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7 HAROLD PHILBY + Calls Accusations “Gossip” . . AP Wirephoto via radio. ‘don against Philby. He said: that he _was responsible for warning “Burgess and Maclean.” recurrence of the Burgess-Mac-| lean spying case. | “gir Anthony told the House of ;Commons last night the foreign office has adopted “correct and careful security measures” for} the future. But he added his) government would like the bi- partisan conference to explore “whether any further precau- jtions can properly be taken to lreduce the risk of treachery.” | He suggested that the confer- ‘ence be composed of privy coun-/ ‘cillors representing both his Con- servative Party and the opposi- tion Laborites. The privy coun- cil consists of national leaders whose normal duty is to advise the queen. ' The searching examination of, security measures resulted from the activities of Maclean and Burgess. At the time he disappeared, ‘Maclean headed the Foreign Of- fice’s American Department. He Channel and dissppeared. But!was then suspected of disloyalty. Mr. Macmillan made no accusa-jbut had not been removed from his post. Burgess, who had been “No evidence has been found @ttached to the British Embassy ‘in Washington, was on. home leave for discipling. "| In 1952 Maclean's American- -| Col. Lipton said he felt “jus-lborn wife. the former Melinda tified in not making a with- Dunbar of Chicago, and their drawal (of his remark) at the: present time.” three children disappeared in Switzerland and apparently Pifme Minister Eden last night;joined him. proppsed a bipartisan confer-| Referring to the criticism of erncq of eminent Britons study ways of preventing any see Nee thony, a Foreign Office veteran jand twice foreign minister, fold Commons: “This has been a sad day|for the Foreign Service because the reputation of the Foreign Sei | rt part of our national repute- ion.” But he insisted that up to the: time Burgess and MacLean| skipped the country, investiga-| tions by security officers had failed to turn up evidence of! treachery which would have’ ijustified the arrest’ of either man. “Are we to abandon the prin- ciple that a man is presumed innocent until he is proved guilty?” the Prime Mi “Worst of all. are we to make, lan exception for political | ifenses?” “The last thing I would wish to see in this country is security services having the power to do some things which some of our friends in the press do not seem to realize would flow from what they advocate. “I want to make one thing jclear before I sit down. I wquid never be willing to be ime |Minister of a government wifich jasked these powers of Phe House.” / British newspapers grumbled) today because the speeches by {Burgess and MacLean that Sir Anthony and Mr. MacMillan'were under investigation. did not dispel the mystery of ajMacMillan said a search for the way the Burgess-Maclean;‘third man” in the foreign serv-|possible third man is still case has been handled, Sir An-.ice who may have tipped off ceeding. ey ros