know, and to insure that classified
defense information is properly safeguarded in conformity herewith.
Section 19. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE BY GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL (Note 3)
The head of each department and agency is directed. to take prompt.
and stringent administrative action against any officer or employee of
the United States, at any level of employment, deternired to have been
knowingly responsible for any release or disclosure of classified def-
ease information or material except in the manner authorized by this
order, and where a violation of criminal statutes may be involved, to
refer promptly to the Department of Justice any such case.
Section 20. REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10290 (Note 3)
Executive Order No. 10290 of September 21~, 1951 is revoked as of
the effective date of this order.
Section 21. EFFECTIVE DATE (Note 3)
This order shall become effective on December 15, 1953.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THE WHITE HOUSE
November 5, l~53.
NOTES: 1. As Amended by Executive Order 10816 dated May 7, 1959
2. As Amended by Executive Order 10901 dated January 9, 1961
3. As Amended by Executive Order lO961~ dated September 20, 1961
1~. As Amended by Executive Order 10985 dated January 12, 1962
5. As Amended by Executive Order 11097 dated February 28, 1963
PAGENO="0165"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1729
~NAL4~
- U11Z*A
FEDEOAII4jIILbI SILO
4
- 4~E~
VOWME 23 `~NIT~D NUMBER 130
Washington, Thursday, July 3, 1958 -
TITLE 3~THE PI~l~NT- La) EaCh refornce In any prior ~z.
* ecutive order to the Director Of the Omee.
EXE(~UTWE baDER 10773 of Defense Mobilization and each refer-
ence in any prior Executive order to the
AND T SFER1fl~O ~.; Federal Civil Defense. Administrator (or
PuatcrxONs AND AFrM~5 ~ ~ ~ tothe Administrator of the Federal Civil
or D~F~5 ~ND CIVILIAN MoBILIZ5TW~, I~fense Administration) is hereby
By virture of the authority vested ~ a~eended to refer to the Director of the
me as. President of the United St~Bs~ -Ø~ce of Defense and Civilian Mobiliza-.
Including anthoriti vested In me by' the
provisions of Reorgari1zat~on Plan ND; 1 1(b) Each reference in any prior Ex-
of 1958 and Including C~O &llthOIIW: OcutiVe order to the Office of liefense
vested In me by provlslons:of iaw sito. ~bllizatlon and each reference in any
In the preambles of~ or retI~ ~UP~ in prior Executive order to the Federal
connection with the Imiwncb o~, orders1 Civil Defense Administration is hereby
amended by this order, It Is ordered as~ amended tO refer to the Office of Defense
follows: 1. * * and.CMlian Mobilization.
* ~, :4, Without limitlng the applica-
SscrroN 1. The "Office of Defense and tlOn of sectiOn 3 of this order, the amend-
Civilian Mobilization" and the "Director ments made thereby shall apply, subject
of the Ofiucé of Defense and Civilian to the provisions of section 3 of this
Mobilization", referred to In this order, Order:
are the Office of that name and the (a) To references to the Federal Civil
officer with that title, respectively, pro- Defense Administrator (or to the Admin-
vided for In' ~eorgan1zat1Ofl Plan No. I - Isti'ator of the Federal Civil Defense Ad-
of 1958. *. * ministration) and to references to the
* Federal Civil Defense Administration In
Sec 2 (a) There ore -nsreay ueie-
* the following-designated Executive or-
nse and Civilian Mob1llzation~ with ~ ome0i~r~
tlonstransferredtothepresidefltbythe (1) Ex C t' Ord N 10242 fM
provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 8 1951. e U ive er o. o ay
of 1958. `(2) Executive Order No. 10260 of June
(b) Subject 1,0 the provisions of ~- 271951
tlon 7 of this order, all functions of the . ~ Executive Order No~ 10346 of April
President of the United States hereto- ~ 1952
fore delegated or assigned to the ~ (4) ExecutIve Order No 10421 of Dc-
rector of the Office of Defense Mobiliza- cember 31 1952
tion, the Office of Defense MobilIzation, (5) Executive Order No 10427 of
the Federal Civil Defense Administrator Janu 16 1953
(or the Admlnistrat~or of the Federal (6) ExecutiVe Order No. 10529 of April
Civil Defense AdmInIstratIefl),~Or the 22 1954 - --
Federa' Civil Defense Administration * (7) ExecutIve Order lo 10737 of
are, to the extent that those delegations ()~ber 29 1957
or assignments wereIn effect June S0, (b) To references to the Director of
1958, redelegated or reasdgned, aS the the Office of Defense Mobilization and to
case may be, to the DIr~itor of the OthOc references to the Office of Defense Mobi-
of Defense Slid FIIISfl ~tIOli* Usation in the following-designated Ex-
~xC. 3.. Except In Instances wherein ecutive orders, including any Executive
the provisions concerned are for any res- order amendatory thereof or supple-
Sofl Inapplicable as of the effective 4te mentary thereto:
of Reorgan1.~atiofl PIan;No. 1 of INS; * (1) ExecutIve Order No. * 10219 of
PAGENO="0166"
1730 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
~bruary 28,1951. ~ of any executWe departments and
(2) Executive Order No. 10296 of ge,ncles may be designated, with their
October 2, 1951. consent, as membcr~ of such units. The
(3) Executive Order No. 10312 of De~ ~rector shall be the chairman of any
cember 10,1951. *tthSidlary unit of which he is a member
(4) Executive Order No. 10346 of April and he shall designate the chairman of
17 1952 any other subsidiary unit from among
(5) EXecutive Order No. 10421 of De. the members ther'of.
(c) The Board established by this sec-. -
ce,
`6) Exeàut.ive "rder No 10460 of June uOfl, tLUU earn suubiulary um~ i~nereo
established under this section, shall ad-.
16,1953. vIse the Director of the Omce of Defense
(7) Executive Order No. 10480 of and Civilian Mobilization with respect t,o
August 14, 1953, (eiçcept sectIon 102). matters relating to his responsibilities
..~:.;($) ~ecntIve Order No. 10494 of as he shall reque~;t.
.Oetober14,1953. Order No. 10524 of~ Szc. 7. The following are hereby re-.
~f~re3~31 1954 yoked:
(10) ExecutIve Ord~r No. 10529 of~ (1) Executive Order No. 10224 of
June22,1954 March15 1951
(113 ExecutIve Order No. 10560 of~ ~2) Executive Order -No. 10276 of July
eeptember9,1954, .j31,1951.
(12) Executive Order No. 10590 of. (3) Executive Order No. 10290 ct
* J& uary tO, 1955. *5~pf~~b~r 27,1951.
(13) ExecutIve Order No 10601 of (4) Executive Order No 10350 of May
jEArch2l 1955 £4 1952
(14) Executive Order .No. 10634 of ~ Executive Order No. 10475 of July
Ai~Eust25 1955 31, 1953.
(15)~ Executive Order No. 1063~ of (6) SectIon 102 of Executive Order*~
Qàtobez, 10 1955 No. 10480 of August 14, 1953.
416) Executive Order No. 10655 of (7) Executive Order No. 10611 olMay
* January 28, 1958. 11, 1955.
(17) ExecutIve Order No. 10660 of . SEC. 8. ThIs o:rder shall not operate
February 15, 19~6. . to ~erminate çr Impair any regulation,
(18) Executive Order No. 10700 of ruling, order, directive, certificate.
February 25, 1957. determinatIon, ~uthorIzation, co,ptraàt,
* (19) Executive Order No. 10705 of agreement, or other action, ~
* April 17,1957. undertaken, or entered into with rósPéct~
`Sic. 5. Each reference In Executive to any function-affected by the provlsicms
Order No. 10737 of October 29, 1957, ~ of sections 2, 3, or 4 oX this order; nor
"a Regional Administrator of the Federal shall this order affect the validity or
`Cl~il Defense Administration is hereby' (orce of anything heretofore done In con-
amended to refer to a Regional Director nection with any such function. Any of
aX the Office of Defense and Civilian the Instruments referred to in this sec~
Mobilization tion may be hereafter amended, modi-
fled, or revoked, by appropriate au~
Sic. 6. (a) There is hereby estab- thority.
fished In the Office of Defense and
Civilian Mobilization the Defense and Sic. 9. The Director of the Offiqe of
Civilian Mobilization Board. The Board Defense and Civilian Mobilization is
shall be composed of the Director of the hereby au~orized to issue such regula-.
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobillza.. tions. as he may deem necessary or de-
tion, who shall be the chairman of the sirable to carry out the purposes of this
Board, and of the heads of such execu- order.
tive departments and agencies of the Sic. 10. The provisions of this order
Government as may be designated, with shall be effective as of July 1, 1958, the
their consent, from time to time by the eI~ective date of Reorganization Plan No,
Director. - - 1 qf 1958. -
(b) The Director of the Office of Dc-. DwicBT D. EISENBOWTR.
fense and Civilian Mobilization may `T~ Wuirz Housi
from time to time establish subsidiary ~ 1' 1958
units of the Board and assign suitable. ~p. R. D~. 5&-~169; Flied, July 1, 1958
names thereto. The Director a.nd the * 5:02 p. rn)
PAGENO="0167"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1731
Tuesday, October -2, 1962 FEDERAL REGISTER
27 FR 191, 2 Oct 62 Executive Order 11051 Ol~ ~ci~ss(C?)
Rt Slip To /ioc(1.tnr) PRESCRIBING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE (D~lCE OF EMERGENCY 0. 11051
~oc(I&L)AGc(ADb1) PLANNING iN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT -
For Into, 3Oct62 WHEREAS national preparedness must be achieved and main-
tained to support such varying degrees of mobilization as may be - ~- -
required to deal with increases in international tension, with limited
war, or with general war including attack upon the United States; and -
WHEREAS the national security and our continuing economic
growth and prosperity are interdependent, appropriate attention must
be directed to effective coordination of emergency preparedness meas-
ures with national economic policies and objectives; and
- WHEREAS mobilization readiness and civil defense activities can
be accomplished most effectively and efficiently through the perform-
ance by departments and agencies of the Government of those emer-
gency preparedness functions related to their established roles and
* capabilities; and
* - WHEREAS responsibility for emergency preparedness involves
virtually every agency of the Federal Government, and there is need
to provide a central point of leadership and coordination in the -
- Executive Office of the PrOsident: -
- NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
President of the United States, including the authorities contained
in the National Security Act of 1947, the Defense Production Act of
1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), the Federal Civil Defense Act of -
1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2251 et seq.), and other authorities of law vested
in me pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799),
and also including the authority vested in me by the provisions of -
Section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered
as follows: -
- PART I. SCOPE
SECTION 101. Resumé of responsi5ilities. The Director of the Office
of Emergency Planning (hereinafter referred to as the Director)
shall:
(a) Advise and assist the President in the coordination of and in
the determination of policy for the emergency plans and preparedness
assignments of the Federal departments and agencies (hereinafter
referred to as Federal agencies) designed to make possible at Federal
State and local levels the mobilization of the human, natural and
industrial resources of the nation to meet all conditions of national
emergency, including attack on the United States.
(b) Under the direction -of the President, be responsible for the
preparation of nonmilitary plans and preparedness programs with
respect to organization and functioning of the Federal Governm~nt
under emergency conditions and with respect to specific areas of
Federal activity necessary in time of war which are neither performed
in the normal operations of the regular departments and agencies
nor assigned thereto by or under the authority of the President.
(c) Perform such other functions as are vested in him by law or
are by this order, or by orders referred to in this order, delegated or
otherwise assigned to him.
(d) Perform such additional functions as the President may from
time to time direct.
PART II. GENERAL CoononeATeNa REsPoNamialTirs
SEC. 201. General. (a) The Director shall advise and assist the
President in (1) the de-i-elopinent of planning assumptions and broad
emergency preparedness objectives with respect to various conditions
of national emergency, (2) the development of policies and proce-
dures to determine the relationship between available - supplies of
the nation's resources and the requirements of military, foreign. and
essential civilian programs, including tho~e of civil defense, (3) the
development of policies, programs, and control systems designed to
deal with supply deficiencies and to meet effectively the most urgent
requirements for those resources in the interests of national defense,-
~2 OCT 5 i~32
PAGENO="0168"
1732 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
- THE PRESIDENT
and (4) coordinating the governmental programs designed to achieve
these ends.
(b) The Director shall advise and assist the Presiclentwith respect
to resolving any issues, related to emergency preparedness responsi-
bilities of Federal agencies, which arise between two or more such
agencies.
SEC. 202. Resources and Reguirements. The Director shall provide
policy guidance to the heads of Federal agencies having -resourto
* mobilization or claimancy responsibilities to assist them in (1) the
development and submission of estimated military and foreign as
* well as industrial and consumer requirements, (2) the development
of resource supply estimates; and (3) the periodic evaluation of
requirements estimates in relation to estImates of availability of
resources from all sources.
* SEC. 203. Central program deternsinatio~s. The Director shall do-
velop. an overall emergency system for :~eachin~ central program
decisions for the utilization of resources on the basis that he,will have
the responsibility for making such central decisions in the initial
period of an emergency. This system shall include uniform criteria
and procedures for:
(a) The development by each Federal agency of the amounts and
types of resources which it must claim in order to meet the require-
ments of its planned programs;
* (b) The central consideration of the supply-requirements evalua-
tions of planned programs;
(c) The central determination of major resource utilization pro-
grams under varied conditions of national emergency on a relative
urgency basis and central direction for the adjustment of agency
programs consistent with such determinations; and
(d) The decentralization of controls if required by emergency
conditions.
Szc. 204. Control sgstencs. The Director shall develop policies and
procedures for the coordinated applicat~.on by Federal agencies, in
time of emergency, of priorities, allocations, and other resource con-
trol and distribution systems (including a system for the rationing
of consumer goods) for the conduct of approved major programs.
SEC. 205. Researcls. The Director shall develop, maintain, and con-
duct a central research planning program for emergency preparedness
purposes. The Director shall maintain, with the participation and
support of Federal agencies concerned, a national resources evaluation
capability for predicting and monitoring the status of resources under
* all degrees of emergency, for identifying resource deficiencies and
feasible production programs and for supplying resource evaluations
at national and subordinate levels to support mobilization base plan-
* ning, continuity of government, resource management and economic
recovery.
SEC. 206. Dispersal and protection of facilities. (a) The Director,
after consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, shall advise
the President concerningthe strategic relocation ofindustries, services,
government and economic activities the operations of which are es-
sential to the nation's security. H~e shall coordinate the efforts of
Federal agencies with respect to the application of the principle of
geographic dispersal of certain industrial facilities, both government-
and privately-owned, in the interestof national defense.
(b) The Director, under authority of, and in accordance with the
provisions of, Executive Order No. 10421 of December 31, 1052, shall
perform functions in respect of the ph~~sical security of facilities im-
portant to the national defense.
(c) In addition, the Director shall rsview all measures being taken
by the Federal agencies with respect to the physical security and pro-
tection of facilities important to defense mobilization, defense pro-
duction civil defense ortlie essential ci'Tilian economy, including those
under the provisions of emergency preparedness assignments to such
PAGENO="0169"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1050 1733
Tuesday, October 2, 1962 FEDERAL REGISTER 5695
agencies and shall recommend to the President such actions as are
necessary to strengthen such measures.
SEC. 207. Civil defense. (a) Under authority of the provisions of
Section 2 of Executive Order No. 10952 of July 20, 1961, and as there
prescribed, the Director shall advise and assist the President, and shall
perform other functions, in respect of civil defense.
(b) Under authority of, and in accordance with the provisions of,
* Executive OrderNo. 10958 of August 14, 1961, the Director shall advise
and assist the President with respect to the stockpiling of food and
medical supplies.
(c) The Director shall advise and assist the President with respect
to the need for stockpiling various items essential to the survival of
the population, additional to food and medical supplies, and with
respect to programs for the acquisition, storage, and maintenance of
such stockpiles.
SEC. 208. Federal-State relations. (a) The Director shall represent
the President in working with State Governors to stimulate vigorous
State and local participation in emergency preparedness measures.
(b) He shall provide advice and guidance to the States with regard
to preparations for the continuity of State and local civilian political
authority in the event of nuclear attack on the United States which
shall include, but i~ot be limited to, programs for maintaining lines of
succession to office, safekeepin of essential records, provision for
alternate sites of government, ti~e protection and effective use of gov-
ernment resources, personnel, and facilities, and interstate compacts
and reciprocal legislation relatingto emergency preparedness.
(c) He shall assist the President in achieving a coordinated work-
ing relationship between the various elements of State governments
and the Federal agencies to which specific emergency preparedness
functions havebeen assigned pursuant to statute orExecutive order.
(d) The civil defense activities involved in the functions prescribed
by the foregoing provisions of this section shall be carried out in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Executive Order No.
10952 of July 20,1961.
Szc. 209. Review and evaluation. The Director shall from time to
time furnish the President overall reports and recommendations con-
cerning the emergency preparedness programs, including the state of
preparedness of Federal, State, and local governments to carry out
* their emergency functions.
PAlrr Ill. SPECIAL EMEEGENCY PLANNING RsvroNslsrcrrsss
Sass. 301. General. Under the direction of the President, the Direc-
tor shall have primary responsibility (1) for planning assumptions
and broad nonmilitary emergency preparedness objectives, (2) for
planning the nonmilitary organization and functioning of the Federal
Government in time of national emergency, (3) for developing, in
* association with interested agencies, the emergency planning, includ-
ing making recommendations to the President as to the appropriate
- roles of Federal agencies, in currently unassigned matters, such as,
but not necessarily limited to, economic stabilization, economic war-
fare, emergency information, and wartime censorship, (4) for plan-
* ninc'~for the emergency mobilization of telecommunications resources,
ancf'(5) for the development of nonmilitary policies and programs for
use in the event of enemy attack on the United States designed to
restore the nations) defense potential of the nation.
Sxc. 302. Emergency organization. The Director, in consultation
with the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, shall plan for the
organization and functioning of the Federal Government in an emer-
gency, including provisions for the central direction of all emergency
mobilization activities and the creation of such emergency agencies
as may be required for the conduct of emergency activsties includine
those within the normal jurisdiction of existing agencies. Plans shall
p~rovide for maximum practicable reliance to be placed on existing
Federal ~sgencies with competence in emergency operations and, as
PAGENO="0170"
1734 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
D68~ THE PIIESIDENT
best may be, shall be harmonious with related operations of the
Government as a whole.
Sec. 303. Esnergesics, authorities. The Director shall provide for
the prompt exercise of Federal emergency authority through the
advance preparation of such proposed legislation, Executive orders, -
rules, regulations, and directives as would be necessary to put into
effect operating programs appropriate to tke emergency situation.
Sec. 304. Continuity of Federal Governssent. The Director shall
develop policies and plans to assure the continuity of essential Federal
Government activities through programs to provide for lines of suc-
cession to office, safekeeping of essential rscords, alternate sites for
Government operations. and the protection and effective use of Gov-
ernment resources, personnel, and facilities.
SEC. 305. Executive Reserve. The Director, under authority of,
and in accordance with thee provisions of7 Executive Order No. 10660
of February 15, 1956, shall develop pohciss and plans for the pro-
vision of an Executive Reserve of personnel capable of filling execu-
tive positions in the Government in. time of emergency.
SEC. 306. Emergency telecommunications. The Director shall be
responsible for (1) plaasnin~ for the mobilization of the nation's tele-
communications resources m time of nat~onal emerrvncy, and (2)
carrying out, under the authority of, and in accor~ance with the
provisions of, Executive Order No. 10701 of April 17, 1957, the
functions thereby delegated or otherwise assigned to him.
SEC. 307. Post-attack recosery. Under the direction of the Presi-
dent, the Director, with the cooperation and assistance of the Federal
agencies, shall develop policies, plans, and programs designed to pro-
vide for the rapid restoration after an attack on the United States
of a national capability to support a strong national defense effort.
PAsrr IV. CURRENT Maceeoeamsrms-r Reseoccsmnrrns
Sec. 401. Defense product-ion. Under the authority of, and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of, Executive Order No. 10480 of August
14, 1953, the Director shall perform the functions thereby delegated
* or otherwise assigned to him.
SEC. 4&2. Strategic and critical materials stockpiling. (a) There
are hereby delegated to the Director all those functions under the
Strategicand Critical Materials Stockpilirg Act (50U.S.C. OS etseq.),
under Section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter
Act (15 USC. 714b(h)), and under Section 204(f) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 485(f)),
which were transferred to the President Ly the provisions of Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799).
(b) The Director, under the provisions of the said Strategic and
Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, shall determine which materials
are stratecic and critical and the quality ar~d quantity of such miaterials
winch sha~l be stockpiled, and shall direct the General Services Admin-
istration in the purchase, storage, refinement, rotation, and disposal
of materials.
(c) The Director is hereby designated as an agency under and
for the~purposes of the provisions of clause (b) of Section 5 of the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act (50 U.S.C. 98d
(chauso (b))); and, accordingly, in the event of enemy attack upon
the United States the Director is aut.hcrized and directed to order
the release by the Administrator of General Services of such materials
from stockpiles established under the said Act, in such quantities,
for such uses, and on such terms and conditions, as the Director deter-
mines to be necessary in the interests of The national defense.
Sac. 403. Supplemsntcd stockpile. The Director, under authority
of the provisions of Section 4(d) (2) of Executive Order No. 10900 of
January 6, 1911, shall determine from time to time the materials to
be contracted for or purchased for a supplemental stockpile with
forei"n- currencies pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development
and 2ssistance Act of 1054 (7 U.S.C. 1704(b)).
PAGENO="0171"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1735
Tuesday, October 2, 1962 FEDERAL REGISTER
SEC~ 404. Imports threatening the national security. (a) The
Director, under the authority of, and in accordance with the provisions
of, Section 2 of the Act of July 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 360; 19 U.S.C. 1352a),
shall make appropriate investigations of the effects of imports on
the national security and shall advise the President of any case in
which the Director is of the opinion that an article is bsisig imported
into the United States in such c~uantities or under such circumstances
as to threatçn to impair the national security.
(b) The Director, under authority of, and in accordance with the
provisions of, Section 3(d) of Executive Order No. 10582 of Decem-
ber 17, 1954k shall furnish advice to procuring agencies with respect
to the rejection of bids or offers to furnish materials of foreign origin
on the ground that such rejection is necessary to protect essential
national security interests.
SEC. 405. Disaster relief. The Director, under authority of, and
in accordance with the provisions of, Executive Order No. 10427 of
January 16, 1953, and Executive Order No. 10737 of October 29, 1957
shall exercise authority under the Act of September 30, 1950, entitled
"An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local ~overn-
ments in major disasters, and for other purposes" (42 U.S.a 1855
etseq.).
SEC. 406. Telecommunications. Under authority of, and in accord.
ance with the provisions of, Executive Order No. 10995 of February 16,
1962, the Director shall perform functions in respect of telecommunica-
tions.
PAirr V. GENERAL PRovIsIoNs
SEC. 501. Rules andregulationa. In carrying out liii responsibilities
under this order, the Director is authorized to iesue such rules and
renulations, and directives, consonant with law and Executive order,
asehe deems necessary and appropriate to the functions involved.
SEC. 502. Boards and committees. The Director is hereby author-
ized to establish in headquarters and in the field such boards and com-
mittees as he deems necessary to advise him in the conduct of activities
outlined herein.
SEC. 503. Certain additional authorities. (a) There are hereby
dele5ated to the Director all those now-existino functions under the
National Security Act of 1947 which were transrerred to the President
by the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799).
(b) In performino the functions under the Federal Civil Defense
Act of 1950 assigner to him, and subject to applicable provisions of
Executive orders, the Director is authorized to exercise the authority
conferred by Title IV of that Act. The foregoing provision of this
subsection shall not be deemed to derooate from any authority under
Title IV heretofore available to the secretary of Defense.
SEC. 504. Reports. The Director is authorized to require from Fed-
eral aoencies such statistical data and progress reports at such intervals
as he seems necessary to discharge his responsibilities under this order.
Szc. 505. Prior actions. All orders, regulations, rulings, certificates,
directives and other actions relating to any function affected by this
order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent herewith
or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority, and
nothing in this order shall affect the validity or force of anything done
under previous delegations or other assignments of the functions af-
fectedby this order.
SEC. 506. Executive Order 11030. Nothing in this order or in any
order amended by this order shall derogate from the provisions of
Executive Order No. 11030 of June 19, 1962.
SEC. 507. References to orders and Acts. Except as may for any
reasoilbe inappropriate, referencesin this order to any other Executive
order or to any Act and references in this order or in any other
Executive order to this order, shall be deemed to include references
thereto, respectively, as amended from time to time.
PAGENO="0172"
1736 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
9688 THE PRESIDENT
PAnT VI. Psion EXECTYTIVE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS
SEC. 601. Genes-ce? amendments. Each reference to the Office of Civil
and Defense Mobilization, or to the Director ci the Office of Civil and
Defense Mobilization in the following is hereby amended to `refer to
the Office of Emergency Planning and the ])irector of the Office of
Emergency Planning, respectively:
(1 Executive Order No. 10296 of October 2, 1951
(2 Executive OrderNo. 10312 of December 10, 1951
(3 Executive Order No. 10346 of April 17, 1952 (penultimate
sentence of Section 2, only)
4 Executive Order No. 10421 of December 31,1952
5 Executive Order No. 10427 of January 16,1953
6 Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953
7 Executive Order No. 10494 of October 14,1953
8 Executive Order No. 10601 of March 21, 1955
(9 Executive Order No.10634 of August 25, 1955
(10 Executive Order No. 10660 of February 15,1956
(11 Executive Order No. 10705 of April 17,1957
(12) Executive Order No. 10737 of OcLober 29,1957
13 Executive Order No. 10900 of January 5,1961
14 Executive Order No.10952 of July 20, 1961
15 Executive Order No. 10958 of August 14,1961
16 Proclamation No.3279 of March 10,1959
SEc. 602. Esecutive Order 10240. Executive Order No. 10242 of
May 8,1951, is hereby amended:
`(1) By deleting from subsection 101 (a) thereof the following:
"upon the Director of the Office of Civil acad Defense Mobilization,
hereisaafterreferred to as the Director,".
(2) By deleting from Sections 101(c), 101(d), 102, 103, 104, 106
(preamble), 201, and 301 the following: "upon the Director of the
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization".
(3) `By substituting for the words "the Director of the Office of
Civil and Defense Mobilization", at eacla place where they occur in
the order and are scot deleted or otherwise amended by this order,
the following: "the delegate of. the Prcside:at".
(4) By substituting for ties words "shall not'be delegated" in sub-
section 101(d) the following: "shall not be redelegated by the delegate
of the President".
(5) By adding after Section 106 new Sections 107, 108, end 109,
reading as follows: ` -
"SEC. 107. The words `the delegate of the President' as used in
this order:
"(1) In respect of functions under the Act delegated or otherwise~
assigned to the Secretary of Defense, mean the Secretary of Defense.
"(2) In respect of functions delegated or otherwise assigned to
the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, mean the Director
of the Office of Emergency Planning.
"SEc. 108. The authority conferred by Section 401(a) of the Act
to emyloy part.time or temporary advisory personnel deemed neces-
sary m carrying out the provisions of the Act, and delepated by the
provisions of Section 101(a) of this order, shall be available as fol-
lows: (1) To .the Secretary of Defense it. respect of not to exceed
eighty personnel ,(including not to exceed twenty subjects of the
United Kingdom and Canada), and (2) to the Director of the Office
of Emergency Planning in respect of not to exceed twenty personnel
(including not to exceed five subjects of the United Kingdom and
`Canada).
"Sxc. 109. The relevant provisions of this Part shall be subject to,
the provisions of the Memorandum of the President, pertaining to
conflicts of interest, dated February 9, 1982 (27 F.R. 1341fl.).'c
PAGENO="0173"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1737
Tuesday, October 2, 1962 FEDERAL REGISTER o6s~
(d) By amending Section 401 to read as follows:
"Sec. 401. The approval of the. Président is hereby given for the
employment of retired personnel of the armed services, pursuant to the
~rovisions of subsection 401(a) of the Act as follows: (1) By the
secretary of Defense, not to exceed twenty persons, and (2) by the
Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, not to exceed five
persons."
SEO. 603. Other orders. (a) Executive Order No. 10260 of June 27,
1951, is hereby amended by striking from Section 1 thereof the follow-
ing:. "Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, the".
(b) -Executive Order No. 10346 of April 17, 1952, is hereby amended
* by substituting for the reference therein to the Director of the Office
of Civil and ~efense Mobilization, and for each reference therein to
the Office and Defense Mobilization except that in the penultimate
sentence of Section 2, the following: "the Office of Emergency Plan-
nina or the Department of Defense or both, as ma~' be determined
uncfer the provisions of appropriate Executive orders'.
(c) Executive Order No. 10421 of December 31, 1952, is hereby
amended by insertin' before the period at the end of Section 3(b) (9)
thereof a comma ana the following: "including recommendations as
to actions necessary to strengthen the program provided for in this
- order".
* (d) Executive Order No. 10529 of April 22, 1954, is hereby amended
by substituting for each reference therein to the Director of the Office
of Civil and Defense Mobilization the following: "the Director of the
Office of Emergency Planning or the Secretary of Defense or both as
may be determined under appropriate Executive orders".
(a) Executive Order No. 10582 of December 17, 1954, is hereby
amended by striking from Section 3(d) thereof the words "from any
officer of the Government designated by the President t.o furnish such
advice" and by inserting in lieu of the stricken words the following:
"from the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning. In pro-
viding this advice the Director shall be governed by the principle that
exceptions under this section shall be made only upon a clear showing
that the payment of a greater differential than the procedures of this
section generally prescribe is justified by consideration of national
security". . -
(f) Executi~-e Order No. 10789 of November 14, 1958, is hereby
~mmended by strikin~ from Section 21 thereof the words "Office of
Civil and Defense ~,?obihization".
SEC. 604. Superseded orders. To the extent that the following have
not heretofore been made or become inapplicable, they are hereby
superseded and revoked:
1 Executive Order. No. 9981 of July 26, 1948
2 Executive Order No. 10219 of February 28, 1951
- 3 Executive Order No. 10269 of July 6, 1951
4 Executive Order No. 10438 of March 13, 1933
5 Executive Order No. 10461 of June 17, 1953
6 Executive Order No. 10524 of March 31, 1954
7 Executive Order No. 10539 of June 22, 1954 (without
prejudice to final liquidation of any affairs thereunder)
(8 Executive Order No. 10638 of October 10, 1955
(9 Executive Order No. 10773 of July 1, 1958
(10 Executive Order No. 10783 of September 6, 1958
(11 Executive Order No. 10902 of January 9, 1961
JOHN F. KENNEDY
- Tux WurrE House,
September 27, 1962.
[FR. Dec. 62-9660; Filed, Sept. 2.3, 1962; 1:27 p.m.]
PAGENO="0174"
PAGENO="0175"
SECURITY OF VESSELS
AND
WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(Title 33, C. F. R., Parts 3,6, 121, 122, 124, 125, and 126)
MARCH 1, 1967
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON 1967
CG-239
(1739)
PAGENO="0176"
1740 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CO~~ROL ACT OF 1950
TREASURY DEPARTMENT COMMANDANT (CMC)
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD U~RD 20fl6
March 1, 1967
FOREWORD
This pamphlet entitled "Security of Vessels and Waterfront Facilities," CG-239, relates to the
safeguarding of vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities of the United States and all territory
and water, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States exclusive of the Canal
Zone; The regulations are issued pursuant to Executive Order 10178, as amended by Executive Orders
10277 and 10352, and cai~ry out the requirements of Section 1, Title II of the Act of June 15, 1917,
as amended (40 Stat. 220, 50 U.S.C. 191).
The regulations in this pamphlet are copied from Chapter I of Title 33-Navigation and Navigable
Waters of the Code of Federal Regulations and include material published in Subchapter A-General,
Subchapter K-Security of Vessels, and SubchapterL-Security of Waterfront Facilities, which have
been published in various issues of the Federal Register prior to March 1, 1967. This pamphlet replaces
the prior edition of July 1, 1964, and contains requirements currently in effect. For the convenience
of all concerned, the appendix contains a current listing of the descriptions and addresses of the
Captains of the Port and Coast Guard districts, as well as appropriate excerpts of law from the United
States Code.
General authority over and responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the laws and
regulations relating to security of vessels and waterfront facilities in the ueveral Coast Guard districts
are vested in and imposed upon the Coast Guard District Commanders in harge of such districts. The
Captains of the Port have been designated for the purpose of giving immediate direction to Coast
Guard enforcement activities within the general proximity of the port in which he is situated under
the general supervision of a Coast. Guard District Commander.
