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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 21

91 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 91 pages OCR'd
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a 7] bf a: ’ Yom the Senate the statement(Carthy, and that he will not be in tone eae ya a Sei he eee ees ee) ek CE Tad Sennlor Me Carthy sud: ment ts made up of high-type in-! Far from bein “ar his arlcies in Cpitiers and “Lost night J discussed the Coati-{divicuy of unquestioned loyalty,! of our Far Eastere wiltee. we fea Saturday Evetiing Post and hu munists in the State Department. ! in ( and sound judgment. |that Mr. Lattir®e j{ | had nol! J atated that Thad the names of} . . ‘rhat the Loyalty Revlew|controlling or ¢. stir; Influence S7 card-cnrrying members of the| Board provides an effective and/yhatever on that policy, His views Communist: Party.” salutary control over the func-|have but been among those of At No Time Had Names. tioning of the loyalty program. |nundreds of others that have gone Our investigation establishes Conclusions Restated. into the cauldron from which that Senator McCarthy at no time! opr eonclusions with respect to has had the names of 57 card-leach of the individuals publicly carrying members of the Commu- charged by Senator McCarthy are nist Party in Gee Depart-'peing restated as follows: ment and that ¢ the course; (3) Esther Caukin Brunauer-~ of a 4 months’ tion he has; | | ‘The evidence against Mra. been uneble to competent/Brunauer, under impartial exami- evidence or to. § te where|/nation, reduces itself to the fact such evidence 1s obtainable con-jthat she was a member of one or- corning one mente of the Com- ganization S years before it was mm arty, card-carrying cited as a Communist front, otherwise, who fs employed in thelthat in 1934 and 1938, over 14 no ore than hat the Comms Btale Department. years ago, she participated in two|" 5 * US® da line meat Chin. We ‘We find that on the evening Of/ meetings sponsored by a pro- oe a wnfide that e February 11, 1950, at Reno, Nev./Soviet organization of which she Mn Latthoore an sapio ent Senator McCarthy again spoke on| was not a member. .... The con- the efficient FAI auld ton ag the question. As reported in thelclusion is -inescapable, on the have taken” ror aeeiet nie Nevada State Journal: basis of our inquiry, that there oes " Senator McCarthy who had first|is no evidence that Mrs. Brunauer 2 Writer and Scholar. typed = total of 205 employes offix disloyal, a Communist, {Oven Lattimore is a writer and the State Department who could/thizer or a security’ risk. (7° 1-27]8 ‘acholar who has been charged be considered disloyal to the! (b) Gustavo Duran—Duran was|With @ record of procommurism United States and pro-Commu-jemployed in the State Department |#0ing back many years. There an ¢ nists scratched out that number,/from January 30, 1943, to October |{4 NO legal evidence before U8! wise loysi employe wf 27. 9 and mentioned only “57 card-car-|3, 1946, when he resigned, InjWhatever to support this chargelservice as disloyal, pro-Celur rying members,” whom Acheson]|view of the fact that his employ- (and the weight of all other im-lnist 9 security rik. inf should know as well as members of|ment in the department ceased |formation indicates that it is not| (7) Barlow’ Shapley— Congress. » before the loyalty program was|true. For the greater portion of ‘We find that in making a speech instituted, we do not feel that a om the Senate floor on February|discussion of him ts merited in our|studies concerning Mongolia, ®|ment of State in 20, 1960, Senator McCarthy read/report.... . ; . a what purported to be the eeeeeh t (c) Haldore Hatson—It is clear ar ernest i have ‘been at {from . - +. Comperping. enced and condijoned, ain Stent purported “aptecti Horbanttenatne ahet one ithe: lesser ot greater dearee, by as reac to the Senate was identi-|most strategically important’ of- |Russian influences. In making his! | eal with the speech delivered at ficers in the entire State Depart- mauies. Mr, animes hes found cept that he withheld;ment” as charge Senator Mc- |lt necessary orce e Wheeling excep at 4 ¥ par atarae Mapai reat fiuences. We find absolutely nolsay reflec upen the evidence to indicate that his writ-lof Mar. ing Fines Ings and other expressions havel‘Americ been anything but the Lattimore. Similar. opinions and|§1 cases, >a big are entertained by many Ameri- isis, sans about whom no concelvable|ring ruggestion of Communist proclivi-[¢3) as: ties could be entertained. We do/pe discharged but should be writings follow the Communist ori-.In passing, it should be ste Department employed in making their judgments. We find no evidence to support the charge that Owen Lattimore is the “top Russian spy” or, for that matter, any other sort of spy. Even the testimony of Louls}?! FP. Budens, if given the. full ‘7 weight and import, could field, like Gaga & gteater inter the avat dealings with en. Ps fact which he himself ( mits. Ferhaps the : ment's adrmistration actually made, as set forth in con-|charge of the expenditure of hun- ¢lusion 1 above, and substituted in| dreds of millions of dollars under leu thereof the following: — the Point 4 program. ... On the “I have in my hand 67 cases of|baajs of our record and the re- individuals who would appear to/Sults of the FFBI investigation -as be elther card-carrying members jindicated by the loyalty board's or certainly loyal to the Com-/action. we do hot find Haldore munist Party, but who neverthe-|Hanson to be disloyal, or a man eas are atill helping to shape our;with pro-Communist prooltvities foreign policy.” . or *. mission to communiae the Facts Misrepresented. word. The substitution of the fore- before aa full completely to antabe going terminology constituted lish that Philip C. Jessup has “an to the Bi “entation of the true fac unusual affi nity, tor Communist male. ; causes" or is 8 “dupe” of anyone. We find that in making bis His connections with the Institute speech on February 20, a of Pacific Relations do not in any 4 if a + om, Cent? sevaevame Tet" wale i sent od on sot Rumivrs, Baa ac att “| 3 doyemion oof material de. thet Dr. Jessup ilenedt by investigators of the! tempt to investigate tha Institute House Appropriations Committee |of Pacific ic ‘a nei in 1947 during the 80th Congress.| if it were Communtis con ol wise, ~,. e We find there ia fot mentishred of ‘evidence to suppor ttt. that - unwarranted - charts » ered” : Wee Gotlin their best Judgment.
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