| Show Marquis Childs i s Semitic Anti-Semitic d Plot Blot on U. U US U.S. S. S Record WASHINGTON One One One of the first and most important tests of or orthe the new congress will come as a consequence of the Semitic anti-Semitic plot to destroy Mrs Anna Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosen Rosen- berg following her herr nomination as assistant secretary of defense The Thc votes cast cast or or not cast caston caston caston cast cast- on this test will be bc noted with great reat interest for future refer refer- ence Senator Wayne Morse of f Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon was one of those chiefly instrumental in puncturing the plot Morse said afterward half jokingly and half seriously that before he took look his law degree he had nearly completed work fora for fora a Ph D in m clinical psychology and psychopathology Therefore he was equipped to find his way through the tissue of or lies and half truths spread before the senate armed services commit commit- tee Perjury Action Morse now has a 11 resolution before the committee calling forthe forthe for forthe the submission of the record Inthe in inthe inthe the Rosenberg hearings to the Department of Justice for possible possible possible pos pos- sible action for perjury The senator from fromn Oregon Oreon intends to press this resolution before the senate itself so there will be a record vote A reading reading- of the record shows that witnesses testifying under oath repeatedly told directly conflicting stories This was true particularly of Ralph de Sola and his former wife Mrs Helen Winner de Sola De Sola positively identified Mrs Rosenberg as being present at meetings of the John Reed club a Communist organization in New York when he an and his wife were members of the club Mrs DC De Sola said she recalled seeing Mrs Rosenberg on on only one occasion which had nothing to do doth with th any Communist connection con con- Off ocr the Record But the most remarkable testimony testimony testimony mony brought out by Morse in questioning the former Mrs De DeSola DeSola DeSola Sola does not appear in the record at all It was put off the record on the witness' witness own plea and is now locked in m the committees committee's committees committee's committees committee's commit commit- tees tee's vaults aults Whether it will be besent besent besent sent to the Department of Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice along with the other testimony testimony testimony mony if there is a favorable senate vote is still in question The testimony of another witness witness witness wit wit- ness Benjamin H H. Freedman is also being carefully studied So Sois Sois Sois is the statement of Dr Marjone Marjorie Marjorie Mar- Mar jorie jone Shearon who asked to be allowed to appear against Mrs Rosenberg Before Dr Shearon came into the hearing hearing- room Sen Morse w warned that he hc might be accused of bias in his questioning since the witness has circulated smear propaganda in the Oregon campaign campaign campaign cam cam- last fall in an effort to de defeat defeat defeat de- de feat him This attack resulted from Morses Morse's stand standon on national health insurance At one time Dr Shearon was employed by bythe bythe bythe the Association of Physicians and Surgeons 1 Worked norl for G GOP GOPIn 0 PIn r P rIn In the thc course of her testimony she said she worked for the thc Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican national committee for several years Later according to her story she was employed I Iby by a senate committee at the in instigation instigation in- in of Sen Robert A. A Taft of Ohio A letter was put in the record showing that she was discharged after about three months and while the Republicans cans were still in control of the committee At one point in her testimony Dr Shearon said that she thought tho the burden of proof might be on her Mrs Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosen Rosen- berg to produce that thal She was referring to the possibility of another Anna Rosenberg Just a moment on that Mr chairman Morse said As long longas as I am on any committee in inthis inthis inthis this senate I am never going boing to let a witness transfer the burden burden burden bur bur- den of p proof on the person accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac in America That is exactly exactly exactly ex ex- the type of tactics that Dr Shearon and her ilk are trying to get by with in in this country and as one who believes in the constitutional system I want it clearly understood that the burden of proof is on those that bring the accusation and Dr Shearon has been bringing some accusations and we are waiting wailing for the first scintilla of proof Discredits Congress Whether a charge of perjury can be sustained in m view of the testimony of key witnesses is doubtful When the hearings were completed and Mrs Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosen Rosen- berg was completely vindicated Lester Hunt of Wyoming remarked re remarked remarked re- re marked I just hope that no Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood producer ever gets hold holdt of f the complete transcript of this thing If It it were put into a movie it would do more tha than anything so far to discredit congress It is this aspect of a kangaroo kanga kanga- roo court with certain senators on on the committee curiously enough seeming to want to prolong prolong prolong pro pro- long the whole process that must give real cause for concern concern concern con con- cern about the future of this country l Copyright 1951 by United Feature Syndicate Inc |
