Evening star., 1945-11-29

Pearl f1arDOf DuC were not on the
original list of witnesses gave fur
ther indication of prolonged con-
gressional inquiry.
They are DR.. Stanley Hornbeck,
former political adviser in the State
Department here and now Am
bassador to the Netherlands. and
Eugene Dooman, who was counsel
Tor in the American Embs ssy in
Tokyo at the outbreak of the war
Both men we're asked for by Rep
resentative Keefe, Republican, of
Wisconsin as he croSs-eXamined
Mr.. Grew late yesterday on his
much-discussed diary and on i'm
portant talks that took place with
japanese diplomats in the years
leading up to the war.
Mr.. Keefe opened up new line
of questions when he asked Mr..
Grew if he could throw any light on
a memorandum Japan is reported to
have submitted to the State Depart
ment in 1889 looking to meeting
of world powers In an effort to avert
the European war.
Mr.. Grew said there may have
been a proposal of that sort by
Baron Hiranyma, Japanese Prime
Minister in 1899, to Mr.. Dooman.
Mr.. Grew said he was away from
Tokyo on leave at the time and
would prefer the committee ask Mr..
Dooman, who was charge d'affaireS
at the time.
Mr.. Keefe Immediately asked that
Mr.. Dooman be put on the list of
witnesses. A moment later the Wis
consin Representative called for a
message he said DR.. Hornbeck pre-
pared on December l, 1941, ad-
dressed to the Army and Navy and
relating to the condition Of those
services at the time.
Headed Far East Division.
DR.. Hornbeck was head of the Far
Eastern division of the State De-
partment before becoming political
adviser in 1897 Admiral James o.
told the committee last
week that he got the impression in
1910, when he was commander OF
the United States Fleet, that Mr..
Hornbeck had more to say about the
location of the feet than its COM
mander had. -.
Committee counsel explained that
DR.. Hornbeck is in Holland and ef-
forts were being made to find out
when he would be available to tes-
tify.
Mr.. Keefe also drew from Mr..
Grew late yesterday an admission
that in preparing his recent book
on his 10 years in Japan, he per-
mitted Quincy Howe, an editor for
Simon & Schuster, New Yorker pub
fishers, to 60 through his diary.
Would you have any objection
to Mr.. Howe testifying?" asked Mr..
Keefe.
Back to Original Question.
well, that comes down again to
my original question of whether the
diary is personal and private" Mr..
Grew replied.
Chairman Barkley interrupted to
say that regardless of how Mr.. Grew
may feel, it will be for the commit
tee as a whole to determine whether
Mr.. Howe should be called.
Mr.. Keefe took Mr.. Grew back
over the question of the efforts to
arrange personal meeting in Sep
tember, 1941, between Prince Ko-
noye, then Prime Minister of Japan,
and President Roosevelt.
The former American ,Ambassado
said his staff in Tokyo felt such
a meeting was "a good gamble" as a
possible means of reversing Japan's
program of expansion and. aggres-
sion. He asserted, however, no one
could prove today whether Konoye
would have been able to control the
war lords of Japan, even II the meet
ing had taken place and an agree
ment had been reached.
Mr.. Grew explained that former
Secretary of State Cordell Hull felt
the meeting would have been futile
unless the groundwork for an agree
ment had been laid in advance.