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Giate-Denartment wis be wees eee eee Clears 80 Accused By McCarthy in ‘50 By L. Edgar Pring The State Department has in- { .med Senator Johnston, Dem- oat, of South Carolina, that none of the 80 persons inves- taated m 19506 by the Tydings secoTnm) tec, following charges Senator McCarthy, has been Pound to be a Communist or cis- jovi} Senarar ecoattman of ros ciee Commitice. tiding by “this present licwn administration” who is the Senare Civil paid the: Repub-. . should Johnston. ‘clear up this matter for ail Former Senator Tydings, Dem- t‘rut, of Marviand, was chair- Tl “of the Foreign Relations subcommittee which investi- pited Senator MeCarthy's cherges of Communists in tine Siate Department. Cleared by Tydings. Tre Democratic raisiority at the Tydincs group repa: ‘ted ihe es were false ana accused tl, Wisconsin Republican of en- paging in a hoax. Senator Me- Carthy called the report & “wittewash,.” He helped Sena- “tor Butler in his campaign to unseat Senator Tydings in 1956 Senator Johnston, whose com- mittee is pinmning 4 broad in- quiry inio wae Baconkuwey ad hee isiYalion’s emplive securiiy program, said he asked the State “Department to cneck their rec- o.ds on the 80 individuals. The Eécpariment’s reply we siened bs Thurston BK. Morton. Assistant Seerctary of State for Conegres-- sional Relations and a forme) Coneressinar. According to Stua.ar Johns- ten, Mr. Marton info,med him that 12 of the empioves ace cused by Senator McCarthy were still warking in the State Department and thas 10 others had transferred to other Gov- ftrnment agencies where they were now employed. He added: “The State Depariment . .- verifies the findings of the Tyding: Commiuivee by stal- jng that. of the 80-odd names given to the Tydings Committee by the Wisconsin Senator 4s persons then employed. only 40 were dn fact employed in the forner Pores State Department in 1940: _ 32 abod resigned or er: the State Pero. os a Depar [ment prior fr serei to that yea had never bee employed by the State ore ment.” Clears Ex-Workers. The Senator said that three of the persons accused by Sena- tor McCarthy had resigned or been drepped from the Govern- ment rolls, “but that none of these three was found to be Communists or disloyal to our Government.” The State Department leiter to the South Carolinian was not re- leased, but it is understood the there persons referred to above were the cimiomats Jonn Paion Davies. jv. John Carter Vincent and John Stewart Service. A hearing board found that there was a “reasonable doubt” as to Mr. Service's loyalty be- Cause he made unauthorized dis- closures of classified documents in the famous Amerasia case, bur emphasizec that it was not re- guired to find him disloval and “we do rot do so.” Mr. Vincent was ousted in 1953 after Secretary of State Dulles found that his work nad been below standard, and Mr. Davies was released last No- vember on gsrounds thas he lacked “judgment, discrevion &énd reliaoiiity." Start at Beginning. Senator Jolinston said he went back to ine original MeCartay charges because “in arder to pro- eced in an orderly manner, I thought ou Gesirable ‘G Star. al the very besioning.” He saic he sent the names of the 80 individuals to the State Department for a check last month. “By letter the State Depast- ment has now informed me that not one of these persons who were investigated by the Tyd- ings Cainmittee in 1950 has been proved ta be or found ta be a Communist or disloyal t. our Government," he asserted. Senator Jolinston said that he hoped “in duc time’ to Inal into “charses in other depssuments and agencies to ascertain what the facts are in such cus.- a. I have already done in tins cree _ ad ~ satemine 4 ib , V: Me, Tolson Mr, Board Mr. Nichofs C4 = : Mt Belmeat. tr. Harbo Me Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tama: Mr. Sizoo tho ‘ a f Mr, Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy i ii os baawteth TTY * JAN 25 1954 eee “Wash Poser and Tim: s Heraic Wash. News Wash, Stur —* N. Y. Herala Trib :ns N. Y. Mirror Date: _...