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working control over the flow of
papers in and out of the secre-
tariat of the United States dele
CATION to the United Nations and
would have a similar setup within
the State Department"
Mr.. Panuch observed that "the
security hazard of such setup
if eventually accomplished would
seem to warrant the continuing
interest of the FBI and other Sc
curity intelligence agencies.
Senator Ferguson contended
that the Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee should have gone
into the Hiss case.
Mccarthy Accused of Hoax.
The disputed report, signed
only by the three Democratic
members, contended the charges
of communism in the State De-
partment made by Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican, of Wisconsin
were a fraud and hoax
In another development, Sena-
tor Ferguson demanded that all
the hearings on which the report
was based should be put in the
record. He said that 40 pages of
questions by Senator Lodge. Re-
publican. Of Massachusetts. a mi
nority member Of the subcommit-
tee, had been omitted.
Senator Lodge then demanded
that his questions--and presum-
ably the answers - should be
printed in the Congressional
Record.
Senator Mundt, Republican. of
South Dakota contended that
the censored transcript comes
close to being a fraud and a hoax" !"
Senator Ferguson then chimed
in to say hoax and a fraud
could have been perpetrated on
the subcommittee. He said the
has a right to know who
wrote the report" He
said it was apparent that Senator
Tydings, Democrat of Maryland.
the subcommittee chairman, did
not write it.
Marzani Mentioned.
The June, 1947. report on which
Ferguson based his
argument that a Republican con-
rolled committee was concerned
With State Department conditions,
mentioned the case of Carl Mar
ami, the State Department en-
,loye who was ultimately con-
'icted on charges of making false |
statements in applying for Gov
;rnment job. The memorandum
;ontended the evidence brought
,ut at Warrants trial was well
snown to State Department.
,f1ers who ignored it and refused
% act for a full year. The mem
,randum called Secretary Mar
;halls attention to conditions
that developed and still flourish
n the State Department under
he administration of Dean Ache
,on," now Secretary of State.
The 1947 memorandum from
he Appropriations Subcommittee
declared:
"On the file in the department is |
. copy of a preliminary report Of |
he FBI on Soviet espionage &C
ivities in the United States, which |
involves a large number of State
Department employees, found in
Ugh official positions. This re-
'ort has been challenged and ig-
lored by those charged with the
esponsibility of administering the
department. with the apparent
acit approval of Mr.. Acheson.
should this case break before the
State Department acts, it will
e a national disgrace"
Nine State Department en-
'loyes listed by the Appropriations
roup but omitted by Senator Fer
uson were cited as 'only a few
t the hundreds now employed in
arying capacities who are pro-
ected and allowed to remain de-
pite the fact that their presence
an obvious hazard to national
Senator Ferguson said the sub
was informed that by
August, 1947. of the 65 listed by
he subcommittee. % were out of
he department, Is had been given
approval and the rest