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2056 CONG({ ‘“sSIONAL RECORD—SENATEL . Feprvary 20 my knowledge he is now stationed at Frankfurt, Germany. A report of June 33, 1947, indicates that he is a member of the Communist Party, that he at- ¢ tended the Youth International In Rus- sia in 1935. While working in the State Department, the fije indicated, he showed, an intense interest in getting informa- fion on anything pertaining to Russia, including any figures arfd records whether or not the informatjon had an connection with his particular “Job. H had been discharged previously from the AFL Federation of Government Em- ployees, on the charge of communistic activity. Both he and his wife have been members of a number of Commu- nist-front organizations, and he has been very closely asociated with known com- ee ee ee We. Ale Misstenne miunis- front workers. Tne file discloses the interesting information that he is a member of the central group, whose task It is to spearhead an attack on J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. These fel- lows do not Hke J. Edgar Hoover at all. ‘we The man is a member of the central * group which {s the spearhead of such * an attack. This is all in his file. He still working for the Government. se Ni _ This Individual, a€tord- g me e State Department's‘own' Be- a eurity division, is a known Communist member. A Die dated April 13, 1847, shows that he is a member of an under- ground Communist group in Washing- ten, D.C. Both he and his wife have been in close touch with a functionary of the Soviet espionage ring in Washing- . ton, D.C. ¥ want to be sure about this. \ He 1s stili working in Government work. Whether he is in the State Department or not I have net been able to find out, but I know he was in the State Depart- « ment not too Jong ago, and he is still in the Government service. Let me repeat that for the benefit of the Benate. The intelligence agency's file shows that this man is a known Communist Party mem- ber. and ancther file, dated April 13, 1947, shows that he Js @ member of an underground Communist group in Wash- ington, D.C. Both he and his wife have been tn close touch with a functionary of the Soviet espionage ring in Washing- ton. His brother, who either was or is in the State Department, was a Member of the Jackson Heights, Long Island, _ WH. Y., branch of the Communist Party. There was considerable additional ma- terial in the file of this individual which I cannot give to the Senate this time, because it is al! tied up with the source ; of the information. The file indicates { that this man ts not only very active as 7 ory aid the office in New York. Otherwise, I Mr. MOCARTHY. Y have not. I would not be able to get the think he was a CAF, class Q or 10. He Tam giving the Bens Was up in the $7,000 or $8,000 bracket. 7 did not pay too much attention to that in -No.d2, TDs service since July 1942. He was in a fairly high-salaried position, He was stationed in the Office of Infor- I could get the information for the Bena« Te Wrst. mation and Education of TRE State De- tor, I think. In lopking over the papers part@ient. “Shé information was net in I have I do not find information as to the fle, but the hearings before the the salary he receives. Un-American Activities Committee Mr. MUNDT. Mr. President, will the showed that he had signed a petition in Senator from Wisconsin yield? New York in 1940 to the effect that he Mr. McCARTHY. I sield to the Bena was & Membey of the Communist Party. ator from South Dakota. Case No. This Individual has been Mr. MUNDT. I notice im several of with the Government since July 1042. the cases the Benator has mentioned it He was stationed in the Office of Educa- was not clear whether or not the officials tion and Information in the Btate De~ mentioned were still employed by the pertment, It wil] be noted as i gO State Department. The State Depart. through that highest percentage of ment issued a news release last week in these individuals were stationed in some which Mr. Peurifoy stated that 202 Coms information branch of the Government. munists and security risks have been dise According to the Un-American Activi- missed from the State Department since ties Committee, he had signed a petition 1946. 6 1940 to the effect that he was a mem- 1 wondered if the Senator has asked er of the Communist Party. The Staté the State Department to let him see that Department took no action whatsoever ist of those who may have been dise upon this case, and so far asI know, the missed because of disloyalty re ‘ tigative unit there conducted no which would gTeatly simpilfy the fufther investigation as te him, unless tor’s task in determining whether the it was fairly recently. are still there? Inasmuch as so m Case_Nic_23. This man has been in has been said about making ioformae the Government service since July 1942. tion available, tt would seem to me to be The nict is pretty much the ca +n wee am eee ihe Picture Le pretty much the same as . proper to make @ direct request of tha in the last case. except that he is in & Department for a list of those whom gh-salaried position at the present time Department has dismissed for disloyal the Office of Information and Edu- reasons, to which the Department ation. This man, I know definitely, 1s not very well make any other than in the Office of Information and Educa- ammrmative reply. tion of the State Department. He Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. President, will signed an affidavit in 1940 that he was @ the Senator yield? member of the Communist Party. He Mr. McCARTHY, I yield - has been in the Government service since - wir FERGUSON. Does the Benatoy 1942. Apparently nocheck wasmadeon from South Daka ow . him as to his other Communist activities, Peurifoy said ovaries W whether Mr, “and I have no further information about gor disloyalty reasons, or dismissed him. PS eee eee Pee allowed to resigor ase This individual was born MUNDT. think in Russia tn 1806, and became s natural- steven said that races pent de ised United States citizen in 1938. From with the Btate Department were seve: uly 1934 to April 1940 he worked for because of security reasons. I think f, torg Trading. Corporation The quently they are permitted to resign enate will recall that that is the cor- they have been singled out and thel# ration that was visited by the FRI attention has been called to the fact ortly after the last session ended, and = the Biate Department has caught up wi hey picked up five or aix of the Amtorg their disloyalty records, but whether ficials in connection with espionage have been permitted to resign or © ctivities. This map worked for that they have been severed, aince he hag rporation wn é worked with efinite figure the Maritime Union from June to Au- Sead br we idea chee lst for the Gena gust 1941, was with the OWI from Febru- = tor from Wisconsin to use in finding ow ary 1945 to Pebruary 1046, then was whether these persons are still with the transferred to the Gtate Department. Department of State. His Bile shows that he has very closecon- - wir, FERGUSON, Mr. President, wil nection with the Communist espionage he Senator yield? - agents. As to this man, I frankiy do not Mr. McCARTHY,. I yield. a Communist, but is a very dangerous "yyrnow whether he is still in the Btate Communist. No. This man was a produc- tion super Sor ol motion pictures for the OIE, that is, Voice of America. He also had previously signef an affidavit to the effect thet he was a member of the Communist Party. That is” pretty much the picture of all that OIE crowd in New York. . I might say that there-has been some cleaning out. As we get down to case ‘81, Senators will see that one of the top _ people was temporarily transferred, and -‘while away something else happened, . . apd there are some good loyal people in partm Mr. FERGUSON. I agree with ths pre Decertment « ee Sn Pen - Benator, but I think it makes a difference ruary 1946. whether they have resigned or are dise Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President--— charged and obtained employment in The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hnt ther departments of the Government, fm the chair). Does the Senator from | Mr, MUNDT. One of the great diff. Wisconsin yield to the Senator from Mis- culties we confront in trying to get Com-. sourl? rounists out of Government is that ap. Mr. McCARTEY. I yield. parently once they have been removed Mr.DONNELL. The Senator referred, from one department there is no @ moment ago, I think just before the given to the other departments so last case, to oD¢ individua) as being a ‘simply drift from one department to high-salaried employee. Does the Sena- another. So if there were some such lish tor have information as Ld what the ae, available to all the employmem man's salary is? efs, then, aisuming that the emplow. -_ uP [ee