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~h ham + 2052 officers will got when they fir /that some of these very unusual indivMuals are go- tng to lose their jobs. He Was appointed in December 1945 as tor in the State Department. 4 report from ap- other Govermment investigating agency under date of January 8, 1946, advised that the subject shoul! be*dismissed as & bed security risk beckuse be was flagrantly homosexual. He had ex- tremely close connections with other in- dividuals with the same tendencies, and who were active members of Communist- front organizations, including the Young Communist League. I think this is interesting, Mr. Presi- dent. I asked one of our top inteHigence mmen in Washington, one day, “Why do you find men who are so fanatically Com- munist? Is there something about the Communist philosophy that attracts them?" He sald, “Benator McCarey, if you had been in this work as Jong as we have been, you would realize that there is something wrong with each one af these individuals. You will find that nracti- cally every active Communist és twisted mefitally or physically in some way.” The State Department's own security agency recommended the discharge of this employee on January 22, 1946. On February 19. 1046. this individual's sery- icea were terminated with the State De- partment. Subsequently on April 1, 1946, the action discharging this indi- vidua] was rescinded and he was rein- “gtated in his job in the fitate Depart- ment. In this case a CSA report of September 2, 1947, is replete with infor- mation covering the attempt of a high State Department officia) to induce sev- eral individuals who had signed affidavits refiecting adversely upon the employee to repudiate their affidavits. The file shows that that high State Department employee even went out and contacted the individuals who signed the affidavits, and asked them, “Won't you repudiate them?" This individual]. according to the secu- rity files of the State Department, was 8) wery close associate of active t agents. As to whether he Is in the té Department at this time or not, J frankly do not know, but tn view of fact that he was reinstated, I assume that he Is. A while ago the Senator from Nebraska asked whether I would yield while he suggested the absence of s quorum, I aball be glad to do so pow. However, if the Senator thinks it is not possible to obtain « quorum at this time—— Mr. WHERRY,. Mr. President, if the Genator will yield to me at this time, Jet me say to the majority leader that I do hot wish to disrupt the program. I wish to cooperate with the majority jeader in carrying on the session. T said then, and I say now, that these charges are very serious. If there is a desire to have a quorum call now, I shall be glad to have one. — Mr. McCARTHY. I may say that I have just received a note that the ma- jority leader—I am not criticizing him for doing so—hasz informed all Senators on his side of the aisie that there will not be a vote tonight, and thet there is no reason for Senators to remain here. SONGRESSIONAL RECOb. and that there qill be no quorum call. I assume he did not do that because he did not want Senators on his side of the aisle to hear the charges. I assume he merely wanted to give them an oppor- tunity te go to dinner, However, I have po desire to present what I regard ss important information before a half- empty Senate. On the gther hand, tf the majority leader thinks there is pot a possibility of obtaining a quorum, because of the advice given to Senators on his side of the aisle, T shall be glad to yleld for a motion to take a receas until tomorrow. In other words, I do not agree to hav- ing the majority dismissed by the ma- Jority leader. Mr. LUCAS. My. President, if the Senator will yleld to me, I told Senators that there would not be a vote tonight upon the cotton bil] which iz the pend- ing question. Had I known that there would have been any quéstion about s @horum call, I certainly would have had Senators remain here, to be present to answer to a qucrum call, if not te listen to the Senator's address. We have now continued until 7:30 in the evening. . . In view of the statement about having ® night session and in view of the work that is before us, I had hoped that the Senator from Wisconsin would conclude his remarks tonight. ~If he does not oonclude his remarks tonight, but expects to resume them to- morrow, he certainly will not have any time then, because of the unanimous consent agreement which has been en- tered in regard to a vwote at 3 o'clock on S2nate bil] 76. Pepe ws , Mr. McCARTHY, Let me inquire of - the majority leader whetber the infor- mation I heve received is correct. Did the Senator advise Benators on his aide of the aisle that there was no reason for them to remain, that he would assure them there would be no quorum call and ho vote? Mr. LUCAS. I did not assure them that there would be no quorum call. All that Senators on this side of the aisle asked me was whetber there would be a vote tonight. I said, “No,” that the Benator from Wisconsin was going to take the floor, and probably would occupy the floor for 4 or 5 hours, as I had been informed; and J said, “I will stay here, and I hope everyone else who wants to hear the Senator will stay here as He dis- cusses this very important question.” But so far as a vote was concerned, I advised all Senators who asked me, and I advised the minority leader so that he could advise Senators on his side of the aisle, that there would be no vote on the pending question tonight. But I certainly hope the Senator from Wisconsin wil] proceed, because he ts making a very important address, and the country Is interested in it, and what few Senators are here now are interested in ft; and I dowbt whether there will be more Senators here day after tomorrow than are present now. At this time I see ancther Senator returning to the Chamber after having had his dinner. I know he is very much interested in the question the Senator ae e FEBRUARY £0 from Wisconsin is discussing. The §en- ator from Oregon has just reentered the Chamber, and I know he is ying te a ie. a The Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Ber ira} is 2leo reentering the Chamber now, I observe. . Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, f the E , : . IT think it is very unusual, in view of the Benator’s declaration of his interest in subject, for the majority leader to dismizs Senators on his side of the aisle or encourage them to leave the Chamber. I think the subject now under dis- E cussion is one in which the Democrats | should be especially interested. As the Benator from MDlinow knows, unless going to be identified with that group. I think that is wrong. I think there are too many fine Demcerats in this country and too many fine Democrats in the Sen- ate, on the Democratic side of the aisle, to permit the Democratic Party to be identified with the group I have been dis- cussing. J think Democratic Senators should be as much interested as we on