Show STIMSON READY TO GIVE FOREIGN LOAN MATERIAL Offers to Submit Details of Colombia Transactions Privately I B By B- Associated Press WASHINGTON Jan 16 16 Secretary 16 Stimson offered today to give gie the sanate senate senate sen san ate finance committee privately the state department correspondence re relating relating relating re- re lating to Colombian loans and con con- cessions After going before belore the committee in secret session to explain his reasons for withholding them the secretary Issued a statement saying this was in conformity with established state department department de de- de- de practices A publication of confidential reports reports re re- ports to the department from its diplomatic diplomatic dip dip- officials would make impossible impossible impossible sible the adequate and effective conduct conduct conduct con con- duct of our foreign relations he said The committee withheld until next week a vote on formal motion to demand demand de de- dc- dc mand the documents The state department has refused to furnish the thc committee in open session correspondence with the American legation in Colombia which dealt with the restoration of the Barco Bar- Bar co oil concession to American interests interests in in- last year It also has refused to furnish correspondence correspondence correspondence cor cor- with reference to a 4 loan extended to Colombia by the National City company ten days after the concession was as grant grant- ed cd The loan had been contracted for lor the year jear before Johnson who originally asked forthe forthe for forthe the documents but who is not a member member member mem mem- ber of the committee sat outside in inan inan inan an anteroom while Stimson test testified tied Johnson said he was asked to leave the committee room during the executive executive ex ex- ex session After a few minutes of waiting Smoot emerged and md invited Johnson to come in in which he did |