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Being Checked — By Spy Probers By United Presa The House un-American activi- ties committee will refuse to in-| vestigate the specific charges by | Sen. McCarthy (R) of Wisconsin of Communist infiltration into the State department, an authori- ,lalive source said today. i He added, however, that com-' mittee investigators are checking ; records of the Senate foreign re- jiations subcommittee which /ooked into McCarthy’s state ‘ments. He said they might un- ‘earth “new leads” for their dwn inguiry into Communist optra- ligns 5 geested by Velde Rep. Velde, a committee mem- ber, suggested yesterday that the | committee look into McCarthy's ‘charges that the State depart-! ‘ment is infested with Reds, ' He was particularly interested iin McCarthy's recent claim that} jhe has an “airtight case that State department aide Edward G. | |Posniak is a Communist. Posniak ; ‘has denied any sympathy with icommunism whatever. 4 Velde noted that McCarthy voluntecred to testify before the House committee after Senate in- vestigators denounced his charges as 4 “fraud and a hoax.” | Wood Is Mum | Chairman Wood (DB) of Georgia ‘declined comment on Velde's pro- posal, except to say that a de- /cision was up to his full commit- ‘tee. He said the question may . But one responsible source said ithe committee would consider ii, “in poor grace’ to look into the. “McCarthy charges in view of the | [Senate subcommittee’s action. | | He added that the committe : thad a line on many erie Per: ‘sons involved in a Senate inquiry | “loc oerore McCarthy was ever : ; Senator. a Toleon Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont Mobr Tele. Room __ Nease Gandy i lpr an 4 wf qe | Y ) wo 7850 Page Times~He ald =< Ltn. EF lithite Wash. Post Wash. News __ Wash. Star _ N.Y. Mirror ——