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publican said Mr.. Truman should
have taken advantage of a Senate
rule that allows any nomination
to be taken back for Senate re-
consideration within two days.
In other words, Mr.. Truman did
not need to let the White recon-
mendation ride. Mr.. Ferguson also
criticized the decision to leave
Congress in the dark about the
White accusations.
Senator Jenner, in Washington,
brushed off the Truman speech as
political byplay.
And Senator Mccarthy, whose
name had been used by the former
President, started needing the
networks for equal time and ia
cilities" under Federal Communi-
cations Commission regulations.
He held out for half an hour, in
spite of the fact that Mr.. Truman's
speech took less than % minutes
and the part about MCCARTHY
ism" only about 80 seconds. On
Friday, the networks agreed to
give the Senator the 11-11:3O half
hour on Tuesday.
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spy. 1t was Mr.. Hoover's view that
public eXpoSure-designed to force
White out of Government-coul
not be undertaken at that time
because of "the confidential sources
involved"
The meeting left it up to Mr..
Truman in this way: Cd He could
dismiss White and make no state
ment; (2) he could tell White the
story and demand that he resign;
(3) he could sign Whites commits
sion, tell him nothing, screen all
other members of the INF Ameri-
can staff and continue the in
vestigation vigorously" The Sec
ond alternative, Mr.. Hoover indi-
Gated, was the most desirable. 1t
was the third course that Mr.. Tru-
man followed.
Mr.. Hoover made it clear that he
did not subscribe to the third
course. But he pointed out to the
subcommittee also that it twas not
in my purview" to enter into any
agreement on what to do about
White.
. About the aftermath: Attorney
General Clark, Mr.. Hoover said,
felt White would be surrounded in
the INF with people who we're re-
liable. It seemed to be the impress
sion that the surveillance of White
could be continued in the job. But
MIR. Hoover said in response to
question later-it did not work out
that way; FBI people could not get
inside the Monetary Fund quar-
ters to carry on their surveillance.
Mr.. Hoover made one telling
point about the reliability of
Whites INF associates:
eff in fact there was any agree
ment to move White from the
Treasury Department to aid
the F'BI 1nVeStlgatl0n and to sur
round White with persons who
were not security risks, then the
agreement would have been broken
very early because Mr.. Virginius
Frank Coe, a close associate of
Harry Dexter White, became the
secretary of the {. Fund in June,
1916 :"
Coe, who pleaded possible self
incrimination at Senate hearing
in 1852 is under close scrutiny by
the Jenner group along with seven
other former civil-Servant friends
of White.
Mr.. Truman did not discuss the
FBI's role in the White case in his
, televiSion address.
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toned again last week as under
scrutiny.
In New York, Victor Perlo, still
another of Senator Jenner'S quar-
rieS, blasted out at what he called
a Roman carnival" and cited the
record" as proof of his loyalty.
The record" includes an appear
ance last May IL before the Jenner
committee in which Mr.. Perlo
wore out his welcome with fifth
amendment pleas.
Meanwhile, almost forgotten in
Boston, Senator Mccarthy contin-
ued his probe into Reds in defense
work. And in Washington, House
american Activities Chairman
Velde kept talking about that sub
poena that ex-PreSident Truman
had never seen fit to honor.
But there was really little that
Messrs. Mccarthy and Velde could
do. The show had been stolen by
Mr.. Jenner, with an able assist
from the Attorney General of the
United States and the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton.
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BrowneH

The scheduled star was the At
torney General, who rebutted Mr..
Truman's Monday night speech in
a detailed prepared statement be-
fore committee questioning began.
The major points made by Mr..
Brownell:
. About his Chicago speech: The
headline-making parts of the ad-
dress were taken out of context.
The inference had been drawn
that Mr.. Brownell had meant the
former President was disloyal. ''I
intended no such inference to be
drawn" Rather, the Attorney
General explained, he meant to
show that the Truman admins
tration suffered from blindness on
the subject of Communists.
. About the White reports: It al
ready was known that there had
been two reports rendered on
White. ,Declassifying a stop Sc
cret" letter from F'BI Chief Hoo
yer to former presidential aide
Harry H. Vaughan, Mr.. Brownell
barred a third report actually the
first, chronologically-dated No
vember 8, 1945.
This report named IA persons,
13 of them current or former Gov.
ernment employees, as parts or
tools of a spy ring operated by the
Soviet government. Harry Dexter
Whites name was second on the
list, led only by that of DR.. Greg
ory Silvermaster.
Mr.. Brownell emphasized that
this report came almost three
months before Whites confirma-
ton as an INF director. "I Just
do not understand this" he said.
ut still sounds completely in
credible to me-"
. About Whites role: Mr.. Brow
nell said the text Of the definitive
report on White, that dated Feb
ruary, 1946, could not be made
public. But it could be summa-
rized. In more complete detail
than had been given up to the
time he testified, Mr.. Brownen dis
cussed the activities of White, his
proteges and his friends.
"No one" the Attorney General
concluded, could with any validity
suggest today that there Is any
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CIO Critics

