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ay _ aw aes - th smi nei diatids. stitch. ett te ee sna mee ae 7 op te cme | Editorial Page of the _ al , Valley es coe Published every evening except Sunday by Valley News Corporation, : , 11109 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood Mr. Neos MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mise Gar + The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use ‘ eee me ee gay of republication of all the local news printed in this news~ paper as well as all AP news dispatches. 5c a copy. ‘Subscription rates: By carrier, 1 month $1.25, 6 months $7.50, 1 year $15.00. By maii in advance, 3 months $3.75, 6 months $7.50, 1 year $15.00 in California, “Eternal Vigilance Is The Price Of Liberty” TereretrmmrarmmrPY Vee MRE pearheere wea: svete eae =: i Let's Channel McCarthy's Case + i Instead of going to the considerable expense and A ‘ j. creating the complicated and time-consuming setup of a ; wae Ae , t a newW commission for investigating the Senator McCarthy- ~ es a! as 2 j State Department squabble—as is advocated in some ape F ~ i | quarters—-why not proceed more directly? Why not use ww? av ¥ ze \ 7 1 | the investigating organization already established, the yee = tof ; Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI? . 4 J ! The FBI on its record recommends itself on these 3 ; ; counts: (1) public confidence and respect, (2) facilities for thoroughness, fairness and speed, (3) relatively low 4 cost. ’ : Jt is lamentable but true that public confidence in ¢ and respect for the government as a whole and for its k Various branches suffer seriously from sweeping charges which cannot be sifted out promptly. The battle against wrongdoing in public office must be waged constantly and uncompromisingly. Seeds of distrust scatter readily, regardless of the basis for suspicion. These troubling facts, however, should not be permitted to argue against housecleaning when the good of the public calls for it, In former comments on the subject, this newspaper has refused to try to pass judgment on Senator Me- pegs an Carthy’s motive, or even to try to guess what he may i _ vy have on State Department personnel, what he possibly JA. may blast out. From all we can see, it looks much as if o Li nohody can be absolutely sure on these questions. We 18 are more and more thoroughly convinced that the atmos- INDEXED — ‘ Phere must be cleared substantially before the general public ent alart to view the whole matter intelligently, To clear the atmosphere it is necessary first to elit- ; inate the suspicion of undue partisan influence, or at least to move a lot further toward that than is possible JACKSON BERGER, BDI VALLEY TINES through current procedure. The undue partisan influ. North Hollywood ence to which we refer may be at work on either or &y. 3+ 30~.50 ae Reeth ctdnn euacy Sinn ! tL a kpth al , at =a fT both sides, may figure in either or both the prosecution 4i0 Be Fr ag ense. wrt SUL } «f Ep insist that the public needs to have the highest eattainable regard for the motives and purposes on both SITS, ee oN ~