Evening star., 1950-05-30
Mccarthy Proposes
Subpoenas for Six
In Amerasia Inquiry
BY the Associoied Press

Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin is urging that Sem
ators investigating his charges of
communism in the State Depart
ment subpoena the six persons ar
rested in the Amerasia magazine
case.
Senator Mccarthy told report
ers he thought their testimony
would be an essential part of the
inquiry which a Senate Foreign
Relations Subcommittee now is
conducting into the five-year-old
case. 1t involved the alleged theft
OF secret documents from strategic
Government war agencies.
One of the six arrested, John S.
Service, has been accused by Sem
ator Mccarthy of PROF. Communist
leanings. The veteran State De-
partment career officer, now I'M
dergoing new department 10y
atty investigation. has strongly
denied the charge. Mr.. Service
was not indicted after his arrest.
Part of General Charges.
Senator McCarthy's accusa-
tions against Mr.. Service were
made last March as part of his
general charges that the State
Department is riddled with Com
munists and Red sympathizers.
They led directly to the commit
tees decision to look into the case
as part of the overall investiga-
ton.
The other defendants in the
case we're Philip Jaffe, editor of
the now suspended Far Eastern
affairs publication; Kate Mitchell,
co-editor; Mark Gayn. a free
lance writer; Andrew Roth, naval
intelligence officer. and Emman-
uel S. Larsen, a State Department
employe.
Committee aides said they had
heard reports that both Mr.. Gayn
and Mr.. Roth are now in foreign
countries.
The Amerasia case stemmed
from a raid conducted in March,
1s45, on the magazines New York
office by Frank Bielaski of the
Office of Strategic Services. Three
months later the FBI raided the
office. Both raids turned up a
lot of Federal documents.
Two Men Fined.
Mr.. Gayn and Miss Mitchell as
we'll -as Mr.. Service were not in
dicted, and the case against Mr..
Roth was dropped. Jaffe was fined
$2,500 and Larsen $500.
William j. Donovan, wartime
head of OSS, Archbold Van
Beuren, one of his aides and Mr..
Bielaski already have testified in
the latest inquiry. So has Robert
H. Hitchcock. who handled the
Justice Departments prosecution.
Mr. Hitchcock, now a Buffalo
attorney, testified last Friday that
the illegal gathering of the docu-
ments-there were no search war
rants used-scuttled the prosecu-
tion's case.
The committee plans to hear D.
M. Ladd, chief of the FBI Security
Division, tomorrow.
Lee Reports for Duty.
There were no fresh develop
ments in the Capitals other
loyalty dispute involving two Com
merce Department employees
Michael Lee and William Rem
ington.
Secretary Sawyer Saturday asked
that both men rseign, and both re-
piled they would not.
Mr.. Lee reported for duty as
chief of the Far Eastern Division
yesterday as usual. but Mr.. Rem
ington is on leave until Thursday.
Senator Hunt, Democrat. of
Wyoming. chairman of a Com
merce subcommittee which has
been investigating charges of Sem
ator Malone. Republican, of Ne
vada that Mr.. Lee is a poor secur-
ity risk. told reporter he did
not know what the next move
would be.
1T will probably rock along for
a few days." he predicted.
Mr.. Lee has denied the charges
against him. So has Mr.. Reming-
ton. accused by House committee
witnesses of having been Com
nnllniSf in his unllfh