Evening star., 1953-04-25
Mccarthy Bearded
In His Own Den by
New York NeWsman
By the Associated Press

The feud between Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wiscon-
sin, and New York Post Editor
James A. Wechsler remained red
hot today after they denounced
each other face to face at a
closed hearing.
Mr.. Wechsler, blazing at being
called before Senator McCarthy's
Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee yesterday for closed door
questioning, termed the action
attempted intimidation" be-
cause his newspaper has been
lambasting Senator Mccarthy
editorially. He said he told Sen
ator Mccarthy that "a lot Of
newspapers would resent the
threat"
Senator Mccarthy, pointing
to Mr.. Wechsler's one-time men,
bership in the Young Communist
League, insisted he had called in
the editor mot as a newspaper
man but as an author" whose
books the Government placed in
libraries overseas.
Lewis Biography Cited.
One book specifically men,
toned was a critical biography
of union leader John L. Lewis.
The libraries are operated
throughout the free world as
State Department instruments in
the cold war against Communist
propaganda. The departments
security division said yesterday
that directors of the library pro-
gram are combing over a list of
books to decide which should be
sent abroad.
officials of the division said
that, under this routine proceed
ure set up last February, they
are checking writings by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gov.
Adlai Stevenson, among others.
Senator Jackson, Democrat,
OF Washington, the only other
subcommittee member present at
yesterdays closed hearing, said
he believed Mr.. Wechsler made
a good statement of the position
he has taken against commun-
ism since he left the Young
Communist League"
Not Investigating Press
Senator Jackson said Mr..
Wechsler's testimony seems to
be pretty we'll documented case
of writing articles that are anti
Communist" He added the sub
committee is not investigating
the press and has never been au-
thorized to do so.
Senator Mccarthy said his
questions challenged whether
Mr.. Wechsler's long time op-
position to every head of the
(House) Un-American Activities
Committee" investigating Com
munists was strong support for
the editors claims that he re-
nounced communism in 1887, at
%. He said he did not raise any
question about a series of IT
articles the Post carried last year
aSSailing him.
In a separate meeting with the
same reporters, Mr.. Wechsler
said he told Senator Mccarthy
II would be the first of a long
line of editors who are going to
be called because they refused
to equate McCarthyism with pa
triotism but I said I would
answer because the Post had
nothing to hide" Senator Nc
Carthy said Mr.. Wechsler re-
piled to every question.
Offer Personnel Files.
Meanwhile. Senator Mccarthy
pressed new efforts to get access
to FBI and Civil Service files on
approximately 1900 American
employees of the United Nations
secretariat.
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., Unit
ed States representative to the
United Nations, said he didn't
have them-they were the prop
erty of FBI and Civil Service.
Senator McCarthy's statement
yesterday that his subcommittee
found widespread waste and
Communist propaganda" in the
State Department international