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~ 1 K 2 Lr) + \ ce at . a : { : ' * % ‘cerry Fine Joi. Peurifoy \ Indorsed by Sen. Bridges Hepnitican Senalor Styles Bridges yesterday criticized. the! Inethods of | Senator . | McCarthy «R.. Wis. in pressing; charges’ "bul sald McCarthy's gb- | jecTive is praiseworthy. ; Bikiges. ot New Ilampshire, sharply dilfcred with, Necanah ‘on_another point by calling Job, E. Peurifoy, Deputy Und rel | tary of State, “a very able man who has done “a yery fine job McCarthy bitterly assailed | Peuriloy_ ina Sicéch—tast—meek, apcusing him of offering favors to’ i ~ investization — wilnése—T mts! ditew denials from hath. Bridges’ discussion of Me- Carthy's Te éparl Arent, came as McCarthy dem i ak: sepate investigalars gues jon, career diplomat Jolin 5S. Service about the 1945 Amerasia secret document ase _Al~a “public hear- ing Insiead of behind closed doors. - | "That case, which involved al- leged theit of a big batch of can- fidential Government papers, is being investigated by a Sen- ale Foreign Relations Subcommit- lee as part of its general inguiry into) McCarthy's charges. The committee has summoned Service, who was arrested in the case and then eleared, to a closed meet! g Thursday, ; Bridges told a television aydi- qnee (NBC) he has tried to s per clear “of McCarthy's technique of making charges,” but he eels the department has a number of ques- tions to answer regarding its se- curity setup. Bridges called McCarthy “A very SInCerS HA We rae wonderful ws pcord,” and sald b wa Or Bridges had warn praise, too, Dr. Conrad EF, Snow, head of the State Department's loyalty board, who also has drawn McCarthy's fire,“ Snow, said Bridges, Is “do. “)ing a very fine job.” B ; as hot bela more epen Republican support f McCarthy in the Senate, Eridghs Said there is a general feeling that McCarthy is “gn the right track" but that some Republicans “def- nitely question his methods.” In calling on Senate investiga- jtors to hear Service at a publie session, McCarthy sald: “The time for secrecy aid cover- up in the Amerasia Case ended a long time ago, There is absolutely no excuse for trying to bottle up Service's testimony on this im- portant matter.” Service, veteran Foreign Service officer, was arrested along with five others in 1945 after Federal agents turned up hundreds of secret Government documents Jn the New York headquarters of Amerasia Magazine, and elsewhere. Two were fined for canspiracy to obtain illegal possession of Federal papers. The others went clear, Service was cleared and returned to duty in the State Department, AMerasia Editor Philip Jaffe eaded guilty and was fined $2500. ? > Belmont v ns Tele. Room __ Nae _”~ Mobr Nease Gandy . wena vem ' entree . ee . é | WICOOR DID NOT 75 gut 18 1950 Times-Herald Wash. Pogt Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror