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U. S. and Britain
Study Yielding
German Zones
Would Let Republic
Rearm if France
Fails to Vote EDC
Sy tho Associated Press
LONDON, July 6.—The Unit
ed States and Britain pushed
ahead today with plans to give
West Germany almost full sov
ereignty—including rearmament
powers—in their two occupation
zones if France does not ratify
the European army plan.
Political and legal experts of
the tao allied nations opened
meetings at the Foreign Office
yesterday to draft a program
of joint United States-British
action to be launched if the
European Defense Community
is not set up soon.
Almost Full Independence.
The conferences here are ex
pected to conclude before the
end of this week. Under study
are proposals to:
1. Give the West German gov
ernment almost complete inde
pendence in the American and
British zones, including powers
to raise a defense army.
2. Abandon the United States-
British-French high commission
in Bonn and set up American
and British Embassies.
Such action would leave the
French zone, in Southwest Ger
many, the sole occupied terri
tory in the federal republic and
would put the French under
acute German pressure to get
out of that.
The drafting of plans here
was ordered by President Eisen
hower and Prime Minister
Churchill at their meeting in
Washington last week. They
agreed then that West Germany
should be given “its place as an
equal partner in the community
of Western nations.’’
French Not Invited.
The French were not invited
to take part in the talks here,
the first such omission of France
from joint allied planning on
Germany since the war. A Brit
ish Foreign Office spokesman
said France has been informed
in advance of the United States-
British conference and “no
doubt” would be advised of its
results.
Tht experts here are seeking
possible substitutes for the two
treaties signed in 1952 to join
West Germany actively into the
Western defense system.
One is the EDC pact providing
for West Germany’s limited re
armament within a six-nation
European army made up also of
France, Italy, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Luxembourg.
Its twin Bonn convention,
which takes effect when ,JEDC
comes into being, ends the allied
occupation of West Germany and
restores almost complete inde
pendence to it.
France Is Stumbling Block.
The French and Italian Par
liaments still must ratify the
army treaty, but France is re
garded as the major stumbling
block. French Premier Pierre
Mendes-France has given an
Indo-China settlement priority
over action on EDC and also has
called for a reconciling of dif
ferences within France over the
controversial treaty.
West Germany, meanwhile,
has grown increasingly impatient
at the delay in ending the occu
pation. In recent weeks Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer and oth
er German officials have been
more and more outspoken. Mr.
Adenauer last Friday said French
rejection of EDC would lead to
formation of a German national
army.
Despite the pressing of British-
American preparations to act
alone if necessary, the French
displayed no tendency to speed
up action on EDC. Mr. Mendes-
France postponed’sending a spe
cial envoy to Bonn tomorrow for
the first contact between the new
Premier and the Chancellor. The
conference presumably would
hq,ve taken up EDC and the Saar
issue. No new date was set for
the visit.
Eisenhowers Return
In Early Morning Ride
President and Mrs. Eisenhow
er, looking well-rested, returned
to the White House this morn
ing after motoring from Camp
David in the Cacoctin Mountains
of Maryland, where they spent
the July 4 week end.
The Eisenhowers originally had
planned to drive back last night,
but decided to avoid the heavy
holiday traffic by getting an
early start today.
What's Happening
In a Dying Industry?
Beginning tomorrow The Stor will
publish « series of three articles
written by Stor Stott writer Joseph A.
Fox, entitled 'The Dying Indastry."
While the anthracite industry is
not dead it will die unless drametic
steps ore taken to save it.
Leorn what is behind this pre
dicament bordering on industrial
tragedy and what happens to the peo
ple who work and live in tho anthra
cite fields of Northeast Pennsylvania.
Don't miss this sobering and pro
vocative lories beginning tomorrow in
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Tanned McCarthy Returns
From 18 Days Below Border
Won't Say Immediately When Call
For Subcommittee Meeting Goes Out
Senator McCarthy returned to
Washington last night, still cagy
on where he spent 18 days rest
ing after the bitter McCarthy-
Army controversy.
