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sate { Loyalty Files | ‘Gents: McCarthy's insistent clamor ‘ etess to secret loyalty files of the deral. Bureau of Investigation has in- ted. the suspicion on somie sides that the - -_ overnment is shielding improperly Com- sta, ort their sympathizers on the fed- Poe This impression has been lred despite the vagueness and hear- i gay of Senator McCarthy's allegations. . | FBI Director Hoover, however, In tes- . timohy . before a Senate investigating “committee Monday asserted that release of. the files would disclose information to ‘gndanger national security. It would be a information of great value to Russia. Mr. - Boover explained that foreign agents, “¢riminals and subversives would be i, tipped off that they were under FBI sur- Lp ane Confidential sources of invalu-. _ able: information for the government : | would be revealed, this counter-espionage ih ‘ pullified and these secret _ operatives | | + Placed in jeopardy.” : - Actually, ” the . result would be is ; | Weaken the systent | ‘of surveillance’ of} * Communists and suspects as an impairs | a iment of national security. Mr. Hoover _ further contended that disclosure of un * pRoved, charges yould harm innocent per- * bons” and would “smear” them for the Hest af their. lives. Irreparable harm is being done to reputations by reckless " accusations made under the cloak of cons Eressional immunity. . “ate FBI Director Hoover i is an arch foe of ‘Communists and fellow travelers, and ; his objection to disclosure of secret FBI files, | essential, to maintaining national Py “pecurity, is convincing. In well-meaning pa ‘tnisguided effort, the work of the BL. should not be undermined. Mr. eo Hoover can not be suspected of shielding Tae, y 7 /, / eee ee ;, Briyone guilty of disloyalty or spying. var cy | ploreover all tree Americans must! real- aaa Le Lethe, Lees yey th e justice of, protecting innocent cities - ef / we vad Som ‘the Tuin of W'smear” ecusas i Beever must” ‘rest ome Yustios. ae San dF a EC eee ela AT ee i ? ’ = = P. ¥ ra E rs $ ‘ + ; a t ye A Le soe * Pont WORTH ‘SPAR TELEGRAM . 90 Fort Worth, Tezas ' , Maren 29, 1950 -