Evening star., 1949-12-06

Status.
But the item which interested
the committee the most was
sheet of paper on which Mr.. Jor-
dan had scrubbed some notations
He explained that this sheet con-
tanned his notes on what he had
found by spot-checking suitcases
sent to Great Falls for passage to
Russia. He said he had made
the notes on back of envelopes
and then copied them on this
sheet.
The committee repeatedly asked
him why he had not noted the
contents of the opened suitcase.
in his diary. He answered va
riously:
II didn't attach much impor-
tance to opening the suitcases
at that time"
Il believe these notes were made
in 1943, and the diary is for 1914" F."
"The diary was for arrivals and
departures"
Expedited Planes, Freight.
Mr.. Jordan testified his job at
Great Falls during 1943 and the
spring and summer of 1914 was to
expedite the movement of aircraft
and air freight to the Russians
under a presidential directive Civ
ing the Russians top priority.
He told the committee he began
to worry when as many as SO
suitcases with armed couriers
would arrive at Great Falls for
shipment to Russia via Alaska.
He decided. he said, to open
some of the suitcases "for my own
protection"
II was worried what would
happen to me If the FBI asked me
what was in the suitcases." he
explained.
His notations. he said. showed
the Russians were sending in
structions on how to ship four
legged animals, a variety of Amer
ican catalogs, Panama Canal
Commission maps with markings
on the maps" the "Oak Ridge
maps and folders marked State
Agriculture and Commerce De-
partments.
II saw a lot of official looking
photostats that had the word
secret cut off," he volunteered.
Sought Stolen Morphine.
At one point, he told the COM
mittee he opened the suitcases In
search of morphine he suspected
the Russians were stealing from
medical kits on the base.
Consulting his diary, he testi-
fed he came to Washington in
January. 1914. to find out whether
the suitcaseS were covered by
diplomatic immunity. He said he
saw Gen. Junius Jones, then Al,
Inspector General, but Il under
stand he doesn't remember me-
He said he also saw John Hazard
at the State Department.
At the Air Force headquarters
he said. Il was told higher au-
thority was passing on these
things and my job was not toe
cause ruckus but simply to ex-
pedite."
Mr.. Hazard, he added, "told
me everything was known in
Washington. There was nothing
for me to worry about. They were
aware Of everything going on"
When he finally snapped shut
his date book, the voluble witness
told the committee:
There are a lot of holes in my
statement that I'm not able to fill
in because was only in one spot.
Later, at press conference. Mr.
Jordan was asked If he had re.
ported to anyone what he had &C.
tually found in the suitcases. HI
told the committee he reported tx
the field security officer.
Il don't mention what I foune
in the suitcases," he said. II jus1
spoke generally" e. .>-s~.. -
Quizzed on Hopkins Talk.
He was asked repeatedly to ex.
plain in more detail how he knew
he was talking to Mr.. Hopkins
His answers:
IT you wanted to get 10 pilot.
in a hurry, all you had to do wa.
call the Russian Embassy ane
you'd get 10 pilots. Does tha'
mean Hopkins or not?"
And again:
How did I know 1t was Hop.
kins? Because the Russians got
sleeping bags when the American
soldiers in Iceland couldn't get
them"
He was asked exactly what the
man he has identified as Mr.
Hopkins had said to him on the
telephone.
HE asked me to expedite Ger.
tain shipments Kotikov would
designate" he replied.
Col. A. N. Kotikov of the Rus.
sian Purchasing Commission was
at the Montana base with Mr.
Jordan.
What were in the shipments?'
Mr.. Jordan was asked.
II wouldn't know" he replied
But wasn't this the uranium
shipment?" the reporter per-
sisted. recalling his testimony.
The Russians called it bomb
powder, but saw the word urani-
um on the Russians paper, and
that was the shipment Kotikov
designated"
Tells Of Early Suspicious.
Under questioning. Mr.. Jordan
told about himself and how he
suddenly found himself in the
public prints.
II began to get suspicious when
the word uranium was used" he
said. "We all decided after awhile
it must have been uranium.