The Wisconsin Senator, heav
ily tanned, arrived at the Wash
ington National Airport in a
private plane about midnight.
He was accompanied by Mrs.
McCarthy and his mother-in
law, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Kerr.
All the Wisconsin Republican
would say about where he had
spent the vacation was that it
was "south of the Rio Grande.”
He said he had a good rest and
enjoyed some hunting, fishing
and “gabbing.”
Silent on Meeting Call.
Senator McCarthy withheld
any immediate comment on
when he would call his Senate
Investigations Subcommittee to
gether to consider staff matters
growing out of his controversy
with the Army.
Senator Mundt, Republican, of
South Dakota, who acted as
chairman of the subcommittee
in the investigation of the Army
controversy, last week wrote Sen
ator McCarthy urging a meeting
of the group at the earliest pos-
Knowland Seeking
Weapons He Can Use
Against Red China
Asks State Department
What He Can Do to
Bar Seat in U. N.
By J. A. O'Leary
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland of California today
asked the State Department for
two separate reports in connec
tion with his drive to keep Red
China out of the United Nations.
He announced that he has
asked Herman Phleger, counsel
of the State Department, for
a study of the 6xact legal steps
that would have to be taken to
get this country out of the U. N;
if it seats Red China.
He said he also has asked
the department for a separate
study of all the steps the United
States could take either in the
Security Council or the General
Assembly to prevent the seating
of the Chinese Communists if
the issue is revived this fall.
The Senate majority leader
said both studies will be pre
sented to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee when
amendments are proposed to the
foreign aid bill designed to put
Congress on record against the
admission of the Chinese Reds
to the U. N.
Statement Qualified.
Senator Knowland today qual
ified somewhat his Saturday
statement that he would favor
cutting off American funds for
the support of U. N. if and when
the Chinese Reds are seated.
He said he wanted to make it
clear that any amendment of
fered to authorize such a cutoff
would not take effect until the
United States had actually with
drawn from the world organiza
tion.
In this connection, he said he
had talked with Mr. Phleger
about getting up a report to
show whether it would be neces
sary to repeal the participation
laws which were passed sepa
rately after the Senate ratified
the U. N. charter.
Talks With Dulles.
Senator Knowland said he
talked with Secretary of State
Dulles today about the various
steps the United States can take
to oppose the admission of Red
China.
Asked if he knew how the
State Department feels about
withdrawing if Red China is
seated over American opposition,
Senator Knowland replied:
“I am not prepared to discuss
that.”
He added, however, that he
knows the State Department is
as anxious as he is to prevent
the U. N. from approving the
admission of Red China.
Mean while. Representative
Clardy, Republican, of Michigan
introduced a resolution in the
House today to declare formally
that the United States should
get out of the U. N. if Red China
is admitted.
France Bars New Drug
Suspected in 12 Deaths
By tho Associated Press
PARIS, July 6.—The French
Ministry of the Interior today
suspended the sale and use of a
new drug suspected of causing
the death of 12 people in the
last few days.
The drug, made of assimilable
tin and vitamin F, was sold in
the form of pills to cure certain
kinds of light infection.
Autopsies showed all 12 vic
tims— the latest a 12-year-old
boy—died of poisoning only a
fe# hours after taking the drug.
Most of them were being treated
for minor infections.
The sale of the drug had been
approved by French medical au
thorities. Os 2,400 boxes of the
drug manufactured, only about
100 had been sold.
%\\t Itimitm Sfof
>s X J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L/
sible moment to take up staff
problems.
As a result of the MeCarthy-
Army hearings It has been
brought out that the Army has
refused clearance for two sub
committee staff members for
classified information.
“House Cleaning” Called.
Senator Potter, Republican, of
Michigan, a subcommittee mem
ber, has called for a "house
cleaning” of the subcommittee
staff. The three Democratic
subcommittee members Sena
tors McClellan of Arkansas,
Symington of Missouri and
Jackson of Washington also
have said staff problems should
be settled at once.
