Evening star., 1949-12-06

not without full knowledge OF our
military leaders. Mr.. Hopkins
cannot fight back. He is dead"
Also rallying to Mr.. Hopkins
defense was Maj. Gen. James H.
Burns. who served with Mr.. Hop
kins in 1943 on a White House
Soviet Protocol Committee. :"
Gen. Burns expressed belief Mr..
Hopkins record was clean as a
hounds TOOTH"
Ordered Uranium for Russia.
An export purchasing company
official. Manfred Wolkiser. gen.
|eral counsel for Chematar, Inc,
said his firm ordered two small
shipments of impure uranium for
Russia in 1943. but mo White
House intervention or pressure
was obtained or indeed necessary" !"
Mr.. Jordan, one-time Air Force
expediter for the Russians, was
thrust into the lmelight last Fri
day night when he aired his
charges against Mr.. Hopkins in
broadcast with Mr.. Lewis.
The commentator took over the
spotlight himself last night with
a broadcast in which he declared:
THE big question is, who was
sufficiently powerful to overrule
Gen. Groves. who insisted that
the materials must not be given
to Russia? Who was 1t permitted
them to 60 in spite Of those
protests?
THE individual who overruled
Gen. Groves blockade and ordered
the atomic materials sent to Rus
sia In spite of him was the then
Vice President of the United
States and head of the Bureau Of
Economic Warfare, later the Com
munists' candidate for President
of the United States-Mr. Henry
Agard Wallace"
In New York, Mr.. Wallace
called Mr.. Lewis statement part
of his unremitting effort to tarn-
ish the me of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
1.-The Board Of Economic War
fare, of which I was chairman,
had absolutely nothing to do
with any shipments to the Soviet
Union," Mr.. Wallace said. "Ship-
ments to the Soviet Union were
under lend-lease."
Nothing Of this sort ever came
up for discussion in any way
whatsoever between President
Roosevelt and me, or between me
and any member of the admins
tration.
"In justice to Harry Hopkins, ]
must say that if there were any
shipments Of uranium abroad
they would have had to have the
approval of Gen. Groves"
Tells of Midnight Testimony. :
Before going on the air Mr.
Lewis told a reporter that Gen
Groves last year was called be-
fore the Un-American Activities
Committee "in the middle Of the
night" and secretly told the COM
mittee Mr.. Wallace was the man
who overruled his protest against
shipments of atomic materials to
Russia.
In Darien, Conn. Gen. Groves
said he had testified in executive
session before the Un-American
Activities Committee on many oc-
casions.
II testified at one evening ses-
sion, but it wasn't in the middle
of the night" he said. II don't re-
call whether Wallace's name was
mentioned or not. I wouldn't be
surprised If it was. I just don't
remember"
Gen. Groves was asked if he
ever mentioned Mr.. Wallace's
1dIllG Ill COACCClOAA W1GA VI 1o4AAAA!
shipments to Russia.
ooh, wouldn't want to answer
that" said Gen. Groves.
Commenting generally on the
Lewis Broadcast and Mr.. Wal
Ilace's comment, Gen. Groves said
IT didn't ship any material tc
Russia. I wasn't responsible fol
the shipping OF any material to
4 Russia. After all, I didn't super
wise shipments of material tc
Russia or the supplying Of funds
to Russia with which to purchase
materials.
lone thing generally overlooked
is that I didn't have control OF
every pound of uranium in the
United States. A reasonable
amount was used commercially
before the war-not a great deal
in tons but quite lot in pounds. u
i Thorough Inquiry Promised.
4 Chairman Wood Of the House
committee told reporters there