Evening star., 1953-06-25
Mccarthy Schedules
Still More HEARINGS
On Banned Authors
By Cecil Holland

Senator McCarthy's campaign
to have removed from the State
Departments overseas libraries
books having any Communist
taint will be given renewed
emphasis in hearings scheduled
tentatively for early next week.
The Wisconsin Republican. in
no way disturbed by being
tagged in some quarters as a
'book- burner" said today that
more than a dozen authors whose
books have been used in the Ii
brary program are being lined
up as witnesses.
The public hearing has been
set for Tuesday after a closed
session with the witnesses on
Monday.
Some SubpOenaS Not Served.
The list of witnesses was not
revealed. The subcommittee
staff explained that some of the
subpoenas for the authors have
not been served. The public
hearing, it was said, will bring
out the extent to which books
by Communist and left-wing
authors have been used in the
library program as a part Of the
State Departments international
information undertaking.
The whole information pro-
gram, including the Voice Of
America. the broadcasting phase.
has been under unremitting
scrutiny for several months by
the Senate Investigations sub
committee headed by Senator
Mccarthy.
The next weeks hearings on
the authors will be held against
the backdrop of Senator Nc
Carthy's resentment over re-
ports that State Department di-
receives covering the removal OF
books from the overseas libraries
have resulted in the banning OF
some considered to be definitely
anti Communist.
Report Due Soon.
The hearing will be a prelude
to the subcommittee efforts to
wind up another phase of its in
vestigation of the international
information program. Senator
Mccarthy said his staff is work.
ing on a report on the use OF
books by Communist authors
and sympathizers in the library
program. It is expected the re-
port will be released next week.
Senator Mccarthy indicated
that no further hearings are
planned on the Voice OF America.
He indicated he was satisfied
with the announced intention OF
DR.. Robert johnson. the new
head of the international pro-
gram, with regard to the broad
cast undertaking.
In connection with the Voice,
Senator Mccarthy lightly dis
missed reports that part OF the
subcommittee record covering
the Voice hearings had been
altered without any public notice.
Creech Testimony Involved.
The record involved testimony
by Donald R. Creech. assistant
chief of the domestic transmits
sion division of the Voice. who
told the subcommittee in public
hearings in February that
mobile unit for the Voice had
cost more than 100000 and had
been used only twice.
Mr.. Creech's testimony received
wide publicity at the time. The
published text of the hearing re-
vealed that Mr.. Creech had
revised his testimony and said
that the unit had cost only about
Sal, 900.
Senator Mccarthy said that it
was "a normal procedure for
testimony to be revised if a wit
ness desired to do so. In such
cases, he insisted. questioning on
the point that was revised also
would be made to conform to the
revised statement by the witness.
Probe of Lawyers Studied.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed
the Senator is discussing with
some American Bar Association
leaders whether there is needed
an investigation of Communist
lawyers practicing before Gov
ernment agencies and in the
Federal courts"
Senator Mccarthy emphasized
he plans no steps to start such
an inquiry unless. 1--WE get for
NAL request from the bar associ-
alton with assurance of its COM
plete cooperation" If such a
request is forthcoming, the Sen
ator added, the subcommittee
then would be asked to decide
whether to undertake the in
quiry
Senator Mccarthy declined to
name the bar association officials
with whom he has discussed the
matter But he said some of them
believe that a Communist law
yer cannot honestly and prop
erly represent a client when he
has a higher and overriding al
legiance to the Communist
Party"
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