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oa . _of the files _and_is_efigag i _ + 1 4- Tolwon, a ‘tLadd ys / Clegs. Senators May See — yf ea Some of Files Today,. By Alfred Friendly Post Reporter The State Department loyalty files on 1 persons accused by Senator MéCarth¥ (Ry Wis) wi probably be made available to Senate investigators at the White House, it was learned last night, The first of the files will be realy for examination some time todiy, itis hoped, Delay in getting) all fof them, it is believed, comes from the fact that most were in the hands of the President's Loy- alty Review Board, in accordance that agency are atill Included In tie ies, “Meantime, Democratic drum- fire against McCarthy continued yesterday wilh the accusation that he was a “hit and run” propagan- dist “of the Soviet type.” The accuser was Senator Benton (D., Conn.). In & speech urging approval of a part of the contro- versial FEPC, Benton departed from his text and cut loost. “MeCarthy doesn't argue, he doesn’t answer, he doesn’t reason, He hits and runs,” Benton sai “Senator McCarthy knows the can count on a vague distrust Wf, the State Department and, like: Party Zeal Threatens Prestige, Says Jackson Supreme Court Justice Jack- son, in his opinion Monday on the Taft-Hartley non-Communist Gath, discussed at iengih the role of political parties in the United States, At one point he said: “Al parties, when in opposi- tion, strive to discredit and em- barass the Government of the day by spreading exaggerations and untruths and by inciting Prejudiced or unreasoning dis- onten, not ven hesitating to in- ure the Nation's prestige among he family of nations. with an order of Mr. Truman for that body to give them a post- audit, It_was_also indicated yesterday that one or more officers of the Stale Department and the FBI wil! be available to aid in the exam- tvafion; Which Will be made by the the Communist propagandist. he is} doing his best to exploit it by any and every means.” In_another development vester- day, wealthy Frederick Vanderbilt Field asked Senate loyalty investi- ‘ators’ tor another_chance_to_an- swer questions _in the McCarthy | ingulry and thus save himself from a possible citation for contempt of' Congress. Field's ynusual request for a rehearing to avoid contempt charges was made in a letter to the. Senate Subcommittee. | The New Yorker, a reputed mil-| lionaire, has been described by McCarthy as an avowed Commu- nist and an important link in Mc-} Carthy’s chain of evidence against, his No. 1 case, Owen Lattimoref | Field dented he was in contentpt when he refused to answer a num-; ber of questions in testimopy before the Tydingssinquiry group: April 28. Through his atlorney, Harold T.: Cammer of New York, Field asked|: Vine for a chance to reconsider the! Rpecial Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee, MeCarthy has eharged that the State Department has “raped” one “spring housecleaning” _on__the rest, to temove derogatory mate- cial, The subcommittee, however. ¢; call on FRY personnel during the Wiis stosse examination to deter- mine whether a queries which he had turned aside: with the reply that he was stand- ing on his constitutional rights. Cammer said a contempt action gainst Field would be “incon- sistent with observance of the privilege against self-incrimina- tion guaranteed by the Fifth mendinent to ihe Constitution.” Committee Counsel Edward P. forgan recommended citations fainst both Field and Earl Broy- mer United States Co arty chief, after they te}- der, for Belmont: | Mohr Tele. Room__ Nease Gandy ~ a Page Times-Herald ___ a * Wash. Post /f4-_ Wash. News —__— Wash. Star _ |tified in the current probe. N.Y. Mirror — — “MAY TOTO . Date: