Evening star., 1953-08-19
Data on RothschiId
insufficient for Ban,
Loyalty Aides Say
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rect?" Senator Mccarthy per-
sisted.
Mr.. Hipsley replied that the
printing Office had to keep Mr..
Rothschild on until he refused
to testify before the Senate
committee yesterday, claiming
the Fifth Amendment to the
Constitution.
You developed a spirit on
this man we did not face" Mr..
Hipsley went on. You developed
his refusal to cooperate"
Senator Mccarthy, with some
heat, insisted that his commit
tee had no information the
printing Office did not have,
except that his committee called
the complaining witnesses.
In questioning Mr.. Mellor.
Senator Mccarthy demanded to
know if the GPO had not re-
ceived a letter from the FBI on
September 27, 1851, listing the
names of 40 informants against
Mr.. RothSchild. among them one
who saw him steal secret Govern
ment codes.
Why didn't you call that wit
ness?" Senator Mccarthy asked.
Our board is not an investi-
eating board" Mr.. Mellor said.
I'VE are supposed to call on the
FBI to submit reports"
Failed to Cal1 Witnesses.
The FBI had made a report
listing 40 informants, Senator
Mccarthy said. The report
also listed Mrs. Rothschild as
Communist; it gave the number.
of her Communist Party card;
it mentioned dates of Commu-
mist Party meetings in their
homes; it said Mr.. Rothschild
had stolen secret documents and
code. What more did you need?
Why didn't you call these wit
nesses?"
Only three of them indicated
they would be willing to appear,
MI Mellor said.
1T has not been our custom
to call IL witnesses" he added.
1--WE relied on FBI reports :.
we called Mr.. Rothschild and he
denied these statements under
OATH"
You did call witnesses friend
ly to Mr.. Rothschild, didn't you?"
the Senator pursued. rs that
your custom?"
1T has been the practice"
Mr.. Mellor said
The only witnesses you heard
were witnesses suggested or
brought there by Mr.. Roth
schild?" the Senator asked again.
THAT is true" MI. Mellor re-
piled.
And in 1858, with all this in
formation available, why did you
not submit it to the new security
board created by President
Eisenhower"
eve had no further informa-
tion submitted to us Mr.
Mellor began.
Mccarthy EXplodes.
MAN" Senator Mccarthy ex-
ploded, what more informa-
ton did you need? What more
do you have to have? What
more must you have to go to the
security board? This is the most
fantastic picture 1 have ever
heard. If there is any explana-
ton, we ought to have it. If
there is not-while you're ap-
parently a fine gentleman, and
there's no evidence in your case
of any Communist associations
when you clear a man with all
this information against him l
think you should be promoted
to some other job. don't you?"
ROthschild's Denial.
Mr.. Mellor said he thought
that might be something other
members of the G.. P. O. board
would be better qualified to
speak about than he was.
He insisted again that Mr..
Rothschild denied under oath
that he had stolen any secret
documents, and added, I'm not
certain it was established he had
access to any of this secret ma
terial. 1 don't recall that he
did"
Senator Mccarthy asked Mr..
HipSley if he. did not tell the
committee in closed session last
week that the Loyalty Board
operated under a rule that mere
membership in the Communist
Party was not sufficient to bar
a person from the Government.
Mr.. HipSley said that was true
and he named the late Seth w.
Richardson, former chairman of