Evening star., 1945-11-04
Hidden Pearl Harbor
Details 10 Come Out,
COP Prober Declares
Minority Moy Renew
Request for Right to
Search War Files
By ]. A. OTEARY.

Many hitherto unrevealed de-
tails of events connected with
the attack on Pearl Harbor will
be developed in congressional
hearings scheduled to start No
vember Is, one Republican
member of the investigating
committee predicted yesterday.
The controversy stirred up Friday
over the unsuccessful effort of Re-
publican members to have the COM
mittee authorize individual members
to examine Government files to run
down information reaching them,
has subsidized temporarily. The COM
mittee is in recess until Thursday.
Indications last night were that
minority members will wait to see
what effect their Friday protests
produce, before deciding whether to
revive their request for the right to
inspect departmental files in the
presence Of a member of the COM
mittee's legal stafi.
Some interested persons said the
blow-up on the Senate floor was
over an intercepted message which
was said to have disclosed Japan's
intention to make war on the United
States.
Brewster Starts Fireworks.
Senator Brewster, Republican, OF
Maine set OF the fireworks with q
complaint that Ne had been blocked
in efforts to determine whether
certain documents useful In the In
quiry are missing.
Senator Brewster didn't say what
the documents were, beyond telling
a reporter q telegram and some
fnonitoring recprds we're involved.
Others, who Would not be identified
said yesterday Senator Brewster
and Republican colleagues have
been led to believe what has come
to be known In Capitol corridors as
the winds" message can't be found
Several Senators who don't want
to be quoted by name have identified
this as a japanese code message
least winds, raining" These SEN
ators say this was the signal to the
Japanese armed forces that they
were at war with the United States
Wanted FEC File.
The message, according to these
Senators information, was, inter-
cepted by the Navy after it broke
the japanese code in November
1871. 1t was said to have been re-
ferred to in testimony taken by a
Naval inquiry board, which only
recently has been turned over to
the joint committee.
Senator Brewster explained to the
Senate that he wanted to look at
Federal Communications Commits
sion and War Department files to
see, first, If the documents he al
luded to are missing and, second
to find out If they were disposed OF
in some routine manner or If their
absence was unusual.
. Majority leader Barkley, chairman
of the inquiry group, replied that as
far as the committee knows, nc
records are missing.
But Senator Brewster yesterday
read to reporters in his ONCE q
memorandum he said was furnished
by William D. Mitchell, the commit.
tee counsel.
Says Logs Were Destroyed.
The memorandum said nava
captain Senator Brewster skipped
the name in reading it aloud-hat
testified that monitoring logs o.
four Navy stations had been de.
stroyed for various reasons.
The Maine Senator said hi
thought the destroyed records coy.
cred the period when the stations
were listening for the message hi
said now Is missing.
Senator Brewster also told tn,
Senate Friday that after the Army
Pearl Harbor Board made its Re.
port, former Secretary Of War Slim
son directed Maj. Henry G. Clause1
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