Evening star., 1953-03-05

ard which is demanded of a
Foreign Service officer of his ex-
perience and responsibility at this
critical time. I do not believe
that he can usefully continue to
serve the United States as a
Foreign Service officer"
Called Home Last Month.
Mr.. Dulles called Mr.. Vincent
home secretly for consultation
last month, talking with him
twice-on February % and last
Sunday. AS a result of these
talks, he said Mr.. Vincent sub
mitted his resignation and appli-
cation for retirement. He added
that he is granting the retire.
ment application effective
March 81.
The Secretary recalled that
for most of the time between
1886 and 1947-covering the
period of the Communist con-
quest of China-Mr. Vincent had
served in key positions" in re-
lation to Chinese and other Far
Eastern matters.
He said Mr.. Vincent's part in
these matters and his associa-
tionS during this time" led him
to conclude that Mr.. Vincent's
employment as a Foreign Service
officer should not be continued. /"
Mr.. Vincent's case has been in
the public eye since 1850 when
Senator Mccarthy made him one
OF the prime targets Of his Com
muniSm-in-G Government charges.
The Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee headed by former
Senator Tydings, Democrat of
Maryland. which investigated
the Mccarthy charges, reported
that the allegations against Mr..
Vincent were absurd" But
Senator Mccarthy did not let
up in his attacks.
The Senate Internal Security
subcommittee, headed then by
Senator McCarran picked UP the
ball in 1851. It produced testi-
mony from Louis Budenz, former
managing editor of the Commu-
mist Daily Worker, that he had
heard in official party circles that
Mr.. Vincent was a Communist.
Accusers Called Liars.
At public hearings before the
McCarran subcommittee early in
1852. Mr.. Vincent swore that
anyone who says he ever was a
Communist is lying" He testi-
fled he never knowingly had any
contact with Communists, except
officials of foreign governments
encountered in the course of his
duties.
Soon after that hearing, the
State Department announced it
had completely cleared" Mr..
Vincent of charges involving his
loyalty and security. The State
Department loyalty clearance
went to the Loyalty Review
Board Of the Civil Service Com
mission for a poSt-audit.
BY a 8 to 2 panel vote, the
review board overruled the de-
partment last December, report
ing: while we are not required
to find Mr.. Vincent guilty of dis
loyalty and we do not do so, his
conduct in office. as clearly in
dicated by the record, forces us
reluctantly to conclude that
there is reasonable doubt as to
his loyalty to the Government of
the United States"
Too Much Studying.
The board said it had noted
Mr.. Vincent's studied praise of
Chinese Communists and equal
ly studied criticism of the Chang
Kai-shek government through
out a period when it was the de-
clared policy Of the Govern
ment Of the United States to sup
port Chang Kai-shek's govern
ment."
It also said it had taken into
account, without expressly ac-
cepting or rejecting it, testi-
mony by Mr.. Budenz that Mr..
Vincent was a Communist and
under Communist discipline. ="
In a similar category were
findings by the McCarran sub
committee that Mr.. Vincent was
one Of those Influential In
bringing about a change in the
United States policy in 1945
favorable to the Chinese Com
munists."
Former President Truman and