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rT. CONGRESSIONAL JCORD—S 1950 Case No, 46.15 the case of a man who A report dated Jus, 18, 1947, states tha holds a high position in the State De- Hin 1941 a Senate investigating committe partment. He had been affiliated with Mifhad found that both this individual an er husband were members of the Co the magazingfAmerasia from Muay 1937 unlst Party. A report dated September to November 1941. “This magazine con- sistently followed the Communist Party @ag5. 1947, by a Government investigative line. was under the direction of gency, advised that a reliable informant + Phi sit and William Vanderbilt eported this ind{fvidual as a Commu-, Field. "rield has been a Rading Commu- nist and was one of the Treads of the American Peace Mobilization, which the President and the Secretary of State publicly labcled as a tool of communism. Jaffe, as Senators will recall, was con- victed and fined in connection with the John Service incident. It will be re- called that the FBI picked up Service for having delivered secret State Depart- TT. auii ontac{ine & member of the Soviet es- iona Ting. This individual fa still n 8 highly paid job in the State De- partment. Cases Nos. 48 and 49. One of these dividuals Ts in the Department wife ts with the State Department the Division of Research and Intell The fle shows that both the htis monte Ancumente tn Brmeracta Bris UACUMICTIIS wo AMicrasia. State Department files shew that this ind dividua) has been working very closely with these two men. On arch 22, 19486, the State Department's own 3 ence, associates of individuals Jinked with oviet esplonage activities. Neverthe] the wife was approved for top-secret ma terial on the lith of February 1947. Th order approving her is rather unusual in that it states, in effect, that the reaso for her being approved for top secre’ material was that there was insufficient, information to warrant her discharge grounds of disloyalty. . se N This individual is executive secretary in the State Depart ment. He has been reported by anothe vernment investigative agency as hay- ing been in contact with a Soviet espton- SV - rity agency recommended as follows: It ie recommended that action be insti- tuted to terminate subject's service with the Btate Department. It ls suggested to achieve this purpote that an eppropriate officer of the Department should iufofm him that his pontinued presence in the Department is em- barrassing 1o the Department and that he be given an opportunity to resign. If bh should not resign voluntarily, action ehoul he instituted under Civil Service Rule No, 12, tO termloate his services with the De- partment. The Department, however, took no 1% tion upon this recommendation. 2 After that recommendation, the files show that this individual requested a fellow traveler to seek a position with the Board of Economic Warfare. The fila that he was responsible for the Btate further shows that this individual has Department's having employed an in- been visited on several occasions by an ™ @ividual in one of the cases which I cov- alien fellow traveler. He has also rec-“@ereq earlier today. It will be recalled ommended TWO former empsoyees Of the @ tha: No. 14 was the case of an individual Amerasia Editorial Board to positions raving furnished material to a known with the State Department. In othe! ecret espionage ring and Who had con words. Mr. President, the usual tact! :stent contacts with long lists of Com- of getting Into an important positic .unists and Suspected Soviet agents. He and then bringing in fellow Communist « still holding an important position in A report dated August 18, 1947, re the State Department. torded an interview with a former me Case No. 52. This individual works for ber of the Editorial Board of Amerasia Nott that is the correct num- who labeled this Individual as “far to the . feft—awtfully lowe to a fellow traveler.'’* ber-—who, the State Department files This individual was a subscriber torthe Daily Worker. The file names a Commu- a8 This nisi Party member who has twice worked — for this individual. The Biographic Register of the State Department show him to be still in a position of importance there. ase No 47. This individual was em Joyed in Match 1944, as Division Assis nt in the Division of Interna) Securit he House Un-American Activities Com ittee advised on August 18, 1947, tha n admitted former Communist Part ember was formerly assoctated with His individual in Communist activities n Washington, D.C. This individual's usband admitted having been a mem- eT of the Communist Party. The hus- and now has a highly confidential posl- ion with the Navy Department. The &1 ndicates that this individual has bee sociated with a group of Known Com. unists. Eeep in mind, Mr. President, that sh # Was given a Job in the Division of In G ternal Becurity. two employees of the State Department who are under investigation because of Communist associates. eN This individual agreed espionage agents in the Department. indi ‘ederal investigative agéncy. He apg his wife are also close associates of tuo other alleged eeplonage agents who sare named in the State Department files. He s presently holding a high-salaried and important position in the State Depart- ment and has been given, top-se clearance. Here ts : fact, they are all important. This is . No. 63 involving an individual who has been named by a confessed Communist spy as part of his spy ring. Prior to that time, on August 19, 1946, nother governmental agency received ormation to the effect that he was a cognized leader of the Communist underground. This individual is, in my pinion, Mr. President, one of the most dangerous Communists in the Btate Department. the Division of Occupied Areas. Thelle:ho was also a Communist. ATH 2067 3 Case No 54. This faividual has been connected with a number of Communist- front organizations and was aéttve in attempting to secure the issuance of s nonimmigration visé to a French Come murist leader. This individual is pres- ently employed in the State Department. ases Ng 55. ‘rhis individual was « close friend and associate of ap indi- vidual described earlier in the day. It Will be recalled that he was 6 very close associate of Soviet agents. A previous nplover of this individual described her as having been “wrapped up” in commu- ism and that she later married a man The files of the Department show that "she and her husband are contacts of a subject in the —— espionage case.” The case re- and and wife are known to be cl ferred to is a recent and very important Communist case. aS This individual was born in Russia and naturalized in San Fran: cisco in 1929. Two former supervisors on non-Government Jobs had recommended him unfavorably. The only favorabl reTerence he had was from three Russiarh Individuals, all in Government employ- ent. He roomed with one of the Rus- éjans who had recommended him. The Navy Department informed the State Department that this Individual had secret State Department documents in the room shared by him and the other Russian. An investigation was institut- ge agent. Fle is also a close friend of @ ed, the outcome of which I do not know. However, this individual was still in the State Department as Jate as Decem- ber 1949. Case No . This individual was em- Ployed by the State Department in 1946 a P-7 consultant. On June 7, 1946, &5 4: Government Trvestigative agency ad- vised that this individual was the contact an for a Russian espionage ring. This report also included information o the effect that he had played bridge amd exchanged Isanguage lessons with persons in the Soviet Embassy. On Juna 7. 1946, the same Investigative agency reported that a known Soviet espionage agent was arrested with his wife in Fin- Jand in the 1930's and that while in cus- tody this espionage agent's wife has re- quested the American Consul to forward on her behalf a request for funds from in charge of the training of Boviet marines at one time at a Russian port, Nevertheless, this individual, on Septem - ber 11, 1947, was given top secret clear- ance. The clearance officer in this case Bald: In the absence of additional highly deroga- tory information J feel that top secret clear- Qnce should be given. T have been unable to find out whether this individual is working with the State Department at the present time, and, if not, whether he is in private or Gov- ermmment employment. Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. President, will the Benator yield? - Mr. McCARTHY. Certainly. Mr, LEHMAN. I should Uke to ask the Senator from Wisconsin whether he has submitted the names represented by the reports he has read and the other approximately 250 names to which ref- erences have been Made? Has he sub= be