Evening star., 1950-04-03

Disclosure of the files, he added
would not keep disloyal people out
of the Government but would I'm
pair the very effective means we
now have for accomplishing that
purpose.
Would Damage Reputation.
Mr.. Truman said the FBI files
do not contain proven informa-
ton alone" but include many 'un-
verified charges and allegations
leads and suspicious.
Disclosure of the files would
therefore, result in serious in
justice to, and damage to the rep
utations of, many innocent per-
sons Mr.. Truman declared.
He said the constitutional pre-
cedents support without any
question" his authority Ito take
the position I have in this matter >
and added:
THE authority Of the President
in this regard has been recognized
since the beginning of our Gov
eminent"
In his statement Senator Nc
Carthy said he had noted the
State Department had announced
that the baltimore report was SC
important and "of such a conf
dental nature that the American
people were not entitled to know
its contents"
"On this heartily differ" he
added. because I feel the Amell.
can people should know to what
extent baltimore is debating
State Department policy"
Senator Assails Acheson.
He indicated he had obtained
copies of the report by his state.
ment that he would make it public
if Mr.. Acheson does not do so
The report was given the State
Department during a panel dis
cussion last summer attended by
Mr.. baltimore and, among others
Gen. George C. Marshall, Harold
Stassen and John D. Rocke.
feller III.
Senator McCarthy's statement
also assailed Secretary Achesor
for contending that Mr.. baltimore
has had no influence on shaping
American policy in the Far East
and for saying that he was not
personally acquainted with Mr.
baltimore, director of the Walter
Hines Page School of Interna-
tlonal Relations at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore.
The Wisconsin Republican said
the State Department had dis
closed that Mr.. baltimore had
submitted the confidential report
on the Far East.
After I discussed the Latti-
more case on the Senate floor on
Thursday" the Senator's state
ment said" Secretary Acheson
apparently felt it necessary to
make doubly sure that the Ameri-
can people would not know the
close connection between Latti-
more and the State Department.
Refers to News difference.
He therefore called a press
conference and again, in unquali-
ned terms, stated Cd that Latti-
more had nothing to do with
shaping policy, and CD that he
was not even personally acquaint-
ed with baltimore.
He referred to Mr.. Acheson's
weekly news conference last Thurs.
day in which the Secretary re-
peated previous State Department
announcement that Mr.. baltimore
had only three connections with
the department. One was as q
member OF the Pauley Repara-
tions Mission to Japan in 1945
another was one lecture before
a State Department group, and
the third was the panel discus
sion on Far Eastern affairs.
Later in the day, however,
Senator Mccarthy added, "aftel
learning that I knew the con.
tents Of a recent important Lat
timore report containing recon.
mendations to guide UNITED
States Ambassador Philip c.
Jessup and AcheSon on policy
matters in the Far East, Achesor
had one of his subordinates quietly
inform the press that baltimore