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When it hes determined that -. that I douwh: that even t: 9918 and (2) due regard for the rigats of tue individual. 2. Under this program, all departmental arid Foreigg Service officers receive compleia Becurily io¥estigations. These invesiigalinns are esha and are made by trained investigate, operating under the direct superyistomfof a Lermer FBL agent, Mr. Don- aid Nicholson, 3. The” Department docs not permit any truployee ta have access to secret material such access might constitute a danger to the security ci the Unitea States. To do otherwise would be contrary to the estabilsieu security prin- tiples of the Department. 2 ons as to the Joy: Ris. Departmer.. cr the Foreien result dn Mn Lpriyecate aud full- scale _Jnvestigation_ ef the individual em- i loyee by the Federe] EBuresu of Investiga- tion, The evaluation uf tis investigation fs mace by a competent Loyalty Security Board which operates under the chairman-+ ship of Gen, Conrad FE. Snew, an experenced Buu able luwyer of astin ished reputation and unquestioned die qity. 5. This Bevrd 1s inuae uu of men of such high quaiifications und ui-qguestioned tovalry se thiust suspicious tu challenge their Service person coud be alice credentials. 6. The work of the Board is reviewed ad-~ ministratively by my inaiediate ofce avd hy the Loyalty Review Beard of tne Civil Service Comunission. Mr. Seth Richardcwu, a former Asaistant Attorney Gorerni ulder ex-Pres:ident Herbert Hocser, war formicry chairman of the Levalis Review Bourg He Was succeeded DY Lué preoent chairman, en= Republican Senatur from Conecticut, Mr, Huram Bingham, 7, In the lore than 4 ,¢ats of operation under this prucedure, the Luyalty Review Beourd hus mever reversed the Department's gajldication of a esse. 8. Tn conducting this program, the We- partment has wncovecea sure ciaplovees woo did not meet its hich security stuud- ards, and these employees have Been sop arated. As should be perfect!y clear from tre focemoiag, the conduct of the Deparimieni’s loyalty and security programs ure prcdi- cated on thoroughly tried and proven Amor- fecn principics. We wi continue to operate t¥us program an the sare straisntierw rd manner in the future, cunident that we are teking every reasonable ster to assure a completely loyal and truslworthy group of employees, But we wool nut ahnandoen ad« herence 16 tose concepts so carefully and deliberately wid down in the President's loyalty program. and ‘.c will net ecompro- mise our legal aod et itcal responsibilities under pressure of Pontical siratagem or threat. Suicerely yours, CAanuiste H. HuMi.stne. Mr. McCARTGY. lir. President, T fhod an interesting pas ace on bate 3 of the letter, which reads as foiluws: Tn the nuw.e than 4; cer this procedure, the Levy.ty STHlaat Wis ew LD hus lever reversed the Department's aus Judicatlog of q case, In othér words, Mr, Acheson's man is telling how good their board is because it has never been reversed. In view of . the faci that they have never found an "individual unfit for service, there could _ never have been an appeal to the Lovaily | Review Board, Thercfore, since there Was never an eppeal, there could not have been a reversal. However, the Review Board has tha power to take up a cate on pott audit and indicate dissatisf.ction With the 4 ogi hy of any eme CONGRESSIONAL 2 ECORD—SENATE case. That has been done time and time again. Even though the Secretary says this is not a reversal, AS an example of such a case i invite the attention of the Senate to the case of Service. Tinformed the late unlamented Tydings commitica that the Sprwise case had been post- audited, sent back to the Loyaliv Board, and that the Review Board said it was handled so badly that it wanted to ccil in an entirely new board and also asked that Service be brought back from a key spot in India. The State Department immediately issued a press release or called a press conference, I doen't recall which, and announced that this was un- true; thar McCarty was lying and that Service’s case had not been ordered re- opened. TI called the Deparimest and told them unless they would issue a tree statement of the facts, I would mcake public the photostats of the Review Board's reine, Within a Ralf an hovr the State Sparbment miuystec oust found that the Service case had ween ordered reopened and so announceJ. I merely mention it because it sheds light on how much credit we can give to the oficial statements from the State Department. It