Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-07
Series Of Clashes
Between Mccarthy
! And Stassen Is Barred
By the Assecioted Press

Testimony released by the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee yesterday disclosed q series
of clashes between Senator Nc
earthly. Republican, of Wiscon-
sin and Harold e. Stassen, chief
of the Foreign Operations Ad-
ministration, over Red trade and
other matters.
At one point in the commit
tees closed hearing, held July
10, MI. StaSsen refused to fur
nish Senator Mccarthy some in
formation because members Of
your staff are not cleared for
, classified information"
Committee members said that
at another point Mr.. Stassen de-
clined to testify further until
Don Surine.. a member of Sena-
tor McCarthy's personal staff,
had left the room. All mention
OF any such incident was struck
from the official record.
Mr.. Surine is one of two Nc
Carthy aides refused clearance
by the Defense Department.
Senator Mccarthy, who in the
past supported Mr.. Stassen in his
unsuccessful bids for the Re
publican Presidential nomination,
told the foreign aid chief that
he inherited a foul situation" in
the FOA but possibly should be
blamed for not acting more rap
idly to clear it up.
Criticizes Pace.
Senator Mccarthy did not spell
out details about the foul stu
alton" he said existed but told
Mr.. Stassen:
II do not blame you for it, you
came in and inherited bad stu
ation-I think if you are to be
blamed, you should be blamed for
not having moved more rapidly.
Senator Mccarthy demanded
that Mr.. -Stassen furnish the ap-
preparations group with list Of
articles the Wisconsin Senator
said American allies were ship
ping to Soviet Russia while Amer
lean businessmen were banned
from sending them.
6 In this connection. Senator
Mccarthy charged that Great
Britain was supplying industrial
diamonds to Soviet-bloc nations
and was sending Russia about
four times what they need for
their domestic use" in rubber.
s. When Senator Mccarthy said
she wanted Mr.. Stassen to testify
about East-West trade before
the Senate Investigations sub
committee, Mr.. Stassen said the,
Hearings could be public since
81 will not be going into CLASH
lied material"
Senator Mccarthy insisted
sthat Mr.. Stassen be sworn, tell
ing his committee colleagues.
This may seem on the surface
p bit insultingi it is not intended
TO be that way" q
- Shifting Charged.
Mr.. StasSen accused Senator
Mccarthy Of shifting" his
questions and Illustrating Mr..
Etassen's testimony.
THAT is not my testimony"
he told Senator Mccarthy at one
point.
"Then I must have misunder-
stood you," Senator Mccarthy
said.
''No, you shifted the question
around, as you always do" Mr..
.Stassen said.
II am not trying to trick you
at ALL" Senator Mccarthy re-
piled.
Later, when Senator McCar-s
thy said he would give Mr..
Stassen an official transcript of
the testimony because I do not
want to trap you into any mis-
statement of fact" Mr.. Stassen
replied:
MAY I assure you you will not
trap me, Senator"
Again and again Senator Nc
. earthly shot at Mr.. Stassen the
question: Are we allowing our
allies to ship materials which
we consider strategic war ma
terialS to Soviet bloc nations?"
THE answer is no." Mr..