Evening star., 1952-08-19

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great conspiracy, a conspiracy or
a scale so immense as to dwarf any
previous such venture in the his.
tory of man. A conspiracy O1
infamy so black that when it il
finally exposed, its principals shall
be forever deserving of the male
dictions of all honest men,"
Mr.. Kiendl said the Senator'S
so, ,000-Word speech was devoted
largely to an attempt to "prove
that Gen. Marshall is the princi-
pal person guilty for the infamy
and conspiracy" He asked Mr.
Hoffman if he regarded the Sena-
tors word as truthful.
IT consider them fantastically
false" Mr.. Hoffman replied. The
former administrator testified the
Marshall Plan was approved, 6s
to II, in the Senate, and 329 to "A
in the House, while the Repub-
licans controlled Congress.
He added that the Senate fight
to enact the plan was led by the
late Senator Vandenberg, Repub.
lican, of Michigan.
Mr.. Kiendl read another quo.
Itation from Senator Mccarthy:
II have here a book by Ear
Browder entitled "Teheran-Oul
Path in War or Peace :. I fine
in it almost textually exact thu
blueprint for unlimited, indiscrim.
mate benevolence abroad compre'
hended by the Marshall Plan.
The witness was asked if he hac
ever seen or heard of the book
Mr.. Hoffman replied he had not
He added he had never heard the
book mentioned in numerous
conferences on policy.
Plan Praised by FOrrestaI.
The Senator was quoted as
having said that aid to Greece
and Turkey was perhaps the only
statesmanlike enterprise that has
come out of the administration, y
but that the "so-called Truman
doctrines" should "be rightly
named the Forrestal doctrine. y
Senator Mccarthy, 1t was said
added:
Need I point out to you that
the Marshall Plan made mince-
meat Of the Truman-Forrestal
doctrine?"
Mr.. Kiendl asked Mr.. Hoffman
lif the latter statement was true.
The witness replied:
"TThe assertion flies squarely in
the face of all evidence" He
pointed out "the economic phases
of the aid programs in Turkey
and Greece were taken over by
|ECA with the full knowledge and
approval of Secretary Forrestal." )"
(The late James v. Forrestal was
Defense Secretary
Mr.. Hoffman declared Mr.. For
restal was most complimentary
of our administration of the pro-
gram" and one of the plans
"staunchest hackers" He said Mr..
ForreStal estimated the plan would
save from Is to so per cent of
our rearmament budgets and said
that without it we would have
to live in an armed armistice."
Tells of Sabotage Efforts.
Mr.. Hoffman told of efforts of
the Communists to wreck the plan
through political strikes and sab
otage after leaders from Moscow
walked out on the first conference.
He expressed the view that the
plan struck a massive blow" at
Red dreams of world dominance.
Mr.. holman ADDED:
Senator Mccarthy either has
not got the facts as to the results
produced by the Marshall Plan
or, if he had those facts, he has
deliberately misrepresented the
situation"
The witness declared that "the
Kremlin was on the march" when
the plan was instituted in Europe
in April, 1948. "As a result of
fifth column activities, the whole
of eastern European countries
Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary,
Poland and finally Czechoslovakia
became satellite police states.
Communist influence in Greece,
Italy, France and Germany had
reached dangerous state. Many
informed people were predicting
that it would not be long before
all continental Europe would be
under the domination of Russian
dictatorship"
The contrast between present
and past conditions in Europe
should convince any American of
the worth Of the plan, the witness
said.
To Help Repair Injury.
At the District Court hearing,
Mr.. Kiendl explained that Mr.
Hoffman would be unavailable for
questioning in the indefinite fu-
ture and that he should be heard
on the Marshall Plan in order to
help repair an injury done by Sen
ator Mccarthy.
Mr.. Williams told the judge
ISenator McCarthy's attorneys
would go to Mr.. Hoffman at his
convenience at any place IN the
country he might be. He said ii
was difficult for him to believe
that Mr.. Hoffman would be un-
available for testimony, especially
lin view Of the fact that the caSe