Evening star., 1950-05-11
Peurifoy F|atIy Denie!
Mccarthy Charge Of
Spy Among ENJOYS
By Cecil HoIIond

record today with a firm denial
of Senator McCarthy's recent
charge that an American envoy
is a Soviet agent.
Deputy Undersecretary of State
John Peurifoy said the departIf
ment has no evidence that would
''even remotely substantiate" the
charge.
This brought an immediate re-
joinder from the Wisconsin Re-
publican that he would provide
proof of his charge.
II can do it and I will do it at
the proper time" Senator McCar-
thy said after being informed of
the Peurifoy statement.
Files Study to Be Lengthy.
The exchange occurred as the
Senate Foreign Relations subcom-
mittee investigating the Mccarthy
charges of communism in the State
Department continued its exam
ination of department loyalty files
on 81 persons accused by the Wis
consin Republican of being Com
munists. fellow travellers or Sc
curity risks.
The committee began the inves-
tigation of the files at the White
House yesterday. Chairman Tyd-
ings said the task would require
about two weeks.
The committee examined only
about a half dozen of the files
and planned to return today. Sen
ator Mcmahon. Democrat, of Con-
necticut. member of the commit
tee. said each member, sitting
around big table in the cabinet
room, went over the files individ-
ually and made notes on points of
interest. There was a general dis
cussion. he added, of the more i'm
portant material.
Record Tampering Denied.
Senator Mccarthy outlined the
81 cases in Senate speech Febru-
ary 20. At that time he said the
envoy he has accused was listed
as Case No. 2 and he told the Sen
ate the man had turned over
material to Soviet agents.
Senator Mccarthy also has con-
tended that the envoy'S loyalty
file in the department has been
rif1ed of some material.
Mr.. Peurifoy denied this and
said he was ready to testify under
oath that there has been abso-
lutely no tampering with the files"
The charge also brought
sharp challenge from Senator
Tydings.
Mccarthy Challenged Again.
"All Mccarthy has to do is to
lay the evidence before us to sus-
tain that charge" the Maryland
Senator declared, land we will
put whoever is responsible in Jail.
Otherwise, it is just a lot of hocus-
pocus."
Senator Tydings also challenged
the Wisconsin Republicans state
ment that the department files do
not contain all the information
obtained by the Government in
the loyalty cases.
We've got everything-FBI,
Q. x, Y and everything" Senator
Tydings said. We've got the
whole damn thing. so there will be
no excuse this time"
Raw" Material Wanted.
Senator Mccarthy has said that
the committee should look at the
raw" material in the Federal
Bureau of Investigation files, and
not just reports the FBI supplied
the State Department, to prove
his charges. President Truman
has denied the committee access
to the FBI records except those
contained in the records of the 81
cases in the State Department
files.
The Wisconsin Republican also
raped the committees refusal to
allow its investigators to examine
the files along with the commit
tee members. Senator Lodge, Re-
publican, of Massachusetts,,
committee member, proposed this
and was turned down.
Senator Mccarthy said this de-
cision was part of the whole
picture of trying to cover up-of
keeping out the men who could
tell how badly the files have been
raped"
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