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-- COPY “ong, and the group made up of those on the political desk who were inclined to be nore cautious mtil a definite policy had bean formulated by the State Department. WMI} was on the former croup and was often overgealous, -endeavorin, to dominate the committee in his capacity as atecutive secretary. Qe wes made to realize the State Department's position and has cumsed no trouble since. ®rst concluded by sheting that he hed no serious doubts as to Simm loyalty. Office of United Nations Affairs, said @™m had been aii of the above committee on Czechoslovakia as weil as other committees. @® advised that n ver before had QP seen a member of the committee adopt an attitude such as that exemplified by @BNIMR& She said that MEM evidenced a strong pro~Czechoslovakian attitude and approached every question with the query: "How will this affect Crechoslovakis and not "How will it affect the overall policy of the United States." said MW immediate reaction was that he must be a Czechian National or at least of Czechoslovakian ancestry. S@@ had no contact other than the three months’ period from April to July 1916 and said @@ could not comment other than to state from his actions Mm ‘ would hesitate to place too much trust in him from a loyalty an The followin; is a signed statement dated September 7, 19h8, , 38 follows: I served as gENR of the Czechoslovakian Committee in May ani June of 19145. My acquaintance with the person in whom you are interested is limited to thie period. At the first meeting and at all motinzge thereafter, I noted that he approached each problem from the standpoint "How will this help Czechoslovakia?" As I recall, such questions as Gorman transit rates, the settlement of the Army's debts, and further loans to Osechoslovakla were under considcration. I know nothing about the person in question, but the bias displayed was so marked that I queried the qggRieemiemp and found she had reacted in similar fashion. I assumed he was of Csech origin and checked the register as a matter of curiosity, only to discover that his origin was Russian. Since he had worked in other agencies and his would naturally have caused him to be thoroughly investicated, I did nothing further at the time. I recall two other epieedes. He requested me to have reproduced, as @ Committee document, an article by Maurice Hindus which had appeared in the Congressional Record. (I believe at the request of Congressman Sabbath, but am not certain.) The article was a eulogy of Benes! policy of frieniship and cooperation with the Soviet Union. Apart from the contents of the article (about which I had grave questions), the request to publish it as a Committee document was peculiarly out of order. I apoke with Mr. Gangs and Mr. Reber of the Secretariat about it, but thay took the position that the Secretariat couldm't question a Committee momber's request. I then spoke with Mr. Williamson, the Committee chairman, stressing the