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-«@ 3.98872 Nag and in fact Mr. Wheeler's transfer to the War Department was even earlier -- in December 1945, During his brief time on the State Department pay roll, Mr, Wheeler's case was under the juris- diction of the Civili Service Commission, All these facts wera set out in a departmental press release a month before Senator MeCarthy made his misatatements, = ; - og These facts were also contained In the Department's cnalysis .. of Senator MeCarthy's April 20th speech to the American Soctety of Newspaper Editors, in which the Department pointed out twelve flaring MeCarthy inaccuracies, Senator Metarthy on May 15 replied te the Départment's statement by citing two alleged in- accuracies in the Department's analysis of his speech. He was silent as to the remaining ten. Of the two se-called inaceurs- eles he cited, one pertains to the case of George Wheeler, As to George Wheeler, Senator MeCarthy seid that the Department should “adait thet Wheeler was on the pay roll and given an abrolutely clean bill of health by whatever Government Loyalty Eco vd cleared persenncol for the State Depertment,” Two corments may be made thereon: first, as of the date of Mr. Wheeler's brief employment with the Department the present loyalty program, under which the Department's loyalty board was established, was not in existence; second, Senator McCarthy's implication was that the Department's Loyalty Board was at fault, Even Senator’ MeCarthy Should see the Irrelevancy of his cttributing to the State Department matters under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission. Te bs! 7. Senator McCarthy sald at Chicago: "ity Morvice, you will recall, was pleked Vicby Ehé EBL In connection with the Amerasin omar Aha wmenoare asamntad ft: ehary hot FT Paman VPaavan wha da Wchisle a ee fiers PeleLo ea f. Se 4 I rri not noted far ovcr- ateuents, that J. Edger Hoover stated thet - f head we 7a nw ee wh elas wae Ge! ad oe | Pet dut ot | ir-tisht case of cspionace. | | The Fasts. Gn May 1, 1950, Deputy Under Sccretcary of State \ Feurifoy in a letter to Mr. Peyton Ford, The Assistent to the Attorney General, @sked whether Mr. Hoover, in fact, made ony similnr statement. Mr. Ford, on May 8, 1980, replied: "vou are advised that Mr. Hoover aid not make the statement which has been attributed to him." te ’ bane The exchange ‘of correspondence is attached, (Seu pp. &, 9) “ ? 8. Scnator McCarthy said et Chicago: -"...the Stete Dopartment which is about to hear the .. ‘case of “Service is now busily giving Mr. Servicets lowyer the sterct docunents which the President has denicd the Senate, this so that he can properly defend -. . Mr, Service." The Facts. The Department has categorically denied this. Mr, Service has been furnished copies of documents which he hin- self had prepared for the Department an the course of his ‘duties as a foreign service officer. me a oom —~— vt ye ce —cm - — Se a tel eee a an eee Relayant excerpts from a letter of May 4, 1950 by General Conrad ENinow, Chairngn of the Department's Loyalty Security Board, to Mr. WhitelavwReid, editor of the New York Herald Tribune, are attached! (See page 4) 9. Senator