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. ; Moy a 3 3866 59 PR 614 ae iia an ; 5s ~ Senator Mecarthy , tel, she. Se Senate - on June 6: “The man . who makes, this report Bays" in=efTect, - “Tinie - only way we are going to get rid of ‘the ate ser Communists is ac eidentally by'a récuction in the force. ... Krom ail the information we have been able to chtain, none of the ‘men who Were labeled: by" the ‘FBI, have | béen fired, but were “allowed +6 resigns,” . . ; ; The. Facts: Te! liter of the’ ‘ beport ‘said no such thin “ ‘directly or by implicatioh, His report dated August 3, 194 in fact was intended to, and dig, explore the means for making: _existing gecurity. procedures, more effective, ¢specially against the penetration of foreign 3 intelligence jeehcies: into the Depart— - mens af Stnite, "His refertnce te reduction in force as a factor in eliminating flersons named on the chart was factual - but it Gid.not exclude other metheds, Such other methods » including’ " pesignation’ - which “fie Senator himself contradictorily napes as cneé only method - and LPAne, where Laver ation supported this action,. were ‘effectively employ ped. No case today remains unre- soived. 6. Senator NeCerthy told the Senate on gune &: ‘The FBIY wisely refused to suumit top Secret throrme tion to the State De- _-partnen’ on theee aungerous individuals eee apyarentl Ly row toust- od H ing the State Denar tment bo that extent ... Tré Facts: ‘‘The FRI has never revue eed to make avedieble to appropriate officers of the State Deparoment threwgh established yiiais n channcls infex maton cones srning state Department (persomel, 2. Seu te on June So AG 1eagt three je Sensiee & oe ‘Eanents by the Wet turce years . ago are stil: holding nigh. eee ttions ain the Stave Department. 4. Those names are inclvded amonr the 106 names thet: I gave to tne’ (Tyat nes) committee {., Those names I have checked and I know the persons are working in the State Paneart ment “Ti. To... Have the proof that chase men are working in the State Depactment as of this very mcuent. ; mg ; t Re Facss: This statement is etseclutely false, The Depart- ment of State nas in its pocsedsion the working chart itself dated May. cn 194G. Of Khe 20 persons hypothesized on the enart es “avents", there fs only one who - after thorough rein- vestication including 2 full FBI investigation, and clearance under the Department's Loyal ty and Sec curity prog “egures - is still in the employ of the Department. That one does not hold a “high - position": his grade is GS-0. Furthermare, that one is not on the jist of 166 Senator fiecarthy gave the Tycings Subconmittee, . &. -Senater MeCarthy told the fens Feo Jone G2 “yea lt note that I am only referring: today “to: those who are listed " as Communist agents, J hope to be able togive. the Senate a com- plete picture of how many of the total of io6 agents,’ Communist sympathizers, and so forth, are 6til11 on the ‘State _Depar ‘tment 's payroll. og w“ wt De A fs, a . oem The Facts: ” Any person Among, those Listed on the oid 1bu6 working chart referred to by Senator MeCarthy who 1s still or-. ployed in the Dehartment of State has. been the subject of, careful investigation and has been cleared for security after thorough study of his case either by the Division of Security, actin. with the benefit of the FBI's information, or by the Loyalty Security Board of the Department. Eoch loyalty decision by the Deparfiyent's Loyalty Board has been post-andited by the Lyyalty Review Bofrd, and in no case was the recommendation of the Department's Board changeda.,. . . : . 4