davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1953-11-19
On BrowneH Statement
On Witness Immunity

q. (MrS. May Craig, Maine
papers)-Mr. President, does
your reply to Mr.. Smith cover
the statement of Mr.. Brownell
yesterday that he would seek
legislation to give immunity
to certain witnesses who seek
protection Of the fifth amend
ment? Did he discuss that
with you?
A. The President said that
particular point had not been
discussed with him. He added
that the proposal unquestion-
ably would be Mr.. Brownell'S
recommendation, and the
President then will discuss it.
When he has made up his mind
about that, he wouldn't object
to discussing it with his news
conference but he doesn't want
to now in the absence of a
formed judgment of his own.
@. edward Foliard, the
Washington Post)-Mr. Presi-
dent, I understood you to
say that you hoped this
whole Communist-in- Govern
ment issue will be a matter
of history by the next election.
Does that mean, Sir, that you
hope these committees of
Congress that are investigating
Communists in Government
will have finished their work?
A. The President commented
that many ways are tried in
his news conferences in the
form Of questions to get him
to comment on Congress. He
acknowledged that Congress
has it's constitutional rights,
duties and privileges, and
while he can have personal
opinions about these things he
sees no reason for explaining
or pUblici1ing them except
when he believes it necessary
to the welfare of this country,
where he has to speak out in
a way that is unmiStakable.
So he didn't want to comment.
Evening star., 1953-11-19

she was an employe Of Harry
Dexter White in the Treasury
Department.
Mrs. Gold, who said she was
born in New York in 1917, said
she worked with White and
Frank Coe at the division of
monetary research Of the Treas
ury Department. She said she re-
signed in August, 1947, to accom-
pany her husband, William, to
Pittsburgh.
The files also reflect that
White and Coe told the COM
mittee they knew Mrs. Gold
while Alger Hiss testified that
he did not think that he knew
her.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
PIons on Red Question
In Light of Recent Stand
Later in the conference:

Later in the conference:
@. Daniel Schorr, CHS ra-
dio)-You said you hoped the
issue of communism in Gov
ernment would be over by the
next election, and you added
later that you would not in
terfere with the legislative
branch in that connection.
Can your words be taken, how
ever, as meaning that you
would not encourage persons
in the executive branch, or in
the party of which you are the
titular leader, to keep that is
sue alive?
A. The President said no,
but to let him make himself
clear. He hopes there is no
more active opponent of COM
muniSm in the world as an
theology than he. He believes
our whole future prosperity
and happiness in this coun-
try depends upon the earnest
ness of our support of free in
Stitutions. Wherever commu-
nism presses in on us he expects
to be there as we'll as he knows
how, opposing it. AS an ex-
ample he recalled his recent
report that 1,456 people had
left the Government service
because Of difficulties of a 10y
atty = security nature. He still
believes that vigilance, eternal
vigilance, is the price of lib
erty and he expects to exer-
else it. He hopes that the sus-
picion on the part of the
American people that their
Government services are weak
in this regard will have dis
appeared through the accom-
plishmentS of the executive
branches.
Near the end of the confer
ence:
@. (Robert Clark, Interna-
tional News Service)-Presi-
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Red Issue in Relation
To Eisenhower Plans

@. (Alan Emory. Watertown
Times)-Mr. President, last
Sunday on television, Mr..
Leonard Hall, the chairman Of
the Republican National Com
mittee, left some Of us with the
impression that the No. l issue
for the Republicans in next
years congressional campaign
would be exposures of Commu-
mist inflltratioM in the Govern
ment under previous admins
trations. / wondered what rel
ative position in the campaign
you thought this should take
in relation to the dynamic, for
ward-looking program which
you have mentioned to us?
A. The President replied he
would express himself this
way: Issues in political cam
paigns are not made by any
individual. and that includes
the President of the United
States. Issues are made. as he
sees it, by the needs of the
country. And the needs Of the
country loom up as obvious and
self-evident and it isn't nee
essary to go into them in great
detail at this press confer
ence. He referred briefly to
farm problems, tax revision
and Federal expenditures. He
said we know that the cleaning
out in Government, Of course,
IS important; but he believed
i; was in his Statc-of-tne-Un
message last January where he
cheerfully acknowledged that
the cleaning up Of Govern
Evening star., 1953-11-19
What President Had to Say
About Reds in Government

