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7 4 Mr. Tolson i ie Mr. Boardman ___ . Poo: Mr. Nichols _ j Mr. Belmont —_ Mr. Harbo _. ; Mr. Mohr ; . Mr. Parsens One of these employes, the Mr. Rosen _ under eneral security T i | i itv warthyv rl 1éu es (Public Law 733, now eed a: Mr. Sizoo 7d . i the legal authority for the wt. minterrow? —. 4 T chareed utd _ " one was 1s- Ts olioman ._W... | Johnston’s Report (2e288ess test . dropped for failing to meet By Murrey Marder Forcign Service standards. Two . ! Li . . 1 5. 5 ¥ ac een; ° jeight were transferred, rg- setween the iwo lists, it wou Olin D Johnston (D-S. C1 of ings to that effeci, and the De-lcicned or retired. mean that fous persons we le tae cate ome * ee “torturing the truth? by claim-'partment said that its records. 5 alsa show no present or for- that MeCarthy’s 1450 charges of Communists in the State Department failed ta dis- cigse a single Red. John-ton, in a weekend state- ment, cald the Republican. directed State Department has informed him that “not one" of its employes named in Me-‘that his effectiveness cannot, Peds-in-Governwient be measured by such 4 yard-: “g-stick. He said he had no dis. jpute with ihe report, but be- Carthy s charges was fuund to be Communist ar disloyal.” launch an investigation at ihe eurrent Federal security po gram, Johnston said that port “should clear up this m mer dicted | charges employe has been or found = guilty that he ; Government. ; : MecCartny’s contention was ‘tion on it. Johnston, who originally re- -released Lis own statement on in- of accepted j Government ‘pay while advo- ‘eating the overthrow of the As fhairman of an ce . . are ares Will) seek itional informa- ry fee and Civil Se:viee! ek additio a Camuttee, which is about tn. The following breakdown {s then given on "80 cthes allege employes,” who Johnston said were on a list which MeCarthy gave to the Tydings Subcom- mitiee: Removed under Pubiic Law 733—2. ' Removed for suitabillty under persannel regulations— 1 1, Resigned during proceedings instituted against them unde: grai—2. Resigned during proceedings instituted against them under the provisions of Executive ‘ike report but not the report grger 16450 (the present s0- TAH]. : ry . wilted, was in South Carolina last nigh: There was no im- curity program,-—} emoved u- Ne orde.. mare VG whre removed um “suite silty | grounds, in addition t three iwho resigned while being in- vestigated. _ Stale Department officials ‘declined to make any comment ‘on that, or on Johnsion’s or IMeCarthy’s interpretations of ‘the figures. All of those he named, Mc: Carthy insisted yesterday. were er laws or exec aly OUMeTs ~Old Dispute Revived jlieved ae could neve an ai tne provisions of Executive “employed” by the State De- the Senate: mere detailed. se sala Ne order 9835 (the old loyally pro, partment—despite its report lto the conirary. He contended, as he has In the past, that some were “advisers” such as Owen Lattimore and that bers. such as the jate VWil- i Remingion, were “wokk- ter for all time.” F McCarthy told newsmen yes redone terdav that Johnston had: ; ‘10, “garbled and misstated the! None Held Communists — ‘Termination facts.” and “stretched and tor-! The State Department report, pointmenis—4. tured the truth.” ‘Johnston had said, showed that. Separated The. dispute oiought back:only three of the persons whom forec——8. into the news the controversy! McCarthy had “originally, Retred—t; bins Resigned (otier reasansj—ou -ng wn Star. Cepartment m@l- additional comment. qyansferred to other agencies lers” in ovue: agencic:. ef Nmited ap- amelie le ie at hy reductlon-in- Died—1: Never ich - . 4% ai which first pluuged McCarthy 'charged” had resigned or been employed—i. a nd > 1. + ago with a shower of figures none waz foundto bea Commu- orton slated in -the-tetter # \~ RB ever 205," "81." and “S7"%tnisis or disioyal employe. tha: m1 the two cases of dis- ¥ as alleged Communists, or Com- Johnston sald the report also charges referred {to in the a ad muMis: supporters. :showed that out of a MeCarthy -puplicly accused” group of 1v, _o j i into the headlines five yearsidropped by State, and that Principle Explained Melartiy charged that the‘ list of 80 persons, only 40 were ying Jaw does not require “thet ig Jotiston action was an at- employed at Stale in 1950 and i, pe proved that a person .> tempt to “bring back Lo life” today there are still 12 working g Communist before he may ve forme, Son, Millard BE. Tyd- there. -discharged, and no findings to ings (D-Mid.) for ine next eles Phe report, which contains this effect were made in either tion. Tydings headed 1850 no names, is a four-page letter: gf the two cases ad subcommittee which called signed dy Assistant Secretary); The same principle, said MeCarthy’s charges a “hoax”:' Thurstan B. Morton, Not in-inforton, applies to the iwo re- MeCarthy called that report a cluded with the version given | movals listed under the “&o" ‘hitewash.” (fo newsmen was a list of 80 eases, where “the Department In the State Beparinie.t’s;names referred to in it. ‘has the responsibility of sep- Wash. News - report. which was made pub-; IL answers Johnston's ins arating from the rolls of the lie yesterday, the Department! quiries in two portions. First it |pepartment those persous Wash. Star N. x. Herald Tribune said it is net required to find'refers to action in the cases—f—arigse continued emplgument fou clearly N.Y. Mirror a Wash, Post and Times Herald that a-person is a Communist “10 persons publicly accused” |i, deemed to be by McCarthy, consistent with vse interests of ithe national security.” ; - af -} — ¢ ee a. no Toe voy “oe flee ; ngR - Date: __4,"¢4 ae “TYAN 20 199