Evening star., 1952-12-03
Grand Jury Assai|s
State Department Role
In Probe Of u. n. Reds
BY the Assoeio'sd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. "a critical
Federal grand jury and the State
Department showed apparent dis
agreement today over just how
much the department is doing to
help ferret out American Reds on
the United Nations headquarters
staff.
The grand jury, in a report
made here yesterday, said the
State Department gave "disloyalI
officials clean bill of health" in
some of "the most fragrant and
obvious cases of disloyalty."
The report also said the State
Department "stymied" the panels
inquiry into the matter. Last night
one of the jury'S members said
there even appeared to be State
Department pressure to have the
report withheld.
The State Department, in al
statement issued last night inI
Washington, said it had no au-
thority over U. N. personnel, but
that it had drawn the attention
of the U. N. TO Americans whom
it believes to oe Communists"
Confidential Files Involved.
In reply to the jury's contention
1t withheld certain names of de-
partment officials who reviewed
and cleared four of the cases, the
department said it Gid so because
questioning would have concerned
confidential files.
The grand jury report was add
ed fuel to the weeks long debate
on the question of suspected
American Communists on the U.
N. staff.
A Senate Internal Security Sub
committee. which has been lnves-
tigating the matter, promptly
made the panels 3.000-word re-
port part Of ITS own record.
Senator O'Conor. Democrat, OF
Maryland, sitting here as a sub
committee of one, said his group
would consider the report in the
light of necessary legislation.
Senator O'Conor took up the
jury's statement just before the
subcommittee adjourned indefi-
nitely its hearings here.
The Federal grand jury'S re-
port. handed up to Judge David N,
Edelstein, said many disloyal
Americans moved from one
United States Government post
to another and finally inf1ltrated
the U. N. as part of definite
planned pattern"
Further Probe Urged.
Making its report on the last
day of its year-and-a-half term,
the grand jury urged that a new
panel be appointed to carry on
its work.
No individuals were named in
the report, which was not an in
dictment.
The report made these allega-
tionS, among others:
/. Many of the jury's witnesses,
among them American employees
of the U. N, refused to answer
questions concerning past or pres
ent Communist Party membership
and in some cases past of present
espionage against the United
States.
2. In some instances "the State
Department did supply adverse re-
ports against a United States cit
izen in the U. N, but the U. N.
failed to take action"
3. The "infiiltration" of Ameri-
cans closely associated with the
international Communist move
ment" into the U. N. appears "to
result from the contrivance of Ger
tain highly placed officials who
have surrounded themselves in each
United States Government agency,
and then in the United Nations.
with personnel who share their
disloyal convictions"
T. The present arrangement be-
tween the United States State
Department and the U. N. toI
exchange information to prevent
U. N. employment of disloyal
Americans has failed miserab!y."
S. The jurors attempts to dis
cover the reason for misleading
evaluations" by the State Depart
ment concerning some y. N. en-
ployes was blocked because the
State Department refused to fur
nish the names of department
personnel responsible for the
faulty evaluations.
Security Code Suggested.
Among its recommendations
the jury suggested that the United
States set up a code of security
rules to which it's citizens must
conform before being permitted to
accept employment with the U. N.
or It's specialized agencies.
In it's statement, the State De-
partment said in part:
THE Department of State is
not in position to instruct the