The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-07-09
WASHINGTON, July g :

WASHINGTON, July 9 - DR..
Eugene Ghiron Fubini, who ad-
mits being a dues-paylng mem
Der OF Fascist organization
while a university student in
Italy, is the new Assistant Sec
rotary Of Defense for Research
and Engineering one Of the
most security sensitive jobs in
the Pentagon.
In this position, the 50-year-
Italian-born scientist has three
supremacy important finctions
Gn He is the civilian boss of
the super secret National Sc
culity Agency which operates
the government highly classi-
fled communications intelli-
gence systems; ~ he has a key
role in the so-called permissive
link" that controls the firing Of
nuclear weapons from the PreSi-
dent down to officers in actual
possession of these catastrophe
Warheads; 81 he directs the op-
GRAFTON and development Of the
"hot line" between Washington
and Moscow.
These unpublished details d
DR.. Fubini's new Defense All.
thority and equally important
facts about his background were
brought to light during a closed,
door m e ting of the Senate
Armed Services Committee tina,
considered his appointment by
! President Kennedy.
BY a 4 to l vote, the commit
tee later approved Fubinis Sc
lection. The Senate has yet tc
act on it.
The dissenting ballot was cas-
by Senator Strom Thurmond
DISC, whose questioning large
~ uncovered the extraordinary
story Of this new top Defense Of
fetal who came to the U. S. ii
1899 as a well-heeled refugee
from Mussolim ruled Italy anc
in few years attained the high
est secrecy ratings in the U. S
Under Thurmonds grilling Flu
bini disclosed:
That he and other members Of
his family brought $500. 900 witt
them when they fled Fascis
Italy for racial and politica
reasons. although he admitted
Jews were not then being perse
cuted, that although listed as ar
enemy alien. he was giver
clearance during World War II
to inspect Britain's most secre
plants and projects; and during
1925, While research associ
ate at Harvard's Radio Labora
tory, he was a scientific con
sultant and technical observer
for U. S. armed forces in Eu
rope.
FASCINATING DETAILS =
Dr.. Fubini, who studied under
the late Enlico Fermi, noted
Italiar-born scientist who played
major role in the development
of the first U. S. atomic Weap
ons., is a friend of Adam Yarmo
linsky, controversial special as
sistant to Defense Secretary Nc
Namara.
Yarmolinsky is quietly reor
ganizing the Pentagon's complex
security system.
AS Assistant Secretary for Re
search and Engineering, Dr.. Flu
biri will pass on security case
involving the highly secret Ma
tional Security Agency. Also il
his province will be informa
ton obtained by the Sanos an
Ferret satellites DRIFTING Russia
Red China and other strategy
areas.
Senator Thurmond was PAL
ticularly interested in Fubini
Fascist connections.
while you were attending III
Technical Institute at Turin.
asked Thurmond, were YOU As
ISOLATED with any Fascist stu
dent movements?
Yes. sir, repl e d F'ubini
The student movement was al
most a compulsory thing, and
paid dues to the so-called GUF
the university group of fascis
students"
Were you ever associate
with any Communist or socialis
movements in Italy?" continue
Thurmond.
No, sir. said Fubini
Describe the circumstance
under which you left Italy" sal
Thurmond. =
Il left Italy both tor racia
and for political reasons *
planned F'ubini. my family de
cided they couldn't stand it an
we determined to leave"
WAS there any persecution 0
Jews under Mussolinl while yo
were in Italy?" asked Thu
mond.
mo, sir, said Fubini.
Tel us how much money vo,
: brought with you" said Thur
mond
my best guess is" replie,
Fubini, that the total amour
owned by may family was in th
magnitude Of let's say $500 900.
did you bring that amour