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ton to Gen. Short. The same board
suggested that Secretary of State
Hull's note to the japanese on No
vember rs, 1941, ITO the extent that
1t hastened such attack, it was in
conflict with the efforts of the War
and Navy Departments to gain
time for preparation for war"
In his statement accompanying
the Army report, Mr.. Stimson took
issue with the boards criticism of
Gen. Marshall. He also disagreed
with the boards reference to Mr.
Hull and asserted the boards COM
ment in that respect was uncalled
for and not within the scope of
their proper inquiry
Evidence Increased.
Senator Barkley's statement last
night revealed that the evidence
prepared thus far includes great
quantities of material from many
sources, heretofore unpublished and
confidential, including White House
records and the papers of President
Roosevelt"
His summary of what has been
done in this preliminary stage of
the inquiry was considered. as a
further reply to the criticism Repub-
lican members of the committee
have been levelling at the admins
tration for refusing to let individual
members conduct a search for files
and records.
The Barkley statement read, In
part, as follows:
I'm order that there may be nc
misunderstanding resulting from the
discussions in the Congress and in
the press over the last few days
about the progress of the Pearl Har.
Dor inquiry, I think it desirable tt
make this statement as chairman
of the committee. Neither I al
chairman nor the committee as 9
whole will countenance any effort
to keep from the public any fac
material to the inquiry. Our task
as I see it, is to lay all the facts be.
fore the public, no matter whom they
may hurt in high or low places, anc
we propose to conduct the inquir,
accordingly.
Material Made Available.
"At the outset the counsel for tn,
committee was assured that no re.
straint whatever would be place.
upon him in his efforts to bring ou
all the facts. The counsel and hi
staff have been engaged for weeks il
preparing to present the Who'll,
story. The committee has beel
given wholehearted cooperation b,
the various governmental depart
ments. Counsel are now ready t,
produce at the hearings beginning
November Is all the evidence the,
have collected to date. This initia
proof when heard will enable tn
committee to decide wherein the in
vestigation may be incomplete AM
needs to be pursued further.
II think no one should jump a
conclusions as to the sufficiency o
the inquiry to date, until this initis
proof has been made. All docu
ments, records or information whicl
the counsel has requested from de
partments have been furnished o
are in course of preparation. Al
documents and information obtaine
by counsel are available to ever
individual member of the commit
tee. All requests by individua
members for information, whethe
classified top secret, secret, con
fldential or otherwise, have beel
presented to the departments by tn
counsers office and supplied or il
) course of preparation.
by presidential order every per
son in the Government service l1a
:, been authorized and encouraged t
talk with individual members of tn
, committee and volunteer informa
ton. The evidence prepared up t