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_ Aerie ere taper IEE: Oe ewe ater - Stow Bess ar Facts Seva oy of “Wisccasia fits lready a eS allegations, be- ore the Senate ‘Foreign Relations §ub- commlttee fo. necessitate the immegiate ‘$ctablishrient Kot some orderly Sand: “quasi-judicial system tor determining ‘the merits of his charges. There are two tests to which. these charges should ‘be gubmitted With all possible speed and without. regard to partisanship or personal sensibilities. The first ls whether they are true and the second is whether they are of real con#equence.’ When the Senator began his attack Un the State Department, we were under the imprefslon he Intended to prove in detail] the genera] accusation he had made that there were some, 57 Com- Ynunists holding office in the Depa- ff ‘Yhent. It now appears that he Is’ prp- pared to do something less than ti§s but is able and willing to name person after persori who elther does or did hold & position of, trust, not always in the Bate Department, and who 1s or was favorably disposed toward Communism or toward persons who were active in {ts operations. | Chairmar, Tydings says thé commit- tee is ready to engage lawyers and is ready to ask J, Edgar Hoover to retom- fend four Investigators. Thus the com- mittee, instead of being a tribunal be- fore which Sehator McCarthy was to submit his evidence,. becomes an tn- “yestigating: body to follow leads sup- plied by the Senator and dig up what- ever facts miay be discovered In the process. »°, “This is a familiar but not always sat- Ptserary. pattern of congressional in- Vestigatiohs. Itq ‘weaknesses are that usually, the ‘Accusations and innwendoes tapture’| pore public attention than the a ‘, it gharge and counter- Wa hh \acourate or unsiib- Debte a / 3f{50 Sulaitted by thi: if he “ % 1 ' HAven Orifice Fee Te aoe ae oe SS cao won a pbincit, Sosa ce Diee dovnp Atty gil a FBI - NEW HAVEN AR 17 1950 48 OY NO means eagential tor McCarthy prove each and eee section He has made, Tf thelr ge-e ‘accuracy ts established, the sity. “tol witl be serious enotigh to Warran: th most drastle housé-cleaning in the nie. tory of tha" government, comparabie in m e times only to the scandals of e Harding administration and more serious to the national. Welfare. But it would be well tf the ‘cbmmtttee could hold up the daily parade of aécusdttons Tong enough to go, thoroughly tnto some or em and develop Conclusive eyi- cé on which public opinion fould base an effective 8 action: oman for’ correc, ve Esuabiished 1817 . __ Daily Baition Fou ded by Aled a din 1841 © MS pcnte 2. MEMBER Binnie GROUP els ee OF eres * Times Building, Hartford 1, Coon , Se es, Francis 5. Murphy, Publisher aC pilcmenway, Editor _. Ward E. Duffy, Associate Editog, Cari E Lindstrom, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION "RATES PAYABLE IN ADVAN NCE One year, $15 , six months, $7.75; three’ ‘months, $3.90; one month, $1.30 By carcier weekly, 30c; veekly, 30c single copy, 5c¢ Member the Associated Pre Associated Press, the United ress, , International News Service, Gansett News Service. New York Office, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 20; Chicago Office, 400 North Michigac Ave. Ui; Sao Francisco Office, 681 Market St $ —— pe - ia ed dally sxcept Sun@ay. En@red at the Post Ofiled at Bartford, Conn, Becqhd- under the Act ef arch ‘nists. Claas [Matter The Asseclated Press t entitled Ske fer republication of all the !@a5 news pri ta this this BAWapaper, Be well qe alt ar [AP ewe alipatchen “WEDNESDAY, MARCH I: CH 15, , 1950 Hartford Courant z—Hartford Times \/2/- / “0 New Britain Herald “indsor News- eckly 85 JUL 191959 NOT RECOR DE