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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 20
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private files so they could learn
cCarthy was repeatedly har-
Ma rk assed by the Democratic'tfis, Who
demanded that he turn over his
Senate Probe
Of State Dept.
Abrupt Recess Is
Called by Tydings
the name of a certain “high State
department official.” This individ-
ual had used pressure, McCarthy
said, to change the evidence which
had resulted in the dismissal of a
“flagrant homosexual and associ-
te
ate of Commiun.sts.’
Gave Name in Private
McCarthy gave the committee
in private the name of the homo-
sexual, but refused to divulge the
By WILLARD EDWARDS + ndname of the high official, assem.
e Senate investigation pf
‘Communists in the State depart-.
mens was abruptly recessed yes-
erday until next week after &
turbulent second-day session at
which Sen. MeCarthy (R) of Wis-
consin labeled the probers ‘“s
tool of the State department.”
| The Senate foreign relations
subcommittee, directed to make
the inquiry, announced after &
two-hour closed session that Mce-
Carthy would again be heard
‘ta next Monday. Chaig-
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n Tydings of Maryland said
the Wisconsin senator would be
permitted to testify all day long
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iwithout interruption
Tygings also revealed that Doro-
thy#enyon 62, a U. S. representa-
tive on a United Nations commis: |
sion, whose term ended Jan. 1,
would be permitted to answer Mc-
Rha ha
pert ned req
lclaring the allegations of numer-
‘ous Communist-front connections
[(Cgmmunist causes,”
Carthy’s charge next Tuesday.
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were ‘ ‘maliciously false. .
Jessup Can Answer ; .
Mmbassador-at-large Philp ¢.
Jepsup, also named by McCarthy
asfhaving ‘an unusual affinity for
will be per-
mitted to testify next week if he
wants to, Tydings said, Jessup.
‘now in Europe but expected back
in Washington shortly, has not
asked for a hearing, Tydings said.
The three Democratic members
of the subcommittee — Tydings,
Sens. Green of Rhode Island end
McMahon of Connecticut — con-
tinued their “filibuster” against
McCarthy yesterday preventing
him from presenting any new eyi-
dence, He has said he is ready |
h evidence in 80 cases."
ing he le had no documentary Pro ft
@ would not indulge in “gue
hearsay.”
When the verbal prodding con-:
bent 2 F .75- it. -- ae | atk .
VALUE, WLOVADUILY BZCccusead tne '
Democrats of seeking—-not the
name of the high official—put the
Mames of his State department.
informants.
“You're being used as a tool of
the State department,” he told the
committee. “It wants the names of
my informants so that their heads
can be cut off. The State depart.
ment also wants to see my files so
that they can rifle their own files
ithout being caught short. "
room. ‘gasped and the committe:
members showed their anger. Mr
Mahon “shouted that McCr~th
hadmade. “an irnrnenemnenvle Speec.
againsy tre best interests of
United States,” but Tydings ap-
peared quieted by the charge and
eventually agreed with “the point
made,” by McCarthy.
initely Worse’
"Now the next case which I
shall present to the committee is
infinitely worse than this Kenyon!
case," began McCarthy, lifting a.
mass of documents to the table
before him.
“] think the President has a re-
aponsibility to call the loyalty
board before him and find cut
why Miss Kenyon was declared
loyal.
"Tt is his duty to find out why
the loyalty board declared r
loyal without even questio
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