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| ANDARD FORM NG. ow” ~ Tn ee ca mnie ae de mae oe : es * Offic Me C- dum - UNITED (¢ _ ZOVERNMENT ~s . *. . ro =; THE DIRECTOR pate: November 6, 1951 = FROM : D. M. LADD My SUBJECT: ADDRESS BY GENGRAL Con! up pYSr0u ta OF TEE DEPARTMENT OF sTawyf it m4 ek : OCTOBER 25, 1951, PEFORE THE NU BETA A ae THATT AM TRAAT ao imonte TTY AD AMPA + KONTALNED — BPoLbVi DHUAL PAARL EAN Ll Ur GoVnub a r LON CONTAS trey WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MLE a eetyIED 0 wm \ PURPOSE: ExCSEa ToS Saas tour, 3 OTHER VISE mn © To furnish a brief summary of an address by ¢ 2 General ian w. Snow, Chairman of the Loyalty ‘Security Foard of “the Déeartuent of P< State, terore the - monthly meeting of the Nu Eeta E nsilon Legal Fraternity N=or George Washington University on October 25, 1951.7> a : ASN SUMLARY OF ADDRESS BY GENERAL SHOW: . Le" N In his talk General Snow discussed the operation oem: +4 President's Loyalty Program and the extent to which Communists _and * Communist sympathizers infiltrated the U, ©. Government and particulayly \ fhe state Department in recent years. He stated that he is not aware/ ; of a single item of new evidence of disloyalty which _Senator McCarthy t has contributed for the assistance of_the Loyalty Security Board of thé state Departrent | and described MeCarthyism as the_mak ng of _baseleés ss“ Vee ete ee ‘ SS Vy \ accusations. regarding the. loyalty ‘and integrity of public officers and : ~ employees. He said MeCarthyism is undoubtedly suppressing freedom of -. SS thought and action in a most important manner. In discussing the role? ” 2 “SS jof the KEI under the loyalty Program General Snow stated that FEI reports are “very full and completely objective." He also referred % ~ to the completeness of FBI reports * and the impartiality vse fh whieh \ -N fthey (FBI) report the favorable with the unfavorable....." enéral 4 Snow rélated that in speaking for the Department of State ahd for, tne 4 period 1947 te the present he could confidently say that ther® seo known Communists in * Government. He continued: NTF there are. KS ige 0 & -~ secret Communists, -- Communists who join no Communist front ‘. speak no Communist sentiments, -- of course I cannot say, for hey are S not known. The Hiss case and the case of Judith Coplon in the Depart “: ment of Justice have done more harm in terms of public confidence than any harm Hiss or Coplon ever did in the delivery of classified papers. NFcth worked in absolute secrecy -- their best friends were ignorant “of their acts. either would have been employed by Government for 3 AF ~~ day after their acts were discovered. Re ee Coe ls BH Uswewy we Vise i] A . SS) He reported that under the Loyalty Program the leyalty Securit Eoard of the Departrent of State has considered over 50 p. pases,ot State peconDeD “hp [le COT LE FOF yy BN SPRICORDED ~ PTLED