Evening star., 1950-06-01
Democrats ConceaIint
Amerasia Testimony,
KnowIand Charges
By Cecil HoiIond

Senator hIlOWldlQ, fSepuDllCau,
of California today accused the
Democratic majority Of a Senate
committee investigating charges
of communism in the State De-
partment of ringing down an iron
curtain" on testimony taken in
the mysterious 1945 Amerasia
case.
He called for a thorough airing
of the case IN public and said
it would show that "a Red net
work" ran from the Communist
Party to the now-defunct maga-
zine Amerasia and on into the
State Department.
I'm the Amerasia case" said
Senator Knowland in a Senate
speech. 1--WE find the threats of a
network of Communist-connected
individuals, fellow travellers and
those who by design or coinci-
dence shared the common view
point that the Communist in
China should be encouraged at
the expense of the non-Commu-
mist Republic of China.
New Charges Made.
"Amerasia might well be called
the transmission belt for the pro-
Communist views of Communists,
fellow travellers and sympathizers
in this country to our policy
making body on foreign policy, the
United States Department of
State"
His views were given as new
charges and counter charges
marked the Senate Foreign Rela-
ton of the old Amerasia case
which involved the alleged theft
of secret Government documents.
The subcommittee headed by
Senator Tydings. Democrat, of
Maryland, is looking into the case
as part of it's investigation of
charges by Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin, that
the State Department has har-
bored Communists. fellow travel
ers and security risks.
Among the developments was a
fiat denial by James M. McInerney
chief of the Justice Departments s
criminal division, that Government
documents recovered from the
Amerasia headquarters five years
ago included one showing the war;
time disposition of United States
fleet units in the Pacific.
Mr.. McInerney also denied pub
Ished reports that other highly
secret documents bearing on ma
tional defense matters were among
those seized by agents of the war
time Office of Strategic Services
and the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation in raids on the magazine
headquarters in New York.
Gives Similar Denials.
Senator Tydings gave similar
denials to reports given out by
Senator Hickenlooper. Republican
of Iowa. a member of the in
vestigating committee. in an in
terview in Mason City, Iowa.
Its too bad Senator Hicken-
looper hasn't heard all the testi-
mony," Senator Tydings COM
mented to reporters. II wish he
had"
Meanwhile, the committee
arranged to take testimony in a
closed session next Monday from
Emmanuel Larsen, former State
Department employe and one of
the six persons arrested in the
case. A committee aide said Mr..
Larsen will appear voluntarily.
The other five defendants may be
called in later.
In addition to Larsen, who was
fined $500 on plea of nolo con-
tendere in the case, others ar
rested were John S. Service, vet
eran State Department career Of
f1cer; Philip Jaffe. editor of the
magazine; Kate Mitchell, co-edi-
tor; Andrew Roth, then a lieuten-
ant in Naval intelligence, and
Mark Gayne, a writer.
A grand jury here refused to
indict Mr.. Service, Miss Mitchell
and Mr.. Gayne. Jaffe pleaded
guilty and was fined $4,000 and
charges against Roth were