Evening star., 1951-08-12
Red Embassies Funne|inq SPIES
Into America, McCorron Says;
U.S.Aqencies Accused of Loxity
IS Foreign Diplomats
Are Security Risks,
Senator Reports
By Cecil HoIIond

Senator McCarran, Democrat,
of Nevada, said yesterday that
Iron Curtain embassies here have
become "a huge funnel channel
ing spies and saboteurs" into the
United States and charged that
Government agencies are not US
ing their legal powers to drive
these elements from the country
He revealed that unfavorable
security reports hav, been re-
ceived on IS foreign diplomats
now or recently in the United
States. These, he added: include
some Of the leaders in the Com
muniSt conspiracy"
Senator McCarran, chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee,
said the Internal Security law en-
acted last year specifically pro-
vides for the exclusion or deporta-
tion Of aliens dangerous to the
country's security regardless of
whether they are diplomats or
private individuals.
Apparently" he commented,
"the State and Justice Depart
mentS are too timid to use the
power of the Internal Security
Act to drive dangerous elements
from the country
O'Conor Joins Criticism.
He made the statements in
issuing a progress report of a
Judiciary subcommittee investi-
eating subversives and aliens in
the United States. The report was
based on closed hearings held
here and in New York by the
subcommittee headed by Senator
O'Conor, Democrat, of Maryland.
In a separate statement, Sena-
tor O'Conor Joined the criticism
of administrative agencies in ad-
mitting into the United States
undesirable aliens who would be
barred ordinarily by the inni-
grafton laws. He said 1916 visas
had been issued to aliens in dip
lomatic status from Iron Curtain
countries between July, 1947, and
March, 1851, and that no visa
application had been formally
turned down.
THE practice of permitting un-
desirable aliens to enter the back
door is absolutely indefensible, 81
Senator O'Conor declared.
Truman Action Demanded.
The subcommittee report de-
manded that:
/. President Truman issue reg
ulationS in accordance with the
Internal Security Act for the ex-
clusion of diplomats whose admis-
sion into the United States ould
"endanger the public safety
2. The State and Justice De-
partments forthwith inaugurate
a vigorous program of enforce
ment" of provisions of the security
act to exclude and to deport from
the United States undesirable
aliens regardless of their status.
3. The State Department nego-
tiate at one supplemental agree
ment with the United Nations on
the U. N. headquarters site to en-
able the United States to carry
out its authority to control the
entrance of aliens into any terri
tory other than the headquarters
district.
Presidential Neglect Charged.
Senator McCarran said Presi-
dent Truman has neglected to set
up rules and regulations" as
called for by the security act
under which subversives of am
baSsadorial or ministerial rank
can be deported.
This situation" he added,
might be less alarming if au-
thority provided under the United
Nations Headquarters agreement
could be utilized. Under the Head
quarters Site Act, the United
States reserved the right to con-
troll the travel in the United
States of aliens coming to the
United Nations, but the supple
mental agreement under which
the control procedures would be
spelled out has never been ne
gotiated and the aliens are free
to roam wherever they choose"
The subcommittee released tes-
timony in the closed hearings at
(See SUBVERSIVES, Page A-3.)