A pGTGphrGsed transcript OF
that part of President Eisen-
hoUer'S press conference yes
terdGy relating to the COM
nlunist i in Government issue
folIoiDs::
@. CMerriman Smith, United
PreSs)-Mr. President, I won
der if from the disclosures that
came out of the current
aspects of the Harry Dexter
White case, do you see any
need for legislative recon-
mendations to deal with this
situation or similar situations?
A. The President said he
would like to make clear that
SO far as this case itself is con-
cerned he hadn't a single word
to say about it. certainly not
at this time, and he didn't in
tend to open his mouth about
it. He said the inquiry raised
another question of great sig
nificance and he would have
to answer it off the cuff be-
cause he hadn't discussed this
particular thing, and he would,
if that was of real interest, try
to talk to some of his people
and see if there was anything
nf that: kind in the wind.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Martin Says Democrats
Made Life Happy for Reds
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Nov. 10. - House
Speaker Martin said today the
Harry Dexter White case showed
what a happy life Communists.
fellow travellers and their SYM
pathizers had in a Democratic
administration"
I'm my judgment" Mr.. Mar
tin told a news conference, this
case will intensity efforts of the
present administration to get
rid of every last one of them"
The speaker is touring Europe
gathering personal information
on conditions over here" He
has visited France, Austria, Ger
many, Spain and Italy.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Named in Spy Case,
PerIo Blasts 6. 0. P.
DiVersionary Tactics
BY the Assoeiassd Pres.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia for
mer Government economist
named in Attorney General
Brownell's spy testimony Tues
day has charged the Repub-
licans are trying to make people
forget fears Of war and depres-
sion by "picturing the New Deal
as a foreign plot"
Victor Perlo, now an economic
consultant to private firms here.
was among those named by Mr..
Brownell as appearing on an
FBI list in 1945.
The FBI described those on the
list as giving information, know
ingly or unknowingly, to a Soviet
espionage ring. Perlo was de-
scribed as a former employe of
the War Production Board and
Foreign Economic Administra-
tion.
Perlo has denied being a MEM
ber of a spy ring, but has de-
clined to tell a Senate commit
tee whether he was a Com
muniSt.
Part of Roman Carnival
He said tonight that "the pub
licity about me, the dragging of
my name through the mud by
congressional committees and
public officials is part of a big
Roman carnival which McCar-
thy. Jenner, Brownell, ETC., are
staging for political advantage,
and to divert the people from
real problems. :.
"My affirmation of loyalty to
this country and my history of
long years of constructive public
service are on the record.
"My refusal to answer loaded
questions, questions of entrap-
ment and other questions which
might tend to incriminate me is
on the record. I am no danger
to the security of this coun-
try and Washington inquisitorS
know it.
Diversion Held Purpose.
"The purpose of this circus,
with it's human victims, is to di-
vert the people from real and
pressing dangers. There is dan
ger Of a serious depression. The
people want to take steps to pro-
tect themselves against suffering
like they did in the 1905. The
party in power is trying to scare
them off by ridiculously pictur-
ing the new deal as q foreign
plot. -.
$50 under cover of attacks on
myself and others, it is demand
ing the end Of the bill of rights
and seeking wire-tap legiclation
TO tl:rn our county into a COM
p!ete police STATE and il hope !;
10 SIR up vieilante5 and Sto1m
troopers to help it."
Evening star., 1953-11-19

ment, or the executive
branches Of Government, is
an executive responsibility. He
is proceeding with his asso-
ciates as strongly and as ear
nestly and as thoroughly as he
can in that direction, and he is
certainly earnestly trying to do
it without doing injustice to
any individual, because he
doesn't believe we can afford
to destroy inside what we are
protecting from the outside.
The President added that he
hopes this whole thing will be
a matter of history and of
memory by the time the next
election comes around. He
doesn't believe we can live in
fear Of each other forever,
and he really hopes and be-
lieves that this administration
is proceeding decently and
justly to get this thing
Straightened ont.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Loyalty Files Policy Stands,
But Jenner Has One Somehow

newsmen the White House has
given no permission for the re-
lease of files.
Knows of No Releases.
Mr.. Hagerty said he had just
talked to the Attorney Generals
Office and he said they knew of
no FBI files being released.
Mr.. Hagerty said the Justice
Department official he spoke with
expressed surprise and wondered
what Mr.. Morris was reading
from.
At the Justice Department, a
spokesman at first declined any
comment. Informed of Mr..
Hagerty's remarks, however, the
spokesman then said fatty
there had been no policy change
as far as he knew.
At the Treasury Department,
a spokesman said In reply to
numerous inquiries:
mo loyalty files have been
made available to any congress
sional committee by the Treas
ury Department."
Morris Won't Explain.
On Capitol Hill, newsmen
again asked Mr.. Morris to ex-
plain how he got Adler's loyalty
file in view of the ban set up
by former President Truman
against making such data public.
Il just happened to have
something-that's ALL" Mr.. Nor
riS said. "Jenner said we're not
to talk about it,
Questioned further, Mr.. Morris
said:
"It'S no trend and it's not
without precedent. We just hap
pened to have it. ALI kinds Of
things come to a committee"
Mr.. Truman's secrecy order
has long been subject of heated
dispute between members of
Congress and the executive
branch of the Government.
Evening star., 1953-11-19

gators have been working quietly
on the matter.
The House Committee on
Un-American Activities appeared
to have taken itself out of the
White case. Representative
Clardy, Republican, of Michigan
said yesterday he saw no need
for hte committee to take testi-
mony from South Carolina Gov,
James F. ByrneS concerning his
part in the White matter.
In statement in Lansing,
Mich, Mr.. Clardy said Mr.. Tru-
man in his Monday night speech
verified everything Gov. Byrnes
said about notifying the former
President of the FBI report on
White. Mr.. Clardy headed a
subcommittee that was to ques-
ton Gov. Byrnes in Columbia.
The House Committee, mean
while, busted itself with current
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Ohio S New Senator
Would Forget Past
Gust Present Reds
By J. A. O'Leory

Thomas A. Burke, Ohio'S new
Democratic Senator. said today
he thinks the American people
are more concerned with get
ting rid Of Communists in Gov
ernment than they are in re-
viewing the past.
He added, however, he thinks
the people are entitled to know
what happened in the past.
The new Senator said his po-
sition was best expressed by
Fletcher Knebel, newspaper col
umniSt, when he suggested that
if the Democrats would stop
running against Herbert Hoover,
the Republicans would stop run
ming against Harry Truman.
Critical of Br0wneII.
Commenting on former Presi-
dent Truman's recent charge
that the Eisenhower administra-
ton has embraced McCarthyism,
Senator Burke said:
''I don't think it is fair to say
that about the President, but
when Mr.. Brownen (Attorney
GeneraD by inference ques-
toned the loyalty of Mr.. Truman
he was guilty of bad taste"
Asked for his own attitude
toward Senator Mccarthy. Sena-
tor Burke took a middle-of-the-
road course.
People Support Mccarthy.
"If I reflect the sentiment of
the people back home," he re-
piled, II think they support Nc
Carthy in exposing communism
but they quarrel with his
methods. I think everybody be-
1ieves his objective is good, but
as Americans they do not go for
guilt by association"
Asked what he thought Sena-
tor Mccarthy has accomplished,
he said, 81 don't know what he
or his committee has accom-
plished but they have alerted the
country to the danger" When
some one suggested these were
strange words from a Democrat,
the new Senator added:
IF I'm implying that I am
praiSing Mccarthy or McCar-
thyism, then I haven't spoken
clearly"
Defends 46 Decision.
Referring again to Harry Dex-
ter Whites appointment to the
international Monetary Fund in
1946, Senator Burke said: Look
ing back with hindsight you or
might have handled it differ
emily, but I think it was an hon
ct judgment aG the time il was
made"
Senator Bu-l1e, wno Is filing
the vacant seat Of the late Sen
ator Taft on appointment by
Gov. Lausche, indicated he may
decide early in December whether
to run for the Senate next year.
He expects to confer with Gov.
Lausche soon.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Former Aide to White
Denies Red AffiIiution

Mrs. Sonia Steinman Gold OF
Pittsburgh, whose name was
among those mentioned by At
torney General Brownell Tues
day. testified before the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee in August, 1948, that she
was not a member of the Com
munist Party and never had
been.
The committees records show
that she was accused by Eliza
beth Bentley of being a member
Of the Nathan Gregory Silver
master espionage group while
Evening star., 1953-11-19

the university said the FBI re-
port read by Mr.. Brownell-once
classified as top secret-was not
available to the school commit
tees or trustees on June 20 when
Prof. Halperin was reprimanded
but retained.
In his appearance before the
Jenner group in Boston last
March, Prof. Halperin refused
to say if he had ever been a
member of the Communist Party.
He claimed the protection OF the
Fifth Amendment.
Prof. Halperin headed the
Latin-American division Of the
OSS during World War II. After
the war, he was transferred to
the Research and Intelligence
Division of the State Depart
ment. He came to Boston Uni
verSity in 1949.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
By the Associated Press

