Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-15
Loyalty

Loyalty
Continued From First Page.)
State Department, the Commerce
Department and defense agencies.
The Presidents request for an
investigation Of the loyalty pro-
gram came as a climax to de-
velopments during a week in which
1.-THE question of loyalty and secur-
lily on the part of Government
workers came to the forefront as
| it did a year ago in the charges
by Senator Mccarthy. Republican.
of Wisconsin. that the State De-
partment harbored Communists
and fellow travellers.
Two Officials Suspended.
Developments were highlighted
by the State Departments an
nouncement that two top-level
Officials dealing with China policy
John P. Davies. jr., and Oliver
Edmund Club - had been sus-
pended pending the outcome of
security hearings.
The announcement reverber-
ated into a sharp dispute within
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities as Represent
alive Velde, Republican. of Illi-
nois accused Chairman Wood.
Democrat, of Georgia of usilg
Truman ward heller tactics" in
releasing some of the secret tes-
timony of Mr.. Clpbb taken by
/ the committee March IA.
/ Mr.. Velde said the testimony
was taken in a closed session in
which none of the Republican
committee members were giver
Ian opportunity to participate.
The Illinois Republican said
however, the release of the Club
, testimony indicated that Repre-
! sentative Wood has definitely es
Itablished the policy of active op
position to Communist influences
,, in the State Department ant
other executive agencies of tn
Government" He said he con
Cured in such a policy and added
: 81 have the names of witnesse
, who may be called before on
: lcommittee who can substantial
. the truthfulness of the charge
, of Communism and Communis
!, influences in the executive de
partment Of the Government"
To Insist on Complete Probes.
Mr.. Velde said he would insis
7 on the committee shelving mino
inquiries into the lower echelon
2 and would insist on complete in
5 vestigations and hearings in tn
= matter of direct Soviet inf1uenc
in the present and past Democra
tic administrations"
2 Mr.. Velde aSlo said he woult
insist on recalling Mr.. Club TO
> further testimony as well a
Whitaker Chambers, who fur
lnished the committee information
about the State Department Of
, fetal.
: Chairman Wood disclosed Frida
, that Mr.. Club had been under in
vestigation by the House commit
tee and that on March II he wa
, questioned about testimony give
by Mr.. Chambers, one-tine mem
i Der off a Communist spy "appara
r tus" here who helped send Alge
Hiss to prison.
Mr.. Wood said Mr.. Chamber
testified that he once met MI
! Club when the suspended diplo
? mat paid a visit to the New Yorl
' offices of The New Masses, Com
| Imunist magazine. The committe
chairman added that Mr.. Club
!. had denied making the visit an
said that evidence has bee
placed in the hands of the Stat
Department which may serve
CLARITY the variations in the state
Iments" of Mr.. Chambers and M
\ Club.
Involved in 2 Incidents.
The House committee chairma
A also disclosed that Mr.. Club we
! concerned in two incidents invol,
, ing lost passports. In one of tt
81 incidents, Mr. Wood said, M
= Club was the certifying offic,
on an affidavit made by Owe
' baltimore regarding a passpo
# Mr.. baltimore lost at the heas
Il quarters of Teh Wang in Inn,
Mongolia in 1885. Mr.. Wood sa
n Wang was a Communist leader.
vi Mr.. baltimore took issue wit
# this statement yesterday and sa
. Tab Wang was an anti Comm,
! mist.
ri I'm justice to a brave man." M
,e baltimore said, lit should
j. pointed out that Tab Wang Il
the only Mongol armed resistan,
" to the Communists. He was clos
l. lily associated with Chang Ka,
shek. In 1949, according to pre-
Of reports, Tab Wang and about 10
ID 1000 followers were driven into II
a deserts of Western Inner Mongol
re and the inference is that he mu
asI have been eventually killed by tt
c. Communists"
Mr.. Wood also said that NJ
al Club at first told the commit
ag he had never used another nam
On and subsequently said he had us
or another name in an article pu
llished by the Institute Of PACT
he Relations.
&c Last week the Senate's Intern
iSecurity subcommittee. headed