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WASHINGTON REPORT By Fulton Lewis Jr. The ‘tate almost, back for three years and know ob aw i ‘tithat the country rests in a false Leughlis : jobs of confusing the American, sense of security that we are look- people ever_altempted jn tbe] ing after their interests here Webr political History of Washingfon. | when we know darn well that it Tele. Reom. “RGR ow__most__ Americans; +5 completely ineffective in one of . cant decks wWheilerSlate—ade-|the most important government Nease_¢ partment claims of being clean as| agencies (State department and Gandy’ a whistle so fay Bs Communists! I wonder whether we ought to say “a Te CDSE ned as Ue. OF whether anything to anybody about it.” , ’ to _belicve_ the charges of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. (at Sécre- tary GF aie an Acheson and his aides hide Communists be- hind their backs. t Chairman Hiram Bingham, , of e joyaliy review ard said he caer cheson_on_ fhe sub- . ject, and added: Lee ee ee ee act Sabec his attention to, the era ¥|stek suite ster agency hoards," review board meeting. which re-| pj ig a " . ee the stanlling activity ~ of Bingham said ‘ ‘ the Post ' Stale department _9 RTE Wa ice department. per cent o have. don e everything» all persons examined were found protect, Communists on the pay- to be worthy of separation from roll. And Sane. ole lento the government. In the Commerce : . department 615 per cent, The PE pag Rigel, Wr spaces: iy Pa ees te tae OT Made liane the American public in denying Sen. McCarthy's accusations. Tn ‘fact they go even farther. State l department loyalty and security lboard members even defend what l few Reds they have caught, average is about 6 per cent. The State department, zero.” The_State department has been he chief tar Distin- filtration for the past 25 yeays. Yet the dé¢partment’s.—toyahy board bas. yet.to find a_disloval employe. In view of the Algpr. Hiss case, and others almost $ bad, it is no wonder the loyalty } ee ptatement made by Jahn K. Aik, a board m ti: at are you going to do whet the attorney who is present ing “the charges acts as tho he were the attorney for the incum- bent, I read 100 pages of a record where the three members of the board were acting as attorney for the employee.” Lawrence V. Meloy, executive secretary of the loyalty review, board. present at the session asked: “You are (blank) case?” CLARK-—"“No, labout the—" MELOY-—«"Qh, “you're talking department. They're taking the attitude that they're there to clear the em- pleye, and not to protect the gov- ernment. We've been arfuing with them since the program started.” At this point Garrett 5, Hoag, another review board member, about the State 4 chimed in: “That brings up a question that ;has been on my mind a little. and talking about an agency case, I presume — the IT am talking Oo review board is bemused he Ho Lo She State department's perf d. Not RECORDED Ags a board member out, % 47 JA! iw ISbe i © wt the charge against t tat partment’s loyalty board is a it ous one. The security of the country is at stake, yet the ma- jor interest in Secretary of State Acheson's shop is to protect the department’s reputation, not te oust the Reds. a0 a ron ‘ himos-Hera C Board, member._Hoag_wiapnrd up_current bewilderment overthe State department's attitude when he said: “Tas far as the State depart ment is concerned, 1 don't undcr- stand their position at all, be- cause altho their board has not held their people ineligible under the loyalty test, who should have been held ineligible under that test. They have plenty of power to remove them as a security risk. Why haven't they exercised it? They haven't exercised it, in spite of all the searchlights that have been turned upon them.” “~ Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Sta: H.Y. Mirr L have been accused a few times) Thosc_are good questions, Sen. in connection with it. IT have been Josanb Ee Mecarthy D035 bern disturbed about the State depart-|trying Lo set answers to them for ment-—their remarkable record of!a tong time. So have a lot of never having fired anybody for | others,and it's” encouraging to pe loyalty. and yet we do nothing/now to know that Hiram Bing- a 7 vabout it as far as the board is com-|ham’s Joyalty review “DOETE” is A cee tan sibi to Me we assume | traveling the. samme rou. Ww [so responsibility when we alt} (Copyright, King Feartue Service) N.Y. Comp 4 DP eerae Date: 4 Do JAT mee a) mee |