Evening star., 1953-09-10
Army IndOctrination
Document Assailed
In mccarthy Inquiry
By Cecil HoIlond

barked on further closed hear
ings looking into charges of Com
munist infiltration Of the mill
tary establishment as he released
a restricted Army indoctrination
document he described as "the
best Communist propaganda I've
seen in long time"
The chairman of the Senate
investigations subcommittee said
the documents was distributed in
January. 1852. and quoted lavishly
from the writings of Corliss
Lamont. wealthy New Yorker
often identified as a leftist.
Senator Mccarthy said the
document was clearly a Com
munist sheet" and told reporters
he was asking the Army for a
report on who prepared it and
who approved it for distribution.
Colonel May Be Called.
He said a covering letter was
signed by Col. R. S. Bratton and
that if Col. Bratton is available
he would be called for question
ing during the day.
Senator Mccarthy told re-
porters later the Army had in
formed him that Col. Bfatton
was retired and was now living
in Honolulu. The Army added.
Senator Mccarthy said, that
Col. Bratton could not be Or
dered to Washington unless re-
called to active duty.
The Wisconsin Republican
said he would wait for a COM
plete report from the Army on
the document. and what part
Col. Bratton had in it's prepara-
tion, before deciding whether
the subcommittee would Subpoena
him for a hearing.
I'VE would not want to go to
the extent of bringing him back
until we know more about who
was responsible for this docu-
ment.' Senator Mccarthy said.
The document, the Wiscon-
sin Republican indicated, was
prepared by the intelligence sec
ton of the Far East Command.
1t was entitled Psychological
and Cultural Traits of Soviet
Siberia"
Senator Mccarthy said the
document praised the Commu-
nists and said any one reading
1t could think that it was better
to live in Soviet Russia than it
was to live in this country. He
quoted several excerpts to re-
porters and then turned over to
them the entire document for
inspection.
One of the excerpts said:
''There is abundant opportunity
for rapid advancement in the
skilled trades and professions
and a man is paid according to
what he produces"
Another was: Foreigners trav-
cling in the Soviet Union unan-
imously report the Russians as
a friendly people," Still another
said that the attitude of a Com
munist in Soviet Russia was
somewhat similar to that pre-
Vailing in the United States
Army where the officer is ex-
pected to live up to a much
higher code of service. duty and
conduct than the soldier"
On the other hand, the pre-
amble over Col. Bratton'S sig
nature described the purpose of
the study as Ito develop an un-
derstanding of the Soviet people
which will be militarily useful in
case of war"
"In war time" the preamble
added, 1T will be the allied goal
to defeat the Soviet armed
forces. to undermine the in
fuence and control of the So
Wet government, and to es-
tablish effective leadership in
occupied areas with view to
assisting the main war effort"
The preamble also emphasized
that the problem in the study
was not Ito demonstrate the
political injustice and economic
tyranny of the BolShevik gov
ernment but to illuminate the
Russian in his existing Soviet
habitat"
The sources Of the material, it
was explained, were drawn
largely from repatriated Japa-
nese war prisoners, British and
American intelligence sources
and various writer's on Russia.
Senator Mccarthy said indi-
cations were that 100 copies Of
the document were distributed
to about 40 commands and staff
sections in the Far East. He did
not reveal when or how he re-
ceived a copy of it.
The Wisconsin Republican,
announcing that closed hearings
would be held both today and to-
morrow. said that one of the
witnesses is now employed in the
Defense Department. He added
this witness would be questioned
about his own activities.
Another witness, the Senator
said, would be questioned about
the Army's employment of Sus-
pected Communists which the
subcommittee has been investi-
eating in hearings in New York
and here.
Three other witnesses now
working for the Government also
have been subpoened the Wis
consin Republican said. in con-
nection with the same investi-
cation.