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ee | A ; @ , i §@ f Mar ° Mr. Tolson__ , J \A Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols__ , ; Mr. Belmont é \ 7 Mr. Clegg iv : fp ' ( a 4 oe | - “aN Me Eel Mr. Mohr___ Mc. Vinterrowd f Tele. Room__ Mr. Holloman _ ATTORNEY GENERAL HeKRERT BROWNELL JR., SAID FLATLY THE FBI NEVER HAS GIVEN CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES ACCESS TA ITS SECRET FILES WHILE HE HAS HEADED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ; BROWNELL*S STATEMENT WAS A REPLY TO SEN, Je WILLIAM FULBRIGHT (D-ARK WHO SAID HE Is CONVINCED SEN, JOSEPH R.-MCCARTHY'S SENATE INVESTIGATING SUBCOMMITTEE GETS ANY INFORMATION IT WANTS FROM FBI FILES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED, FULBRIGHT SAID HE NO LONGER IS GIVING THE FBI MATERIAL IT SEEKS EN CONNECTION WITK ITS SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, BROWNELL, IN A FORMAL STATEMENT ISSUED THROUGH THE JUSTICE DEPARTME?: OATD FULBRIGHT 'S ASSERTION WAS BASED ON "A MISAPPRERENSION OF THE FACTS." HE ALSO SAID IT IS EVERYONE's “CIVIC DUTY" TO GIVE THE FBI ANY INFORMATION THEY HAVE ON SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES, TURNING TA FULBRIGHT'S CHARGE THAT SECRET Fal INFORMATION Ig FINDING 17S WAY INTO THE HANDS OF CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS, BROWNELL SAIDs - "I_ HAVE PERSONALLY LOOKED INTO THIs AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, . INCLUDING THE FBI, HAS PERMITTED no SUCH THING DURING My TERM AS: ATTORNEY TLNERAL, “BOTH MR, J. EDGAR HOOVER, DIRECTOR oF THE FBI, AND I ARE DEDICATED TO KEEPING INVIDLATE THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE Far FILES. THIS MUST BE DONE TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS AND THE INVESTIGATIVE TECHNT QUES OF THE FBI IN THIS NATION'S FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM. AND a ASKED FOR COMMENT on BROWNELL'S STATEMENT, FULBRIGHT CONCEDED HE ~ HAS NO PROOF CONCRESSTIONAL INVESTICATORS ARE OBTAINING FBI SECRETS SEXCEPT FOR WHAT T READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS." BUT HE INSISTED THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS THIS IS HAPPENING, A HE SAID ONE CASE WHICH INFLUENCED HIS DECISION WAS THAT OF ANNIE LEE «MOSS, A NEGRO EMPLOYE OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WHO WAS CALLED By MCCARTHY TO "EDUCATE" ARMy SECRETARY ROBERT T. STEVENS ABOUT THE ARMY'S » HANDLING OF SUBVERS 1VJES, | hh. IN A VOLUNTARY APPEARANCE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE LAST WEEK, MRS, N- MOSS SWORE UNDER OATH THAT SHE WAS NOT A COMMUNIST. SHE SAID THERE | {WERE THREE ANNIE LEE M9SSES IN WASHINGTON AND RAISED THE kK POSSIBILITY THAT HERS WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, on 3/1L4--NBL4P ee 1 NOT reenropp “ . 19] MAR 2 1954 ya ~ h WASHINGTON CITY NEWs SERVICE y-rK-s ene" *