Evening star., 1952-01-16
White House Pressure
In Lloyd Loyalty Case
Charged by Mccarthy

Charged by Mccarthy
Senator Mccarthy. Republican,
Of Wisconsin charged in the Sen
ate yesterday that White House
pressure was put on the Loyalty
Review Board in 1850 while it
was investigating David Demarest
Lloyd, one Of President Truman's
administrative assistants.
Resuming for the first time at
this session mis- criticism of the
handling of Government loyalty
cases, the Senator also charged
that the White House collected
the files relating to Mr.. Lloyd
from the Review Board and from
the Defense Establishment, where
he formerly was employed.
Senator Mccarthy alleged that
these files "haG all disappeared
very conveniently" before Presi-
dent Truman last month pro-
NOTED Mr.. Lloyd to be one of his
administrative assistants at ST.
500 year.
New Attack on Service.
Senator Mccarthy also launched
new attacks yesterday on John S.
Service, former career diplomat,
recently dismissed from the State
Department, and on Philip c..
JesSup, Ambassador -at-large and
American representative to the
current U. N. meeting in Paris.
Mr.. Service appealed to Pres
ident Truman a week ago for an
impartial" review of his dismis-
sal. based on findings of the 10y
atty Review Board. The board
did not find Mr.. Service was dis
loyal, but it held that his fur
nishing of documents on China to
Phillip j. Jaffe, editor of Amerasia
magazine in 1945, raised a "rea-
sonable doubt" about his loyalty.
Senator Mccarthy brought to-
the Senate yesterday confidential
minutes Of the Loyalty Review
Board. parts of which he made
public recently without explaining
how they came into his possess
sion.
On Soviet Payroll.
He read excerpts to the Senate
yesterday and said they showed
that board members had dis
cussed the fact that Service had
been very, very closely associated
with and had lived for a period
of time with an individual who
was on the payroll of the So
Wet government"
Senator Mccarthy said, "The
discussion was whether, in view
OF the fact that Service had for
two years been living with an in
dividual on the payroll of the So
Wet government, the Loyalty Re-
view Board had any power to or
der his discharge"
In this case" he continued,
"the Review Board decided, in|
view of the fact that they were
precluded from examining into
the question of security, that they
could not order his discharge"
Tied to Board Rules.
The matters referred to by Sen
ator Mccarthy yesterday were
not dealt with in the December
decision of the Loyalty Review
Board. which led to his dismissal.
In referring to Mr.. Jessup yes
terday. Senator Mccarthy told
the Senate he has "been assured
by two of the members of the
board that. in the Jessup case,
they were unable to order him
discharged because they were tied
down to the strict loyalty rule,
that it was the general feeling
I should not say the general feel
ing-it was the feeling of the
majority of the board that, i'll
they were allowed to order dis.
charge because of a man being
a bad security risk, Jessup would
have been ordered discharged"
When Mr.. Jessup was nomi-
mated last fall to be an American
representative to the Paris U. N.
meeting, a Foreign Relations sub
committee voted 3 to against
the nomination, and the Senate
adjourned without acting on it.
After adjournment, President Tru-
man gave Mr.. Jessup a recess ap-
pointment, under which he. is at
tending the Paris meeting.
Intervention Charged.
Senator Mccarthy also had at
tackled Mr.. Lloyd in the past, but
yesterday he sought to show White
House Intervention in behalf of
MIR. Lloyd.
Senator Mccarthy said he had
q letter which Seth Richardson,
former chairman Of the Loyalty
Review Board, wrote on July 81,
1850. to Donald Dawson. another
Of Mr.. Truman's White House
aides. The letter indicated Mr..
Dawson had made a telephone
inquiry.
Senator Mccarthy said the let
ter "gives picture of how pres
sure was put on the Loyalty Re-
view Board to clear Lloyd, and
how they refused to call hearing,
after the Loyalty Board had said.
We must have hearing on this
man. and we must file letters
against him."