Evening star., 1950-06-12
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man was fully informed of al
facts in the matter and their i'm.
plications before any arrests were
made.
Quotations from the Forresta
notes were disclosed exclusively
by The Star Saturday. They were
confirmed later by the Justice De-
partment which said Mr.. For.
restal's intervention served to de-
lay arrests in the case for a few
days.
The notes said Mr.. Forresta
asked FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover and James K. Vardaman
then the Presidents naval aide
to see that Mr.. Truman was in.
formed in the matter.
Mr.. Hoover, in Wisconsin owe
the week end to accept an honor
ary degree. confirmed that MI
Forrestal had talked with hin
about the case.
No Effort to Hold Up Case.
In an interview with the Mil
waukee Sentinel yesterday, MI
Hoover was quoted as saying:
"At no time did Forrestal eve
indicate a desire to have tn
Amerasia case held up or stopped
All Forrestal asked was tha
the President be advised of tn
facts in the case before the arrest
were made"
Mr.. Vardaman, now a governo
of the Federal Reserve Board
stood by a statement made las
week that he never had any con
nections whatsoever with the case
He said he was otherwise engaged
during the week Mr.. Forresta
acted in the case and could no
have carried out the request tn
diary notes said Mr.. Forresta
made to him.
Publication by The Star of tn
diary notes brought a deman,
from Senator Brewster, Repub
lican, of Maine, that Mr.. Varda
man, who testified before tn
committee last week, be recalle,
for further questioning.
Knew About Diary.
'Vardaman," said Senator Brew
ster, should be recalled at once
He should be asked why, if h
knew about the diary and it
reference to him, he did not volun
teer that information to the com
mittee.
why, instead, did he say moth
ing about it? He certainly kney
1t was an essential part of tn
puzzle the committee was tryin
to unravel."
Mr.. Vardaman told The Sta
Saturday he knew about the diar
notes before he testified last
week. After his testimony h
told reporters he had not bee,
questioned by the committe
members.
Committee members regar
Jaffe as a key witness in tn
Amerasia case, which has brough
charges in Congress of cover up
and "whitewash" in connection
with its prosecution.
The Justice Department, on tn
other hand. has said the cour
case fell apart mainly becaus
evidence had been obtained with
out search warrants.
Charges Later Reduced,
Jaffe and the five others, in
cluding two State Department EN-
ployes and a naval lieutenan
were charged with conspiracy
commit wartime espionage, bu
the charge later was reduced
conspiracy to obtain illegal pos
session of Government papers
Jaffe and one of the others ar
rested were fined in 1945. Charge
against the other feur wer
dropped.
In 1946 a House Judiciary sub
committee received testimon
from FB1 Agent Myron Gurne
regarding Jaffe's background.
Mr.. Gurnea described Jaffe, VIII
is naturalized citizen, as a know
contact of Earl Browder, forme
chief of the American Communis
Party, and of Alexander Trachten
berg, named by Mr.. Gurnea a
head of the Communist Inter
national publishers.
Mr.. Gurnea also testified tha
while the FBI was keeping ta
on Jaffe prior to his arrest Jun
6, 1945, he had contacted Browde
on three different occasions. MI
Gurnea said Jaffe also visited tn
Soviet cvonsulate in New Yor
while the FBI had him unde
surveillance.