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Stopped FBI Arrest of SIX, ‘Says Holmes Senate Probers Call | Former Naval Aide By WILLARD EDWARDS Senate investigators were told yesterday that James K. Varda- man jr.. formerly President True imjan’s naval aide, was the governs pment official who sought to halt jarrests of six persons in the noto \tious Amerasia espionage case of 1945. Vatdaman, now a member pf e federal reserve system boatd ig@f governors, was summoned fr iquestioning by the Senate forei ‘relations subcommittee, headed by Sen. Tydings ‘D) of Maryland, which had heard testimony involy- ‘Holmes Identifies Him Julius Hoimes, U.S. minister to London, was the witness who iden: ‘tified Vardaman. He was & brig- ladier general and an assistant isecretary of state in charge of ‘security matters at the time of the sAmerasia scandal. ' Holmes’ identification was not ‘positive but he said i was his “best recollection” that it was Mr. /Truman’s naval aide who issued a temporary stop order in the case 'fust when the FBI was ready to ar- Test six persazs. ~ Vardaman, contacted by ‘sup. committee investigators, bamedi: ately offered to testify tomorrow. He is said to have’ stated that ha had no recollection of playing any Portes case. ee) ieydings Clamps Lid "4 ee Tydings had earlier clamped & censorship lid on the Holmes testimony. Before going into the ‘eommiltee room, Holmes told reporters that the person respon- sible was “not in the State depart- ment.” He was then asked if it {was a White House official and declared he would not talk until after he had testified, When he emerged fvom the closed session, Holmes said he had been ordered by Tydings not ta discuss his testimony. Asked if the responsible official was David HK. [Niles, White House assistant in lboth the Roosevelt and Truman iadministrations, he said if was ‘not Niles. Early in 1945, an office of stra- (tegic services agent raided the -New York offices of Amerasia, an obscure magazine of pro-Soviet sympathies and discovered hun- dreds of secret. government docu: t /Tury to Page 23, @ol 42 ra Toleoa Ladd Clegg Glavi a Nichols Rosen ————— Tracy Harbo Belmont Mobr Tele. Nease Gandy Room — Page ’ Times-Herald i I~ Slar Laren Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror Date: a —— oe ae