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ane ngnmdaa --WtcGrath Can't Alibi This— The last defense for the Amerasia scandal has now been exploded by Senator Homer Ferguson, (R) of Michi- gan, and so completely that anybody can see and under- stand the whole thing, See the Con- gressional Rec- ord for June 2, 1950, pages 8098-8104, in- clusive, for the detailed facts. There, Senator Ferguson sets forth a precise and compelling analysis of the Homer Ferguson attempt by the J. Edgar Hoover Truman Gang to smear J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI in order to excuse their own mishandling of a serious and im- portant crime against the United States in time of war. In excuse for the way the Amerasia evidence was used, the present U. S. Judge James P. MeGranery, then an assistant attorney general in the Justice Department, said to a House committee in 1946: “If we had not handled it in that way I do not think we would have had any case at all. None of the evidence wat obtained in & manner in which we ordinarily would have obtained it. It was very clumsily handled.” What was the Amerasia evidence? It consisted of some 1,700 government documents, and by now the at- tempts to say the documents were “unimportant” have been so thoroughly expesed there is no present need to run through the facts again. The evidence also concerned the comings, goings, Meetings and movements of some six persons arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on June 6, 1945, on charges of conspiracy to violate the espionage laws of the United States. ; Of the people arrested, two held important positions in the State department, one was an officer in the United States Navy and all had cennections of importance throughout the Truman, administration. ‘e ~ * * * 4-26 Tolaca Ladd Ciegg Glavin Nichole Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mobr. Tele. Room __ Nease Gandy . af vgs o an , a ph Paga y, 4 Times-Herald <i. S-Star Cai ly ay Wash, Post ee Wash. News ~~ Wash. Star LOWLY. Mirror. ad aay ‘pate: 6-530