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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 24
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‘By McCarthy
By the Assoc.ated Press |
Senator Joseph A. MeCarthy
Listed for the Senate westerday’'
what_he said were the name 3 of;
laver 20 State Department of|
ficials and employes whose Joye!
ality is under ques stion. He:
i topped his roll eal} with Ambas-,
sador Philip Cy8cessup_as “the |
prize of them ay. ” i
The State Department shorily:
‘afterwaras got out a statement |
in which it said the Wisconsin!
| Republican had used “smear tac-
‘ties’ and was deliberately violat-
‘ing the fundamental tenet of
“freedom from intimidation.”
The statement said McCarthy’s ,
list includes the names of “per-!
sons who are not employes of'
the Depariment of Siaie, em-|
ployes who have Been cleared |
py ithe Department's Loyalty Se-!
curity Board, as weil as individu!
als in Process through the loy-:
{alty program,”
i No names were mentioned in
j the” statement.
| In his Senate speech, MeCar-
‘thy declared that Jessup, am-:
Dbassador-at-large, has “negoti-
pated with the Russians much as’
|
|
“Hiss negotiated with them at!
Yalta.”
This was a reference to Alger
‘Hiss, former Stare Department
[Official now serving a prison|
‘term on conviction of Iying:
when he swore he never gave!
McCarthy said he had turned!
‘over a total of 106 names of Gav- |
‘ternment emploves suspected for,
_Toyaliy but that 28 of them had
/secret papers igo a Communist:
‘spy ring courier.
been cleared.
McCarthy delivered his speech i
before crowded gaileries but °
enly about haif the Senators,
| were at their desks.
| He twitted the Democrats by!
| ating that former Senate Dem-
| ocratic Leader Scott W. Lucas
(U9, who challenged McCarthy
lagt year to make names publi
r “p ho longer with us,” and ied
Sen. Millard FE, Tydings (D-Md
Iso is no longer | with us."
. otydings conducted an investi-
pation last year of McCarthy's
Fd
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we ~ KD ited
von ef i1e@ State Dr
gnd wav one of a D ’
committ majority wt
4, Both J wcas and Tyd
efeated for reelection. —~
McCarthy took a personal
hand in helping John Marshall
Butler, Republican, in his cam-
paign against Tydings, A Senate
investigating committee has
criticized MecCarthy’s conduct!
in the campaign, i
Alluding to that, MeCarthy.
said that if he had not gone into.
Maryland to “expose the white-
wash job I'd be as guilty as-
Tydings.”
Most of those McCarthy |
named a5 under joyalty investi-
gation hoid = relatively minor
posts in the Government.
At the outset, MeCarthy said’
he had “no doubt” that all would.
be cleared by the State Depart-
ment’s own Joyalty board.
But he said the persons face
“letters of charges” and their!
eases are under review by the
hag ra
The rst_name he me foned.
was that of John Carte “ncent, °
consul general at Tafiziers “anid?
former minister to Switzerland.
The second person name by}
McCarthy was “William tone, :
information and editdrial spe-}
cialist, Department of State.”
McCarthy said Stone formerly !
as associated with” the maza-!
he “Amerasia” and that thj
BI classed this as a “tool
sspionage.”
“He added that Stone also a
a former oifcer in the Institute '
of Pacific Relations. an argan-!
ization now being investigated:
by the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee, headed by Sena-!
tor Pat McCarran (D-Nev.).
McCar y next named Robert |
Warren Barnett, assistant advis-"
or on Japanese economic af-'
Vs chal sa “fraud.”
fairs, and Mrs. Barnett, consul-:
tant, foreign affairs specistist.
He said Barnett was “brought
into the State Department” by
the Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions.”
McCarthy said the Barnetts
had “constant contacts with So-
viet espionage activities.”
He described the case of Sylvia
Schimmel), whom he listed as an
administrative anaivst, as mi:
MeCarthy said Binge
listed aS A regional speck: alist,
was “closely connected with Rob.
ert G. Miller," whom he identi-
fied as a “Communist agfent,”
Jar” to that of the Barn
He said Gertrude G,arneron,
listed as an information and edi-
torial specialist, had “contacts
with a subject presently under
investigation.” ra
MeCarthy said Paul A/Lifen.
tieff-Lee, listed as an economist,
had bec .recommended for his
State Department joh by. “three
hadlvidy ale wrha ah.
uals WhO. appear in 2é
BI files_as known ( Cammunisfs.”
te added that a naval inteli-
ence report turned over to the
State Department said secfet
State Depsa:iment documents
el ofys
}
f
Alden oe
B D CAF.
Laughiio_
Mohr
Tele Room__—
Nease
MeCarthy aged" -itgaut com
ent Franz Leopold s euljanan,
onsultant; John? otone ren. ¥
urn, labor, economist, and Vi¢/
or Myroy-funt, Office o
cational Exchange.
“He safd “Arpad ; I Ftdos, listed as
an information “specialist— _ was |
“really a prize one,” but d did not_
elaborate.
“MeCarfhy said .lohn Faiton.
Davi ies had been cleared by the
State Denartment and now was
being “promoted” and seni to
Berlin to become an adviser
there to High Commissioner
John J. McCloy.
Without comment, \WeCarthy
so named Francis. Mig? uch: :
‘her, editor-writer; Nelsor
. thipchin, radio information spe-
f #ialist, and Esther fls,3 an-
nounecer,
Ses ‘2
peer RECON Pan
Py, per. -
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N. ¥. Gompase
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