Senator McCarthy’s office
aides said they expected him in
the office during the day.
The Senator said he was glad
the Hoover Commission has
named a group headed by Gen.
Mark Clark to survey the Central
Intelligence Agency. Senator
McCarthy, who has made passes
at investigating possible Com
munist infiltration of the CIA,
said he would be glad to assist
the Clark group in any way pos
sible.
Mrs. Pandit Received
By Queen Elizabeth
By tho Associated Pratt
LONDON, July 6.—Mrs. Vijaya
Lakshmi Pandit, president of the
United Nations General Assem
bly, was received today by
Queen Elizabeth II at Bucking
ham Palace.
Mrs. Pandit has been assigned
by her brother, Prime Minister
Nehru, to be India’s next high
commissioner to Britain when
she completes her term as Gen
eral Assembly president.
Knifer Stabs Marine
After Asking Dollar
A young Marine was stabbed
and seriously wounded early to
day by an assailant who accosted
him in the 1100 f block of Seven
teenth street N.W.
The condition of the victim,
Corpl. Dennis H, Dodgen, 20. of
Penns Grove, N. J„ was called
“fair” at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital after an operation this
morning.
Police were in the dark as to
details because Corpl. Dodgen
could not be questioned.
They were told, however, that
he was approached at midnight
by a colored man, about 20, who
asked for a dollar. When Corpl.
Dodgen answered that he had
none, he was stabbed twice in
the abdomen.
A passing taxicab driver took
the wounded man to Emergency
I Hospital and he was later trans
ferred to the Naval Hospital.
The knife-wielder was described
as about 5 feet 8 inches. 170
pounds and wearing a tan shirt
with long sleeves.
The Marine- said he was en
route to Marine Barracks, Treas
ure Island, San Francisco.
London Wraps Up, Builds
Fires in July Cold Wave
By tha Associated Press
LONDON, July 6.—British
weather turned up “perishing”
cold today.
Shivering office workers left
their London homes wrapped in
topcoats and furs. Housewives
built winter fires and put heavy
sweaters on their children.
At seaside resorts, holidayers
huddled in their hotel rooms.
Central London had its coldest
July night in 14 years last night.
The temperature dropped to 47
I degrees and was still there at
i 8 a.m. Two hours later it had
| climbed only three degrees and a
| pale sun was fighting to break
| through the cloud cover.
Cold winds, originating in the
Arctic Circle, brought down the
temperature.
'Very Strong' Quake
Hits Western Areas
By the Associated Press
BERKELEY, Calif., July 6.—A
“very strong” earthquake which
would have caused widespread
damage in a populated area
shook the barren Northwest Ne
vada desert early today.
Two sailors at the Naval Air
Station near Fallon, Nev., suf
fered leg injuries when lockers
toppled over on them. Others
were cut by flying glass from
broken windows.
Walls were damaged at the
small town of Salt Wells, near
Fallon.
Churchill County Sheriff
George Wilkins reported that
highway 50 east of Fallon de
veloped a dip about 50 feet long.
Don Tocher, assistant seismol
ogist at the University of Cali
fornia here, said the quake was
the biggest in this area since
the Tehachapi-Bakersfleld quake
in July, 1952. He said it began
at 4:14.11 a.m. and was recorded
for 30 minutes.
The shock was felt as far
West as the San Francisco-Oak
land area. It also hit Elko, Nev.,
and Lodi, Modesto, Stockton and
Bridgeport in California.
11. S. Expels 3
Red Diplomats
Labeled Spies
Russia Sends Two
Americans Home on
Similar Charges
By John M. Hightower
Associated free* Diplomatic Writer
Three Russian diplomats—one
of them attached to the Soviet
delegation at the United Nations
—have been thrown out of the
United States during the past
six months on charges of spying.