The masters, owners, operators, and agents of vessels or other waterfront facilities have t.he
primary responsibility for the protection and security of such vessels or waterfront facilities. Masters,
shipowners, operators, and agents, vessels' operating forces, and other pessons affected by the require-
ments for security of vessels and waterfront facilities should familiarize themselves with the
requirements contained in this publication. To this end, Coast Guard personnel concerned with the
administ.ration and enforcement of these laws, namely the Coast Guard J)istrict Commander and the
Captain of the Port who have jurisdiction over Coast Guard enforcement activities in the general area
of the port in which he is situated, will extend upon request every possibte assistance.
W. J. SMrm,
Adnvira~ (LS. Coast Guard,
Commandant.
Dist. (SDL No. 84)
A: None
B: n(150); e(35); g(4); d(2); b p(l)
C: o(30); m(2); g(1)
D: bikmr(1)
F: abwx(80);cy(20);gh(lo);r(1)
Lists 112 160
PAGENO="0177"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1741
CONTROL SHEET FOR CHANGES
Federal Register date Section No. Subject
94-75e 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --12
PAGENO="0178"
1742 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
CONTROL SHEET FOR CHANGES
Federal Register date Section No. Subject
PAGENO="0179"
CONTENTS
Part Page
Executive Order 10173, as amended by Executive Orders 10277, 10352 and 11249 . 1
SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL'
6 Protection and security of vessels, harbors and waterfront facilities 1
SUBCHAPTER K-SECURITY OF VESSELS'
121 Special validation endorsement for emergency service for merchant marine personnel 5
122 Safety measures 11
124 Control over movement of vessels 13
SUBCHAPTER L-SECURITY OF WATERFRONT FACILITIES1
125 Identification credentials for persons requiring access to waterfront facilities or vessels - - - 15
126 Handling of explosives or other dangerous cargoes within or contiguous to waterfront
facifities 23
APPENDIX
Excerpts From the United States Code 29
Title 50.-War and National Defense 29
Title 14.-Coast Guard 30
Title 18.-Crimes and Criminal Procedure 31
Title 46.-Shipping 35
Coast Guard Port Security Cards 45
Part 3-Coast Guard Districts and Captain of the Port Areas 46
Changes Made in Text Since Last Edition 57
Index 58
`The regulations in this pamphlet are copied from Title 1, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations of the United
States of America, as amended.
(1743)
PAGENO="0180"
1744 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
THE TERMINOLOGY FOR NUMBERIP~IG
This is an explanation of the numbering system used in Coast Guard
pamphlets containing regulations and is the same as that used in the Code
of Federal Regulations.
The regulations are.divided into chapters, subchapters, parts, subparts,
sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, and subdivisions. The chapters are num-
bered with a Roman numeral and the subchapters are given alphabetical
designations. The terminology for numbering may be described as follows:
TerminoZog~, Enample
Part 6
Subpart 0.01
Section 6.01-.t
Paragraph 6.01-1(a)
Subparagraph 6.01-1(a) (1)
Subdivision _ 6.01-1(a) (1) (1)
PAGENO="0181"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1745
Subpart 6.01-Definitions
Sec.
0.01-1 Commandant
0.01-2 District Commander.
6.01-3 Captain of the Port.
6.01-4 Waterfront facility.
6.01-5 Security zone.
Subpart 6.04-General Provisions
6.04-1 Enforcement.
6.04-5 Preventing access of persons, articles or things
to vessels, or waterfront facilities.
6.04-6 Establishing security zones; prohibitions with
respect thereto.
6.04-7 Visitation search and removal.
0.04-8 Possession and control of vessels.
6.04-11 Assistance of other agencies.
Subpart 6.10-ldentitcation and Exclusion of Persons From
Vessels and Waterfront FacilIties
6.10-1 Issuance of documents and employment of per.
sons aboard vessels.
6.10-3 Special validation of merchant marine docu~
ments.
6.10-5 Access to vessels and waterfront facilities.
6.10-7 Identification credentials.
0.10-9 Appeals.
Subpart 6.12-Supervision and Control of Explosives or
Other Dangerous Cargo
6.12-1 General supervision and control.
6.12-3 Approval of facility for dangerous cargo.
Subpart 6.14-Security of Waterfront FacilitIes and Vessels in Fort
6.14-1 Safety measures.
0.14-2 Condition of waterfront facility a danger to
vessel.
Subpart 6.1 6-Sabotagó and Subversive Activity
6.16-1 Reporting of sabotage and subversive activity.
6.16-3 Precautions against sabotage.
Subparl 6.1 8-Penalties
0.18-1 Violations.
Subpart 6.19-Responsibiiity for Security of Vessels and
Waterfront Facilities
6.19-1 PrImary responsibility.
Auvuosivo: if 8.01-i to 8.19-i, inclusive, tossed snder the act
of Tone 15, 1017, 40 Stat. 220, 50 U.S.C. 101, as ameaded by
Pob. Law 870, 81st Cong., 2d Session, approved Augast 9, 1950.
Souncc: ii 6.01-i ts 6.10-1 contained in E.0. 10173 dated
October 18 1050, and ublished in Federal Register October 20.
1950, 15 ~`.R. 7005. `1007, 7000. ii 6.04-1)5). 8.10-1, and
6.10-7 were amended and if 8.14-1, 6.14-2, and 8.10-1 were
added by E.0. 10277, dated Asguot 1, 1951, and published in
Federal Register August 2, 1951. 18 FR. 7537, 7520. 6.19-i
woo farther asaended by E.O. 10352 dated May 18, 1952. and
pubiisbed in Federal Register May 21, 1952, 17 FR. 4607.
H 6.01-3, 6.01-4, 6.04-5, and 6.04-7 were amended and 85 8.01-5
and 8.04-8 were added by E.O. 11249 dated October 10, 1985, 30
F.R. 13001, 13002.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10173 AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDERS 10277, 10352, AND 11249
REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SAFEGUARDING OF VESSELS, HARBORS, PORTS, AND WATERFRONT
FACILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Pub- in the United States, and all territory and water,
lic Law 679, 81st Congress, 2c1 Session, approved continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction
August 9, 1950, which amended section 1, Title II of the United States, exclusive of the Canal Zone,
of the act of June 15 1917,40 Stat. 220 (50 U.S.C. and the said regulations shall constitute Part 6,
191), and as Presid~ent of the United States, I Subchapter A, Chapter I, Title 33 of the Code of
hereby find that the security of the United States Federal Regulations; and all agencies and an-
is endangered by reason of subversive activity, and thorities of the Government of the United States
I hereby prescribe the following regulations relat- shall, and all state and local authorities and all
ing to the safeguarding against destruction, loss, persons are urged to support, conform to, and
or injury from sabotage or other subversive acts, assist in the enforcement of these regulations and
accidents, or other causes of similar nature, of all supplemental regulations issued pursuant
vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities thereto.
SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL
PART 6-PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF VESSELS, HARBORS, AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
SUBPART 6.01-DEFINITIONS
6.01-1 Commandant. "Commandant" as used
in this part., means t.he Commandant of the United
States Coast Guard.
6.01-2 District Commander. "District Com-
mander" as used in this part, means the officer of
the Coast Guard designated by the Commandant
to command a Coast Guard District.
6.01-3 CaptaIn of the Port. "Captain of the
Port" as used in this part, means the officer of the
Coast Guard, under the command of a District
Commander, so designated by the Commandant
for the purpose of giving immediate direction to
Coast Guard law enforcement activities within
his assigned area. In addition, the District Com-
mander shall be Captain of the Port with respect
to remaining areas in his District not assigned to
officers designated by the Commandant as Captain
of the Port.
(1)
PAGENO="0182"
1746 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
6.01-4 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
6.01-4 Waterfront facility. "Waterfront fa-
cility" as used in this part, means all piers,
wharves, docks, and similar structures to which
vessels may be secured; areas of land, water, or
land and water under and in immediate proximity
to them; buildings on such structures or contigu-
ous to them and equipment and materials on such
structures or in such buildings.
6.01-5 Security zone. `Security zone" as used
in this part, means all areas of land, water, or land
and water, which are so designated by the Captain
of the Port for such time as he deems necessary to
prevent dan~iage or injury to miy vessel or water-
front facility, to safeguard ports, harbors, terri-
tories, Or waters of the United States or to secure
the observance of the rights and obligations of the
United States.
SUBPART 6.04-GENERAL PROVISIONS
6.04-1 Enforcement. (a) The rules and reg-
ulations in this part shall be enforced by the Cap-
tain of the Port under the supervision and general
direction of the District Commander and the Com-
mandant, and all authority and power vested in
the Captain of the Port by the regulations in this
part shall be deemed vested in and may be exer-
cised by the District Commander and the Com-
mandant.
(b) The rules and regulations in this part may
be enforced by any other officerof the Coast Guard
designated by the Commandant or the District
Commander.
6.04-5 Preventing access of persons, articles or
things to vessels, or waterfront facilities. The
Captain of the Port may prevent any person,
article, or thing from boarding or being taken or
placed on board any vessel or entering or being
taken into or upon or placed in or upon any water-
front facility whenever it appears to him that such
action is necessary in order to secure such vessel
from damage or injury or to prevent damage or
injury to any vessel, or waterfront facility or
waters of the United States, or to secure the ob-
servance of rights and obligations of the United
States.
6.04-6 Establishing security zones; prohibitions
with respect thereto. The Captain of a Port may
establish security zones subject to the terms and
conditions specified in Section 6.01-5. No person
or vessel shall enter a security zone without the
permission of the Captain of the Port. No person
shall beard or take or place any article or thing
on board any vessel in a security zone without the
permission of the Captain of the Port. No person
shall take or place any article or thins upon any
waterfront facility in any such zone without such
permission.
* 6.04-7. VisItation, search, and removal. The
Captain of the Port may cause to be inspected and
searched at any time any vessel, waterfront fa-
cility, or security zone, or any person, article, or
thing thereon or therein, within the jurisdiction
of the United States, may place guards upon any
such vessel, waterfront facility, or security zone
and may remove therefrom any and all persons,
articles, or things not specifically authorized by
him to go or remain thereon or therein.
6.04-8. Possession and control of vessels. The
Captain of the Port may supervise and control the
movement of any vessel and shall take full or par-
tial possession or control of any vessel or any part
thereof, -within the territrial waters of the United -
States under his jurisdiction, whenever it appears
to him that such action is necessary in order to
secure such vessel from damage or injury, or to
prevent damage or injury to any vessel or water-
front facility or waters of the United States, or
to secure the observance of rights and obligations
of the United States..
6.04-11 Assistance of other agencies. The
Captain of the Port may enlist the aid and co-
operation of Federal, State, county, municipal,
and private agencies to assist in the enforcement
of regulations issued pursuant to this part.
SUBPART 6.10-IDENTIFICATION AND EXCLUSION
OF PERSONS FROM VI!SSELS AND WATERFRONT
FACI1.ITIES
6.10-1 lssuance of documents and employment
of persons aboard vest els. No person shall be
issued a document required for employment on a
merchant vessel of the United States nor shall any
person be employed on a merchant vessel of the
United States unless the Commandant is satisfied
that the character and habits of life of such per-
son are such as to authorize the belief that the
presence of the individual on board would not be
inimical to the security of the United States:
Provided, That, the Commandant may designate
categories of merchant vessels to which the fore-
going shall not apply.
6.10-3 Special validation of merchant marine
do~uments. The Commandant may require that
all licensed officers and certificated men who are
employed on other than the exempted designated
categories of merchant vessels of the United States
be holders of specially validated documents. The
form of such documents, the conditions, and the
manner of their issuance shall be as prescribed by
the Commandant. The. Commandant shall revoke
and require the surrender of a specially validated
document when he is no longer satisfied that the
holder is entitled thereto.
* 6.10-5 Access to vessels and waterfront facili-
ties. Any person on board any vessel or any per-
son seeking access to arty vessel or any waterfront
facility within the jurisdiction of the United
States may be required to carry identification cre-
dentials issued by or otherwise satisfactory to the
(2)
PAGENO="0183"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1747
Commandant. The Commandant may define and
designate those categories of vessels and areas
of the waterfront wherein such credentials are
required.
6.10-7 Identification credentials. The identi-
fication credential to be issued by the Commandant
shall be known as the Coast Guard Port Security
Card, and the form of such credential, and the
conditions and the manner of its issuance shall be
as prescribed by the Commandant after consulta-
t.ion with the Secretary of Labor. The Comman-
dant shall not issue a Coast Guard Port Security
Card unless he is satisfied that the character and
habits of life of the applicant therefor are
such as to authorize the belief that the presence of
such individual on beard a vessel or within a water-
front facility would not be inimical to the security
of the United States. The Commandant shall re-
voke and require the surrender of a Coast Guard
Port Security Card when he is no longer satisfied
that the holder is entitled thereto. The Com-
mandant may recognize for the same purpose such
other credentials as he may designate in lieu of
the Coast Guard Port Security Card.
6.10-9 Appeals. Persons who are refused
employment or who are refused the issuance of
documents or who are required to surrender such
documents, under this subpart, shall have the right
of appeal, and the Commandant shall appoint
Boards for acting on such appeals. Each such
Board shall, so far as practicable, be composed
of one Coast Guard officer, one member drawn
from management, and one member drawn from
labor. The members drawn from management
and labor shall, upon suitable security clearance,
be nominated by the Secretary of Labor. Such
members shall be deemed to be employees of the
United States and shall be entitled to compensa-
tion under the provisions of section 15 of the act of
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) while performin
duties incident to such `employment. The Boar
shall consider each appeal brought before it and,
in recommending final action to the Commandant,
shall insure the appellant all fairness consistent
with the safeguarding of the national security.
SUBPART 6.12-SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF
EXPLOSIVES OR OTHER DANGEROUS CARGO
6.12-1 General supervision and control. The
Captain of the Port may supervise and control the
transportation, handling, loading, discharging,
stowage, or storage of explosives, inflammable or
combustible liquids in bulk, or other dangerous
articles or cargo covered by the regulations en-
titled "Explosives or Other Dangerous Articles on
Board Vessels" (46 CFR Part 146) and the regu-
lations governing tank vessels (46 CFR Parts 30
to 39, inclusive).
6.16-3
6.12-3 Approval of facility for dangerous
cargo. The Commandant may designate water-
front facilities for the handling and storage of,
and for vessel loading and discharging, explosives,
inflammable or combustible liquids in bulk, or
other dangerous articles or cargo covered by the
regulations referred to in section 6.12-i, and may
require the owners, operators, masters, and others
concerned to secure permits for such handling,
storage, loading, and unloading from the Captain
of the Port, conditioned upon the fulfillment of
such requirements for the safeguarding of such
waterfront facilities and vessels as the Com-
mandant may prescribe.
SUBPART 6.14-SECURITY OF WATERFRONT
FACILITIES AND VESSELS IN PORT
6.14-1 Safety measures. The Commandant,
in order to achieve the purposes of this Part, may
prescribe such conditions and restrictions relating
to the safety of waterfront facilities and vessels
in port as he finds to be necessary under existing
circumstances. Such conditions and restrictions
may extend, but shall not be limited to, the inspec-
tion, operation, maintenance, guarding, and man-
ning of, and fire-prevention measures for, such
vessels and waterfront facilities.
6.14-2 Condition of waterfront facility a dan-
ger to vessel. Whenever the Captain of the Port
finds that the mooring of any vessel to a wharf,
dock, pier, or other waterfront structure would en-
danger such vessel, or any other vessel, or the har-
bor or any facility therein by reason of conditions
existing on or about such wharf, dock, pier, or
other waterfront structure, including, but not
limited to, inadequate guard service, insufficient
lighting, fire hazards, inadequate fire protection,
unsafe machinery, internal disturbance, or unsatis-
factory operation, the Captain of the Port may
prevent the mooring of any vessel to such wharf,
dock, pier, or other waterfront structure until the
unsatisfactory condition or conditions so found
are corrected, and he may, for the same reasons,
after any vessel has been moored, compel the shift-
ing of such vessel from any such wharf, dock, pier,
or other waterfront structure.
SUBPART 6.16-SABOTAGE AND SUBVERSIVE
ACTMTY
6.16-1 Reporting of sabotage and subversive
activity. Evidence of sabotage or subversive ac-
tivity involving or endangering any vessel, harbor,
port. or waterfront facility shall be reported im-
mediately to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and to the Captain of the Port, or to their respec-
tive representatives.
6.16-3 Precautions against sabotage. The
master, owner, agent, or operator of a vessel or
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(3)
PAGENO="0184"
1748 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
waterfront facility shall take all necessary pre-
cautions to protect the vessel, waterfront facility,
and cargo from sabotage.
SUBPART 6.18-PENALTIES
6.18-1 Violations. Section 2, Title II of the
act of June 15, 1917, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 192,
provides as follows:
If any owner, agent, master, officer, or~person in charge,
or any member of the crew of any such vessel falls to
comply with any regulation or rule Issued or order given
under the provisions of this title, or obstructs or inter-
feres with the exercise of any power conferred by this
title, the vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, fur-
niture, and equipment, shall be subject to seizure and
forfeiture to the United States In the same manner as
merchandise is forfeited for violation of the customs
revenue laws; and the person guilty of such failure, ob-
struction, or Interference shall be punished by imprison-
mont for not more than ten ~ears and may, in the discre-
tion of the court, be fined not more than $10,000.
(a) If any other person knowingly falls to comply
with any regulation or rule issued or order given under
the provisions of this title. or knowingly obstructs or
Interferes with the exercise of any power conferred by
this title, he shall be punished by imprisonment for not
more than ten years and may, at the discretion of the
court, be fined not more than $10,000.
SUBPART 6.19-RESPON1IBILITY FOR SECURITY OF
VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
6.19-1 Primary respnsibility. Nothing con-
tained in this part shall bo construed as relloving
tho masters, owners, operators, and agents of ves-
sels or other waterfront facilities from their pri-
mary responsibility for the protection and se-
curity of such vessels oi' waterfront facilities.
hARRY S. TRUMAN
THE Wssrrx HousE.
6.18 UNITED SPATES COAST GUARD
(4)
PAGENO="0185"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1749
(2) A person who is a United States citizen and
who is not in possession of a United States sea-
man's document may be employed if no person
specified in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph is
available as established to the satisfaction of the
United States consular representative for the area,
and then only after approval of the Commandant
is obtained by the United States consular repre-
sentative for the area or by the master of the vessel.
(3) A person who is not a citizen of the United
States and who is not in possession of a United
States seaman's document may be employed only if
no person as specified in subparagraphs (1) and
(2) of this paragraph is, available as established
to the satisfaction of the United States consular
representative for the area and then only after
the following terms and conditions are met:
(i) No such person shall be employed unless he
presents evidence of temporary clearance from the
United States consular representative for the area;
(ii) In no case shall the number of such persons
employed on any one vessel exceed ten (10) percent
of the total complement of the vessel, unless it is
established to the satisfaction of the United States
consular representative for the area that it is
necessary to exceed this percentage to avoid delay
to the sailing of the vessel or that the employment
of persons with special qualifications as additional
crewmembers is necessary in the vessel's opera-
tions; and
(iii) No such person shall be employed to fill the
berth of a licensed officer or registered staff officer,
except that if no radio officer is available as estab-
lished to the satisfaction of the United States
consular representative for the area, a person may
be employed as radio operator in accordance with
the provisions of Article 24, section 2, of the
International Telecommunications Convention
(Atlantic City, 1947), which reads as follows:*
2. (1) In the case of complete unavailability of the
operator in the course of a sea passage, a flight or a jour-
ney, the master or the person responsible for the station
may authorize, solely as a temporary measure, an operator
holding a certificate issued by the government of another
country member of the Union (Footnote: The term
`Union" means those countries which are parties to the
International Telecommunications Convention] to per-
form the radio communication service.
(2) When it is necessary to employ as a temporary
operator a person without a certificate or an operator not
holding an adequate certificate, his performance as such
must be limited solely to signals of distress, urgency and
SUBCHAPTER K-SECURITY OF VESSELS
PART 121-SPECIAL VALIDATION ENDORSEMENT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR MERCHANT
MARINE PERSONNEL
See.
121.01 RequIrements for special validation endorsement.
121.03 Standards.
121.05 Applications.
121.07 Approval of applicant by Commandant.
121.09 Holders of special validationendorsement.
121.11 Notlceby Commandant.
121.13 Hearing Boards.
121.15 Notice by Hearing Board.
121.17 Challenges.
121.19 Hearingprocedure.
121.21 Action by Commandant.
121.23 Appeals.
121.25 Action by Commandant after appeal.
121.27 Outstanding endorsements and applications.
121.29 Applications previously denied.
Ma~
121.01 Requirements for i
dorsement. (a) Except as o
this section no person shall be
chant vessel of the United States e,±
or over unless he is in possession of a Merchant
Mariner's document bearing a special validation
endorsement for emergency service.
(b) The vessels described in paragraph (a) of
this section include those at anchor or made fast
to a dock, but not those laid up or dismantled or
out of commission.
(c) By "employed" and "employment" is meant
the engagement of any person to fill any licensed
or certificated berth on board ship whether or not
under articles and includes those engaged for
standby relief, or other capacities.
(d) ~he following terms and conditions shall
apply with respect to the employment of any per-
son as a replacement or addition in the crew of any
vessel described in paragraph (a) of this section
at foreign ports when persons m possession of
documents bearing a special validation endorse-
ment for emergency service are not available as
established to the satisfaction of the United States
consular representative of the are~:
(1) A person in possession of a United States
seaman's document notbearing a special validation
endorsement for emergency service may be em-
ployed only after approval of the Commandant is
obtained by the United States consular representa.
five forthe area or by the master of the vessel.
(5)
PAGENO="0186"
1750 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
121.03 UNITED STATES COAST OUABD
safety, messages, relating thereto, messages relating di.
reetly to the safety of life, urgent messages relating to
movement of the ship and essential messages relating to
the navigation and safe movement of the aircraft. Per-
sons employed in these cases are bound by the provisions
of 508 regarding the secrecy of correspondence.
(3) In all cases, such temporary operators must be re-
placed as soon as possible by operators holding the certifi-
cate prescribed in Sec. 1 of this article.
121.03 Standards. Information concerning
an applicant for special validation endorsement
for emergency service, or a holder of such endorse-
ment, which may preclude a determination that
his character and habits of life are such as to war-
rant the belief that his presence on board vessels
of the United States would not be inimical to the
security of the United States, shall relate to the
following:
(a) Advocacy of the overthrow or alteration of
the Government of the United States by uncon-
stitutional means.
(b) Commission of, or attempts or preparations
to commit, an act of espionage, sabotage, sedition
or treason, or conspiring with, or aiding or abet-
ting another to commit such an act.
(c) Performing, or attempting to perform,
duties or otherwise acting so as to serve the in-
threats of another government to the detriment of
the United States.
(d) Deliberate unauthorized disclosure of clas-
sified defense information.
(e) Membership in, or affiliation orsympathetic
association with, any foreign or domestic organi-
zation association, movement, group, or combina-
tion o~ persons designated by the Attorney Gen-
eral pursuant to Executive Order 10450; as
amended.
121.05 Applications. (a) Any person legally
holding a current valid license or certificate, or an
applicant for such a document may make appli-
cation at any Coast Guard ~farine Inspection
Office for a special validation endorsement for
emergency service.
(b) Each Marine Inspection Office shall for-
ward promptly to the Commandant each applica-
tion for a special validation endorsement received
by it.
(c) (1) Application for special validation en-
dorsement shall be made under oath in writing
and shall include applicant's answers in full to
inquiries with respect to such matters as are
deemed by the Commandant to be pertinent to
the standards set forth in Section 121.03 and to
be necessary for a determination whether the
character and habits of life of the applicant are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence on
board vessels of the United States would not be
inimical to the security of the United States.
(2) If an applicant fails or refuses to furnish
the required information or fails or refuses to
make full and complete answer with respect to all
matters of inquiry, the Commandant shall hold
in abeyance further consideration of the applica-
tion, and shall notify the applicant that further
action will not be taken unless and until the
applicant furnishes the required information and
fully and completely answers all inquiries directed
to him.
(d) (1) If, in the judgment of the Comman-
dant, an application doei; not contain sufficient in-
formation to enable hini to satisfy himself that
the character and habits of life of the applicant
are such as to warrant the belief that his presence
on board vessels of the United States would not
be inimical to the security of the United States,
the Commandant may require the applicant to
furnish, under oath in writing or orally, such fur-
ther information as he deems pertinent to the
standards set forth in Section 121.03 andnecessary
to enable him to make ouch a determination.
(2) If an applicant fails or refuses to furnish
such additional information, the Commandant
shall hold in abeyance further consideration of the
application, and shall notify the applicant that
further action will not be taken unless and until
the applicant furnishes such information.
(e) Upon receipt, this application and such
further information as the Commandant may have
required shall be referred except in those instances
where action on an app'ication is held in abey-
ance pursuant to paragraphs (c) (2) or (d) (2)
of this section, to a committee composed of a
representative of the Legal Division, of the Mer-
chant Vessel Personnel Division, and of the In-
telligence Division, Coast Guard Headquarters.
The committee shall p:repare an analysis of the
available information and shall make recommen-
dations for action by the Commandant.
(COFE 59-62,25 P.R. 1588, P~(). 24, 1960)
121.07 Approval of applicant by Commandant.
(a) If the Commandant is satisfied that the char-
acter and habits of life of the applicant are such
as to warrant the belief that his presence on board
vessels of the United States would not be inimical
to the security of the United States, he will direct
that a special validation endorsement be entered
on the applicant's Merchant Mariner's Document.
(b) If the Commandant is not satisfied that the
character and habits o:f life of the applicant are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence on
board vessels of the United States would not be
inimical to the security of the United States, he
wifi notify the applicant in writing as provided
for in Section 121.11.
121.09 Holders of ipecial validation endorse-
ment. (a) Whenever the Commandant is not
satisfied that the character and habits of life of a
holder of a document bearing a special validation
endorsement are such as to warrant the belief that
his presence.on board vessels of the United States
would not be inimical to the security of the United
States, he will request the holder to furnish under
(0)
PAGENO="0187"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1050 1751
oath in writing such information as he deems
pertinent to the standards set forth in Section
121.03 and necessary for a determination on this
issue.
(b) If the holder fails or refuses to furnish
such information within thirty (30) days after
receipt of the Commandant's request, the Com-
mandant may issue the written notice provided
for in Paragraph 121.11 (a).
(c) The holder's faflure or refusal to furnish
such information shall preclude a determination
that the holder's character and habits of life are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence
on board vessels of the United States would not
be~inhnical to the security of the United States.
(d) Upon receipt of such information as the
Commandant may have required, the procedure
prescribed in Paragraph 121.05(e) shall be fol-
lowed.
(e) If the Commandant is satisfied that the
character and habits of life of the holder are such
as to warrant the belief that his presence on board
vessels of the United States would not be inimical
to the security of the United States, he shall no-
tify the holder accordingly.
(f) If the Commandant is not satisfied that
the character and habits of life of the holder are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence
on board vessels of the United States would not
be inimical to the security of the United States,
he shall notify the holder in writing as provided
for in Section 121.11.
(COFE 59-63, 25 P.R. 1589, Feb. 24, 1960)
121.11 Notice by Commandant. (a) The no-
tice provided for in Sections 121.07 and 121.09
shall contain a statement of the reasons why the
Commandant is not satisfied that the character
and habits of life of the applicant or holder are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence on
board vessels of the United States would not be
inimical to the security of the United States.
Such notice shall be as specific and detailed as the
interests of national security shall permit and shall
include pertinent information such as names, dates,
and places in such detail as to permit reasonable
answer.
(b) The applicant or. holder shall have 20 days
from the date of receipt of the notice of reasons
to file written answer thereto. Such answer may
include statements or affidavits by third parties or
such other documents or evidence as the applicant
or holder deems pertinent to the matters in
question.
(c) Upon receipt of such answer the procedure
prescribed in Paragraph 121.05 (e) shall be
followed.
(d) If the Commandant is satisfied that the
character and habits of life of the applicant or
holder are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on board vessels of the United States
121.17
would not be inimical to the security of the United
States, he shall, in the case of an applicant, direct
that a special validation endorsement be entered on
his Merchant Mariner's Document or, in the case
of a holder, notify him accordingly.
(e) If the Commandant is not satisfied that
the applicant's or holder's character and habits of
life are such as to warrant the belief that his pres-
ence on board vessels of the United States would
not be inimical to the security of the United States,
the Commandant shall refer the matter to a Hear-
ing Board for hearing and recommendation in
accordance with the provisions of this part.
121.13 Hearing Boards. The Commandant
may establish a Hearing Board in each Coast
Guard District. The Commandant shall designate
for each Hearing Board a Chairman, who shall be,
so far as practicable an officer of the Coast Guard.
The Commandant shall designate, so far as prac-
ticable, a second member from a panel of persons
representing labor named by the Secretary of
Labor, and a third member from a panel of persons
rep~resenting management named by the Secretary
of Labor.
121.15 Notice by Hearing Board. Whenever
the Commandant refers a matter to a Hearing
]3oard, the Chairman shall:
(a) Fix the time and place of the hearing;
(b) Inform the applicant or holder of the
names of the members of the Hearing Board, their
occupations, and the businesses or organizations
with which they are affiliated, of his privilege of
challenge, and of the time and place of the hearing.
(c) Inform the applicant or holder of his priv.
ilege to appear before the Hearing Board in per.
son or by counsel or representative of his choice,
and to present testimonial and documentary evi-
dence in his behalf, and to cross-examine any wit-
nesses appearing before the Board; and
(d) Inform the applicant or holder that if
withm 10 days after receipt of the notice he does
not request an opportunity to appear before the
Hearing Board, either in person or by counsel or
representative, the Hearing Board will proceed
without further noticeto him.
121.17 Challenges. Within five days after re-
ceipt of the notice described in Section 121.15 the
applicant or holder may request disqualification of
any member of the Hearing Board on the grounds
of personal bias or other cause. The request shall
be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth in
detail the facts alleged to constitute grounds for
disqualification. The affidavit may be supple-
mented by an oral presentation if desired. If after
due consideration the Chairman believes a. chal-
lenged member is qualified notwithstanding the
challenge, he shall notify the person who made
the challenge and arrange to proceed with the
hearing. If the person who made the challenge
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(7)
PAGENO="0188"
takes exception to the ruling of the Chairman, the
exception and data relating to the claim of dis-
qualification shall be made a matter of record.
If the Chairman finds that there is reasonable
ground for disqualification he shall furnish the
person who made the challenge with the name of
an alternate in lieu of the challenged member and
arrange to proceed with the hearing. In the event
the Chairman is challenged, he shall forthwith
notify the Commandant, furnishing the grounds
for the claim of disqualification and the Com-
mandant shall act upon the chal'enge in accord-
ance with the foregoing procedure. In addition to
the right of challenge for cause, a person who has
requested a hearing shall have two peremptory
challenges, one challenge for the management
member and one challenge for the labor member
of the Hearing Board. Should the management
member .be so challenged, the person who made the
challenge may elect to have the management mem-
ber replaced by another management member or
by a member not representing either management
or labor; if the member peremptorily challenged
represents labor, the person who made the chal-
lenge may elect to have the labor member replaced
by another labor member or by a member not
representing either management or labor.
12L19 Hearing procedure. ~(a) Hearing shall
be conducted in an orderly manner and in a serious,
business-like atmosphere of dignity and decorum
and shall be expedited as much as possible.
(b) The hearing shall be in open or closed
session at the option of the applicant or holder.
(c) Testimony before the Hearing Board shall
be given under oath or affirmation.
(d) The Chairman of the Hearing Board shall
inform the applicant or holder of his right to:
(1 Participate in the hearing;
(2 Be represented by counsel of his choice;
(3 Present witnesses and offer other evidence
in his own behalf and in refutation of the reasons
set forth in the Notice of the Commandant; and
(4) Cross-examine any witnesses offered in sup-
port of such reasons.
(e) Hearings shall be opened by the reading of
the Notice of the Commandant and the answer
thereto. Any statement and affidavits filed by the
applicant or holder may be incorporated in the
record by reference.
(f) The Hearing Board may, in its discretion,
mvite any person to appear at the hearing and
testify. However, the Board shall not be bound
by the testimony of such witness by reason of hav-
ing called him and shall have full right to cross-
examine the witness. Every effort should be made
to produce material witnesses to testify in support
of the reasons set forth in the Notice of the Corn-
.mandant, in order that such witnesses may be
confronted and cross-examined by the applicant or
holder.
