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fa re Oy De me War fe Biba Safes ttre errr | “ 1 ggenes ayy! ree Sern anenyeenay sept ety idole ey gettin, ae Whiper iM Carthy Mum On Question of | Wiretap Use Br the Untiled Press Senalor Joseph R. McCarthy (R- _ Wis.) declined yesterday to tel, ia youthful questioner whether he. ever used wire lapping to gather ~ { infor mation for his charges about : Communists in Government. i Appearing ona {elevision pro- igram (NBC's “Youth Wants fo : Know" ), McCarthy Jauched when ca girl tossed the question at him. “Thank you, next question,” he | said. | She persisted, and McCarthy. _grinning broadly, told her, “J can't “answer that.” There were cries of “why?” from among the audience of teen- agers. The build-up lo the wire-tap question was McCarthy's state- ment that “loyal American pco- ple” had provided most of the ammunition for his fight @gainst Communists in Government jobs. Under the law, wire-lapping prohibited except by specific per- mission of the allorney feneral. | The matter of his $10,000 ‘ee | for a housing booklel published by the now-defunct Lustron Corp., ‘Columbus, Ohio, also came up. A firl asked NeCarthy, “What's (he difference belween faking $10,000 ‘for a book and taking a mink jcoat?” He laughed and said: "Well, it depends on what vou did to gel the mink coal, young lady.” —_——! - i Folson Ladd Nichol} "1 ‘i 7 Belmont. f He ia Clegg Glavin } . Har R Tracy Leughlin__ Mohr Tele. Rm, Holloman _< Gandy i f i, fe -/ i i r ; . i / { / ee, Times-Herald ___ Wash. Pose S-M_ Wash. News ___ Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror 9 __ N.Y. Compass Date: May go! on