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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 24

61 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 60 pages OCR'd
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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 moa yoo Page 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. - = Page = Wee Tines-Herald ___ a ata ; > - Wash. Post i Viech. News ' . ‘ ‘4 ; Weon. Star iy ( i > Nw. Mirror N. ¥. Gompase —
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