(g) The applicant or holder may introduce
such evidence as may be relevant and pertinent.
Rules of evidence shall rtotbebindingon the Hear-
ing Board, but reasonable restrictions may be im-
posed as to the relevancy, competency and
materiality of matters considered. If the appli-
cant or holder is, or may be, handicapped by the
non-disclosure to him of confidential sources, or
by the failure of witnesses to appear, the Hearing
Board shall take the fact into consideration.
(h) The applicant or holder or his counsel Or
representative shall have the right to control the
sequence of witnesses called by him.
(i) The Hearing Board shall give due consid-
eration to documentary evidence developed by in-
vestigation, including membership cards, petitions
bearing the applicant's or holder's signature,
books, treatises or artictes written by the applicant
or holder and testimony by the applicant or holder
before duly constituted authority.
(j) Complete verbatim stenographic transcrip-
tion shall be made of the hearing by qualified re-
porters and the transcript shall constitute a per-
manent part of the record. Upon request, the
applicant or holder or his counsel or representa-
tive shall be furnished, without cost, a copy of the
transcript of the bearing.
(k) The Board shall reach its conclusion and
base its determination on information presented
at'the hearing, together with such other informa-
tion as may have been developed through investi-
gations and inquiries or made available by the
applicant or holder.,
(1) If the applicart or holder fails, without
good cause shown to the satisfaction of the chair-
man, to appear personally or to be represented be-
fore the Hearing Board, the Board shall proceed
with consideration of the matter.
(m) The recommendation of the Hearing
Board shall be in writing and shall be signed by
all members of the Board. The Board shall for-
ward to the Commanfunt, with its recommenda-
tion, a memorandum of reasons in support thereof.
Should any member be in disagreement with the
majority a dissent should be noted setting forth
the reasons therefor. The recommendation of the
Board together with the complete record of the
case, shall be sent to ~he Commandant as expedi-
tiously as possible.
121.21 Action by Commandant. (a) If, upon
receipt of the Board's; recommendation, the Com-
mandant is satisfied that the character and habits
of life of the applicant or holder are such as to
warrant the belief that his presence on board ves-
sels of the United States would not be inimical to
the secñrity of the United States, he shall, in the
case of an applicant, direct that a special valida-
tion endorsement be entered on his Merchant
Mariner's Document, or, in the case of a holder,
notify him accordingly.
1752 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
121.19 v~n'xi STATES COAST GUABD
(8)
PAGENO="0189"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1753
(b) If, upon receipt of the Board's recom-
mendation, the Commandant is not satisfied that
the character and habits of life of the applicant or
holder are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on board vessels of the United States
would not be inimical to the security of the United
States, the Commandant shall:
(1) In the case of an applicant for special vali-
dation endorsement, notify him of the Comman-
dant's refusal to enter such endorsement;
(2) In the case of an applicant for a Merchant
Mariner's Document, notify him of the Comman-
dant's refusal to issue such document; or
(3) In the case of a holder, revoke and require
the surrender of his special validation endorse-
ment.
(c) Such applicant or holder shall be notified
of his right, and shall have 20 days from the re-
ceipt of such notice within which, to appeal under
this part.
121.23 Appeals. (a) The Commandant shall
establish at Coast Guard Headquarters, Washing-
ton, D. C., an Appeal Board to hear appeals pro-
vided for in this part. The Commandant shall
designate for the Appeal Board a Chairman, who
shall be, so far as practicable, an officer of the
Coast Guard. The Commandant shall designate,
so far as practicable, a member from a panel of
persons representing management nominated by
the Secretary of Labor, and a member from a panel
of persons representing labor nominated by th~
Secretary of Labor. The Commandant shall in-
sure that persons designated as Appeal Board
members have suitable security clearance. The
Chairman of the Appeal Board shall make all ar-
rangements incident to the business of the Appeal
Board.
(b) If an applicant or holder appeals to the Ap-
peal Board within 20 days after receipt of notice
of his right to appeal under this part, his appeal
shall be handled under the same procedure as that
specified in Section 121.15 and the privilege of
121.29
challenge may be exercised through the same pro-
cedure as that specified in Section 121.17.
(c) Appeal Board proceedings shall be con-
ducted in the same manner as that specified in
Section 121.19.
121.25 Action by Commandant after appeal.
(a) If, upon receipt of the Appeal Board's recom-
mendation, the Commandant is satisfied that the
character and habits of life of the applicant or
holder are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on board vessels of the United States
would not be inimical to the security of the
United States, he shall in the case of an applicant,
direct that a special validation endorsement be en-
tered on his Merchant Mariner's Document, or, in
the case of a holder, notify him accordingly.
(b) If, upon receipt of the Appeal Board's
recommendation, the Commandant is not satisfied
that the character and habits of life of the appli-
cant or holder are such as to warrant the belief
that his presence on board vessels of the United
States would not be inimical to the security of the
United States, the Commandant shall notify the
applicant or holder that his appeal is denied.
121.27 Outstanding endorsements and appli-
cations. (a) All special validation endorsements
for emergency service entered upon Merchant
Mariner's Documents will be accepted as valid
until canceled, revoked, or suspended by proper
authority.
(b) A person who has filed an application for
a Merchant Mariner's Document bearing a special
validation endorsement for emergency service and
who has not received such an endorsement prior to
May 1, 1956, shall submit a new application in ac-
cordance with the requirements of this part.
121.29 Applications previously denied. A
person who has been denied a Merchant Mariner's
Document bearing a special validation endorse-
ment for emergency service, before May 1, 1956,
may file a new application for such an endorse-
ment in accordance with the requirements of this
part.
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(9)
PAGENO="0190"
PAGENO="0191"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1755
PART 122-SAFETY MEASURES
122.10 Atomic attack instructions for merchant
vessels in port. A placard (Form CG 3216) con-
taining atomic attack instructions for merchant
vessels in port has been prepared for the informa-
tion and assistance of persons on board merchant
vessels. When given to the master of a vessel by
the Coast Guard, the placards (Form CG 3256)
shall be posted in conspicuous places in the pilot-
house, engineroom, and in the seamen's firemen's,
and steward's departments of the vesseL
122.oi General.
122.10 Atomic attack Instructions for merchant vessels
in port.
Auiasairr; 1* 122.01 and 122.10 iaaued under sec. 1, 40 Stat.
220 as amended; 50 U. 8. C. 191; 5. 0. 10173, 15 F. R. 7005, 3
CFfi. 1950 5upp., as amended b E. 0. 10277 16 F. 5. 7537 3
CF1t, 1951 Sup ., 5. 0. 10352. 17 F. 5. 4807, ~ CFR. 1952 Sup
SOuacs §5 122.01 and 122.le costaiaed in COFE 52-11, 17
F. 5. 2183, Mar. 13.1952.
122.01 General. The regulations in this part
require additional safety precautions for vessels
in accordance with Section 6.14-1 of this chapter.
(11)
PAGENO="0192"
PAGENO="0193"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1757
PART 124-CONTROL OVER MOVEMENT OF VESSELS
124.01 General.
124.10 Advance notice of vessel's time of arrival to Cap
tam of the Port.
124.14 Advance notice of arrival of vessel laden with ex-
plosives or certain specified dangerous cargoes.
124.16 Advance notice of fire or other abnormal condition
on arriving vessel.
124.20 Penalties for violations.
AuTrissiry: §1 124.01 sad 124.10 lsssed under sec. 1, 40 Stst.
220 Os amended; 50 U.S.C. 191; 5.0. 10113, Oct. 10, 1950, 15
FR. 7005, 3 CFR. 1950 Sspp. E.0. 10277, Aug. 1, 1951, 16 F.R.
7537, 3 CFR, 1951 Supp., 5.0. 10353, Msy 19, 1952, 17 FR.
4007, 3 CFR, 1952 Sspp.
Sauncn: 51 124.01 to 124.10 contaIned In CGFR 55.6, 20 FR.
1532, Mar. 12, 1955, escept as otherwIse nsted.
124.01 General. The regulations in this part
implement the general enforcement provisions in
Executive Order 10173, as amended, and desig-
nated Sections 6.04-1 to 6.04-11 of this chapter.
124.10 Advance notice of vessel's time of ar-
rival to Captain of the Port. (a) The master or
agents of every registered vessel of the United
States, and every foreign vessel arriving at a
United States port or place from a port or place
outside the United States, or any such, vessel
destined from one port or place in the United
States to another port or place in the United
States, shall give at least 24 hours' advance notice
of arrival to the Captain of the Port at every
port or place where the vessel is to arrive, except
as follows:
(1) Registered United States pleasure vessels
and registered United States fishing vessels are
not required to suhmit advance notice of arrival
report.
(2~ When the port of arrival is not located
within the geographical area assigned to a particu-
lar Captain of the Port, this advance notice of time
of arrival shall be made to the Commander of
the Coast Guard District in which such port or
place is located.
(3) When the arrival is a direct result of the
operation of "force majeure," and it is not pos-
sible to give at least 24 hours' advance notice of
time of arrival, then advance notice as early as
practicable shall be furnished.
(4) `When the vessel, while in United States
waters, does not navigate any portion of the high
sea, i.e., does not navigate beyond the low water
mark along the coasts or beyond the waters con-
tained within the headlands of the United States.
(5) When a vessel is engaged upon a scheduled
route if a copy of the schedule is filed with tile
Captain of the Port for each port of call named
in the schedule and the times of arrival at each
such port are adhered to.
(6) `When the master of a merchant vessel (ex-
cept ott a coastwise voyage of 24 hours or less)
reports in accordance with the U.S. Coast Guard's
voluntary Automated Merchant Vessel Report
(AMVER) System, he shall be considered to be
in constructive compliance with the requirements
of paragraph (a~ of this section and no additional
advance notice of vessel's arrival reports to the
Captain of the Port is required. The master or
agent of a vessel on coastu-ise voyages of 24 `hours
or less shall report the advance notice of vessel's
arrival to the Captain of the Port at next port of
call prior to or upon departure from port.
(7)For that vessel.which is engaged in operations
in and out of the same port to sea and return with-
out. entering any other port, or on coastwise voy-
ages betw-een ports in the same Coast Guard
District, os on voyages between ports in the First,
Ninth, Thirteenth, or Seventeenth Coast Guard
Districts and adjacent Canadian ports, or between
ports of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and
ports in the Lesser Antilles, or between ports in
the Lesser Antilles, or between ports ~n the east
coast of Florida and the Bahama Islands, the
Coast Guard District Commander having juris-
tlict.ion may, when no reason exists which renders
such action prejudicial to the rights and interests
of the United States, prescribe conditions under
which such vessels may be considered by the Cap-
twsns of the Port as `being `in constructive compli-
ance with the requirements of this section.
(8) A westbound vessel which is to proceed to
or through United States Ivaters of the St. Law-
rence River and/or the Great Lakes shall be sub-
ject to compliance with paragraph (b) of this
section.
(b) The master or agent of every vessel other
than vessels of United States or Canadian na-
tionality engaged in the coastal trade of their
respective countries or in trade between their two
countries without calling at any other country
en route, when proceeding westbound to United
States Ivaters of the St. Lawrence River and/or
the Great Lakes shall:
(1) At least 24 hours in advance of the vessel's
arrival at the Snell Lock, Massena, New York,
advmse the Commander, Ninth Coast Guard Dis-
trict, Cleveland, Ohio, of estimated time of ar-
rival of such vessel at the Sneil Lock.
(2) In addition, at least 24 hours in advance of
the vessel's arrival at the first United States port-
of-call, advise the Commander, Ninth Coast Guard
District, Cleveland, Ohio, of the estimated time of
arrival at that port.
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --13
(13)
PAGENO="0194"
1758 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
NOTE: For the information of those affected by requirements
is 33 CFR Part 124 to file advance sotice of time of arrival with
the local Captain of the Port or the Coast Guard District Com-
mander, the addresses and d.eacri (loss of Coast Guard Districts.
as well as Captain of the Port Odices and port arean are included
in the appendix. (See pages 48 through 55.)
(5) A master or agent of a vessel who files a
copy of the scheduled route with the Commander,
Ninth Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio, at
least 24 hours prior to arrival at Snell Lock, and
who includes in the schedule the estimated time of
arrival at the Snell Lock, Massena, N.Y., shall be
considered to be in constructive compliance with
requirements of subparagraph (1) of this para-
graph and no additional advance notice of the
vessel's arrival at the Snell Lock is required. Like-
wise, a master or agent of such vessel who indicates
in `this schedule the name of the first intended
United States port of call and estimated time of ar-
rival at that port shall be considered in construc-
tive compliance with subparagraph (2) of this
paragraph and no additional advance notice of ar-
rival is required.
(6) When the arrival is a direct result of the
operation of "force majeure," and it is not possible
to give at least 24 hours advance notice of time of
arrival, then advance notice as early as practicable
shall be furnished.
124.14 Advance notice of arrival of vessel
laden with explosives or certain specified danger-
ous cargoes. (a) The master, agent, or person in
charge of any domest:ic or foreign vessel which is
bound for a port or place in the United States and
which is carrying as cargo any of the dangerous
cargoes described in this paragraph, whether for
discharge in the United States or not, shall, at
least 24 hours in advance of arrival at each port or
place, notify the Captain of the Port or the Com-
mander of the Coast Guard District in which such
port or place is located concerning the amount and
location of stowage oii board the vessel of any of
the following:
(1) Explosives, Cliss A (commercial or mili-
tary).
(2) Oxidizing materials for which a special peru
mit for water transportation is required' by 46
CFR 146.22.
(3) Radioactive m~terials for which a special
approval by the Commandant for water traaspor-
tation is required by 46 CFR 146.25-30.
(b) When the arrival is a direct result of "force
majeure," and it is nct possible to give at least 24
hours' advance notice, then advance notice as early
as possible shall be furnished.
(CGFR 64-17, 29 FR. 5277, Apr. 17, 1964)
124.16 Advance notice of fire or other abnor-
mal condition on arriving vessel. (a) The master,
agent, or person in charge of any domestlc or for-
eign vessel which is bound for a port or place in
the United States shall give notice to the Captaln
of the Port or the Colnmander of the Coast Guard
District in which such port or place is located as
early as possible in advance of arrival of any fire
or other abnormal condition which may jeopardize
the vessel's safety or t;hat of other vessels or facili-
ties in port.
(CGFR 64-17, 29 FR, 5277, Apr, 17, 1964)
124.20 Penalties for violationa. Failure to
give advance notice will subject the master or
agents of a vessel to the penalties of fine and im-
prisonment, as well as subject the vessel to seizure
and forfeiture, as provided in section 2, Title II
of the Act of June 15, 1957, as amended, 50 U.S.C.
192. In addition, such failure may result in delay
in the movement of the vessel from the harbor
entrance to her facility destination within the
particular port.
(CGFR 60-15,25 F,R, 2666, Mar, 30, 1960)
124.14 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(4) A master of a vessel who re~orts in ac-
cordance with the U.S. Coast Guard s voluntary
Automated Merchant Vessel Report (AMVER)
System and who includes in this report an es-
timated time of arrival at the Snell Lock, Mas-
sena, New York, shall be considered to be in con-
structive compliance with the requirements of
subparagraph (1) of this paragraph and no ad-
ditional advance notice of vessel's arrival at the
Snell Lock is required: Likewise a master of such
vessel who indicates in this report the name of
the first intended United States port of call and
estimated time of arrival at that port shall be
considered in constructive compliance with sub-
paragraph (2) of this paragraph and no ad-
ditional advance notice of arrival is required.
(56-54, 21 F,R. 9561, Dcc, 4, 1956)
(CGFR 55-33, 20 FR. 5646, Aug. 5, 1955. CGFR 58-24, 21
FR, 9565, Dec. 4, 1956. CGFR 62-24, 27 F,R, 7823, Aug, 8,
1962. CGFR 63-26, 28 F,R, 5297, Stay 29, 1963. CGFR 63-60,
28 F,R. 10819, Oct 9, 1963, CGFR 66-32, 31 FR. 10324,
July 30, 1966)
(14)
PAGENO="0195"
Sec.
125.01 Commandant.
125.03 District Commander.
125.05 Captain of the Port.
125.06 Western rivers.
125.07 Waterfront facility.
125.08 Great Lakes.
125.09 Identification credentials.
125.11 Form of Coast Guard Port Security Card.
125.12 Period of validity of Coast Guard Port Security
Cards.
125.13 Captain of the Port Identification Cards.
125.15 Access to waterfront facilities, and port and
harbor areas, Including vessels and harbor
craft therein.
125.17 Persons eligible for Coast Guard Port Security
Cards.
125.19 Standards.
125.21 ApplicatIons.
125.23 UnIted States citizens.
125.25 Aliens.
125.27 Sponsorship of applicant.
125.29 InsufficIent Information.
125.31 Approval of applicant by Commandant.
125.33 Holders of Coast Guard Port Security Cards.
125.35 NotIce by Commandant.
125.37 Hearing Boards.
125.39 NotIce by Hearing Board.
125.41 Challenges.
125.43 Hearing procedure.
125.45 Action by Commandant.
125.47 Appeals.
125.49 Action by Commandant after appeal.
125.51 Replacement of lost Coast Guard Port Security
Card.
125.53 RequIrements for credentials; certain vessels
operating on navigable waters of the United
States (Including the Great Lakes and Western
Rivers).
125.55 OutstandIng Port Security Card Applications.
125.57 ApplIcations previously denied.
Auinoarrc: 5~ 125.01 ts 125.57 Issued under sec. 1, 40 Stat.
220, as amended; 50 U.S.C. 191; 8.0. 10173, 15 FR. 7005, 3
CFR, 1950 Sap ., as amended by E.0. 10277, 16 FR. 7537, 3 CFR,
1951 Supp., 8.0. 10382, 17 FR. 4807, 3 CFR, 1952 Supp. Inter~
pret or apply; 8.5. 4517, as amended. 4518, as amended, sec. 19,
23 Stat. 58, as amended, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 118. as amended, sec. 7,
49 Stat. 1938, as amended; 46 U.S.C. 570, 571, 172 2, 889.
Sounce: II 121.01 to 125.57 contaIned In COFR 111-15, 21 FR.
2940, May 3, 1956. except as otherwise noted.
125.01 Commandant. The term "Comman-
dant" means Commandant of the Coast Guard.
125.03 District Commander. The term "Dis-
trict Commander" means the officer of the Coast
Guard designated b~ the Commandant to com-
mand a Coast Guard District.
125.05 Captain of the Port. The term "Cap-
tain of the Port" means the officer of the Coast
Guard, under the command of a District Com-
mander, so designated by the Commandant for the
purpose of givmg immediate direction to Coast
Guard law enforcement activities within the
general proximity of the port in which he is
situated.
125.06 Western rivers. The term "western
rivers" as used in the regulations in this subchap-
ter shall include only the Rod River of the North,
the Mississippi River and its tributaries above
the Huey P. Long Bridge, and that part of the
Atchafalaya River above its junction with the
Plaquemine-Morgan City alternate waterway.
(CGFR 57-52, 22 F. It.. 10301, Dec. 20, 1957)
125.07 Waterfront facility. The term "water-
front facility," as used in this subchapter, means
all piers, wharves, docks, and similar structures to
which vessels may be secured, buildings on such
structures or contiguous to them, and equipment
and materials on such structures or in such
buildings.
125.08 Great Lakes. The term "Great Lakes"
as used in the regulations in this subchapter shall
include the Great Lakes and their connecting and
tributary waters.
(CGFR 57-52, 22 F. R. 10301, Dec. 20, 1957)
125.09 IdentifIcation credentials. The term
"Identification credentials," as used in this sub-
chapter means any of the following:
(a) óoast Guard Port Security Card (Form
CG 2514).
(b) Merchant Mariner's Document bearing spe-
cial validation endorsement for emergency service.
(c) Armed Forces Identification Card.
(d) Identification credentials issued by Federal
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies to
their officers and employees (e.g. Department of
the Treasury, Department of ~ustice, Federal
Communications Commission).
(e) Identification credentials issued to public
safety officials (e. g., police, firemen) when acting
within the scope of their employment.
(f) Such other identification as may be ap-
proved by the Commandant from time to time.
125.11 Form of Coast Guard Port Security Card.
The Coast Guard Port Security Card issued by
the Coast Guard under the provisions of this sub-
chapter shall be a laminated card bearing photo-
graph, signature, fingerprint, and personal de-
scription of the holder, and other pertinent data.
125.12 Period of validity of Coast Guard Port
Security Cards. (a) The Coast Guard Port Secu-
rity Card (Form CG-2514) shall be valid for a
period of eight years from the date of issuance
thereof unless sooner suspended or revoked by
proper authority. On the first day after eight
years from the date of issuance, the Coast Guard
~`Port Security Card (Form CG-2514) is hereby
declared invalid and shall be considered null and
void for all purposes.
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1759
SUBCHAPTER L-SECURITY OF WATERFRONT FACILITIES
PART 125-IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIALS FOR PERSONS REQUIRING ACCESS TO WATERFRONT
FACILITIES OR VESSELS
(15)
PAGENO="0196"
1760 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
(b) The holder of a Coast Guard Port Secu-
rity Card, which is about to expire or has expired,
may apply for a new Coast Guard Port Securit
Card in accordance with the procedures set fort
in Section 125.21. In the event the applicant's
Coast Guard Port Security Card has expired, such
card shall accompany the application for a new
Coast Guard Port Security Card. In the event
the applicant is holding a valid Coast Guard Port
Security Card at the time he submits his appli-
cation for a new card, such person shall surrender
the old or expired Coast Guard Port Security
Card at the time he is issued a new Coast Guard
Port Security Card. In the event the old Coast
Guard Port Security Card was lost, stolen, or
destroyed, then the applicant shall comply with
the provisions in Section 125.51, regarding the
replacement of a lost Coast Guard Port Security
Card and the new card issued as a replacement for
a lost card which has expired or is about to expire
shall bear a current issuance date.
(COiR 58-52, 23 FR. 9751, Dec. 1.8, 1058)
125.13 Captain of the Port Identification Cards.
Captain of the Port Identification Cards issued
under the form designation "Form CG 2514"
prior to the revision of August 1950 were declared
invalid by a notice published in the FEDERAL
REGIsTER on September 11, 1946 (11 F.R. 10103),
which declaration is hereby reaffirmed.
125.15 Access to waterfront facilities, and por)
and harbor areas, including vessels and harbor
craft therein. (a) The Commandant will, from
time to time, direct Captains of the Port of certain
ports to prevent access of persons who do not
possess one or more of the identification creden-
tials listed in Section 125.09 to those waterfront
facilities, and port and harbor areas, including
vessels and harbor craft therein, where the follow-
ing shipping activities are conducted:
(1) Those vital to the Military Defense Assist-
.ance Program.
(2) Those pertaining to the support of U. S.
military operations.
(3) Those pertaining to loading and unloading
explosives and other dangerous cargo.
(4) Those essential to the interests of national
security and defense, to prevent loss, damage or
injury, or to insure the observance of rights and
obligations of the United States.
(b) No person who does not possess one of the
identification credentials aforesaid shall enter or
remain in such facilities, or port or harbor areas,
including vessels and harbor craft therein.
(c) The Captain of the Port shall give local
public notice of the restriction of access to water-
front facilities, and pert andharbor areas, includ-
ing vessels and harbor craft therein, as far in
advance as practicable, and shall cause such facili-
ties and areas to be suitably marked as to such
restriction.
125.17 Persons eligible for Coast Guard Port.
Security Cards. (a) (Jnly the following persons
may be issued Coast Guard Port Security Cards:
(1) Persons regularly employed on vessels or on
waterfront facilities.
(2) Persons having regular public or private
business connected with the operation, mainte-
nance, or administration of vessels, their cargoes,
or waterfront facilities;.
(b) A holder of a Merchant Mariner's Docu-
ment, Validated for Emergency Service, shall not.
be issued a Port Security Card, unless he sur-
renders the Merchant Mariner's Document to the
Coast Guard. In this connection, see Section
125.09.
(CGFR 62-39, 27 P.R. 13215, Nov. 15, 1062)
125.19 Standards. InforIziation concerning an
applicant for a Coast Guard Port Security Card,
or a holder of such card, which may preclude a
determination that his character and habits of
life are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on waterfront facilities, and port and
harbor areas, includi:ri~ vessels and harbor craft
therein, would not be inimical to the security of
the United States, shall relate to the following:
(a) Advocacy of the overthrow or alteration of
the Government of the United States by uncon-
stitutional means.
(b) Commission of, or attempts or preparations
to commit, an act of Ispionage, sabotage, sedition
or treason, or conspiring with, or aiding or abet-
ting another to commA such an act.
~c) Performing, or attempting to perform,
duties or otherwise acting so as to serve the inter-
ests of another government to the detriment of the
United States.
(d) Deliberate unauthorized disclosure of clas-
sified defense informistion.
(e) Membership hi, or affiliation or sympa-
trhetic association wi;;h, any foreign or domestic
organization, association, movement, group, or
combination of persons designated by the At-
torney General pursuant to Executive Order
10450~ as amended.
(f) Having been adjudged insane, having been
legally committed to an insane asylum, or treated
for serious mental or neurological disorder, with-
out evidence of cure.
(~) Having been convicted of any of the fol-
lowmg offenses, indicative of a criminal tendenc
potentially dangerous to the security of suc
waterfront facilities and port and harbor areas,
including vessels and harbor ciaft therein; arson,
unlawful trafficking in drugs, espionage, sabotage,
or treason.
(h) Drunkenness on the job or addiction to the
use of narcotic drugs, without adequate evidence
of rehabilitation.
(i) Illegal presence in the United States, its
territories or possessions; having been found
finally subject to deportation order by the United
States Immigration and Naturalization Service.
125.13 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
scesa 56-15, 21 FR. 2940, May 3, 1956. COPE 58-43, 23 FR.
8542. Nov. 1, 1958)
(10)
PAGENO="0197"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1761
125.21 ApplIcations. (a) (1) Application for
a Coast Guard Port Security Card shall be made
under oath in writing and shall include applicant's
answers in full to inquiries with respect to such
matters as are deemed by the Commandant to be
pertinent to the standards set forth in Section
125.19, and to be necessary for a determination
whether the character and habits of life of the
applicant are such as to warrant the belief that
his presence on waterfront facilities, and port
and harbor areas, including vessels and harbor
craft therein, would not be inimical to the security
of the United States.
(2) The application also shall include appli-
cant's complete identification, citizenship record,
personal description, military record, if any, and a
statement of the applicant's sponsor certifying the
applicant's employment or union membership and
that applibant s statements are true and correct to
the best of sponsor's knowledge.
(3) The application shall be accompanied b
two unmounted, dull finish photographs, 1 inc
x 15/ inches, of passport type, taken within one
year of the date of application. The photograph
shall show the full face with the head uncovered
and shall be a clear and satisfactory likeness of the
applicant. It shall portray the largest image of
the head and upper shoulders possible within the
dimensions specified.
(4) Fingerprint records on each applicant shall
be taken by the Coast Guard at the time applica-
tion is submitted.
(5) The applicant shall present satisfactory
proof of his citizenship.
(6) The applicant shall indicate the address to
which his Coast Guard Port Security Card can be
delivered to him by mail. Under special circum-
stances the applicant may arrange to call in person
for the Coast Guard Port Security Card.
(7) The applicant shall present his application,
in person, to a Coast Guard Port Security Unit
designated to receive such applications. Such
units will be located in or near each port where
Coast Guard Port Security Cards are required.
Each Captain of the Port shall forward promptly
to the Commandant each application for a Coast
Guard Port Security Card received by him.
(b) If an applicant fails or refuses to furnish
the required information or to make full and
complete answer with respect to all matters of in-
quiry, the Commandant shall hold in abeyance
further consideration o~.the application, and shall
notify the applicant that further act,ion will not be
taken unless and until the applicant furnishes the
required information and fully and completely
answers all inquiries directed to him.
125.23 United States citizens. Acceptable evi-
dence of United States citizenship is described in
this section in the order of its desirability; how-
125.25
ever, the Coast Guard will reject any evidence
not believed to be authentic;
(a) Birth certificate or certified copy thereof.
(b) Certificate of naturalization. This shall be
presented by all persons claiming citizenship
through naturalization.
(c) Baptismal certificate or parish record re-
corded within one year after birth.
(d) Statement of a practicing physician certi-
fying that he attended the birth and that he has
a record in his possession showing the date and
place of birth.
(e) United States passport.
(f) A commission in one of the armed forces
of the United States, either regular or reserve; or
satisfactory documentary evidence of having been
commissioned in one of the armed forces subse-
quent to ~January 1, 1936, provided such com-
mission or evidence shows the holder to be a
citizen.
(g) A continuous discharge book, or Merchant
Mariner's Document issued by the Coast Guard
which shows the holder to be a citizen of the
United States.
(h) If an applicant claiming to be a citizen of
the United States submits a delayed certificate of
birth issued under a State's seal, it may be ac-
cepted as prima facie evidence of citizenship if no
one of the requirements in paragraphs (a) to (~)
of this section can be met by the applicant and in
the absence of any collateral facts indicating
fraud in its procurement.
(i) If no one of the requirements in paragraphs
(a) to (h) of this section can be met by the appli-
cant, he should make a statement to that effect,
and in an attempt to establish citizenship, he may
submit for consideration data of the following
character:
(1) Report of the Census Bureau showing the
earliest record of age or birth available. Re-
quest for such information should be addressed to
the Director of the Census, Washington, D.C.,
20233. In making such request, definite informa-
tion must be furnished the Census Bureau as to the
place of residence when the first census was taken
after the birth of the applicant, giving the name
of the street and the number of the house, or other
identification of place where living, etc.; also
names of parents or the names of other persons
with whom residing on the date specified.
(2) School records, immigration records, or
insurance policies (the latter must be at least 10
years old).
125.25 Aliens. Alien registration records to-
gether with other papers and documents which
indicate the country of which the applicant is a
citizen shall be accepted as evidence of citizen-
ship in a foreign nation.
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(17)
PAGENO="0198"
1762 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
125.27 Sponsorship of applicant. Applica-
tions for a Coast Guard Port Security Card shall
not be accepted unless sponsored. The applicant
shall be sponsored by an authorized official of
applicant's employer or by an authorized official
of applicant's labor union. Each company and
each labor union concerned shall file with the
appropriate Captain of the Port a list of officials
of the company or union who are authorized to
sponsor applicants. Other sponsorship may be
accepted where the circumstances warrant.
125.29 Insufficient information. (a) (1) If, in
the judgment o~ the Commandant, an application
does not contain sufficient information to enable
him to satisfy himself that the character and hab-
its of life of the applicant are such as to warrant
the belief that his presence on waterfront facili-
ties, and port and harbor areas, including vessels
and harbor craft therein, would not be inimical
to the security of the United States, the Com-
mandant may require the applicant to furnish,
under oath in writing or orally, such further in-
formation as he deems pertinent to the standards
set forth in Section 125.19 and necessary to enable
him to make such a determination.
(2) If an applicant fails or refuses to furnish
such additional information, the Commandant
shall hold in abeyance further consideration of
the application, and shall notify the applicant that
further action will not be taken unless and until
the applicant furnishes such information.
(b) Upon receipt, the application and such fur-
ther information as the Commandant may have
required shall be referred, except in those instances
where action on an application is held in abeyance
pursuant to Paragraph 125.21(b) or to subpara-
graph (a) (2) of this section, to a committee com-
posed of a representative of the Legal Division,
of the Merchant Vessel Personnel Division and of
the Intelligence Division Coast Guard Head-
quarters. The committee sisall prepare an analysis
of the available information and shall make rec-
ommendations for action by the Commandant.
(CGFR hO-CS, 25 FR. 1589, Feb. 24, 1960)
125.31 Approval of applicant by Commandant.
(a) If the Commandant is satisfied that the char-
acter and habits of life of the applicant are not
such as to warrant the belief that his presence
on waterfront'facilities, and port and harbor areas
including vessels and harbor craft therein, would
be inimical to tile security of the United States, he
will direct that a Coast Guard Port Security Card
be issued to the applicant.
(b) If the Commandant is not satisfied that the
character and habits of life of tile applicant are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence
on waterfront facilities, and port and harbor
areas, including vessels and harbor craft therein
would not be inimical tO the security of the United
States he will notify the applicant in writing as
provided for in Section 125.35.
