Evening star., 1945-11-29
Diary Secrecy
Urged byGrew;;
Ends Testimony
Row Over Roosevelt
Talk in 1910 EnIivens
Pearl Hurbor Hearing
BY ]. A. O'LEARY and
CARTER BROOKE JONES,

BY ]. A. OLEARY and
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Joseph C. Grew ended three
days of testimony before the
Pearl Harbor Investigating Com
mittee today with warming
that publication of the diary he
kept during his 10 years as Am
bassador to Japan would react
against American diplomats
throughout the world in their
work of maintaining contacts.
Indications are the committee will
make no move to obtain the diary
without thorough discussion in
closed session of the legal points in
volved in Mr.. Crews contention
that it is a private document.
Shortly before the noon recess
the committee called Maj. Gen. Sher-
man Miles, who was head of Army
intelligence in 1941, and will ques-
ton him at length this afternoon
on one of the most controversial
phanses of the inquiry, namely,
whether Washington kept the
Hawaiian commanders adequately
informed of the impending outbreak
of war.
Contacts Not Easy.
Chairman Barkley announced at
the opening of today's hearing that
Gen. George C. Marshall will testify
before leaving to take over his new
post as President Trumans personal
envoy to China. Gen. Marshall "is
just as anxious to testify as the
committee is to have him." Senator
Barkley explained, adding that the
general would appear as soon as he
arranges his schedule.
Mr.. Grew explained to the COM
mittee that American diplomats
abroad depend in large measure on
other foreign diplomats in whom
they have confidence for exchange
Of information, that the establish
ment OF such contacts is not easy,
but, once obtained, the trust and
confidence must be complete.
His diary contains many records
OF talks with other foreign diplomats
In Tok, D, he said, and he would be
honor bound to keep their con-
hdence. He said the knowledge that
one American diplomat had revealed
such condolences would prejudice all
other American representatives. He
said he could not believe the Amer
ican people want that to happen.
Another political fareup marked
the morning session, when Senator
Brewster, Republican, of Maine.
asked Mr.. Grew if Tokyo newspapers
published the Boston speech of the
late President Roosevelt in the 1910
campaign, in which he said Amer
ican boys would not be sent into
foreign war"
Democrats Intervene.
Two Democratic members of the
committee, Representative Murphy
OF Pennsylvania and Senator Lucas
of Illineis, intervened to challenge
the fairness of giving a single ex-
cerpt from one of Mr.. Roosevelt's
campaign speeches.
Chairman Barkley ended the dis
cussion across the committee table
by suggesting that "If the COM
mittee desires to keep politics out
OF this investigation the entire Bos-
ton speech should be inserted in
the record"
The political pickering arose after
Senator Brewster recalled that Mr..
Grew had testified to the effect that
1solationist and pacifst talk in
America was played up in the Jap
anese press.
From such emphasis and from
propaganda at home, Mr.. Grew in
dicated, "the Japanese have a
wholly erroneous conception of the
spirit of the American people"
Senator Brewster asked if Mr..
Rooseyelt's speech at Boston on
October 80, 1910, containing the
again and again and again" asser-
ton, was published in Japan.
Il can't recall" Mr.. Grew replied.
Brewster Raises No Objection.
"A number of other speeches by
the same distinguished gentleman,
will convey more complete picture
of what he had in mind to any fair
minded person." Representative
Murphy interposed. "I hope we will
keep politics out of this investiga-
ton"
II will see that number of other
speeches by the same President are
placed in the record" said Senator
Lucas. eff the Senator from Maine
wanted to do justice to Mr.. Roose-
welt, he might well have quoted the
entire passage from which the
phrase was taken"
= Senator Brewster replied that he
had no objection to having the
entire speech or other Roosevelt
speeches in the record.
I'm order to keep politics out of
this investigation" the chairman
said, Il suggest that the whole
speech be made a part of the
record"
The passage from which Senator
Brewster quoted was:
"And while I am talking to you
mothers and fathers I give you one
more assurance. I have said before
and shall say it again and again
and again. Your boys are not going
to be sent into any foreign wars.
They are going into training to