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REF ID:A43184 , . 

B-10 • THE EVENING STAR, Washington, ]), c. M c . th R. •t' t Ch . ~- .. - ••• ·• WDIOISDAl',-Al'BIL U;"lllhor•ft- -~~... · c ar y e1 ·era es arges; 

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J.s ·. M~c~-;;;fi;~'<::.~1 •' . · .. · y. I 'W !!:!earse1ft 1 

:,.. , ~ ~ The .feud between Sen . · ~ -1~'( · ~R., Wfs.) and g~ . J ·· .. Sen .M on sfzzled ~ . 

""\ . h..d an"~ claJ,riled the· FBI 

.S &gafnst Mr. ~ 'Of espJonage • - · send the neWspape Which cowcl . .Mr. Pearson d nnan to ~rfson • "absolutl!ly .false.e?Jfed ~~ charges as 1~83:n:~~ one. o.f ~~ tle-

~t filed .by Mr. ~ ~d !llltl·trust 

cliarges fn a Seriate s ~ made the 

terd&Y. He saJd ft ' . peecJi late yes-

;=~ 01.ane~,~::: The Col onnauon to Mr. Pearson. 

the lateaf':!!.ssaJSen.d m ... 191)'_ to 

. · . S~ate 

"from the 

fmm':~.sa.t~ '""" ~ o.f ~· · f!~J:.~montii~ld fn~J . . . "'Perha . ~e. a~Jute1y ~" •'. . ~-:..~ .. pa h~. fs . doing so ... ,..._ . tlia~'FCUllOJl safd, 'to -cover ' • .wu·. 

. t he hhDseJt.· Vfobi:f the-~ . l'.Faphfc Securfty by p h11.;.~,~0-

. :,::- .date o.f. 8 . eod'!tt-me:; the 

.. °¥!~~~~·~ ent!JJJ1. !CJ~~~ ' . saJ~ .. q secrii~.' ~ ~"".!- " 

" v . dtl Feb.. 10 that'.· ·tlie -.a __ _. Jr., Jt1! 1gatfon o.t-.sen. 'Jl,.rB"::~ .• fn. ,.& charges had P'-"" -~ .,..,,-1 ear- rt!SUlts... He- saJ& uuJlced "negative ·turuec1 d the .case "was 

nrent .torov:!-~ th!! ~ustlce .Qe.Put- • • .. o,u wer fiivesttgatlon. . 

Pear~on Calls H~m Cowardly . · •r the Auaclot9d l'nn · seven ships are salllns under the I 

Se&ntor McCa.rtbJ' 1&11 Justice Brltls~ ftag," be said. · Department attorneys bave a . Be said Prime Mmister Attlee's I 

"complete, ahti&'bt case of viola- Le.bm government does not rep- j t1on . of the Espionage .Act" by resent tlie Brltlsb people a111 more Drew Peaison., tbe columnist. than "the Acheson crowd" repreBowevet; the Wisconsin Repub- sent.a the people of the United ! · llca.n '8-ld In a Senate .speech yes- States. · • I 

terday. Army and Pederal Bureau He waved two large photo-· 

of Investigation Inquiries bave graphs which he said showed ,Mr.I 

failed to .turn up tbe "sp:J In the At~ee reviewed "a Communist pa-, Pen~" who, Senator McCarthy rade" In 193'1 or 1938, gtvms "ther 

said, supplied Mr. Pearson with In- Communist salute." I 

formation whJch violated tbe Be also declared that tbe United, 

Esplonap Act. States 7tb Fleet Is not neutrallz-1 

Senator McCarth:J referred to a Ing Formosa-its o:fticlall:J an- Pearson column of'last December nounced mission in Far Eaatem I 

which dealt with intelligence re- waters-but Is protecting the Cbf- ·

1 port.a on the strenctb of Cb1iiese nese mainland at the lnatlp.tion, 

Reds 1n Korea. of the "pa.ls of Alger Biss." 

COWlll'llb', Pancm Be&Drll.. 

Informed of the )(cea.rtb7·~ speech, Mr. Pearson retohed: • ! 

"Senator McCartbJ', from the 

cowa.rdl:J s&fet:J of bis EleDate im.-1 

mun.lt:J, Is rebaahlng a. phony, 

four-month-old lncklent wblcb be. 

knows to be absolutel:J false. . "Perhaps be Is dotnir so to cover 1 

up the fact that be, himself, 

violated cryptoaraphlc security by: 

publlsbtng the exact date of a I 

coded message, thereby helping 1 the enem..T to brea.k eur secret 

code. 

"The Information I publlsbed 1 • • • was not In violation of the 1 

Eaplonqe Act." I 

San It Wu Cleare4. 

Senator McCartb:J cb&rled In 1 

December that Mr. Pearson.'&! 

column violated mWts.r:J llllCNcJ' • l 

Mr. Pearson said the material had, 

been ·cleared before be used it. 

In nsterd&:J's speech · Senator 

McCa.rtb:J said the Army and FBI lnve~p.tlons ''have produced evidence to make a clear-cut case of I 

violation of the esptonap laws by 

Mr. P8araon.~· and the Information 1 

1s 1n the hands of the Justice I 

Department. . Mr. Pea.rsoia baa brought a damare suft aplnsf; Senator McC&rtb:J, and others, charlins that ~ Se'na.tor' attackecl" him P1i:Ja:. 

lcall:J at a l>Ut7 last December 

12 and, with the others, circulated 

"libelous, false and defamatory" 

~about blm. I 

Cr1t1e1ses British ~eat. I 

The Senator also charged In 

the apeech :Jesterda7 that the Brltlsb IOftl'DIDllllt ts actlvelJ' helplnl' the Chinese Communists 

"wbDe British .. In d7iDs 1n 

JCorea;n 

-out ot 10 ahlPa so1iia mto eommUDlst port.a w1th war mat.erlals,