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| ' ee eed > - ag hy i igll forts, tha dae, aidswere fired in tea yeethets, Né path: Senator Of State Acheson would i at zeontand that “the/ spying Is Qi’ ayer, aiid ended and fhe sples ah gobo” from the de- partment becausg. it has kicked (ut the 91 homosexuals and “a andful ot sb er, ‘Security risks’ ve been, eed S resigh” He suggested the Senate for- elgn relations group obtain a re- on how long .the perverts were empleyed beford. they were al- lowed to resign, He also said the|might well be innocent of wrong.'Demoerfis have indicated thefe committee should find-out how many such cases are pending now. oak "4 Hoover Dutiines Reasons. . The report from Key West that pee Truman will feject the com- mittee's request for the loyalty nd FBI “Ales followed the ap- atance of Mr. McGrath and Mr. OOvEer_beTore— ts - iiivestigatiog | mimittee yesterday afternoon, It i en indicated previously that Mf. Truman would grant ‘me Ye: vestigators limited access to the files. basing his refusal on_the same the could be Summaries of thelr repayts cus- quoted out of context, or. thes somarily are made sale th grounds that Mr, McGrath and ._ogver stressed before the committee. = os ~ Mr. Hoover’ predicated his_ob- jections to Gpenlng the files Sn tWO_principal grounds—the dam- dge to national security in re- fealing FBT.” confidential pro- edures and techniques, arid” the possibility that” disclosures” might Smeat” innocent persons “Yt spread on thé record,” Mr, Hoover declared, “eriminats, fore eign agents, subversives. and oth+ eys would be forewarned and would seek methods to carry out their activities by avoiding detec- tion and thus defeat the very pur- poses for which the FBT was cre- ated... ae ot! ; Would Reveal | “A digclosure Gf. FBI reports would reveal the Identity of con- fidential sources, of information nd, if it did nok place the lives f such persons.di actual danger, _ would certathly. thin their fu- e value and effectiveness,” “As: fof the other danger, Mr. dover ciuphaseed? there were files ot the FBI" ssid” Tema. inviolate.,”; He sald FBY could be A hewspaper report~ é-Berere he has culled ‘Ts printable and asa whole, “I, f “would want no of an investi- gative organization which had the power of discretion to decide what information: should be reported, held back from Immediate prosd- and what would be omitted.” An item unimportant at one tlme may assume significance at another time, the FBI chief pointed out. Must Maintain “Fair Play.” “Should a. given file be dis- closed," Mr. Hoover said, “the is- sue would be a far broader qne than concern# the subject of this who by force of circumstances entered into an Investigation To publicize their names without the explandtion of their associa- tions would be a grave injustice. “ee * T would not want to he-can, of ‘Iowa, a member of the a party to any action which would » flafoné Gnd must e@lfays be vieTed (dence that a crime has"beeti com- e," he added, } mitted,“ - ~~“Lattimore Not Mentueneu. Mr. Hoover said this was done in about 98 percent of such cases. Sometimes, he, added, cases ade cution in order to detect and iq- im criminate other persons invois aii in the crime. Mr._ Lattimore’s mame. was net menti€med at all in. Mr. Hoovers testimony, but the inference was drawn_by some that if there hag been any evidence to support the ‘McCarthy charges the FBI would port from the State Department/|investigation, Names of persons] have acted. The committee has | seen an FBI summary of its files in the Lattimore case and several was nothing at all to support the charges. Senator Hickenlooper, Repubhi- investigating commiktee, made it ‘smear’ innocent individuals for!clear he was not satisficd with the rest of their lives. We can-|the reasons given by. Mr. Mc- not disregard the fundamental|Grath and Mr. Hoover for not principles of common decency and/opening the files. the application of basic Amer- ican rights of fair play.” . Mr. Hoover explained that FBI reports set forth all details ob- | He brought out that despite precedents against such moves the files had been opened for con- gressional committees from time tained from a witness, and added: to time. "Tf those details were disclosed, they could become subject to mis- Interpretation, they could be used to thwart truth, dis tort half truths and misrepresent facts.” . McGrath Cites Precedents. Mr. McGrath fully backed up Mr. Hoover's views. He cited a long list of precedents for refusing executive files to an investigative committee of Congress and de-~- clared that loyalty and investi- gative files “should be preserve in strict confidence." Most Joy alty files, it was pointed out, con tain confidential FBI data sinc that agency is charged with th responsibllity of conducting such investigations. -It_was during the questloning thaf-followed th 8_formal” state- ments, of the. _oficlals “tha othing in’ the Mes tosup- port Senator’ MeCatthy'’s char ‘against Mr. Lattimore, i AT, mission. — ' “Threply to a question by. Ch Tydings, Mr. Hoover sid it when the FBI completes) a cise -agalnst any one it is ‘sin gee Fihe Justice, Department. 13 Su _if there is FHF tvi-| - Hickenlooper Points Gut Cases. It was brought out that FBi the Senate Judiciary Committe): ' studying appointments to the Fed]. eral judiciary. Unde the lal ij creating the Atomic Energy Com- i