James M. Boughton
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780300253795
- eISBN:
- 9780300262650
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300253795.003.0021
- Subject:
- History, Political History
This chapter recounts Herbert Brownell's 1953 attack on President Truman and Harry White, which rekindled interest in Harry for a brief time and led to further investigations by state officials in ...
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This chapter recounts Herbert Brownell's 1953 attack on President Truman and Harry White, which rekindled interest in Harry for a brief time and led to further investigations by state officials in New Hampshire, the FBI, and the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security. It mentions the newly elected attorney general of New Hampshire, Louis C. Wyman, who was prompted by Brownell's speech and sent two officials to Blueberry Hill in in November 1953, where Harry's wife still lived in the summer. The chapter highlights that the June hearing dealt exclusively with the Morgenthau Diaries, which contained no information relevant to possible espionage but which included many excerpts detailing Harry's influential role in the U.S. Treasury. The subcommittee's general counsel, J. G. Sourwine, introduced each excerpt with a short statement aimed at making Harry seem like a dangerous infiltrator.Less
This chapter recounts Herbert Brownell's 1953 attack on President Truman and Harry White, which rekindled interest in Harry for a brief time and led to further investigations by state officials in New Hampshire, the FBI, and the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security. It mentions the newly elected attorney general of New Hampshire, Louis C. Wyman, who was prompted by Brownell's speech and sent two officials to Blueberry Hill in in November 1953, where Harry's wife still lived in the summer. The chapter highlights that the June hearing dealt exclusively with the Morgenthau Diaries, which contained no information relevant to possible espionage but which included many excerpts detailing Harry's influential role in the U.S. Treasury. The subcommittee's general counsel, J. G. Sourwine, introduced each excerpt with a short statement aimed at making Harry seem like a dangerous infiltrator.
