Evening star., 1955-06-30

lSeOul Sald ne saw no reason why
the story could not be filed but
that when he checked with
Tokyo he was told to hold 1t up.
He said he was told that the Air
Force information officer in
Tokyo said the story should not
be sent until the Pentagon ap-
proved it.
Mr.. Grutzner then said he and
the others decided to send their
stories along with a request that
clearance be obtained from the
Pentagon.
Quizzed on Second Story
Committee counsel questioned
the witness about another story
he sent to The Times-this one
concerning a small group of GIs
who had been engaged in looting
and violence in Seoul.
Mr.. Grutzner explained that
he became interested in the sit
uation after he himself had
been threatened by a muttering
mob Of Koreans who complained
of mistreatment by American
soldiers.
He was asked whether he
knew his dispatch had been
picked up by the Daily Worker" "
He replied that he had not
known that but that the COM
mittee counsel should have
stated that the Daily Worker
quotes regularly not only from
The Times but from other pub
locations when it serves ITS pur-
poses.
Under questioning, Mr.. Grut-
zner said MIR. Einhorn visited
him with his wife and children
about two months ago. before
I was subpoenaed by the sub
committee"
He said that he did not know
Mr.. Einhorn is a Communist now
and in fact had heard rumor
that he had been kicked out of
the party as a follower of the
deposed Earl Browder. He said
he knew that Mr.. Einhorn, who
had recruited him into the
Communist Party, now worked
for the Polish government in
New York, but that he had made
no effort to determine whether
he was still a Communist. He
then explained:
Il was immune to communism
just like after you have polio.
No Communist could infect me
any more"
Denies Acquaintance
The witness was asked wheth-
er he knew Ira Henry Freeman,
another New York Times re-
porter, as a Communist. Mr..
Grutzner replied that he did not.
Mr.. Grutzner testified that he
had attended Communist unit
meetings only intermittently in
the three years he was member
but that he became convinced
that the party was not the dem
ocratic' vehicle he had been led
to believe by his recruiter, Mr..
Einhorn, and others.
This; he said, prompted him
to get out" He said he then
told Miss Bentley, a party or
ganizer according to the witness,
that "I'm through"
Late yesterday five Of those
named by. Mr.. Burdett invoked
their Fifth Amendment privilege
against possible self-incrimina-
tion in refusing to answer some
questions. A sixth. Monroe Stern,
swore to the subcommittee he
never had been q Communist.
Mr.. Burdett said that Mr..
Stern. in the late 1930s, had
worked on a New York City
Inewspaper-he couldn't remem-
ber which one-and that he had
remembered him as "a promi-
Inently active member" of the
American Newspaper Guild rath-
Ter than a Communist Party
member.
Worked for Yugoslavs
But Mr.. Burdett said he
came to the definite conclu-
sion" that Mr.. Stern was a
Communist after the two Of
them met here in 1946 at a time
when Mr.. Stern was press rela-
tions officer at the Yugoslav en-
baSsy.
Mr.. Stern said that job was
purely a business affair. He de-
MED he ever had Joined the Com
munist Party and testified he
never had attended any meetings
he knew to be wholly Com
munist."
Mr.. Burdett described several
persons as having been active
in the CIO Newspaper Guild,
but said the Guild was in