Evening star., 1951-07-27
IMcCarran Says Probe
|WiII Expose Influence
Ion U. 5. China Policy
BY The Associated Press

Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada. said today a subcommit-
tee he heads will show how GER
tain individuals, working together,
Influenced Government policies
out of which came the predica-
ment we are in today"
The predicament he referred to.
he told reporters, was the hold
the Communists have obtained on
China with the backing of Russia.
you haven't seen anything
yet" McCarran said as his In
Iternal Security subcommittee took
time out from it's probe into forces
it seeks to show influenced the
Nations Far Eastern policies.
So far, he said, the subcommit-
tee is just laying a foundation
flor matters I know are coming
on" He refused to go into detail.
! A day-long hearing yesterday
was devoted to questioning Fred
erick Vanderbilt Field, millionaire
leftist, and Edward C. Carter,
trustee T the Institute of Pacific
Relations.
The testimony and a batch of
documents introduced into the
record were studded with refer
ences to Owen baltimore, Alger
Hiss and Lauchlin Currie.
MIR. baltimore. a Johns Hopkins
University professor specializing
in Far Eastern affairs, is trustee
of the American section of the
Institute. as were Hiss and Mr..
iCurrie for time in the postwar
period.
Mr.. Currie is a former adviser
to the late President Roosevelt
on China matters. Hiss is a for
mer State Department official
who has been convicted of per-
jury for denying he gave depart
ment documents to prewar
Soviet spy courier.
The committee declined to say
who woulG be the witness at next
Tuesdays hearing. Mr.. Carter
was told the committee was
through with him for a few weeks
at least.
/ Brought Under Guard.
Mr. Field was brought under
guard from a New York jail to
testify at the inquiry. Because
Iof his refusal to disclose contribu-
tors to bail fund for four missing
Communist leaders convicted of
conspiracy, he is serving 80 days
for contempt of court. He is a
trustee of the fund.
In his testimony to the Senate
committee. Mr.. Field said the
Army had offered him an intelli-
gence commission in 1912, but he
said it was blocked outside the
Army because of a certain prob
lem which he refused to discuss.
/ He said that at least three per-
sons-Mr. baltimore, Mr.. Carter
and William T. Stone, a State
Department officer-later tried to
break the jam" holding up his
commission.
Senator Eastland. Democrat, of
Mississippi had told the commit
tee earlier a letter showed Mr..
ICurrie recommended Mr.. Field
for a commission. In Bogota.
Colombia, where he is an advisor
to the Colombian government, Mr..
ICurrie said Il can positively af-
firm that I never intervened in
favor of Mr.. Field in connection
with any matter.
Refused to Answer Queries.
! For many years an official or
trustee of the IPR, Mr.. Field re-
fused to answer when asked if he
had written for Communist pup
llcations or ever had been known
as "Comrade Frederick Spencer. !"
He contended that answers to
these and number of other
questions might tend to incrimi-
nate him.
When Mr.. Carter returned TO
the witness chair for a second
time yesterday afternoon, evi-
dence was introduced to show he
had:
/. Written a letter to Hiss on
Feb. S, 1947. expressing appre-
citation that you have done so
much for the IPR in cooperation
and wise advice"
2. Spoke in the same letter of
"a delightful and illuminating
talk" he had with Robert T.
Miller. A committee attorney
said Mr.. Miller had been named
at House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee hearing as a
Communist and a member of an
espionage rings"
3. Sent kilograms on January
IL 1914. to Hiss and Mr.. Gu e
suggesting they might el
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