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Tic ncxt cawc I will discuss is tiat of Dr. H:rlou Shaplcy, a .cbor of t'c U. S. Iationrl Canission for Ucsco, one of thc orgcrizc. tions or t'ic Uritce! l!rtions. In :y Lincolr. Dey speoch I stated t'r.t Dr. Shnplcy was praincnt in t'ic affairs of the Scientifie and Cultural Confcrrnce for 'Jorld Pecce Which g:thcrcd in icu York City in irrch l949. Thiut orgenization, as you Inou, cnd :s I statcd in ny sporch, wrs nothing rare thst a Sovict-Carunist. nceting for the purposo of discrediting t'is naticn's fight agcinst can- :unist: in Europc ax! clsauhcrc. lir. Achieson hinsclf cenounced t'is "pcace" conference cs - "a sound- ing bo:rd for cununistic propagerda!. After I nnde ny Lincoln Dy spocch, tho Stato Deprrtaont's Deputy Under-3ecret:ry John Pcurifoy, hal t'is to say in lis yress relcrse of Febmuary 13, 1950 conccr:in; Dr. Sheplcy: nDr. Shuplcy hs.s novcr beon an cnloyec of the Dopertient of Delegetion at thc U.cscu Confcrcnco in Lonron; rnd. in l946 to the Intcrn.tioncl stronoricrl Union ct Coperhagen. "Dr. Shaplcy is a ncmbcr of the i'ationrl Comission for liesco,. roprescnting thc Aterican Associrtion for the .uivanccnont or Scioncc." I suxit thnt this strteent in iir. Pourifoy's pross relcase is a nis rcprogentytion of ths truc facts conderniny Dr. Shaploy's associction with our Dopart:ont of 3tatc. Thio in rerely wrother instance of tho efforts an 1'se-prut-of the Stte- Honrpt ont-to diocredit thc st torents I heve nrdo, .an! to rislou. thu Wrric.n puhlie by prcoorting helf trut'ie,- Tho full facts conccr:ung Dr. Shaplcy and thc faets th.t thc State Depart.ent's pross relcasc corvoniontly aittod are these: 6x-c7/4/-/: 121- 73478-46