Detroit evening times., 1945-12-03
POLITICAL
PARADE
BY George
Ro+hweII Brown
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA
w star chamber "investigs-
tion" Of the charges Of Gen.
Hurley of left-winG sabotage in
the state department OF Ameri-
can official policy in China, by
the Senate foreign relations
committee, would he an intoler-
able farce and an pdefenslble
SuhterfuGe.
That Is the contemplated plan
Of chairman Tom Connally II
should be rejected by those in
both branches Of Congress who
wantthe truth IN this case. and
not a bucket Of WhitewaSh.
BY his sarcastic Mlsecrac<s
against Cen. Hurley, IN Senate
debate Chairman Connally AL
ready has demonstrated that he
would not be an unprejudced
chairman Of a committee OF in
curry
Connally has let himself out,
He has already Judged the case.
Moreover. three Democratic
members Of foreign relations,
Barkley. George and Lucas. AL
ready are serving as members
Of the Pearl Harbor committee.
pUT there is another reason
- why foreign relations should
keep hands off I'm this instance.
II is not only internationally
minded, its m Q m b e s-some-
times with little Justification
considering themselves 10 he
world statesmen, but II is one
Of the most politically-minded
committees of the Senate.
Senator Barkley is the ma
lority leader Of the Senate, and
spokesman in that body for the
White. House Barkley's politi-
cal affiliations let him out!
Barkley won't do for this all
important investigation Of the
Gravest issue perhaps ever 10
have been raised in question
of American foreign policy.
THERE is still an additional
reason why the inquiry into
the grave charges brought by
Gen. Hurley, in resigning AS
ambassador to China, should he
conducted by a House commit
tee, and not a Senate COM
mittee
In the last analysis the Hur-
ley charges come right=aouHFto
the front d oorstep OF Mr..
ByrneS, the man who is re-
sponsible for his state depart
ment staff.
He may be Mr.. Secretary"
up town, but he is Jimmy" at
the Senate. of which he was
long popular member The
clanniSh spirit Of the most eX-
elusive club in America is TOO
well known 10 require comment.
There would he constant
temptation. by a politically
minded committee. stepped in
the senatorial tradition that
senator. or former senator.
can do no wrong, 70 give Jimmy
the breaks ByrneS has already
shown his hand, in bclittling
the charges Of Gen Hurley.
| Asst and by no means least,
IL the foreign relations COM
mlttee is tied in TOO closely
with the state department for il
10 he an impartial investigating
body
These ties are not merely
official. they are social ties,
Cemented by the wining and
dining at functions Of the
upper crust" into which the
state department boys of the
Spats brigade draw the more
lOwly statesmen Of Capitol Hill.
You might As we'll have the
state department Investigated
by itself AS 10 turn the Job over
10 the Senate foreign relations
committee
A public hearing would he
had enough. a secret one. such
as has been proposed, would be
Joke.
THE evidence produced by
Il Gen Hurley, and by such
members Of the Congress as
Reps. Dondero and Paul Shafer
Of Michigan. points 10 con-
Spiracy within the state de-
partment by Communists or
Communist fellow-travelcrs, 70
sabotage official American pol
icy in China
The evidence indicates that
the sabotage Of which Gen
Hurley complains in leading 70
civil war in China, break
down in the faith OF the world
In American honor. and inter-
ference with the demobilizatiOn
Of 1000. 900 Japanese soldiers
on the continent Of Asia.