The Russian government, the
State Department claims, has
now retaliated by making
espionage charges against two
members of the United States
diplomatic mission at Moscow
and forcing their withdrawal.
The two Americans are mili
tary officers, as were the two
Russians ousted from the Em
bassy here.
The State Department declined
to disclose any of Ae evidence
against the Soviets, but Press
Officer Henry Suydam said: “We
got the goods on them and out
they went.”
Unusual Significance.
The incident which the State
Department announced late yes
terday, after months of silence
o.n the ouster of the alleged Rus
sian spies, had more than ordi
nary significance because of the
policy situation which is devel
oping among Russia and the
Western powers.
The Kremlin has been making
a big play for British and French
co-operation in an obvious effort
to place heavy strains on the
Western alliance. Every evidence
of difficulty between Washington
and Moscow coming at such a
time carries the risk of widening
Western differences by empha
sizing differing relations with the
Soviet Union.
The two Americans whom the
Russians accused of having en
gaged in “espionage work” are Lt.
Col. Howard L. Felchlin, who was
assistant military attache at the
Moscow Embassy, and Maj. Wal
ter McKinney, assistant air at
tache. The Soviets declared
them "persona non grata” or
unwelcome an July 3. The
United States rejected the
chanre as “baseless” in a note
yesterday, but lt informed Rus
sia they would be withdrawn.
Maj. McKinney is on vacation
outside Russia and will not re
turn. Col. Felchlin will leave
the Soviet capital Thursday. He
will fly to Berlin with Ambassa
dor Charles E. Bohlen, who is
going on a month’s leave.
Letter Published.
A letter published in the Soviet
trade union newspaper Trud on
March 25 accused Col. Felchlin
and Maj. McKinney and two
other Americans. Trud said the
Americans had left behind on a
train, after a trip to Vladivostok,
an intelligence report on the
main cities and stations between
Moscow and Khabarovsk. The
United States Embassy at Mos
cow declined comment at the
time.
The three Russians whose
ouster from the United States
was disclosed were named by the
State Department as:
Comdr. Igor A. Amosov, As
sistant Naval Attache, Soviet
Embassy, who was declared
personally unacceptable last
February 3 and left February 8.
Alexander P. Kovlyov, second
secretary of the Soviet delega
tion to the United Nations, who
was asked to leave on February
3 and who departed February 10.
Lt. Col. Leonid E. Pivnev, as
sistant air attache, Soviet Em
bassy, ordered on May 29 to leave
this country. He left June 6
Col. Pivnev’s name made the
newspapers on at least two occa
sions during his stay in the
(See RUSSIANS, Page A-3.)
Couple and Trucker Die -
In Maryland Smashup
By the A(seriated Pres*
GLEN BURNIE, Md., July 6.
—A Brooklyn, N. Y., couple and
a Baltimore trucker were killed
today when a car and a truck
collided headon about a mile
south of Glen Burnie on Route
301.
Police listed the dead as Mr.
and Mrs. .Charles L. Walker of
Brooklyn, and Frank L. Ashley,
53-year-old truck driver’s helper.
The accident was on stretch
of the highway known locally
as Sawmill Curve. It is about
12 miles south of Baltimore.
Wanted, Poisoner of 3 Dogs; Reward, SI,OOO
Incensed over the poison death
of three German Shepherd dogs
in the Falls Church area, neigh
bors began, collecting a SI,OOO
fund today to bring the poison
ers to heel.
The community was shocked
yesterday when the two dogs.
Rolph and Harris, belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. William Wuesten
hagen of 105 Fairmont street,
died of poisoned hot dogs ap
parently thlbwn Into their
penned yard.
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. . . His Own Banana Peel, Too!
Chinese Seized in New York
On SBIO,OOO Theft Charge
Nationalist Funds for War Supplies
Allegedly Received From Gen. Mow
By tha Associated Pres*
NEW YORK, July 6.—A Chi
nese businessman was arrested
here today tn connection with
the alleged theft of SBIO,OOO in
Chinese Nationalist funds in
tended for purchase of surplus
war supplies.
