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_ unanimous report by the Tydings committee probanly wid overcome ajl charges and gispicions of &@ “whitewash dat there haz never heen mnyre than a remote prospect of a unanimous report. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr, one of the two Republican members, jigs snown a judicial reserve toward the McCarthy charges. The other Republican,. Senator Bourke Hickeniooper, is the man who a year ago charged the Atomin Energy Commission with “gross maladministration.” The ensuing Investigation indi- cated that Hickenlooper had heen guilty of gross exaggera- tian, But most of his Republi- Cap colleagues on the investi- committee—the galing Afpmic Energy Committee-— _ jofued in a minority report whiten found enough to critichze ie tue ABCL te cmaeile Hie eel: jooper, Republicans helieve Jom, ae i ae that ldickenlooner would do Cie WO, O10 mea much for McCarthy. t evidence concerning Me- Carthy’s original charges 1s—-or shonid bein the files of the §1 present or former State De- partment which the at ay emninves SM pay es President belatedly made avail- able to the Tydings committee. Some of these lovaliy review files are volumidous, Tydings is willing io—-and wraAKanW ar agrill vannrt hie nun probably will--report his own ‘conclusions concerning ihese files to the Senate. But he be- ‘ tame convinced some time ago that it was impractical to per- stlade all five members of the tinn Fitetoo tsa on ta tal- imn nas. commitiee ub Land Lilt Me Fura essary to study these files and . reach Firm verdicts. He realized, also, that nothing less than a unanimous report-which seemed beyond the realin of pos: sibility—would settle troversy. The appointment of an impar- tial board of outstanding private citizens to review these cases was therefore logical, Such a hoard is probahly the only kind whose conclusions would be ai- most universally accepted. Such a board cannot relieve the Tydings committee of all of jis responsibilities, however. McCarthy has made suppiemen- tary charges which require in- vestigation, some of them jn- volving individuals outside the Slate Department and even out- side the Government, These will jeave the Tydings committee with plenty of work and trou- ble even after it has: been re- Jieved of the joh of reading and we Siri ge ae res OF I Rebate get pages tuthe Joyaity review fittw the tut i rr a ET ee