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on the investigation Of Senator
McCarthy's charges in his weekly
column. Washington Report" tc
Ohio newspapers.
He sharply criticized Mr.. Tru-
man for refusing to give the in
quiry committee access to FBI
files and other confidential Gov
ernment loyalty records. He also
declared:
The pro-Communist influence
in the State Department has been
reflected in a strongly Com
munist policy in the Far Eastern
division (of the Department.. and
a strongly pro-Communist policy
in China which succeeded finally
in delivering China and perhaps
the entire East to communism"
Major Issue Is Communist.
Whether Senator Mccarthy
has legal evidence. whether he has
overstated or understated his case,
is of lesser Importance. The ques-
ton is whether the Communist
influence in the State Department
still exists.
Every member Of the admin
istration ought to be eager to have
that question determined finally
and conclusively. The President
above all, instead of libeling Sem
ator Mccarthy and prejudging the
entire case. should be anxious
if he can do so-to eliminate
any suspicion of treason from his
own departments"
Senator Taft said the President
assumes the innocence of all
the persons accused by Senator
Mccarthy. "just as he called the
attack on Alger Hiss a red her.
ring when the House committee
first brought out the facts"
Taft Charges Laxity on Files.
Hiss. former State Department
official, was convicted on a charge
that he lied when he said he had
not turned over secret Govern
ment documents to a courier for
Russia.
Senator Taft also asserted that
the Democratic majority of the
Senate inquiry committee has
made no real effort to find out
the truth. except to go through
the form of issuing subpoenas >
for the loyalty files. Mr.. Truman
ordered that the subpoenas be
ignored. on the ground that re-
leasing them would smear inno-
cent people. cripple the FBI and
bring about collapse of the 10y
atty program.
The committee, Senator Taft
said. has tended to try Senator
Mccarthy rather than to carry
out the real purpose of the in
vestigation."
He added that Secretary of
State Acheson's refusal Con Mr..
Truman's instructions) to surren.
der State Department files can
only be dictated by fear as to
what they might show"
Mccarthy, Budenz Unacquainted.
After the inquiry committee yes
terday officially unveiled Mr..
Budenz as Senator McCarthy's
mystery witness. Mr.. Budenz told
news conference in Midland,
Mich, that he had been expecting
a subpoena directing him to come
before the group.
In Senate speech March 20,
Senator Mccarthy did not name
Mr.. Budenz. but said his unnamed
witness would testify that he knew
Mr.. baltimore to be a member of
the Communist party.
Mr.. Budenz said yesterday that
he has never seen or talked with
Senator Mccarthy.
Senator Mccarthy later called
that absolutely correct" but
added:
Il have copies Of affidavits
covering what Mr.. Budenz knows
about the baltimore case"
Budenz Silent on Testimony.
Mr.. Budenz refused to answer
any questions as to what his testi-
mony will be.
MY position on testifying," he
said, remains the same as that
of the past five years. That is: r
will testify upon subpoena of any
Government agency making the
request or order on a non partisan
basis.
Il am not interested in how
the discussion of Communism af-
fects partisan politics. To the
contrary. I hope for a strong BIZ
partisan policy of opposition to
Communism"
The subcommittee yesterday
gave Senator Mccarthy until April