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“ep Na eR EY elon A TAT ty cine 8 _ Hehe rong ta cee IT ES Eh gee ing eee 5. ongreesiona]l investigation i 2 n@essary and valuable part o , Bov nment. But when these investigations ‘become one-sided forums for the "a smearing of character without ‘tute a danger to our democracy: ‘ehance fer defense, they consti- | When they are misused for politically partisan purposes, they” | reflect discredit to our democracy ; 's When the investigators bully witnesses, mistreat people and violate every principle of justice, they distort the whole concept of American rights under law. . Unfortunately all these mis- uses and abuses have blotched the recor’ often in the past and are even growing today. -, They can be stopped, and in- ded, they must be stopped if their ful effects on traditionpl erican democracy are not {0 3 Weaken us dangerously. Atnuse 5 the Mw w Congressional g eck Sate ye - Ror SES’ . ik 2s ee) a ee a i pe nal serie ~ settige a donnste Assis es In Investigations ist Stop ! The McCarthy probe offers an obttstanding example of a cop essional—in this case, senf- , ¢ i ; t@rial — investigation which +. The current flagrant exampl of|the abuse of congressional in- vegtigative powers is being staged by one Sen. Joseph R. ‘McCarthy, Republican, of Wisconsin. And Senator McCarthy, as we shall show, is not particularly in a position to heap abuse on others. McCarthy embarked on a gi- gantic program to discredit the “Truman administration and to drive Secretary of State Acheson oul of office. Every competent observer iategrity in Washington has e- ported the McCarthy “probe’t a . politically inspired monster. Even members of the senator's wn party, including Robert A. aft, have reacted in various fle- rees from coolness to McCart. _ exhibition to downright hostiifty. es * ©. #* @& JV 2341 A a — mie rr eerie! = pte ares f NOV] RECOR CORDED DED 76 APR 29 1950 - PISTSRUACAAP. rea ee \ PITT SSUAGH ‘COULILE, ‘. oO PL, oi nate. en we eee ors, | lates | above. It particularly violates the every principle outlined . points concerning political partic sanship and character smearing. © | McCarthy made world head- - es, as he knew he would, when | cn originally charged there were ‘ &7 “card-carrying Communists” in thpBtate Department. _fow that is a charge of the utmost gravity. i In these times, the State De- - partment is the most powerful : office in the world, so far as the , issues of meeting Communist ag: © gression short of war are cone - cerned. Ay As Columnist George Sokoleky | j pointed out this past week, the | loss of a China to Russian Com- | munism can depend to a great ex- | tent on a handful of individuals in the State Department. The State Department has the | Ives of hundreds of millions of . eople in its hands. : *.# * * Thus if it could be, shown a hee t APR 1 4950 Te