Evening star., 1950-04-21
Mccarthy Questions
Fitness of Marshall
And Acheson for Job

Gen. George G. Marshall was
completely unified" to head the
State Department, and Secretary
of State Acheson is "incompe-
tent" in the opinion of Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, Of Wis
eonsin.
The Senator gave those judg-
ments in replying to questions.
after a speech before the Ameri-
can Society of Newspaper Editors
last night in the Hotel Statler.
He denied he ever accused Mr..
Acheson of being a Communist
"or anything of the kind" But
he added that "the best you can
say about him Is that he is in
competent"
Nothing Short Of Crime.
An ASNE member, in the ques-
ton and answer period, wanted
to know why the Senator centered
all his fire on Secretary Acheson.
The editor asked why he never
mentioned Gen. Marshall, who
was Secretary while the Depart
ment supposedly harbored Com
munists and fellow travellers.
ITO take a great general and
put him in a diplomatic post for
which he is completely untitled,
and put him in charge of the Lat
timores and the John Services,
was nothing short of crime" the
Wisconsin Senator answered. !
Much of Senator sMccarthy's
prepared speech renewed his
charges against Owen baltimore,
Far Eastern affairs expert. He
told the editors that, as result
of his charges against Mr.. Latti-
mon and others he accuses of
Communist activities or Sympa-
thies, he himself automatically
became a revolving S. o. B."
II knew it would be thus, that
viliflcation, smear and falsehoods
would follow, peddled by the Reds,
their minions and the egg-sucking
phony liberals who litter Wash
ington and clutter American
thinking. Some of them write
columns for your newspapers" he
declared.
Snow Talks on Security.
After Senator Mccarthy had
gone, Don Nicholson. security divi-
sion chief at the State Depart
ment, and Brig. Gen. Conrad E.
Snow, chairman of the depart
ments loyalty review board, de-
scribed the security system there.
Although no debate had been
scheduled, Gen. Snow said Sena-
tor McCarthy's statements were
80 full of inaccuracies" that he
felt he had to answer some of
them.
He declared review boards had
a duty. not only to see that Gov
ernment employees are loyal, but
to protect employees against "un-
founded accusations of disloyalty."
While, Senator Mccarthy re-
ceived close attention from the
editors and considerable applause.
he also was asked many pointed
questions.
Replying to one, he denied there
was any connection between his
election hopes or his anti
Communist drive and the $50
called China lobby"
Corpse of China.
His only reference to the Sen
ate committee testimony of Louis
Budenz yesterday was in answer
to question whether he knew
Mr.. baltimore to be a Communist.
He said he personally did not
know but that Mr.. Budenz linked
Mr.. baltimore with Communist
activities.
The corpse of China" he said
in his prepared speech, bears
mute evidence of how valuable
the Lattimores and the Jessups
have been to Russia, and how dis
astrous they have been insofar as
the welfare of this Nation is con-
cerned."
He complained that Mr.. Jessup
was recently cleared for access to
secret atomic data without any
check of his FBI record"
He also attacked President
Truman's refusal to give the Sem
ate committee access to Govern
ment loyalty files.
IF these files proved that Nc
Carthy was liar" he exclaimed,
they would damn we'll be opened
at sunrise tomorrow"
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