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Jessup Calls Charges
Mixture of 'Falsehoods
And Distortions’
(Continued From First Page.)
until the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The bulk of Dr. Jessup’s testi
mony ^concerned the IPR. a pri
vate research group, he joined in
late 1932 and remained active in
until late 1945. The IPR now is
under investigation by the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
for allegedly exerting influence on
our Far Eastern policy.
After outlining his role in IPR
affairs and listing the names of
the outstanding Americans who
held the position of chairman of
the council in this country, the
Ambassador took up his relation
ship within the IPR with Fred
erick Vanderbilt Field.
Field, a millionaire leftist, was
secretary of the American council I
from 1934 to 1940.
“When Frederick Field first be
came a paid staff member in 1934, j
I knew that he was interested in
social reform but I did not con
sider he was a radical in his \
views.” Dr. Jessup said.
Noted Drift Toward Left.
"However, during the late 30s, i
I became aware that there was a!
discernible drift toward the left:
in his thinking. However, there
was nothing jn his attitude to. lead
me to believe he was a Communist
or a fellow-traveler.’’
The witness then explained his
oft-quoted letter to E. C. Carter,
IPR chairman, in connection with ,
Field's imminent resignation from
IPR in order to head a new group:
which w'as later called the Ameri
can Peace Mobilization.
Before Pearl Harbor, Field and
other members of the Peace1
Mobilization picketed the White
House with placards stating, "The
Yanks Are Not Coming.” Sev
eral years later the Attorney Gen
eral cited the organization as a
Communist front.
Dr. Jessup said his statement in
the letter to Mr. Carter that he
would be glad to help Field with
his cause meant he, too. wfas in
terested in peace and keeping thej
United States out of World War II.
Not Deferred in Stand.
“During this period I was aware
that many groups in this country
opposed to our involvement in
World War II may not have been
doing.so out of conviction, but be
cause this was the Communist
line at the moment.
, "But the fact that the Commu
nists then claimed to be for peace
did not deter me in my search for
peace any more than it does now.
I did not, however, affiliate my- '
self with any of these groups." ,
Dr. Jessup said that after Ger- ,
many invaded Russia, he learned !
that Field had been following the
Communist party line and had ;
not been sincere in his non-inter- '
ventionist attitude “with which 1;
had agreed."
“The record, Mr. Chairman,
proves conclusively the stark un
truth of Senator McCarthy's alle
gations last Thursday that I
switched with the party line when
the Soviets entered the war,” he
said.
Taking up the matter of Field's'
contributions to the IPR, Dr. Jes-j
sup declared they had been great-1
ly exaggerated. He said Field had
perhaps contributed $60,000 out'
of a total of $2.5 million donate^
In the last 20 years. '
Claim Called Ridiculous.
The witness asserted that the :
Rockefeller Foundation and the'i
Carnegie Corp. contributed about ']
half of the $200,000 a year raised ]
in recent years for the IPR.
“Under the circumstances, the i
claim that Mr. Field’s contribu- i
tions exerted a controlling in- 1
terest in the policies of the In- i
stitute of Pacific Relations is ri- i
diculous,” Dr. Jessup said. “The (
suggestion that i personally re- .
ceived these funds for the IPR ,
is false.” I
As to charges that the IPR fol
lowed the Communist line, the
witness declared it was his opin
ion that this allegation was false. 1
He added that there were two
separate investigations made by i
the Institute of its published ma- i
terial and that such men as Dr. t
Robert Sproul, president of the i
University of California, and W. j
R. Herod, president of the Inter
national General Electric Co., con
curred fh the loyalty of the IPR's
administration.
In taking up the six Communist
fronts named by Senator Mc
Carthy, Dr. Jessup began with the
National Emergency Conference
for Democratic Rights. He said
he had no recollection whatsoever
of this organization and that his
being listed on a letterhead ps a
member of the board of sponsors
was done so “without authoriza
tion from me.”
Was a Dinner Sponsor.
As for the American Russian
Institute, the witness conceded he
was a sponsor of a dinner given
by the organization in 1944 and
1946 but that he had not attended
these dinners and was never a
member of the group. He further
pointed out that the Attorney
General first cited the institute
m May, 1948.
Dr. Jessup referred to Senator
McCarthy's photostat in connec
tion with the Co-ordinating Com
mittee to Lift the Spanish Em
bargo as “dishonest.”
The photostat was a part of a
letter written by Charles C. Bur
lingham and Dr. Jessup to the
New York Times and which was
printed January 30, 1939.
The Ambassador said that the
Co-ordinating Committee, inas
much as the letter was in the
public domain, “could and did use
it without my knowledge or con
sent.”
Dr. Jessup called this photostat
of the Senator's "a trick composite
production,” and added, “the
committee may be reminded of
another ‘trick’ photograph used
against another of Senator Mc
Carthy’s targets.”
Hiss Testimony Explained.
As for the China Aid Council,
Dr. Jessup said he had never been
affiliated wjjh it but that his wile
had before it was listed as sub
versive or “known to be sub
versive.”
Taking up the matter of his
testifying as a character witness
during the second trial of Alger
Hiss, Dr. Jessup cited court cases
in support of his contention that a
character witness must confine his
remarks to the person’s general
reputation in the community anS
must omit any personal opinion.
