Evening star., 1949-06-13
House Probers Plan
Super Report With
New DATA on Red Spies
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House spy investigators are
working on what they call a
super" report on Russian espi-
onage.
They say 1t will cover the com
plete history Of Communist spy
ing. contain a lot of information
that has never been brought out
before. and deal with military and
Industrial espionage in this coun-
try and abroad.
Probably 1t will be several
weeks before the INVESTIGATOR
members and the staff of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities-are ready to release
the report. 1t still is after some
Of the information to go in it, in
formation relating to atomic es-
pionage. for instance, on which
more hearings are planned this
week.
Committee officials say they can
back track on Red spying to at
least 1922. They say they have
information that the Russian ap-
propriated some money that year
and set up some sort of inter
national organization.
Espionage to Be Traced.
They expect to trace the routes
along which the espionage net
work spread. One of the first
places 1t was pulled into the open,
they say. was in a case that broke
in England in 1927, a case now
pretty well forgotten.
The committee still is trying to
fill out its story of wartime efforts
of Red agents to steal the secret
OF the atom bomb.
Tomorrow or Wednesday 1t
plans to question Frank Open
heimer and his wife in hopes they
can help build up the chapter
about a Red cell which allegedly
operated in the radiation labora-
tory at the University Of Call
fornla at Berkeley.
Committee authorities said Mr.
Oppenheimer now is at the Uni
versity of Minnesota but that he
was a scientist for while during
the war at the atomic research
center at Berkeley. His brother.
j. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the
key figures in perfecting the bomb,
also was stationed at Berkeley for
q time. The committee questioned
him last week.
Lomanitz Refuses to Reply.
Another wartime scientist at
the laboratory, Giovanni Rossi
Lomanitz, refused last Friday to
say whether he ever was a Com
munist or ever recruited anyone
into the Communist party. He
stood on his constitutional rights
not to give answers that might
incriminate him.
Mr.. Lomanitz. who has since
quit his faculty post at Fisk Uni
versity. Nashville, Tenn, insisted
he never was disloyal to his coun-
try or gave any secret informa-
ton to anyone.
Meanwhile, Chairman McCarran
said it would be waste of time"
for the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee to bring contempt actions
against witnesses who refuse to
testify about Communist affllia-
tions.
Eastland Outbursts Cited.
Three witnesses refused to an
swer such questions at stormy
sessions of a Judiciary subcom-
mittee during the past week.
Senator Eastland. Democrat, OF
Mississippi. ended one session by
calling c. B. "Beany" Baldwin
an S, O. B. in the full words ver-
sion.
Mr.. Baldwin, longtime associ-
ate and supporter of Henry A.
Wallace, was attempting to testify
on antisubversive bills as a wit
ness for the Progressive Party.
While baking at the committees
questions about Communist ties.
Mr.. Baldwin said freely outside
the committee room that he was
no Communist.
Earlier George Pirinsky, execu-
tive secretary of the American
Slav Congress, and Alfred A. Neu-
wald, who writes under the name
of Matyas Torok, also refused to
answer this question:
Are you now or have you ever
been a member of the Commu-
mist Party?'f
Citations to Be Studied.
Senator Eastland said he would
discuss contempt citations against
Mr.. Pirinsky and Mr.. Neuwald
with Senator McCarran. chair
man of the full Judiciary Com
mittee.
But Senator McCarran told a
reporter such actions probably
would just slow down the busi-
ness of Congress.
Senator McCarran also said the
Justice Department and State
Department have promised to
supply information from their
secret files on 164 officials Of
foreign governments.
Both departments have refused
by direction of President Tru-
man-to turn over the files them
selves to the Judiciary Commit
tee. These files contain conf1den-
tial reports on officials with ranks
up to ministers and ambassadors.
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