Evening star., 1953-11-18
Eisenhower Hopes
White Case Dispute
Will. End Soon
Continued From First Page.)

President, did not heed FBI
warnings-delivered to the White
House in December, 1945, and
February, 1946-that White was
member of a Soviet espionage
ring. Mr.. Brownell said the Tru-
man administration did not take
even minimum precautions in the
White case.
Mr.. Hoover, speaking with the
staccato Of a tommy-gun, then
took the witness stand and de-
MED time and again every impli-
cation that he agreed to or
acquieSced in any arrangement
to keep White or other Soviet
agents in Government service.
Democratic members of the
subcommittee asked a few ques-
tions to put Mr.. Truman in the
best light, but the effort was
desultory. Afterwards, they de-
clined comment to reporters.
At Gen. Eisenhower's news
conference today, the first ques-
toner asked the President
whether he saw any need for leg
islative recommendations as a
result of the White case. Gen.
Eisenhower said he didn't have
a single word to say about the
case and didn't intend to open
his mouth about it,
Not Made By Individual.
The second question sought
the Presidents appraisal of
Communism in Government as
an election issue in 1854.
Issues in political campaigns,
Gen. Eisenhower replied, are not
made by an individual. He said
they are made by the needs of
the country; they loom up. He
said certain phases of agricul-
ture are in bad shape; there are
certain foreign problems; and
cleaning out of Government is,
of course, important.
Gen. Eisenhower continued
that cleaning up of the executive
branch of Government is an eX-
ecutive responsibility. He said
he is proceeding as earnestly as
he can without injustice to any
individual. He said he didn't
want to destroy from within
what we are trying to fight
from outsiders.
Can't Live in Fear Forever.
He said he hoped the whole
thing will be history by the time
the next election rolls around.
He doesn't think, he said, that |
Americans can live in fear of |
each other forever.
In answer to other questions,
Gen. Eisenhower said he hoped |
that suspicious of the American |
people that the Government is
weak in regard to communism |
will have disappeared by the
time the election comes around |
In reply to still another question,
he said he hopes his administra-
TONS cleanup in Washington
will eliminate the issue from the |
coming political campaign. /
The combined testimony of |
Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Brownell |
yesterday took only one hour and |
So minutes.
MI. BroWnell, wearing asblue |
shirt for the television cameras,
presented warning letters which |
Mr.. Hoover had sent to the White
House about White and other
members of a reported Soviet |
espionage ring. And he sum-
married. the FTBI report of Febru-
airy, 1916, which emphasized
Whites involvement in the ring.
This report was made after Mr..
Truman nominated White to be
U. S. Executive Director for the
International Monetary Fund.
SCOTS at Truman's Speech.
Mr.. Brownell jibed at Mr.. Tru-
mans io-television speech
Monday night. At that time, Mr..
Truman said he kept White in
the Government service so as
not to upset FBI Investigations.
Mr.. Brownell just scoffed at
this explanation, saying it,
raises more questions than it
answers"
But there was an arbiter for
the argument Mr.. Truman and
Mr.. Brownell. The arbiter was
Mr.. Hoover, who had sat pas
sively among the spectators
while Mr.. Brownell testified.
When Mr.. Brownell finished,
the subcommittee called Mr..
Hoover to the witness stand to
deliver the pay-off testimony.
The $50 persons in the steaming
Caucus Room quieted as Mr..
Hoover, dapper in a blue,
double-breasted suit, began to
testify in the glare of flood
lights.
On February 81, 1946, Mr..
Hoover related, Il told the At
torney General (Tom Clark, now
a Supreme Court Justice) I felt
1t was unwise for White to
serve"
Lunched with Vinson.
Mr.. Hoover said that on the
next day he lunched with Mr..
Clark and the late Secretary
VlnSon, later to become Chief
Justice.
Judge Vinson did not want
Mr.. White to serve as a U. S.
delegate on the International
Monetary Fund and, in fact,
did not want him to continue
as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury" Mr.. Hoover said.
Mr.. Hoover said: Il advised
Judge Vinson and the Attorney
General that the character of
the evidence was such that it
should not be publicly disclosed
at that time in view of the con-
fidential sources involved"
But Mr.. Hoover raised his
voice and said:
tsT diA not