Evening star., 1951-08-23
Senator Mccarthy
Charges SiIencing
OF U. 5. Employees
By the Assoeiaisd Pres.

By the Associofed Press
President Truman has been ac-
cused by Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin Of for
bidding Federal employees to "give
Congress the truth about Com
muniSts who are in our Govern
ment."
The Senator also charged last
night that Ambassador or-at-Large
Philip c. Jessup was formerly edi-
torial director of a Communist
front publication which he said
received Thousands of dollars of
Communist money"
Mr.. JeSSup, who has denied he
: had any Communist connection,
declined comment on the latest
Mccarthy attack.
Mr.. Truman's weekly news con-
ference scheduled for this AFTER
noon seemed likely forum for
rebuttal if the President wants to
make it so.
Broadcasting over the ABC net
work, Senator Mccarthy said an
incredibly fantastic order" bar
ring Federal employees from teSti-
flying on loyalty matters to Con-
greSs went into effect August 81,
1948-"just II days after the Hiss
case broke"
This was a reference to Alger
Hiss, former State Department Of
fetal, who was convicted of per-
jury for denying he ever passed
Government secrets to a Commu-
mist spy ring.
- Senator Mccarthy said that
when the order went out, "Presi-
dent Truman had just made his
famous statement that the Hiss
case was a red herring and that
those who uncovered Hiss were
seeking publicity and 'endanger-
ing unity" The Senator added:
1.-THE President then says, But
why doesn't Mccarthy produce
the evidence which I, the Presi-
dent. have ordered withheld?'
Quotes Gen. WilIoughby.
"Can any of you think of one
reason on Gods green earth why
Mr.. Truman had issued this or
der :? Is not this order an ad-
mission that they know about and
are trying to protect the Com
muniStS in Government"
Senator Mccarthy said he
brought up the matter of the order
to show "why 1t is so difficult to
produce evidence against Com
munistS and fellow travellers"
He then quoted Maj. Gen.
Charles A. Willoughby, former
Army intelligence chief under Gen.
Macarthur in the Far East, as
having told the Senate Internal
Security subcommittee:
Gas an Army officer I am ex-
pected to observe Army orders and
presidential directives. No in
formation of any sort relating to
an employees loyalty shall be sub
mitted to a congressional COM
mittee."
His Reply to President.
Senator Mccarthy said "thiS
same order prevented Maj. Gen.
Leslie Groves from giving the Un-
American Activities Committee
the facts he knew about atomic
spies" Gen. Groves was head of
the Army's atomic Manhattan
Project" during World War II.
Before going on the air last
night, Senator Mccarthy told
newsmen his 15-minute talk was
in reply to President Truman'S
speech of August IA, in which he
said Mr.. Truman attacked him
for his fight against Communists
in Government.
The Senator had asked the
major radio networks for time
to reply.
In his speech, Mr.. Truman had
sharply criticized Islander mon
gers" and character assasins"
without mentioning names.
Using Same Names.
Senator Mccarthy said the
President had joined in "the
smoke screen Of smear which is
the Communist method Of dis
crediting those Of us who are
engaging in the difficult and un-
pleasant task of digging out the
dangerous undercover Communist
agents in Government"
Mr.. Truman. Senator Mccarthy
continued, had shouted all Of the
same names that have been coined
by the Daily Worker and left wing
elements of the press and
radio"
In his latest blast at Mr.. Jessup,
Senator Mccarthy declared that
Mr.. Jessup was chairman Of the
Pacific Council Of the Institute Of
Pacific Relations, now under in
vestigation by the Senate Internal
Security subcommittee, and that
among % persons on Mr.. Jessup's
staff, 10 have been named under
oath as Communists" three as
espionage agents" and three as
probable Communists.
Senator Mccarthy did not name
any Of these individuals. He chal-
lenged Mr.. Jessup to sue him for
libel II what he said was untrue.