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» a Allegations by Senator McCarthy “case No. 9. This individual, after investigation, was not given security clearance by the State Department, After failing to obtain clearance by the State Department he secured a job in the Office of the Secretary of Tafenca And where do Senators think that man is today? He is now a speech LCL VIOU @ 2bLiA Maa a ee ed ieee wee writer in the White Fouse. That is case No. 9. I will secure a little more information on that case if I may. ‘so that there may be no question about this, we will refer directly to the investigative file. I think I an doing Mr. Truman @ favor by telling him this. I do not think he knows it. I do not think he would have this individual there writing speeches for him if he knew it. "Roth the individual referred to and his wife--this is in the file of the investigative agency--are members of Communist-front organizations. He has a relative who has # financial interest in the Daily Worker. Byt in any event the State Department used good judgment not to clear this individual," "case Nos 77. This young man applied for a.position in the State Department. The file indicates. he is a very close friend of reported Communists, and that he is closely associated with members of Communist-front organizations. fhe file indicates that his wife belongs to 4n organization listed as subversive by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and that a relative of his has a finencial interest in the Daily Worker. "Mr, President, I believe I have covered this case before, and what I have just said seems to be a repetition. This is the case of a young man who ended up as & speech writer in a well-known house in Washington." Possible Identification Cases No. 9 and 77 apparently relate to ay - The Bureau hag conducted the following investigations of at In 1937 and 1938 a Departmental Applicant investigation.was conducted and the reports sept.to the Department. ‘Tn 1941 an Thternal Security “ q@ation Wis cofiducted and the report wes sent te thag@@partment. In } wes Tnvestigated under the Hatoh Act and the report was sent to OEM in May 1 to the State Department in December 1946, to Mr. Donald Dawson, White House, on November 10, 1918, and a summry of information was furnished orally to the Rrsecarne = Ve _ f2I— AZBI2VE- SX Te pe ry oe Nectar eB cre eet er mM I SI RS RS EL Ee EES TTT vey