Evening star., 1945-11-13
Hatch Predicts Split
In Final Report on
Pearl Harbor Probe
BY J. A. OLEARY.

The political controversy that
has marked the preliminary
stage of the congressional Pearl
Harbor investigation led Senator
Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico
to predict a divided opinion
today.
Senator Willis, Republican, of IN
diana, said he also sees little hope
for unanimous report unless the
committee majority changes its at
titude."
Meanwhile, Representative Keefe,
Republican, of Wisconsin, said he
would take the floor in the House
tomorrow, If the program permits,
to discuss further the charge he
made last week that efforts had been
made to badger" Capt. Alvin D.
Kramer, naval intelligence oficer
to break down his original Pearl
Harbor testimony.
Keefe Gathers Data.
Mr.. Keefe made another visit to
the Naval Hospital in Bethesda yes
terday, where Capt. Kramer has
been patient since September.
He said he did not confer again with
Capt. Kramer, but gathered addi-
tional information from hospital
officials. When Mr.. Keefe' and
Representative Gearhart, Repub-
lican. of California, called on Capt.
Kramer several days ago, the naval
officer issued statement, denying
he had been badgered, or held
incommunicado.
Mr.. Keefe said after yesterdays
visit that from hospital ofricials and
others. he pieced together this story:
That Capt. Kramer was admitted
to the hospital September 28 under
orders.
He was relieved of his uniform
and was there continuously until
November 7, the day after Mr.. Keefe
and Mr.. Gearhart charged in the
House that the Navy was holding
him incommunicado.
On October 80, Mr.. Keefe con-
tinued, a doctor at the hospital
wrote a letter to the captains wife
at Miami, Fla.
Says Witness Was Unset.
He said Capt. Kramer was show
ing some improvement but they
would like to have her come up"
Mr.. Keefe told reporters. THE
medical men felt there was some
thing preying on his mind and they
could not interpret it."
Mrs. Kramer arrived in Washing
ton last Wednesday.
Since then she has told some
people and they have told me-" Mr.,
Keefe said, that the reason Capt.
Kramer wasn't improving faster was
the thing that was worrying him
he was being badgered to change
his original testimony"
The Navy had no comment to
make Immediately on Mr.. Keefe S
remarks.
FBI Chief Interviewed.
Mr.. Keefe and Mr.. Gearhart called
on FBI Director ]. Edgar Hoover
today to find out what light that
agency could throw on events in
Hawaii preceding the attack. They
had not returned to the Capitol early
this afternoon.
| Discussing the expected results of
the inquiry. which gets under way
Thursday, Senator Hatch said:
4 ri AFRAID no good fan nali
I OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tsisssystasur.
oughly permeated with p0flEI j
/ ready that any report that is made
/ will be considered political.
If the Democrats say that the
| administration sss 4aaaat,
lsome people wilfeall fhxtsS hIfes
wash. If the Republicans say the
administration was to blame, some
will call that Republican propa-
ganda.'"
Senator Willis had this comment
to make:
1T is to be deplored that the ma
jority has made political issue out
of this investigation by not opening
all Of the records to. the minority
members. 1t might as we'll be q
one-party inquiry, the way it is be-
ing handled now"