Evening star., 1950-04-06

committee folloDs:
wish to express to you my
appreciation for this opportunity
to reply to the statements about
me which have been made by Sen
ator Joseph Mccarthy of Wiscon-
sin. The Senator has in effect
accused me of disloyalty and
treason.
The technique used by the Sen
ator In making these charges is
apparently typical. He first an
nounced at a press conference
that he had discovered "the TOP
Russian espionage agent in the
United States" At this time he
withheld my name. But later
after the drama of his announce
ment was intensified by delay. he
whispered my name to a group OF
newspapermen, with full knowl.
edge that it would be banded
about by rumor and gossip and
eventually published. say to you
that this was unworthy of Sen
ator or an American.
AS shall show in detail, Nc.
Carthy's charges are untrue. Al
soon as I heard of the substance
of the charges denounced them
for what they were: base and con-
temptible lies. In fact, as I recall
on several occasions I used some
what more colorful words.
Gentlemen, want you to know
that it is most distasteful to me to
use language concerning a United
States Senator which, to say the
least, is disrespectful. To me, the
honor and responsibility of Ameri-
can citizenship carry with them an
obligation to respect the high Of
flee of a member of the United
States Senate. But that office, the
position of United States Senator,
likewise carries with it a respon-
sibility which this man Joseph
Mccarthy has fagrantly violated.
As a citizen who holds no official
position, it is my right and duty
to list these violations which are
illustrated by the Senator's con-
duct in my own case.
He has violated it by impairing
the effectiveness of the United
States Government in it's relations
with its friends and allies, and by
making the Government of the
United States an object of suspi-
cion in the eyes of the anti-Com-
munist world, and undoubtedly
the laughing stock of the Com
munist governments.
Charges Reign of Terror"
He has violated it by instituting
a reign Of terror among officials
and employees in the United States
Government, no one of whom can
be sure of safety from attack by
the machine gun of irresponsi-
BILE publicity in Joseph Nc
Carthy's hands.
He has without authorization
used secret documents obtained
from official Government files.
He has vilif1ed citizens of the
United States and accused them
Of high crime, without giving them
an opportunity to defend them
selves.
He has refused to submit alleged
documentary evidence to a duly
constituted committee of the
Senate.
He has invited disrespect to
himself and his high Office by re-
fusing to live up to his word.
Twice on the floor of the Senate he
stated that any charges that he
made under the cloak Of immun-
ity, he would repeat in another
place so that their falseness could
be tested in a court of the United
States. He said that if he should
fail to do this he would resign. He
has been called to- repeat his
charges so that they could be
tested in a court action. He has
failed to do so. And he has not
resigned.
Gentlemen, I speak to you as a
private citizen. I owe no obliga-
tion to any one except my coun-
try and my conscience. I have
spent my life in the study Of the
problems of the Far East, and,
as an author and journalist, in
writing about those problems as
I saw them. I have written
eleven books, and literally hun
dreds of newspaper and maga-
zine articles. Too few people in
this country have realized the i'm
portance Of the Far East-of
China, Mongolia. Tibet, India,
Pakistan, AfghaniStan. These
areas of the world seem to most
Americans to be merely places in
q travel book. I have been trying
all my life to arouse interest In
this area and to spread knoWl-
edge Of it in this country.
Nation Is Awakening.
Now. suddenly, this Nation is
beginning to awaken to the fact
that the Far East may be a center
of the political crisis in which We
find ourselves. That is a hopeful
development. From this awaken
ing, .public debate is bound to re-
suit; and through public debate
the Nation should be able to evolve
policies toward China and the Fa,
East which we will carry out ir
the same spirit of patriotic non
partisanship which has, until re.
Gently. distinguished our conduct
OF foreign affairs in Europe.
But before this essential public
debate on China policy can take
place, there are some things that
have to be cleared away.
First, it is possible for people
including officials of the United
States Government, to oppose fur.
ther aid to the Nationalist govern.
ment Of China without being dis.
loyal to the United States, or pro.
Communist.
Second, persons. including off.
cials, who opposed further aid tt