Evening star., 1950-04-05

er such individuals were called IN
for Interrogation if their records
showed they had belonged to nu-
merous Communist-front organ
izations. This apparently was in
reference to Miss Dorothy Kenyon
of New York, a former American
member of a U. N. commission,
who was accused by Senator Nc
Carthy of belonging to % Com
munist-front organizations.
Mr.. Nicholson said this was mot
necessarily done" 1t was mat
ter, he said. of getting the back
ground of the organization, the
tenor of the association at the
time and the extent of the asso-
citation.
In her testimony before the
committee recently Miss Kenyon
denied the Mccarthy charges and
said that she had no knowledge
that any of the organizations she
was accused of belonging to were
communistic or front groups.
Requests "All Information"
Senator Tydings announced
yesterday that the committee, by
letter, had requested Senator
Mccarthy to turn over to it "all
information, documentary and
otherwise" which has a bearing
on the investigation"
Committee members said they
were particularly :. Interested in
what Senator Mccarthy has about
Mr.. baltimore. The Wisconsin
Republican said recently in a Sen
ate speech that he can produce
witnesses who will swear that Mr..
baltimore has been a member of
the Communist Party. Al
Mr.. baltimore, who is scheduled
to testify before the committee at
1920 am. tomorrow, has de-
scribed the charges as IAN un-
mitigated lie" He said they were
made falsely, irresponsibly and
libelously."
Senator Tydings reminded Sen
ator Mccarthy that he had said
in a February 20 Senate speech
which set off the inquiry that he
would be willing, happy and
eager to go before any committee
and give the names and all in
formation available"
Senator Mccarthy, who has
turned over to the FBI documents
in the baltimore case, said in
letter to Senator Tydings:
"It is rather difficult to under
stand the urgency of this request
for further information before
noon today, in view of the fact that
you have done absolutely nothing
with the great wealth of material
turned over to you during the past
five weeks"
He said the contents of letters
and affidavits in the baltimore
case were read into the Congress
sional Record and were available
to the committee.
Wants to Call Witnesses.
He added that he would try
to arrange for the appearance be-
fore the committee of some wit
nesses he said in a recent Senate
speech will support his charges
against Mr.. baltimore. He sug-
gesCed the committee set hear
ing for next week. and hand him
SubpoenaS and he would attempt
to serve them.
Il am sure, however, that they
will object to having their names
made public unless they are
assured they will actually be sub
poenaed to testify" Senator Nc
Carthy wrote. In other words,
they would not be willing to be
badgered and heckled unless the
committee is going to make use
of their testimony"
Yesterday in a letter to Sena-
tor Tydings. the Wisconsin Re-
publican said emphatically he
would not give the committee any
documents that would disclose the
names of persons in the State
Department who have given in
formation.
THE committee, of course, is
aware of the State Departments
announcement that any employe
found giving me information in
regard to Communists, disloyal
individuals, bad security risks,
perverts, ETC.. would lose his job
Senator Mccarthy wrote.
Therefore, no information will
be given the committee which
would be of assistance to the State
Department in locating those loyal
and disturbed employees. No Gov
eminent employe need fear losing
his job because of having given
me information-the type of in
formation, incidentally, to which
the Senate is obviously entitled
under the Constitution. Their
confidence I hold sacred"
Senator Mccarthy told re-
porters he will check with wit
nesses he mentioned, without CIV
ing their names, in a recent
| Senate speech attacking Mr..
baltimore, and seek their permis-