President Testifies

CALLED TO WASHINGTON in mid-February to testify before the Senate Committee investigating Presidential appointments to the Atomic Energy Commission, President Dickey had this to say about public officials in general, after he had testified in behalf of his former law school classmate, Herbert Marks, general counsel nominee:

"I do want to say that my having taken the initiative in sending you a telegram, which I hope may be introduced in the record at this point, is based not only upon my friendship for Mr. Marks, and my belief that this country needs the service of men such as Marks, particularly in this sort of thing, but also my action arose from my very great conviction that we are going to do very serious damage to the laudable cause of removing disloyal people from the Government and of getting good men into public affairs unless we are more careful about the charges which we make against men once they accept the responsibilities of public service."

Late last month President Dickey was named to the executive committee of The Committee on International Economic Policy working in cooperation with The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Committee's headquarters are in New York City.