Evening star., 1953-03-05
Mccarthy Accused
Of Loading Questions
In Probe Of Voice
By Cecil HoIIond

Reed Harris. deputy admins
traitor of the State Departments
Overseas Information Program,
and Senator Mccarthy, Republi-
can, of Wisconsin, again tangled
angrily at a Senate hearing to-
day on the Voice of America
program.
Mr.. Harris accused Senator
Mccarthy of asking improper
questions loaded with implica-
tons"
Senator Mccarthy, in turn, re-
piled that the committee has
been waiting three days for Mr..
Harris ito give us some evi-
dence" that he had changed and
no longer holds the radical views
he expressed in a book written
20 years ago. The Wisconsin
Republican said Mr.. Harris had
been spending his time con-
demning the Senate subcom-
mittee investigating the Voice
program.
Mr.. Harris took the witness
chair in televised hearing with
the promise of Senator Nc
Carthy that he would be given
sufficient time to reply before
the television audience to the
testimony of three previous wit
neSSeS.
DisavOwS Views in Book.
Mr.. Harris repeated that he
had completely disavowed the
radical views he had expressed
in his book, King Football" ,"
and added:
1--WE never been a Communist.
never wanted to be one, and
never will be one"
He went on to say that he had
been cleared by all the investi-
gative agencies of the Govern
ment. Senator Mccarthy inter-
rupted Mr.. Harris at that point
to say:
william Remington also was
cleared"
Mr.. Harris angrily replied:
THAT is a fantastic thing to
do. He has no connection with
this case"
The exchange was in reference
to Remington, former Commerce
Department official recently con-
victed of perjury in denying he
was ever-a member of the Com
munist Party.
Other Witnesses Heard.
Before Mr.. Harris was recalled,
the Senate subcommittee heard
this testimony:
/. Alexander .Barrnine, chief
Of the Voices Russian Branch.
disputed Mr.. Harris previous
testimony that he ordered Soviet
anti-semetic actions played up
in international broadcaStS. Mr..
Barmine said that on the con-
trary Voice" officials were
directed to play this down.
2. Mr.. Barmine, a former gen.
eral in the Soviet military intel
ligence who renounced COM
munism, described directives
from Washington on Voice"
policies as often Weasel-worded
and saying don't DO this and
don't do that. s
3. Mr.. Barlnine also testified
that the Washington headquar-
ters of the international infor-
nation program last fall turned
down his recommendation to
use in broadcasts beamed to
Russia the diSSension and trouble
that might result in the event of
Stains death. With Stain now
gravely i'll. Mr.. Barmine saH
the ban was still in effect.
4. Donald Henderson, left-wing
labor leader, refused to tell the
subcommittee whether he was a
Communist while teaching at
Columbia at the same time Mr..
Harris was student there. It
has been brought out previously
that Mr.. Harris spoke at a pub
lie meeting protesting the dis
missal of Henderson as a pro-
feSSor.
Henderson also refused on
grounds of possible self-incrim-
ination to say whether he knew
Mr.. Harris as a Communist while
at Columbia or how close a
friend he was. He added, how
ever, that as he understood the
Fifth Amendment it was a pro-
lection for him and not an accu-
sation against any one.
Mr.. Harris bitterly assailed
such questioning of Mr.. Hender-
son when he took the witness
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