Some 700 labor leaders met in
Cleveland last week for the annual
convention of the Congress of In
duStrial Organizations. And their
reaction to overtureS from the
Eisenhower administration bluntly
illustrated the difficulties his 1854
legislative program would have to
overcome.
The convention naturally was
most interested in plans for labor
legislation. Administration views
were outlined in a letter from the
President and in a speech delivered
in person by Secretary of Labor
Mitchell Reaction of the conven-
ton was frosty.
Gold Shoulder
When President Eisenhower's
letter was read, not one delegate
applauded. The Presidents mes
sage assured the group that
the Taft-Hartley law would be
amended, but said it would be
made fair to the workingman, to
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management and to the public.
Amendment of Taft-Hartley was
far from what the CIO wanted.
The big union asked for outright
repeal of Hartley and sub
stitution of something like the
old Wagner Act.
Mr.. Mitchell was greeted only
with brief, polite applause, even
though he went one step further
than the President and promised
that the minimum wage law would
be raised from its present 75-cent
level and would be extended to
some persons not now covered.
Secretary of State Dulles also
spoke. He explained how difficult
it was to deal with the Commu-
nists, but the delegates were not
impressed. Applause was scaL-
tered. Union officials made it Gear
during the convention that tney
did not approve of what they
thought was the administrat' or S
favoritism toward the Arsp II
the Israel-Arab dispute or or cur-
tailment of point-four tecnric5l
aid to underdeveloped counC"los.
Reuther's Summation
CIO President Walter Reuther
summed up for the convention
when he accused the administra-
tion of abandoning the middle-of-
the-road program promised by the
President and adopting an about
buSineSsman's course-"d driving
their CadillacS down the right
hand sidewalk; while the poor
pedestrians are forced to scatter
for safety"
1t was a gloomy week for the
administration on the labor front.
Organized labor still had enough
votes in Congress to make it rough
for the Presidents program.
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1854 Targets

HE REST of the country may
l. have been hailing-or decry-
ing-the White case and COM
munism as big issue for 1854, but
President Eisenhower insisted last
week he had legislative program
that would form the issues.
He said he wanted Congress to
work in these major fields:
Security, fiscal policy Gncluding
taxes and spending), farm policy,
Taft-Hartley law amendment, pub
lie housing and slum clearance,
social security and foreign aid
particularly military aid.
That was a big hunk for Con-
gresS to bite off in one session, but,
as the President pointed out, it
still wasn't ALL The reciprocal
trade act would come up for modi-
fication and extension, conse-
quently the question of tariffs
would get a thorough going-over.
Commissions now are at work on
tariff problems, administrative re-
forms ca new Hoover commission
and racial policy of the Federal
Government. When they report,
Congress will have more work
to- do.
The President was pessimistic
about budget balancing. He did
not expect to be in the black for
fiscal 1855, mostly because taxes
worth about SO billion would ex-
pire next year while expenditures
for defense continue high.
Details of his program, PreS,-
dent Eisenhower said, would re
worked out in conferences with
congressional leaders in December.
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Korea

