Evening star., 1953-07-15
Mccarthy hy-Adn1inistrotion Rift
Widens in Dispute Oyer GA
By Cecil Holland

by NeCH 1olon0
The Eisenhower administra-
ton found itself nearer a break
ing point with Senator Mccarthy
today deSpite-and to a large
extent because of-an effort to
reach an understanding with the
Wisconsin Republican.
The conflict between Senator
Mccarthy and the adminiStra-
ton, simmering for months,
was churned up anew from Sen
ator McCarthy's announced in
tention Of calling employees of
the Governments Super-Secret
Central Intelligence Agency for
questioning before the Senate
Investigations subcommittee.
1t was intensified by a state
ment issued late yesterday by
Senator Mccarthy after an hour
long meeting with Allen w. Dull
les, head of the intelligence
agency.
Mr.. Dulles said he had ap-
proved the statement and Sen
ator Mccarthy called it a "mu-
tual agreement" regarding the
subcommittee efforts to ques-
ton CIA personnel and obtain
information concerning them.
But more confusion than un-
derstanding resulted from the
statement. After early press and
radio reaction had interpreted
the statement as an administra-
tfon surrender to Senator Nc
Carthy, the CIA lifted its usual
curtain of silence to answer
some of the questions raised con-
cerning William Putnam Bundy.
one of its top officials.
Mr.. Bundy has become the
focal point of the conflict. It
is he that Senator Mccarthy
has said he wished to question
on security grounds.
After the meeting with Mr..
Dulles, Senator Mccarthy said
he had deferred the serving Of
a subpoena on Mr.. Bundy. He
said the subcommittee staff and
CIA representatives would con-
fer with a view to working out
a formula whereby the Subcom-
mittee could carry out its proper
investigative functions in pro-
tecting the security of the
United States, without impair
ing in any way the security of
the intelligence agency"
The Mccarthy statement added
that the subcommittee will turn
over to the CIA all the informa-
ton it has regarding Mr.. Bundy.
Thereafter, the statement added.
1.-The agency will re-evaluate Mr..
Bundy'S security status under
(See MCCARTHY, Page A-50
President Eisenhower's new Sc
curity order"
The statement also said that
Mr.. Dulles had assured the sub
committee that there "is no plan
to give Mr.. Bundy duties in ad-
dition to his present assignment" "
Senator Mccarthy said this
meant that as a result of his dis
closures Mr.. Bundy would not
now take over a job the Senator
claimed he had been slated for,
that of liaison man with the
Atomic Energy Commission.
The CIA, after breaking it's Si-
lence, was quick to deny Senator
McCarthy's statement. It said
there was no such job as liaison
with the Atomic Energy Com
mission and no such position Is
contemplated.
IF there was such a job" a
CIA spokesman added, "it would
be of considerable less impor-
tance than the one Mr.. Bundy
now holds"
Mr.. Bundy is now the special
assistant to the deputy director
of intelligence, Robert Amory. In
this capacity, he also serves as
liaison with the Governments S
highest and most secret organiza-
ton, the National Security Coun-
Gil. headed by President Eisen-
hover and composed of key cabi-
net and agency officials.
Statement Upsets CHA.
In the view of CIA officials
there is far more security in
volved in the position Mr.. Bundy
now holds than the one Senator
Mccarthy said he was scheduled
to take in announcing that the
CIA official was to be called for
questioning.
The CIA was obviously seri-
ously upset by the bad public
relations" resulting from the
statement growing out of its
first encounter with Senator
Mccarthy. Mr.. Dulles was re-
ported to have gone to the con-
ference with Senator Mccarthy
under instructions to work out
q satisfactory settlement of the
issue. He was said to have
agreed to the statement without
fully realizing the inferenceS that
were Immediately drawn from it
The statement, in full, was:
To-day, Allen Dulles, Director