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Charlotte 1-19-55 For The Record, It’s Still OOO — EN. OLIN DBD. JOHNSTON of South a! Carolina recently sent the State Department the names of some 80 per- sons said by Sen. Joe McCarthy in 1950 {io be Communist employes of that de- partment. Jotnston asked what these persons’ emp.oy ment and sccurity status was. Here is what he learned, from Assistant Secretary of State Thurston Morton, and announced this week: Orly 40 of the more than 80 were erployed by the State Department in 19b0. Seven had never been employed by it. Twelve are sull working for it. at are wth Lig it News S, Griffith, “xecvtive “ditor SEARCHeD.. INDEXED_—. SERIALIPE.. an, FILED. tas T9198 - CH ORL OTHE seu ae lal DRV2OTT LATTES CO? Ten have transfered to other agencies. a How many of the total were Commu- a nists? “Not one,” said the Department spokesman, of the employes named by McCarthy in those charges was found ta be “a Communist or disloyal to our government.” In other words, despite his more than; ‘ 80 times at bat, and numerous fouls, the Wisconsin senator’s batting average / is still .000. The monicker “Triple 0. oS oaae _Joe” still fits. As Sen. Johnston ‘ob- | / i } : served, this check of the records by a fA Republican administration ‘should clear up t this matter for all time.” ee. coe —— | a rocpmaa + web Ade mm ee, NG 2 CS UTYET