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Mcfarland, Democrat, of Arizona
to protest vigorously against what
he called a Senator's use of his
immunity ito smear any indi-
vidual" or become "a character
assassin"
Senator Lehman, Democrat, of
New York, charged that Senator
Mccarthy had given shabby and
dastardly treatment" to Ambas-
sador Phillip c. Jessup, one of the
26 on McCarthy's list.
Mccarthy Urges Decision.
Mr.. Jessup was not Immediately
available for comment but Under
secretary of State Carlisle H
Humelsine issued statement &C
cusing Senator Mccarthy of
smear tactics in making this mis-
leading list of names public"
Senator Mccarthy challenged
this and declared he is anxious
to have the McCarran subcom-
mittee decide the whole issue. :"
All my files are open to the
McCarran committee and I hope
they can get into this in detail, +"
Senator Mccarthy told re-
porter.
At one point in his speech, Sen
ator Mccarthy got a loud round
of applause from galleries-a
violation of Senate rules-by say
ing he hoped that if the Demo-
. Gratis win the next election it will
be with the McCarran type of
Democrat" instead of some who
scream to high heaven and say
you are smearing these poor. in
nocent people"
IA Cleared Previously.
Mr.. Humelsine, who handles
administration in the State De-
partment, said Senator McCar-
thy's list included two persons
who do not work at the depart
ment, IA who had been cleared
by the departments loyalty
board and Is cases still under re-
view.
The State Department official
added a hope that men and
women who may have been
cleared realize that they have be-
come the victims of a bitter at
tack not subscribed to by respon-
sible citizens.
THE onus for this action rests
upon Senator Mccarthy alone"
he added.
The State Department also
traced Senator McCarthy's record
of accusations from February,
1850, until the present.
1t said Senator Mccarthy first
claimed there were 205 Commu-
mist Party members working at the
State Department whom Secre-
tary AcheSon knew about.
1t said Senator Mccarthy later
changed this number to 81, then
81. Most recently Senator Nc
earthly mentioned 90 persons not
as card-carrying Communists, as
he first claimed. but as those with
security charges against them, the
State Department commended.
Then there was another throw
of the dice in this game,' it said.
Even this was not correct. The
last throw produced only 26.
AL of these were taken from
the same list and an idea of the
authenticity can be gained by the
fact that Ambassador Jessup,
strongly Endorsed by Gen. Essen
hover. is still on the list"
Quote Eisenhower Letter.
The State Department then
cited letter Gen. Eisenhower
wrote to Mr.. Jessup after Senator
Mccarthy first made his charges.
The letter said in part:
mo one who has known you
can for moment question the
depth or sincerity of your devotion
to the principles of AmericaniSm.
Your (Columbia) university asso-
ciates and I are confident that
any impression to the contrary
will be critically dispelled as the
facts become known
If two on his list are no longer
State Department employees, Sem
ator Mccarthy said Mr.. Humel-
sine should name them.
Mr.. Humelsine said a presiden-
tial directive involving loyalty
cases prevented furnishing such
information.
Sees Access to Secrets.
To this the Senator replied:
THE Presidents directive he
mentions does not in any way
require him Humelsine) to give
those who are formally charged
with Communist activities access
to secret material-the type that
Congressman and Senators can't
see."
Senator Mccarthy said he also
is confident that all those on his
list will be cleared because out of
hundreds and hundreds of cases.
the State Department Loyalty
Board has never found a person
unfit for Government service"
AS soon as Senator Mccarthy
concluded his long speech, Sen
ator Mcfarland lectured the Sen
ate on its responsibilities and dig
nifty.
He said that "our enemy, the
Kremlin," would be happy to see
discord and suspicion created
about the Government and its
leaders.
Senator Lehman was forced to
quit talking and take his seat for
violating Senate rules, at one point
in his reply to Senator Mccarthy
Wherry Objects.
Republican Leader Wherry of
Nebraska objected to Senator Leh-
mans comment about shabby