Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
|WaIter,McLeod
|AssaiI Corsi at
Probe Hearing
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

until late next week to give Sem
ators his reply to the newest
public attack directed at him by
Representative Walter, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania.
A Senate Judiciary subcom-
mittee. inquiring into the oper-
alton of the refugee program
and the Constitutes feud, de-
cided yesterday it would not cali
the Italian born immigration
expert until it had finished
questioning r. w. Scott Mcleod.
administrator of the Refugee
Relief Act.
Mr.. Mcleod, who will take
the stand when the hearings
resume next Wednesday, testi-
fled for five hours yesterday. He
defended his administration of
the refugee program and charged
Mr.. CorSi with free wheeling.
undermining the morale of his
staff and assuming authority he
didn't have.
Mr.. Walter, who Charged in
February that Mr.. Corsi had had
Communist front connections,
read to the subcommittee a
strictly confidential letter to
Mr.. Dulles in which he urged
the Secretary to dismiss Mr..
Corsi forthwith as q man of
very poor judgment, loose treat
ment of the truth and scornful
of the law
Received No Reply
The letter was dated March IA
and was delivered by messenger.
The Representative said he never
got a reply to it. Mr.. Corsi's job
was terminated on Easter Sum
day, 80 days after he assumed it.
Mr.. Corsi has commended that Mr..
Walters charges led to his
custer, but the State Department
vigorously denied it.
Earlier this week, the Associ-
ated Press quoted MI. Walter
as saying he had never asked Mr..
Dulles to fire Mr.. Corsi and had
never talked to the Secretary
about him.
In his letter to Mr.. Dulles, he
noted that he had challenged Mr..
Corsi for his associations with
highly Objectionable groups and
for his neglect to resign from
such organizations after their
true nature had been made a
matter of public knowledge. !"
(Mr. Corsi has denied the allega-
tions.)
Mr.. Walter further questioned
making the former aide to Gov.
Dewey an adviser ION a law for
which he has expressed con-
tempt"
Mr.. Walter indicated he did
not have strong objections when
he learned MIR. Corsi was COM
ing to the State Department. He
said he facetiously told Mr.. Nc
Leod: Il see where you've got an
assistant. / can't see where a
special pleader can help the ref
ugee program.
: Calls Act Phoney
The chairman of the House
immigration subcommittee also
told the Senator's:
/. The Refugee Relief Act was
"a phony." The section requir-
ing assurances of housing and a
job for an alien spelled slow
ness right from the beginning. +"
The only requirement should be
a guarantee the refugee would
not become a public charge"
2. The troubles with the pro-
gram go beyond the Law to this
more basic question: Whether
people in the United States are
ready to assume the RESPONSE
bility of bringing refugees into
this country in large numbers. -
1t is not the fault of the law if
there are not more assurances.
3. Charges that Mr.. Mcleod
has not administered the law
well are absolutely baseless. Z"
Mr.. Mcleod is doing "a job for
America"
4. If enough assurances are
produced the program for adj
hitting 205,O0O refugees and
relatives of Americans and 1000
orphans by the December 81,
1856. deadline would be realized
Denies Act Is "Phony"
Senator Watkins, Republican,
OF Utah, who helped pilot the
Refugee Relief Act through Con-
gress. today sharply disputed
Mr.. Walters contention that it
is a "phony."
ITO me it's not any phony.'
said Senator Watkins. ut can
work and / think weIl get all
these people over here"
He said he believed the Senate
inquiry would help to educate
the public to the complexities"
of the law and would lead to
amendments improving it.
Mr.. Mcleod devoted about half
his time to detailing the diff
culties in getting the program
under way and the other half
to his troubles "pinning down"
Mr.. Corsi to get him "hitched
up, in harness and on the team"
He told the subcommittee that
he recommended Mr.. Corsi as a
prospective candidate to help
with the refugee program and
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