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we _. * ; Tolson ‘FBI Files — Ladd Senator Tydings’ i:suance of a subpena Mv to obtain FBI confider'‘ial files is a piece of cle ‘ folly forced on him by the obnoxious terms ; —-— of the Senate resolution creating the sub-' . . Nicbols__ \: committee which he heads. Neither the di , fé f Rosen rector of the FBI nor the Attorney General =", Tracy ean accede to the subpena’s demand. They / Harbo ne A are under explicit orders from the President Mohr ” to reftise to do so. And if the Senate shows . Tele. Room __ \ such flagrant discourtesy and disregard for / Nease : the President’s constitutional authority as | a Gandy. 4 to extend the subpena to him, he will cer- ; A 7 . ‘ tainly ignore it—and quite rightly, In doing . of te Oy v so he will follow an honorable precedent af j he set by George Washington and adhered to ¢\ { i Yen ANN Sy all subsequent occupants of the Whi _ SH ouse. V The President has the responsibility . etermining what executive papers it is if - O ~~ ay’ the public interest te submit to Congress. fae In the light of the testimony given to the: “ vA Senate subcommittee on Monday by Attor- cx ra v. ney General McGrath and FBI Director q i Hoover, a decision by the President to forbid ae / surrender of the FBI's files would seem to * be dictated by elementary prudence as well as by principle. He has already gone to the legitimate limit in accommodating Senator McCarthy’s curiosity by making available to the subcommittee a complete analysis of 4 the one file on which the Senator said he i would rest his entire case. In explaining his reluctance to surrender FSI files, J. Edgar Hoover made, as Senator “~ Lodge put it, “a very convincing exposition.” t wo types of danger are involved. One is th hat injustice may be done to individuals. e he files contain unsifted allegations. The a also contain names of persons other than th ¥ subject of investigation—persons who ma ny well be altogether innocent of wrongdoin “T would not want to be ao narty” snid Mr. FOSRa ELA Se RRR Ue mr ee RR ye pe eee m, Hoover, “to any action which would ‘smear’ ? 2 DK a innocent individuals for the rest of their = Jy po) 3D DX, FF a |