125.33 Holders of Coast Guard Port Security
Cards. (a) Whenever the Commandant is not sat-
isfied that the character and habits of life of a
holder of a Coast Guard Port Security Card are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence on
waterfront facilities arid port and harbor areas,
including vessels and l~arbor craft therein, would
not be inimical to the security of the United States,
he will request the holder to furnish, under oath
in writing, such information as he deems perti-
nent and necessary for a determination on this
issue.
(b) If the holder fails or refuses to furnish
such information within thirty (30) days after
receipt of the Commandant's request, the Com-
mandant may issue tile written notice provided for
in Paragraph 125.35(a).
(c) The holder's failure or refusal to furnish
such information shall preclude a determination
that the holder's character and habits of life are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence on
waterfront facilities, and port and harbor areas,
including vessels and harbor craft therein, would
not be inimical to the security of the United
States.
(d) Upon receipt of such information as the
Commandant may have required, the procedure
prescribed in Paragraph 125.29(b) shall be
followed.
(e) If the Commandant is satisfied that the
character and habits cf life of the holder are such
as to warrant the belief that his presence on water-
front facilities, and port and harbor areas, in-
cluding vessels and harbor craft therein, would
not be inimical to the security of the United
States, he shall notify the holder accordingly.
(f) If the Commendant is not satisfied that
the character and habits of life of the holder are
such as to warrant the belief that his presence on
waterfront facilities, and port and harbor areas
including vessels and harbor craft therein, would
not be inimical to the security of the United States
he shall notify the holder in writing as provided
for in Section 125.35. -
(CGFR 59-63, 25 FR. 1589, Feb. 24, 5960)
125.35 Notice by Commandant. (a) The no-
tice provided for in Sections 125.31 and 125.33
shall contain a statement of the reasons why the
Commandant is not satisfied that the character and
habits of life of the spplicant or holder are such
as to warrant the belief that his presence on water-
front facilities, and port and harbor areas, includ-
ing vessels and harbor craft therein, would not be
inimical to the security of the United States.
Such notice shall be as specific and detailed as the
interests of nationat security shall permit and
shall include pertinent information such as names,
dates, and places in such detail as to permit rea-
sonable answer.
(b) The applicant or holder shall have 20 days
from the date of receipt of the notice of reasons to
125.27 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(18)
PAGENO="0199"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1763
125.43
125.41 Challenges. Within five days after
receipt of the notice described in Section 125.39
the applicant or holder may request disqualifi-
cation of any member of the Hearing Board oh the
grounds of personal bias or other cause. The re-
quest shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting
forth in detail the facts alleged to constitute
grounds for disqualification. The affidavit may be
supplemented by an oral presentation if desired.
If after due consideration the Chairman believes
a challenged member is qualified notwithstanding
the challenge, he shall notify the person who made
the challenge and arrange to proceed with the hear-
ing. If the person who made the challenge takes
exception to the ruling of the Chairman, the ex-
ception and data relating to the claim of disqualifi-
cation shall be made a matter of record. If the
Chairman finds that there is reasonable ground
for disqualification he shall furnish the person
who made the challenge with the name of an alter-
nate in lieu of the challenged member and arrange
to proceed with the hearing. In the event the
Chairman is challenged, he shall forthwith notify
the Commandant, furnishing the grounds for the
claim of disqualification, and the Commandant
shall act upon the challenge in accordance with the
foregoing procedure. In addition to the right
to challenge for cause, a person who has requested
a hearing shall have two peremptory challenges,
one challenge for the management member and
one challenge for the labor member of the Hear-
ing Board. Should the management member be
so challenged, the person who made the challenge
may elect to have t.he management member re-
placed by another management member or by a
member not representing either management or
labor; if the member peremptorily challenged
represents labor, the person who made the chal-
lenge may elect to have the labor member replaced
by another labor member or by a member not
representing either management or labor.
125.43 Hearing procedure. (a) Hearings
shall be conducted in an orderly manner and in a
serious, businesslike atmosphere of dignity and
decorum and shall be expedited as much as
possible.
(b) The hearing shall be in open or closed ses-
sion at the option of the applicant or holder.
(c) Testimony before the Hearing Board shall
be given under oath or affirmation.
(d) The Chairman of the Hearing Board shall
inform the applicant or holder of his right to:
(1) Participate in the hearing;
(2) Be represented by counsel of his choice;
(3) Present witnesses and offer other evidence
in his own behalf and in refutation of the reasons
set forth in the Notice of the Commandant; and
(4) Cross-examine any witnesses offered in sup-
port of such reasons.
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
file written answer thereto. Such answer may
include statements or affidavits by third parties or
such other documents or evidence as the applicant
or holder deems pertinent to the matters in ques-
tion.
(c) Upon receipt of such answer the procedure
prescribed in Paragraph 125.29 (b) shall be
followed.
(d) If the Commandant is satisfied that the
character and habits of life of the applicant or
holder are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on waterfront facilities, and port and
harbor areas, including vessels and harbor craft
therein, would not be inimical to the security of the
United States, he shall, in the case of an applicant,
direct that a Coast Guard Port Security Card be
issued to the applicant, or, in the case of a holder,
notify him accordingly.
(e) If the Commandant is not satisfied that the
applicant's or holder's character and habits of life
are such as to warrant the belief that his presence
on waterfront facilities, and port and harbor areas
including vessels and harbor craft therein, wouki
not be inimical to the security of the United
States, the Commandant shall refer the matter to
a Hearing Board for hearing and recommendation
in accordance with the provisions of this part.
125.37 Hearing Boards. The Commandant
may establish a Hearing Board in each Coast
Guard District. The Commandant shall desig-
nate for each Hearing Board a Chairman, who
shall be, so far as practicable, an officer of the
Coast Guard. The Commandant shall designate,
so far as practicable, a second member from a
panel of persons representing labor named by the
Secretary of Labor, and a third member from a
panel of persons representing management named
by the Secretary of Labor.
125.39 Notice by Hearing Board. Whenever
the Commandant refers a matter to a Hearmg
Board, the Chairman shall:
(a) Fix the time and place of the hearmg;
(b) Inform the applicant or holder of the names
of the members of the Hearing Board, their occu-
pations, and the businesses or organizations with
which they are affiliated, of his privilege of chal-
lenge, and of the time and place of the hearing;
(c) Inform the applicant or holder of his privi-
lege to appear before the Hearing Board in person
or by counsel or representative of his choice and
to present testimonial and documentary evhlence
in his behalf, and to cross-examine any witnesses
appearing before the Board; and
(d) Inform the applicant or holder that if
within 10 days after receipt of the notice he does
not request an opportunity to appear before the
Hearing Board, either in person or by counsel or
representative, the Hearing Board will proceed
without further notice to him.
(19)
PAGENO="0200"
1764 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
majority a dissent should be noted setting forth
the reasons therefor. The recommendation of the
Board, together with the complete record of the
case, shall be sent~to the Commandant as expedi-
tiously as possible.
125.45 Action by Commandant. (a) If, upon
receipt of the Board's recommendation, the Com-
mandant. is satisfied that the character and habits
of life of the applicant or holder are such as to
warrant the belief that his presence on waterfront
facilities, and port and harbor areas, including
vessels and harbor craft therein, would not be
inimical to the security of the United States, he
shall, in the case of in applicant, direct that a
Coast Guard Port Security Card be issued to the
applicant, or, in the case of a holder, notify him
accordingly.
(b) If, upon receipt; of the Board's recommen-
dation, the Commandant is not satisfied that the
character and habits of life of the applicant or
holder are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on waterfront facilities, and port and
harbor areas includir~ vessels and harbor craft
therein, wouid not be inimical to the security of
the United States, the Commandant shall:
(1) In the case of a:a applicant, notify him that
a Coast Guard Port Security Card will not be
issued to the applicant, or,
(2) In the case of a holder, revoke and require
the surrender of his Coast Guard Port Security
Card.
(c) Such applicant or holder shall be notified of
his right, and shall have 20 days from the receipt
of such notice within which to appeal under this
pant
125.47 Appeals. (a) The Commandant shall
establish at Coast Gunrd Headquarters, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20226, an Appeal Board to hear appeals
provided for in this part.. The Commandant
shall designate for thi Appeal Board a Chairman,
who shall be, so far as practicable, an officer of the
Coast Guard. The Commandant shall designate,
so far as practicable, a member from a panel of
persons representing management nominated by
the Secretary of Labor, and a member from a
panel of persons reprssenting labor nominated by
the Secretary of Labor. The Commandant shall
insure that persons designated as Appeal Board
members have suitable security clearance. The
Chairman of the Appeal Board shall make all
arrangements incident to the business of the
Appeal Board.
(b) If an applicant or holder appeals to the
Appeal Board within 20 days after receipt of
notice of his right tc appeal under this part, his
appeal shall be handled under the same procedure
as that specified in Section 125.39, and the priv-
ilege of challenge may be exercised through the
same procedure as that specified in Section 125.41.
125.45 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(e) Hearings shall be opened by the reading
of the Notice of the Commandant and the answer
thereto. Any statement and affidavits filed by the
applicant or holder may be incorporated m the
record by reference.
(f) The Hearing Board may, in its discretion,
invite any person to appear at the hearing and
t~stify. However, the Board shall not be bound
by the testimony of such witness by reason of hav-
ing called him and shall have full right to cross-
examine the witness. Every effort shall be made
to produce material witnesses to testify in support
of the reasons set forth in the Notice of the tom-
mandant, in order that such witnesses may be con-
fronted and cross-examined by the applicant or
holder.
(g) The applicant or holder may introduce such
evidence as may be relevant and pertinent. Rules
of evidence shall not be binding on the Hearing
Board but reasonable restrictions may be imposed
as to die relevancy, competency and materiality of
matters considered. If the applicant or holder is,
or may be, handicapped by the non-disclosure to
him of confidential sources, or by the failure of
witnesses to appear, the Hearing Board shall take
the fact into consideration.
(h) The applicant or holder or his counsel or
representative shall have the right to control the
sequence of witnesses called by him.
(i) The Hearing Board shall give due consider-
ation to documentary evidence developed byin-
vesti~ation, including membership cards, petitions
bearing the applicant's or holder's signature,
books, treatises or articles written by the applicant
or holder and testimony by the applicant or holder
before duly constituted authority.
(j) Complete verbatim stenographic transcrip-
tion shall be made of the hearing by qualified re-
porters and the transcript shall constitute a per-
manent part of the record. Upon request, the ap-
plicant or holder or his counsel or representative
shall be furnished, without cost, a copy of the
transcript of the hearing.
(k) The Board shall reach its conclusion and
base its determination on information presented
at the hearing, together with such other informa-
tion as may have been developed through investi-
gation and inquiries or made available by the ap-
plicant or holder.
(1) If the applicant or holder fails, without
good cause shown to the satisfaction of the chair-
man, to appear personally or to be represented
before the Hearing Board, the Board shall proceed
with consideration of the matter.
(m) The recommendation of the Hearing
Board shall be in writing and shall be signed by
all members of the Board. The Board shallfor-
ward to the Commandant, with its recommenda-
tion, a memorandum of reasons in support thereof.
Should any member be in disagreement with the
(20)
PAGENO="0201"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1765
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
125.57
(c) Appeal Board proceedings shall be con-
ducted in the same manner as that specified in
Section 125.43.
125.49 Action by Commandant after appeal.
(a) If, upon receipt of the Appeal Board's recom-
mendation, the Commandant is satisfied that the
character and habits of life of the applicant or
holder are such as to warrant the belief that his
presence on waterfront facilities, and port and
harbor areas, including vessels and harbor craft
therein would not be inimical to the security of
the United States, he shall, in the case of an appli-
cant direct that a Coast Guard Port Security
Carã be issued to the applicant, or in the case of a
holder, notify him accordingly.
(b) If, upon receipt of the Appeal Board's
recommendation, the Commandant is not satisfied
that the character and habits of life of the appli-
cant or holder are such as to warrant the belief
that his presence on waterfront facilities, and port
and harbor areas including vessels and harbor
craft therein, would not be inimical to the security
of the United States, the Commandant shall notify
the applicant or holder that his appeal is denied.
125.51 Replacement of lost Coast Guard Port
Security Card. (a) Any person whose Coast
Guard Port Security Card has been stolen, lost, or
destroyed shall report that fact to a Coast Guard
Port Security Unit or Captain of the Port as soon
thereafter as possible.
(b) A person who has lost a Coast Guard Port
Security Card may apply for a replacement card
by submitting "An Application for Replacement
of Lost Port Security Card" (Form CO 2685A)
to a Coast Guard Port Security Unit. A replace-
ment will be issued only after a full explanation
of the loss of the Coast Guard Port Security Card
is made in writing to the Coast Guard and after a
full check is made and authorization is granted by
the Commandant.
(c) Any person to whom a Coast Guard Port
Security Card has been issued as a replacement
for a lost card, shall immediately surrender the
original card to the nearest Coast Guard Port
Security Unit or Captain of the Port if the
original card should be recovered.
125.53 RequIrements for credentials; certain
vessels operating on navigable waters of the
United States (including the Great Lakes and West-
ern Rivers). (a) Every person desiring access to
vessels, except public vessels, falling within any
of the categories listed below, as a master, person
in charge, or member of the crew thereof, shall be
required to be in possession of one of the identifica-
tion credentials listed in Section 125.09.
(1) Towing vessels, barges, and lighters op-
erating in the navigable waters of the continental
United States other than the Great Lakes and
Western Rivers.
(2) Harbor craft, such as water taxis, junk
boats, garbage disposal boats, bum boats, supply
boats, repair boats, and ship cleaning boats, which
in the course of their normal operations service or
contact vessels, foreign or domestic, public or
merchant, in the navigable waters of the conti-
nental United States other than the Great Lakes
and Western Rivers.
(b) The term "master, person in charge, or mem-
ber of the crew" shall be deemed to include any
person who serves on board in any capacity con-
cerned with the operation, maintenance, or admin-
istration of the vessel or its cargo.
(c) Where the Coast Guard Port Security Card
(Form CO 2514) is to be used as the identification
required by paragraph (a) of this section, applica-
tion for such card may be made immediately by
the persons concerned. The issuance of the Coast
Guard Port Security Card shall be in the form and
manner prescribed by Section 125.11.
(d) At the discretion of the District Com-
mander any person desiring access to vessels of the
categories named in this section, who may be re-
quired by the provisions hereof to possess identifi-
cation credentials, may be furnished a letter signed
by the District Commander or the Captain of the
Port and this letter shall serve in lieu of a Coast
Guard Port Security Card and will authorize such
access for a period not to exceed 60 days, and such
a letter issued shall be deemed to be satisfactory
identification within the meaning of Section
125.09. The issuance of the letter shall be subject
to the following conditions:
(1) The services of the person are necessary to
avoid delay in the operation of the vessel;
(2) The person does not possess one of the iden-
tification credentials listed in Section 125.09;
(3) The person has filed his application for a
Coast Guard Port Security Card or submits his
application before the letter is issued; and,
(4) The person has been screened by the Dis-
trict Commander or Captain of the Port and such
officer is satisfied concerning the eligibility of the
applicant to receive a temporary letter.
(COFR 56-51, 21 F. R. 9339, Nov. 30, 1956)
125.55 Outstanding Port Security Card Appli-
cations. A person who has filed an application
for a Coast Guard Port Security Card and who
did not receive such a document prior to May 1,
1956, shall submit a new application in accordance
with the requirements of this part.
(CGFR 61-54, 26 F.R. 11862, Dee. 12. 1961)
125.57 Applications previously denied. A
person who has been denied a Coast Guard Port
Security Card before May 1, 1956, may file a new
application for such a document in accordance
with the requirements of this part.
(21)
PAGENO="0202"
PAGENO="0203"
126.05 DesIgnated waterfront facility. The
term "designated waterfront facility" shall mean
a waterfront facility designated by Section 126.13
for the handling and storage of, and for vessel
loading and discharging of explosives, inflam-
mable or combustible liquids in bulk, or other
dangerous articles or cargo covered by the regula-
tions entitled "Explosives or Other Dangerous
Articles on Board Vessels" (46 CFR Part 146)
and the regulations governing tank vessels (46
CFR Parts 30 to 39, inclusive).
126.07 Dangerous cargo. The term "danger-
ous cargo" shall mean all explosives and other
dangerous articles or cargo covered by the regu-
lations entitled "Explosives or Other Dangerous
Articles on Board Vessels" (46 CFR Part 146)
and the regulations governing tank vessels (46
CFR Parts 30 to 39, inclusive).
126.09 Designated dangerous cargo. The
term "designated dangerous cargo" shall mean
Explosives (commercial or military), Class A, as
classified in 46 CFR Part 146.
(COFR 52-30, 17 FR. 5397, lilac 14, 1952)
126.11 Waiver authority based on local or un-
usual conditions. Whenever the Commandant,
the District Commander, or the Captain of the
Port shall find that the application of any provi-
sion contained in this part is not necessary to the
security of the port and vessels and waterfront
facilities therein, or that its application is not
practical because of local conditions or because
the materials or personnel required for compli-
ance are not available, or because the requirements
of the national defense justify a departure from
such provision, he may waive compliance with
such provision to the extent and under such re-
quirements as he may determine.
126.13 DesIgnation of waterfront facilities.
(a) Waterfront facilities which fulfill the condi-
tions required in Section 126.15, unless waived un-
der provisions of Section 126.11, and only such
waterfront facilities are designated for the han-
dling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging, or
transporting of dangerous cargo, subject to com-
pliance with other applicable requirements and
* provisions set forth in this part.
(b) Handling, storing, stowing, loading, dis-
charging, or transporting dangerous cargo at any
waterfront facility other than one designated by
this section is hereby prohibited, and violation of
this prohibition will subject the violator to the
penalties of fine and imprisonment provided in
section 2, Title II of. the act of June 15, 1917, as
amended, SOD. S. C. 192.
(CGFR 57-52, 22 F. R. 10302, Dec. 20, 1957)
126.15 Conditions for designation as desig-
nated waterfront facility. The conditions referred
to in Section 126.13 for designation of a water-
front facility for the purpose of handling, storing
stowing, loading, discharging, or transporting of
dangerous cargo shall be as follows:
(a) Guards. That guards are provided by the
owner or operator of the waterfront facility for
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1767
PART 126-HANDLING OF EXPLOSIVES OR OTHER DANGEROUS CARGOES WITH1N OR CONTIGUOUS
TO WATERFRONT FACILITIES
Sec.
128.01 General definitions.
128.05 Designated waterfront facility.
128.07 Dangerous cargo.
128.09 Designated dangerous cargo.
128.11 Waiver authority based on local or unusual
conditions.
128.13 Designation of waterfront facilities.
128.15 Conditions for designation as designated water-
front facility.
128.17 Permits required for handiing designated danger-
ous cargo.
126.19 Issuance of permits for handling designated dan-
gerous cargo.
128.21 Permitted transactions.
126.23 Termination or suspension of permits.
126.25 Penalties for handling designated dangerous
cargo without permit.
128.27 General permit for handling dangerous articles
and substances.
126.28 Ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate fertilizers,
fertilizer mixtures, or nitro carbo nitrate;
general provisions.
126.29 Supervision and control of dangerous cargo.
126.31 Termination or suspension of general permit.
126.33 Penalties for handling dangerous cargo without
permit.
126.35 Primary responsibility.
126.37 Separability.
Avxnoaxrx:it 126.01 to 126.37 issued ssder sec. 1, 40 Stat.
220 as amended; 50 U.S.C. 191, 5.0. 10173, 15 FR. 7005,
3 CFR, 1950 5up ., as amended, 5.0. 10277. 16 FR. 7537, 3
CFR 1951 Sup . 9:0. 10352,17 FR. 4607. 3 CFR 1952 Sup
Socacs: 11126.01 to 126.37 contained in COrk 51-37, 16
Fit. 8677, Aug. 28, 1951, except as otherwise noted.
126.01 General definitions. (a) The terms
"Commandant", "District Commander", "Captain
of the Port", and "Waterfront Facility" when
used in this part shall have the meaning set forth
in Sections 6.01-1, 6.01-2, 6.01-3, and 6.01-4, re-
spectivel~', of Executive Order No. 10173 (15
FR. 7005, 3 CFR, 1950 Supp.), except that the
term "waterfront facility" shall not include such
a facility directly operated by the Departments
of the Army, Navy, orAir Force.
(b) The term "net tons" when used in Para-
graph 126.27 (b), shall be "net weights" of the
materials as prepared for shipment, i.e.: gross
~veight less tare (weight of packing and shipping
containers).
(COFR 57-52. 22 FR. 10302, Dec. 20. 1957)
(23)
PAGENO="0204"
1768 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
the protection thereof in such numbers and of
such qualifications as to assure adequate surveil-
lance, prevent unlawful entrance, detect fire haz-
ards, and check the readiness of protective
equipment.
(b) Smoking. That smoking is prohibited on
the waterfront facility except at such portions
thereof as may be designated by the owner or
operator thereof: Provided, That smoking in such
areas shall only be permitted in accordance with
local ordinances and regulations and that signs
are conspicuously posted marking such authorized
smoking areas and that "No Smoking" signs are
conspicuously posted elsewhere on the waterfront
facility.
(c) Welding or hot work. That oxyacetylene or
similar welding or burning, or other hot work in-
cluding electric welding or the operation of equip-
ment therefor is prohibited on the waterfront
facility during the handling, storing, stowing,
loading, discharging, or transporting of danger-
ous cargo thereon, except when approved by the
Captain of the Port: Provided, That such work
shall not be conducted at any time during the
handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharging,
or transporting of explosives.
(d) Trucks and other motor vehicles. That
trucks and other motor vehicles are not permitted
to remain or park upon the waterfront facility
except under the following conditions:
(1) When actually awaiting opportunity to
load or discharge cargo, ship supplies, or passen-
gers and is attended by a driver.
(2) When loading or discharging tools, equip-
ment or materials incident to maintenance, repair,
or alterations and is attended by a driver.
(3) When the vehicle is headed toward an un-
impeded exit and is attended by a driver.
(4) When a vehicle is handled and stored as an
item of cargo.
(5) When parking areas are designated and
permitted in accordance with local ordinances and
regulations and provided no fire lanes are blocked
nor exits impeded by their presence, passenger
vehicles may be parked in such portions of the
waterfront facility as may be designated and
marked off by the owner or operator.
(e) Pier automotive equipment. That tractors,
stockers, lift trucks, hoisters and other equipment
driven by internal combustion engines used on
the waterfront facility are of such construction
and condition and free from excess grease, oil, or
lint as not to constitute a fire hazard; that each
unit of such equipment is provided with an ap-
proved type fire extinguisher attached, except
where waterfront facilities are provided with fire
extinguishers approved by the Captain of the Port
as being adequate in numbers, type and location
for additional protection of pier automotive
equipment; that, when not in use, such equip-
ment is stored in a safe manner and location; that
gasoline or other fuel. used for such equipment
is stored and handled in accordance with accepted
safe practices and is net stored on the waterfront
facility, except in conformity with paragraph (g)
of this section; and that refueling of such equip-
ment or any vehicle is prohibited on any pier or
wharf within the wate:~front facility.
(f) Rubbish and woste materials. That the
waterfront facility is free from rubbish, debris,
and waste materials.
(g) Maintenance stores and supplies. That
supplies classified as dangerous by the provisions
of the regulations entitled "Explosives or Other
Dangerous Articles oii Board Vessels" (46 CFR
Part 146), to be used is connection with operation
or maintenance of the property or facility are not
stored on any pier or wharf within the waterfront
facility and are not stored elsewhere on the water-
front facility except in amounts necessary for nor-
mal current operating conditions; that such stor-
age is in a compartment remote from combustible
material and so constructed as to be readily acces-
sible and provide safe storage; that storage com-
partments are kept clean and maintained free of
scrap materials, empty containers, soiled wiping
rags, waste, and other debris; that covered metal
containers are provided for storage of used wip-
ing cloths and contents removed at the end of each
working day; that clothing lockers are maintained
clean and orderly and properly ventilated; and
that fire-extinguishing equipment suitable for the
type of hazard is readily available.
(h) Electric wiring. That new installations of
electric wiring and equipment are made in accord-
ance with accepted safe practices (conformity
with the requirements of the National Electric
Code (current editior) and the requirements of
applicable local regulations shall be deemed evi-
dence of compliance nith such accepted safe prac-
tices) ; that materials, fittings, and devices are of
type and character approved for the intended use
by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Associated
Factory Mutual Laboratories, or United States
National Bureau of Standards; that existing elec-
tric wiring is maintai:aed in a safe condition, free
of defects or modifications which may cause fire
or personal injury; that defective or dangerous
wirmg, equipment, arid devices are permanently
disconnected from sources of energy.
(i) Heating equipment. That heating equip-
ment is safely installed and maintained in good
operating condition; that adequate clearances to
prevent undue heating of nearby combustible ma-
terials are maintained between heating appliances,
chimneys, stove pipes, gas vents, or other heat
producing elements, and any combustible mate-
rials of the floor, walEs, partitions or roofs; that,
in general, clearances are such that continuous
operation of the heat producing device at full Ca-
126.15 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(24)
PAGENO="0205"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1769!
pacity will not increase the temperature of nearby
woodwork more than 90 degrees above the ambient
temperature; that, where necessary to prevent
contact withmovable combustible materials, heat-
ing appliances are enclosed or screened; that spark
arresters are provided on chimneys or appliances
burning solid fuel used in locations where sparks
constitute a hazard to nearby combustible mate-
rials. (As a guide to safe installation of heating
equipment, the appropriate chapters of the Na-
tional Board of Fire Underwriters Building Code
(current edition) are recommended.)
(J) Fire extinguishing equipment. That fire ex-
tinguishing appliances are made available in ade-
quate quantities, locations, and types; that first
aid fire appliances are installed and maintained
in accordance with accepted safe practices (con-
formity with the requirements prescribed in the
current "Standards for the Installation, Main-
tenance and Use of Portable Fire Extinguishers,"
issued by the National Fire Protection Associ-
ation, shall be deemed evidence of compliance
with such accepted safe practices); that fire ex-
tinguishing equipment, fire alarm systems and de-
vices, and fire doors and other safety ecjuipment
are maintained in good operating condition at all
times; that provision is made so that, when haz-
ards arise which require such precaution, emer-
gency hose lines will be led out and other emer-
gency firefighting equipment will be placed
immediately adjacent to such hazards.
(k) Marking of fire appliance locations. That
the locations of all fire appliances, including hy-
drants, standpipe and hose stations, fire extin-
guishers, and fire alarm boxes, are conspicuously
marked; and that ready accessibility to such ap-
pliances is maintained.
(I) Lighting. That subject to applicable dimout
and blackout regulations, such waterfront facility
is adequately illuminated during the handling,
storing, stowing, loading, discharging or trans-
porting of dangerous cargo thereon; and that
kerosene and gasoline lamps and lanterns are not
used on such waterfront facility.
(ml Arrangement of cargo, freight, merchandise
or material. That cargo, freight, merchandise or
material is arranged on the waterfront facility
according to the individual structure of such
facility, in a manner to permit complete access
for the purpose of fire extinguishment; that, ex-
cept on facilities used primarily for the transfer
of railroad or highway vehicles to or from cargo
vessels and carfloats; cargo, freight, merchandise
or other material is placed on the waterfront
facility in accordance with the following:
(1) At least two feet of clear and open space
shall be maintained free of rubbish, dunnage, or
other obstructions between cargo, freight, mer-
chandise, or other material piles and both sides
126.15
of the walls of the waterfront facility7 fire walls
or fire stops in enclosed waterfront facilities. This
distance shall be measured from the most promi-
ment projection of the wall such as studding,
bracings, or other obstructions that are part of the
structure. In an unenclosed facility, two feet of
clear and open space shall be maintained free of
rubbish, dunnage, or other obstructions between
cargo, freight, merchandise orother materials and
the sides of the pier.
(2) Inflammable or combustible cargo, freight,
merchandise or material, not including bulk cargo,
shall not be tiered higher than 12 feet. All cargo,
freight, merchandise or other materials including
inflammable or combustible cargo, freight, mer-
chandise or materials shall be so tiered as to main-
tain a clearance between the upper level of the top
tier and trusses, beams, girders, or other structural
members of not less than 36 inches, and between
such upper level and sprinkler heads a clearance
of at least 12 inches shall be maintained.
(3) There shall be maintained at least four feet
of clear and open operating space around any fire
alarm box, standpipe, firehose, ~prinkler valve,
fire door, deck hatch, or first-aid fire appliance.
(4) When first aid fire appliances, alarm boxes,
other safety equipment or deck hatches are located
in a space surrounded by cargo, freight, merchan-
dise, or other materials, there shall be maintained
a straight, free, and open space at least three feet
in width running therefrom to the center aisle.
This space shall be kept clear of all rubbish, dun-
nage, and other obstruction.
(5) A main aisle of at least twenty feet in width
shall be maintained the entire length of the water-
front facility if control of fire requires trucks to
come on the pier. The aisle may be reduced to
eight feet in width if such access by fire trucks is
not required.
(6) Cross aisles, at least five feet wide, straight
and at right angles to the main aisle, shall be
maintained at intervals not exceeding seventy-five
feet, and extending to the side of the waterfront
facility.
(n) Adequacy of guarding, fire extinguishing
equipment, and lighting. That the word "ade-
quate," as used in paragraphs (a), (j), and (1) of
this section with respect to guarding, fire extin-
guishing equipment, and lighting, respectively,
means that determination which a reasonable per-
son would make under the circumstances of the
particular case. Unless there is gross noncom-
pliance, the judgment and determination of the
operator of the facility will be acceptable as ful-
filling the requirements unless and until the Cap-
tain of the Port inspects the facility and notifies
the operator thereof in writing in what respect the
guarding, fire extinguishing equipment, or light-
SECURITY or VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(25)
PAGENO="0206"
1770 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
ing, is deemed inadequate and affords such opera-
tor an opportunity to correct the deficiency.
jCGFR 51-52, 16 FR. 11311, Nov. 7, 1951 CGFR 57-52 22
.R. 10303, Dec. 20, 1957; CGFR 58-4 23 51 1597 Ma~ 0
1958' CGFR 58-46, 23 FR. 10487, Dec.'13 1058' COF~R 59-35'
240.11. 7581, Sept. 19, 1959; CGFR 64-0, 29 F.R.'1570, Jan. 30:
126.17 Permits required for handling desig-
nated dangerous cargo. Designated dangerous
cargo may be handled, loaded, discharged7 or
transported at any designated waterfront facility
only if a permit therefor has been issued by the
Captain of the Port. This permit requirement
may be waived, at the discretion of the Captain of
the Port, when such cargoes are contained within
railroad cars or highway vehicles which are moved
on or across a waterfront facility used primarily
for the transfer of~ railroad cars or highway ve-
hicles to or from a railroad or highway vehicle
ferry or carfioat; provided such designated car-
goes are not removed from, or placed in, the rail-
road car or highway vehicle while it is in or on
such waterfront facility.
(CGFR 58-43, 23 FR. 8542, Nov. 1,3958)
126.19 Issuance of permits for handling desig-
nated dangerous cargo. (a) Upon the applica-
tion of the owners or operators of a designated
waterfront facility or of their authorized repre-
sentatives, the Captain of the Port is authorized
to issue apermit for each transaction of handling,
loading, discharging, or transporting designated
dangerous cargo at such waterfront facility pro-
ruled the following requirements are met:
(1) The facility shall comply in all respects
with the regulations in this subchapter.
(2) The quantity of designated dangerous
cargo, except military explosives shipped by or
for the Armed Forces of the United States, on
the waterfront facility and vessels moored thereto
shall not exceed the limits as to maximum quan-
tity, isolation and remoteness established by local,
municipal, territorial, or State authorities. Each
permit issued under these conditions shall specify
that the limits so established shall not be exceeded.
(3) The quantity of designated dangerous cargo
consisting of military explosives shipped by or for
the Armed Forces of the United States on the
waterfront facility and vessels moored thereto
shall not exceed the limits as to maximum quan-
tity, isolation and remoteness as established by
the Captain of the Port. Each permit issued
under these conditiOns shall specify that the limits
so established shall not be exceeded.
(CGFR 58-27, 18 F. R. 5348, Sept. 8, 1953)
126.21 Permitted transactions. All permits is-
sued pursuant to Section 126.19 are hereby condi-
tioned upon the observance and fulfillment of the
following:
(a) The conditions set forth in Section 126.15
shall at all times be strictly observed. -
(b) No amount of designated dangerous cargo,
except military explot;ives shipped by or `for the
Armed Forces of the United States, in excess of
the maximum quantity established by local, mu-
nicipal, territorial, or State authorities shall be
present on the waterfront facility and vessels
moored thereto.
