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 �This Page Declassified lAW EO12958 sonnel 33 military and 28 clvfiian.  During the fiscal year 1948 an advisory group called the Air Force Legrelative Policy Board was established to help the Secretary of the Air Force in the ormulation of legrs- lative policy. The Board had for its chair- man the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Management. The other members were the Dmector of Public Relations, the Director of Legislation and Liaison, the General Counsel, and the Vice Chief of Staff, USAF. This Board provided authori- tative pohcy decisions to the Directorate of Legislation and Liaison (the Dimsion of Legislation and Liaison had become a direc- torate in August 1948) in the period im- mediately following the creation of the Air Force as a separate and equal military de partmont. After the Pohcy Board had ur- hisheal the basic policy determinations, the Directorate of Legislation and Liaison pre- pared the first separate Department of the Air Force legislative program and coordi- nated i with the other members of the National Military Establishment for presen- tation to the 81st Congress. In connection with this Air Force policy- making board it should be pointed out that Congress had established the Congx'essional Aviation Policy Board by the passage of Public Law 28, 80 Cong., 1 Seas. (approved 30 July 94). This congressional board also formulated aviation policy, although on a broader scope and in a higher echelon. The purpose of this legisiaton was to provide for the development of an air policy ade- quate to meet the needs of national defense, of commerce, and of the postal service; and to facilitate the formulation of policies rela- tive to the maintenance of an adequate avi- ation industry. This board was to consist o! 10 members; 5 appointed from the Senate by the Presi- dent pro ternpore of the Senate, and 5 ap- pointed from the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House. It was the duty of this board to study the current and future need of American aviation, in- cluding the utilization of aircraft by the armed services and the nature and extent of aircraft and air transportation industries desirable or essential to our national so- curity. This board was to report to Congress by i March 1948, making such recom- mendatmns as it deemed desirable. s The Air Force Legislation and LiaLson Di- vision increased so much in size and in the number and mportance of its functions that it was decided to separate it from the Directorate oJ Public Relations, and to redesignate t as the Directorate of Legis- lation and Liason, OSAF. This was done in Augus 1948. The Civil Liaison Branch was transferred to the Directorate of Public Relatmns. The Legislative Services Branch and the Congressional Liaison Branch be- came, respectively, the Legislative Division and the Congressional Liaison Division of the new directorate. In September 1948 the process of trans- ferring personnel and functions from the Army Directorate of Legislation and Liai- son to the Drectorate of Legislation and Liaison, OSAF, was completed. In 1949 cer- tain Congressional correspondence func- tions, and military and civilian personnel to perform them, were transferred from the Directorate of Military Personnel, Head- quarters, USAF, to the Congressional Liai- son Division, Directorate of Legislation and Liaison, OSAF. This year also saw the for- mation of the Special Liaison Group in the Drrectorate of Legislation and Liaison. The Special Liaison Group consisted of the White House Liaison Office, the Senate Liaison Office, and the House Liaison Oil!co. In January of 1950 the Congressional inves~ tigaton functions were transferred from the Congressional Liaison Division to the Leguslative Division. By July 1950 the Di- rectorate of Legislation and Liaison had 48 officers, 7 enlisted men, and 71 civilians on duty; 126 persons in all.  By the spring of 1951 the directorate had undergone further orgamzational changes. It now consisted of the Office of the Di- rector, the Congressional Division, the Leg- islative Division, the Analysis Division (which had taken over Congressional inves tigation functions from the Legislative Dviion), and the Liaison Division (which replaced the Special Liaison Group). The Director was immediately responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for legislative THIS PAGE Declassified lAW EO12958