Evening star., 1951-06-22
Mccarthy Is Disputed
By State Department
On Jessup and Vincent

Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
Of wisconsin and the State De-
partment were at odds again
today-this time over why the
departments Loyalty and Secu-
rity Board is reviewing the records
of two well-known diplomats.
Senator Mccarthy told the
Senate that loyalty charges have
been fled against AmbasSador-at-
Large Philip C. Tessup and John
Carter Vincent. American diplo-
matte aeeut e. Tangiers. Morocco.
The State Department said no
new charges have been filed
against the two men. The reason
they are included in several
hundred" cases being reviewed is
that they were targets of Nc
Carthy charges last year, a
spokesman said.
Informed of this. Senator Nc
Carthy insisted that the review OF
the Jessuu anr' Vincent cases is
nOG ROUTINE dt d4A.
Tigrt~~od Rules Cited.
Lincoln White @Iate Depart
ment press officer, ex~ ned the
departments action to reporters
only after Senator McCarthy's
Senate speech yesterday.
He recalled that President Tru-
man recently issued an executive
order Tightening the rules in 10y
atty cases-permitting discharge
where there is "a reasonable
doubt as to a persons loyalty"
instead of requiring a finding OF
unreasonable grounds to believe a
person to be disloyal."
AS a result of this. he said,
the department instructed its
Loyalty and Security Board to
reconsider" all cases cleared by
the board since 1947 or still pend
ing before it. He added:
"It was decided that out Of
fairness to the people concerned,
this reconsideration included all
persons whose cases came to the
boards attention because they
had been attacked by Senator
Mccarthy. -s-
Among those cases were Am
bassador Jessup and Mr.. Vim
cent" -
Jessup Now in Paris.
Mr.. Jessup now is in Paris as
Secretary of State Acheson'S
deputp at a meeting with British,
French and Russian representa-
tives which has been prevented
by what MFR. Jessup yesterday
called Russia's stubborn obstruc-
zionist attitdde" from agreeing Oh
an agenda for a Big Four Foreign
Ministers conference.
Senator MeCarthy said he did
not have too much information" "
concerning the basis for charges
against Mr.. Jessup but that in
Mr. Vincent'S case there Is direct
testimony that Mr.. Vincent was a
member of the Communist Party"
Both men were cleared after
Senator Mccarthy hurled his
original charges last year.
Another case coming under the
reconsideration" announced by
the State Department is that OF
often-cleared John Stewart Serv-
ice, foreign service officer accused
by Senator Mccarthy of being pro-
Communist while serving in China
during World War II, 4
Hurley Accuses Service.
Patrick j. Hurley, with whom
Mr.. Service tangled when Mr..
Hurley was Ambassador to China,
told a Senate committee investi-
eating Far East policy yesterday
that a top secret plan for land
ings on the China coast during
the war found it's way mysterious
ly into the hands of the Chinese
Communists.
Mr.. Hurley said that an FBI
recording of conversation be-
tween Mr.. Service and Philip
Jaffe, whom the witness identified
as the Communist editor" of
Amerasia magazine, disclosed that
Mr.. Service had discussed with
Mr.. Jaffe a plan for a landing
in Communist territory.
Mr.. Service has denied discus
sing any military plans with Mr..
Jaffe, saying he did not have
knowledge Of such plans, The
Democratic majority of a Senate
committee which investigated the
Mccarthy charges last year made
a report stating that Mr.. Service
betrayed no military secrets and
that there was no evidence OF