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i lel ee oars a J raves 1.7, aa AUG J Clegg sti‘ e Glavin___ Nichola. Rosen Tracy. . ; we Harbo Impostor Hotresses: >. { 4 elment___ The two former “FBI agents” summonetk /\ {. Mebr hefove the Tydings Subcommittee at Sena- . . “ Tele. Room__ tor MeCarthy’s request fell flat on their ¢ Noase faces —the one figuratively, the other, it: Gandy, would seeni, literally. They left their spon- sor looking, if possible, even more shabby and forlorn than before he called them. Their performance deserves scrutiny not | only because of their part in the current’ inquiry but also because of the relation- ship they claim to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Lawrence E:AKerley, the member of the pair who appeared Tuesday evening in re- sponse to the subcommittee’s subpena, was actually, as he claimed, at one time a special agent of the FBI. It is a point of pride and a part of the esprit de corps of the FbI that very few of the men who have left its employ—and the number now runs into thousands—-have traded on their former Status. But Mr. Kerley seems to have made \ a business out of being a former FBI man. He bad nothing whatever to contribute to . the subcommittee Tuesday night save the | information that while serving as a clerk | in the bureau he recorded the engagement as an undercover informer of John JAHuber, the man who was to be Senator McCarthy's . vA af second witness but who “blacked oui” in- ~ “AL. 4 Siead of appearing. Of course, Mr. Kerley’s | , bike * | . lad K> information about Mr. Huber was confiden- tial and his disclosure of it violated the spirit of the cath he took when he joined the Oo FBI, It was also a violation of the Presi- : tag dent's order respecting the confidential . eS = character of FBI files. Mr. Huber is a man who appears to have graduated from stool pigeon to impastor. & He is no more entitied to call himself (or . tree en, to be called by Senator McCarthy) a former ; a. Times-Herald —— “FBI agent” than any other person who ; ny Vie may at ona time have given confidential in- | \ ‘ Wash. Post formation to the agency. Regular. investi- — a gative employes of the FBI are designated Wash. News “special agents,” a proud title that should t ed by confusing it with tipsters, - ingermen aed Le informers, ag i Wash. Star —_— Po wse-4 esr a — ¥ ae oe - _ ee at N.Y. Mirror —— Date: Yo) feck wl | ron