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oF cdy mabe. Malt te ae" malin slneaanaiia aa ko waa Meee oe t eer tere 46--THE WASIIINGTON DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1950 Judge (Continued trom Page 3) tively minor violation which arose out of his anxiety to be accurately informed in the field of his schol arly and journalistic interest.” He urged that Mr. Jaffe's case be disposed of that morning because of “the very grave illness of his wife.” Asked by the court if that was “a correct statement,” the special as- Ststant attorney peneral answered: “In substance, yes, Your Honor.” No Probation Officer Saw Jaffee ‘Jacket Then Judge Proctor proposed that the probation officer investi- gate and report so that the case “Wake the usual course of such cases with a view to possible pro- bation...” Had that been done, the proha- tion officer would have access to the Jaffe “jacket” in the United States Attorney’s office. This in- cludes the FBI “prasecutive sum- mary report” as well as Mv. Jaffe's vast Communist background and that of Amerasia. Here Mr. Hitcheock toid the court: “T assume that prior to the imposition of sentence,- which I think counsel hoped to be dispos of today inasmuch as we have t facts pertinent to the subiect, ti perhaps even a probation offic would get not only from this ¢ trict but would have"lo go to Ni York for, Your Honor may wish hear what the Government has say.” Mr. Jaffe, he went on, w charged with conspiracy in taki f and removing from Governme files, primarily the State Depa ment, Office of Naval Intelligenc Strategic Services and War Infc }Mation, certain documents that t Iong to these various agencies, “The use to which they were p was, as I understand it, large background material that Mr. Jaf in the conduct of his Ameras magazine used to assist him in pu lishing articles aud preparing arg hi ments that would lend io its weigif and, perhaps, its circulation. TH magazine, we know as a matter | fact, was a losing proposition # nancially.” f Asked if the documents we; used in such a way as to embarras the Army or Navy in the condu of the war, Mr. Hitchcock sa there was no such evidence, “To us,” he went on, “it was JS 0 - 5 eo oe ete Oy oe = W570 oso 52