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Security Group May Referee In McCarthy Fight By Associated Fravw ‘“icCarran (D) of Nevada said Yesterday his internal security sub- jcommittee might be willing to act as referee in the quarrel between Sen. McCarthy (R) of Wisconsin \ and the State department over the ‘. ‘foyalty of department employes. On the Senate floor Thursday M.Carthy named 26 persons, in- ee hye ichiding Ambassador at-large Philip 43 , Pt dessup, whose loyalty he said had, ae ; ‘bee. challenged. The Wisconsin’ =" senator accusec Jessup and others! _ ~ oi Communist sympathies. or ‘a4 Willing To Be Judged When some feliow senators ae cused him of smearing and called him “a character assassin," Mc- Carthy offered to let a “commit: tee headed by a good Democrat’ \ decide whether his charges are jus- tified. He mentioned McCarran as the. type of Democrat he had in ‘muni. ’ “We aon't crave it and are not jasking for i," McCarran said in- jreserring to the possibility that his Senate croup might make an in- quiry. “gut it might be our staff could analyze it and present jt.” Among those named iw Mc. Carthy was John Carter Tit, (former minister to SwitzeTTsnd and ;mow chief of the American mis. Sion in Tangiers. diseusted with McCarthy's “nefar ious campaign of attack against State department officials.” . . a ’ Vincent said at Tangiers he fs \ l= eee og; LTroucwur-mis Service ; “As for myself.” his statement caid in part, “the fact that the oyalty board may be conducting ‘an investigation on my behalf causes me nO“emphasis on the no—concern whatsoever. I am proud of my 27 years of service. Tt will stand the test of malicicus misrepresentation regardless of, source or character." : i Ancther man named by ‘fs. l@erthy was Herbert’ Pierst, cho ‘ts a special aide to Assistant Sccre- ‘tary of State Hickerson, director of United Nations affairs. Fierst, on vacation, telephoned « reply to the State department. : “I have just received word of jSen. McCarthy's charges against ‘me Thursday.” Fierst said. “The charges are entirely false. I am not and have never been a Com- muunist, Dro-Communist or feilow- traveler. I am a loyal American: ial every sense of the word.” ‘Once Was Investizated | Fierst said that in 1946 State iGepartment security officers re- ‘ported to the department “certain of my activities about which tnes were not fully informed.” He su.d ‘they investigated further and “learned that these activities were actually part of my official duties, designed. ta further our national interests.” . “What Sen. McCarthy has one.” Flerst said, “is to repca. 2 @istorted version of the corigur.u 1946 reports as custification to in- clude my name again on his most recent list.” | McCarthy also pointed a finger iat Sylvia’chimmel, an official in ‘the division of international in- formation and educational ex- por “Uaerg 2 eate’ change of the State department, bogs os Tiwes era. es7 Miss Schimmel declared that é te pag a ae she has been cleared twice by the eM ag : |State department's loyalty secure | 7 | Ab. Wash. Post ity board, { i | She said there is no case against ! . . :her now pending before the beard. i Wath. Newe 7 She declined to give the Gates of . 'the two clearances given her by (ie board., — v, Wase. Star __. N.Y. Mirror N. &. Cozrasi ne —. eae ow - Bate: on” — ¢ Tolse: Ladd__ Clegg. Glavin Nichols _ Rosen Tracy Harbo Aldea Belmont Laughlin Mohr i Tele. Room—_ Nease Gandy_