Evening star., 1953-11-07
FBl Report on Dexter White
Named Other Federal Officials
As Members Of Spy Network
CuudIe Says He
Fought Promotion
Of Treusury Aide
BY jones {. Roper

- NSPSl
A report which the FBI sent
to the White House in December,
1945, condemning Harry Dexter
White as Soviet spy also named
a number of other Government
officials as members of a Rus
sian espionage ring, it was
learned today.
The White House apparently
took no action against any of
them at the time.
When the blanket accusation
became public knowledge in
1948, President Truman said it
was red herring"
Two FBI Reports.
Attorney General Brownell
raised the issue again yesterday
when he said that the FBI sent
two reports to the White House
charging that White was a So
Wet agent and that, despite these
reports, Mr.. Truman promoted
White. Mr. BroWnell said both
reports went to Maj. Gen. Harry
Vaughan, the White House mill
tary aide, and then went to Mr..
Truman personally.
Both Mr.. Truman and Gen.
Vaughan now deny ever receiv-
ing the reports.
T. Lamar Caudle. who was
Assistant Attorney General at
the time, told The Star that he
saw the second report, and urged
Tom c. Clark, then the Attorney
General, to try to block Mr.. Tru-
mans planned promotion of
White to be executive director
for the United States in the In
ternational Monetary Fund.
Representatives of the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
of Senator Jenner arranged TO
question Mr.. Caudle late today
The committee also subpoenaed
Gen. Vaughan to testify before
the subcommittee at a closed
session Thursday.
Memo Quoted by PrObers. -
The Star learned, meanwhile,
that the first report which the
FBI sent to the White House on
White was memorandum which
the Jenner subcommittee quoted
in part in a statement released
last August.
This memorandum was based
partly on information received
from Elizabeth Bentley, an
acknowledged one-time Commu-
mist, who in 1948 for the first
time testified publicly about her
espionage activities. Miss Bent
ley said the leader of Soviet
espionage in the United States
was Jacob Golos, the head of
World Tourists, Inc, a cover Or
ganiZatiOn.
The 1945 FBI report said:
THE espionage groups with
which Bentley worked were pri-
marily employees of the United
States Government stationed in
Washington.
The head of the most i'm
portant group originally run by
Golos was N. Gregory Silver
master, at one time an employe
of the Department of Labor and
now connected with the United
States Treasury Department.
Another member of this group
who resides with Silvermaster is
William L. Ullman, a major of
the United States Army Air
Forces stationed. at the Penta-
gon Building who has been re-
SponSible for the obtaining and
photographing of classified in
formation regarding United
States Government war plans
and also reports of the FBI,
copies of which had been fur
nished to G-2 of the Army at
the Pentagon Building.
"Other members of this group
included A. George Silverman, a
civilian employe of the War De-
partment; Harry Dexter White,
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury in charge of monetary re-
search and foreign funds con-
troll; William Taylor, also an
employe of the Treasury Depart
ment; Lauchlin Currie, admin
istrative assist to the President,
and other lesser figures"
The FBI also named persons
allegedly connected with Alger
Hiss in another group.
Caudle Upset by Report.
AS speculation centered on
President Truman's knowledge of
the FBI report, the part played
III the White incident by Justice
Clark as Attorney General also
remained an issue.
Mr. Caudle, Mr.. Clark'S assist
ant at the time, told The Star
that he saw the second FBI re-
port on White. Mr.. Caudle said
he was so upset by the data on
(See WHITE, Page A-2)