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no such associations. He said Mr..
Hiss offered to leave Mr.. Achesons
Office if desired
Mr.. Acheson said he replied that
he had complete confidence" in Mr..
Hiss and considered the matter
closed.
Mr.. Acheson said that at the time
Donald Hiss was his executive as
sistant the principal work of the
office was closing the financial doors
on Axis countries and Soviet Russia.
He said Mr.. Hiss represented him in
all phases Of the work
The financial restrictions on the
Soviets, Mr.. Acheson said, continued
until after the Germans invaded
Russia.
1t is only since postwar tensions
built up that the clamps have been
put on again. The Polish loan came
up during the period of more cordial
relationship.
In April, 1916, Mr.. Acheson re-
lated, the experts studying the Polish
request recommended the loans be
granted under certain conditions.
Loan Was Suspended.
"This was approved by me-" Mr..
Acheson said But he added that
some of the conditions were not full
filled and he suspended the loan
until those conditions were met.
One of these conditions, he said,
was that Poland hold free elections.
Mr.. Acheson said President Truman
did not feel that the Polish elec-
tions were free and neither did he
Mr.. Acheson said that in March,
1947, after Mr.. Truman had made a
critical statement about the Polish
government, his former law firm
promptly dropped its connections
with the Polish Supply Mission.
1T has been said somewhat ex-
travagantly," Mr.. Acheson said,
that the firm received 100000
for its services"
| AS a matter Of fact, he added,
the fees we're S5o,175.
| Mr.. Acheson went back to the
law firm after leaving the post of
Undersecretary in 1947.
Mr.. Acheson told the committee
that mo step will be left untaken"
to keep subversive influences out
of the State Department If he be-
comes secretary.
Vandenberg Questions Acheson.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
/ of Michigan, told the nominee that
other Senators want to know his
attitude on security matters.
Without passing on the Hiss case.
Senator Vandenberg said there had
been disclosures which dumb.
founded officers Of the State De-
partment."
| Mr.. Acheson replied that mat
ters of security are Of first impor-
tance," adding.
mo step will be left untaken in
order to secure the State Depart
ment in its conduct Of foreign
affairs"
That's perfectly satisfactory,
Senator Vandenberg replied.
Senator Vandenberg said he had
been asked by another Senator to
query Mr Acheson whether John
Peurifoy would be allowed to con-
tinue, as Assistant Secretary OF
State, the work of cleaning up all
the remnants of Communist cells
still there"
Mr.. Acheson replied that he had
recommended Mr.. Peurifoy's ap-
pointment for this work. when Mr..
Acheson was undersecretary OF
State.
st think Mr.. Peurifoy has no con-
Germ about his future" Mr.. Ache
son said.
Away During Policy Argument.
i Mr.. Acheson said that in the fall
of 1914, when Mr.. Berle said there
was a policy argument going on in
the State Department, he, Mr..
Acheson, was not even in Washing
ton. Mr.. Berle testified to the Un-
American Activities Committee that
he lost out" to department group
favoring a softer attitude toward
Russia than Mr.. Berle wanted.
!. Mr.. Acheson noted that he at
, tended the Breton Woods Confer
, ence and went from there to the
Montreal Conference
Mr.. Acheson said Alger Hiss was
not an assistant directly in Mr..
Acheson's Office at any time and
, Donald Hiss had transferred to other
| State Department activities in
March, 1914, before leaving the de-
, partment finally in November of
that year.
whoever had any sort of argu-
ment with Mr. Berle, it was not l.
> Mr.. Acheson testified. Whoever as
sisted in any controversy with Mr.
Berle, it was not either of the
, Kisses"
No Prepared Statement.
i The tall, well groomed prospective
! new Secretary of State arrived about
10 minutes before the hearing.
5 He told reporters he had no pre-.
} pared statement.
). I'm just here to answer ques-
: tions," he said.
Mr.. Acheson was dressed In q