The man, identified by Na
tionalist officials as Ku Chih
Chang, 48, was said to have re
ceived the funds from former
Nationalist Gen. Pang Tsu Mow,
who fled to Mexico in 1951.
The general was accused of
embezzling some $6 million in
Nationalist funds while in charge
of the Chinese Republic’s air
force bfflee tn Washington, D. C.
Chang was arrested on a grand
larceny charge at the request
of Cha Chien Liang, of Wash
ington, Nationalist China’s Vice
Minister of Justice.
Denies Wrongdoing.
The vice minister said Chang
had received three checks from
the general, one for $210,000
and two for $300,000 each.
Detectives who arrested Chang
at the Hotel Wellington in Man
hattan quoted him as denying
any wrongdoing, and as saying
he thought the money given him
by the general was his own.
Chang was quoted as saying
Ey,e Injury Suffered
By 22 at Monument
Fireworks Display
Twenty-two spectators at the
Washington Monument grounds
fireworks display last night suf
fered injuries from falling debris,
the Red Cross reported.
One, Donald Asson, 14, colored,
of 1411 Massachusetts avenue
Holiday Story and Pictures on Page 8-1
S.E., was hurt seriously enough
to be hospitalized. He was re
ported “getting along all right”
in Episcopal Hospital today.
The Red Cross, which operated
three first-aid stands on the
grounds, said this was tne first
time falling fragments of fire
works had injured watchers. A
spokesman blamed Shifting
winds.
In addition to tne eye in
juries, four other persons suf
fered burns from sparklers or
cigarettes, and five were treated
for minor cuts.
Japan Defense Chief
Plans Trip to U. S.
By tha Associated Prats
TOKYO, July 6.—The chair
man of Japan’s newly created
joint chiefs of staff plans to
spend a month in the United
States inspecting United States
military installations.
Kyodo News Service said today
Lt. Gen. Keizo Hayashi will leave
early next month.
The Japanese joint chiefs took
over July 1 when the nation’s
new defense force came , Into
being.
Last night a third dog. a fe
male named Astra, died in a
Falls Church veterinary hospital.
The three animals were valued
at more than $2,000.
Still being treated for poison
ing is one of Astra’s pups. The
Wuestenhagens have two other
pups which appeared to have
escaped the poisoned meat.
Neighbors already nave col
lected S6OO today to offer for ar
rest and conviction for whoever
is responsible, and a spokesman
the Nationalist government owed
him more than $1 million for
property it had confiscated from
him in China.
The Nationalist Vice Minister
said Chang came to this country,
in 1946 and that he and the
general had handled the pur
chase of war surplus materials
for the Nationalist forces.
The Vice Minister said Chang
and the general schemed .to
juggle figures so as to leave huge
amounts for themselves! Chang
allegedly set up headquarters In
a Philadelphia hotel.
Suit Filed Earlier.
N.ot all of the SBIO,OOO has
been accounted for, the Vice
Minister said. He added he be
lieved some has been deposited
in a Swiss bank.
A suit was filed in Los Angeles
earlier this year by the Nation
alist government, charging
Chang with conspiracy to em
bezzle SBIO,OOO.
Detectives said Chang came
here three days ago and when
Nationalist officials got word of
it they obtained aid of New York
police in apprehending him.
Gen. Mow is in prison in Mex
ico awaiting the outcome of
proceedings to extradite him to
Formosa to face embezzlement
charges.
Show Proves Fizzle ,
Fireworks Blow Up
With One Big Bang
By th» Associated Press
CUMBERLAND, Md., July 6.
Four thousand people were set
tling down for a gigantic fire
works display in Constitution
Park last night when—bang!
Everything went off at once.
In a trice it was all over, leav
ing the crowd and Fireworks
Manager Bert Caldara gasping.
What happened?
