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. | “ toa a en Vit eae fF. =) I am grateful to the Comittee for its invitation to appear hete today, and make availazle information which has come to me from a variety of sources hearing on the eecurity of our Nation. prenise that every possible i Certain)’ we are all in accord on the precaution should be talen to protect the iational Welfare and time and expericnes has sho.m us that subversive and un-American actions * . cammot stand the light of day. To that end, I shall iscke available to this Cormittee the names and backcround of persoms tho are, or have been in the sarvice of the Govern-cnt viho, by virtue of their backcround and activities do not sd trust placed in then. - ro deserve the confidence The fair security risk dees not exist. Every man or wonan in the erploy of the United States government is a bad or good security risks ental investigating We have had, through our courts, our gover bodies, our public press and radio, a shocking and frightening series of reports on men and wonen in high and lew places in our government who transferred their alle,iance to a foreirn and dangerous ideology. It is obviously iupossible for re, without investigative personnel, funds and authority and without full end freee access to the voluminous UT ene way ane + em ee ‘o «rd comprehensive files of nurerous Government agencies to give you — perre A cttee, charged by its colleagues i. gentlenen an adequate picture of this distressing Bpituation.| pat of . we duty, will be able to find * T hope that this cistinsuished 6 st in the Senate with a difficult and 4 solution to # hitherto insoluble ja