A FTER THREE WEEKS of total
n stalemate, the U. N.-Commu-
mist negotiations for a Far East
peace conference seemed to be
moving into the horSe-trading
phase.
Both sides were tossing out con-
crete proposals at the Panmun-
jom conference shack, and both
sides indicated some willingness
to give ground. There was new
hope that a full-scale peace con-
ference would be held, but no one
familiar with the past history Of
Communist negotiations were
counting chickens.
The U. N. position, as outlined
by the special American envoy,
Arthur H. Dean, was this:
Start the conference in the mid
die of December in Honolulu, Cen
eva or San FranciSco-or any other
acceptable spot. Invite the 16 Ko-
rea belligerents for the U. N. side
and any one at all for the Com
muniSt side. Invite some neutral
nations if it later seems desirable.
The Communist position was
this:
Start the talks late in December
at Panmunjom. Invite China and
North Korea for the Communist
side and the 16 allies for the u N.
side. But also invite Russia, In
dia, Pakistan and Burma to sit in
as neutrals "to insure smooth
progress of the conference" All
decisions would have to be unan-
imouS.
Mr.. Dean had little quarrel with
the date. But he did reject Pan
munjom, urging that almost any
other site be used. He agreed
with the lineup for the Commu-
mist and U. N. sides, but wanted
to know more about the 'neutrals."
He asked specifically if they would
have a vote. Mr.. Dean seemed
willing to look upon India, loakis-
tan and Burma as neutrals, but he
would not view Russia in that
light.
The U. N. delegates waited for
answers to their questions, but
none came. The Communists ap-
parently were waiting instructions
from Peiping and Moscow. While
waiting they kept busy by vilifying
the U. N. side during daily meet
ings.
Two major considerations would
stand in the way of Mr. Deans
acceptance of any Communist plan
for inclusion of neutralS: First.
the United Nations General As
Sembly last August specified that
only the 16 allies would attend in
a two-sided conference with
whomever the Communists wanted
for their side. Second, South
Korea's President Syngman Rhee
has threatened to pull out Of the
conference if neutrals, particularly
India, are admitted.
Mr.. Dean also was conferring
with his superiorS last week. Since
both sides seemed to be seeking
acceptable alternatives, the coming
week could be a crucial one.
POW Explanations
Meanwhile in the neutral zone
between North and South Korea,
explanations" to prisoners of war
were resumed briefly and then
dropped again. The Commuo'sts
talked to 227 prisoners; 221 Of
them refused to return to their
North Korean homeland
The Reds then refused TO see
any more POWs unless the order
in which the men are brought out is
changed. 1t appeared to be another
stall to avoid embarrassing re-
buffs, but the Indian custodial
forces again set about patiently to
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A FERVENT HOPE-on par in
IA futility with a wish that the
sun would not rise tomorrow-was
uttered by President Eisenhower
at his news conference Wednesday.
Answering a question about the
Harry Dexter White case, Presi-
dent Eisenhower said This exact
language is paraphrased]:
He hoped this lohole thing Uould
be a matter of history and OF
memory By the time the merit elec-
ton came around.
And throughout the land there
came back the reply from Repub-
lican politicians who knew a good
thing when they saw it: Over our
dead bodies.
The Harry Dexter White case
might not be the issue on which
the elections of 1854 and 1856
would be fought. 1t would, how
ever, certainly be an issue-and
one which neither President Eli
senhower nor his beleaguered po-
litical foes could wish out of exist
ence.
AS the White case entered its
third week as a center of contro-
versy, it seemed clearer than ever
that "Softness" VS.. "toughness"
toward communism would be the
Republican contribution to the
coming political wars, while the
Democrats would base their cam
paign on the issue of American
fair play" VS.. "McCarthyism."
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Heavy Artillery

It was not until the following
afternoon - Tuesday - that the
really big guns were unlimbered.
Then, in quick succession before
the Jenner subcommittee, Attor-
hey General Brownell and FBl
Director j: Edgar Hoover spread
their stories on the record Mr..
Hoover was the days surprise wit
ness
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Counterborroqe

The Republican reply to Battery
DIS artillery was not long in COM
ing. Capt Truman ceased firing
at 1923 pm. At 11:24, Senator
Homer Ferguson, the G. o. P.'s
expert at rapid, offhand shooting,
went on the CHS network from
New York to reply.
The white-haired Michigan Re-
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but after the report came in, "it
was decided that he would be lim-
tied to membership on the board
of directors"
Contrary to what Mr.. Brownell
had said about it, Whites INF Job
was less sensitive than his Treas
ury post-"if it was sensitive at
all"
In summing up the wisdom of
his course, Mr.. Truman said:
Tonight, I want the American
people to understand that the
course we took protected the pub
lie interest and security and, at
the same time, permitted the in
tensive FBI investigation then in
progress to go forward. No other
course could have served both of
these purposes"
. About the BroUneU technique:
The present administration was
guilty of shameful demageguery"
in having distorted (my) decision
=. into an alleged harboring of
Communists" The Brownell speech
was, in fact, worse than dema-
goguery, it was "cheap political
trickery," a degradation of high
office and lie. I'm backing away
-. with the mealy -mouthed state
ment that he had no intention of
impugning the loyalty of any high
official of the prior administra-
ton, (BrownelD lied to the peo-
pie again"
This was not just matter in
volying Harry Truman: II can
take care of myself" 1t was
slap at 'the then Secretary of the
Treasury, and later the beloved
Chief Justice of the United States,
Fred M. Vinson, who is now dead"
The timing of the Brownell
speech makes it perfectly clear
"that the powers of the Attorney
General have been prostituted for
hopes of political gain" In Com
muniSt countries, when a new re-
gime takes over, it accuses its
predecessors of treason. "That is
the way the Communists
behave. 1t is not the way the
Americans behave"
. About "McCarthyiSm".: Mr.. Tru-
man characterized the whole issue
as "only the most publicized and
the most recent example of the
decay of the basic principles of
freedom now taking place in this
country"
1t was here that Mr.. Truman
sounded what may become the
Democratic clarion call for 1854:
ut is now evident that the present
administration has fully embraced
McCarthyiSm. 1 am not referring
to the Senator from Wisconsin
he is only important in that his
name has taken on dictionary
meaning in the world.
1T is the corruption of truth,
the abandonment of our historical
devotion to fair play. 1t is the
abandonment of the due process
of law. 1t is the use of the big lie
and the unfounded accusation
against any citizen in the name of
Americanism or security. It is the
rise to power of the demagogue
who lives on untruth; it is the
spread of fear and the destruction
of faith in every level of our
society"
With a prayer that God would
preserve "our Nation, it's Constitu-
ton and the birthright of freedom
in every heart" Harry Truman
rested his case.
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doubt that White was in the espio-
mage ring"
The questioning that followed
went along party lines, Republican
Jenner leading Mr.. Brownell into
ever more severe castigation of
the Truman administration, DEM
ocrat Mcclellan of Arkansas ex-
amining the Attorney General on
what he had said about the former
President and why he had said it.
Hoover
If any one could be said to be
the victor in the strange business
of Harry Dexter White, that per-
son was Senator Jenner of Indi-
ana. His victory lay in obtaining
the presence of the afternoons
second witness, FBI Director Hoo
yer. Only rarely does Mr.. Hoover
make public appearances, and the
prestige he lends to a hearing is
tremendous.
Like Mr.. Brownell, Mr.. Hoover
opened his testimony with pre-
pared statement. Though its sub
ject matter was political dyna-
mite, Mr.. Hoover's statement
skirted partisan politics. One
sentence was particularly reveal
ing in this respect:
"ThiS situation has background
of some thirty-five years of in
filtration of an alien way of life
into what we have been proud
to call our constitutional republic"
Though Mr.. Hoover did not say
So-and though the Republicans
could be relied on not to labor the
point, this part of his statement
was reminder that Harold Ware,
the great-granddaddy of all the
Red rings in Washington, first
came to town under the pre-
Roosevelt Republicans.
Dealing with the matter at hand,
Mr.. Hoover had this to say:
About the White case: The FBI
was working on Harry Dexter
White as early as 1912. The mat
ter came to a head in November,
1945, when Miss Elizabeth Bent
ley unburdened herself of her
Communist past and the FBI sent
the first of three reports to Gen.
Vaughan. Mr.. Hoover assumed
that when the letter went to Mr..
Truman'S aide, the President
would be informed. In any case,
it was routine for the FBI to alert
the White House as soon as pos
Sible in a case of this kind.
He told, also, of the second and
third reports, the last of which
was dated February /, 1946-f1ve
days before Whites confirmation.
In addition, the FBI chief men
toned that four other communi-
cations citing White, making
seven in all, were sent to the
Presidents Office.
. About his informdntS:: Mr.. Hoo
yer discussed the qualifications of
Miss Bentley and Whitaker
Chambers as informantS. OF Miss
Bentley's stories, he said that "all
information which was SuS-
ceptible to check, has proved to
be correct. She has been sub
jected to the most searching Of
cross examinations; her testimony
has been evaluated by juries and
reviewed by courts and has been
found accurate" He added that
Mr.. Chambers evidence corrobo-
rated Miss Bentley's.
About the decision on White:
Mr.. Hoover bore out Mr.. Trumans
story that Tom Clark and Fred
VinSon had talked over the matter
of Harry Dexter White. The FBl
chief said he had made clear his
opposition to allowing White to
serve.
Secretary Vinson told Mr.. Clark
and Mr.. Hoover that, since the
Senate had confirmed White, the
President could not withhold q
commission from the suspected
Evening star., 1953-06-21
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Mr.. Hyman, JU. 5-0345, NE. S-6575.
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HOUSES WANTED TO RENT

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HOUSES TO SHARE

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