Evening star., 1952-12-04
House Probers De|ve
Into U. 5. Hampering
|0f u. n. Investigation
By Cecil HoIIond

A House Judiciary subcommittee
today swung into an investigation
of an explosive accusation that the
State and Justice Departments at
tempted to delay or tone down a
Federal grand jury report on COM
muism in the United Nations.
The inquiry was set in motion
within "a hours after the New
York grand jury made it's charge
in connection with a sharply
worded presentment released
Tuesday.
Along with this development,
the international Monetary Fund
announced the dismissal of its
secretary. Frank Coe, as an after
math of his refusal to tell the Sem
ate Internal Security subco,nmit-
tee whether he was ever Com
munist or wartime spy.
Linked by Contract.
Mr.. 'Coe, who lives at 1918
North Roosevelt street in Arling-
ton, has been secretary of the
fund since it was set up in 1916
to stabilize currencies and foster
world trade. It has contractural
arrangements with the United
Nations but is not a part of it.
Mr.. Coe said he did not "care
to comment" on the action taken
by the agency. His custer had
been demanded by Acting Chair
man O'Conor of the Senate sub
committee, who described his re-
fusal to answer questions about
his past as "the sorriest spectacle
I have ever Witnessed Mr.. Coe
appeared before the subcommittee
Monday in New York.
The congressional inquiry into
the New York grand jury's
charges was ordered by Chairman
Chelf of the Judiciary subcom-
mittee which has been investigat-
ing the Justice Department for
several months.
Charges Called Serious.
In a statement. Mr.. Chelf and
Representative Heating of New
York, ranking Republican men,
Der OF the subcommittee, said that
serious charges of delay, inter-
ference and hampering" had been
leveled against the State and
Justice Departments, and added
ALLEGATIONS indicate that, two
months ago. a certain faction
within the Justice Department
attempted to have the grand jury
drop its inquiry into Communist
activities in the United Nations.
These charges will be thorough
ly and completely explored by the
subcommittee staff and investiga-
ton Is presently under way, both
in New York and Washington, to
determine the full facts"
Investigators were dispatched
Immediately to New York to look
INTO the matter.
McGranery Pledges Help.
The subcommittee said, mean
while. it had the promise of At
torney General McGranery of full
cooperation in the inquiry. The
State Department said through a
spokesman that it had nothing to
do with any interference with the
grand jury.
The jury. in its presentment,
charged that in some of the
most fragrant and obvious cases
OF disloyalty" in the United Ma
tions the persons involved had
been cleared by the State De-
partment. 1t added that the de-
partment had blocked its efforts
to discover the reason for these
misleading evaluations."
In submitting the report, which
contained no names, the grand
jury attached a condition that it
"be accepted in it's entirety" and
made public.
Juror Makes Charge.
One of the jurors, Max Zlm-
norman said the Justice and
State Departments had interfered
with the presentment. Another
said: 1--WE unanimously insisted on
making the presentation. come
hell or high water, and we de-
cided we were not going to brook
interference from any one-even
Washington"
The 3.000-word presentment
charging that there is a CON
centration of disloyal Americans"
in the U. N. was handed in as the
grand jury completed an 18-month
inquiry.
United States Attorney Myles j.
Lane was quoted by the New York
Herald Tribune as saying he had
checked the presentment at the
grand jury's request and that
Attorney General McGranery
wanted ito satisfy himself on the
legal points"
They didn't have to show it to
is" Mr.. Lane was quoted as say
ing. mo one can stop a grand
Jury. but If they name names or
put in testimony that violates
egal procedure. it's incumbent on
The Justice Department to advise
them"