Mr. Caldara confessed he was
testing wind direction with a
trial bomb. He found out about
the wind, all right. It suddenly
shifted, showering burning paper
from the bomb on the neatly
stacked fireworks.
Mr. Caldara is rounding up
another batch of fireworks for
•another try tomorrow night.
Boy Killed by Wired Rod
Used to Catch Fishbai't
By tho Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS. July 6.—A
2 boy was killed
Sunday by an electrical charge
when he touched a metal rod
device used by his father to
catch fishing worms. The acci
dent was not reported to police
by the coroner until yesterday.
The boy was William
Jr. The rod, driven into tne
ground, received 110 volts of
electricity from tne house wiring
circuit. It is supposed to drive
worms to tne suriace.
said they planned to raise at
least si,uuu.
The Wuestenhagens moved to
Fairfax County after their dog
Rolph got into trouble in Ar
lington two years ago. Neigh
bors in Arlington complained
Rolph was vicious and had ffitten
two children. Rolph was or
dered killed, but the sentence
was lifted provided the Wuesten
hagens took him from the coun
ty. Mrs. Wuestenhagen said all
the dogs were kept in their 6-
foot pens and were never allowed
odtside.
Cat In a Tree
This frequent crisis is met by each man
according to his own lights. Star Colum
nist Charles E. Tracewell has his own—
a provocative—solution to the problem.
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Communist Booklets
Seen at Camp in '45,
Jenner Probers Hear
Group Tried to Spread
Subversive Material,
Ex-CIC Officer Says
By Robert K. Walsh
A Baltimore insurance man
I who was an Army counter-in
telligence officer told the Senate
Internal Security subcommittee
today that a- group of soldiers
tried to indoctrinate troops at
Camp Pickett, Va., with subver
sive material.
The witness, J. Kenneth Kerr,
was one of several called as the
subcommittee looked into a new
phase of an inquiry it began last
year into the “pattern” of Com
munist infiltration in the Gov
ernment.
Subcommittee Chairman Jen
ner, Republican, of Indiana, ex
plained that the investigation
would deal particularly with the
Troop Information and Educa
tion Division of the armed serv
ices. He predicted it would show
that Communists In the armed
forces during World War II
sought to indoctrinate Gls.
Two Refuse to Answer.
Two other witnesses—Richard
L. Criley of Chicago and Luke
W. WHson of Wellesley, Mass.—
took refuge in the fifth amend
ment and refused to answer
questions about Communist
Party membership or links. Both
were in the wartime Army’s In
formation and Education Divi
sion and served overseas as well
as at various posts in this coun
try.
Mr. Kerr testified that his in
vestigation of Troop Informa
tion and Education Division at
Camp Pickett in August, 1945,
convinced him that a group of
6 to 10 soldiers attempted to
spread an unauthorized pam
phlet and other “subversive” ma
terial among the troops there.
He declared that the group was
aided and influenced by others,
probably outsiders, in preparing
a propaganda pamphlet. “GI
Plan for Postwar America,” that
followed the Communist line.
Mr. Kerr did not name any
of the former servicemen or out
siders he suspected.
Mr. Wilson, a Dartmouth Col
lege graduate, testified that he
formerly worked for the old La
FolUtte subcommittee investi
gating labor racketeering in the
late 1930 s and also for the Public
Works Administration and one
of the Federal housing agencies
here before Joining the Army as
an enlisted man in February,
1942.
Denies Any Espionage.
He declared that he never
engaged In “espionage activities”
in the Army but he refused to
answer a question as to whether
he engaged in “subversive activ
ities” while In the service.
Mr. Criley not only refused to
say whether he ever was a Com
munist but he also resisted sub
committee efforts to learn about
the jobs he held in civilian life.
He was a captain when dis
charged from the Army in De
cember, 1945, and had held war
time assignments in Italy and
France as a civil affairs officer.
Ralph de Toledano. a New
York writer, was another witness
today. He said a Russian propa
gandist was among the lecturers
at an information and educa
tion division course at Cornell
University. Mr. de Toledano
identied him as Vladimir Kaza
kevich.
