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; Office Me. | 4 dum * UNITED , ve SOVERNMENT To : MR. LADL wya + ; ° DATE: March 9, 1956 an : S ‘ ToLace FROM : Ae He BELMONT . Lesa —all st SUBJECT: Commbrsrs IN Te STATE. DEPAR TNE’. to (ALLEGATIONS OF SENATOR JOSEPH a Was feist nn. LOYALTY OF GOVERNHENT EMPLOYEES Te : Vie Harbo a i Qi. of the Washington Field Office, called to Tele, Roca___ advise that the hearings of the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Mensa Foreign Relations, continued this morning with Senator WcCarthy as witness, “% / a Senator KcCurthy continued his observations on the case of Deroth “tenyon, He refused to name the nigh official concerning whom he talked on March 8, 1950. He reiterated that it was important to get the FBI files, as these were the only ones not tampered with. He stated that the State Department files had been rifled and tampered with. Senator McCarthy advised that this issue will lest the authority of the Committee to subpoena files. He refused to give the Committee the ‘documents in his possession regarding the high official and accused the Coumittee of having as its purpose the disclosure of his informants so that the Committee could take punitive action regarding‘his informents in the State Department, He called the Committee a tool of the State Department. Senator McCarthy said that the FBI file on Kenyon is more complete than the information he has furnished and shows that shewas affiliated with more than twenty-eight subversive organizations. He pointed out thet in connection with the Loyalty Program the FBI does not ecreen employees and makes no recommendations in Loyalty cases, He said that the FBI has done a good job on the Loyalty Program and vhe FBI is not responsible for security risks in the State Departnent. WD «.:-- that the Committee is considering having members of ‘the State Department Loyalty Board appear before the Committee with reference to these cases, The hearing was adjourned until further notice, ii A . the washington Field Office was instructed to confirm this information by letter. ” ‘ OBSERVATIONS s — Loa é at to. ‘ As pointed out in my * pemorandum OF Mazeh 6, 1950, it is very possible ae the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Fores n Relations will attempt to secure FBI files relating to: pe individuals mentidned by Senator Many | a oT 20) y oy Ran. RECORDED - 20: tE=: INDEXED . 2 a yAR 14 19% 1950 mot, fee Jie Rt APRS sty > F LIC.