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4-21 Tolson Clegg Glavin _ oN Nichols ‘the-Wa ashington. Merry-Go-Round — Rosen ~ Tracy _ Mystery Man Story Fizzles-Out © Harko—— —hy B P - Belmont y Vrew Fearaon With this background in mind, Mohr A mysterious “internationally |h&re is"Bielaski's closed-toor-sestr- Tele. Room famons” figure supposed to be in-'/mony before the Tydings Subcom- a: ; ~~ i taived in theAmerasia case was pmittee. First, he described hia fI- MEARE toseed in newsinen as hewdtine hail legal reid on the Alnerasia: maga- Gandy hyo frank Ulp- me toh vine offices, told how he broke into USaskt, former “lthe library and saw the table cov- {OSS agent, this werk, : Vt rane henad- Nes all right, [but Senator : jered with documents, , “This ia something T.have never: repeated in public or anywhere, ‘;but which I think must be told \here,” Bielaski confided. “An en- i‘Tydings of {velope tn the middle of the table “Maryland — im- ijwas there, and written across the mediately coun- {lop of it estercornered wag the! fered taunt the iiagie John Hersey.” (ait yar Muaduch tha yald an thayprobabiy in thls war it would be riyspery Amerasia office?” - to suspend them \ A: It laa pik att envelane td om BD " ‘maid that was addressed, to im, “I didn't ask for authority at the|Security of the country?” sugges ing te do with ‘bub as you might write your e; moment, Senator,” confessed Bie-|the Massachusetts Senator. thayrase, Hon an envelope belonging to you," /laskl. “But since, IT have thought) “I realized we were at war, sor In order {o elear up the mystery, eontinucd Bielaski. over the legal position, and I un-jone had stolen valuable seer this column has investigated ex-¢ The former OSS agent estimated} derstand that the OSS was created|from us, and I had to try to 5 actly what Bietaski testified be-|that the “Hersey envelope” con-! by executive order (which) pro-jthem, and I did,” Blelaski read hind closed doors, also has done ‘tained 12 to 15 documents, | vided that it should take care of lis! agreed. . some checking upon Bielaski him- | “Did your investigation show]|own security.” “You can't set aside the Cons self. jthat Hersey was connected in any) ‘his appeared to be a weak ex-|tution in time of war,’ counter The international celebrity. ‘W2¥_ With the (Amerasia) maga-!cuce and Lodge tried to be more! Tydings. v hom Hilaski claims “towers hgad eee, ee” Bi isski samitt 2 helpful, “l think they did it in time and shoulders” above anyone 4 O sity Blelaskt) Bamitted. | “Did you realize that in wars in|War. He did it and got away wi qlse Pr) H Or that he contributed to the! ! in the Amerasia case, ts Jg¢hn ase fthe past the normal safeguards oft." shot back Lodge. “I would ha Hersey, author of the book oo magazine? pressed the Maryland 8 done it myself,” he added, hich based the f{ d '|Senator. search and seizure and habeas which was Base e fame aT “a corpus had been suspended, and . he Ball § tet picture, \| “No, sir, not a thing that showed | SOUPUS_ had, Pp ' Coppright, 1950, The Be sung a Sip bt meth * realsun “A Bell for Adano” andi! <a Wet fof oF atdieaprn: the graphie stery “Hiroshima.” ie had any connection with the} - However, Bietaski’s total recallec- makazine at all except for doc | ts in the envelope with tion was that he had seen Hersey’s aa mame s¢ ribbled on an envelope in na the private detective alse bac a: - i the Amprasia office, and he &d-{ down when Tydings asked him fr’ mifted to Senators that no link couid te found beiween liersey and the Amerasia magazine. Herse:, incidentally, was never employed by the Stale Department or any other Government agency. It is also only fair to report that Biclaski himself was formerly an investigafor for the Republican National Committee, that he now operates his own private detective ageney, “hich is thriving on the Amerasia publicity, and that he was tlee involved in the famous Bhede Island “wiretapping scandal of 1940. Finally, ft fe important to note that the rewsmaper chain which er boop ooneianiir and Poins ele de pete Te. oe nM Beg] pp A lq feetrage mune ot ibe} by Bark Gayn of the Chicago fun, oneinf those orleinally involve in a ‘the Amerasia case. “J O UMAR information on the “disloyalty of’ persons in the State Department.” “Well, as ta that,’ hedged Bie-' laski, “I have no firsthand knowl!l-, edge of disioyalty of persons in the | State Department in connection | with the Amerasia case.” It was alse pointed oul that the | Justice Department couldn't prose-' cute the Amerasia case, because | Bielaski seized the documents il-! legaily. This Jed to a clash be-: twren Republican Senator Lodgp | “a and Democrat! C Senator McMahon of Connecticut, odge brought it up by askin laski: B “Under what authorit INDEXED iy Hows aS fii: Page Times-Herald —_ Fr fy Wasn. Wash. N.Y. aye at News Star Mirror