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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 24
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He said Esther Caukin “Bau.
nauer, United States représenta-
itive. to the preparatory commis-;
siorf of the United Nations O- |
'nonfic, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, also was on the}
list MeCarthy then named thpse
| others: i
i Herber{,-Fierst, foreign affairs ;
‘Specialist. He said Fierst for a!
period “was in constant contact j
With members of ay espionage |
ring.” a i
Marcia Ruthyflarrison.. divi- |
sional assistant, whom he de-|
Scripe member at the:
Young Communist League. |
Rober# Ross, radio information |
specialist. McCarthy said Ross j
once worked for Amtorg Trading |
Co,, Russian government trading |
firm.
Ella M
stenographer.
Olga V, Osnaich, clerk- typist.
who, he safd, worked for the Rus.
sian Embassy in Turkey for
three years.
Stella Gordon, correspondence
and research employee.
Daniel F,Afargolies, “assistant
chief, Department of State.”
McCarthy Said the “letters of,
charges” against the State De-
partment employes were based.
upon mformation gathered by
the Federal Bureau of Inyestiga-
tion.
le did not tell the Senate .
how he learned about them or
the charges involved. i
He said he regarded them as,
similar to indictments by a grand!
jury, or informations filed by a.
prosecuting attorney.
AreCarthy said the “letters of
charges” did “not mean all are
guiity.”
The Siate Department. defini-
tion of “ietters of charges". was!
this:
They are letters sent to indi-
viduals after the loyalty board!
has decided to investigate,
The worker is advised in the
letter, the department said, of
the nature of the charges and:
|is invited to appear before the |
; board.
{In some of the eases which |
(McCarthy named, his own pry-
vious charges are responsible f
Iqvalty questions being raised i
tle first instance, and also j
\gier “reviews.”
(McCarthy failed to point out
that the State Department has
previously announced that all of!
its loyalty cases “cleared” since.
*
as a
lontague, a clerk-,
1937 are now being review
This is the result of the depart-'
[pent s cautious interpretation of |*
Review Board order to all agen- '
ies to review all “doubtful” |
SOS.
(Nearly 500 State Departmen.
cases are presently involved 11!
this reviewing process.
{The department announced
jin Jux_. that:
f“Out of fairness to
people concerned, this inview)
lincluded all persons whose cases
leame to the board’s attention
‘because they had been attacked
iby Senator MeCariby.
[“Among these caseS we
those of Ambassador Philip
the!
—————(—.
ed, | I
know well” was one of the }
‘s most distinguished nul
hae
‘servants ‘and said “McCarthy hati
Teubjected Jessup to “shabby and
dastardly treatment.”
Republican leader Kerneth §.
Wherry * (Neb.}, protested that |
,Lehman had violated the Senate |
Tule against Making improzer rE-
marks about a fellow Senator.
“I move to amend my remars |
lby striking out dastardly a
\substituting cowardly,” Lehman !
shouted,
won s oa A
Jessup and John Carter Vi a
cent."—Editor’s Note.]
When McCarthy concluded, !
Democratic Leader Ernest W.
McFarland (Ariz.), his
flushed, took the Senate floor
and said: “It does not behcove
the dignity of this Senate to |
smear any individual.”
Without naming MeCarthy, the |
face ,
k
I
Democratic leader said attacks
upen individuals,
without full
evidence and proper hearings
‘tear down the dignity of the
Senate.”
| Senator Herbert H.
(D-N.Y.}, said
;again been forced to liste
| irresponsible charges.”
Lehman
the Senate had
to
He
called this a “form of character
‘assassination we a}l shoul
ab-
n “whom 1
up “wiom 2
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