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~ 2 “ a 3 Whe Facts, There ts not a single instance of this. oe ed -2- ®@ . Sb *- Senator McCarthy, by substituting "the State Department" for "the Division of Security", crudely misquotes the language of namely, that any and everyone fu the Department has access to. the files; whereas as a matter of fact such access 16 strictly the report in order to give an entirely false impression: +. ¢ limited to employees of the Tivi’sion when required and to a - very small number of employees outside the Security Division, such as the members of the Loyalty Security Board, Senator HeCarthy substityted the entire State Department for the ; Division of Security, a crude misquotation for the purpose or giving an entirely false impression, It is not only 4& Slee ricavotation, 46 4s a quotation out of context, a quotation —_ over two years old made without reference to the facts as was they exist at the present time. oenator McCarthy said at Chicago: “Tell them to take the List of ames wnich L have given .., the Secretary of State .s + vy de _ The Facts, Despite Under Secretary of State Peurifoy's relterzted Pequests since Fetruary 11, 1950 that Senator MeCarthy furnish the Department with a list of names of the. "cu5" or "57" aceused State Department employees, Senator MeCarthy has never furnished the Department or the Secretary eof Stlete scch a list of names, ‘thy said of chicago; Deeceriting the Federal Sengbleor Mefert Loyalty Yrogren, Senator NeCarthy said, "First of all, it peruits eech Popertmant to investigate its own people. Those doing the investie.ting know little cv nothing of communist technniguas, even less of about how to conduct an investiga- tion... ." . fne Facts. The Federal Eurceu of Investigation is the agency charged under Exccutive Order 9835, iesued over three, years ago, with responsibility for conducting loyalty Fg investigutions under the Federal Loyalty Program, ns SOR ‘ ; tt 2 “Sonutor McCarthy said at Chicano: Describing loyalty ied 742 trvestigations, Sénator McCarthy said, "In dozens of casey, Sas in dozens of canes -~ for instance, recommendation from Alcef&ay= Hiss on State Department empleyeces was all that was needed to = completely clear them -- like accepting a pecommendatiogstron © Dillinger in hiring a bank clerk." . . . tou . soe 4 + 6.°" Senztor McCarthy said at chicago: "you will r 1a former State Department employee by the name of GeorgeNyheeler recently retired behind the Iron Curtain after king typical commnist name calling statements damning and cursing the . United States. This man, George Wheeler, who had been assigned tremendously important work by the State Department had first been given a completely clean bill of health by the Loyalty Beard even though his file would have convinced anyone who could add two and two that he was a full fledged commnist.® The Facte: At no time has the case of George Wheeler ever been considered by a security or loyalty board of the ry wi temporarily to the rolls of t $s if Department. n 1946 the whole group was transferre Bithe Nar Dewy y tay To nents RS a EGE M0 BEN AIEEE MT Department of State. Mr. Whegler was one of a group of former . FEA employees in Germany who, fe Gentapber 1945 were transferred oe!