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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 39
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Tolson
Boardman
Nichols
Belmont
Mc€arthy Backer Says He Gave it ——
Rosen
Senate ProbersHMany FBI Reports —
Tele. Room
Holloman
Miss Gandy —.__
LE...From Pase | (Washington in April, 1952. Al-- Williams told newsmen that
° torney General (James P.) Mc-|the information referred to in
fore, resembles Me of theiGranery was advised of thisithe letter was “material that
charges against Sen. McCarthy. matter -~ was Attorney General|Miriam de Haas turned over.”
“The Senator did not call me, :
yet I think 1 should call the (Herbert) Brownell. Whether] Miss de Haas was an exam-
matter to your attention. As a[cither raised objections lo pos-liner for the Civil Service's Loy-
member of the Judiciary Com-|S¢ssion of these reports by the) sity Review Board who was
j —_ Judiciary Committec, I do not)" * .
mniliar ‘with this matter are fa know. y ousted from her job in Novem-
“T testified at length on this “Should you desire more de-| ber, 1952, for refusing lo answer
:
+ tails, I am at your service.” questions on ‘funauthorized re-
before a Federal grand jury in It was signed, “Very truly|iease of conf¥iential informa-
_ —jyyours, Alfred Kohlberg.” tion” to McCarthy.
| he was questioned by alfirst indication that such infor-;docyment which was a “sum-|session of FBI reports !
grand jury earlier, end subse-|mation as the letter describes;mary of the loyalty files" on|vate individgai.
quently, in a newspaper adver-, was ever in the possession of ala former Federal worker.|__
tistment, said she had “seen to|private citizen. It is also the!Chairman William E, Jenner
it” that information on loyalty|first disclosure of its kind that R-Ind) denied that the = jn-
risks was “made available” to[2"¥ quantity of FBI information|formation was obtained by his
McCarthy “ il ther| "25 turned over to any Senate!subcommittee from the FBI,
cVarthy as wer! as to other investigating committee. and refused to discuss the
members of Congress.” She and} In a hearing on Novembcr|source.
McCarthy said that McCarthy]18, 1953, there was one dis; The Kohlberg disclosure
at the time did not know the|closure, apparently inadver-lraised a host of questions
source of the information. tent, that the Senate Internal|about- the attitude taken by
The Kohiberg letter is theiSecurity Subdcomittee had oneiFederal authorities on the pos-
Wash, Post and
Times Herald Gi
Wash. News
Wash, Star
N. Y. Herald Tribune
N,. Y. Mirror
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