The Justice Department dis
claims any change in the policy
established during the Truman
administration against throwing
open Federal loyalty files to Con-
gresSional inquiry committees.
II know of no change in that
policy" a Justice Department.
spokesman said last night. eff
there had been, we certainly
would have published it,
The statement came after
something of a three-ring mys-
terry developed over the reading
OF a former Federal employees S
loyalty files into the record of
the spy-hunting Senate Internal
Security subcommittee.
The incident Immediately
prompted speculation that the
White House or Attorney Gen.
eral Brownell might have de-
c1ded to release long-secret 10y
atty data in the current uproar
over the Harry Dexter White
Russian spy" case.
Mystery Developments.
Here is what happened:
Robert Morris, subcommittee
counsel, read into the record at
a public hearing certain in
formation he said was taken
from the files of loyalty in
vestigation of Solomon Adler. q
former Treasury official cited in
FBI reports as a suspected Soviet
spy.
Newsmen promptly asked Mr..
Morris whether that meant the
subcommittee now had access to
all Federal loyalty files.
Mr.. Morris and Senator Jenner
Republican, of Indiana, subcom-
mittee chairman, refused to an
Swer the question.
At the White House, Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty told
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Typhoon Misses Formoso

TAIPEH, Formosa, Nov. 10 (P).
"A typhoon which for a time
threatened Formosa veered east
war dtoday and is blowing itself
out over the Pacific, the weather
bureau said. The fringe of the
typhoon brought heavy rain to
southern Formosa, but no dam
age was reported.
Evening star., 1953-11-19
Probe
CONTINUED From First Page.)

GeV
available for questioning by the
Senate subcommittee.
Canada recently turned down
an earlier request from the Jen-
ner subcommittee, explaining
that Gouzenko had been mis-
quoted in a newspaper story say
ing he wanted to testify here.
The Canadian refusal also said
all information obtained from
Gouzenko that could be a value
to the United States already had
been transmitted to Washington.
Subcommittee officials expressed
dissatisfaction then, saying they
would like to know all Gouzenko
knows about Communist espio-
mage in this country.
Unusual Procedure.
Henry Suydam, State Depart
Ment news chief said an
official communication transmit
ting Senator Jenner'S second re-
quest was going to the Canadian
Embassy. While not an official
Government request for Gou-
zenko'S appearance here, Mr..
Suydam said the fact that the
State Department is transmit
ting the Senator's request for
the second time should carry
considerable weight. He said
normally such a matter would
be dropped after a first refusal.
Senator Jenner'S Subcommit-
tee has scheduled another meet
ing next Monday at 2 pm. to
receive a Justice Department.
report on three individuals iden-
titled as close associates of
White in the Treasury and in
the alleged espionage ring.
Beyond that will be a Subcom-
mittee decision on what steps
to take to receive information
from Supreme Court Justice
Clark on the part he played as
Mr.. Truman'S Attorney General
in the arrangement to promote
White to the monetary fund.
Snyder will be Called.
Senator Jenner also has an
nounced that former Secretary
of the Treasury John w. Snyder
will be called for testimony on
why Harold CHASER, time
Treasury fiscal expert, received
promotions despite adverse FBI
reports.
GlaSSer, an economist now
living in New York, is one of four
former Treasury officials under
immediate investigation by the
subcommittee.
Aside from all this, Senator
Mccarthy has mapped out an
ambitious schedule of investiga-
tions starting with public hear
ings in New York next Tuesday
on suspected espionage at the
Army's Fort Monmouth IN. j.
radar laboratories.
The Wisconsin Republican
pushed into the background by
the sensational Brownell charges
and the hearings before the Jen-
ner subcommittee, has indicated
the hearings by his Senate In
VeStigations subcommittee will
require "a considerable time"
Many other Investigations on
the Communist issue also are in
the ofiing as far as Senator Nc
Carthy is concerned. One of these
may be an inquiry into Commu-
mist inf1ltration into the super
secret Central Intelligence
Agency over which Senator Nc
Carthy has tangled once with
the Eisenhower administration.
Little has been said about
this inquiry. But it has beer
learned that Mccarthy investi-
Evening star., 1953-11-19

hearings on the Communist is
sue in Philadelphia and plans
for another series of investiga-
tionS starting December in
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1953-11-19

