The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
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 The entire staff" he said. "has worked days, nights, and Sundays for 2 Ia months and has uncov- cred data never before produced publicly.
 we are all depressed that be- cause of the course of the proceed GngS we have not been able to pre- cent it."
 The legal staff's resignation came ns new doubts were raised before the committee that Japan ever sent 6 mysterious Winds" broadcast be- Bore Pearl Harbor attack.
 Barkley expressed regret at the Aegal staff's decision. He added. how ever, that the time also had come when he must determine whether AiS duties on the committee out weight his responsibilities as Dem- ccratic leader of the Senate.
 "If I must conclude that my Nuties in the Senate outweight my Guties here l shall thereupon re- sign from the committee" Barkley announced.
 Marshall, who ended week of testimony before the committee yes kerday, said fiatly he never saw any evidence the Winds code was used She committee called It. Gen Leonard T. Gerow, former chief of Aaae War Plans Division of the War Department, back to the witness stand today.
 Various Sources Used
 The Nays story was contained fn a 7i0-page narrative statement of evidence obtained in various Naval Investigations of the Pear. k1arbor disaster. It was prepared by &lae Senate Naval Affairs Commit kee. Included were investigations by the Navy court of inquiry and by Admiral (now Senator) Thomas c ezart and Admiral H. K. Hewitt.
 Against one witness "third-hand' knfcrmation that Marshall ordered evidence of the Winds message des- krcyed was ranged testimony of 6 dozen other Navy witnesses. Rang ing from the naval high command Co junior officers in naval communi. cations and intelligence, all saie none of them saw actual evidence that Japan ever used the Windi code.
 A top secret" Army board report released Tuesday night concluded that the Winds message was inter cspted and translated in Washing ton four days before Pearl Harbor It was contradicated by results O. other Army investigations released simultaneously.
 Agree On Message
 All sources agree that Japanes' message translated Nov. 28. 1941. SC up plans to use a Winds" code 1T Tokyo newscasts to inform envoy of impending breaks in diplomats relations. It provided that "eas winds rain" meant war with tn United States. west wind clear" fo war with Britain and north wlnt cloudy" for war with Russia.
 The Army board finding wa based principally on the testimon. of Capt. L. F. Stafford Of Maya Communications Stafford modifiet his testimony in the Hewitt investi gation which went into the Wind question at length.
 1t was Stafford who told Hewitt o "third hand" information that Mar shall had ordered destruction Of tn . winds data. He quoted W. F. Fried man, War Department cryptanalyst as saying copies of the message hal been destroyed by Col. (now Maj Gefi.) Clayton Bissell "on direct or ders of General Marshall"
 sa False Note Intercepted
 The Navy report said that s.false Winds code message" was in tercepted by the Federal Communi cations Commission on Dec. 4, l94l It contained the words mort, winds cloudy'-which would hay referred to Russia--but Hewitt con cluded It was bonaflde Japanes weather broadcast.
 The discussion of the winds message comprised only q Sma part, however, of the bulky sum mary of Navy Investigations mad available to the Congressional in vestigating committee.
 There was the testimony of Rea Admiral Husband E. Kimel, forne commander of the Pacific fleet, t the Naval court of inquiry in whic he took full responsibility for fail tfe to order patrol planes on long range reconnaissance.
 There was a detailed account c how Navy Intelligence lost trac Dec. 1, lo41, of the Japanese carrie force which struck Pearl Harbor.
 The record shows that intelligenc reports on Japanese fleet disposi tions prior to Dec. were fault! Captured Japanese documents an Interviews with war prisoners sho' tf2at the striking force was assem- f,1ed north of Japan Nov. 9 whe Intelligence reports placed all unit