Malik Returns to Lo/tdon
LONDON, July 6 (JP).—Soviet
Ambassador Jacob Malik flew
back to London last night after
a 12-day visit to Moscow.
Justice Clark
Criticized in
Disputed Report
No Evidence Found
Os Wrongdoing as
Attorney General
By the Associated Press
A House Judiciary subcommit
tee, in a disputed report, today
criticized Justice Tom C. Clark
for declining to testify after he
joined the Supreme Court but
said it had turned up no proof
of wrongdoing by Mr. Clark
while he was Attorney General.
The document drew Immediate
fire from Representative Rogers,
Democrat, of Colorado, one of
the five subcommittee members,
who said Chairman Keating, Re
publican. of New York pulled a
“sneak play” by his “unwar
ranted political release ... of his
proposed libelous report ”
Mr. Rogers defended Mr.
Clark, an appointee of former
President Truman, and said most
of the report had not been ap
proved in Subcommittee or even
considered by the parent Judici
ary group.
The report, dealing with the
subcommittee's inquiry last year
into operations of the Justice
Department, said the investiga
tors were “troubled” because
some controversial actions were
traced back to Mr. Clark. Mr.
Clark was Attorney General In
1945-1949 before going tb the
Supreme Court.
Called Unfortunate.
Mr. Keating said in an accom
panying statement that Mr.
Clark’s failure to testify wat
“unfortunate” because "we were
deprived of the benefit of any
light which might have been
shed by a former member of
President Truman’s cabinet.”
Mr. Clark could not immedi
ately be reached for comment.
But Mr. Rogers called Mr. Keat
ing’s statement “completely
baseless” and accused the New
York Republican of violating his
own fair play code in making
the report public.
The 135-page printed report
contained no signatures of sub
committee members in its major
sections. At various points mi
nority views were contained un
der Mr. Rogers’ name. Separate
views were also entered by two
congressmen who were members
of the full committee but not
the subgroup.
.There was no explanation why
the report, transmitted to the
parent commmittee 11 months
ago, has not yet been acted on
there.
Troubled by Suggestions.
The report said the subcom
mittee “found no conclusive
evidence of wrongdoing by Jus
tice Clark at any point during
his service in the (Justice) De
partment.” Then lt added:
“It was troubled, however, by
repeated suggestions in the tes
timony of his associates and
subordinates that some of the
actions for which they have
been criticized were traceable
ultimately, to him.
“His testimony alone could
have removed the last doubt
that the responsibilities the sub
committee has placed on vari
ous department officials came to
rest, in every case, on the right*
shoulders.-
The printed report summarized
eight different phases of the sub
committee’s investigation, in
cluding an invitation to Mr.
Clark to appear before it and
testify. It reproduced a letter
from Mr. Keating sending the
eight reports on the full Judi
ciary Committee last August 6.
Another letter by Representative
Reed, Republican of Illinois,
chairman of the full committee,
said that with the exception of
one of the eight portions, the
subcommittee report “has not re
ceived the consideration of the
committee. . . . and does not
necessarily reflect the judgment
or conclusions of this committee.” *
Mr. Rogers, in a separate state
ment, cited these circumstances
and noted that one of the rules
which Mr. Keating proposed and
the subcommittee adopted—and
which is reprinted in the docu
ment—reads: “no report shall be
made or released to the publio
without the approval of a major,
ity of the full committee on the
judiciary.”
Mr. Rogers declared that re
lease of the report, which he at
tributed to Mr. Keating, "utterly
disregards orderly and ethical
(See JUSTICE. Page A-5.)
Civil Service Analysis
Os Retirement Plan
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT—Tke
second and lost port of tho Civil
Service Commission’s analysis of tha
Kaplan Committao’s report to Con
gress on liberalizing Government em
ploye retirement is printed in Joseph
Young’s column an Pago A-2.
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