He said that Senator McCarthy
had attempted “a distortion by
construing my testimony as to the
reputation of Alger Hiss as sup
port of Hiss.”
Last night the subcommittee
made public a finding by the Civil
Service Loyalty Review Board that
there is “no reasonable doubt” as
to Dr. Jessup’s loyalty.
Senator McCarthy raised some
question about the finding, but
was promptly contradicted by Hir
man Bingham, chairman of the
loyalty board.
Acheson Challenged to Deny
Urging Halt in Chiang Aid
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3 UP).—
Harold E. Stassen flatly challenged
Secretary of State Acheson today
to deny that in 1949 he recom
mended cytting off all military
supplies for China.
Mr. Stassen's challenge followed
a State Department reply to his
testimony before a Senate hear
ing on Monday. He said then
that the late Senator Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan^had told
him of a White House meeting at
which Mr. Acheson and Philip
Jessup had proposed halting aid
to the Nationalists.
The State Department reply was
issued last night by Press Officer
Michael J. McDermott who said
|"I fear Mr. Stassen's memory is
jplaying him tricks.”
Mr. Stassen said in a brief
statement today:
”My attention has been called
; to the State Department's re
lease of October 3.
”1 will make a more complete
statement later.
“But I immediately ask this
direct, specific question of Secre
tary Acheson:
I “Do you deny that you were at
a conference with President Tru
man and Senator Vandenberg in
1949 at which you recommended
cutting off all military supplies
for the China Nationalists, and at
which Senator Vandenberg op
posed such action?”
Thurmont Woman
Donates Her 31st
Pint of Blood
Mrs. Charles Clarke, 61, of
Thurmont, Md.. traveled 60
miles to Walter Reed Hospital
to give her 31st pint of blood
yesterday.
She was one of 362 who
gave. But needs of hospitals
and the armed forces require
500 donors daily. For an
appointment, phone the Red
! Cross Blood Center, 1730 E
; street N.W., Republic 8300,
I Extension 511 or 514. In
nearby Maryland and Vir
ginia, phone your Red Cross
chapter.
Yesterday’s donor score:
Blood Center_I_172
i Internal Revenue_146
1 Walter Reed Hospital_ 34
Scientific Assembly_ 10
Total donors_362
Daily quota_500
Armed Forces weekly quota,
1,250 pints.
Shipped this week, 19?pints.
DENIES CHARGES—Philip C. Jessup testified today that Sena*
tor McCarthy's linking him with six Red fronts is false.
—AP Photo.
Hard Labor Sentence
For WAC, 19, Raises
Problem at Myer
An attractive 19-year-old WAC,
convicted by an Army general I
court-martial of taking $40 from
a sister soldier at Fort Myer, Va.,|
today began serving a sentence of
six months at “hard labor."
The young woman, Pvt. Lyda K
Schubert, of Cincinnati, Ohio, also
was fined $150 which will be de
ducted at the rate of $25 monthly
from her $95.55 pay cheek.
The “hard labor” sentence
posed a problem for disciplinary
officers at Fort Myer, because the
post does not have a prison stock
ade for women. A post spokes
man said Pvt. Schubert will be
confined to her regular quarters
and her “hard labor” will consist
of extra duty for her company.
Tearful Pleas Fail.
Tearful pleas of the young WAC
tjiat she took the $40 with the ex
pectation that she would be dis
charged from the service when
the loss was discovered evidently
failed to impress the general court
of nine men and one woman.
Pvt. Schubert had been con
victed once before of wrongfully
taking the property of another
WAC. At that time she was sen
tenced to three months at hard
labor and forfeiture of $45 month
ly from her pay.
Testifying in her defense yes
terday, Pvt. Schubert told the
court judges she had received piti
ful letters from her mother tell
ing her she was needed at home.
She attempted to read one of the
letters from her mother, but broke
into tears and could not continue.
It was read by Maj. Byron G.
Hyde, defense counsel.
Hoped for Discharge.
Miss Schubert told the court
that at no time did she intend to
keep the money, but took it for
the sole purpose of bringing
about her discharge from the serv
ice. She had been told, she said,
that after two convictions a WAC
automatically was discharged.
She was never informed, she
said, that she could have applied
for a hardship discharge from the
service.
After taking the $40 she placed
it in an envelope with a letter
from her mother and left it in her
locker, she said.
Baltimore Lists
9 Children's Deaths
By Chewing Paint
By tH* Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Oct. 3. —Nine
children have died in Baltimore
City this year from lead poison
ing, city health records showed
today.
Only one other cause has taken
more lives of children between
one and four. Pneumonia killed 13. i
There have been 67 cases of
lead poisoning reported. Prac
tically all of these, a pediatrics
professor explained, resulted from
a common trait among children—
to chew on painted or enameled
wooden toys or even baseboards
and window sills.
Dr. Francis F. Schwentker of
the Johns Hopkins University said
there was no way to determine
how many children’s, brains were
injured from lead poisoning, for
that is what is affected first.
The city health department re
ported recently that despite the
adoption of harmless water color
paint by most toy manufacturers,
"more cases are being discovered
as the years go by."
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