Evening star., 1950-07-18

NuV always gave tA1Ao ouUCO11l1u1Jtc6
the benefit of any recollection he
might have. In addition, he
waived his immunity and volun-
tarily appeared before the grand
jury in August of 1945. After
hearing all the facts. the grand
jury unanimously voted not to
indict Mr.. Service. We could not
fail to be impressed also by the
almost continuous scrutiny to
which he has been subjected dur
ing the last years. He has been
cleared four times by either the
State Department Personnel
Board or the State Department
Security and Loyalty Board.
Accepted Practice.
While not condoning it, we rec
ognize that it was an accepted
practice for State Department Of
ficials to impart some types of
classified information to writer's
in order to give them background
information for their articles.
John S. Service was in an unusual
position in China and, iii accord
ance with Gen. Stilwells wishes
he maintained relations with the
representatives in China of the
American press in order to brief
them on political and quasi
military developments in the
China theater. He appears to
have been allowed a greater free
dom in contacts with the press
than would an officer i'll a similar
position in Washington. It should
also e emphasized that both Mark
Gayn and Philip Jaffe were con-
Sidered reputable newsmen and
writer's by the public in the spring
OF 1945 when Service first met
them. Mark Gayn was known for
his articles in Golfers and The
Saturday Evening Post and had
also worked for Time and For
tune. Mr.. Service was unaware of
the changes in the editorial board
OF Amerasia and still considered
it an impartial authority on Far
Eastern affairs. Because of the
limited number Of writer's special
tzing on China, it was natural that
he would expect experts in that
field, like Gayn and Jaffe, to show
a greater interest in his material
than the average writer. In addi-
ton. it is undisputed that Mr..
Service was seeing other cores
pondents during this same period.
Service Was Indiscreet.
We must conclude that Service
was extremely indiScreet in his
dealings with Gayn and Faffe, a
fact which he himself readily ad-
mits. Perhaps the State Depart
ment's ADMINISTRATION process was
at fault in failing to brief it's
coming into Washington
on short consultations on how
they should treat the press dur
ing their stay. But we cannot
and do not conclude that his in
discretion in the Amerasia mat
ter is sufficient to brand an other
wise loyal employe of II years
service as disloyal, pro-Commu-
mist. a security risk.
Cd Harlow Shapley-Our in
quiry establishes that DR.. Shapley
is not an employe of the Depart
ment of State in any real and
proper sense. Within the
proper purview of our inquiry, no
consideration need be given the
charges made against DR.. Shapley.
Cd John Carter Vincent-While
not among the nine individuals
charged before us, Senator Nc
Carthy has had a great deal of
say rejecting upon the loyalty
of Mr.. John Carter Vincent, the
minister to Switzerland.
He referred to Mr.. Vincent, who
was No. 2 among the so-called
81 cases. as Cd big Communist
tremendously important to Rus
sia. as (2) q part Of an espionage
ring In the State Department, and
go as one who should mot only
be discharged but should be i'm
mediately prosecuted"
In passing, it should be stated