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TTANDARD FORM NO, ue TO * Office Mem. “" ndum * UNITED $1 G} | GOVERNMENT to : OD. Ke Ladd ( “/ 3 | ——- paTE: August 2, 1950 ARE ET FROM ; A, H, Delmont,‘ Toten, ¢é Ladd. SUBJECT: SUSCO]LMITTEE OF THE SENATE... . nao” FOREIGN EELATIONS COLMUTTER ..--— ; r nichts bO VATIY OF COVEENRENT EMPLOYT ‘ALT INFORMATION CONTAINED a4 LCYALWY GF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYTES PERETN To VSODASSIFLED R FXCHEPTVNINE SHOWN arbi | OTHELWIEE _ - wore PURPOSE. ee To point out a nwaber of inaccuracies made by Senator Tydings in his remarks to the Senate regarding the subcommittee's investigation as reported in the Congressional Directory dated July 20, 1950, pages 10860 — 10868 incl. BACKGROUND Senator Hillard/Tydings (D) of Maryland, spoke on the Senate floor on July 19,°1950 at length concerning the subcomnittee's investigation looking into the charges of disloyalty in the State Department. The Senator's remarks were covered in pages 10860 ~ 10872 of the Consressional Record dated July-20, 1950. However, only pages 10860 - 10868 have been reviewed in connection with this memorandum since pase 10869 has previously been reviewed and analyzed in a separate memorandum from you to the Director in the Jaffe Case dated July 21, 1950. The following inaccuracies are noted in the remarks of Senator Tydingss Page 10867 ~ Colwm 1 Senator Tydings quoted President Truman as saying, * I will get a summary of that file (Oven Lattimre) mde by Mr. Hoover. You can believe him, can you not?" Mir, Tydings said he had answered in the affirmative, then stating that, "---—— we had Mr, Hoover read this file, amounting to 14 pages." Comment . The Senator's statement is inaccurate. What the Director produced was an eleven (11) page summary of the investigation onducted as of that date -50). . j RE Las.