(c) Designated dangerous cargo shall not be
brought onto the waterfront facility from shore
except when laden within a railroad car or high-
way vehicle and shall remain in such railroad car
or highway vehicle except when removed as an
incident of its prompt transshipment. Desig-
nated dangerous cargo shall not be brought onto
the waterfront facility from a vessel except as an
incident of its prompt; transshipment by railroad
car or highway vehicle.
(d) No other dangerous cargo shall be on the
waterfront facility during tile period of trans-
actions involving designated dangerous cargo, un-
less its presence is authorized by the Captain of
the Port. This shall not apply to maintenance
stores and supplies on the waterfront facility in
conformity with Paragraph 126.15(g).
(CGFR 53-27, 18 F. 51. 5348, Sept. 3, 1953)
126.23 Termination or suspension of permits.
Any permit issued pursuant to Section 126.19 shall
terminate automatically at the conclusion of the
transaction for which the permit has been issued
and may be terminated, or suspended, prior thereto
by the Captain of the Port whenever he deems
that the security or safety of the port or vessels
or waterfront facilities therein so requires. Con-
firmation of such termination or suspension by the
Captain of the Port shall be given to the permittee
in writing.
126.25 Penalties f or handling designated dan-
gerous cargo without permit. Handling, loading,
discharging, or transporting any designated dan-
gerous cargo without a permit, as provided under
Section 126.17, being in force, will subjectpersons
responsible therefor bo the penalties of fine and
imprisonment provided in section 2, Title II of the
act of. June 15, 1917, as amended, 50 U. S. C. 192.
(COFR 53-27. 18 F. R. 5348 Sept. 8,1953)
126.27 General parmit for handling dangerous
articles and substances. A general permit is here-
by issued for the handling, storing, stowing, load-
ing, discharging, or transporting of dangerous
articles and substances (other than designated
dangerous cargo) at designated waterfront facili-
ties, conditioned upon the observance and fulfill-
ment of the following:
(a) The conditions set forth in Section 126.15
shall at all times be st;~ictly observed.
(b) Tin- following classes of dangerous articles
and substances as classified in the regulations en-
titled "Explosives o:~ Other Dangerous Articles
on Board Vessels" (46 CFR Part 146), in the
126.17 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(26)
PAGENO="0207"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1771
amounts, specified, shall not be handled, stored,
stowed, loaded, discharged, or transported, except
when contained within railroad or highway. ve-
hicles being transported across or on waterfront
facilities used primarily for the transfer of rail-
road or highway vehicles to or from a railroad
car ferry or highway vehicle ferry, or carfloats,
without written notification to the Captain of the
Port:
(1) Explosives, Class B, in excess of 1 net ton
at any one time.
(2) Explosives, Class C, in excess of 10 net tons
at any one time.
(3) Inflammable liquids, in containers, in ex-
cess of 10 net tons at any one time.
(4) Inflammable solids or oxidizing materials,
in excess of 100 net tons at a~iy one time.
(5) Inflammable compressed gases, in excess of
10 net tons at any one time.
(6) Poisons, Class A, or radioactive materials,
Class D, for which special approval for water
transportation is required by the Commandant in
46 CFR 146.25-30. Storage of all Class D radio-
active materials shall be so arranged as to preclude
a gamma radiation in excess of 200 milliroentgens
per hour or physical equivalent at any readily
accessible surface.
(c) Explosives or other dangerous articles pro-
hibited from or not permitted transportation by
46 CFR Part 146 shall not be present on the
waterfront facility.
(d) Inflammable liquids and compressed gases
shall be so handled and stored as to provide maxi-
mum separation between articles consisting of
acids, corrosive liquids, or combustible materials.
Storage for inflammable solids or oxidizing ma-
terials shall be so arranged as to prevent moisture
coming in contact therewith.
(e) Acids and corrosive liquids shall be so
handled and stored as to prevent such acids and
liquids, in event of leakage, from contacting any
organic materials.
(f) Poisonous gases, poisonous liquids, and
poisonous solids shall be so handled and stored as
to prevent their contact with acids, corrosive
liquids, inflammable liquids or inflammable solids.
(g) Dangerous articles and substances which
may be stored on the waterfront facility shall be
arranged in such manner as to retard the spread
of fire. This may be accomplished by inter-
spersing piles of dangerous articles with piles of
inert or less combustible materials.
(h) All dangerous articles and substances
stored on the waterfront facility shall be pack-
aged, marked, and labeled in accordance with 46
CFR Part 146.
(CGFR 58-43, 23 FR. 8542, Nov. 1, 3958)
126.29
126.28 Ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate
fertilizers, fertilizer mixtures, or nitro carbo nitrate;
general provisions.
(a) When any item of ammonium nitrate, am-
monium nitrate fertilizers, fertilizer mixtures, or
nitro carbo nitrate, described and defined as an
oxidizing material by the regulations of 46 CFR
146.22, is handled, stored, stowed, loaded, dis-
charged or transported on a waterfront facility,
the following provisions shall apply:
(1) All outside containers shall be marked with
the proper shipping name of the nitrate packed
within the container.
(2) The building on a waterfront facility used
for storage of any of these materials shall be of
such construction as to afford good ventilation.
(3) Storage of any of these materials shall be
at a safe distance from electric wiring, steam pipes,
radiators or any heating mechanism.
(4) These materials shall be separated by a fire
resistant wall or by a distance of at least 30 feet
from organic materials or other chemicals and sub-
stances which could cause contamination such as
flammable liquids, combustible liquids, corrosive
liquids, chlorates, permanganates, finely divided
metals, caustic soda, charcoal, sulfur, cotton, coal,
fats, fish oils or vegetable oils.
(5) Storage of any of these materials shall be
in a clean area upon clean wood dunnage, or on
pallets over a clean floor. In the case of a concrete
floor, storage may be made directly on the floor if it
is first covered with a moisture barrier such as a
polyethylene sheet or asphaltic laminated paper.
(6) Any spilled material shall be promptly and
thoroughly cleaned up and removed from the
waterfront facility. If any spilled material has
remained in contact with a wooden floor for any
length of time the floor shall be scrubbed with
water and all spilled material shall be thoroughly
dissolved and flushed away.
(7) An abundance of water for firefighting
shall be readily available.
(8) Such open drains, traps, pits, or pockets
shall be eliminated or plugged as in case of fire
could be filled with molten ammonium nitrate (and
thus become potential detonators for the storage
piles).
(CGFR 64-17, 29 FR. 5277, Apr. 17, 1964)
126.29 Supervision and control of dangerous
cargo. The Captain of the Port is authorized to
require that any transaction of handling, storing,
stowing, loading, discharging, or transporting the
dangerous cargo covered by this subchapter shall
be undertaken and continued only under the im-
mediate supervision and control of the Captain of
the Port or his duly authorized representative.
In case the Captain of the Port exercises such au-
thority, all directions, instructions, and orders
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(27)
PAGENO="0208"
1772 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
of the Captain of the Port or his representative,
not inconsistent with this part, with respect to
such handling, storing, stowing, loading, discharg-
ing and transporting; with respect to the opera-
tion of the waterfront facility; with respect to
vessels handling, stowing, loading, or discharging
of dangerous cargo at anchorages when the op-
erations are under the immediate control and su-
pervision of the Captain of the Port or his duly
authorized representative; with respect to the in-
gress and egress of persons, articles and things
and to their presence on the waterfront facility or
vessel; and with respect to vessels approaching,
moored at, and departing from the waterfront fa-
cility, shall be promptly obeyed.
(CGFR i7-i2, 22 F. R. 10303, Dec. 20, hiT)
12631 Termination or suspension of general
permit. The Captain of the Port is hereby au-
thorized to termmate or to suspend the general
permit granted by Section 12&27 in respect to any
particular designated waterfront facility when-
ever he deems that the security or safety of the
port or vessels or waterfront facilities therein so
requires. Confirmation of such termination or
suspension shall be given to the permittee in writ-
ing. After such termination, the general permit
may be revived by the Commandant with respect
to such particular waterfront facility upon a find-
ing by him that the cause of termination no longer
exists and is unlilesly to recur. After such sus-
pension, the general permit shall be revived by the
Captain of the Port with respect to such particular
waterfront facility when the cause of suspension
no longer exists, and he shall so advise the per-
mittee in writing.
126.33 Penalties for handling dangerous cargo
without permit. Handling, storing, stowing, load-
ing, discharging, or transporting any dangerous
cargo covered by Section 126.27 under circum-
stances not covered by the general permit granted
in Section 126.27 or when such general permit is
not in force will subject persons responsible there-
for to the penalties of fine and imprisonment pro-
vided in section 2, Title II of the act of June 15,
1917, as amended, 50 U. S. C. 192.
126.35 Primary responsibility. Nothing con-
tained in the rules, r~gulations, conditions, and
designations in this part shall be construed as
relieving the masters, owners, operators, and
agents of vessels, docks, piers, wharves, or other
waterfront facilities from their primary respon-
sibility for the security of such vessels, docks,
piers, wharves, or waterfront facilities.
126.37 Separability. If any provision of the
rules, regulations, conditions, or designations con-
tained in this part or the application of such pro-
vision to any person waterfront facility, or cir-
cumstances shall be b~~ld invalid, the validity of
the remainder of the rules, regulations, conditions,
or designations contained in this part and appli-
cabihty of such provision to other psrsons, water-
front facilities, or circumstances, shall not be
affected thereby.
126.31 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(28)
PAGENO="0209"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1773
CHAPTER 12.-VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS
OF UNITED STATES
~ 191. Secretary of Treasury and Governor of Canal
Zone authorized to regulate anchorage, move-
ment, etc., of vessels.
Whenever the President by proclamation or
Executive order declares a national emergency to
exist by reason of actual or threatened war, insur-
rection, or invasion, or disturbance or threatened
disturbance of the international relations of the
United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may
make, subject to the approval of the President,
rules and regulations governing the anchorage
and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic,
in the territorial waters of the United States, may
inspect such vessel at any time, place guards
thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order
to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or
to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or
waters of the United States, or to secure the ob-
servance of the rights and obligations of the
United States, may take, by and with the consent
of the President, for such purposes, full possession
and control of such vessel and remove therefrom
the officers and crew thereof and all other persons
not specially authorized by him to go or remain on
board thereof.
Within the territory and waters of the Canal
Zone the Governor of the Canal Zone, with the
approval of the President, shall exercise all the
powers conferred by this section on the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Whenever the President finds that the security
of the United States is endangered by reason of
actual or threatened war2 or invasion, or hisurrec-
tion, or subversive activity, or of disturbances or
threatened disturbances of the international rela-
tions of the United States, the President is author-
ized to institute such measures and issue such rules
and regulations-
* (a) to govern the anchorage and move-
ment of any foreign-flag vessels in the
territorial waters of the United States, to
inspect such vessels at any time, to place
guards thereon, and, if necessary in his
opinion in order to secure such vessels from
damage or injury, or to prevent damage or
injury to any harbor or waters of the United
* States, or to secure the observance of rights
and obligations of the United States, may
take for such purposes full possession and
control of such vessels and remove there-
from the officers and crew thereof, and all
other persons not especially authorized by
him to go or remain on board thereof;
(b) to safeguard against destruction,
loss, or injury from sabotage or other sub-
versive acts, accidents, or other causes of
similar nature, vessels, harbors, ports, and
waterfront facilities in the United States,
the Canal Zone, and all territory and water,
continental or insular, subject to the juris-
diction of the United States.
Any appropriation available to any of the Ex-
ecutive Departments shall be available to carry
out the provisions of this title. (June 15, 1917,
ch. 30, title II, § 1, 40 Stat. 220; as amended Aug.
9, 1950, ch. 656, § 1,64 Stat. 427; Sept. 26, 1950, ch.
1049, § 2 (b), 64 Stat. 1038.)
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10637
Delegating to the Secretary of the Treasury Certain
Functions of the President Relating to the
United States Coast Guard
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sec-
tion 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, section
499 of title 14 of the United States Code, and
Article 140 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice (64 Stat. 145), and as President of the United
States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby designated and empowered to perform the
following-described functions without the ap-
proval, ratification, or other action of the
President:
* * ** * * * *
(r) The authority vested in the Secretary of the
Treasury by the first paragraph of section 1 of
Title II of the act of June 15, 1917, ch. 30,40 Stat.
220, as amended (50 U. S. C. 191), during a na-
tional emergency proclaimed as provided in the
said paragraph (1) to make rules and regulations
governing the anchorage and movement of any
vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters
of the United States, and (2) to take full posses-
APPENDIX
EXCERPTS FROM THE UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 5O.-WA~ AND NATIO~4AL DEFENSE
94-756 0 - 68 - pt. 2 --14
(29)
PAGENO="0210"
1774 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
§ 191.a
sion and control of such vessel for the purposes
set forth in the said paragraph.
* * * * * * *
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THE Wrnva HousE,
~September1C, 1955.
§ 191a. Same; transfer of Secretary of Treasury
powers to Secretary of Navy when Coast
Guard operates as part of Navy.
When the Coast Guard operates as a part of
the Navy pursuant to section 1 of Title 14, the
powers conferred on the Secretary of the Treas-
ury by section 191 of this title shall vest in and
be exercised by the Secretary o~ the Navy. (Nov.
15, 1941, ch. 471, § 2, 55 Stat. 763.)
chapter, or obstructs or interferes with the exer-
cise of any power confsrred by this chapter, the
vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, furni-
ture, and equipment, shall be subject to seizure and
forfeiture to the United States in the same man-
ner as merchandise is fcrfeited for violation of the
customs revenue laws; and the person guilty of
such failure, obstruction, or interference shall be
punishe!d by imprisonment for not more than ten
years and may, in the discretion of the court, be
fined not more than $10,000.
(a) If any other per~~on knowingly fails to com-
ply with any regulation or rule issued or order
given under the provisions of this chapter, or
knowingly obstructs or interferes with the exer-
cise of any power conferred by this chapter, he
shall be punished by i:rnprisonment for not more
than ten years and may, at the discretion of the
court, be fined not mom than $10,000. (June 15,
1917, ch. 30, title II, § 2, 40 Stat. 220; as amended
Mar. 28, 1940, oh. 72, § 3 (a), 54 Stat. 79; Nov. 15,
1941, ch. 471, § 3, 55 Stat. 763; Aug. 9, 1950, ch.
656, § 3, 64 Stat. 428.)
§ 194. Enforcement of (:hapter.
The President may employ such departments,
agencies, officers, or instrumentalities of the United
States as he may deem necessary to carry out the
purpose of this chapter. (June 15, 1917, oh. 30,
title II, 40 Stat. 220; so amended Aug. 9, 1950, oh.
656, § 2,64 Stat. 428.)
Termination Date of Aug. 9, 1950, Amendments
Section 4 of act Aug. 9, 1950, cited to text, pro-
vided that the amendments to sections 191, 192 (a),
and 194 of this title by said act Aug. 9, 1950,
should expire on such date as Congress by concur-
rent resolution may specify.
TITLE 14.-COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 5. FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
§ 89. Law enforcement.
(a) The Coast Guard may make inquiries, ex-
ammations, inspections, searches, seizures, and ar-
rests upon the high seas and waters over which
the United States has jurisdiction, for the preven-
tion, detection, and suppression of violations of
laws of the United States. For such purposes,
commissioned, warrant, and petty officers may at
any time go on board of any vessel subject to the
jurisdiction, or to the operation of any law, of the
United States address inquiries to those on board,
examine the ship's documents and papers, and ex-
amine, inspect, and search the vessel and use all
necessary force to compel compliance. When
from such inquiries, examination, inspection, or
search it appears that a breach of the laws of the
United States rendering a person liable to arrest is
being, or has been committed, by any person, such
person shall be arrested or, if escaping to shore,
shall be immediately pursued and arrested on
shore, or other lawful and appropriate action shall
be taken; or, if it shall, appear that a breach of the
laws of the United States has been committed so
as to render such vessel, or the merchandise, or
any part thereof, on board of, or brought into the
United States by, such vessel, liable to forfeiture,
or so as to render such vessel liable to a fine or
penalty and if necessary to secure such fine or
penalty, such vessel or such merchandise, or both,
shall be seized.
(b) The officers of the Coast Guard insofar as
they are engaged, pursuant to the authority con-.
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
§ 191b. Effect of sections 191a-191c on certain
laws relating to Canal Zone.
Nothing in sections 191a-191c of this title shall
be construed as affecting the authority conferred
upon the Governor of The Canal Zone by the sec-
ond paragraph of section 191 of this title, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 191a of this
title; nor shall anything in sections 191a-191c of
this title be construed as affecting the powers and
authority conferred by section 1306 of Title 48.
(Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, § 4, 55 Stat. 763, as
amended Sept. 26, 1950, oh. 1049, § 2 (b), 64 Stat.
1038.)
§ 192. Seizure and forfeiture of vessels for failure
to observe regulations.
If any owner, agent, master, officer, or person
in charge, or any member of the crew of any such
vessel fails to comply with any regulation or rule
issued or order given under the provisions of this
(80)
PAGENO="0211"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1775
tamed in this section, in enforcing any law of
the United States shall:
(1) be deemed to be acting as agents of the
particular executive department or independ-
ent establishment charged with the administra-
tion of the particular law; and
(2) be subject to all the rules and regulations
promulgated by such department or independent
establishment with respect to the enforcement
of that law.
(c) The provisions of this section are in addi-
tion to any powers conferred by law upon such
officers, and not in limitation of any powers con-
ferred by law upon such officers, or any other offi-
cers of the United States. (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393,
§ 1, 63 Stat. 502, amended Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536,
§ 1, 64 Stat. 406.)
~ 91. Safety of naval vessels.
The Captain of the Port, Coast Guard District
§ 1001
Commander, or other officer of the Coast Guard
designated by the Commandant thereof, or the
Governor of the Canal Zone in the case of the ter-
ritory and waters of the Canal Zone, shall so con-
trol the anchorage and movement of any vessel,
foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of
the United States, as to insure the safety or se-
curity of such United States naval vessels as may
be present in. his jurisdiction. In territorial
waters of the United States where immediate ac-
tion is required or where representatives of the
Coast Guard are not present, or not present in
sufficient force to exercise effective control of ship-
ping as provided herein, the senior naval officer
present in command of any naval force may con-
trol the anchorage or movement of any vessel, for-
eign or domestic, to the extent deemed necessary to
insure the safety and security of his command.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 1, 63 Stat. 503, amended
Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1049, § 2 (b), 64 Stat. 1038.)
TITLE 1 f~ ~-.-CRlMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 25.-COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
5 499. Military, naval, or official passes.
Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, al-
ters, or tampers with any naval, military, or of-
ficial pass or permit, issued by or under the au-
thority of the United States, or with intent to
defraud uses or possesses any such pass or permit,
or personates or falsely represents himself to be
or not to be a person to whom such pass or permit
has been duly issued, or willfully allows any other
person to have or use any such pass or permit, is-
sued for his use alone, shall be fined not more than
$2,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or
both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 712,
eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)
5 506. Seals of departments or agencies.
Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits,
mutilates, or alters the seal of any department or
agency of the United States; or
Whoever knowingly uses, affixes, or impresses
any such fraudulently made, forged, counter-
feited, mutilated, or altered seal to or upon any
certificate, instrument, commission, document, or
paper, of any description; or
Whoever, with fraudulent intent, possesses any
such seal, knowing the same to have been so falsely
made, forged, counterfeited, mutilated, or al-
tered-
Shall be fined not more than $5,000 Or im-
prisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (June
25, 1948, oh. 645, § 1, 62 stat. 714, eff. Sept. 1,
1948.)
5 701. Official badges, identification cards, other
insignia.
Whoever manufactures, sells, or possesses any
badge, identification card, or other insignia, of
the design prescribed by the head of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States for use by
any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable
imitation thereof, or photographs, prints, or in
any other manner makes or executes any engrav-
ing, photograph, print, or impression in the like-
ness of any such badge, identification card, or
other insignia, or any colorable imitation thereof,
except as authorized under regulations made pur-
suant to law, shall be fined not more than $250
or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645 § 1, 62 Stat. 731, eff. Sept.
1, 1948~)
CHAPTER 47.-FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
5 1001. Statements or entries generally.
Whoever, in any matter withifi the jurisdiction
of any department or agency of the United States
knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or cov-
ers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material
fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent
statements Or representations, or makes or uses
any false writing or document knowing the same
to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent state-
ment or entry shall be fined not more than $10,000
or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, oh. 645. § 1, 62 Stat. 749, eff. Sept.
1, 1948.)
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(81)
PAGENO="0212"
1776 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
* CHAPTER 105.-SABOTAGE
§ 2153. Destruction of war material, war premises,
or war utilities.
(a) Whoever, when the United States is at war,
or in times of national emergency as declared by
the President or by the Congress, with intent to
injure, interfere with, or obstruct the Uneted
States or any associate nation in preparing for or
carrying on the war or defense activities, or, with
reason to believe that his act may injure, inter-
fere with, or obstruct the United States or any
associate nation in preparing for or carrying on
the war or defense activities, willfully injures,
destroys, contaminates or infects, or attempts to
so injure, destroy, contaminate or infect any war
material, war premises, or war utilities, shall be
fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not
more than thirty years, or both.
(b) If two or more persons conspire to violate
this section, and one or more of such persons do
any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each
of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished
as provided in subsection (a) of this section. (As
amended June 30, 1953, ch. 175, § 2, 67 Stat. 133;
Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261, title I, § 102, 68 Stat. 1217.)
§ 2155. Destruction of national-defense materials,
national-defense premises or national-de-
fense utilities.
(a) Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere
with, or obstruct the national defense of the
United States, willfully injures, destroys, con-
taminates or infects, or attempts to so injure,
destroy, contaminate or infect any national-de-
fense material, national-defense premises, or na-
tional-defense utilities, shall be fined not more
than $10 000 or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
(b) If two or more persons conspire to violate
this section, and one or more of such persons do
any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each
of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished
as provided in subsection (a) of this section. (As
amended Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261, title I, § 104, 68
Stat. 1218.)
CHAPTER 111.-SHIPPING
§ 2271. Conspiracy to destroy vessels.
Whoever,on the high seas, or within the United
States, willfully and corruptly conspires, com-
bines, and confederates with any other person,
such other person being either within or without
the United States, to cast away or otherwise de-
stroy any vessel, with intent to injure any person
that may have underwritten or may thereafter
underwrite any policy of insurance thereon or on
goods on board thereof, or with intent to injure
any person that has lent or advanced, or may lend
or advance, any money on such vesselon bottomry
or respondentia; or
Whoever, within the United States, builds, or
fits out any vessel to be cast away or destroyed,
with like intent-
Shall be fined not mere than $10,000 or impris-
oned not more than 10 years, or both. (June 25,
1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 803, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)
§ 2272. Destruction of vessel by owner.
Whoever, upon the leigh seas or on any other
waters within the admiralty and maritime juris-
diction of the United States, willfully and cor-
ruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any ves-
sel of which he is owne:r, in whole or in part, with
intent to injure any person that may underwrite
any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant
that may have goods thereon, or any other owner
of such vessel, shall be imprisoned for life or for
any term of years. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1,
62 Stat. 803, eff. Sept. 1~ 1948.)
§ 2273. Destruction of vessel by nonowner.
Whoever, not being an owner7 upon the high
seas or on any other w.eters within the admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction of the United States,
willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise
destroys any vessel of the United States to which
he belongs, or willfully attempts the destruction
thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than 10
years. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 804,
eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)
§ 2274. Destruction or misuse of vessel by person
In charge.
Whoever, being the owner, master or person in
charge or command of any private vessel, foreign
or domestic, or a member of the crew or other per-
son, within the territcrial waters of the United
States, willfully causes or permits the destruction
or injury of such vessel or knowingly permits said
vessel to be used as a pluce of resort for any person
conspiring with another or preparing to commit
any offense against th United States, or any of-
fense in violation of the treaties of the United
States or of the obligations of the United States
under the law of nations, or to defraud the United
States; or knowingly permits such vessels to be
used in violation of the rights and obligations of
the United States under the law of nations, shall
be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not
more-than 10 years, or koth.
In case such vessels are so used, with the knowl-
edge of the owner or master or other person in
charge or command thereof, the vessel, together
with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and equip-
ment, shall be subject ~o seizure and forfeiture to
§ 2153 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(32)
PAGENO="0213"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1777
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
8 2384
the United States in the same manner as mer-
chandise is forfeited for violation of the customs
revenue laws. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62
Stat. 804, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)
§ 2275. Firing or tampering with vessels.
Whoever sets fire to any vessel of foreign reg-
istry, or any vessel of American registry entitled
to engage in commerce with foreign nations, or to
any vessel of the United States, or to the cargo
of the same, or tampers with the motive power or
instrumentalities of navigation of such vessel, or
places bombs or explosives in or upon such vessel,
or does any other act to or upon such vessel while
within the jurisdiction of the United States, or, if
such vessel is of American registry, while she is
on the high sea, with intent to injure or endanger
the safety of the vessel or of her cargo, or of per-
sons on board, whether the injury or danger is so
intended to take place within the jurisdiction of
the United States, or after the vessel shall have
departed therefrom and whoever attempts to do
so shall be fined not more than $10,000 or im-
prisoned not more than 20 years, or both. (June
25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 804, eff. Sept. 1,
1948.)
O 2276. Breaking and entering vessel.
Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other
waters within the admiralty and maritime ~uris-
diction of the United States, and out of the Juris-
diction of any particular State, breaks or enters
any vessel with intent to commit any felony, or
maliciously cuts, spoils, or destroys any cordage,
cable, buoys, buoy rope, head fast or other fast,
fixed to the anchor or moorings belonging to any
vessel, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or im-
prisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (June
25,1948, ch. 645, § 1,62 Stat. 804, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)
0 2277. Explosives or dangerous weapons aboard
vessels.
(a) Whoever brings, carries, or possesses any
dangerous weapon, instrument or device2 or any
dynamite, nitroglycerin, or other explosive arti-
cle or compound on board of any vessel registered,
eni!olled, or licensed under the laws of the United
States, or any vessel purchased2 requisitioned,
chartered, or taken over by the United States pur-
suant to the provisions of Act June 6, 1941, ch. 174,
55 Stat. 242, as amended, without previously ob-
taining the permission of the owner or the master
of such vessel; or
Whoever brings, carries, or possesses any such
weapon or explosive on board of any vessel in the
possession and under the control of the United
States or which has been seized and forfeited by
the United States or upon which a guard has been
placed by the United States pursuant to the pro-
visions of section 191 of Title 50, without pre-
viously obtaining the permission of the Captain of
the Port in which such vessel is located, shall be
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more
than 1 year, or both.
(b) This section shall not apply to the person-
nel of the Armed Forces of the United States or to
officers or employees of the United States or of a
State or of a political subdivision thereof, while
acting in the performance of their duties, who are
authorized by law or by rules or regulations to
own or possess any such weapon or explosive.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 804, eff. Sept.
1,1948.)
0 2278. Explosives on vessels carrying steerage
passengers.
Whoever, being the master of a steamship or
other vessel referred to in section 151 of Title 46,
except as otherwise expressly provided by law,
takes, carries, or has on board of any such vessel
any nitroglycerin, dynamite, or any other explo-
sive article or compound, or any vitriol or like
acids, or gunpowder, except for the ship's use, or
any article or number of articles, whether as a
cargo or ballast, which, by reason of the nature or
quantity or mode of storage thereof, shall, either
singly or collectively, be likely to endanger the
health or lives of the passengers or the safety of
the vessel, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or
imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. (June
25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62 Stat. 805, eff. Sept. 1,
1948.)
0 2279. Boarding vessels before arrival.
Whoever, not being in the United States service,
and not being duly authorized by law for the pur-
pose, goes on board any vessel about to arrive at
the place of her destination, before her actual ar-
rival, and before she has been completely moored,
shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned
not more than 6 months, or both.
The master of such vessel may take any such
person into custody, and deliver him up forthwith
to any law enforcement officer, to be by him taken
before any committing magistrate, to be dealt with
according to law. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 1, 62
Stat. 805, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)
CHAPTER 115.-TREASON, SEDITION, AND
SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES
§ 2384. Seditious conspiracy.
If two or more persons in any State or Territory,
or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, conspire to overthrow, put down,
(83)
PAGENO="0214"
1778 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
§2384 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
or to destroy by force the Government of the or possess any property of the United States con-
United States, or to levy war against them, or to trary to the authority thereof, they shall each be
oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force fined not more than $~O,OOO or imprisoned not
to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any more than twenty yeare, or both. (As amended
law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, July 24, 1956, oh. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623.)
(84)
PAGENO="0215"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1779
TITLE 46-SHIPPING
CHAPTER 7-CARRIAGE OF EXPLOSIVES OR DAN-
GEROUS SUBSTANCES
170. Regulation of carriage of explosives or other danger-
ous articles on vessels.
(1) Vessel defined.
(2) Passenger-carrying vessel defined.
(3) Transportation, etc., of certain explosives pro-
hibited.
(4) Transportation, etc., of certain high explosives
on passenger-carrying vessels prohibited;
exceptions.
(5) Same; non-passenger-carrying vessels.
(6) Transportation, etc., of other explosives or other
dangerous articles; exceptions.
(7) Regulations for protection against hazards
created by explosives or other dangerous
articles.
(8) Masters, owners, etc., required to refuse unlaw-
ful transportation of explosives or other
dangerous articles.
(9) Publication of, hearings on, and effective date
of proposed regulations.
(10) Tendering explosives or other dangerous articles
for shipment without divulging true character
or in violation of section.
(11) Exemption of vessels from section or regula-
tions when compliance unnecessary for safety.
(12) Agencies charged with enforcement.
(13) Detention of vessels pending compliance with
section and regulations; penalty for false
swearing.
(14) Violation of section or regulations; penalty;
liability of vessel.
(15) Same; increased penalty in event of personal
injury or death.
(16) Transportation of motor vehicles carrying
gasoline, etc., penalty for violations.
170a. Same; use by vessels of launches, lifeboats, etc.,
employing combustible fuel; regulations.
170b. Same; appropriations.
§ 170. Regulation of can-loge of explosives or other
dangerous articles on vessels.
(1) Vessel defined.
The word "vessel" as used in this section shall
include every vessel, domestic or foreign, regard-
less of character, tonnage, size, service, and
whether self-propelled or not, on the navigable
waters of the United States, including its Terri-
tories and possessions, but not including the
Panama Canal Zone, whether arriving or depart-
ing, or under way, moored, anchored, aground, or
while in drydock; it shall not include any public
vessel which is not engaged in commercial service,
nor any vessel subject to the provisions of section
391a of this title, which is constructed or converted
for the principal purpose of carrying inflammable
or combustible liquid cargo in bulk in its own
tanks: Provided, That the provisions of subsec-
tion (3) of this section shall apply to every such
vessel subject to the provisions of section 391a of
this title, which is constructed or converted for the
principal purpose of carrying inflammable or
combustible liquid cargo in bulk in its own tanks.
(2) Passenger-carrying vessel defined.
The phrase "passenger-carrying vessel" as used
in this section, when applied to a vessel subject to
any provision of the International Convention for
Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, means a vessel which
carries or is authorized to carry more than twelve.
passengers.
(3) Transportation, etc., of certain explosives
prohibited.
It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport,
carry, convey, store, stow, or use on board any
vessel fulminates or other detonating compounds
in bulk in dry condition, or explosive composi-
tions that ignite spontaneously or undergo marked
decomposition when subjected for forty-eight con-
secutive hours to a temperature of one hundred
and sixty-seven degrees Fahrenheit, or composi-
tions containing an ammonium salt and a chlorate,
or other like explosives.
(4) Transportation, etc., of certain high explosives
on passenger-carrying vessels prohibited;
exceptions.
It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport,
carry, convey, store, stow, or use on board any
passenger-carrying vessel any high explosives
such as, and including, liquid nitroglycerin, dyna-
mite, trinitrotoluene, picrates, detonating fuzes,
fireworks that can be exploded en masse, or other
explosives susceptible to detonation by a blastin
cap or detonating fuze, except ships signal an
emergency equipment, and samples of such explo-
sives (but not including liquid nitroglycerin) for
laboratory or sales purposes in restricted quan-
tities as may be permitted by regulations of the
Commandant of the Coast Guard established
hereunder.
(5) Same; non-passenger-carrying vessels.
It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport,
carry, convey, store, stow, or use on board any
vessel other than a passenger-carrying vessel, any
high explosive referred to in subsection (4) of
this section except as permitted by the regulations
of the Commandant of the Coast Guard estab-
lished hereunder.
