Evening star., 1950-05-05
McCarthyDrafts
Blast at Partial
Release ofFi|es
Trumun Action Fails
To Satisfy Senator,
Wants FBI Records
by the Associafsd Press

President Truman's decision to
hand over some Government 10y
atty files to Senate Communist
investigators put Senator Nc
Carthy 10 work today on mot
enough" protest.
In another development, the
Justice Department said it never
received any evidence from the
ONCE of Strategic Services to
support charges that Amerasia
magazine officials and State De-
partment employees were shipping
atomic secrets to Russia in 1945.
Senator Mccarthy, Wisconsin
Republican, has said a former OSS
agent would testify that A-bomb
data did find it's way to the Soviet
Union in the Amerasia case. The
agent, Frank Bielaski, said yes
terday there is some substance to
what Senator Mccarthy asserted,
but he did not entirely back up
the Senator.
Mr.. Bielaski made it clear he
had been warned by the Senate
inquiry committee against disclos-
ing any of the evidence he
presented.
He said he didn't know Senator
Mccarthy and had been called
before the committee by subpoena.
He is now president of the Re-
search and Security Corp. New
York, a firm specializing in in
vestigations and public relations.
Lodge Calls Picture Serious"
Senator Lodge, Republican, OF
Massachusetts,, who heard MIR.
Bielaski testify at secret session,
said the picture Mr.. Bielaski por-
trayed lis very serious" But
Senator Lodge refused to COM
ment on the A-bomb angle.
Reversing his earlier refusal to
release Government loyalty files,
Mr.. Truman agreed late yesterday
to let Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee examine secret State
Department files on 81 persons
cited by Senator Mccarthy in his
charges on communism in the
Government.
Chairman Tydings of the in
vestigating committee said in an
nouncing the Presidents decision
that the approval does not apply
to the FBTs so-called raw" files.
Senator Tydings added, however,
that "there will be FBI material"
in some of the State Department
files the committee gets.
Senator Mccarthy has charged
that the department is infested
with Communists and Red sym
pathizerS, He, has contended all
along that to obtain proof of his
accusations, the committee must
have access to the FBI files as
we'll as State Department records.
Mccarthy to Speak Tomorrow.
Senator Mccarthy told a re-
porter I'm going to hold my fire"
until tomorrow night when he is
scheduled to address a convention
of young Republicans in Chicago.
He said the speech will be aired
on a Nationwide radio network.
1t was learned that he intends
to blast the administration for not
making the FBI files available
too, and for conf1ning access to
State Department records to the
81 cases he outlined in a Senate
speech February 20.
Mr.. Truman refused in March
to turn over any loyalty files on
the ground it would cripple the
FBI, smear innocent people and
wreck the Federal loyalty pro-
gram. He took that position on
advice of FBI Chief j. Edgar
Hoover and Attorney General
McGrath.
Senator TydingS said the Presi-
dent changed his mind about the
81 State Department files after
learning that those records were
examined 21a years ago by foul
other congressional committees.
On the basis of the earlier in
vestigation. Senator Tydings de-