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March 14 ’ 1950 -- WILLIAM TREADWELL STONS M4 . Allepation by Senator NeCarthy | NCase No. 46 is the case of a man who holds a high position in the State Department, He had been affiliated with the magazine Ameradsia from Vay 1937 to November 1941. This magazine consistently followed the Communist Party line, It was under the direction of Philip Jaffe and William Vanderbilt Field. Field has been a leading Communist and was one of the heads of the American Peace Mobilization, which the President ani the Secretary of Stete publicly labeled as a tool of communism, Jaffe, as Senators will recall, was convicted and fined in connection with John Service incident, It will be rarallead that the PRT ninkeat un Garvicre far heawineg Aalivaread carrat Stata Ce eh ey Vii Gay Vili Pda Pe Lae al Oe ee AIO I MO PO Ee ee tk Devartment documents to Amerasia. The State Department files show that this individual has been working very closely with these two mens. On March 22, 1946, the State Department's owm security agency recommended as follows; Se Ale ge "It is recommended that action be instituted tc terminate subject's Service with the State Department. It is suggested to achieve this purpose that en anpropriate officer of the Department should inform him that his con- tinuel presence in the Department is embarrassing to the Department and that , he be given an opportunity to resign. If he should not resign voluntarily action should be instituted under Civil Service Rule No. 12, to terminate his services with the Department. ren "The Department, however, took no action upon this recommendation. ‘After that recommendation, the filles show that this individual requestei a fellow traveler to seek a position with the Board of Economic War— . fare. The file further shows thatthis individual has been visited on several | ~aamactann hen ne ai. Pa denen hae ata ee ee ee occasions Oy an alien fellow traveler. He has also recommended two former employees of the Amerasia Editorial Board to positions with the State Department. In other vrords, Mr. 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 Amrasia 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 member who has twice worked for this individual, The Biographical Register of the State Deparbment shows him to be still in a position of impartance there ." ween FOL Oaner