at the port, the schoolchildren were all out, they had the streets strewn with flowers and laurel leaves. The greeting was as warm as any greeting I have ever seen. It was not to me as an individual, but it did represent a greeting to the U.S. Navy and the United States of America. It represented a great measure of respect and goodwill. The one event that I did mention to the Senator was when I left my flagship in Villefranche Harbor a few days ago. The French boatmen and fishermen formed a cordon with their little boats through which I passed in my barge going ashore. I think that that represents also a great reservoir of goodwill that the United States and the U.S. Navy have in that part of the world.

Chairman RUSSELL. Anything further?

Senator BRIDGES. Admiral, do you believe in the present system of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in its general operation?

Admiral ANDERSON. I have great faith in the Joint Chiefs of Staff system, particularly so when you have men in the Joint Chiefs of Staff so dedicated to serving the United States. Certainly the President and the Secretary of Defense can and should resolve such differences of opinion as may arise from time to time. I do not feel that differences of opinion in this day and age are bad for the country. No individual has the answer to all of our problems. If there are differences of views among responsible men, they should be brought up through channels to the highest authority for decision. Senator BRIDGES. I agree with that.

On the question of the Joint Chiefs, you said if they are of the highest integrity or standing-I believe that has been the history of our country, has it not?

Admiral ANDERSON. It certainly has.

Senator BRIDGES. That such men have been appointed.

Admiral ANDERSON. I hope I can measure up to the great traditions of my predecessors, sir.

Chairman RUSSELL. If there is nothing further, we are glad to have had you here, Admiral.

Admiral ANDERSON. Thank you, Senator.

(The nomination of Admiral Anderson was subsequently approved by the committee in executive session and confirmed by the Senate on June 29, 1961.)

NOMINATION OF CHARLES S. BREWTON, TO BE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE, OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION

Chairman RUSSELL. The next nomination is that of Hon. Charles S. Brewton, of Alabama, to be Assistant Director of Civil and Defense Mobilization.

(The nomination reference and report together with a biographical sketch of Mr. Brewton follow :)

NOMINATION REFERENCE AND REPORT

IN EXECUTIVE SESSION,
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
June 22, 1961.

Ordered, That the following nomination be referred to the Committee on Armed Services:

Charles S. Brewton, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, vice J. Roy Price, resigned.

BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES S. BREWTON

Charles S. Brewton, of Alabama, nominated by President Kennedy on June 22 for the post of Assistant Director for Resources and Production in the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, is presently general counsel of the Senate Small Business Committee, Hon. John Sparkman, chairman.

A native and still resident of Alabama, Mr. Brewton, 47, was born in Larkinsville, attended Birmingham public schools and Birmingham Southern College for prelegal training.

He received his bachelor of laws degree from the University of Alabama and then practiced law in Scottsboro with Robert E. Jones, who is now Member of Congress for the Eighth Alabama Congressional District.

He entered the Federal Government in 1940 as a special assistant to the Attorney General in Washington. In 1943 he became administrative assistant to Senator Lister Hill, of Alabama, a post he held for 13 years.

Prior to assuming his present position, Mr. Brewton served for 3 years in Cambridge, Mass., as associate director and consultant on law and legislation to the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. The joint commission is a national research organization engaged in mental health planning and programing.

A lifelong, active Democrat, Mr. Brewton served as an assistant campaign manager for Adlai Stevenson in Springfield in 1952, and in Washington in 1956. He worked actively with the Kennedy-Johnson national headquarters and with Senator Smathers' southeastern campaign staff in 1960.

He is married to the former Jewell Wann of Hollywood, Ala., and they have two children. The Brewtons live at 1310 Admiral Drive, Alexandria, Va.

Chairman RUSSELL. Mr. Brewton is well known to all the members of this committee. He has been on the Hill for a number of years, first as the administrative assistant to Senator Lister Hill, and later, as general counsel to the Select Committee on Small Business, of which Senator John Sparkman, of Alabama, is chairman.

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The Chair has known Mr. Brewton favorably during his previous employment and I am pleased that his talents have been recognized by the executive branch by his selection for this important position.

I see the distinguished Senator from Alabama, Senator Lister Hill, who was once a member of this committee after having presided as chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs. We regret he left this committee, but he is present with us today. Senator Hill, we will be glad to hear you at this time.

STATEMENT OF HON. LISTER HILL, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA

Senator HILL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

May I say, Mr. Chairman, I feel like I am coming home this morning. I had the honor and privilege of serving on this committee, and under the distinguished chairmanship of Senator Russell, of Georgia, and with my two good friends there, Senator Bridges and Senator Saltonstall.

When I speak about coming home, my father always said the biscuits are bigger at home than anywhere else, so I am delighted to be back here with you, Mr. Chairman.

I know you have a good many witnesses, and I have to get back to my meeting of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, but I did want to say that I do not want to let this opportunity go by without coming here to strongly endorse the appointment and confirmation of my longtime friend, Mr. Charlie Brewton.

I have known Charlie for some 20-odd years. I remember well when he was down practicing law with our good friend and colleague who honors us with his presence this morning, Bob Jones, Congressman Bob Jones, from Alabama.

Then, Charlie came up with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, handling antitrust and antimonopoly cases, and from there he came with me and was my secretary, and later, after we passed the Reorganization Act, was my administrative assistant over a period of some 13 or 14 years.

