◆ SpookStack

7 ; rs) if SEN, BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Re, IAs, DEMANDED TODAY THAT SENATE — | COMMUNIST INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO CHARGES THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT J HAS STRIPPED ITS FILES OF "DEROGATORY MATERIAL,® Be THE ACCUSATION WAS MADE BY SEN, JOSEPH R, MCCARTHY, R., WIS.) WHOSE CHARGES OF COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY A SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE. . HICKENLOOPER, A COMMITTEE MEMBER, SAID THE GROUP SHOULD POSTPONE ., ce ITS PENDING REPORT UNTIL IT HAS CHECKED MCCARTHY'S LATEST CLAIM OF a FILE-TAMPERING sf, ae i THE COMMITTEE HAD HINTS OF THIS SITUATION BEFORE MCCARTHY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT,* HE SAID, “THE STAFF NEVER FOLLOWED THEM UP. "IF MCCARTHY CAN DEVELOP THIS SORT OF EVIDENCE, THERE IS NO REASQN- THE COMMITTEE CAN'T," HICKENLOOPER HAS BEEN AT ODDS WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S DEMOCRATIC, .. MAJORITY OVER ISSUANCE OF A REPORT AT THIS TIME ON MCCARTHY'S ORIGINAL CHARGES. THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS ORDERED THE REPORT PREPARED © FOR PUBLICATION WITHIN A FEW DAYS. | HICKENLOOPER, WHO IS EXPECTED TO FILE MINORITY VIEWS, SAIDIHE HAD "HEARD REPORTS" THAT THE STAFF WAS REVISING THE REPORT IN LIGHT OF | MCCARTHY'S REVELATIONS. BUT THIS WAS PROMPTLY DENIED BY SUBCOMMITTEE (COMMUNISTS ) | . . 1 . he Rat i Lill A, n> tM A ore se COUNSEL EDWARD P,. MORGAN. T/15-~T9ABA NOT faba! wsAuG 111950 - ph wi _—— —— ee 7% 7 *dereiReE WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE