Evening star., 1950-03-26


ing in his community when
charged with pro- Communist lean
ings was told yesterday by Haldore
Hanson, chief of a technical staff
working in the State Department
on the Point Four program for
aiding backward areas of the
world.
Mr.. Hanson wrote of his expert
ence to Chairman Tydings of a
Senate Foreign Relations subcom-
mittee investigating charges by
Senator Mccarthy, Republican, of
Wisconsin. Senator Tydings re-
leased the letter to reporters last
night.
Mr.. Hanson lives here at 1888
T'hirty-seventh street NV. dur
ing the winter and at his farm in
Loudoun County, IL miles south
of Leesburg, the remainder of the
year.
Text of his letter follows:
March "a, 1850.
Dear Senator Tydings:
On March 13 Senator Mccarthy
in sworn testimony before your
subcommittee accused me of hav-
ing "pro-Communist proclivities
and of being "a man with a mis-
sion to Communize the world"
Immediately afterward, both at
a press conference and in two
radio broadcasts. I fatty denied
these irresponsible charges. I
pointed out that Senator McCar-
thy's charges were based solely on
my public writings in China
twelve years ago and that he had
withheld from your committee and
the American public the fol-
lowing facts which are public
knowledge: First. that my assign
ment to cover the Chinese Com
munists was as a correspondent
for the Associated Press in 1898;
second, that the Chinese Com
munist armies were then under
Chang Kai-Shek's Supreme Com.
mand and were resisting the jap
anese invasion; third, that the
work of the Chinese guerrillas was
one of the great news stories of
1898, and I wrote the story as I
saw it. There is no mystery about
any of my writings and I shall be
glad to discuss them.
On the day that Senator Nc
Carthy mentioned my name, I
made known to my superiors in
the Department of State that I
desired the opportunity to appear
before your committee and pub
licly defend myself against these
charges and to answer any ques-
tions that members of the COM
mittee might have concerning me.
I knew that an examination of
my record by your committee
could quickly establish the COM
plete falsity of Senator Nc
Carthy's accusations. For the rec
ord. submit that I was the sub
ject of a favorable investigation
by the Department of State at
the time of my appointment in
1912. In 1947 as a result of ire
sponsible statements by Repre-
sentative Busbey of Illinois, I was
investigated by the Department
with favorable results. After the
inception of the Presidents loyal
ty Program I was processed under
the government-wide investiga-
tion by the FBI which was COM
pleted in 1948. In these investiga-
tions my activities in China, as
well as in the United States, were
covered and my writings were re-
viewed. On the basis of this in
vestigation I was again given a
complete loyalty and security
clearance by the Department of
State. no -.
In view of these circumstances
I expected that I would be quickly
vindicated by your committee,
ana that the SlurS upon my de-
votion to the United States would
be removed by your official action.
However, during the short time
which has since elapsed, I am
shocked to find that. as a direct
result of Senator McCarthy's un-
true accusations and insinuations.
my family and I have been sub
jected to a series of humiliating
incidents. Each OF these incidents
is probably trivial in itself, but
shows what a chain reaction such
irresponsible charges can have
and, I fear, will continue to have.
For example, a man who feeds
cattle on my farm in Virginia
has been asked why he continues
to work with that Communist.
One neiohhoripc farrner heooy,