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<i NPE: ity 2 ae . edhe ren petra aNET OD, AMEN emp igor as APACE Oy era nee MIN Sept je ie ey a td a ent files hitherto locked to the ghre of Congress by Presidential I any considerations enter te this reversal of prograzp, among them the following: . . 4. The Senate appropriatiohs isubcommittee, which will decide how much money State Secretary Acheson gct: to operate his agency in the coming fiscal year, has made it clear it will probe the State department if there is any suspicion of a cover-up by the for- eign relations subcommittee. ; Suspicious of Acheson Whereas the foreign relations committee is almost unanimously friendly to Acheson, the appro- priations group has s majority of Democrats and Republicans suspicious of his operations. They have made it Known that they will withhold appropriations until there has been a State depariment house cleaning. 2. Tydings and Sen. MeMahon (D) of Connecticut of the investi- gating subcommittee. originally ' delegated as “hatchet-nen” to iwork on McCarthy, have been in- jundated with mail from constitu-' ents protesting reports of a white- ash. Both are up for reelectia: his year. 3. Acheson, since his two stat. ents defending his continu riendship for Alger Hiss, co}- _victed perjurer-spy, has become ‘a damaging political liability to ithe Democratic party in a cam- | paign year, Acheson's best friends on Capitol Hill wonder whether his removal will not he essential to political success in November. 'McCarthy Story Reviewed Here is the story, gained from relfable sources of both Repubil-! can and Democratic complexion, ' of how a contemplated whitewash evolved into an investigation | promising to be exhaustive. McCarthy took the Senate floor on the night of Feb. 29 and out- line? 81 sacae which ha ssid in. ASLITU US SEOC FALE hbp BEL bree, 4eee , dicated disloyalty now or recently lin the State depariment. Senate Majority Leader Lacas. of Tilinois called an emergency ses- ision of the Democratic policy | committee next day, The issue of ‘communism in the State depart- ment, he told the assembled Dem- ocrats, was rapidly becoming a Political issue with damaging pos sibilities in the coming congres- ‘sional campaign. wt | Discussibn of how best to dis- eredit McCarthy was frank. It was quickly agreed a committee inves- tigation of some sort under Demo- cratic auspices must be launched to accomplish the desired objec: tive. Sen. Hoey of North Carolina, chairinan of the committee on ex- eculive expenditures, had a staff at trained investigators availanle | lund his group was the logidal igaimec, But MeCarthy was the “Asking Republican on that coin wotiec. if waa recalled, and Dens. wie et, dderacdd at thel nroasperct atid : Opeen.: PAs FATT CU A we pee —— Connally Opposed It il, The Senate judiciary commi ee, which had just completed urvey on communistic invasi of the United Nations, was con- sidered only briefly although it too had a staff of experienced inves of the State department. bad no time for éuch “chicken- | had been made public, The intent; feed.” But he was told a subcom- | of this strategy, Ii became known, | mittee could be appointed to han-| was to embarrass McCarthy be- The Wisconsin senator amassed’ a great weight of evidence in ag- ition to the material upon wi e had based his original eech. Working 20 hours out 4, he prepared for the first: earring. The opening gun fired by Tyd- tigators lying idle. Chairman Mic- ings was a demand that McCarthy Carran of Nevada was no friend |lsupply the name Involved in case No. 14 of the 81 cases outlined on The final decision was that the | the Senate floor. He refused. to' foreign relations committee would | permit the Wisconsin senator to have to take on the job. Chairman | proceed with his outline of pre- Connally of Texas roared that he| pared evidence until this name nee manda ooh} The imtant dle the hearings at which, it was| cause ase No. 14 involved a hoped, McCarthy would be slashea | charge of suppression of evidence into bits, against a high State department Lucas rushed to the Senate. official who was later commended | floor with a carefully worded reso- lution narrowly confining the in- vestigation to persons named by ™ McCarthy and at present in the | by McCarthy as one of the few! who had tried to drive Com-| . ists out of the State depar | State department, But Republi Mdre Sniping at McCarthy _ | cans were alert, action was posi, ned until the following day andl ents which broadened the in stigation to include all disloyal persons now or formerly with the cas had to accept several the ind futilely to against a dozen offictals on whom copious evidence was available. He was confined to giving one name--that of Dorothy Kenyon-— or two days, McCarthy soug t present evidence | State department, whether named | against whom the evidence was! byt McCarthy or not. nother amendment directe the committee to subpoena th loyalty files of the government ‘forbidden by Executive order Congress ever since the Alger Hiss .case broke before a House com-: mittee. The approval vote was!) unanimous. ; Connally appointed a subcom- . mittee of five, headed by Tydings. | a clever lawyer noted as a sal- | castic cross-examiner. Tydings. * aided by Sen. Green (D) of Rhode Island and Sen. McMahon planned a heckling procedure in- tended to confuse and discomfit McCarthy when he appeared to present his evidence. Tydings, during this period, re- peatedly said he saw no need for hiring investigators nor issuing 3. subpoenas for the government's’ loyalty files. Tyding’s friends pre- | dicted McCarthy would retire, bleeding. from his encounter with | Tydings and a quick report exoner- : ating the State department and castigating McCarthy would dis- pose of the whole affair in a fgw ays. Aid From Within Dept. In the meanwhile, however, assistance had been offered Mc- Carthy from a number of quar- ters. Subsequent developments in- dicated thet information was given to him from within the. State department itself by em- ployes resentful of the domina- fon of a proCommunist clique. vestipating agencies, which ha or years seen their reports ©! ‘ommunists in the governme ignored, also offered him the services, Organizations intereste ‘in combatting communism teided reporta oo (Jess serious than in the other ca Ses. McCarthy finally erupted and accused the committee of acting s “a tool of the State depart jment,” seeking ta discover the ‘names of his State department in-! tprmants so that they could ke fped. ; By this time. thousands idtters were flooding members the subcommittee, particularl: Tydings and McMahon, suggest-: Times Herald Page 1 and 2 LAR 1?