Evening star., 1953-11-07
BrowneII's Charges
Spur Demands for
Wider Red Inquiry

Attorney General Brownell's
charges concerning Truman ad-
ministration employment of the
late Harry Dexter White caused
congressional Republicans today
to voice indignation and demand
intensified investigation of Com
munist inf1ltration in the Gov
ernment.
Senator Mccarthy, the Wis
conSin Republican who heads
the Senate Investigations Sub
committee, came up quickly with
this comment:
There is no question but what
Brownell is 100 per cent correct
with regard to Harry Dexter
White. There is no question but
what White placed other espio-
mage agents in key positions in
Government"
1t was Senator Mccarthy who
declared earlier this week that
Republicans would not have suf-
fered their recent election de-
feats if they had talked about
Communists in Government.
Indications that such inveSti-
cations will be stepped up were
seen in a statement by Repre-
sentative Simpson, Republican,
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee. He said the
Eisenhower administration will
urge still more intensive efforts
by Senator Mccarthy and other
congressional groups to uncover
Communist infiltration.
Urges Intensified Hunt.
Despite the diligence of the
new administration" Mr.. Simp-
son stated, Communists still may
be on our payrollS. The hunt
/ for subversives must be pressed
and any disloyal Federal en-
ployes must be called before ap-
propriate committees of the Gov
ernment for investigation. The
case of Harry Dexter White must
be reopened. 1t must be investi-
gated in all its ramifications and
all persons concerned and named
in the FBI report should be sum-
moned for testimony"
Senator Margaret Chase
Smith, Republican, of Maine,
who in the past has criticized
Senator McCarthy's methods,
declared the Brownell revela-
tionS were shocking"
She declared the disclosures
show the urgent need for passage
of a bill she introduced early
this year to outlaw Communists
and make it illegal for them to
hold positions in the Federal
Government. Noting that the
Senate Judiciary Committee has
been waiting since last January
for a Justice Department report
on the bill, she said:
Il hope that Mr.. Brownell is
sufficiently impressed with his
own revelations that he now will
make a favorable report to the
committee on my bill and sup
port and urge it's passage"
Attacks Called Error.
Senator Ellender, Democrat
of Louisiana, called continued
Republican attacks on the Tru-
man administration a mistake
The LouiSianan said attacks
on the Truman administration
may have been all right during
the 1852 campaign, but they
don't matter now"
What the people want now is
action on current problems" said
the Senator. They don't want
merely a continued dragging of
skeletons out of the closet"
New Low, Says MOulder.
+ Representative Moulder, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri, a member of
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities, was among
the first congressional Democrats
to comment Immediately on the
BroWnell charge. He accused
the Republicans of STOPPING to
a new low in politics"
The Republicans" he assert
ed, have nothing to show the
American people insofar as their
own record of accomplishments
is concerned. So they are re-
sorting to the Mccarthy tactics.
Committee Chairman Velde
Republican. of Illinois said the
Brownell disclosure makes it
shameful that steps were not
taken to prosecute White for
perjury" for swearing in 1948
that he was not a Communist.
There has been no question