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| - Tm __ 4-26 o — * Tolson © w Ladd Clegg Glavin Nichols Rosen Tracy Harbo Belmont But earlier tis ween, sey.er) Mohr. stktwerre—arsten (D., Mot djs Tele. Room__ closed that ail of McCarthy's 81 Nease eases were taken from a list of 103 cases, compiled more than Gandy ‘two years ago by an investigator from a House Subcommittee on Appropriations. At that time, for reasons un- explained, the State Department permitted the investigator to ex- : amine ‘Its loyalty files, and to, = abstract them. The list he brought. ‘: ‘back to the Capitol caused a small’ . furore. The summary of the investiga- tor, Robert Lee, ultimately was seen by the members of four Con- greetional Commiticosie 1048. State Department personnel offi- cials were called on to explain and did presumably, to the satisfaction | of the Congressman. No further action was demanded, and no ad- verse reports were given to Con- gress. _ Subsequently. the President es- ‘qgablished the Loyalty Review pro- leedure and ordered that never) again should departmental loyalty files be opencd to Congress. From the Administration's point iof yiew, an ample ilustratjon of, the damage that comes ir let. | nj a congressional] agent dee the (ing a CONZTESSIONa. BETH e ine ane is the fact that fain rently got hold of the qld Lee tise whittled it down, and made ‘his * charges from it. In the cases he cited, he repeated a the 108 list, allegation for allega- 4 tion and often word for word, Why Truman Agreed Tydings said yesterday that when Mr, Truman learned the facts that ‘four ¢ommittees and their attaches thad seen the files two years &a£a, he agreed to make them available to the present subcommittee ¢feel- Wd that no precedent would he set ‘\ Page s ‘thdreby. iut for the time being, at feast. | . heewill not make available’ any Times-Hoerald ___ ‘Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror ——