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...committee has stated its purpose, it cannot then, according to Javitt's proposals, tack in a fresh direction with each gust of public interest. The testimony of all witnesses called by the committees must be "germane to the subject so stated." This would end the race between committees to subpoena a person suddenly in the news...
...White affair also shows the danger to Constitutional separation of powers involved in letting the hectic competition between Congressional committees go unchecked. The sight of committee couriers racing each other to subpoena Presidents and governors of sovereign states is disgusting, but it could have been envisioned from the day Eisenhower said he would not attempt to influence methods of inquiry about Communists in the government. Finally he has indicated his displeasure, and Velde's hasty retreat from his subpoena shows that such Presidential chastisement would have been effective much earlier...
Congressman Velde, by subpoening Truman without consulting his own committee, even bypasses the check which the Un-American Activities Committee had placed on his subpoena power after his brush with the clergy last spring. If he sees nothing graver in Velde's actions than embarrassment to his own party, Eisenhower should use his Congressional influence to get Velde replaced as Chairman of this committee...
Daniel S. Cheever '39, assistant professor of Government, said "the whole incident of the subpoena is a glaring example of a basic weakness in the U.S. system of government. Committees, not Congress as a whole, are entrusted with the power of deciding who will be called to account for actions. A man may be called before six or so committee...
Before he testified last March, Mather had openly admitted receiving a subpoena and had told reporters that he would cooperate fully before the committee. "I will be glad to cooperate to the fullest extent of my knowledge in any legitimate investigation that the committee wishes to make...