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Per re) Wee pei oes aide ade a ae ar ee ee ee gee erat oo os ee eee Sep yed o id cot ba ies | my en é “1 @ Mundt Hits ‘Gestapo’ In State Dept, Truman Blasts McCarthy Data Pervert Quiz to Link More, Wherry Says By WILLARD EDWARDS Resignations of high officials|! will follow an investigation of moral degeneracy in the State de- partment, Sen. Wherry (R) of Nebraska, predicted on the Senate floor yesterday. Raging debate was started by ’ ; the disclosure of Sen. Brewster (R) of Maine concerning an ap parent attempt to intimidate a magazine editor whose attitude Jn the current communism inquiry || had affronted the State depart-| ment. This revelation prompted Sen, Mundt (R) of South Dakota to declare that there appears to be a Siate department “gestapo” in operation. Ledge Promises Probe » A prompt investigation of this incident was promised .. Sen. Lodge {(R} of Massachusetts, member of the Senate foreign re- lations subcommittee looking into charges by Sen. McCarthy (R) of Wisconsin, that Communists infest the State department. Sen. Tydings (D) of Maryland, ghairman of, the investigating | roup, Was under attack from a humber of G.O.P. senators de- pite his protests that he was going to “lay én the line, whether the truth be good or bad.” 4 ° _ chahges by revealing that hq and Sen. Hill (D) of Alabama, Inem- bers of a special appropriations subcommittee, would release this week a report on Homosexuals and sex perverts in government um | ployment. It has been reporied: that approximately 3,500 such in-; Wherry climaxed the al ex- , dividuals are now on the federal’ payroll. Predicts More Eesignations Announcing the aubcommittee, had been unabie to discover whether 91 homosexuals, permit- ted to. resign by the State depart- ment, had acquired other govern- ment jobs, Wherry told Tydings: “Those 91 should be brought in before your committee and ques- tioned. You'll get leads from them which will require the resignations of ether people in high places in the government.” Brewster told senators that the State department's counterattack against McCarthy’s charges had been organized by assistant Secre-. tary of State Edward Barrett. “an Alabama New Desler who waa formerly a minor editor for Newsweek magazine, Barrett joined the office of war informa- tion when war broke cut, became head of ite overseas division and was Owen Lattimore’s boss flur- ing the crucial China years toyard the end of the war,” said Bipws- (Turn to Page 4, Col. 1) Ladd Clege Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Mobr _ Tele. Room__ Nease Gandy aa wouthie er [Jes fo23 5 nO} whe 2° UN Be: pot | Page, WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON NEWS WASHINGTON STAR Date: bs —