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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 23

64 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 63 pages OCR'd
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e- wold 77 Tolson Ladd_ Clege ‘McCarthy Hints » eer of 6 Rosen, Ul IAOBULL ULL aay arpo ‘Acheson Aides Aten Laugkiin ' Sen. McCarthy (R) of Wiscon- _ ‘sin said yesterday he might make! Mokr_ la “progress report” to the Senate Tel ‘Haming 26 State department em-| ere ‘ploves whose cases he says have: Neaase ‘been reopened on Security, ‘ grounds. : Gendy Noting Secretary of State; " |Acheson’s statement that the de- - ‘partment makes an effort not to Moet a Room _. jgive out procedural information ee : regarding such matters, McCarthy —_ i *y said: _ | "The State department seems (bashful and perhaps I should name the persons involved in |these cases. If their records are ye] ‘so bad that rehearings have been oo fy oe ordered, they certainly should not it f “ have access to documents in the department that not even mem- ; 7 bers of Congress can see.” if i Two Suspensions Cited Last Thursday the depart nt ‘announced the suspension of pwo rhigh-ranking career diplovpais é ‘pending hearings on security charges. They are John P. Dafies, lember of Acheson's top Tovel q planni ng staff, and Oliver wo, director of the depart ment's Office of China aifairs. ! The department said the sus ,Bensions were mandatory under ithe law once it had been decided to file security charges and that hearings should be conducted. It emphasized that the action car- ried no implication of guilt pend- ing outcome of the hearings. Saturday President Truman or- dered a study of the adminis-ra- tion of the powers of government agencies to fire or refuse to hire. individuals on the grounds they! are poor security risks. He Mand - the national security council and f the civil service commission ta! : j conduct the survey. I ; Ae’ Times-H \ o ‘y i bs jen ; Dangerous Practice. Says Senator i ; The president said “a number of | ‘reports” he had received recently! _ Waen. Poet regarding actions by government \n 1 acency chisfs hind raised a gques:! Ly \ Pant Dew CHIPS ag ai8CG @ Giulea- pe? Thigh as to whether the rights of - 7 ‘federal jobholders and applicants ~ é Were being abuscd. -_ In a letter to Hiram Bingham, 4 aa : “chairman of the civil service loy-; | ; —— _ _ calty review board, McCarthy said! - , lus records indicate that cases of' gent K° 5 26 State department employes. Am ore mews ; _ jhave been reopened, He said 23 of | Be ne them “still have full a t a aS ne weees secret documents and added that | 5 ce ema ty en Conpats orv—uauid seem to be an extremely | * - dangerous erous pra actice. " nw
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