Evening star., 1950-03-20

considered. Mr.. Root, whose views
about Russian Communism are
certainly a matter of public rec
ord, invited me to go along with
him as his assistant. I am proud
to say that I continued to enjoy
Mr.. Roots confidence and friend
ship until his death in 1887.
In 1880, Mr.. Harry Guggenheim
who had just been appointed by
President Hoover as United Sts. ties
Ambassador to Cuba, invited me
to go to Cuba with him as his
personal legal adviser. I served
with him there for about nine
Sums Up Career Record.
On January 3, 1948, l was ap-
pointed deputy United States rep
resentative on the Interim Com
mittee of the General Assembly
of the United Nations. On April
IA. 1948, my appointment as
United States representative to
the Second Special Session of the
United Nations General Assembly
was confirmed by the United
States Senate. On June /, 1948,
the Senate confirmed my appoint
ment as deputy United States
representative in the United Ma
tions Security Council. On March
l, 1949, my appointments as
United States Ambassador at
Large and also as United States
representative to the Third Regu-
lar Session of the General Assem-
bly, were confirmed by the Senate,
and last September 26 I was again
confirmed by the Senate as a
United States representative to
the Fourth Regular Session of the
General Assembly.
So much for the record of my
career. 1t does not read like the
record of a Communist, a pro-
Communist or a fellow traveller.
At the beginning of my state
ment I said that the insinuations
which had been leveled against
me had the effect of impairing
the confidence of other govern
ments in the United States and
it's representatives. I made that
statement because it would be
impossible to reconcile the &C
tions I have taken both in the
course of my recent trip to Asia
and in the course of the last
two years with the Department
of State with IAN unusual affin-
ity for Communist causes"
shall submit to the committee
for insertion in the record a COL
lection of extracts from state
ments which I have made on the
subject Of communism.
X
believe that I should be
judged not merely by what I have
said, but also by what I have
done.
Among the international matters
with which I have been called on
to deal for the United States are
those of Korea, where the efforts
of the United Nations to unity and
give independence to that country
encountered boycott and obstruc-
ton from the Soviet Union, the
lifting of the Berlin blockade, in
which I had the good fortune to
play a part. the attempts of the
United Nations to preserve the
independence of China and the
disposition of the Italian colonies
in North Africa. Another case
that I might mention is that of
Indonesia, where it has been the
aim of the United States to en-
courage the Indonesian national
government, the government of
which has shown it's ability
effectively to cope with Indonesian
communism.
In these matters, as in others,
the Soviet Union opposed the
settlements supported by the
United States and other members
of the United Nations. I have
defended the position of the
United States and fought the
obstructive tactics of the Soviet
Union and its Communist satel-
lites. 1t is not for me to judge
whether I have done we'll. I do
assert that it cannot be denied
that the record reveals complete
devotion to the interests of the
United States and our way of
life and uncompromising hostility
to international communism and
all that it stands for.
Repeats Denial of Communism.
Although I believe I have made
it clear from what I have already
said, I wish to repeat categorically
and without qualification that I
am not a Communist and never
have been a Communist. I am not
and never have been a Com
munist sympathizer. I have never
knowingly supported or promoted
any movement or organization
which I knew had as it's objective
the furtherance of Communist OBJ
jectives. Although I cannot claim
to have any detailed knowledge of
the process, I Fundamentally sup
port the efforts of those whose
official responsibility it is to see
that Communists or Communist
sympathizers are kept out of our
Government.
Mr.. Chairman, as I have at
tempted conscientiously to review
the record of my activities, have
perhaps been prejudiced by my
own inner. knowledge that Senator
McCarthy's charges and insinua-
tions are utterly false. But I
submit that any sincere person
would have concluded from a re-
view Of the record that it does
not offer the slightest iota of
proof that I have IAN unusual
affinity for Communist causes" I
therefore conclude that Senator