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* Ife Shek. Q-19 (7-8-55) ow hoe ante heme These Days’ .” N The Truth } M ust Out © yp 1S Basins, at this date,’ to read that: President ‘Roose- velt and, ‘Secretary of War Stimson actually believed that their Manhat- ‘ tan Project EF and the atom & bomb were so secret that not tell Vice. President Harry ae 5 Yi aaBeiy «6)" me. man about ‘it & After Truman held his first ey abinet-meet-: . ing as Presi- Sokolsky - deat, Stimson stayed behind to teli him what was going on. Truman’ says in his memoirs: war Stimson told me that he'wanted me to know about an ‘immense project that was under way—a project lookings. tn the darvalanmant Wo eG UC WCU poe explosive of almost unbeliev- able desfructive power. That was all he felt free to say at the time,. and his statement Jeft me puzzled. It was the first information that had come to naw he gave me no details... If this business was really so secret, why did not the Pentagon. .set up an adequate secutity.system? The FBI was \wept out of it but not Dr. Klaus ‘Fuchs who, although a known Communist,,was permitted to . enter. this country and to work’ at the Manhattan 4 But not only was the Vice’ President kept in ignorance but the Congress. Harry Tru- man recounts .that when he’ was. chairman’ of ‘a: Senate committee investigating the ‘national defense, Stimson came to him. This is the way: Truman recounts fts* 4 , “ ‘SENATOR,’ the Secretary’ (Stimson) told me as he sat beside my desk,-‘I' can't tell you what it is, but it is the: greatest project in the history. of the world. It is most top, secret. Many of the people who are af¢tually engaged in the worl:fave no idea what dtvis, and awe who do would appreciate your not: going. Anto those piants’" — 4 Pavhens ‘hed Tawny "wes, atinaps 1aG marry : + en Ln My om wee we Sa * of a new .. © faa. 4 arus | man made. dis investigation, nwo AEE Soa t aha. 4 ae | rd : + Q 4 he would have learned that * the secret was already’ out, | that the Russians had already stolen jt, that the United | States was ving . in a fool's. paradise, — The day may come when the British government will pluck up the courage to tell. Parliament what they know about the crimes of Burgess. \ wWerbert Morrison in the British Parliament has been pressing Sir Anthony Eden to ‘tell the whole truth about ‘these scoundrels, We do not ‘ know how much Eden knows, but the. explanations given _thus far are not plausible. .From the American stand- point,-it would be sufficlent if we were told that the dis- and MacLean. When ‘they, cussion about the Manchurian- were in this country as ‘Brite: sanctuary did pass over the ish: “officials, they were’ Ris” _sian agents. Whatever passed . . between the American and i British governments, they | ~ had. ; Gen. Douglas MacArthur | tae tartifind thet hls hattla 721 POBLHITIR LG 2d oats orders.were passed on to the enemy in the Korean war, He investigated thoroughly. Washington WHIP trac Bora THBRS OAS BOG OMS: speculation fhat the leak was. in the State Department.’ Suppose the American Gov-: ernment engaged upon dis- cussions with: the British government concerning this: me about the atomic bomb, but. tdecision and the documents, back and forth, passed over the desks of Burgess and Mac- ! Lean. And suppose they made | coples and passed them on to their Russian masters. Knowl- edge of the truth, if it did nothing else, would cleanse the reputations of suspected Americans.' — ~_ sinew, rt f ~3 COPY SENT The leak must have been taf urgess “and MacLean desks,. : but the truth must be re- ‘vealed in Washington or in London, because men’s his. ‘toric reputations are at stake and just as Harry Trumay ee ee ee a srate WTrOLe his JANCIS, these other men. : ht, 1958. King 7 * eatures Bradicate In.) a or : ' ' + gn 4 Du oe py LEER JUN 22,1976 Pic Foire | i Sabah. AWAD EE -- cae : 6 As ; Pee va . . Pa |< a NOT RECOPTED 126 NOV 18 :355 t memennrenarain lee << Sale SO Merc. Tita ~ L naiediniianieidh eal — ee M4 wel | es ae Sana RON sade on id, Mr. Tolson Ae ere one Sem ET : n ‘s 2 ae Mr. Board n a Mr. Nido =. “By George Sokolaky, “Mr. Belmont//2%a ro a“ ‘ ON pew! 3 . es . Mr. Harbo : * aa Mr. Mohr Mr, Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr, Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd 1____ Tele. Room Mr. Hollomea Miss Gandy Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N, Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date NOV 7 44555 34 poi % ve aie Mins od tit Bin Sn ce ote * a a Sy i" a