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a are’ + aha Ras Fan citi, Air et irl Mi neal maha souiiinicbiciiina INew Group Is to Study { Loyalty Files | the <¢ charges of Ser or Senat or Me-! ‘Carthy (R, y_(R., Wis.)_that t there; are Communists in the State ‘De eparingnt. An official statement onthe: 14 | up of the group, and an ex- ‘planation of its task. probably ie ‘Ee issued Dy the White House dle. Truman, acco who ought {o know, tas no inten. ‘Tron "9 of appointing ga ‘super: board” te. ta_look into McCains charges. ‘The custinguished citizens pe asks if serve probably will be a e | mporarily to the Loyalty Rey] ey fect headed by Se \ Republ: ican lawyer, | Ssistan | Hoover Administration, i They_would be asked to make /a_study of the files of 8) persons ae 1 - ; a j moitg thg WOO Wave der vonetdecitinn are Ad mica Chesier “Nimitz—USN" rei dude ‘John Patrick Higgins Chist “Vastice_ af the Massachuseils—Su- jberior Court and use Jolin and Juss. Joln.s. Parker of Norih Carolina. presi”- jig, ud vad of yrth Circyit Wniled Static rho | Others also have been under consideration, and reporters were warned nol to g0 out on a limb with respect to those three, Senator McCarthy made his Wrharges about Communist spies op- lorating in the Stale Department pack in February. The Senate promptly ordered its Foreign Rela- ions Committee to make an in- vestigation of {he charges, and a subcommitlee of that committee headed by Senaior Tydings (D., Md.) was given the assignment. Tydings and other members of the committee have been going to {the White House to study the inuch-talked-about “81 files.” [it be been slow going, however, ard Pral mt [bout the best they have been able do is 1o go over one file a day. President Truman _has_de- — e - i ! iaesther ainone io study) Inguished citizens to study! who was: About two weeks agg, on one of fis—ristis_—to_the Wie on |Tydlings proposed to My, irumgn ‘that he le_a nonpartisan group of distinguished ciiizens and_ask it oc io make a delachac-stiisuaLall De evidence in the controversy. This. he and bis colleagues fell, would lake the matter out of the political heat generate y Senator Me-~ -Garthy'’s chatges. | Al about this same time, The | Washington Posi suggested In gn editorial, “The Road Back to | (aman America,” abat__the Presi ca Sree C sion _on_ Natio Security, The canriseion ae make a survey of the majpr _— Rapects oF nat! tional security, Jil- reluding. 7th Dare, qt] ie fifth column.” { | hy Mr. Truman, asked for cont; ent on The Washington Post edi- forial at a news conference, said Be saw no reason for a super-) government in the United States| _—-that he was trying te run the Government under the Constitu- tion. i The Washington Post, in another editorial the following day, said: “There is undoubtedly room for difference of opinion as to the prop- er scope of a Commission on, Na- itional Security—even as to the wis- dom of establishing such a comj mission at this time. But to say| Lhat such a commission would | titute a sort of supergovernmen ot contemplated by the Constitu tion is tantamount to saying that iz —“~ Lee Part a A ato ou the President may not in a period iol crisis seck the adtroe-mmi- as- sistance of his fellow Americans.” The Chief Tae best Ip from all. jigaicats een loath to set up any pew. this failh_in_the iob bein {Seth I T Richardson and_other ane, ibers of the Loyalty Revi i in a speech before the Federal} 'Bar Association bere on April 24./ :Mr. Truman praised the members: iof the Loyalty Review Board. and) | pointed out that jt was made up! ‘about half and half of Republicans { [and Democrats. {The President, [speech, Said thal.thanks—tomdti es program, not a_single—pe | stin adjudged to be a Commynj rématng—on the Government | roll He invited. anybody who knew ora Communist in the Governmeyt serviee to give his. his infarmation to Ue-Atforney. Geveral. Senator Tydings called at the, White House yesterday aflernoon,! presumably to talk to Mr. Truman, about selection of the citizens who are to check an Senator McCarthy ‘s| charges about the State Depart-' ment. “ydings went in in_ th with the result “That_tehor wailing F mM ihe lobby bad no chance’ talk to fim White House Press Secretar harles G. Ross declined to thro amy light on the Truman-Tydingy - gonference. answering all ue dons with a “No comment.” 4 age v Times-Herald __— / a \\ Wash. Post LL y) Wash. News 202 4 + JJwasn. Star —_