He added that we must ac-
knowledge that right to in
veStigate, and he sincerely
trusts that the need for any
investigation will be so elimi-
mated that all will see.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
; Cumberland Scientists
Decorated by Navy
By the A,soeintsd Pres,

CUMBERLAND, Oct. 21.-The
Navy yesterday gave its highest
civilian honor to three scientists
at the Allegany ballistics labora-
tory credited with important
parts in developing guided mis-
siles, rockets, and jets.
The three. DR.. Ralph Preckel,
DR.. Lyman Bonner and Richard
Winer, were awarded the distin-
guished public service medal.
The laboratory is at nearby
Pinto and the award was pre-
sented in ceremonies there by
Raymond H. Fogler, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. Others
who honored the three scien-
fists included Rear Admiral S.
Parsons, deputy chief of the
Navy'S Bureau of Ordnance;
A. E. Forster, president of Her.
eules Powder Co., and j. M.
Martin. general manager of the
Hercules heavy explosive divi-
sion. Hercules operates the lab
oratory for the Navy.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
Airline Pilots Given
New Safety Device
.-CIeoninq Tissues

The Airline Owners and Pilots
Association, which has head
quarters here and claims 10000
membership, today began dis
tributing packets of its new
anti-collision device"
The device is called Antioch
(anti-collision) and is composed
of nothing but a pocket-Sized
packet of cleansing tissues. The
printing on it says: Ideal for
pilots glasses and windshields.
"We are confident that airline
pilots are just as anxious as we
to improve cockpit visibility and
to eliminate duties which inter-
fere with maintaining a continu-
Gus safety watch in the sky out
side their .high-speed aircraft"
said j. B. Hartranft, jr., associa-
ton president.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
Lloyd Lehrbas Named
As Special Army Aide

Lloyd Lehrbas yesterday was
named special assistant to Sec
retary of the Army Robert T.
Stevens and Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, chief of staff.
Mr.. Lehrbas. formerly an As
sociated Press correspondent, was
a special assistant to Gen. Ridg-
way when he was Supreme Com
mander Allied Forces in Europe.
He served as special adviser
to Gen. Macarthur throughout
World War II and was later with
the State Department.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
Academy to UnveiI
Portrait of Benchoff
SpssioI Dispafeh TO The Siur

WOODSTOCK, Va, Oct. al
A portrait of DR.. Howard j.
Benchoff. headmaster Of the
Massanutten Military Academy
for ~ years, will be unveiled
during the schools annual home
coming october 81.
DR.. Benchoff directed a cam
paign in 1927 for the first ST.
million for the Shenandoah Ma
tional Park.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
Educator to Speak

The Rev. Clyde c. Flannery,
president of Southern Union
College. will speak at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets
NV.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-09
New Century
Club To Begin
Its 55th Year
First Club Session Will
Be Held Next Monday
Afternoon Beginning
At Two O'clock.

The Milford New Century Club
will formally launch it's 55th year
on Monday next, October 12, at 200
o'clock in the club rooms on Church
avenue.
The program. of a business and
social nature. will feature echoes
from the State Federation. A tea
will honor the school faculty with
Mesdames David Pack and John A.
Prettyman serving as hOstesses.
The program, officers and direc-
tors for the balance of the club
year follows:
October 19 - Americanism Day.
speaker, Rear Admiral J. Lockwood
Pratt; chairman, Mrs. George H.
Derrickson. October 26-American
Home Days, John Dickinson Man
siOn," speaker, Mrs. Henry Ridge
ly; chairman. Mrs. Leslie l. March.
November flower chairmen: Mrs.
Desmond A. Lyons. Mrs. S. Willis
Hammond, Mrs. Calvin White. Nov
2 - International Relations Day
chairman, Mrs. P. Lynwood Tay.
lOr. Nov. 3-DirectOrs' meeting al
the home of Mrs. George T. Mack,
lin. Nov. 9-Business and Social
covered dish luncheon at 1890 p
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