Evening star., 1949-07-28
McGrath Hits Release
WU. n. Red Terrorism
Story, Disc|aims Part
BY the Assoeioied Press

Senator McGrath, Democrat, Of
Rhode Island. said today a Senate
Judiciary subcommittee should
never have released secret tes-
timony charging Communist ter
rorism in the United Nations staff.
Senator McGrath, a committee
member, said he disclaimed any
responsibility for making public a
sworn statement to that effect by a
man identified only as Witness g."
The Senator told a reporter he
knew of no vote on the release of
the testimony and added that he
would have voted against it.
The mystery witness. whose state
ment was made public last week
end, said the U. N. Secretariat
under Secretary General Trygve
Lie is terrorized by Communist
agents. He urged the Senators to
try to have Mr.. Lie replaced.
Price Protests to AchesOn.
Byron Price, acting secretary
general of the United Nations,
officially protested to Secretary of
State Acheson late yesterday
against what he called "irrespon-
sible and unfounded attacks on
the integrity of the secretary
general and of certain members of
the secretariat."
The State Department issued a
statement later expressing con-
f1dence that the U. N. would not
tolerate a situation like that des-
cribed by the anonymous witness"
But Senator McCarran, Demo-
crat, of Nevada, chairman of the
Judiciary subcommittee, vigorous
ly defended the release of the
testimony.
McCarran Cites Testimony.
If Mr.. Price thinks the testi-
mony irresponsible, he said, "let
him read the testimony that came
from the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Attorney General
of the United States"
The intelligence agency reported
to the committee on July Is that
80 of 100 foreign government rep
resentatives issued visas to enter
this country have records of spy
work abroad. 1t listed 20 others
as Communist Party officials.
The day before, Attorney Gen.
eral Clark had disclosed that more
than a score of aliens working
for the United Nations are under
investigation by the Justice De-
partment.
In addition to Senator McGrath,
two others members of the Senate
subcommittee, Senators LANCER.
Republican, of North Dakota and
Donnell, Republican, of Montana
said they had not voted on making
the unidentified witness testi-
mony public.
DonneH Refuses Comment. e.
Senator Donnell refused any
comment on the matter, but,
LANCER said "the chairman had
full authority to release it,"
Senator McGrath, chairman of
the Democratic National Commit
tee, disagreed. He bluntly added
that he has given his time to
what he considered more impor-
tant legislation. 3 {:
The bill before the subcommit-
tee, introduced by Senator McCar-
ran,. would arm the Government;
with stronger powers to block the
entry or force the deportation of
subversive aliens.
u. N. Charter Is Stressed.
Mr.. Price, in his protest to Sec |
retary Acheson, said the United
Nations General Assembly super
vises the Secretary-General and
that the operation of the U. N.
staff is the responsibility Of the
Secretary-General and the As !
sembly.
If the Secretary-General werei
TO be answerable in addition tol
committees of national legisla-
tures," Mr.. Price added, "all pos
sibility of successful existence of
the U. N. as an international Or
ganization would be destroyed.
This was foreseen clearly when
the charter was written and sub
mitted to member nations for
their acceptance or rejection. It
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