Evening star., 1953-11-08
Truman Will Rue
Statements on White,
BroWneII Declares
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BT0WneII Declares
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Mr.. Brownell again said wait un-
til tomorrow
He was asked whether he was
investigating an associate of Mr.
Whites that Senator Mccarthy
said still was working for the In
ternational Monetary Fund.
Political OvertOnes.
1--WE (Republicans) pledged
that we would uproot every bit
of Communist influence and cor
ruption in Government and we
are doing our best to carry out
our pledge" MI. BroWnell said.
"Whenever and wherever we find
evidence of it, we will disclose
it,"
Mr.. Brownell'S remark reflect
ed the political implications of
the Republicans raising the
White issue at this time. The
Internal Security subcommittee
of Senator Jenner, Republican,
of Indiana, had been over most
of the White case before.
Mr.. Brownell, however, charged
for the first time that the FBI
reports branding Mr.. White a
spy were delivered to Gen.
Vaughan and then to Mr.. Tru-
man. Both Gen. Vaughan and
Mr.. Truman have denied that
they received the reports.
First In December 1945.
The first one was supposed to
have been delivered in Decem-
ber. l945. After that, Mr.. Tru-
man nominated Mr.. White, who
had been Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, to be the eXecu-
tive director for the United
States in the international
Monetary Fund.
This apparently prompted the
FBI to prepare another report
against Mr.. White, but the
nomination was confirmed by
the Senate and MI. White
worked at the Monetary Fund
until March 81, 1947.
On August 13, 1948, Mr.. White
testified before the House Un-
American Activities Committee
that he was not a Communist.
Three days later, he died of
heart attack.
;. Mitchell Statement.
Mr.. Mitchell, leading the
Demo ocratic cries that Mr.
Brownell was playing politics,
issued this statement:
THE timing for release of
five-year-old story about a dead
person (White) is obviously an
attempt to neutralize the effects
of the beating the Republican
Party took in last Tuesdays
election. w.
I'VE read in the press that the
President authorized the release
of this story on Monday. Why
was it held until Friday?
This appears to be an attempt
by a group of Republican STRAIT
egists to divert the attention of
the voters in the oath Congress
sional district in California from
the difficulties of the present ad-
rninistration. hope the people
of California see through the
political stunt"
An election in CALIFORNIA; oath
district is set for Tuesday.
Headline Hunting"
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana, added a charge that
the Eisenhower administration is
just throwing up smoke screen
of Communist charges. The G. o.
p. he said, is Notwithstanding.
Investigators for the Internal
Security Subcommittee swung
into the case with a quick ques-
tioning of Mr., Caudle. The
questioning was private, but Mr..
Caudle told The Star that he
remembered seeing the second
FBI report on Mr.. White
He said it was intended to go
to the White House. He said
he found it so startling that he
Immediately telephoned Tom C.
Clark, then the Attorney Gen
eral, who was In a hospital for
q physical checkup.
Promised Opposition.
Mr. Caudle said Mr.. Clark,
now a Supreme Court Justice,
promised to help block Whites
appointment to the monetary
fund, but the nomination went
through anyway.
The Jenner subcommittee is
expected to tackle the White case
first. and then go into the cases
of some of the other persons
named in the first FBI report.
The subcommittee this summer
published an excerpt of the FBI
memoranda, but did not identify
it as such. Today, however, au-
thoriZed sources said this was
part of the material that Mr..
BroWnell says Mr.. Truman re-
ceived.