would seein officials of the Bepartment, who are, like Memors of the Senate, servants of the people, would hvve the decency and hancsty to tell the American people the truih. So much for that. T should lhe te make it very clear as Trefer ta the lovatty bourd of the S.ace Department that Iam not referuig to the Civil Eervice Commission's Loyalty Review Esard. Tirat Bocrd, as we sil know, Wax doing an extremely foul joo until its head, Seth Riecnardron, was promoted, and his place was taken ove by former Fenatov Po. her, of Con- necticut. I think Se.ator Pingtham is dene the bert job anyone could do under tie circumstances. T hesitate praising Senater JELar becaus2 I know any words of praise fj me for any Government o%Mec.nl ecriainiy endaunger’s that perso's jo. Mr. President, I very much dislike bringing in the names of these individ- uals, but I frankly do not think I nave any other choice. I think, sa jong as uney are pein’ given access to secrct material and have been cMcially charfed, inat they have no more right to have their naines remnin secret than would sume- one who might be charged with reckless @riving, embezzlement. or with any o crime or misdemeanor, I shall briefly run throuch the cases, Mr. President. The first case is that of an individual well known to all ef us, Ten an oun wHntl* John Carter Vineont. Please Kec in maga that these “Jetters of charcves” Woe Bol prepared by macy. they wece pre- paired as the result of investigntions by the FBI or State Department tors. a Vineent is chars¢d with beine a mem- ber of the Cemmunist Party, and to the best of my knowicdve he is alsa charged with espionage activities whue in Switzerland, I would suggest to the McCarran ccom-~ miitee that if they can obtuin the core respondence between the Canim linwl- heen. Asenty aod Dead Ach investiga Sun's “timore, MD. fei 6, AUGUST 4 office they will find the cozresponac:- yorv revealing. I doubt '2 they weil b able to get it, in view of what happen: . in the committce this morning. <A v. farcastie thing occurred before the Bi. . Caivan committee this morning. Gen- eral Willoughby was before the comm... tee and Was asked to giveinformati_.. on ihe communistic activities of certai: Government empicvees, and he read it.: the record an order which he receive from the Army saying to him. Gener: you must not give the Senate committ. any information about any employee of this Government.” Inconceivable® ‘Yes. Buz it is tru It is part of the record. So, Riv. Prosident, lam not tog hope- fui that the McCarran committee will 5. able to get that correspondence. One of the members of the Lovalt: Bs..rd informs us that Acheron has ac- Suited them tia: the Department no: call \: mem, ool from Afi: Some 0 the aceitonal information - Ne conte ined in the Jetter of charze. Which Icommenc io the attention of t.. MeCarran committee. I refer to tiv activities of George OLtlik who has be:. working hand in glove with Vinernt .: Switzerland. Oth represented th- short-lived Hungarian Communist re- gime of Bela Kun. He was stationed Bene, Swiigerland. WhijJe le was Director o. the 7 Fastern Division in 1945 Vincent wre. a weioranduri, which is im his Star DPep.irtment file, strongly urging the General lodge establish a coaticion g3 er-ment “cetweer North Eorea arn Sucn Korea. He objected strcnuousi to Svngman Rhee and urged that +’. fate Departmcni assist a Mosco.. tra ned Communisct by the name of Eer. Kecosek to get tre presidency of Eov.. Korra. “8 we aiso know, Vincent h: hevn a very close associate of Owen Lai- Lattimore has been named b- two womesers as a Communist and . an anent of the Scovct Secret Police, rv spectively. On pave i172 of Wallace's book it - Pouted cut thet in 1944 a high offlen:. of the Soviet Gevernment proposed toast ta Owen Lattimore and John C~ ter Vincent. He proposed 2 toast, Which was quote. by Wallace as fulovz: To Owen—— 3 Bere we have che of the Soviet, an: ied by Walkice T.. Owen Lyrttimn erent, Amoecice res: ere tu: top re,resentative ware 18 18 toast, : and John Carter to. - ts on China o1 for Guan resplasioility That is io Fi ft Wollace’s bocx. 32 te: Vincent, ‘The next cam i¢ ine esse of WHA. T. Stone, Stone Communst STULL ave lision, and 2 will nota.. apt Ww ae serzw’ allof them it is of sume site, est io note that u2 wus cne of the « €q..0"s Of America. AMmeT als. Las pe. ndoon pote 177 auch for John Cu. Gest wed by. uae 3 nee as a “toc! at Sov: Caplana, cw” Bae "30 ane of th . 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