Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-03

incidentally before you took Of
flee but which was In the file, I
understand, all during the time
you are in ofice-I understand
it is in the file as Of today-from
the FBI. pointing out the urgency
in connection with certain cases,
listing the fact, for example. that
Coleman had been in direct con-
nection with espionage agents"
there, is an omission or there
is a deletion-and then we con-
tinue with the following:
Senator Jackson. May I ask
this question: I am a little con-
fused. This is a copy of letter
that is being introduced. / would
like to know how 1t arrived here
to this committee, where it
came from and how it came
here. This is letter from j.
Edgar Hoover to General Boiling
back in 1851. How did it get
into the hands of the commit
tee?
"Mr. jenkins. It was handed
to me. Senator jackson, by Sen
ator Mccarthy, who is making
1t the basis of the cross exami-
nation of the Secretary of the
Army. :. 4. No guardian in in.
terest and no counsel would re-
fer to a spurious manufactured
document.
Presses Question.
Senator jackson. Mr.. Jenkins,
it is a very simple matter. Did
the committee get this from the
Army? Was it subpoenaed? Is
it from the FBI? That is the very
simple question. How did it come
into our possession?
"Mr. Jenkins. It was handed
to me just now by Senator Nc
earthly; that is all I know of it.
It is a proper basis for a cross
examination. That is very evil
dent from reading the letter. :.
"Mr. Welch-I respectfully
suggest that that be done :.
The mere fact that we have an
impressive looking purported
copy Of such a letter doesn't i'm
press an old-time lawyer. /
would like to have Mr.. j. Edgar
Hoover say that he wrote the
letter and mailed it -.
Senator Mccarthy want to
question the Secretary as to
whether or not the original of
this and other letters like it are
in his file. I want to make it
clear that / have gotten neither
this letter nor anything else
from the FBI Mr.. Stevens,
would you look at that letter
and tell us, No. /, whether or not
you have ever seen it or were
ever notified Of it's contents? I
think you should read the letter
before you answer.
(Mr. Stevens conferred with
Mr.. WEIGH, saying he had
grave reservations" about dis
cuSsing at all any letters
written by Mr.. Hoover unless
he had his specific approval.)
Williams Interrupts.
Mr.. Williams am sorry to
interrupt again. but I have to
call attention of the chair to
the fact that Mr.. de Furia is
reading from the record of the
Army Mccarthy hearings, and
everything he is reading of course
is accurate, but I think there are
many things which he is omit
ting here which should be placed
in the record if we are going to
read this whole thing, so that
all of the remarks that are made
will be in context.
Now, there on page FOG is a
statement by Senator Mccarthy
that he has no disposition to
have the contents of the letters
disclosed
(There was an off-the-
record conference between
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. de
Furia.)
The chairman-Did you get
the material that Mr.. Williams
thought ought to be read?
Mr.. De Furia-Yes, MIR. Chair
man. Mr.. Williams desires that
an additional sentence be read
into the record, following the
excerpt which am about to
read, and we have no objection,
sir.
The chairmaa-Well, proceed
to read it.
Mr.. De Furia-Page 708:
Senator Symington - Mr..
Chairman, I do not know the
contents Of the letter. I do know
1t is a letter written to the intel.
iigence department of the Army,
marked personal and conf1den-
tial' by j. Edgar Hoover.
7 Mr.. Williams-There is a SEN
tence following the identification
by Senator Mundt which reads
as follows:
Sees Direct Bearing.
1.-THE chair does not under
stand that there is any DISPOSE
ton on the part of any one here
to make the contents of the
letter public, is that correct?"
Mr.. jenkins answer:
THAT is correct, as far as I
am concerned"
Senator Symington says:
IT don't see why we are
wasting all this time on a letter
that we do not intend to pub
fish or put in evidence"
Some of these things, I be-
lieve, Mr.. Chairman, have a very
direct bearing on the overall
attitude of the committee and
Senator Mccarthy regarding
the contents of this letter and
their publication. I would like
to reserve the right to call those
matters to the attention Of the
committee.
The chairman-Yes. Well, you
have read them and we received