Evening star., 1955-07-01
2'More Newsnen Called
BY Senate Red Probers

party in 1887 but never was /
dedicated" Communist.
II could take it or leave 1t.
Inc said, .and / left it when
got fed up He testified thai
was in 1910 shortly before b
Joined the Times. He said b
made d .cleAn break" and has
sold the Times about his back,
ground several weeks ago.
The Times had no comment or
this portion Of his testimony.
Three Deny Membership
Three others whom Burdet'
said he had known as Commu.
Inists-Nat Einhorn. John Fran.
Icis Ryan and Amos Landman
told the subcommittee yesterda,
Afternoon they are not now Com
Imunists but they refused to say
whether they ever had been.
Gladys Bentley, named by
MIR. Burdett as q former Com
munist who had worked in the
advertising department Of the
Brooklyn Eagle. invoked heI
Fifth Amendment privilege
against possible self incrimina-
/ tion and declined to say whether
she now is or ever was q Com
lmunist.
Mr.. Einhorn had been de-
scribed by Mr.. Burdett as the
man who put him in touch with
Communists who he said asked
MIN to undertake an espionage
mission in Finland during the
Russian Finnish war.
Denying categorically that he
ever recruited any one fol
Soviet espionage" Mr.. Einhorn
said he didn't believe Mr.
Burdett's testimony.
He swore he is not now a
Communist and said he hadn't
been a member OF the Come
munist Party or any other
political party" since going to
work for the Polish Embassy as
la public relations man in l949
Mr.. Einhorn refused to say
whether he had been q Com
munist prior to that. invoking
the Fifth Amendment.
Catledge Statement
AS for the Grutzner story about
the Sabrejets going into action in
Korea, Mr.. Catledge said the
Times rejects any implication"
that it jeopardized national Sc
curity, and he continued:
The dispatch concerning the
use for the first time of this
plane in the Korean war theater
was received by the Times on
December II, 1850.
The dispatch, filed from an
Advanced Air Base, Korea was
preceded by the following memo-
randum addressed to the foreign
editor:
Suggest Washington Bureau
expedite release following story
which I spent entire day at
frozen air base getting. Fifth
Air Force says regarded as Sc
curity by high WASHINGTON
level" despite fact our new plane
made confirmed kill of MIG-I5.
THE story was sent by tele-
type to the Times Washington
bureau. Clearance for publica-
tion was obtained by Austin
Stevens. Mr.. Stevens at that
time was the bureaus Pentagon
reporter.
Mr.. Stevens recalled yester-
day that the story was sent from
New York with request that
it be checked by Pentagon off,
cials. He said that he telephoned
a responsible civilian member of
the press section Of the Air
Force to whom he read the
story.
"'This Official Mr.. stevens
said, then applied what he said
was the standard rule at that
time--that II a plane had been
engaged with the enemy it was
presumed to have been identi-
fed. The official said to 60 ahead
and publish the story.
"The story was published the
next day. December 49,
Returned to City Staff
Mr.. Catledge noted that by
January 10. 1851. the date on
which the Pentagon said Gen.
Craigie had asked that Mr..
Grutzner's accreditation be re-
voked, Mr.. Grutzner had re-
turned to the United States "and
had been working on the city
staff for a fun week"
THE Times was not informed
that Gen. Craigie had requested
Mr.. Grutzner's recall, Mr.. Cat
ledge continued. =
THE steps leading toward Mr..
Grutzner's return began as early
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