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eS 'GTO@ : WASHINGT © State Dept’ ea 3 RE ir Loyalty Board e By Fulton Lewis Jr. 7 ASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Brig.; McCarthy continues to charge And while in the witness chair, an Gen. Conrad E. Snow is not Ithe State Department and otherjSnow ought to be asked how ' the man to be head of the Stat agencies with harboring Reds.jmany, if any, State Department! : Lowter Beer . ~.{Snow says this is a “smear” and{temployecs ousted from the pay:! : Snow, appar- ithat there are no known Commv-|rell are now working for other : ently at the Mists working in Acheson's de-|8overnment agencies. The Loyal- t Suggestion of +, partment. Snow should be called |ty Feview Board suspects there r. s e c c etary ot ‘}before the MeClarran Internat /are many. Ata recent session ene t ate e : 7 . review board member said this z Acheson, re- to pu up or chat ane and told ioe the State Department's loyal = cently = under- : ae ty board: & took a mud Here is what Bingham has to “When they operate as they as eyt Say about Snow's board: 4 slinging speech , Ya think it is fair to say that | TOT ™@erely showing a resigne- = against Sen- kK J he St Is fais to kay (hat | tion af the individual and. he ; -. ator Jaseph R. ie & ate tent has the has this copy from the State ‘ MeCarthy. It worst re oF any depart { Department, he immediately was filled with ment in the action of iis loyalty | goes over to another agency - invective, but : a; board. The loyalty board in all and says: ‘I have worked for = by the time FELTON Lewis vx | the cases that it has considered the State Department for five _ z Snow finished reading, it sound-| i tte State Department has | years. Here's my personnel ac. bod eq more like a plaintive appeal ta | NOt found a single case of dis- | tion sheet. I resigned a few 4 tHe Senator to go easy. McCarthy | #Yalty- weeks ago.” There's nothing o ? stys State Department prapa- Where € that } Snow the personnel action sheet t & Egndists wrote the speech’ for with hie wes nat, leave Siow! tell the personnel officer tha ‘- ow, but I wouldn't know about | With his “numerous’ cases of loy: there is an investigation on chat, except to remark that if ally and security risks? Here isi that person, He gets a job. o 5 Snow did need help, th an opinion irom another member| tho person may be interested in % p. there are {or ¢ 1 4 : ; > dozens of propagandists on the o he Loya ty Review Board in} him for other employment, and = : respect to Snow and his State De-| has ta go runnin sround the Zi payroll partment Loyalty Board that may| government te find that there Snow has been head of the help answer the question: is an investigation on the man.” ; State Depariment’s Loyalty “As far as the State Depart. } as “— ; Board hat tuscan sald that bis ment is concerned Edon't under-| To date, Snow hasn't opened z up ‘ stand their position at all, be. this mouth to protest Acheson's ® Joyalty and security cases since cause although their board has {policy of permitting security and ; that date. Mayne 50, but tne Lor not heid their people ineligible Hovatly risks to resign, rather = Bieghags whic nemenee Hirepy under ihe loyally test, whe [than bp fired. If he wants to do > 2 eG should have been held jnetigihle & the State Department board's ‘ held Inetixihte ¥ * actions, says that Snaw’s group hasn't fired a single employee for either loyalty ov security. in fact, Bingham says that this fs one of the most astounding | or records in Government, especial-/¢ ly Since other agencies have fpund an average of from 6 to 10 rocent of their employes in- per for Government work der the Joyalty-security pro- fam, 5 ‘AN FRANCISCO LXAMINE! AN FRALCISCO, CADIPORTA SARUARY 20, 1952 . . " EARCHED sa aeteecetes INDEXED ERIALIZED......... FILED FEB 2 6 1952 Fhe. SAN FRANCISCO under that test, they have plen- ty of power to remove them as security they exercised it?” ight to be made to answer be. ‘ore the McCarran subcommittee. FULTON LEWIS JR, | fe an 44h. 23. Wns risks, Why haven't That's a good question Snow AS 0 UG AIT, ALC WAL, 4:00 and $:15 p. nv. Monday through Friday O APR 1? 1952 his country a service he shovld protest this in a joud voice, in stead of wasting his breath sling- ing mud at a United States Sen-: ator who does more. to combat. Communists | Snow's board has done since 1947. | Snow seems to think the way to fight Communists in govern. mont is to sling mud at McCarth t resnect fully in one day than a erall Gannatn oi Deer ray | 1 t ' } MecCarran’s attention to Snows! peculiar behavior as head of Achp-| son’s Loyalty Boad. ; 4 | / 4} i NOT RECORDED i a Sa 2 re x 15?