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by charging“in tis-tirst politica eech that there were 207 card Fi ng members of the Com _fbunist Party in «. wou... * Bartment. When * bal he used this | same speech a ttle later in Nevada, the fig- ure 207 had been _erossed out and 57 written in. Up to the mo- ment of = this a iting it has ovr t been estab Childs ahed on the basis of McCarthy's resentation that there is or er was e Communist Part member in the department. Thi ja a fact that should not be 1 , Sight of. It hecomes doubly important inl view of the speech of Republi- Aa Chairman Guy George f abrielson at Lincols, Nebr. That speeth lends considerable official party backing to the Mc- Carthy line. It refutes those who have been saying that he is act- z on his own while the party adership looks on worried { out the next move their ir- Peponsible prankster may mak 4 Gabrielson says, “We have to long tolerated communism . within our Government.” H says, “We must drive them out! This goes quite a way toward Making it offictal Now this may be good politics. Gabrielson directa the same kind of attack against Americans for Democratic Action, which has “ been a highly effective spark plug of the Democratic Party, The elections this fall will Ag some measure a test of th nti- Communist, anti - Soe: t gre of the Gop. Yo APR ? ~ 1950" ~ Be c Edgar Hoover T estify.or On? r <ioCanthy began ' EUT there are other consider- Mons that overshadow the dut- come of the next election or even the election after that and after that. The future form of. this Government Is conceivably at stake—-concepts and tradjtions going back to the founding of ‘ our system, Republican Senators are d manding thet confidentis! Ale: gl the executive branch of es Government be opened to Sen. inspection. Even thoug in executive session, the material in these files would certainly be ; “leaked.” A concept preserved since the tlme of George Wash- ington would have been de- stroyed and a dangerous prece- ' dent established. : On_the i c- cal side, the efficient function- BI Director J, Edgar Hoover 18 © on on o Mes. ~“Ther little doub Lhere can be little doubt what jst0e- aro opinion would be. are test to the then Attorney Ge eral, Tom Clark. He pointed out that sreious injustice was being . done to Individuals by putting - under public gaze hearsay and trumor—the raw material of the WFBI fies—intended only for con- fidential use. He also pointed (fe with great emphasis that if this practice were to be followed in other cases, the usefulness of - , the FBI would rapidly ‘Pf Miss YI -—_ AT THE first Coplan_izial, tt Will Be retalled, the Department of Justice went so far as to sug- gest that if it came down to making the files public in rela tion to vital evidence in th case, the evidence might be yithheld. That is 2 measure bow seriously the FBI took action. It may be, of course, that the Republicans do not really want e confidential files opened. a plesumably this would be done JThey may want to have their request refused so they can say at the refusual cloaks the guilt of individuals, who have not been successfully tagged as “pro-Communist” by random ac- cusations. But if the request is granted, those who have forced the deci- sion should at least have a cleay pee sree of its immediat¢ and etical consequences. Thy man who can make that unm takably clear is FBI Directo: Hoover. As was pointed out in this space, his opposition to the Smith amendment attached to the National Science Foundation bill was stated in a letter sent to Congress by the assistant to the Attorney General. That amendment would make the FBI Getective, policeman, judge ang lury. Hoover gave it as his op nm that the FBI does not w wers which would create state police organization.” The raw material of the F. files may be compared to a news- paper reporter's notes. Material that cannot be verified or that is Plainly Hbelous is not included in am news story. Government must be permitted the same re- ' gponsibility of privacy for the raw materiel af eonfidential Gav- Faw materia: of Conndcentiai Gov | acomanidinvest!gatlontinwamm a5¢ Page vy ; Post on News Star N.Y. Mirror