Evening star., 1953-01-01
Stote Department Settlement on U. N.
Employment Of Americans. Paee AZ

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investigating the Justice Depart
ment rang down the curtain late
yesterday with Secretary of State
Acheson as the main attraction
and occasionally angry antagonist.
Ending it's official existence for
the sd Congress-, the group held
apparently well-founded hopes
that its life will be continued by
the incoming Congress to probe
and prod the State Department,
no less than the Justice Depart
ment.
Unfinished Business.
Here are unfinished business
items. unanswered and unsettled
conflicts which members say they
want to tackle early in 1853 as a
result Of the last three days of
open hearings
Will further evidence and wit
nesses be presented to a new Fed
eral grand jury in New York City
to determine how many United
States citizens of doubtful loyalty
still hold U. N. jobs, and who
helped them into the jobs?
A conflict within the Justice
Department developed on that
question in testimony late yes
terday by United States Attorney
Myles Lane of the Southern New
York district, and Assistant At
torney General Charles B. Muir
ray, formerly an Assistant United
States Attorney here.
Mr.. Lane assured the subcom-
mittee he would start that work
next week with a grand jury.
Early last month another jury,
now disbanded. issued a report
denouncing U.N. employment of
American citizens who indicated
|G0mmunist membership or SYM
|pathies. The House subcommittee
has attempted to determine
whether the Justice and State
Departments tried to interfere
with presentation of the report.
Fight ON Plan.
Mr.. Murray told the subcom-
mittee yesterday he did mot
presently indorse" what Mr.. Lane
said. He declared that, as a mat
ter of law, he opposes grand jury
issuance of reports without in
dictments. He disclosed he would
fight against Mr.. Lanes plan, if
it seemed likely that the new
grand jury would produce moth
ing more than a presentment.
Mr.. Murray made clear that he
agreed with the substance of the
report filed by the previous grand
jury in New York. He also main
tanned that his record of Is years
in the United States Attorneys
Office before becoming head of
the Justice Departments criminal
division last summer amply DEM
onStrated his hatred of commu-
niSm
MY own official and personal
record against communism is
clear" he said. II began prose-
cutting Communists in the Dis
trict when most of the present
patriots were not in evidence"
To See McGranery.
In any event, Mr.. Murray in
formed the subcommittee he will
confer as soon as possible with
Attorney General McGranery con-
cerning Mr.. Lanes intended move.
Several subcommittee members
said it was "inconceivable" that
the Justice Department would stop
Mr.. Lane from going ahead with
a new jury.
Other major matters the sub
committee wants to, dig into as
soon as it is officially re-estab-
liShed include:
l. The possibility of calling Gov.
James F. Byrnes of South Caro-
lima, former Secretary of State, as
a witness.
Representative Keating. Repub-
lican of New York, who probably
will head the subcommittee in the
83rd Congress, charged that Sec
retary Acheson and several other
witnesses made a studied effort
to imply that much of the diff
fculties of the State Department in
(See JUSTICE. Page A.6.l