(6) Transportation, etc., of other explosives or
other dangerous articles; exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport,
carry, convey, store, stow, or use (except as fuel
for its own machinery) on board any vessel, ex-
(85)
PAGENO="0216"
1780 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
cept one specifically exempted by paragraph (b)
of this subsection, any other explosives or other
dangerous articles or substances, including in-
flammable liquids, inflammable so]ids, oxidizing
materials, corrosive liquids, compressed gases,
poisonous articles or substances, hazardous arti-
cles, and ships' stores and supplies of a dangerous
nature, except as permitted by the regulations of
the Commandant of the Coast t~1uard established
hereunder: Provided, That all of the provisions
of this subsection relating to the transportation,
carrying, conveying, storing, stowing, or use of
explosives or other dangerous articles or substances
shall apply to the transportation, carrying, con-
veying, storing, stowing, or using on board any
passenger vessel of any barrels, drums, or other
packages of any combustible liquid which gives
off inflammable vapors (as determined by flash-
point in open cup tester as used for test of burnin
oil) at or below a temperature of one hundred an
fifty degrees Fahrenheit and above eighty degrees
Fahrenheit.
(b) This subsection shall not apply to-
(i) vessels not exceeding fifteen gross tons
when not engaged in carrying passengers for hire;
(ii) vessels used exclusively for pleasure;
(iii) vessels not exceeding five hundred gross
tons while engaged in the fisheries;
(iv) tugs or towing vessels: Provided, however,
That any such vessel, when engaged in towing any
vessel that has explosives, inflammable liquids, or
inflammable compressed gases on board on deck,
shall be required to make such provisions to guard
against and extinguish fire as shall be prescribed
by the Commandant of the Coast Guard;
(v) cable vessels, dredges, elevator vessels, fire-
boats, icebreakers, pile drivers, pilot boats, welding
vessels, salvage and wrecking vessels;
(vi) inflammable or combustible liquid cargo
in bulk: Provided, however, That the handling and
stowage of any inflammable or combustible liquid
cargo in.bulk shall be subject to the provisions of
section 391a of this title.
(7) Regulations for protection against hazards
created by explosives or other dangerous
articles.
In order to secure effective provisions
against the hazards of health, life, limb, or prop-
erty created by explosives or other dangerous
articles or substances to which subsection (3)-
(4), (5) or (6) of this section apply-
(a) The Commandant of the Coast Guard
shall by. regulations define, describe, name, and
classify all explosives or other dangerous articles
or substances, and shall establish such regulations
as may be necessary to make effective the pro-
visions of this section with respect to the descrip-
tive names, packing, marking, labeling, and certi-
fication of such explosives or other dangerous
articles or substances; with respect to the specifi-
cations of containers for explosives or other dan-
gerous articles or substances; with respect to the
marking and labeling of said containers; and shall
accept a~d adopt for the purposes above mentioned
in this subsection such definitions, descriptions,
descriptive names, classifications, specifications of
containers, packing, marking, labeling, and certi-
fication of explosives or other dangerous articles
or substances to the extent as are or may be estab-
lished from time to time by the Interstate Com-
merce Commission insofar as they apply to ship-
pers by common carriers engaged in interstate or
foreign commerce by water. The Commandant of
the Coast Guard shall also establish regulations
with respect to the marking, handling, storage,
stowage, and use of explosives or other dangerous
articles or substances on board such vessels; with
respect to the disposition of any explosives or
other dangerous articles or substances found to be
in an unsafe condition; with respect to the neces-
sary shipping papers, manifests, cargo-stowage
plans, and the description and descriptive names
of explosives or other dangerous articles or sub-
stances to be entered in such shipping documents;
also any other regulations for the safe transporta-
tion, carriage, conveyance, storage, stowage, or use
of explosives or other dangerous articles or sub-
stances on board such vessels as the Commandant
of the Coast Guard shall deem necessary; and with
respect to the inspection of all the foregoing men-
tioned in this paragraph. The Commandant of
the Coast Guard may utilize the services of the
Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives
and Other Dangerous Articles, and of such other
organizations whose services he may deem to be
helpful.
(b) The transportation, carriage, conveyance,
storage, stowage, or use of such explosives or other
dangerous articles or substances shall be in accord-
ance with the regulations so established, which
shall, insofar as applicable to them, respectively,
be binding upon shippers and the owners, char-
terers, agents, masters, or persons in charge of
such vessels and upon all other persons transport-
ing, carrying, conveying, storing, stowing, or
usmg on board any such vessels any explosives or
other dangerous articles or substances: Provided,
That this section shall not be construed to prevent
the transportation of military or naval forces with
their accompanying munitions of war and stores.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be
construed to relieve any vessel subject to the provi-
sions of this section from any of the require-
ments of title 52 (sees. 4399 to 4500, inclusive) of
the Revised Statutes or acts amendatory or sup-
plementary thereto and regulations thereunder
applicable to such vessel, which are not inconsistent
herewith.
(36)
PAGENO="0217"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1781
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be
construed as preventing the enforcement of rea-
sonable local regulations now in effect or hereafter
adopted, which are not inconsistent or in conflict
with this section or the regulations of the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard established here-
under.
(e) The United States Coast Guard shall issue
no permit or authorization for the loading or dis-
charging to or from any vessel at any point or
place in the United States, its territories or posses-
sions (not including Panama Canal Zone) of any
explosives unless such explosives, for which a per-
mit is required by the regulations promulgated
pursuant to this section, are packaged, marked,
and labeled in conformity with regulations pre-
scribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission
under section 835 of Title 18, and unless such per-
mit or authorization specifies that the limits as
to maximum quantity, isolation and remoteness
established by local, municipal, territorial, or
State authorities for each port shall not be ex-
ceeded. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed
to limit or restrict the shipment, transportation,
or handling of military explosives by or for the
Armed Forces of the United States.
(8) Masters, owners, etc., required to refuse un-
lawful transportation of explosives or other
dangerous articles.
Any master, owner, charterer, or agent shall re-
fuse to transport any explosives or other dangerous
articles or substances in violation of any provisions
of this section and the regulations established
thereunder, and may require that any container
or package which he has reason to believe con-
tains explosives or other dangerous articles or
substances be opened to ascertain the facts.
(9) Publication of, hearings on, and effective date
of proposed regulations.
Before any regulations or any additions,
alterations, amendments, or repeals thereof are
made under the provisions of this section, except
in an emergency, such proposed regulations shall
be published and public hearings with respect
thereto shall be held on such notice as the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard deems advisable
under the circumstances. Any additions, altera-
tions, amendments, or repeals of such regulations
shall, unless a shorter time is authorized by the
Commandant of the Coast Guard, take effect
ninety days after their promulgation.
(10) Tendering explosives or other dangerous
articles for shipment without divulging true
character or in violation of section.
It shall be unlawful knowingly to deliver
or cause to be delivered, or tender for shipment to
any vessel subject to this section any explosives or
any other dangerous articles or substances defined
in the regulations of the Commandant of the
Coast Guard established hereunder under any
false or deceptive descriptive name, marking, in-
voice, shipping paper, or other declaration and
without informing the agent of such vessel in writ-
ing of the true character thereof at or before the
time such delivery or transportation is made. It
shall be unlawful for any person to tender for
shipment or ship on any vessel to which this sec-
tion applies, any explosives or other dangerous
articles or substances the transportation, carriage,
conveyance, storage, stowage, or use of which on
board vessels is prohibited by this section.
(11) Exemption of vessels from section or regu-
lations when compliance unnecessary for
safety.
The Commandant of the Coast Guard may
exempt any vessel or class of vessels from any
of the provisions of this section or any regula-
tions or parts thereof established hereunder upon
a finding by him that the vessel, route, area of
operations, conditions of the voyage, or other
circumstances are such as to render the application
of this section or any of the regulations established
hereunder unnecessary for the purposes of safety:
Provided, That except in an emergency such ex-
ception shall be made for any vessel or class of
vessels only after a public hearing.
(12) Agencies charged with enforcement.
The provisions of this section and the regu-
lations established hereunder shall be enforced
primarily by the Coast Guard of the Department
of the Treasury; which with the consent of the
head of any executive department, independent
establishment, or other agency of the Government,
may avail itself of the use of information, advice,
services2 facilities, officers, and employees thereof
(including the field service) in carrying out the
provisions of this section: Provided, That no offi-
cer or employee of the United States shall receive
any additional compensation for such services,
except as permitted by law.
(13) Detention of vessels pending compliance
with section and regulations; penalty for false
swearing.
Any collector of customs may, upon his own
knowledge, or upon the sworn information of
any reputable citizen of the United States, that
any vessel subject to this section is violating any
of the provisions of this section or of the regula-
tions established hereunder, by written order
served on the master, person in charge of such
vessel, or the owner or charterer thereof, or the
agent of the owner or charterer, detain such ves-
sel until such time as the provisions of this sec-
tion and of the regulations established hereunder
have been complied with. If the vessel be ordered
detained, the master, person in charge, or owner
(87)
PAGENO="0218"
1782 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
or charterer, or the agent of the owner or charterer
thereof, may within five days appeal to the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard, who may, after in-
vestigation, affirm, set aside, or modify the order
of such collector. If any reputable citizen of the
United States furnishes sworn information to any
collector of customs that any vessel, subject to this
section, is violating any of the provisions of this
section or of the regulations established hereunder,
and such information is knowingly false, the per-
son so falsely swearing shall be deemed guilty of
perjury.
(14) Violation of section or regulations; penalty;
liability of vessel.
Whoever shall knowingly violate any of the pro-
visions of this section or of any regulations estab-
lished under this section shall be subject to a
penalty of not more than $2,000 for each violation.
In the case of any such violation on the part of
the owner, charterer, agent, master, or person in
charge of the vessel, such vessel shall be liable for
the penalty and may be seized and proceeded
against by way of libel in the district court of t,he
United States in any district in which such vessel
maybe found.
(15) Same; increased penalty in event of per-
sonal injury or death.
When the death or bodily injury of any person
results from the violation of this section or any
regulations made in pursuance thereof, the person
or persons who shall have knowingly violated or
caused to be violated such provisions or regulations
shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned
notmore than ten years, orboth.
(16) Transportation of motor vehicles carrying
gasoline, etc., penalty for violations.
The transportation by vessels of gasoline or any
other inflammable or combustible liquid or inflam-
mable gas when carried by motor vehicles using
the same as a source of their own motive power, or
motive power for driving auxiliaries forming a
part of the vehicle, shall be lawful under the condi-
tions as set forth in the regulations established by
the Commandant of the Coast Guard under this
section: Provided, however, That the motor or
motors in any vehicle be stopped immediately
after entering the said vessel, and that the same be
not restarted until immediately before said vehicle
shall leave the vessel after said vessel has been
made fast to the wharf or ferry bridge at which
she lands. All other fire, if any, in such vehicle
shall be extinguished before entering the said
vessel and the same shall not be relighted until
after said vehicle shall leave the vessel: Provided
further, That the Commandant of the Coast
Guard, may, by regulation, permit the operation on
board vessels of motive power for driving auxili-
aries forming a part of motor vehicles, under such
conditions as he may deem proper: Provided fur-
ther, That any owner, charterer, agent, master, or
other person having charge of a vessel shall have
the right to refuse to transport motor vehicles tile
fuel titnks of which contain gasoline or other in-
flammable or combustible liquid or inflammable
gas used as a source of power for tile vehicle or its
auxiliaries: Provided further, That the owner,
motor carrier, and operator of any such vehicle in
which all fires have not been extinguished or the
motor or motors stopped as required by this sub-
section or regulations established thereunder, and
the owner, charterer, agent, master, or person in
charge of the vessel on lvhich such vehicle is trans-
ported, shall each be liable to a penalty of not
more than $500, for which the motor vehicle and
vessel respectively, shall be liable: Altd provided
further, That a violation of this subsection shall
not subject any person to the penalty provided in
subsection (14) or (15) of this section.
(R.S. 4472; Feb. 27, 1877, eb. 69, 1, 19 Stat. 252; Feb. 20,
1901, cb. 386, 31 Stat. 799; Feb. 18, 1905, cb. 586, 33 Stat. 720;
Mar. 3, 1905, cb. 1457. § 8, 33 Stat. 1031; May 25, 1906, cb.
2565, 14 Stat. 204; Jaa. 24. 1913, ch. 20, 37 Stat. 650; Mar. 4,
1913, cb. 145, § 1, 37 Stat. 716; Oct. 22, 1914, eb. 336, 38 Stat.
766' Star. 29. 1918, cb. 10, 40 Stat. 499; Mar. 2, 1925, eb. 3.87,
43 ~tat. 1093; Oct. 9, 1940, cb. 777, § 1, 54 Stat. 1023; Proc. No.
2695, Jaty 4, 1946, ii FR. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352; 1946 Reorg.
Plan Na. 3, §~ 101-204, eff. Jaly 16. 1946, 11 FR. 7875, 60 Stat.
1097; July 16, 1952, cb. 887. 66 Stat. 730.)
§ 170a. Same; use by vessels of launches, lifeboats,
etc., employing combustible fuel; regulations.
Nothing contained in section 170 of this title
shall prohibit the use by any vessel of motorboats,
launches, or lifeboats equipped with engines using
an inflammable or combustible fuel, nor shall any-
thing contained in said section prohibit such
motorboats, launches, or lifeboats from carrying
such inflammable or combustible fuel in their
tanks: Provided, Thatno such inflammable or com-
bustible fuel for the engines of such motorboats,
launches, or lifeboats shall be carried except as
may be prescribed by regulations of the Comman-
dant of the Coast Guard: Provided further, That
the use of such lifeboats shall be under Such regu-
lations as shall be prescribed by the Commandant
of the Coast Guard.
§ 170b. Same; appropriations.
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of sections 170-170b, 391a, 402, 414,
and 481 of this title and sections 382-885 of Title
18. (Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 777, § 8, 54 Stat. 1028.)
(38)
PAGENO="0219"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1783
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
CHAPTER 14-INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS
391a. Vessels having on board inflammable or combustible
liquid cargo in bulk.
(1) Vessels included.
(2) Rules and regulations for handling liquid cargo.
(3) Hearing before approval of rules.
(4) Certificate of inspection and permit required;
time of endorsing permit; inspection; duration
of permit; vessels of foreign nations; permit
for prohibited materials.
(5) Shipping documents required on board; contents.
(6) Number of officers and tankermen; certificate as
tankerman; suspension or revocation of
certificate.
(7) Penalties.
(5) Effective date of rules and regulations.
t 391 a. Vessels having on board inflammable or
combustible liquid cargo in bulk.
(1) Vessels included.
All vessels, regardless of tonnage, size, or man-
ner of propulsion, and whether self-propelled or
not, and whether carrying freight or passengers
for hire or not, that shall have on board any in-
flammable or combustible liquid cargo in bulk,
except public vessels owned by the United States,
other than those engaged in commercial service,
shall be considered steam vessels for the purposes
of title 52 of the Revised Statutes and shall be
subject to the provisions thereof: Provided, That
this section shall not apply to vessels having on
board only inflammable or combustible liquid for
use as fuel or stores or to vessels carrying liquid
cargo only in drums, barrels, or other packages.
(2) Rules and regulations for handling liquid
cargo.
In order to secure effective provision against the
hazards of life and property created by the vessels
to which this section applies, the Commandant of
the Coast Guard shall establish such additional
rules and regulations as may be necessary with
respect to the design and construction, alteration,
or repair of such vessels, including the superstruc-
tures, hulls, places for stowing and carrying such
liquid cargo, fittings, equipment, appliances, pro-
pulsive machinery, auxiliary machinery, and
boilers theriiof; and with respect to all materials
used in such construction, alteration, or repair;
and with respect to the handling and stowage of
such liquid cargo; the manner of such handling
or stowage; and the machinery and appliances
used in such handling and stowage; and with re-
spect to equipment and appliances for lifesaving
and fire protection; and with respect to the opera-
tion of such vessels; and with respect to the re-
quirements of the manning of such vessels and the
duties and qualifications of the officers and crews
thereof; and with respect to the inspection of all
the foregoing. In establishing such rules and
regulations the Commandant of the Coast Guard
may adopt rules of the American Bureau of Ship-
ping or slmilar American classification society for
classed vessels insofar as such rules pertain to the
efficiency of hulls and the reliability of machinery
of vessels to which this section applies. In estab-
lishing such rules and regulations, the Comman-
dant of the Coast Guard shall give due considera-
tion to the kinds and grades of such liquid cargo
permitted to be on board such vessel.
(3) Hearing before approval of rules.
Before any rules and regulations, or any altera-
tion, amendment, or repeal thereof, are approved
by the Commandant of the Coast Guard under the
provisions of this section, except in an emergency
the said Commandant shall publish such rules and
regulations and hold hearings with respect thereto
on such notice as he deems advisable under the
circumstances.
(4) Certificate of inspection and permit required;
time of endorsing permit; inspection; duration
of permit; vessels of foreign nations; permit
for prohibited materials.
No vessel subject to the provisions of this section
shall, after the effective date of the rules and regu-
lations established hereunder, have on beard such
liquid cargo, until a certificate of inspection has
been issued to such vessel in accordance with the
provisions of title 52 of the Revised Statutes and
until a permit has been endorsed on such certificate
of inspection by the Coast Guard, indicating that
such vessel is in compliance with the provisions of
this section and the rules and regulations estab-
lished hereunder, and showing the kinds and
grades of such liquid cargo that such vessel may
have on board or transport. Such permit shall
not be endorsed by the Coast Guard on such certif-
icate of inspection until such vessel, has been in-
spected by the Coast Guard and found to be in
compliance with the provisions of this section and
the rules and regulations established hereunder.
For the purpose of any such inspection, approved
plans and certificates of class of the American Bu-
reau of Shipping or other recognized classification
society for classed vessels may be accepted as evi-
dence of the structural efficiency of the hull and
the reliability of the machinery of such classed ves-
sels except as far as existing law places definite re-
sponsibility on the Coast Guard. A permit issued
under the provisions of this section shall be valid
for a period of time not to exceed the duration of
(39)
PAGENO="0220"
1784 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
the certificate of inspection on which such permit
is endorsed, and shall be subject to revocation by
the Coast Guard whenever it shall find that the
vessel concerned does not comply with the condi-
tions upon which such permit was issued: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of this subsection shall
not apply to vessels of a foreign nation having on
board a valid certificate of inspection recognized
under law or treaty by the United States: And
provided further, That no permit shall be issued
under the provisions of this section authorizing
the presence on board any vessel of any of the
materials expressly prohibited from being thereon
by subsection 3 of section 170 of thistitle.
(5) Shipping documents required on board;
contents.
Vessels subject to the provisions of this section
shall have on board such shipping documents as
may be prescribed by the Commandant of the
Coast Guard indicating the kinds, grades, and ap-
proximate quantities of such liquid cargo on board
such vessel, the shippers and consignees thereof,
and the location of the shipping and destination
points.
(6) Number of officers and tankermen; certificate
as tankerman; suspension or revocation of
certificate.
(a) In all cases where the certificate of inspec-
tion does not require at least two licensed officers
the Coast Guard shall enter in the permit issued
to any vessel under the provisions of this section
the number of the crew required to be certificated
as fankermen.
(b) The Coast Guard shall issue to applicants
certificates as tankerman, stating the kinds of
liquid cargo the holder of such certificate is, in
the judgment of the Coast Guard, qualified to
handle aboard vessels with safety, upon satisfac-
tory proof and examination, in form and manner
prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast
Guard, that the applicant is in good physical con-
dition, that such applicant is trained in and capa-
ble efficiently to perform the necessary operations
aboard vessels having such liquid cargo on board,
and that the applicant fulfills the qualifications of
tankerman as prescribed by the Commandant of
the Coast Guard under the provisions of this sec-
tion. Such certificates shall be subject to sus-
pension or revocation on the same grounds and in
the same manner and with like procedure as is
provided in the case of suspensinn or revocation
of licenses of officers under the provisions of sec-
tion 239 of this title.
(7) Penalties.
The owner, master, or person in charge of any
vessel subject to the provisions of this section, or
any or all of them, who shall violate the provi-
sions of this section, or of the rules and regulations
established hereunder, shall besubject to a fine of
not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(8) Effective date of rules and regulations.
The rules and regulations to be estnblishd pur-
suant to this section shall become effective ninety
days after their promulgation unless the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard shall for good cause
fix a different time.
(5.5. 4417a, as added June 28, 1988, oh. 720, 49 Stat. 1889,
and amended Oct. 9, 1940, cl 777, 9 8 54 Stat. 1028; 2946
Smog. Plan No. 3, §9 101-104, off. Juiy 16, 1940, 11 P.R. 7875,
60 stat. 1097.)
CHAPTER 24-MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1920
§ 882. Number of passengers cargo vessels may
carry.
Cargo vessels documented under the laws of the
United States may carry not to exceed sixteen per-
sons in addition to the crew between any ports
or places in the United States or its Districts, Ter-
ritories, or possessions, or between any such port
or place and any forei~n.port, or from any foreign
port to another foreign port, and such vessels
shall not be held to be `passenger vessels" or "ves-
sels carrying passengers" within the meaning of
the inspection laws and the rules and regulations
thereunder: Provided, That nothing herein shall
be taken to exempt such vessels from the laws,
rules, and regulations respecting life-saving
equipment: Provided further, That when any such
vessel carriks persons other than the crew as herein
provided for, the owner, agent, or master of the
vessel shall first notify such persons of the presenc.e
on board of any dangerous articles, as defined by
law, or of any other condition or circumstance
which would constitute a risk of safety for passen-
ger or crew.
The privilege bestowed by this section on vessels
of the United States shall be extended insofar as
the foreign trade is concerned to the cargo vessels
of any nation which allows the like privilege to
cargo vessels of the United States in trades not
restricted to vessels under its own flag.
Failure on the part of the owner, agent, or mas-
ter of the vessel to give such notice shall subject
(40)
PAGENO="0221"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1785
SECTJRITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
the vessel to a penalty of $500, which may be
mitigated or remitted by the Commandant of the
Coast Guard upon a proper representation of the
facts.
(June 5, 1920, cli. 250, 28, 41 Stat. 998; 1940 Reorg. Plan No.
3, §8 101-104, eff. July 10, 1948, 11 FR. 7875, 60 5tat. 1097.)
NOTE: This law in modiied by the International Convention
for Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, for all cargo vessels engaged on
international voyages, which may carry no more than 12 p55.
CHAPTER 28-CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA
1300. Bills of lading subject to chapter.
1301. Definitions.
1302. Duties and rights of carrier.
1303. Responsibilities and liabilities of carrier and ship.
(1) Seaworthiness.
(2) Cargo.
(3) Contents of bill.
(4) Bill as prima facie evidence.
(5) Guaranty of statements.
(6) Notice of loss or damage; limitation of actions.
(7) `Shipped" bill of lading.
(8) Limitation of liability for negligence.
1304. Rights and immunities of carrier and ship.
(1) tjnseaworthiness.
(2) Uncontrollable causes of loss.
(3) Freedom from negligence.
(4) Deviations.
(5) Amount of liability; valuation of cargo.
(6) Inflammable, explosive, or dangerous cargo.
1305. Surrender of rights; increase of liabilities; charter
parties; general average.
1306. Special agreement as to particular goods.
1307. Agreement as to liability prior to loading or after
discharge.
1308. Rights and liabilities under other provisions of Title
46.
1309. Discrimination between competing shippers.
1310. Weight of bulk cargo.
1311. Liabilities before loading and after discharge; effect
on other laws.
11(12. Scope of chapter; "United States"; "foreign trade".
1313. Suspension of provisions by President.
1314. Effective date; retroactive effect.
1315. Short title.
g 1300. Bills of lading aublect to chapter.
Every bill of lading or similar document of title
which is evidence of a contract for the carriage of
goods by sea to or from ports of the United States,
in foreign trade, shall have effect subject to the
provisions of this Chapter.
(Apr. 16, 1930, ch. 229, 49 Stat. 1207.)
f 1301. Definitions.
When used in this chapter-
(a) The term "carrier" includes the owner or
the charterer who enters into a contract of carriage
with a shipper.
(b) The term "contract of carriage" applies
only to contracts of carriage covered by a bill of
lading or any similar document of title, insofar as
such document relates to the carriage of goods by
sea, including any bill of lading or any similar doc-
ument as aforesaid issued under or pursuant to a
charter party from the moment at which such bill
of lading or similar document of title regulates
the relations between a carrier and a holder of the
same.
(c) The term "goods" includes goods, wares,
merchandise, and articles of every kind whatso-
ever, except live animals and cargo which by the
contract of carriage is stated as being carried on
deck and is so carried.
(d) The term "ship" means any vessel used for
the carriage of goods by sea.
(e) The term "carriage of goods" covers the
period from the time when the goods are loaded
on to the time when they are discharged from the
ship.
(Apr. 16, 1936, ch. 229, § 1, 49 5tat. 1208.)
§ 1302. Duties and rights of carrier.
Subject to the provisions of section 1306 of this
title, under every contract of carriage of goods by
sea, the carrier in relation to the loading, han-
dling, stowage, carriage, custody, care, and dis-
charge of such goods, shall be subject to the re-
sponsibilities and liabilities and entitled to the
rights and immunities set forth in sections 1303
and 1304 of this title.
(Apr. 18, 1936, ch. 229, § 2, 49 Stat. 1208.)
§ 1303. Responsibilities and liabilities of carrier and
ship.
(1) Seaworthiness.
The carrier shall be bound, before and at the
beginning of the voyage, to exercise due diligence
to-.
a) Make the ship seaworthy;
b) Properly man, equip, and supply the ship;
c) Make the holds, refrigerating and cooling
chambers, and all other parts of the ship in which
goods are carried, fit and safe for their reception,
carriage, and preservation. -
(2) Cargo.
The carrier shall properly and carefully load,
handle, stow, Carry, keep, care for, and discharge
the goods carried.
(3) Contents of bill.
After receiving the goods into his charge the
carrier, or the master or agent of the carrier, shall,
on demand of the shipper, issue to the shipper a
bill of lading showing among other things-
(41)
PAGENO="0222"
1786 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
(a) The leading marks necessary for identifica-
tion of the goods as the same are furnished in
writing by the shipper before the loading of such
goods starts, provided such marks are stamped or
otherwise shown clearly upon the goods if un-
covered, or on the cases or coverings in which such
goods are contained in such a manner as should
ordinarily remain legible until the end of the
voyage.
(b) Either the number of packages or pieces, or
the quantity or weight, as the case may be, as fur-
nished in writing by the shipper.
(c) The apparent order and condition of the
goods: Provided, That no carrier, master, or agent
of the carrier1 shall be bound to state or show in
the bill of lading any marks, nuipber, quantity, or
weight which he has reasonable ground for sus-
pecting not accurately to represent the goods
actually received, or which he has had no reason-
able means of checking.
(4) Bill as prima fade evidence.
Such a bill of lading shall be prima facie evi-
dence ofthe receipt by the carrier of the goods as
therein described in accordance with paragraphs
(?) (a), (b), and (c), of this section: Provided,
That nothing in this chapter shall be construed
as repealing or limiting the application of any
part of sections 81-124 of Title 49.
(5) Guaranty of statements.
The shipper shall be deemed to have guaranteed
to the carrier the accuracy at the time of shipment
of the marks, number, quantity, and weight, as
furnished by him; and the shipper shall indemnify
the carrier against all loss, damages, and expenses
arising or resulting from inaccuracies in such par-
ticulars. The right of the carrier to such indem-
nity shall in no way limit his responsibility and
liability under the contract of carriage to any per-
son other than the shipper.
(6) Notice of loss or damage; limitation of
actions.
Unless notice of loss or damage and the general
nature of such loss or damage be given in writing
to the carrier or his agent at the port of discharge
before or at the time of the removal of the goods
into the custody of the person entitled to delivery
thereof under the contract of carriage, such re-
moval shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery
by the carrier of the goods as described in the bill
of lading. If the loss or damage is not apparent,
the notice must be given within three days of the
delivery.
Said notice of loss or damage may be endorsed
upon the receipt for the goods given by the person
taking deliver~y thereof.
The notice in writing need not be given if the
state of the goods has at the time of their receipt
been the subject of joint survey or inspection.
In any event the carrier and the ship shall be
discharged from all liability in respect of loss or
damage unless suit is brought within one year
after delivery of the goods or the date when the
goods should have been delivered: Provided, That
if a notice of loss or damage, either apparent or
concealed, is not given as provided for in this sec-
tion, that fact shall not affect or prejudice the
right of the shipper to bring suit within one year
after the delivery of the goods or the date when the
goods should have been delivered.
In the case of any actual or apprehended loss
or damage the carrier and the receiver shall give
all reasonable facilities to each other for inspect-
ing and tallying the goods.
(7) "Shipped" bill of lading.
After the goods are loaded the bill of lad-
ing to be issued by the carrier, master, or agent
of the carrier to' the shipper shall, if the shipper
so demands, be a "shipped" bill of lading: Pro-
vided, That if the shipper shall have previously
taken up any document of title to suck goods,
he shall surrender the same as against the issue
of the "shipped" bill of lading, but at the option
of the carrier such document of title may be noted
at the port of shipment by the carrier, master, or
agent with the name or names of the ship or ships
upon which the goods have been shipped and the
date or dates of shipment, and when so noted the
same shall for the purpose of this section be
deemed to constitute a "shipped" bill of lading.
(8) LImitation of liability for negligence.
Any clause, covenant, or agreement in a
contract of carriage relieving the carrier or the
ship from liability for loss or damage to or in
connection with the goods, arising from negli-
gence, fault or failure in the duties and obliga-
tions provided in this section, or lessening such
liability otherwise than as provided in this chapter,
shall be null and void and of no effect. A benefit
of insurance in favor of the carrier, or similar
clause, shall be deemed to be a clause relieving
the carrier from liability.
(Apr. 16, 1936, rh 229, 1 3, 49 5tat. 1208.)
§ 1304. Rights and immunities of carrier and ship.
(1) Unseoworthlness.
Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be liable
for loss or damage arising or resulting from unsea-
worthiness unless caused by want of due diligence
on the part of the carrier to make the ship sea-
worthy, and to secure that the ship is properly
manned, equipped, and supplied, and to make the
holds, refrigerating and cool chambers, and all
other parts of the ship in which goods are carried
fit and safe for their reception, carriage, and
preservation in aCcordance with the provisions of
paragraph (1) of section 1303 of this title. When-
/
(42)
PAGENO="0223"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1787
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
ever loss or damage has resulted from the unsea-
worthiness, the burden of proving the exercise of
due diligence shall be on the carrier or other
persons claiming exemption under this section.
(2) Uncontrollable causes of loss.
Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be respon-
sible for loss or damage arising or resulting from-
(a) Act, neglect, or default of the master, mar-
iner, pilot, or the servants of the carrier in the
navigation or in the management of the ship;
(b) Fire, unless caused by the actual fault or
privity of the carrier;
(c) Perils, dangers, and accidents of the sea
or other navigable waters;
(d) ActofGod;
(e) Actof war;
(f) Act of public enemies;
(g) Arrest or restraint of princes, rulers, or
people, or seizure under legal process;
(h) Quarantine restrictions;
(i) Act or omission of the shipper or owner
of the goods, his agent or representative;
(j) Strikes or lockouts or stoppage or restraint
of labor from whatever cause, whether partial or
general: Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to relieve a carrier from respon-
sibility for the carrier's own acts;
(k) Riots and civil commotions;
(1) Saving or attempting to save life or prop-
erty at sea;
(m) Wastage in bulk or weight or any other
loss or damage arising from inherent defect, qual-
ity, or vice of the goods;
(n) Insufficiency of packing;
(o) Insufficiency or inadequacy of marks;
(p) Latent defects not discoverable by due dili-
gence; and
(q Any other cause arising without the actual
fault and privity of the carrier and without the
fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the
carrier, but the burden of proof shall be on the
person claiming the benefit of this exception to
show that neither the actual fault or privity of
the carrier nor the fault or neglect of the agents
or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss
or damage.
(3) Freedom from negligence.
The shipper shall not be responsible for loss or
damage sustained by the carrier or the ship aris-
ing or resulting from any cause without the act,
fault, or neglect of the shipper, his agents, or
his servants.
(4) DevIations.
