Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-03

other knowledge That you may
have pertaining to that two-and-
a-quarter-page letter.
Senator McCarthyFirst let
me make 1t very clear. Mr.. Jen-
kins and Mr.. Chairman. that I
will not under any circum-
stances reveal the source of any
information which I get as
chairman Of the committee. One
Of the reasons why I have been
successful, ! believe, In some ex-
tent, in exposing communism
Is because the people who give
me information from within the
Government know that their
confidence will not be violated.
It viii not be violated today. :.
] want to make 1t very clear that
] want TO notify the people who
give me information that there
Is no way on earth that any.
committee. any force, can get
me to violate the confidence Of
tlOSe people.
This came to me from some
one within the Army
mfr. Welch-Then do we un-
derstand, Senator Mccarthy,
that you did mot get the two
and quarter page document
from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation?
Senator Mccarthy II not
only, Mr.. WEIGH, did not get this
from the FBI, but let me make
1t clear that u"
That sentence, apparently, Mr..
Chairman, is incomplete.
Calls for Ruling.
MIR. WilliamS-May we have
the same ruling on Senator Nc
Carthy's testimony as we had a
moment ago on Mr.. oilers
testimony, that all Of it may be
considered of record here, al
though Mr.. De Furia is reading
only such portions as he has
excepted?
The chairman-You say, all of
his testimony-you mean the en-
tire examination of Senator Nc
Carthy?
Mr.. Williams-All of his teSti-
mony as ! read 1t concerns this
document. And as do not want
to burden
The chairman-You mean all
OF his testimony-pardon fne-so
that get it clear-with respect
to this document?
Mr.. Williarns-YeS. -.
The chairman-We see no OBJ
lection to it. It willtbe consid-
cred as having been read into
the record. and If it Is not all
read by Mr.. De Furia, counsel
for the committee, we will have
1t inserted to indicate the be-
ginning and the end Of it,. will
you do that. please.
Mr.. Williams-Thank you.
Chadwick Takes Over Reading.
Here Mr.. Chadwick took over
the reading chore, and continued:
'Mr. Jenkins. When 1t was de-
livered to you last spring, approx
imately q year ago. which would
be in early May. 1853. were you
then advised. Senator. that it was
not a copy Of an-an exact copy
-of the 15-page document In the
files Of the intelligence depart
ment, but a condensation Of it.
as we would call it? That Is,
what information did you receive
at that time with respect to this
two and one-fourth-page docu-
lnent in relation to q 15-page
document, If you had any such
information?
Senator Mccarthy. May I
say, Mr.. jenkins. as I recall, I
discussed with the officer who
delivered this the fact that the
document itself shows that there
has been deleted security infor-
nation. That win appear on
page 2" -
Mr.. Chadwick moved on to
page 1853:
Senator Mcclellan. just one
question. Did I understand you
to say this document was de-
livered to you as chairman Of
the committee?
Senator Mccarthy. ! was
chairman. In what capacity it
was being delivered I don't
know. I was chairman Of the
committee.
Senator Mcclellan. I ask
you now, do you regard it as
a committee document or as q
personal document? What is it?
Senator Mccarthy. It Is
available to the committee"
Question by Dirksen.
Then from pages 1853 and
1854:
Senator Dirksen. Senator
Mccarthy, is 1t unusual or ex-
traordinary for confidential doc
uments of this nature to come
to you either as chairman Of
the Senate Permanent Investi-
eating Committee or as an in
dividual Senator?
Senator Mccarthy. It is q
daily and a nightly occurrence
for me to receive information
from people in Government in
regard to Communist infiltra-
ton"
Senator jackson. Was it de-
livered to you personally or to
any one Of the staff initially?
Senator Mccarthy. There may
have been some member Of the
staff present: I don't know. The
letter came into my possession
personally.
Senator jackson. You do not
know whether your informant
gave it to you directly or men,
Der of the staff received it first
and then gave it to you?
Senator Mccarthy. ] am rea-
sonably certain. Scoop. that this
was handed to me personally.
Keep in mind that I talk to so
many people every day that !
1 met cannot reynenofar who