Evening star., 1950-02-14
Mccarthy Challenged
To Name Any Reds
In State Department

In S1d1e Depdr1menf
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin, faced a challenge
today to turn over to responsible
officials the names of 81 persons
he charges are card-carrying Com
munist Party members on the
State Department payroll.
Jonh E. Peurifoy, Deputy Un-
dersecretary of State for admins
tration, disclosed yesterday that
he had telegraphed the Senator
eff you have this information
you owe it to your country to in
form the officials responsible.
Mr.. Peurifoy, who has been in
charge of security and other ad-
ministrative matters at the State
Department for three years, said
the Senator's accusations "are
without foundation in fact" so far
as he could learn.
Relies on FBI.
He explained that the depart
ment relies largely on the F'BI for
security checks on it's personnel,
and said II know of no higher au-
thority in the field"
He said that out of 16,O75
checked by the FBI mo employe
has been found disloyal."
Mr.. Peurifoy reported that two
employees were dropped months
ago as security risks" but not
necessarily as disloyal. In addi-
ton. he said, security questions"
were raised about 2O2 employees
who have left the department
since January l, 1947, through
resignation or reduction of force,
without definite security rulings.
He noted that Senator Nc
Carthy has named four persons
as examples of specific cases of
people with Communist connec-
tions."
Says Service Was Cleared.
In rebuttal, Mr.. Peurifoy said
that John S. Service is the only
one. of those named by Senator
Mccarthy who is now employed by
the State Department. Mr.. Service
has been cleared, he said, and his
case has been reviewed twice,
March 1916 and January 18, 1949.
Gustave Duran, the second men
toned. voluntarily resigned"
from the State Department Octo-
ber 4, 1916.
The third. Mrs. Mary Jane
Keeney, resigned June 81, 1916.
Mr.. Peurifoy said DR.. Harlow
Shapley, director of the Harvard
Observatory, never had been a
State Department employe, al
though he served as a member of
the American delegation at
the United Nations Educational
Scientific and Cultural Confer
ence in London in 1945 and to
the International Astronomical
Union in Copenhagen in 1916. At
present, DR.. Shapley is a member
of the National Commission of
UNESCO, and represents the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
Charges "Traitorous Actions"
Senator Mccarthy, in a speech
at Reno. New, Saturday night,
said this country had failed to
grasp its opportunities to become
a world leader after the war "be-
cause of the traitorous actions of
those who have been treated so
well by this Nation"
The Senator added that this
is glaringly true in the State De-
partment," and said, II would like
to cite some specific cases."
He then mentioned Mr.. Service,
Mr.. Duran, Mrs. Keeney and DR..
Shapley, but told an Associated
Press reporter after his speech
that he was not calling any of
the four traitor or Communist.
Instead, the Senator said, he
should have called them specific
cases of people with Communist
connections"
Cites Report From China.
He charged that Mr.. Service,
during wartime duty in China,
sent reports to Washington that
Communism was the only hope
of China"
Mr.. Duran, the Senator charged,
was taken into the State Depart
ment from his job as a lieutenant
colonel in the Communist Inter-
national Brigade" Mr.. Duran
said he was not in the Interna-
tional Brigade, but in the legal
Spanish Republican Army. He
denied that he ever had been a
Communist or Communist SYM
pathizer and said an FBI investi-
cation had cleared him completely.
Senator Mccarthy alleged that
Mrs. Keeney was named in a
House committee report as a
courier for the Communist Party
while working for the Govern
ment." Mrs. Keeney denied this
charge before the committee.
According to the Senator. Dr.
Shapley headed a peace confer
ence branded by President Tru-
man as tool of Russia" DR..
Shapley was chairman of con-
ference in New York last year
sponsored by the National Coun-
Gil of Arts, Sciences and Profess
sions, attended by delegations
from Eastern Europe. DR.. Shap-
ley said Senator McCarthy's
charges were "a complete absurd
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