Evening star., 1948-07-29
Marshall Names Three
To Present Report on
U. n. Security Risks

u. N. JeCulHI NISNS
A three-man committee of private
~siizens has been given the job of
edvising Secretary of State Marshall
whether American security is en-
daneered by present methods of ad-
mitting into this country foreigners
working with the United Nations or
other International organizations.
Gen. Marshall named the commit
tee Yesterday in move to clarity
the situa ton arising from testimony
of State Department Visa Division
officials before Senate committee
that some foreigners considered
subversive have used the U. N. as a
cover" to come into the United
States and his own disavowal of anv
security threat actually developing.
The committee is composed of B.
M. McKelWay, editor of The Star;
James H. Rowe, jr., a former as
slstant to the Attorney General. who
is now a member of the Hoover
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Govern
m5nt, and Marcellus C. Shield, re-
tired clerk of the House Appropria-
tons Committee from 1916 to 1914.
Study's Aims Outlined.
Their study will be directed
toward laws and regulations govern
Ing entry of aliens rather than to
investigation of individuals.
Ar I otyn Alb lx, A c@b
lev, acting U. N. Secretary General,
pointed out that officials of the in
ternational organization may not
be investigated legally by the United
States or any other national gov
ernment, nor may an inquiry be
conducted on U. N. property. He
said, however, that the United Ma
tions has nothing to hide and wei
comes any public discussion Of the
matter"
Gen. Marshall said he hoped the
committee can hold its first meeting
within the next few days and COM
plete its work as promptly as pos
sible."
He reiterated at news confer
ence that no case had arisen in
which activities of U. N. employe
outside his official duties had en-
dangered American security.
Testimony Is Recalled.
A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
had heard testimony from Visa Di-
vision officials that several hun
dred' foreigners who otherwise
would not be admitted to the United
States because they were considered
subversive risks had been able. to
come here as employees of the U. N.
or other international agencies.
Under American laws, Communists
ordinarily are denied visaS for en-
try to this country. But under
special privileges granted the U. N,
entry to the U. N. headquarters site
cannot be denied any representa-
lives of U. N. member nations, Off
Gals and employees of the interna-
tional organization itself or press
and radio correspondents accredited
to the U. N. after consultation with
the United States. For security rea-
sons, they legally. can be restricted
to U. N. headquarters and necessary
transit" privileges, but officials said
1t is impracticable to enforce such
restrictions.
Some arrangement under which
the U. N. would assume RESPONSE
bility for activities Of its employees
outside their official duties and pro-
viding guarantees that individuals
whom this Government might want
to deport after their U. N. jobs
ended would be accepted back by
the country from which they came,
was urged before the Senate group
by Robert c. Alexander, an assistant
chief of the Visa Division.
Public Concern Cited.
In letter to the committee
members, Gen. Marshall pointed
out that there has been consider
able public discussion and concern"
regarding admission of aliens whose
presence is alleged to be inconsistent
with the national security" He said
he wanted careful study and anal
ySiS of all the relevant facts made
to determine whether this Govern
ment has "all necessary powers to
protect the public interest"
Such a study" he added, "can
best be conducted by committee
composed of persons whose breadth
of experience and maturity of judi
ment will insure findings the OBJ
jectivity and accuracy of which
cannot be questioned"
Question to Be Examined.
He asked the committee speci-
fically to examine and report upon"
the following questions:
/. Do existing international agree
ments embody undertakings on the
part of this Government (which
country of persons whose presence
is inconsistent with our national
security?"
2. Are existing laws and admins
trative practices adequate to assure
exclusion of persons whose admiS-
sion is requested by international
organizations but whose presence
would be inconsistent with out ma
tional Security?"
In connection with the second
point. Gen. Marshall asked for an
appraisal of whether ta persons
in this category have been admitted
and (b) adequate procedures exist
for assuring future exclusion or
deportation of such persons"
He oIHed that he would hp u1a n
to receive any recommendations or
comments the committee cares to
make on the basis of its findings.
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