Evening star., 1951-08-20
Mccarthy Is Declared
Riding Piggy Back
On Disproved Charges


of lying and riding piggy back"
on rehashed. old and completely
disproved charges Of Communist
infiltration in the State Depart
ment, as the department loosed al
double e-barreled blast at critics in
the controversial issues of per-
sonnel loyalty and foreign policy.
The attack on Senator Nc
Carthy, longtime foe Of the de-
partment, came from Deputy
Undersecretary Carl Humelsine.
in charge of the departments
loyalty-security program, who dis
cuSSed the Senator's charges in q
televiSion interview. He said that
they are disrupting the depart
ment's work to some extent, and
added that If he finds any one in
the department feeding informa-
ton to Senator Mccarthy they
will be fired.
The other rebuttal came from
Secretary AcheSon, who de-
nounced as "either entirely in-I
correct or distortions Of the
truth" IL accusations made
against him by 1t. Gov. Goodwin
j. Knight of California. The
criticism ranged from Mr.. Ache
sons handling of FormoSa policy
through State Department secur-
ity questions, to the Alger Hiss
case.
Detailed Answer Asked.
They were formulated by Mr..
Knight, a Republican, after he
had been challenged by John B.
Elliott, Los Angeles civic leader
and Democrat, to back up criti-
cismS Of Mr.. Acheson he made in
a speech at Chico, Calf, April IT.
The Knight complaints were
sent to the State Department by
Mr.. Elliott with a request that
they be answered in detail.
The Humelsine slap at Senator
Mccarthy brought a prompt reply
from the Senator, who said that
If the officials charge of rehash-
ing means that the State Depart
ment employees in question "have
not newly Joined the Communist
Party, he's right. I have sub
mitted cases with long records
of Communist activity, but the
State Department still has refused
to fire them"
He also said that his charges
"are not interfering with the
work Of any honest American" in
the department.
Statement Declared Untrue.
Mr.. Humelsine disclosed that
of $4,000 department employees,
several thousand" have access
to secret papers.
In connection with the depart
ment's loyalty program, he said
300 employees have been under
such suspicion that detailed,
serious" investigations were made,
and Is have been found unfit,
while 1873 quit while under
scrutiny.
This is one of the points on
which Mr.. Humelsine directly
charged Senator Mccarthy with
making a statement that isn't
true" The Senator has contend
ed the departments loyalty board
has never found one of its en-
ployeS unfit for government SER
vice, because of Communist activ-
ity.
The department official was
asked about charges that the State
Department has cleared employees
who would not have been passed
''if the FBI had it's way"
Decisions Up to Department.
Mr.. Humelsine said that
couldn't be true" because the FBI
makes the investigations for the
department in all major cases. In
answer to further queries, howev-
er, he said the FBI doesn't evalu-
ate its reports-the evaluations
and the decisions are made by the
State Department.
Asked how many new leads Sen
ator Mccarthy had given on pos
sible subverSive employees, Mr..
HumelSine replied very few in
deed" He said the Senator has
been picking up old lists of en-
ployes already cleared. He added
that Senator Mccarthy provided
"a couple of new names" but each
of these cases was carefully in
vestigated and the employees were
cleared.
Mr.. Humelsine said it's true
that because of Senator Nc
Carthy's repeated charges, some
employes-even high officials
"are becoming afraid to make
candid reports to the State De-
partment."
He said in some cases, "it de-
pends on circumstances" en-
ployes mentioned by Senator Nc
Carthy and others as possibly sub
versive. who have been cleared,
have access to secret papers.
Aid to Nationalist China.
At one point in the Acheson-
Knight exchange the State De-
partment said approximately $780,
100000 in arms and orcnance has
been given Chang K 2i-shek's Nal
tionaliSt Chinese forces on
Formosa, and $500. o.000. 900 more is
scheduled this year.
In addition. the department.
mentioned a 800 man" United
States military mission on For
mosa assisting in the reorganiza-
ton Of Chiang's forces"
On June "a, Maj. Gen. William
C. Chase head of the mission, said
in Taipeh, Formosa, the United
States group had 1880 members.
Apparently the State Depart
ment information was based on