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Allegation by Senator McCarthy "Case No. 46 is the case of a man whe holds a high position in the State Department. He had bean affiliated with the magazine Amerasia fron May 1937 to November 1941, This magazine consistently followed the Communist Party line, It was wider the direction of Philip Jaffe and William Vanderbilt Field, Fisld has been 4 leading Commmist and was one of the heads of the American Peace Mobilization, which the President and the Secretary of State publicly labeled as a tool of commmism, Jaffe, as Senators will recall, was convicted and fined in comection with the John Service incident. It will be wearatTlac ¢hat ¢ha DOT eel albeard um Gawst aan fan hartinas AalivawrsAl ssannat Chata Poe SG Vie Wis sk PLCS Up erate 20l deralig GGui fore Soli peo ye Department documents to Amerasia, The State Department files show that this individual has been working very closely with these two men. On March 22, 1945, the State Departnent's own security agency recommended as follows: "It is recommended that action be instituted to terminate subject's service with the State Department. It is suggested to achieve this purpose that an appropriate officer of the Department should inform him that his con- tinued presence in the Department is embarrassing to the Department and that he he ota an annnartimd for ts root oe tf he sghovwld not resign volmterily, action should be instituted under Civil Service Rule No. 12, “to terminate. his services with the Department, “The Department, however, took no action upon this recommendation, "After that recommndation, the files show that this individual requested a fellow traveler to seek a position with the Board of Economic Warm fare, The file further shows that this individual has been visited on several naregatoana br an altdan fallrar travalar. He has al eo renommendad tun former ee a a ds “yt ee ee eT WS WT Wake Te? Sp LE ed Se Se wT employees of the Amerasia Editorial Board to positions with the State Department In other words, Mre. President, the usual tactics of getting into an important position and then bringing in fellow Communists, "A report dated August 18, 1947, recorded an interview with a former member of the Editorial Board of Amsrasia who labeled this individual as ‘far to the left—awfully close to a fellow traveler.' This individual was a subscriber to the Daily Worker. The file names a Commmist Party moamh as whe he dene amvart faw thie inalfiwtd wat Tha Ra agrranht anal Dart ota mouosi rt hed ans wee wor ne A Med et bd, FF eld Ud , latetetliereniend - melee! dntemnietetinnd thal = netetiaiiatind of the State Department shows him to be still in 4 position of importance bic.