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he send | F Granting that the exec % ways should co-operate with bo rid the Goverriment ‘of subversive elements, there {g & Hit to guch co-operation, And the: Ferguson amendment to thé State Department inquiry operation beyond reasonable and traditlonal ~~ limits, yo ae * : In: ling to have the Senate Foreign eld ” ‘tion: ee In é Senator McCarthy’ gensa jonat- though unsu ubstantiated, chi a r bstantinted, chgrges ~~ ‘that Conimunists -Conmmunists are on the State Pe Blab Dipetes . pay roll.the Senate Senate approved Senator Fergus Amendment. to require froduction ¢ ot a ie ‘ *fyaity fle es bearing on the charge: ] ireau of Inyestigation. meta ; :: Tt would be a good thing it there cout be a ed conclusi¢e showdown on this matter. There have a Been “showdowns” many times Jn the past, in~. ? verlably ‘ending with a positive ;' ‘No” from the . \ executive branch, but Congress does not want to ‘take “NO” for an answer. It fs hard to see how the rejeétion could be made any more positiv rt final than on numerous occasions in this and previous administrations, however. Presiden Truman and a number of his predecessors havi tried to, make it plain that it would be againg! - the public interest to release certafn Information in departmental files and that, therefore, it wil ot be areal It even if subpoenaed. Pa a “ a } ovérnment’s loyalty t Fs ene s Tovey Mes at The EBL. contain reports of rumors as well as facts— rumors which may or may not have some founda- tion. It would be a gross injustice to pass these rumors on to a congressional committee which might decide to make them public OF some Mem- ber of which might “leak”, them to the public. Alto, the papers contain names of confidentil! informants who should be protected againgt accidental disclosure. It is true that the Forel{n elations Committee is a highly responsible ijfroup, but the chances of such aceidents are measurably increased whenever the files leave ‘ epartmental safes. . It ts because of these dangers that the “President has instructed loyalty officials not to surrender confidential papers even upon “sub- ‘Hoenn or demand.” The policy is a sound one ahd should be adhered to now as before. Of ~ course, the State Department should lend every \ possible assistance to the Senate ‘in its inquiry, “short of producing Becret files, It will do so if dt. has nothing sinister to hide—but the burden’ wos yareeee | Will be on Senator McCarthy to prove Dis vague G 3 AUG 1 G ital Bhargey ot wned- Infested Bate Department. . Pad ca ats s a awed Pin] a 1 ésolution’ would project ‘executive cd ~ ine declared. there « atid Seeder show 4 nnel recd ‘ds “dfs, including ‘these pf the Federal brad a 00. - - Yar a Clegg Glavin - Nich ype ” Rosen Tracy. Harbo Mohr Tele. Room Nease Gandy ~ aan oe ee mr rae eee ee le . OO ‘ NOT RECORDEQ j 42 apr 244950 a Page Sie Saskenees Times-Herald Wash. Post ae Wash. News Wash. Star {oh N.Y. Mirror warn,