Then, you may recall that Congress set up the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health to make a study of the problems of mental illness, and Charlie went up to be the Deputy Director of that Commission, and I must say I think, with Charlie's help and his fine work, that Commission did an awfully fine job.

More recently he has been with Senator Sparkman's Small Business Committee as general counsel there.

I know Charlie, I know his character, I know his ability, I know his capacity for getting things done, and I certainly know his devotion to his work and to his country. I want to strongly commend and endorse this appointment, Mr. Chairman, and urge its favorable report to the U.S. Senate.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Sparkman.

STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN SPARKMAN, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA

Senator SPARKMAN. Mr. Chairman, I can add very little to what my senior colleague has said.

I have known Charlie Brewton for most of his life, and I know of his work here in Washington.

He had a very fine record with the Department of Justice in the Antitrust Section before going with Senator Hill. Then he was away in Cambridge, Mass. for some 212 years. I needed somebody on the Small Business staff to handle particular work and assignments and I approached Charlie nearly 6 months before he finished his work in mental health, and hired him 6 months ahead of time, I mean, to come with me 6 months later.

He has done a very fine job as general counsel to the Small Business Committee.

Mr. Chairman, one project that he has been the mainspring in working out, one in which you are greatly interested, has been that relating to the improvement of the poultry industry throughout the Nation, including the building of export markets. That certainly mean a great deal to Georgia, to Alabama and the Nation as a whole. You are familiar with his work in connection with that.

Another project with which he has been particularly identified has been the development of a system of small business loans, as provided for under section 502 of the Small Business Investment Act, whereby the Small Business Administration may extend help to smaller towns and cities particularly, that are desirous of developing their industry and to private industry to aid development in such areas.

He has done an outstanding job, and I know that he will do an outstanding job in the office to which he has been appointed. I strongly recommend his confirmation.

Chairman RUSSELL. The committee is glad to welcome here today Congressman Bob Jones, Representative from the State of Alabama, and we will be glad to hear any comments you would care to make on this confirmation.

STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT E. JONES, JR., A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA

Mr. JONES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee.

I am, for the first time, looking at the biographical sketch of Charlie Brewton, and I noticed that he omitted a very important statement, the fact that he practiced law with me, [laughter] which may prejudice the committee, but I suppose the reason that he said only a part of it, he did not go all the way to tell you, was that he is my first cousin [laughter]. We are going from bad to worse.

Mr. Chairman, of course, I am glad to join with Senator Sparkman and Senator Hill in urging his confirmation. Of course, Charlie and I have been inseparable friends and law partners, and real first cousins, and I know of his great capabilities and his earnest desire to make a good public servant.

He has all the characteristics that would qualify him for this position, and for that reason I am happy to be here and to applaud the fine things that have been said about my kin.

Thank you.

Chairman RUSSELL. We are glad to have heard you, and we will eliminate any prejudice caused by nepotism in this nomination. [Laughter.]

We will be glad to have any questions from members of the committee at this point.

Senator BARTLETT. Mr. Chairman, my association with Mr. Brewton has been chiefly in his capacity as general counsel of the Small Business Committee, of which I am a member, and from that experience with him I am delighted to say that I believe that by reason of his administrative skill and capacity and integrity and all around ability, he is eminently well qualified for the position for which he has been nominated.

Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Engle, a member of this committee, had a conflicting engagement this morning, but he asked me to announce that he supports the nomination of Admiral Anderson and Mr. Brewton.

He also asked me to say that he found Mr. Brewton to be extremely helpful to the Select Committee on Small Business of which Senator Engle was a member.

Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Chairman, I should say, as a member of the Small Business Committee, I feel the same way as Senator Bartlett and Senator Engle, and I am glad to see Mr. Brewton get this promotion, if it is a promotion, or additional responsibility.

I say to the Congressman, while the Congressman said he forgot several things, I do not see that Mr. Brewton emphasized the fact that he also served in Massachusetts for a while. [Laughter.]

Chairman RUSSELL. That is one of the matters he should be very proud of. I notice he was engaged in mental health planning while he was in Massachusetts. [Laughter.]

Senator SALTONSTALL. Mr. Chairman, I hope you do not associate that remark with the State of Massachusetts. [Laughter.] Chairman RUSSELL. Senator Stennis.

Senator STENNIS. Mr. Chairman, I have observed the work at first hand of this gentleman, Mr. Brewton, since I have been here, and I certainly am glad to go on the record saying that he represents the better traditions of the Hill and the important staff work of the Hill.

I am very much impressed, too, with his fine family, whom we are delighted to have here this morning.

If I may make a partly personal reference, a new Senator may get a good deal of attention at home, but he does not get much when he first comes here unless there is something special, such as being a Republican from the South or something of that nature. [Laughter.]

But when I came here as the newest Member of the Senate in a class of one, it was my good fortune to have an office on the same floor when Charlie Brewton was operating out of Senator Hill's office, and he came over and in a very generous way offered his assistance and his services, counsel, and advice, which was very, very valuable indeed. The impressive thing about it was his sincerity, his very fine purpose. They have certainly followed him through the years, and I am glad to see this appointment. He is capable of carrying on in a much bigger way.