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i 2 Li ey : * i é = ial Rep et ENTREE re eliiar ht ~ fqre_ ithe investigating aS quested the files in 81 cases men- and if he is allowed nh \totierpy Senator McCarthy ina | him, “he'll indict himself or per- [February 20 Senate speech that | jure himself.” iled to the present investigation, Will “Stand or Fall" on Case. ‘and others that Senator MeCarthy , Senator McCarthy reiterated jhas hamed in public hearings as he is “willing to stand being “‘pro-Communist.’ frat be this case. If it is dis Senator Tydings said he had re- proved, he said,” thé committe: quested these files since “some lthat was’ inserted in the_Conzyzes-| sional Record in 1946. | That letter, he added, said that in one group ‘of State Department, employes screened by the Security| Board 284 were listed as disloyal, or a bad security risk, and that! of this number only 79 were dis- charged. This left 205 still in the department, Senator McCarthy the other Charges. mentary, have been lodged” m 100 per cent right against those individuals. I have WaHalbts abe Refuses Comment on Report. added, “then the committee should|| Senator Tydings refused to} recognize the seriousness of these) comment on a report that the ould have “the Tight to disere imanner of charges, however frag- L and a said, and added that he had f charged ali of these were Corm- munist. “It should be unnecessary spend time and money to invest{- (harges.” " ‘committee is sending an investi- ‘Senator Tydings earlier had dis-F gator to Wheeling. W. Va. ta) hosed that he had asked formally# seek information about a speech | r the loyalty files in letters sentg Senator McCarthy gave there in dut Tuesday. He said he had re-| opening his charges against the ~ -- — department. Herman A. Gieske, editor of the Wheeling Tntelligencer said Th Tyler, jr, i er, jr., former FBI arent had! — ’ sent word that he would come to} {Wheeling to question a repovter : who covered Senator 1 Tyd ings Lin- aln Day speech ther: ary 9. Democrats have been remindifig Se lar MoCar ihe thal heaps y that he reported as saying in Wheelipe that there are 205 Communists fn the State Department, while else- rere he hus said there are 57 card-carrying Communists in the partment, Senator McCarthy told The Star that an error ve his speech led to the report that he had used the 05 figure. what happened, he said, was that a Wheeling reporter asked for an ;advance copy of the speech ald that he gave it to him after warih- ing that he had not checked fit and probably would deviate lar, ly from the text. . Explains Confusion. He said the confusion about the 205 figure arose because he quoted in the speech from a letter from former Secretary of State Bvsnes! Se ele) we ea SG BOOS. gale this matter in view of the fact that I understand that each of my speeches was either re-} broadcast or recorded,” Senator | cCarthy said, | However, ft was reported frm j VELA 2. PC