Any deviation in saving or attempting to save
life or property at sea, or any reasonable devia-
tion shall not be deemed to be an infringement
or breach of this chapter or of the contract of
carriage, and the carrier shall not be liable for
any loss or damage resulting therefrom: Provided,
however, That if the deviation is for the purpose
of loading or unloading cargo or passengers it
shall, prima facie, be regarded as unreasonable.
(5) Amount of liability; valuation of cargo.
Neither the carrier nor the ship shall in any
event be or become liable for any loss or damage
to or in connection with the transportation of
goods in an amount exceeding $500 per package
lawful money of the United States, or in case of
goods not shipped in packages, per customary
freight unit, or the equivalent of that sum in other
currency, unless the nature and value of such
goods have been declared by the shipper before
shipment and inserted in the bill of lading This
declaration, if embodied in the bill of lading, shall
be prima facie evidence, but shall not be conclu-
sive on the carrier.
By agreement between the carrier, master, or
agent of the carrier, and the shipper another
maximum amount than that mentioned in this
paragraph may be fixed: Provided, That such
maximum shall not be less than the figure above
named. In no event shall the carrier be liable for
more than the amount of damage actually sus-
tained.
Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be respon-
sible in any event for loss or damage to or in
connection with the transportation of the goods
if the nature or value thereof has been knowingly
and fraudulently misstated by the shipper in the
bill of lading.
(6) Inflammable, explosive, or dangerous cargo.
Goods of an inflammable, explosive, or danger-
ous nature to the shipment whereof the carrier,
master or agent of the carrier, has not consented
with knowledge of their nature and character,
may at any time before discharge be landed at
any place or destroyed or rendered innocuous by
the carrier without compensation, and the shipper
of such goods shall be liable for all damages and
expenses directly or indirectly arising out of or
resulting from such shipment. If any such goods
shipped with such knowledge and consent shall
become a danger to the ship or cargo, they may
in like manner be landed at any place, or destroyed
or rendered innocuous by the carrier without lia-
bility on the part of the carrier except to general
average, if any.
(Apr. iS, 1920, cli. 229, 1 4, 49 Stat. 1110.)
§ 1305. Sunencter of rights; increase of liabilities;
charter parties; general average.
A carrier shall be at liberty to surrender in
whole or in part all or any of his rights and kit-
munities or to increase any of his responsibilities
and liabilities under this chapter, provided such
surrender or increase shall be embodied in th
bill of lading issued to the shipper.
(48)
PAGENO="0224"
1788 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
The provisions of this chapter shall not be appli-
cable to charter parties; but if bills of lading are
issued in the case of a ship under a charter party,
they shall comply with the terms of this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall be held to prevent
the insertion in a bill of lading of any lawlul pro-
vision regarding general average.
(Apr. 16, 1926, ch. 229, § 5, 49 Stat. 1211.)
§ 1306. Special agreement as to particular goods.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1303-
1305 of this title, a carrier, master or agent of
the carrier, and a shipper shall, in regard to any
particular goods be at liberty to enter into any
agreement in any terms as to the responsibility and
liability of the carrier for such goods, and as to tile
rights and immunities of the carrier in respect to
such goods, or his obligation as to seaworthiness
(so far as the stipulation regarding seaworthiness
is not contrary to public policy), or the care or
diligence of his servants or agents in regard to the
loading, handling, stowage, carriage, custody,
care, and discharge of the goods carried by sea:
Provided, That in this case no bill of lading has
been or shall be issued and that the terms agreed
shall be embodied in a receipt which shall be a non-
negotiable document and shall be marked as such.
Any agreement so entered into shall have full
legal effect: Provided, That this section shall not
apply to ordinary commercial shipments made in
the ordinary course of trade but only to other ship-
ments where the character or condition of the
property to be carried or the circumstances, terms,
and conditions under which the carriage is to be
performed are such as reasonably to justify a spe-
cial agreement.
(Apr. 16, 1956, ch. 229, 1.6, 49 Stat. 1211.)
§ 1307. Agreement as to liability prior to loading
or after discharge.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent
a carrier or a shipper from entering into any
agreement, stipulation, condition, reservation, or
exemption as to the responsibility and liability of
the carrier or the ship for the loss or damage to or
in connection with the custody and care and han-
dling of goods prior to the loading on and subse-
quent to the discharge from the ship on which the
goods are carried by sea.
(Apr. 16, 1916, CS. 229, § 7. 49 Stat. 1212.)
§ 1308. Rights and liabilities under other provisions
of Titlö 46.
The provisions of this chapter shall not affect
the rights and obligations of the carrier under the
provisions of the Shipping Act, 1916, or under the
provisions of sections 175, 181-183, and 183b-188
of this title or of any amendments thereto; or
under the provisions of any other enactment for
the time being in force relating to the limitation
of tile liability of the owners of seagoing vessels.
(Apr. 141, 1936, ch. 229, § 5, 49 Stat. 1212.)
§ 1309. Discrimination between competing ship-
pers.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be con-
strued as permitting a common carrier by water
to discriminate between competing shippers sim-
ilarly placed in time and circumstances, either (a)
with respect to their right to demand and receive
bills of lading subject to the provisions of this
chapter; or (b) when issuing such bills of lading,
either in the surrender of any of the carrier s
rights and immunities or in the increase of any of
the carrier's responsibilities and liabilities pur-
suant to section 1305 of this title: or (c) in any
other way prohibited by the Shipping Act, 1916,
as amended.
(Apr. 16, 1936, cii. 229, § 6, 49 Stat. 1212.)
§ 1310. Weight of bulk cargo.
Where under the customs of any trade the
weight of any bulk cargo inserted in the bill of
lading is a weight ascertained or accepted by a
third party other than tile carrier or the shipper,
and the fact that the weiffht is so ascertained or
accepted is stated in the bill of lading, then, not-
withstanding anything in this chapter, the bill of
lading shall not be deemed to be prima facie evi-
dence against the carrier of the receipt of goods
of the weight so inserted in the bill of lading, and
the accuracy thereof at the time of shipment shall
not be deemed to have been guaranteed by the
shipper.
(Apr. 16, 1926, cii. 229, 1 11, 49 Stat. 1212.)
81311. Liabilities before loading and afterdis-
charge; effect on other laws.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as
superseding any part of sections 190-196 of this
title, or of any other law which would he appli-
cable in the absence of this chapter, insofar as they
relate to the duties; responsibilities, and liabilities
of the ship or carrier prior to the time when the
goods are loaded on or after the time they are dis-
charged from the ship.
(Apr. 16, 1936, cii. 229, § 12, 49 Stat. 1212.)
§ 1312. Scope of chapter; "United States"; "foreign
trade." -
This chapter shall apply to all contracts for
carriage of goods by sea to or from ports of the
United States in foreign trade. As used in this
chapter the term "United States" includes its dis-
tricts, territories, and possessions. The term "for-
eign trade" means the transportation of goods be-
tween the ports of the United States and ports~
of foreign countries. Nothing in this chapter
(44)
PAGENO="0225"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1789
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
shall be held to apply to contracts for carriage of
goods by sea between any port of the United
States or its possessions, and any other port of the
United States or its possessions: Provided, how-
ever, That any bill of lading or similar document
of title which is evidence of a contract for the
carriage of goods by sea between such ports, con-
taining an express statement that it shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be sub-
jected hereto as fully as if subject hereto by the
express provisions of this chapter: Provided,
further, That every bill of lading or similar docu-
ment of title which is evidence of a contract for
the carriage of goods by sea from ports of the
United States in foreign trade, shall contain a
statement that it shall have effect subject to the
provisions of this chapter.
(Apr. 16, 1936, ch. 229 13, 49 Stat. 1112; Proc. No. 2695,
July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7511', 60 stat. 1352.)
§ 1313. Suspension of provisions by President.
Upon the certification of the Secretary of Com-
merce that the foreign commerce of the United
States in its competition with that of foreign na-
tions is prejudiced by the provisions, or any of
them, of sections 1301-1308 of this title, or by the
laws of any foreign country or countries relating
to the carriage of goods by sea, the President of
the United States may, from time to time, by
proclamation, suspend any or all provisions of*
said sections for such periods of time or indefinite-
ly as may be designated in the proclamation. The
President may at any time rescind such suspen-
sion of said sections, and any provisions thereof
which may have been suspended shall thereby be
reinstated and again apply to contracts thereafter
made for the carriage of goods by sea. Any proc-
lamation of suspension or rescission of any such
suspension shall take effect on a date named there-
in, which date shall be not less than ten days
from the issue of the proclamation.
Any contract for the carriage of goods by sea,
subject to the provisions of this chapter, effective
during any period when sections 1301-1308 of this
title, or any part thereof, are suspended, shall be
subject to all provisions of law now or hereafter
applicable to that part of said sections which may
have thus been suspended.
(Apr. 16, 1936, oh. 229, § 14, 49 Stat. 1213.)
§ 1314. Effective date; retroactive effect.
This chapter shall take effect ninety days after
April 16, 1936; but nothing in this chapter shall
apply during a period not to exceed one year fol-
lowing April 16, 1936, to any contract for the car-
riage of goods by sea, made before April 16, 1936,
nor to any bill of lading or similar document of
title issued, whether before or after such date in
pursuance of any such contract as aforesaid.
(Apr. 16, 1936, oh. 22.9, 15, 49 Stat. 1213.)
1315. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the "Carriage
of Goods by Sea Act."
(Apr. 16, 1936, oh. 229, 1 16, 49 Stat. 1213.)
COAST GUARD PORT SECURITY CARDS
The United States Coast Guard is authorized
to issue Coast Guard Port Security Cards a-s one
means of identification of persons regularly em-
ployed on vessels or on waterfront facilities or
of persons having regular public or private busi-
ness connected with the operation, maintenance,
or administration of vessels, their cargues, or
waterfront facilities. The practice is to limit the
validity of these Coast Guard Port Security Cards
to a definite period of time from the date of issu-
ance. The Coast Guard Port Security Cards is-
sued prior to October 1952 bear a date of expira-
tion two years after the date of issuance. Coast
Guard Port Security Cards issued `between Octo-
ber 1952 and January 1954 indicate a period of
validity of four years from the date of issuance.
The Coast Guard Port Security Cards issued be-
tween January 1954 and January 1957 bear a
validity period of six years from the date of issu-
ance thereof. It is not deemed appropriate or nec-
essary to require the rescreening of holders of
Coast Guard Port Security Cards and the reissu-
ance of such cards at this time.
By virtue of the authority vested in me as Corn-
man'dant, United States Coast Guard, by 33 CFR
6.10-7 in Executive Order 10173, as amended by
Executive Orders 10277 `and 10352 (15 F.R. 7005,
7007, 7008, 16 F.R. 7537, 7538, 17 FR. 4607),
notice is given to holders of Coast Guard Port
Security Cards (Form CG-2514) that the period
of validity of such cards, unless sooner sur-
rendered or canceled by proper authority, will be
for a period of eight years from the date of is-
suance thereof instead of the various periods as
indicated on the reverse of the cards.
This document supersedes Coast Guard Docu-
ment CGFR 53-62 entitled "Coast Guard Port
Security Cards", dated January 11, 1954, and pub-
lished January 16, 1954 (19 F. R. 306).
Dated: January 22, 1957.
[SEAL] J. A. HIRSHFIELD,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard,
Acting Commnandant.
(CGFR 57-3 pubilahed in Federal Register January 29, 1957)
94-756 0-68 - pt.2 --15
(45)
PAGENO="0226"
1790. AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
Subpart or
Section
3.05 First Coast. Guard District
3.05-i First District
3.05-55 Boston Captain of the Port
3.05-60 ProvidenCe Captain of the Port
3.05-70 Portland Captain of the Port
3.10 Second Coast Guard District
3.10-i Second District
3.10-55 Cairo Captain of the Port
3.10-60 Cincinnati Captain of the Port
310-65 Dubuque Captain of the Port
3.10-70 Huntington Captain of the Port
3.10-75 Louisville Captain of the Port
3.10-80 Memphis Captain of the Port
3.10-85 Nashville Captain of the Port
3.10-90 Pittsburgh Captain of the Port
3.10-95 St. Louis Captain of the Port
315 Third Coast Guard District
3.15-i Third Dittrict
:i.ir-ao Albany Captain of the Port
3.15-55 New London Captain of the Port
3.15-60 New York Captain of the Port
3.15-65 Philadelphia Captain of the Port
325 Fifth Coast Guard District
3.25-i Fifth District
3.25-55 Baltimore Captain of the Port
3.25-60 Norfolk Captain of the Port
3.25-65 Wilmington Captain of the Port
3.35 Seventh Coast Guard District
3.35-i Seventh District
3.35-55 Cjsarleston Captain of the Port
3.35-60 Jacksonville Captain of the Port
3.35-65 Key West Captain of the Port
3.35-70 Miami Captain of the Port
3.35-72 Port Canaveral Captain of the Port
3.35-75 San Juan Captain of the Port
3.35-SO Savannah Captain of the Port
3.35-85 Tampa Captain of the Port
3.40 Eighth Coast Guard District
3.40-1 Eighth District
3.40-55 Corpus Christ! Captain of the Port
3.40-60 Galveston Captain of the Port
3.40-65 Houston Captain of the Pert
3.40-70 Mobile Captain of the Port
3.40-75 New Orleans Captain of the Port
3.40-80 Sabine Captain of the Port
3.40-85 Port Isabel Captain of the Port
3.45 Ninth Coast Guard DistriCt
3.45-i Ninth District
3.45-55 Bui!alo Captain of the Port
3.45-60 Chicago Captain of the Port
3.45-05 Cleveland Captain of the Port
3.45-70 Detroit Captain of the Port
3.45-75 Duluth Captain of the Port
3.45-80 Ludington Captain of the Port
3.45-85 Milwaukee Captsin of the Port
3.45-90 Oswego Captain of the Port
3.45-95 Sault Ste. Marie Captain of the Port
3.45-97 Toledo Captain of the Port
3.55 Mleventh Coast Guard District
3.55-i Eleventh District
3.55-55 San Diego Captain of the Port
3.55-60 Los Angeles Captain of the Port
3.60 Twelfth Coast Guard District
3.60-i Twelfth District
3.60-55 San Francisco Captain of the Port
3.65 Thirteenth Coast Guard District
3.65-1 Thirteenth District
3.65-55 Portland Captain of the Port
3.65-60 Seattle Captain of the Port
Subpart or
Section
3.70 Fourteenth Coast Guard District
3.70-1 Fourteenth District
3.70-55 Honolulu Captain of the Port
3.70-00 Guam Captain of the Port
3.85 Seventeenth Coast Guard District
3.85-i Seventeenth District
3.85-55 Anchorage Captain of the Port
3.85-60 Juneau Captain of the Port
3.85-05 Ketchikan Captain of the Port
Aurnosivy: §1 3.05-1 to 3.85-63 issued snder sec. 3.60 Stat.
238, and sec. 635, 63 Stat. 145; U_s_c. 1002. 14 ~is.c. 633.
Treasury Department Orders 110, July 31, 1950, 15 FR. 6521;
167-17, June 29, 1955, 20 FR. 4976.
3.05-FIRST COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.05-1 First district.
(a) The District Office is in Boston, Massachu-
setts.
(b) The First Coast Guard District shall com-
prise Maine and New Hampshire; Vermont, ex-
cept the counties of Orleans, Franklin, Grand Isle,
Chittenden, and Addison; Massachusetts, except
the waters of Congamond Lakes; Rhode Island,
with the exception of Watch Hill Light Station;
that portion of Connecticut containing the waters
of Beach Pond in New London County; all United
States naval reservations on shore in Newfound-
land; the ocean area north of a line from Watch
Hill Light south to Montauk Point Light, thence
1125T.
3.05-55 Boston Captain of the Port.
(a) The Boston Captain of the Port Office is in
Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) The Boston Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous las.d areas within the following
boundaries: On the east the 70°50' W. meridian,
on the south the 42°13' N. parallel, on the west the
71°05' W. meridian, and on the north the 42°25' N.
parallel.
3.05-60 Providence Captain of the Port.
(a) The Providence Captain of the Port Office
is in Providence, Rhode Island.
(b) The Providence Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line extending from Point
Judith, RI., Light in an east-northeasterly direc-
tion to the southern tip of Sakonnet Point, RI.,
thence in a north-northeasterly direction to 41°45'
N., 71°07'40" W., thence westerly to 41°45'OO" N.,
71°20' W., thence in a north-northwesterly direc:
tion to 41°48' N., 71°22' W., thence northerly to
41°53'OO" N., 71°22' .%V., thence westerly to 41°53'
N., 1i°29' W., thence southerly to Point Judith
Light.
TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
PART 3-COAST GUARD DISTRICTS AND CAPTAIN OF THE PORT AREAS
(46)
PAGENO="0227"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1791
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
3.05-70 Portland Captain of the Port.
(a) The Portland Captain of the Port Office is
in Portland, Maine.
(b) The Portland Captain of the Port areacom-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extending from Cape Eliza-
beth Light in a northeasterly direction to Half wa7
Rock Light, thence north to 43°50' N., 70°02'lS
W., in Maquoit Bay, thence west to 43°50' N.,
70°19' W., thence south to 43°34' N., thence east-
erly to Cape Elizabeth Light.
3.10-SECOND COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.10-1 Second district.
(a) The District Office is in St.. Louis, Missouri.
(b) The Second Coast Guard District shall com-
prise West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Okla-
homa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri,
Pennsylvania south of latitude 41° N. and west of
longitude 790 W.; those parts of Ohio and Indiana
south of latitude 41° N.; Illinois, except that part
north of latitude 41° N. and east of longitude 900
W.; Wisconsin south of latitude 46°20' N. and
west of longitude 90° W.; Minnesota south of lati-
tude 46°20' N.; and those parts of Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, and Alabama north of latitude 34° N.
3.10-55 Cairo Captain of the Port.
(a) The Cairo Captain of the Port Office is in
Cairo, Illinois.
(b) The Cairo Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: Starting at 41° N. latitude and 87°10'
W. longitude; thence south to, but not including
Fowler, md.; thence southwest to, but not includ-
ing Urbana, Ill.; thence south to, but not including
Arcola, Ill.; thence south to, but not including
Altamont, Ill.; thence south to, but not including
Mount Vernon, Ill.; thence southwest to, but not
including Oak Ridge, Mo.; thence southeast to,
but not including Beiston, Mo.; thence south to,
but not includiflg Sikeston, Mo.; thence due east
to Scottsville, Ky.; thence northwest to, but not
including Mount Vernon, md.; thence northeast
to 86°10' W. longitude and 40°45' N. latitude;
thence northwest to 41° N. latitude and 86°30' W.
longitude; thence due west to 87°10' W. longitude.
3.10-60 Cincinnati Captain of the Port.
(a) The Cincinnati Captain of the Port Office
is in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(b) The Cincinnati Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 86°30' W. longi-
tude and 41° N. latitude; thence southeast to, but
not including Anderson, md.; thence southeast to,
but not including Carrollton, Ky.; thence to, but
not including Winchester, Ky.; thence to, but not
including Cannel City, Ky.; thence to, but not in-
cluding Jenkins, Ky.; thence east and north along
the Kentucky State line to Louisa, Ky.; thence in
a northerly direction to Portsmouth, Ohio; thence
north to 41° N. latitude approximately 8 miles
west of New Washington, Ohio; thence due west
to 86°30' W. longitude.
3.10-65 Dubuque Captain of the Port.
(a) The Dubuque Captain of the Port Office
is in Dubuque, Iowa.
(b) The Dubuque Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: Starting at a point where the Mon-
tana-North Dakota State line touches the Cana-
dian border; thence east along the Canadian border
until it meets the Red River of the North; thence
south along this river to 46°25' N. latitude and
96°35' W. longitude; thence due east until this
line meets 90° W. longitude; thence due south to
41°10' N. latitude; thence in a southwesterly direc-
tion to and including Keokuk, Iowa; thence in a
northwesterly direction to and including Sioux
City, Iowa; thence due west to the Idaho, Wyo-
ming State line at 42°30' N. latitude and 111° W.
longitude; thence north along the Idaho, Wyoming
State line to 45° N. latitude; thence east along the
Wyoming State line to 45° N. latitude and 104 W.
longitude; thence due north along the Montana
State line to the Canadian border.
3.10-70 Huntington Captain of the Port.
(a) The Huntington Captain of the Port Office
is in Huntington, West Virginia.
(b) The Huntington Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 41° N. latitude,
approximately 8 miles west of New Washington,
Ohio; thence proceeds south to, but not including
Portsmouth, Ohio; thence southeast to Louisa,
Ky.; thence along the Kentucky, West Virginia
State line (Big Sandy River) to the Kentucky,
West Virginia, and Virginia State line; thence
north and east along the West Virginia, Virginia
State line to West Virginia, Virginia, and Mary-
land State line (Potomac River) ; thence along the
West Virginia, Maryland State line to Fairfax,
W. Va.; thence northwest to, but not including
Fairmont, W. Va.; thence northwest to Dam No.
13, Ohio River (about ~`/~ miles west of Wheeling,
W. Va.) ; thence continuing northwest in a straight
line to 81°40' W. longitude and 41° N. latitude;
thence due west to approximately 8 miles west of
New Washington, Ohio.
(47)
PAGENO="0228"
1792 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
3.10-75 Louisville Captain of the Port.
(a) The Louisville Captain of the Port Office
is in Louisville, Kentucky.
(b) The Louisville Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 86°10' W. longi-
tude and 40°45' N. latitude; thence southwest to
and including Mount Vernon, md.; thence south-
east to, but not including Scottsville, Ky.; thence
due east to the Virginia State line; thence north-
east along the Virginia State line to Jenkins, Ky.;
thence northwest to Cannel City, Ky.; thence
northwest to Winchester, Ky.; thence northwest
to Carrollton, Ky.; thence northwest to Anderson,
md.; thence northwest to 86°1O' W. longitude and
40°45' N. latitude.
3.10-80 Memphis Captain of the Port.
(a) The Memphis Captain of the Port Office
is in Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) The Memphis Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 38°30' N. latitude
and 109° W. longitude, on the Utah, Colorado
State line and runs due east to, but not including
LaCrosse, Kans.; thence east to, but not including
McPherson Kans.; thence southeast to, but not
including dreenfield, Mo;; thence southeast to, but
not including Springfield, Mo.; thence east to, but
not including Cabool, Mo.; thence northeast to,
but not including Licking, Mo.; thence east to, but
not including Oak Ridge, Mo.; t.hence southeast
to and including. Benton, Mo.; thence south to and
including Sikeston, Mo.; thence east to and includ-
ing Bardwell, Ky.; thence southeast to 34° N. lati-
tude and 88° W. longitude; thence due west along
34° N. latitude to the Oklahoma, Arkansas State
line; thence due south to the Red River; thence
west, north, and west along the Oklahoma, Texas
State line to t.he New Mexico State line; thence
due north along the New Mexico, Oklahoma State
line to 37° N. latitude; thence due west along the
Colorado, New Mexico State line to 109° W. longi-
tude; thence due north along the Utah, Colorado
State line to 38°30' N. latitude.
3.10-85 NashvIlle Captain of the Port.
(a) The Nashville Captain of the Port Office
is in Nashville, Tennessee.
(b) The Nashville Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 88° W. longitude
and 34° N. latit.ude; thence due east. to the Georgia,
Alabama State line; thence northwest to the Ten-
nessee, Alabama State line; thence north and east
to the North Carolina State line; thence following
the Tennessee, North Carolina State line; thence
west along the Tennessee, Virginia State line to
the Kentucky State line; thence northeast along
the Kentucky, Virginia State line to 36°45' N. lati-
tude, thence due west to and including Scottsville,
Ky.; and continuing west to, but not including
Bardwell, Ky.; thence southeast to 88° W. longi-
tude and 34° N. latitude.
3.10-90 Pittsburgh Captain of the Port.
(n) The Pittsburgh Captain of the Port Office
is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(b) The Pittsburgh Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 41° N. latitude and
.79° W. longitude; thence due south to the junction
of the Pennsylvania, Maryland State line; thence
west and south along the Pennsylvania, Maryland
State line to Fairfax, W. Va.; thence northwest to,
and including Fairmont, W. Va.; thence northwest
to, but not including Dam No. 13 Ohio River
(about 31/2 miles west of Wheeling, W. Va.);
thence continuing in a straight line to 41° N. lati-
tude and 81°40' W. longitude; thence due east to
79° W. longitude.
3.10-95 St. Louis Captain of the Port.
(a) The St.. Louis Captain of the Port Office
is in St. Louis, Missouri.
(b) The St. Louis Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: Starting at 42°30' N. latitude
and 111° W. longitude, on the Wyoming, Idaho
State line and runs due east to, but not including
Sioux City, Iowa; thence southeast to, but not
including Keokuk, Iowa; thence northeast to
41°10' N. latitude and 90° W. longitude; thence
due south to 41° N. latitude; thence due east to
87°10' W. longitude; thence due south to and in-
cluding Fowler, md.; thence southwest to Urbana,
Ill.; thence south to Arcola, fll.; thence south .to
Altamont, Ill.; thence south to Mount Vernon,
Ill.; thence south to Oak Ridge, Mo.; thence west
to Licking, Mo.; thence southwest to Cabool, Mo.;
thence west to Springfield, Mo.; thence northwest
to Greenfleld, Mo.; thence northwest to McPher-
son, Kans.; thence west to LaCrosse, Kans.; thence
due west to where this line touches the Utah, Cob-
rado State line; thence north along theUtah, Colo-
rado State line to 41° N. latitude and 109° W.
longitude; thence due west along the Utah, Wyo-
ming State line to 111° W. longitude; thence due
north along the Wyoming State line to 42°30' N.
latitude and 111° W. longitude.
(48)
PAGENO="0229"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 19~5O 1793
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
3.15-THIRD COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.15-1 Third district.
(a) The District Office is in New York, N.Y.
(b) The Third Coast Guard District shall coIn-
prise the counties of Orleans, Franklin, Grand
Isle, Chittenden, and Addison, in Vermont; Con-
necticut, but not including the waters of Beach
Pond in New London County; Watch Hill Sta-
tion in Rhode Island; that portion of Massachu-
setts containing the waters of Congamond Lakes
in Hampden County; New York, except that part
north of latitude 42° N. and west of longitude
74°39' W.; New Jersey; Pennsylvania east of
longitude 79° W.; Delaware, including Fenwick
Island Light but not including that portion of
Delaware containing the reaches of the Nanticoke
River and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal;
the ocean area between a line from Watch Hill
Light due south to Montauk Point Light, thence
112° T. and a line from the Coastal end of the
Third-Fifth Coast Guard District boundary,
thence 122° T.
3.15-50 Albany Captain of the Port.
(a) The Albany Captain of the Port Office is
located in Albany, N.Y.
(b) The Albany Captain of the Port area com-
prises all the navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: On the east, the 73°39' W.
longitude; on the south, the 41°33' N. latitude; on
the west, the 74°1O' W. longitude; and on the
north, the 42°48' N. latitude.
3.15-55 New London Captain of the Port.
(a) The New London Captain of the Port Office
is in New London, Conn.
(b) The New London Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: On the east the 72°04'30" W.
meridian, on the south a line extending through
New London Harbor Light and Eastern Point, on
the west the 72°06'30" W. meridian, and on the
north the parallel extending through Ice House
Light.
3.15-60 New York Captain of the Port.
(a) The New York Captain of the Port Office
is located in New York, N.Y.
(b) The New York Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line extending from Nave-
sink South Tower through Ambrose Lightship to
the 73°39'OO" W. meridian, 40°35' N. parallel;
thence due north to 41° N. parallel; thence due
west to the 74°1O' W. meridian; thence southwest-
erly to a point located at 40°30' N., 74°30' W.;
thence due south to the 40°23'48" N. parallel;
thence due east to Navesink South Tower.
3.15-65 Philadelphia Captain of the Port.
(a) The Philadelphia Captain of the Port Of-
fice is located in Philadelphia, Pa.
(b) The Philadelphia Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line extending from Here-
ford Inlet Light to the south tower at Indian
River Inlet; thence northwesterly to a point on
the Delaware-Maryland boundary at 39°20' N.
latitude; thence northerly along Delaware-Mary-
land boundary to a point at 39°35' N. latitude
(not including the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal); thence northeasterly to a point 40°20'
N. latitude, 74°50' W. longitude; thence east to
the 74°40' W. longitude; thence south to the
40°07'30" N. latitude; thence southwesterly to a
point at 39°35' N. latitude, 75°20' W. longitude;
thence southeasterly to a point 39°20' N. latitude,
74055F W. longitude; thence south-southeasterly to
Hereford Inlet Light.
3.25-FIFTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.25-1 Fifth district.
(a) The District Office is in Portsmouth, Va.
(b) The Fifth Coast Guard District shall com-
prise Maryland, Virginia, District of ~Columbia,
North Carolina, and that portion of Delaware con-
taining the reaches of the Nanticoke River and the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal; and the ocean
between a line from the coastal end of the Third-
Fifth Coast Guard District boundary, thence 122°
T., and a line from the coastal end of the Fifth-
Seventh Coast Guard District boundary, thence
122° T.
3.25-55 Baltimore Captain of the Port.
(a) The Baltimore Captain of the Port Office
is in Baltimore, Md.
(b) The Baltimore Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: On the east the 76°15' W.
meridian; on the south the 38°53'30" N. parallel,
on the west the 76°40' W. meridian and on the
north the 39°18' N. parallel.
3.25-60 Norfolk Captain of the Port.
(a) The Norfolk Captain of the Port Office is
in Norfolk, Va.
(b) The Norfolk Captain of the Port area corn-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extending from Cape Charles
(49)
PAGENO="0230"
1794 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
Light in a south-southwesterly direction to a point
located at 36°45' N., 76° W., thence west to 76°49'
W., thence north to 37°15' N., thence in an easterly
direction to Caps Charles Light.
3.25-65 Wilmington Captain of the Port.
(a) The Wilmington Captain of the Port Office
is in Wilmington, N.C.
(b) The Wilmington Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: On the east the 77°55' W.
meridian, on the south the 33°50' N. parallel, on
the west the 78°02' W. meridian, and on the north
the 34°17' N. parallel.
3~35-SEVENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.35-1 Sovonth district.'
(a) `The District Office is in Miami, Fla.
(b) The Seventh Coast Guard District shall
comprise South Carolina; Florida and Georgia,
except that part of Florida west of the east bank of
the Apalachicola River and part of Georgia west
of the east bank of the Jim Woodruff Reservoir
and the east bank of the Flint River up-stream to
Montezuma, Georgia and south and west of a line
between Montezuma and West Point, Ga.; Panama
Canal Zone; all of the island possessions of the
United States pertaining to Puerto Rico and tho
Virgin Islands; all of the United States naval
reservations in the islands of the West Indies and
on the north coast of South America; and the ocean
area between a line from the coastal end of the
Fifth-Seventh Coast Guard District boundary,
thence 122° T, and a line from the coastal end of
the Seventh-Eighth Coast Guard District bound-
ary, thence 193° T; and the ocean area bounded
by a line from the border between Guatemala and
Mexico on the Pacific Coast (14°38' N., 92°19' W.)
southwesterly to latitude 5° S., longitude 1100 W.,
thence due east to the Coast of South America.
3.35-55 Charleston Captain of, the Port.
(a) The Charleston Captain of the Port Office
is in Charleston, S.C.
(b) The Charleston `Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extending from the eastern side
of Little River Inlet at 33°41' N. latitude, 78°33'
W. longitude, southwesterly to 33° N. latitude,
79°18' W. longitude; thence to 32°20' N. latitude,
80°04' W. longitude; thence to Bay Point, Edisto
Island; thence along the eastern shore of Edisto
River to 32°41' N. latitude; thence northeasterly
to the South Carolina-North Carolina State bound-
ary; thence to the point of beginning.
3.35-60 JacksonvIlle Captain of the Port.
(a) The Jacksonville Captain of the Port Office
is in Jacksonville, Fla.
(b) The Jacksonville Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the followmg
bou~idaries': A line extending from a point located
at 30°5&' N. latitude, 81°48' W. longitude, east to
81°20' W. longitude; thence southeasterly to 30°
20' N. latitude, 81°10' W. longitude; thence south
to 29°42.5' N. latitude; thence west to 81°48' W.
longitude; thence north to the point of beginmng.
3.35-65 Key West Captain of the Port.
(a) The Key West Captain of the Port Office
is in Key West, Fla.
