Evening star., 1950-03-20

loss is estimated at $55O,O0O from
fire that destroyed the three.
story Veterans of Foreign War
Building here early today.
Three of the firemen were
seriously hurt when wall crashed
on them.
The fire, which started about
am, burst through the roof Of
I am disloyal to the United States,
DR.. Jessup said he was in Pakis.
tan on an official mission when il
was made.
The mission, he explained. was
part of an effort by the Unitec
States ito strengthen the free anc
democratic forces in Asia and the
capacity of free Asia to resist sub
yersivesor anti-democratic forces.
Explains Mission in East.
During the course of his mis-
sion, DR.. Jessup said he spoke
on behalf of the United States
with heads of most of the coun-
tries of Asia seeking ito make
clear to the peoples of the East
that the solution of their prob
lens does not lie in the false
hopes dangled before them by
the agents of Communist greed
and Imperialism"
IF Senator McCarthy's innu-
endoes were true" he added, "the
representatives of the foreign
governments with whom I spoke
would be entitled to believe that
my statements to them were de-
ceitful and fraudulent. They
would be entitled to believe that
no confidence should be made in
the declarations which I made on
behalf of our Government.
IF it were true that the Presi-
dent and Secretary of State had
sent on such a mission person
who was a traitor to his own
Government, they might well feel
that they could place no conf
dence in the statements made by
any of the representatives of the
United States abroad"
Attack on individuals Belittled.
DR.. Jessup said it was relatively
unimportant if the character of
single American is. "blackened
and his name is brought into dis
repute."
But in the present serious sit
uation of international relations, -
he added. "it became question Of
"the utmost gravity" when an
official holding the rank of Am
bassador-at-large "is held up be-
fore the eyes of the world as a
liar and a traitor
Il am aware, Mr.. Chairman, u
the Ambassador said, that Sena-
tor Mccarthy has not used those
words. But if his insinuations
were true, these words would cer-
tainly be appropriate"
DR.. Jessup pointed out that he
was attacked by two sources while
on his recent mission-Senator
Mccarthy and Isvestia, the official
Soviet publication.
With pointed reference to guilt
by association" tactics that Sena-
tor Mccarthy has been accused
of using, DR.. Jessup dryly said:
ANY one who believes in the
concept of guilt by association
might draw some startling con-
clusions from this fact. However,
I do not believe In the concept of
guilt by association.
At this remark there was an out
burst of laughter from the audi
ence and Senator Tydings quickly
for order.
Senator Hickenlooper started to
ask question at that point. But
he deferred to Chairman Tydings'
suggestion that DR.. Jessup be al
lowed to finish his statement first
so we won't be accused of
heckling."
AS for Senator McCarthy's spe-
ciflc charges against him., DR..
Jessup took up first the one that
said he was sponsor of the
Institute.
Refused Later Invitations.
He said it was true he was one
of the sponsors of a dinner given
by the institute in 1916 in honor
of the late President Roosevelt,
but he emphasized that he was
not sponsor of the organization
itself He said he doubted he even
attended the dinner, since he was
i'll in New York at the time.
He added that other sponsors
included Radio Commentator H. v.
Kaltenborn, Dean Christian Gauss
VI AAASCUOA4, d1AS 1CO1 &c T lC1Oll1S
Eliot, military expert and writer
names he said Senator Mccarthy
did not mention.
He also pointed out that the
organization was not declared
Subversive by the United States
Attorney General until April 21,
1949.
THE committee may be inter-
ested in knowing that I turned
down invitations to speak at din
ners held by this organization in
both 1948 and 1949," the Am,
said,
DIR. Jessup gave the investigat-
ing committee a detailed account
OF his life that led him to become
one of this country's leading ex-
perts on international law and a
flight negotiator in numerous
international conferences.
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