Evening star., 1945-11-11
Dewey Is Slated
10 Be Witness
On Pearl Harbor
48 Due to Testify;
Public Will Get All
Focts, BorkIey Says
By ]. A. O'LEARY.

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York, Republican presidential
candidate last year, is one of the
headline names on a tentative
list of 48 witnesses to be called
in the Pearl Harbor investiga-
ton, which gets under way be-
fore a joint congressional COM
mittee Thursday.
Announcing the list last night,
Chairman Barkley gave assurance
that all facts will be laid before
the public mo matter whom they
may hurt in high or low places, and
We propose to conduct the inquiry
accordingly"
Other prominent persons on the
hist are Gen. Marshall, Army chief
OF staff; 1t. Gen. Walter C. Short
and Admiral Husband E. Kimmel,
the commanders at Pearl Harbor
when the Japanese attacked; former
Secretary Of State Hull; former
Secretary Of War Stimson; Joseph
Grew, Ambassador to Tokyo at the
time of the attack, and former
Undersecretary Of State Summer
Welles.
After the names OF Mr.. Hull and
Mr.. Stimson on the committee
statement was the notation in pa
renthesis, "health permitting"
Two Letters Involved.
Most of the other witnesses are
officers of the Army and Navy, in
cluding Admiral Harold r. Stark,
chief Of naval operations in le4. i.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold. commander
OF the Army Air Forces, and Ad-
miral Richardson, whose full name
was not given. This is presumed
to be Admiral J. o. Richardson, who
was commander of the Pacific Fleet
before Admiral Kimmel was giver.
that assignment early in 1941.
The committee statement did not
indicate the nature of Gov. Dewey,s
testimony, but one committee mem
Der said 1t would be safe to assume
ne will be asked about two letters
he Is reported to have received from
Gen. Marshall at the height of the
presidential campaign last fall, eau
tioriing him against discussion of de-
tails Of the Pearl Harbor story
which would interfere with the war
effort.
After the Marshall communica-
uons to Gov. Dewey were described
" an issue Of Life magazine, Her.
pert Brownell, jr.. chairman of the
Republican National Committee, is
SUED q statement in which he said
Republicans had intended to disclose
IN the 1874 campaign ethe truth
about Pearl Harbor insofar as we
had been able to find out the facts
which were being concealed !. ="
Political Effect Considered.
TN consulting Gov. Dewey about
the use Of the Pearl Harbor data, Z"
Mr.. Brownell continued. 'I learned
that he had received under dramatic
circumstances two confidential let
ters from Gen. Marshall which
warned him that disclosure during
the war of the story of Pearl Har-
Dor might well disclose to the Japs
that our Government intelligence
service had cracked Japan's most
secret code, which was still being
extensively used and from which we
were getting vital information. /
understand that Gen. Marshall In
dicated 1t was the reasoned opinion
OF Admiral King and himself that
such disclosure would seriously i'm
pede the war effort and might well
imperil, If not sacrifice, untold
American lives.
We were well aware that if Gov.
Dewey exposed during the cam
palgn the colossal maladministration
which caused Pearl Harbor. the
voters would respond by sweeping
out of Office the responsible party
or parties.
I'm the face of this, Gov. Dewey
decided, and he told me, that he
would not use the Pearl Harbor
data because he believed in Gen.
Marshall's integrity and he would
rather be defeated for President
than to risk sacrificing needlessly
the life OF single American bow.
I told him I concurred in his deci-
sion. In my opinion Gov. Dewey
acted with great patriotism and
with degree of courage unparal-
leled in American life
Assumes Governor viii Respond,
An associate of Gov. Dewey.
reached by telephone in Albany
last night, had not learned Of the
roster Of witnesses, but assumed
the Governor would respond ii
called.
The report of the Army Board of
Inquiry, made public in August,
criticized Gen. Marshall, alleging he
failed in his relations with Hawaiian
headquarters in getting informa-
(See PEARL HARBOR, Page A-5.)
Nichols Body Inferred
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