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Allegations by Senator McCarthy "Case No. 9. This individual, after investigation, was not given security clearance by the State Department. After failing to obtain clearance by the State Department he secured a job in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. And where do Senators think that man is today? He is now a speech writer in the White House. That is case No. 9. I will secure a little more information on that case if I may. "So that there may be no question about this, we will refer directly to the investigative file. I think I am doing Mr. Truman a favor by telling him this. JI do not think he knows it. I do not think he would have this individual there writing spseches for hig if he knew it. "both the individual referred to and his wife—this i8 in the file of the investigative agency--are members of Communist-front organizations. Ke has a relative who has a financial interest in the Daily Worker. But in any event the State Department used good judgment not to clear this individual.* "Case No. 77. This young man applied for a position in the State Tepartment. The file indicates he is a very close friend of reported Communists, and that he is closely associated with members of Communist—front organizations. Tne file indicates that his wife belongs to an organization listed as subversive by the House Un=American Activities Committees, and that a relative of his has a financial interest in the Daily Worker. "ur. President, I believe I have covered this case before, and what I have just said seems to be a repetition. This is the case of a young man who ended up as 4 speech writer in a well-known house in Yashington." Fossible Identification Cases No. 9 and 77 apparently relate o The Bureau has conducted the following investigations [> Departmental Applicant, 1937-1938, {reports sent to the Departament); ° Internal Security, 1941, (report to Department); 4 C Hatch Act, 1942, (report to OEM, Kay 1942, which advised {retained in employment at OPA; report sent to State Department, December 1946; to Mr. Dawson, White House, November 10, 1948; and sumnary of infor- mation furnished orally to Secret Service, White House Detail, January 3, 1949; MO Go