Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

member Of the Young Communis
League"
Miss Harrison. an economist ii
the Office of the international
Materials Policy Division, vigor.
ouSly denied she is a member oil
the Young Communist League
She acknowledged that 10 years
ago, at the age of 10, she had at
tended half a dozen meetings
of the league while a student al
Vassar College. But she added
that she was not otherwise active
and lust because one is foolish
in her youth. she is not neces-
sarily a security risk" She said
she is confident Il am a good
American.
DANIEL F. NARCOTICS.
Senator Mccarthy described him
as an assistant chief" and a
top security man." although once
under question.
Mr.. MargolieS, an economist in
the Bureau of German Affairs
who lives at 511 Queen street
Alexandria, said: The depart
Iment went through the security
process in hiring me in 1947 and
cleared me at that time. There
is nothing in my background that
lis incompatible with loyal service
ito the United States Govern
Iment."
Others who were merely named
by Senator Mccarthy without
comment included:
JOHN T. FISHBURN.
Mr.. Fishburn, a labor adviser in
the Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, said:
Il am and always have been a
Ifervent' believer in the American
type of democracy and have con-
Isistently and reSolutely opposed
the dictatorial or totalitarian
aspects of any government, in
icluding that of Russia. My
case has been cleared by the De-
Ipartment of State Loyalty Secur-
Iity Board. I shall be glad to
answer any questions.
The only reasons he can find
why he is on Senator McCarthy's
list, said Mr.. Fishburn, are:
l. From about 1889 to 1941 or
1912. l was a member of the
Washington Bookshop. 1 did this
in order to buy books and phono-
graph records on discount. I did
not even know the directors of
the organization or associate with
them in any way.
2. From around 1887 to 1851
I was a member of Consumers
Union. was entirely unaware of
any Communist influence within
this organization. Within the
past month I have been informed
that it is on the subversive list of
the House Committee on I'm
American Activities. Information
available from unquestionably
liberal acquaintance of mine
which have obtained recently
tends to support this listing.
therefore resigned from the or
'ganization on July 10.
3. From 1889 to 1941, I was
a member of the State Depart
ment local of the United Fed
eral Workers of America. Dur
ing part Of this period, was
secretary treasurer of the local
There was no Communist inf1u-
Ience within the local and I am
not aware of the degree of Com
munist influence which there was
in the national at that time. The
local concerned itself largely
with attempts to improve the
working conditions of messengers
and custodial help in the De-
partment of State.
4. I'm 1945 and 1916 I agreed
with the CLIO membership in the
World Federation of Trade Unions.
I did so because I hoped that the
CLIO might influence some of the
.pro-Russian groups in the WITH
to resist completely Moscow DOM
ination and because 1 thought it
was important that Russia should
not be able any longer to claim
that the West refuses to cooper
ate with her, which was a strong
Communist argument in many
countries. I had hoped the CLIO
might be able to lead the demo-
cratic forces in the WITH in the
same fashion that the United
States has led them in the United
Nations"
FRANCES M. TUCHSCHER.
Listed by the Senator as ar
editor writer and in a State De-
partment directory as a project
director in the Division of Contra
Services, Miss Tuchscher said:
II am not a Communist.
never have been a Communist
I am not a fellow traveller anc
have never been a fellow traveller
have never been affiliated with
an organization on the ATTORNEY
Generals list (of un-Americar
ORGANIZATIONS. I am loyal citi
zen. I have always been com.
Ipletely loyal to my country"
VICTOR MYRON HUNT.
Mr.. Hunt said at his Malibl
tCalif) home that 81 haven't thu
Ifaintest idea" what Senator Nc
lCarthy lis talking about"
/ He said he worked on the Voic,
LOT American program until 1874
,land now is listed merely as
|"consultant" and is not on tn
. Government payroll.
NELSON CHIPCHIN.
Mr.. Chipchin, who works il
New York on the Voice of Ameri
ca, said: Il have sworn unde
, oath and am perfectly willing t.
swear again that I have neve
) been a member of any kind o
/ |subversive organization
have Loyalty served in the Unitet
States Army and would be per
+. |fectly willing to serve again. Neve
| by word or deed have I done any
thing to injure the country