(b) The Key West Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extended from a point located
at 25°16' N. latitude, 80°26' W. longitude, along
southwest shoreline of Barnes Sound to eastern
shorelineS thence 120° T. to 93°05' N. latitude,
80°12' W'. longitude; thence southwesterly to 24°
44' N. latitude, 80°45' W. longitude; thence to
24°37' N. latitude, 81°07' W. longitude; thence to
24°27' N. latitude, 81°44' W. longitude; thence
west to 82°40' W. longitude; thence north to
24°39' N. latitude; thence east to 81°44' W. longi-
tude; thence northeasterly to 25°05' N. latitude,
81°10' W. longitude; thence northwesterly to
9~3°41' N. latitude, 81°39' W. longitude; thence
northeasterly to 25°48' N. latitude, 81°21' W.
longitude; thence to 25°53' N. latitude, 81°16' W.
longitude; thence southeasterly to the point of
beginning.
3.35-70 Miami Captain of the Port.
(a) The Miami Captain of the Port Office is
in Miami, Fla.
(b) The Miami Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extended from a point located
at 27°09.5' N. latitude, 80°18' W. longitude, east
to 80°05' W. longitude; thence southeasterly to
26°40' N. latitude, 79°55' W. longitude; thence
southerly to 25°30' N. latitude, 80°02' W. longi-
tude; thence to 25°05' N. latitude, 80°12' W. longi-
tude; thence 300° T. to the Key Largo western
shoreline; thence along the southwest shoreline of
Barnes Sound to 25°16' N. latitude, 80°26' W.
longitude; thence northerly to 25°30' N. latitude,
80°21' W. longitude; thence to 26°40' N. latitude,
80°11' ,W. longitude; thence to the point of
beginning.
(50)
PAGENO="0231"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1795
SECURITY OF VESSELS A~TD WATERFRONT FACILITIES
3.35-72, Port Canaveral Captain of the Port.
(a) The Port Canaveral Captain of the Port
Office is in Port Canaveral, Fla.
(b) The Port Canaveral Captain of the Port
area comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line extended from a point
located at 29°42.5' N. latitude, 81°28' W. longi-
tude, east to 81°10' W. longitude; thence south-
easterly to 28°30' N. latitude, 80°27' W. longitude;
thence to 27°095' N. latitude, 80oC)5~ W. longitude;
thence west to 80°18' W. longitude; thence to the
point of beginning.
3.35-75 San Juan Captain of the Port.
(a) The San Juan Captain of the Port Office is
in San Juan, P.R.
(b) The San Juan Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the United
States' Commmonwealth of Puerto Rico and terri-
tory of the Virgin Islands.
3.35-80 Savannah Captain of the Port.
(a) The Savannah Captain of the Port Office is
in Savannah, Ga.
(b) The Savannah Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extended from Bay Point
Edisto Island, southeasterly to 32°20' N. latitude,
80°04' W. longitude; thence southwesterly to
31°45' N. latitude, 810 W. longitude; thence to
30°50' N. latitude, 81°23' W. longitude; thence
west to 81°48' W. longitude; thence northerly to
31°54' N. latitude, 81°22' W. longitude; thence to
32°30' N. latitude, 80055k W. longitude; thence to
32°41' N. latitude, and eastern shore of Edisto
River; thence along the eastern shore of Edisto
River to the point of the beginning.
3.35-85 Tampa Captain of the Port.
(a) The Tampa Captain of the Port Office is in
Tampa, Fla.
(b) The Tampa Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: A line extended from a point located
at 25°53' N. latitude, 81°16' W. longitude, to
25°48' N. latitude, 81°21' W. longitude; thence
southwesterly to 25°41' N. latitude, 81°39' W.
longitude; thence northwesterly to 26°20' N. lati-
tude, 82°00' W. longitude; thence to 26°30' N.
latitude, 82°15' W. longitude; thence to 27°00' N.
latitude, 82°30' W. longitude; thence to 27°3(Y N.
latitude, 82°55' W. longitude; thence west to 83°05'
W. longitude; thence north to 27°45' N. latitude;
thence east to 82°55' W. longitude; thence north
to 28°0O' N. latitude; thence to 28°30' N. latitude,
82°50' W. longitude; thence to 29° N. latitude,
83°05' W. longitude; thence to 29°30' N. latitude,
83°30' W. longitude; thence to 29°50' N. latitude,
84°00' W. longitude; thence west to 84°20' W.
longitude; thence south to 29°40' N. latitude;
thence west to 84°40' W. longitude; thence to
29°32' N. latitude, 85°02' W. longitude; thence
013° T. to eastern shore of Apalachicola River
Inlet; thence along the eastern shoreline of Apala-
chicola River to 29°49.5' N. latitude; *thence to
30°10' N. latitude, 84°20' W. longitude; thence
east to 84° W. longitude; thence southeasterly to
29°00' N. latitude, 82°30' W. longitude; thence
south to 28°03' N. latitude; thence east to 82°20'
W. longitude; thence south to 27°05' N. latitude;
thence east to 82°00' W. longitude; thence south-
easterly to 26°45' N. latitude, 81°46' W. longitude;
thence to 26°00' N. latitude, 81°36' W. longitude;
thence to the point of beginning.
3.40-EIGHTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.40-1 Eighth district.
(a) The District Office is in New Orleans, La.
(b) The Eighth Coast Guard District shall
comprise New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana; those
parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas south
of latitude 34° N.; and that part of Florida west
of the east bank of the Apalachicola River and
that part of Georgia west of the east bank of the
Jim Woodruff Reservoir and the east bank of the
Flint River upstream to Montezuma, Ga., and
south and west of a line between Montezuma and
West Point, Ga.; the water of the Gulf of Mexico
westward of a line from the coastal end of the
Seventh-Eighth Coast Guard District boundary
thence 193° T.
3.40-55 Corpus Christi Captain of the Port.
(a) The Corpus Christi Captain of the Port
Office is in Corpus ()hristi, Tex.
(b) The Corpus Christi Captain of the Port
area comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: On the east the Colorado River
to the coast, thence southeasterly to a point located
at 28°30' N. latitude, 95°50' W. longitude, then
southwesterly to 27°15' N. latitude, 97° W. longi-
tude; on the south the 27°15' N. latitude; on the
west the 98° W. longitude; and on the north the
29° N. latitude.
3.40-60 Galveston Captain of the Port.
(a) The Galveston Captain of the Port Office
is in Galveston, Texas.
(b) The Galveston Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: On the east the 94°15' W. longitude;
(51)
PAGENO="0232"
1796 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
on' the south a line extended from a point located
at 29°20' N. latitude, 94°15' W. longitude, to a
point located at 28°30' N. latitude, 95°50' W. lon~i-
tude; on the west a line extended from a point
located at 28°30' N. latitude, 95°50' W. longitude
northwesterly to the mouth of the Colorado River,
thence north-northwesterly along the Colorado
River to the 29°40' N. latitude; on the north the
29°40' N. latitude to the 95° W. longitude, thence
north to the 30° N. latitude, thence east to the
94°15' W. longitude.
3.40-65 Houston Captain of the Port.
(a) The Houston Captain of the Port Office is
in Galena Park, Texas.
(b) The Houston Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas' within the following
boundaries: On the east the 95° W. longitude; on
the south the 2~9°4O' N. latitude; on the west the
Colorado River; and on the north the 30° N.
latitude.
3.40-70 MobIle Captain of the Port.
(a) The Mobile Captain of the Port Office is in
Mobile, Ala.
(b) The Mobile Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: On the east the East Bank of the
Flint River, the East Bank of the JimWoodruff
Reservoir and the East Bank of the Apalachicola
River to the Coast, thence southwesterly to a point
located at 29°30' N. latitude, 85°10' W. longitude;
on the south the 29°30' N. latitude; on the west
the 88°10' W. longitude; on the north the 31° N.
latitude.
3.40-75 New Orleans Captain of the Port.
(a) The New Orleans Captain of the Port Of-
flee is in New Orleans, La.
(b) The New Orleans Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and continuous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: On the east the 88°10' W.
longitude; on the south the 28°50' N. latitude; on
the west the 92°40' W. longitude; on the north the
31° N. latitude.
3.40-80 Sablne Captain of thi Port.
(a) The Sabine Captain of the Port Office is
in Sabine, Tex.
(b) The Sabine Captain of the Port area Com-
prises all navigable waters pf the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: On the east the 92°40' W. longitude;
on the south the 29°20' N. latitude; on the west
the 94°15' W. longitude; on the north the 30°30'
N. latitude.
3.40-85 Port Isabel Captain of the Port.
(a) The Port Isabel Captain of the Port Office
is in Port Isabel, Tex.
(b) The Port Isabel Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: On the east the 97° W. longitude; the
south the North Bank of the Rio Grande River
to the mouth of same, thence a line extended to a
point located at 26° N. latitude, 97° W. longitude;
on the west the 98° W. longitude; on the north the
27°15' N. latitude.
3.45-NINTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.45-1 Ninth district.
(a) The District Office is in Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) The Ninth Coast Guard District shall com-
prise Michigan, New York north of latitude 42° N.
and west of longitude 74°39' W.; Pennsylvania
north of latitude 41° N. and west of longitude 79°
W.; those parts of Ohio and Indiana north of lati-
t.ude 41° N. Illinois north of latitude 41° N. and
east of longitude 90° W.; Wisconsin, except that
part south of latitude 46°20' N. and west of lon-
gitude 90° W.; and Minnesota north of latitude
46°20' N.
3.45-55 Buffalo Captain of the Port.
(a) The Buffalo Captain of the Port Office is
i~i Buffalo, New York.
(b) The Buffalo Captain of the Port area com-
prises, all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: From the Canadian border in Lake
Erie at 80°17' W. longitude; thence southeast to
41° N. latitude and 80° W. longitude; thence due
east to 79° W. longitude; thence north to 42° N.
latitude; thence east to 77°28' W. longitude;
thence due north to the Canadian border; thence
west along the Canadian border to 80°17' W.
longitude.
3.45-60 Chicago Captain of tho Port.
(a) The Chicago Captain of the Port Office is
in Chicago, Illinois.
(b) The Chicago Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: From the Illinois-Wisconsin State
line and 90° W. longitude; thence due east. to
84°45' W. longitude; thence due south to 41° N.
latitudeS thence due west to 90° W. longitude;
thence c'ue north to the Illinois-Wisconsin State
line.
3.45-65 Cleveland Captain of the Port.
(a) The Cleveland Captain of the Port Office
is in Cleveland, Ohio.
(52)
PAGENO="0233"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1797
SECURITY OF VESSELS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES
(b) The Cleveland Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the' United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: From the Canadian border
in Lake Erie at 82°25' W. longitude; thence due
south to 41° N. latitude; thence due east to 800
W. longitude; thence northwest to 80017P W.
longitude on the Canadian `border; thence west
along ~he Canadian border to 82°25' W. longitude.
3.45-70 DetroIt Captain of the Port.
(a) The Detroit Captain of the Port Office is
in Detroit, Michigan.
(b) The Detroit Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: From 84°45' W. longitude and 42°
N. latitude; thence due east to the Canadian bor-
der; thence north along the Canadian border to 45°
N. latitude; thence due west to 84°45' W. longi-
tude; thence due south to 42° N. latitude.
3.45-75 Duluth Captain of the Port.
(a) The Duluth Captain of the Port Office is in
Duluth, Minnesota.
(b) The Duluth Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: From the intersection of the Red
River of the North and the Canadian border;*
thence south along the Red River of the North to
46°20' N. latitude; thence due east to 88° W. longi-
tude; thence northeast to the intersection of the
International Boundary with 86°50' W. longitude;
thence westward along the International Bound-
ary to the Red River of the North.
3.45-80 Ludington Captain of the Port.
(a~ The Ludington Captain of the Port Office
is in Ludington Michigan.
(b) The Ludington Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line starting from 42°30' N.
latitude,' 87° W. longitude; thence due east to
84°45' W. longitude; thence due north to 45° N.
latitude; thence northwesterly to 45°22.5' N. lati-
tude, 86°07.5' W. longitude; thence southwesterly
to 44°30' N. latitude, 87° W. longitude; thence due
south to starting point.
3.45-85 MIlwaukee Captain of the Port.
(a) The Milwaukee Captain of the Port Office
is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(b) The Milwaukee Captain of the Port area
comprises all, navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: From 42°30' N. latitude and
90° W. longitude; thence due east to 87° W. longi-
tude; thence due north to 44030' N. latitude;
thence northeasterly to 45°33' N. latitude and
85°56' W. longitude; thence due west to 88°
W. longitude; thence due north to 46°20' N. lati-
tude; thence due west to 90° W. longitude; thence
due south to 42°30' N. latitude.
3.45-90 Oswego Captain of the Port.
(a) The Oswego Captain of the Port Office is
in Oswego, New York..
(b) The Oswego Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: From the Canadian border in Lake
Ontario at 77°28' W. longitude; thence due south
to 42° N. latitude; thence due east to 74°40' W.
longitude; thence due north to the Canadian bor-
der; thence west and south along the Canadian
border to 77°28' W. longitude.
3.45-95 Sault Ste. Marie Captain of the Port.
(a) The Sault Ste. Marie Captain of the Port
Office is in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
(b) The Sault Ste. Marie Captain of the Port
area comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line starting from the Inter-
national Boundary in Lake Huron at 45° N. lati-
tude; `thence along this boundary to 86°50' W.
longitude; thence southwesterly to 46°20' N. lati-
tude, 88° W. longitude; thence due south to 45033F
N. latitude; thence due east to 85°56' W. longitude;.
thence southwesterly to 45°22.5' N. latitude,
86°07.5' W. longitude; thence southeasterly to 45°
N. latitude, 84°45' W. longitude; thence due east
to starting point.
3.45-97 Toledo Captain of the Port.
(a) The Toledo Captain of the Port Office is in
Toledo Ohio.
(b) ~he Toledo Captain of the Port area com-
prises all navigable waters of the United States
and contiguous land areas within the following
boundaries: From 84°45' W. longitude and 42°
N. latitude; thence due south to 41° N. latitude;
thence due east to 82°25' W. longitude; thence due
north to the Canadian border in Lake Erie; thence
northwest along the Canadian border to 42° N.
latitude; thence due west to 84°45' W. longitude.
3.55-ELEVENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.55-1 Eleventh district.
(a) The District Office is in Long'Beach, Calif.
(b) The Eleventh Coast Guard District shall
comprise Arizona; Clark County in Nevada;
Washington, Kane, San Juan, and Garfield Coun-
ties in Utah; the southern part of California com-
prising the Counties of Santa Barbara, Kern, and
(53)
PAGENO="0234"
1798 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
San Bernardino, and all counties south thereof;
and the ocean area bounded by a line from Cali-
fornia coast at latitude 34°58' N. (mouth of Santa
Maria River) southwesterly to latitude 24°15' N.,
longitude 134°40' W.; thence southeasterly to lati-
tude 50 S., longitude 110° W.; thence northeast-
erly to the border between Guatemala and Mexico
on the Pacific Coast (14°38' N. latitude, 92°19' W.
longitude).
3.55-55 San Diego Captain of the Port.
The San Diego Captain of the Port is located
in San Diego, Calif.
(b) The San Diego Captain of the Port area
shall comprise all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line starting from the Cali-
fornia coast at 33°23' N. latitude; thence due east
to 117° W. longitude; thence due south to the in-
ternational border; thence westerly along this
border to the Pacific Coast; thence northwesterly
to 32°48.2' N. latitude, 118°25.5' W. longitude;
thence northwesterly to 33° N. latitude, 118 45' W.
longitude, thence northeasterly to the starting
point.
3.55-60 Los Angeles Captain of the Port.
(a) The Los Angeles Captain of the Port is
located in Long Beach, Calif.
(b) The Los Angeles Captain of the Port area
shall comprise all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
Lowing boundaries: A line starting from the Cali-
fornia coast at 34°58' N. latitude (mouth of the
Santa Maria River) due east to 120° W. longitude;
thence southeasterly to 34° N. latitude, 117° W.
longitude; thence due south to 33°23' N. latitude,
117° W. longitude; thence due west to the Pacific
Coast; thence southwesterly to 33° N. latitude,
118°45' W. longitude; thence northwesterly to
33°10' N. latitude, 119°34' W. longitude; thence
northwesterly to 34°01.3' N. latitude, 120°27.8' W.
longitude; thence northerly to 34°34.6' N. latitude,
120°38.9' W. longitude (Point Arguello Light
House); thence northerly along the Pacific Coast
to the starting point.
3.60-TWELFTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.60-1 Twelfth district.
(a) The District Office is in San Francisco,
Calif.
(b) The Twelfth Coast Guard District shall
comprise Utah, except for Washington, Kane, San
Juan and Garfield. Counties; Nevada, except for
Clark County; and the northern part of Cali-
fornia comprising the Counties of San Luis
Obispo, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo, and all counties
north thereof; the ocean area bounded by a line
from the California Coast at latitude 34°58' N.
(mouth of the Santa Maria River) southwesterly
to latitude 24°15' N., longitude 134°40' W.; thence
northwesterly to latitude 40° N., longitude 150°
W.; thence easterly to the California-Oregon State
line.
3.60-55 San Francisco Captain of the Port.
(a) The San Francisco Captain of the Port
Office is in San Francisco, Calif.
* (b) The San Francisco Captain of the Port
area shall comprise all navigable waters of the
United States and contiguous land areas within
the following boundaries: A line extending from
Point Reyes Light in a north-northeasterly direc-
tion to a point located at 38°16' N., 122°42' W.,
thence in a general northeasterly direction to
38°38' N., 121°24' W., thence in a south-south-
easterly direction to 37°57' N., 121°12' W., thence
in a southwesterly direction to 37°15' N., 121°54'
W., thence in a northwesterly direction to Point
Reyes Light.
3.65-THIRTEENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT
3.65-1. Thirteenth district.
(a) The District Office is in Seattle, Wash.
(b) The Thirteenth Coast Guard District shall
comprise Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Mon-
tana; and the ocean area bounded by a line from
California-Oregon State line westerly to latitude
40° N. longitude, 130° W., thence northeasterly to
latitude 54°40' N.2 longitude 140° W., thence due
east to the Canadian coast.
3.65-55 Portland Captain of the Port.
(a) The Portland Captain of the Port Office
is in Portland, Oreg.
(b) The Portland Captain of the Port area
comprises all navigable waters of the United
States and contiguous land areas within the fol-
lowing boundaries: A line starting at Cape Dis-
appointment, Wash., running in an easterly direc-'
tion to 46°55' N. latitude, 118° W. longitude;
thence due south to 45°20' N. latitude; thence due
west to 122° W. longitude; thence due south to
44° N. latitude; thence due west to 123° W. longi-
tude; thence due south to the California-Oregon
State line; thence west along the California-Ore-
gon State line to the Pacific Ocean; thence north-
erly following the coastline to Point Adams;
thence northwesterly to the Columbia River Light-
ship; thence northeasterly to starting point.
3.65-60 Seattle Captain of the Port.
4
~J2
CD
z
C
CD
C
PAGENO="0240"
C)
02
02
~Tj
C)
z
w
02
C)
0
0
C)
0
C;'
0
PAGENO="0241"
C12
0
0
a
0
0
0
0-4 P
PAGENO="0242"
I.
CD
CD
t~11
CD
0
0
t-l
0
0
~: ~: ~!
P ~P P~PP ~
~
PAGENO="0243"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1807
OEPARTMEKT OF DEFENSE * DEFEKSE SUPPLY ARENCY o OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
~ L~ETTER
Id,*V~i.Z ~ ~ .111 b. i..u~dp.~~,dklly t, i,,I,,~ I,,d,.t~y U.~ ~ .,dD,D A~t:~,t:.. ~Id.'~.kp..nt. ,,t.ti,~
i,,d.,~j.: ~ ~ ~ ,i up,,.. i.it.~. ,, ea ~ l,, I~ th. in,.,n.I ,I.de'm. . .,th~.ü.d. s.g-
~ ..d.~tkI.. f~i ~ th~ ltt, .~II 6. ~ A,ti~f~ id~s ~~b'i6.6.d ViII 6.~... *6. F°p~f7 .1 DS4.
No. 68L-2 29 February 1968
1.. THE PRIVACY PERSONNEL SECURITY QUESTIONNAIRE (PSQ)
As has been previously announced, the decision has been made to place
the privacy PSQ into effect. While there has been much discussion about
the form, the purpose of this letter is to provide an initial look at some
of the principles and procedures that will be involved in its implementa-
tion.
The personal information which is considered of a privacy nature and
warrants special handling in the clearance program includes: arrest
records; type of discharge from military service; prior security clearance
suspension, denial or revocation; history of mental or nervous disorders;
drug addiction; excessive use of alcohol; and membership in organizations
cited by the Attorney General. Under the revised policy the employee will
provide this information to the Government as a privileged communication.
The procedures outlined below have been developed to implement this policy
decision.
The revised DD Form 48, Personnel Security Questionnaire (Industrial),
will generally be used in those cases where the contractor is requesting a
SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL clearance for a U. S. citizen employee.
The DD Form 49, previously known as the Immigrant Alien Questionnaire,
has been redesignated "Personnel Security Questionnaire (Industrial) (Mul-
tiple Purpose)." This new DD Form 49 will continue to be used in requesting
clearance for immigrant aliens. It will also be used when requesting recip-
ro~cal clearances for Canadian and United Kingdom nationals. In addition the
new DD Form 49 will be used in certain situations when requesting a clearance
for U.S. citizens. These include requests for TOP SECRET clearance, requests
involving an individual who is a representative of a foreign interest and
requests where the applicant has relatives residing in Communist countries.
The DD Forms 48 and 49 are almost identical in terms of information
required on the form. The only difference is that the DD Form 49 includes
certain questions applicable only to immigrant aliens. Another significant
distinction between the DD Form 48 and the DD Form 49 is the make-uj of the
forms. Henceforth both the DD Form 48 and DD Form 49 will be assembled in
packets with interleaved carbon, so all information will be typed in register.
The DD Form 48 packet will consist of a single copy of the DD Form 48 and
three additional forms - the DD Form 1584 and two DSA Forms 705 (see illustra-
tion on page 2). (The DD Form 1584 and DSA Form 705 are used by the Govern-
ment in the processing of the case and therefore the contractor need not
concern himself with these forms, per se.)
PAGENO="0244"
Arrangement of
DD Form 48
Arrangement of
DD Form 49
00
0
00
0
0
cli
0
0
0
a
0
0
PAGENO="0245"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1809
The DD Form 49 will be assembled in a packet which will include five
copies of the DD Form 49 and five additional forms used for internal
processing by the Government.
Further, the DD Form 48-1, Certificate of Nonaffiliation with Certain
Organizations, will be eliminated. Questions pertaining to the employee's
affiliation with organizations cited by the Attorney General as having
interests in conflict with those of the UnitedStates will be included in
the basic Personnel Security Questionnaire. The list of cited organizations
will be provided separately as part of the instruction for the preparation
of the form. This list will also be included as a new appendix to the
Industrial Security Manual. The elimination of the DD Form 48-1 as a
separate form will promote overall efficiency in requesting and processing
personnel security clearances.
The DD Form 48-2, Application and Authorization for Access to CONFIDEN-
TLAL Information, and the DD Form 48-3, Personnel Security Questionnaire
(Updating), have also been changed. The changes to the DD Form 48-2 are
related only to the removal of privileged information from that form.
The most significant change in this regard is that the questions relative
to membership or association with cited organizations have been deleted.
However, the revised DD Form 48-2 will include in the certification
that the individual is not a member of any organization which has
been cited by the Attorney General pursuant to Executive Order 10450.
Therefore, in those cases when an applicant cannot sign this certification
he will so advise his employer. The employer will then have the employee
complete the DD Form 49 as described above.
The revised DD Form 48-3, Personnel Security Questionnaire (Updating),
will be used in the same manner as it is currently used, that is, for con-
verting or transferring a personnel security clearance. The revised DD
Form 48-3 has been amended so that privileged information is incorporated
at the bottom of the form.
Each cleared facility will receive an initial distribution of the new
forms prior to the effective date. The distribution, in late April 1968,
will consist of a standard package containing a six-month supply of forms
for the average facility. Each package will include: 10 DD Form 48 packets,
3 DD Form 49 packets, 20 DD Forms 48-2, 10 DD Forms 48-3, 2 Instruction
Sheets, 15 Worksheets (DSA Form 707), 23 DSA Form 703 envelopes, and 2
DSA Form 704 envelopes. It is recognized that under this standard distri-
bution approach, some contractors may receive too many forms and others too
few. In those cases where the initial distribution is not sufficient for
the facility's needs, the contractor should order the additional quantities
needed from DISCO. A sample reorder blank will be provided in the next
issue of the Industrial Security Letter. In those cases where the initial
distribution far exceeds the facility's anticipated six-month need, the
contractor should return surplus forms to the Industrial Security Repre-
sentative at the time of his next inspection or visit to the facility.
As shown in the illustration of page 5, a contractor will first have
the employee complete the Worksheet (DSA Form 707), which will be provided
for the applicant's use in connection with the completion of the DD Forms
PAGENO="0246"
1810 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
48 and 49 (Step 1). The Worksheet (DSA Form 707) will not contain any
of the privileged information questions. Special instructions relative
to the completion of the form will be provided to assist the applicant
in the completion of the form. When the Worksheet (DSA Form 707) is
completed, the contractor or the etnployee should type the DD Form 48 or
49 packet (Step 2). Part II of the form is the portion to be completed
by the employer (Step 3). It contains about the same information as is
called for on the top portion of the present DD Forms 48 and 49. This
part of the new forms will now be found at the bottom of the first page
of both the DD Form 48 and DD Form 49.
When all of the information has been transcribed from the Worksheet
(DSA Form 707) onto the DD Form 48 or 49, the contractor should check
the form to make sure all questions are properly answered. The form will
then be returned to the employee and he will be requested to complete
the questions in `Part III of the form containing the privileged infor-
mation discussed previously. This will be done in private (Step 4).
When the employee has completed this portion of the form he will fold
the form so that his responses to the privileged questions are concealed
(Step 5). Then, in the presence of a witness, the employee will sign the
form and date it. The witness shall also sign attesting that he has
witnessed the signature (Step 6). The employer should then give the com-
pleted Fingerprint card to the employee. The employee, in the presence of
a representative of the employer, will then place the completed DD Form 48
or 49, together with the Fingerprint Card, in an envelope which will be
provided. This preprinted envelope, addressed to DISCO, has been desig-
nated as DSA Form 703. The employee will seal the envelope, sign across
the flap of the envelope and return it immediately to his employer
(Step 7). In those cases involving owners, officers, directors, partners,
regents, trustees or executive personnel (OODEPs) - who are cleared as
part of a facility security clearance - the contractor should not use the
preaddressed envelope, DSA Form 703. Instead, the contractor shall trans-
mit the forms to his cognizant security office. The DSA Form 704 envelope
should be used for this pur~bse. The contractor will be required to
address the DSA Form 704 to his cognizant security office.
Because privileged information is being provided, new procedures have
been adopted for the handling of those cases in which the DD Form 48 or
49 is not properly completed. Under the new procedures, if the infor-
mation pertains to the nonprivileged (open) portion of the form, the
employer will be queried. If.the information concerns the privileged
portion of the form, a letter will be sent to the employee via the con-
tractor. The letter to the employee will advise him with respect to the
additional information which must be provided. This letter will be in
a sealed envelope as an attachment to a letter to the contractor. The
contractor will be advised to deliver the sealed envelope to the employee
and to have the employee complete the privileged information in the same
manner as when the original form was completed. The employee will then
place his reply in the envelope provided. This envelope, after being
sealed by the employee, will be given to'the contractor who will mail it
to DISCO.
PAGENO="0247"
z
-4
CI)
C-)
0
0
C-)
0
I'
WORK SHEET COMPLETED
STEP1 BY EMPLOYEE
WORK SHEEI DATA
STEP 2 TRANSCRIBED
-.
~
STEPS IN PREPARATION
OF PSQ
/ PART U COMP~ED BY EMPLOYER s~p
- AND PSQ RETURNED TO EMPLOYEE
~tinued
~:
-- I PARTIII COMPLETED IN PRIVATE STEP 4 I
* *` - - - -- - ;~-` BY EMPLOYEE
/ LMELOYLLSIUNSANUUPdL~
( CERTIFICATION IN PRESENCE STEP 6
j4, *Q~ ~ - - -- - OF WITNESS; WITNESS SIGNS.
COMPLETE PARTIU --
ONREVERSESIDE ~ EMPLOYERFIJRNISHESrtr~uu~rIcINI4.~w
OF ORIGINAL COPY TO EMPLOYEE,. EMPLOYEE INSERTS PSQ AND
-- * - FINGERPRINT CARD IN PRE-ADDRESSED TEP
ENVELOPE, SEALS AND SIGNS ACROSS
* *
ENVELOPE FLAP.
PAGENO="0248"
1812 AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950
It is essential that a representative of the contractor carefully
review the nonprivileged (open) portion of the form for conpleteness and
accuracy. Further, he shall assure that the employer, or his designated
representative, has signed Part II. He shall ask the employee whether
each question in the privileged section has been answered. Before the
form is mailed, both the employee and the witness shall be asked whether
they have signed and witnessed the form. By following this simple pro-
cedure, the return of the forms for correction can be prevented, thereby
reducing unnecessary lost time in processing.
Changes in the procedures for requesting personnel security clearances
will require rather significant modification of the, procedures currently
used by contractors in processing and preparing clearance applications.
In order to assist industry during the transition period, the Department
of Defense is planning a series of conferences throughout the country for
the purpose of providing more detailed guidance. These conferences will
also provide industry with an opportunity to resolve questions which they
may have regarding the new PSQ procedure. Additional subjects will be
presented at these conferences relative to the new "Contract Security
Classification Specification" (DD Form 254) and the administrative termina-
tion of personnel security clearances. By the middle of March, each con-
tractor will receive a notification from his cognizant security office
advising of the date, time and place of the conferences in his Defense
Contract Administration Services Region (DCASR). A team from HQ DSA CAS
will conduct at least one conference in each metropolitan area in which the
DCASR headquarters is located. The DCASRs will schedule additional con-
ferences when needed in other locations throughout the region. These
presentations will be given by DCASR personnel. Contractors may elect to
attend the HQ DSA CAS or DCASR presentation, whichever is more convenient
for them.
The changes to the Industrial Security Manual necessary to implement
these new procedures will be published and distributed on or about 1 April
1968. The anticipated effective date for these new procedures is 1 May
1968.
It is emphasized that the partnership presently enjoyed and being
`effectively implemented by both industry and Government in the Industrial
Security Program will continue undisturbed. With the cooperation of all
concerned, the new P5Q can be placed into use without materially disrupting
the industrial security clearance processing system. At the same time, the
individual employee who requires access to classified information will be
assured that his constitutional right to enjoy privacy on privileged or
personal matters remains inviolate.
2. INDUSTRIAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT COURSE
Contractors are advised that the Department of Defense, during the
balance of FY68, will hold 5 Industrial Security Management Courses accord-
ing to the schedule given below:
PAGENO="0249"
AMENDING SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 1813
FORT HOLABIRD * MARYLAND
Convening Date Closing Date
18 March 1968 22 March 1968
8 April 1968 12 April 1968
Contractors interested in attending the Industrial Security Management Course
at Fort Holabird should contact their cognizant security offices for reserva-
tions.
DENVER, COLORADO (Field Extension)
The course will be held 6-10 May 1968 at the Sheraton-Malibu Motor Inn,
6160 Smith Road, Denver, Colorado 80216. Contractors desiring reservations
should address their requests to Mr. Homer A. Grove, Defense Contract Admin-
istration Services Area Office, Denver, Room 392, New Customs House, 19th and
Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. Telephone: Area Code 303, 297-3707.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (Field Exten~~)
The course will be held 13-17 May 1968 at the Santa Barbara U.S. Army
Reserve Center, 3227 State Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93105. Con-
tractors desiring reservations should address their requests to Mr. Philip
W. John, Defense Contract Administration Services Region, Los Angeles,
11099 S. LaCienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045. Telephone:
Area Code 213, 643-0192, 643-1086.
NOTE: Because of limited accommodations at the Santa Barbara U.S. Army
Reserve Center, contractors in the Santa Barbara, Ventura, Santa Maria and
Lompoc areas will be given priority consideration.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (Field Extension)
The course wil be held 20-24 May 1968 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California 90028. Contractors desiring
reservations should address their request to Mr. Philip W. John, DCASR Los
Angeles, 11099 S. LaCienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045. Tele-
phone: Area Code 213, 643-0192, 643-1086.
The above information supersedes Industrial Security Letter No. 67L-7, 30 Nov-
ember 1967, Item 4, subject: Industrial Security Management Course - Field
Extensions.
ief, Office of Industrial Security
Contract Administration Services
0