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Gray, Gordon, 1909-
Gordon Gray papers, 1946-1976.
Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and printed literature pertaining to Gray's activities in various positions, 1947-1976. Also speech correspondence and some speech transcripts, 1960-1974. Of particular interest are materials relating to Gray's activities as director of the Psychological Strategy Board, 1951-1975; and as chairman, Atomic Energy Commission's Personnel Secruity Board (PSB) investigation of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. The Board met from April 12 to May 6, 1954, investigated and later denied security clearances for Oppenheimer. Materials include correspondence, primarily public opinion letters concerning the case, as well as Gray's dictated memoranda which contain his personal throughts toward the conduct of the case and toward the individuals who testified. Also contained within the corresponde are carbon copies of file memoranda prepared by Roger Robb, counselor for the Atomic Energy Commission. The memoranda which were prepared in 1967 discuss the nature of the case, Oppenheimer as an indiuvidual, and the witnesses at the hearings. Lewis Strauss, chairman of the AEC at the time of the hearings, and Gray maintained an active correspondence up until the 1970s. Much of their correspondence dealt with their involvement in the Oppenheimer proceedings and as such proved interesting insights into the thinking of these two central figures. Also included is an Oppenheimer case scrapbook, compiled on a daily basis by Gray, consisting of newspaper clippings from April to July 1954. The PSB hearing transcripts which were the verbatim account of the proceedings have been withdrawn as they contain unpublished portions which may relate to national security. Other items include: a microfilm copy of scrapbooks documenting Gray's government career, 1946-1950, materials relating to his work as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board; and documentation of his activities as director of the Psychological Strategy Board (PSB).
Government official, publisher, and educator. A graduate of the Yale Law School, Gray began his professional career as an attorney with a New York law firm. In 1935, however, he returned to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to practice law. At approximately the same time, he acquired financial interests in the publishing and broadcasting fields. In 1938, he served as president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina. From 1938 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1947, he was a member of the North Carolina State Senate. A lifelong Democrat, Gray served under every president, Democrats and Republicans alike, from Harry Truman to Gerald Ford. During the Truman years, Gray was Assistant Secretary and later Secretary of the Army. He resigned in 1950 in order to accept the position as president of the University of North Carolina. However, he remained in Washington, D.C. to study United States foreign economic policies as a special assistant to the President. Also during his tenure as president of the University of North Carolina, he was director of the Psychological Strategy Board. During the early years of the Eisenhower Administration, Gray held position on several committees and boards including the President's Committee on International Information Activities and the Atomic Energy Commission's Personnel Security Board. In 1955, he resigned as president of the University of North Carolina and returned to government service on a full-time basis. Involved in advising the President on international and national security affairs, Gray served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1955-1957; Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, 1957-1958; and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1958-1961. After the Eisenhower years drew to a close, Gray became more involved in business activities. He did, however, serve as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 1961 to 1977.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Governmental investigations -- United States.
Internal security -- United States.
Loyalty oaths -- United States.
Loyalty-security program, 1947-
National security -- United States.
Physicists -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Transcripts. aat aat
Businessmen. lcsh
Government executives lcsh
Strauss, Lewis L.
Psychological Strategy Board (U. S.).
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Personnel Security Board -- Administration.
United States. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
Robb, Roger.
University of North Carolina. Louis R. Wilson Library. Southern Historical Collection Holdings.
AIP-ICOS
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. Abilene, KS 67410, USA
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