Evening star., 1951-10-10
vandenberg' Salaries,
Cabinet Notes Sought
In Orient Policy Probe

In Orient Policy Probe
By L. Edgar Primo
The Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee today revealed il
has subpoenaed the diaries of the
late Senator Vandenberg for q
Observation-Disclosures period be-
ginning January /. 1947.
Committee counsel Robert Nor
ris made the disclosure during
public questioning of William L.
Holland. secretary general of the
Institute of Pacific Relations.
Mr.. Morris did not elaborate
on the subpoena, but one entry
in the late Republican Senator
diaries has figured prominently in
the current controversy over the
American attitude toward China
policy. That was in reference to
the February S, 1949, White House
conference.
interested in ANY New Leads. =
But the subcommittee subpoena
issued to Arthur Vandenberg, jr.,
the Senator's son, the New York
Tribune, and the Houghton- Mif-
I'm Co., indicated that the Sena-
tors were interested in any new
leads that might be uncovered
pertinent to American policy in
the Far East. The subcommittee
currently is investigating alleged
subversive influences on that
policy.
Mr.. Morris also disclosed that
the subcommittee has asked Pres
ident Truman to make available
the minutes. if any. of these two
cabinet meetings:
l.. The one held November 26,
1948, in which Defense Secretary
Forrestal recommended that the
American Volunteer Group (the
Flying Tigers) be reactivated.
2. The meeting of February S,
1949, in connection with a pro-
posal that American aid to Chang
Kai-shek be Immediately cut off
Talk to Press Hit.
The subcommittee wrangled
with Mr.. Holland over his request
that he be allowed to read a state
ment into the record. Committee
members took him to task for call
ing together several members Of
the press before the start of the
hearing.
Although the subcommittee de-
layed ruling on Mr.. Hollands
request Acting Chairman East
man commented that sit was very
improper for a witness to. try
to break into the press and dis
credit the investigation" He said
he didn't think the Holland state
ment should be received by the
committee and Senator Smith.
Democrat, of North Carolina, the
second of three members present,
said he agreed.
Mr.. Holland under questioning
said he had asked Mrs. Owen
baltimore, wife of the Johns Hop
kins professor who has figured
In several congressional inquiries
into communism, to contact sew
eral members of the press for this
mornings meeting at his hotel
room.
IPR Finances Questioned.
Committee members questioned
the witness closely about finances
of the IPR, a private research
group. Mr.. Holland testified that
approximately half the $2.5 mil
lion in contributions since 1926
have been made by the Rockefeller
and Carnegie foundations.
Mr.. Holland was called to tes-
tify by the Senate Internal Secur-
fly Subcommittee against back
ground Of these developments OF
yesterday:
/. Chairman McCarran refused
to accept. on the ground it was
not pertinent" statement fol
the record from former Vice Pres
ident Henry A. Wallace, who testi-
fed in executive session on his
wartime mission to China. Mr.
Wallace then released the state
ment to the press.
Jessup Placed in New York.
2. The State Department said
United Nations records placed Am
bassador Jessup in New York al
IL am. on February S, 1949, ano
not at a White House conference
as contended by Harold E. Stassen
3. The State Department chal-
1enged Mr.. Stassen's assertion the
Administration waited Is months
before submitting to Congress q
request by Prime Minister Nehru
of India for / million tons of grair
for his famine threatened country
Mr.. Stassen implied that the delay
pushed India toward Communism
Emergency Appeal Cited.
In a statement, the department
asserted that India began negoti
ations for the wheat IN August
1949. but dropped the matter Of
December % of that year over
price consideration. Mr.. Nehru di
not request grain while he was i
Washington in October, 1874!
Then, when India was hit by food
in 1850. an emergency appeal wa
made to the United States an
627, 900 long tons of grain we,
sent that year.
According to the department.
was not until December, 1850, the
India formally asked for aid. TIL
request was sent to Congress Q
an urgent basis on February
1851, and on June II Congre'
authorized $3.50 million to provit
some 2 million tons of grain.
Mr.. Wallace's statement was
close parallel to the letter h
wrote to President Truman O
September % and which the Pres
ident sent to Vice President Bark