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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 23
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nm named
tebe Teds subeom-
lence secured before
aa ob ptalned this Far report.
“I hops to. beable to give the
nate a complete picture of how
sany ofthe total of agenta,
mpathizers ° 1 and. Communists
inthe government. 1
dink i! it is reasonable to imalst
e subcommittee subpena
eer phart: and check on a
one named. ‘They a kecc
this one as a ocarthy
own’ "the: b
Commutusts, able to
Sone ie the ghle et suinue the fight
$ in. ‘in 1048 In 2 this’ Admintstration side, et of | praaident's ‘loyalty program. ”
iter individya, tuntdl ||
is a ditterent "Admit :
get this much. evidedics.*
until
tara Board “Discussed -—
“Were thes# ¢, Individuals
cleared by loyalty boards?” Baked
Sen. Douglas 0) of Ilinois:::
“y presume they were, like Alger
-ang* Willan Remington,
sald d MeCarthy. ‘Hiss has Been co:
victed of perfury.to conceal e
plonagé. Remington is now und
investigation by a New York gran
jury which. is. reported about
ready to make'a decisionD~3..: .
“{" understand the President
pow Intends tg appoint a sort of
superloyalty. ‘-board,” ~ continded
McCarthy. “fie needn'tado- that.
All he neds to do 4s cht in FBI
Director Hoover and the heads of
Army and Navy and other Inte
gence agencies, whd have access
to the files and ask thent ta give
hith a report. -:
“Tf he Insists on a civilian board,
let him appoint men like Judge
Harold Medina (who. presided at
the trial, of- the 11 Communist
1% | leaders) er David Dubinsky, who
has a great: recorg tor fighting
CO mmunism, not me gentlemen
of. high-sounding . reputation w
spon: | now nothing sbout communism
Last night the State departm
issued another of peries of ata!
> tiente fn which it Had
ar
of the”
Th -
ber tate >. department
:Communista, , had* been shifted
|from_ the. ‘foreign . ‘economle ad-
| ministration, . the ‘office: of, was
information, and the, office
strategic services after the war
ended. McCarthy remarked that
Owen Lattiniore, a State Uepart
i Toent consultant, had been a top!
|pificer in the: OWI. .
') “This is by far the most’ signi-
Yeant evidence. yet presented to
5e a¢lared Serf Kno
erelict in ita duty tol’
the ‘peo! boogie aa ard the Behate if it
does n peha the: fpmplets
FBI report yan iieane it does
not, then the. dine.
that it is engaged in, 7Aitewash
vhs oyrle, thing -éould” be
“The . whole Sou
° Jeared eter, Truman would
pen all the files, i said McCarthy.
“tf tf it were hot fa
peonla.te-thé bovernment dep
ments themselye’, I would not
Yr some Very loyal
Bj cation, saying."
. repeatedly to discredit McCart
Charges Cuiled., F alse” <
Tpe statement, sought to we anbe
that the FBI had no connection)
oOflwith -the chart. of Communist’
agetits, and characterized-as “abe
solutely false’ McCarthy's) evi-'
; dence that three of the agents still:
work for the State department, |
"Sen, McCarthy. based nls!
charge on the completely. erron:,
eous belief that the FBI prepared |
W-ia chart referred to In the phaoto-'
gtated document," aatd the state: ;
ment, issued by Michgel J,. Me-
Dermott, department. spokesman.
After asserting tha FBI had: in.
formed the department it had no
OW} prepared such's chart, McDermott
admitted, security officers of the
State: "department {tself had pre-
pared sucn a chart "as & basis for
further investigation.”
; In denying the menitoped agent i
still work for the depcctment, M
bit made a sweeping qualif.
_bxcept thos
whose loyalty jaas sinoe-been.thor- “*
oughly checked... ‘dnder the!
The White. Hotusa last night an
nounced iat Aprcintment of a
inew, loyalty, panel: wouic-‘e de
layed. No reason was given'b
diffleulty was being encountere
according. to reports, in obtainin
persons to serve on the ‘board.
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