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Brown, Republican, Of Ohio that
there were sly little rumors float
ing around the cloakrooms OF
the Capitol that the fix
had been put on again so that the
whole thing would be white
washed once more"
Senator Tydings said that "a
lot of people are drawing con-
clusions about things Of which
they know nothing"
He is chairman of a Senate
Foreign Relations subcommittee
that has begun looking into the
Amerasia case as part of its in
vestigation of charges by Senator
Mccarthy. Republican, of Wis
consin that the State Depart
ment has been harboring Com
munists, fellow travellers and Sc
curity risks.
The case has figured at inter-
walls in the Senate investigation
of the Mccarthy charges since it
involved numerous State Depart
ment documents and the arrest,
at the time, of two State Depart
ment employes-John S. Service.
who is still with the department,
and Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen.
Senator Tydings said the COM
mittee's investigators have been
working on the case and ques-
tioning witnesses. This has been
done while the five-man subcom-
mittee has busted itself in study
ing the State Department loyalty
files on 81 persons accused by
Senator Mccarthy OF being pro
Communists. =" a :
It is understood the subcom.
mittee plans to go fully into the
case after completing the exami.
inations at the. White House.ssol
the loyalty files made available te
| it by President Truman.
In all probability 1t will be con,
Quoted as a part OF the commit
tees investigation against Mr.
Service. a veteran State Depart.
ment career officer.
Mr.. Service, who was accused
by Senator Mccarthy OF being
pro-Communist" and "a known
associate of Communists" was one
of the six persons arrested in the
Amerasia case.
Others arrested by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation on espion-
age charges were Philip Jaffe, CO.
editor of the magazine Amerasia
Kate Mitchell. co-editor: Mr.. Lar
sen, then with the State Depart
ment; 1t. Andrew Roth, then with
Naval Intelligence. and Mark
Gayn. writer.
The grand jury failed to indict
Mr.. Service, who was subsequently
returned to duty in the State De.
partment:: Miss Mitchell and Mr.
Gayn. MFR. Jaffe was fined $2,50C
on a charge Of illegal possession
of Government documents, and
Mr.. Larsen pleaded nolo conten.
dere on a similar lesser charge
and was fined $500. The charges
against 1t. Roth were dropped.
Record Disclosed.
Since that time there has beer
recurrent speculation about tht
case and the disposition of thu
charges against the defendants
The House investigation in 1916, &
year after the arrests, resulted il
a majority conclusion that few, i
any, of the identifiable docu
ments involved in it had any rea
Importance to our national de.
tense or war effort"
The long secret hearing recors
disclosed by Mr.. Hobbs showed:
l. Testimony of a naval intel
ligence officer that 1t. Roth wa
suspected of being a fellow ira
veler" and that he was commits
stoned and assigned to ONI iii
spite of that" because of som,
higher authority" Capt. j. w
Whitfield told the House grouy
that 1t. Roth was taken by tn
Office of Naval Intelligence witt
a great deal of reluctance"
2. Testimony that document
found on raids in the Amerasi'
magazine Offices in New Yorl
f,nx xacrod Ia Nke.. l.