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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 21
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Frederick Lschuman: “Our in- '
_ J quiry establishes that Dr. Schuman |
has never been an employe of the - Mf
aig SIRE emit Pe en el
e carefully considered the/and me-raner against his chara |
_ [evidence and conclude that (he) isiter.”" i
Owen ‘Kattimore: The Majority:/neither a disloyal person, a pro-! Harte: ley: “Our in i
arn? nd that Owen Lattimore is; Communist, nor a security risk .,./estabiishes that Dr. Shapley
‘not now and never has been in any| “we must conclude that Ser-(not an employe of the Department
proper sense an employe of OUTivice wag extremely indiscreet in|of State in any real and proper
State Department... his dealings. . .a fact which he|sense.” stealer
himself readily admits.” John Cartep-¥incent: “We have
“Far from being the ‘architect of
our Far Eastern poticy,’ we find Senator Lodge: “ . ; te
: ge: “I believe that|carefully reviewed the loyalty le oe,
that Mr. Lattimore has had n0 con-|service in the Amerasia case was|concerning Mr. Vincent, and the
most indiscreet in his associatlons,|McCarthy charges [that he was
trolling or effective influence what-
ever on that policy... which were entered into in an|a ‘big Communist’ and ‘part of tn
“We find no evidence to support apparently rapid, thoughtiess, and
Re nnree that ine that atten undisctiminating manner. . .
; oP Nee ey we sey We do _ “There is no proof of disloyalty
not find that (his) writings follow
the Communist or any other line,.
save as his very consistent position
on the Far East may be called the
|Latfimere line...
“We should be remiss in not
commenting on the manner in
which the charges against (him) |
pave been presented. As in thef
ase of other phases of our inquire
ae ne Set
espionage ring’] are absurd. T
file does not show-him to be
loyal or a security risk.” ,
+
acis on such a magnitude as
e truly alarming.”
Senator Lodge: “Whatever con-
‘clusions are to be announced in
jthis case... must be based both
on hearsay evidence and on incom-
plete investigaiion, and are in-
escapably tentative...
“In these circumstances, the only
possible conclusion is that the in-
vestigation which the subcommit-
tee conducted—and which was .,.
defthitely limited in its character—
ngt only failed to prove the alleg:
tibn that Mr. Lattimore was hh: f
mmunist; it also clearly faile ‘
prove the charges that he wag| ~ )
either ‘the architect of our Fa
Eastern policy’ or ‘one of the top|
Communist agente ia this coun-| +
State Department. in fact, his one
and only connection with the de-
partment in any way was to de
liver a one-hour lecture without
iremuneration at the Foreign Serv-
‘ice Institute on June 19, 1946." - a - ~
roms, Service: The Majority-_
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