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ic ate a od i eer Jeeta 4 pi 1 ¥ re ee od President Truman, if learned, has decided to refuse the reques! of the investicating com- mittee for permission to examin ‘he files. Sources close ta Lhe Pres: ident in Key West, Fla., where he iz vacationing, told reporters the files ‘sould not be made available — even on a limited basis. Hanreon told the committee that the words “pro-Communist . alfinity ior communsit rs pro- Cermunist proclivities” all mean fhe seme thing; "they ail mean leur i ie (the person charged) is ‘the dirtiest, lowest type of man.” "Haled as Spy” by Neighbors He told the committee that Me- Gorthy had started “a ground svell of hate’ which had been re- flected in his relations with neigh- boring farmers in the Loudoun evunty section where he lives. The pelghbors, he said, are whispering abou. “a Rusian spy” Hving in iin neighborhood. He said his name was brought up by a State officisd at a Leesburg Va.) coun- tv agriculture committee meeting. wastpoint denial of McCarthy’s+ \° Charge--Hanson “smuggled” éldispatches out of guerrilla terri- | Hanson Wan 7 charges: tory in China by arrangement with Communist generals. Hanson—He was an AP corre- spondent assigned to the Com- munist armies writing what “Ty saw” there. The writings were “ob- ,{iective.’ The Communists were operating in a united front with Nationalist leader Chiang Kui-‘5 shek. Traveled With Red Troops Charge—Hanson traveled with the Communist troops and lived with them. Hanson——"I was ordered there by the Associated Press and . as & good newspaperman I wanted to go where the news was.” Later he was cleared for news coverage at Chiang’s Nationalist headquar- ters. Charge—Hanson has a “crimi- nal record in China, where he was arrested, not by the Commu- nists, but by the anti-Commu- nists." Hatton sald ne believes in the government lovalty program and Sly aly Seb 2 BNO f eels that subversives | could be fer- relied out by “the quiet, sober, ‘herough methods’ used by the FRI The kind of public denuncia- tion, labeling and hate-mongering with which we now are dealing is allen to the traditions of the United States and more closely resembles the purges of another political system,” he said. i yeag. suolysey Suds asiayDO;] Hanson—"I have never becn arrested by anti-Communist offi- cials .... I have never been ar- rested by any other kind of offi- cials of the Chinese government. My only arrests in China were by the Japanese army military police, +510 Sue M ‘Carthy for Commie Tag President would agree to let | the subcommittee examine portions of the files under conditions of strictest secrecy. But Key West sources said that even this plan has been abandoned. One high Administration offi- Ladd__ Clegz____- -—— Glavin — Nichols Rosen Tracy. Harbo Mohr Teie. Nease Gandy Ts ae Room_ cial said the refusal of Hoover and =, / 7 f McGrath to make any of the FBI's files available is well co-ordinated with the feelings of the Presi- dent.” Disclosure of the files, they ssid, would not be in the public in- terest. As the subcommittee's investi- gation meared a hectic climax, there were these other develop- ments: . | 4, Astorneyg for Owefl Latti- more called Upon McCarthy to retract his ‘colossal lie” that the Far Eastern expert is Rus- sia's top spy here. They made it ~ clear that they may file a ibe] . er slander suit against Mec- Carthy in Lattimore’s behalf. Lattimore’s attorneys natified Tydings that they plan to send the committce as scon as possible | for study and pubilcation a com: plete analysis of all Lattimore’s writings. They added that Mrs. Lattimore is willing to testify in defense of her husband. 2. The State department ordered a sweeping shake-up in its Far Eastern section, long the target for congressional criticism. when 1 tried to investigate atroc- ities. Charge — Hanson's book, “Hu- mane Endeavor, the Story of the China War,” was proCommunist. Acheson Criticism Grows 3. Led by Sen. Bridges (Ri of New Hampshire, who claimed | —— od ¢ INDEXED - 40 . | j me ~foe . that a “master spy” is'at work | GS Bis boobed see tke “no part’ of any investigative lagency that determined what por- [tion of its files could be made ‘public. McGrath supported ‘Hoover's stand. Sen. Ferguson, (R) of Mic who once warhed that dacs someday might Tesulléng 2, Mr. ment proceedings Truman, assailed 1” Sey a# Micky Once a Writer for AP Calis His Book “Objective” in the State departs nen a publicans steppe gp NOTE RIC Hanson told of his early his- Hanson The hook, on ri tte a criticism of Secretary eG heson. 79 tary, He worked his way through | "7°" tained ch ters a ar ar Democrats replied that these ny ia Ine Carleton college by walting on Deri rons a eith SEparn se forces attacks were hurting U.S. tohie. After graduation he went Drineca. en © ;| Prestige abroad. to China where he taught school pee 8 Hoover told the subcommittee we ‘and began free lance writing.|?4? a disclosure of FBI files would € ia later #8 an Associated Press cor- \ jeopardize the lives of FBI in- OTL respondent he covered engage: { formants. stnear innocent persons ee | Wi [ments fought by Chinese armies, in- . fan expose the FBI's techniques yo udin sis ees, see we o ‘foreign agents, subversives $ - as eee ie Again <r ann - and criminals.” Times-Hereld daan 30 soy LUaA9 164 ae ~~ a Tt Hinting broadly that fe would fPisaats ope resign if overruled on ime issue. Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mins a At