1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 10763 2276. Also, petition of L. D. Glenn, secre­ The message also announced that the . The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. tary, Associated Townsend Clubs of Pinellas House had passed the following bills and LONG], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. . County, St. Petersburg, Fla., requesting pas­ sage of House bills 2135 and 2136, known as joint resolutions, in which it requested TAYLOR], and the Senator from Ken­ the Townsend plan; to the Committee on the concurrence of the Senate: ' tucky [Mr. WITHERS] are absent by leave Ways and Means. H. R. 5137. An act to provide for the ap­ of the Senate. 2277. Also, petition of J. C. Michael and pointment of an additional Federal district Mr. SALTONSTALL. I announce others, Orlando, Fla., requesting passage of ju9.ge for the eastern district of Texas; that the Senator from Washington [Mr. House bills 2135 and 2136, known as the H. R. 7840. An act to provide for the re­ CAIN] , the Senator from Iowa [Mr. HICK­ Townsend plan; to the Committee on Ways fund of certain estate t axes; ENLOOPER], and the Senator from Michi­ and Means. H. R. 9120. An act to amend section 322 (ti) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code; gan [Mr. VANDENBERG] are absent by H.J. Res. 489. Joint resolution to permit leave of the Senate. articles imported from foreign countries for The Senator from Idaho [Mr. DwoR­ SENATE the purpose of exhibition at the Mid­ SHAKJ is absent on official business. Century International Exposition, Inc., New The Senator from California [Mr. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1950 Orleans, La., to be admitted without pay­ KNOWLAND] and the Senator from Wis­ ment of tariff, and for other purposes; and consin [Mr. McCARTHY] are necessarily ecoming due"; on page Mr. WHERRY. Why was that left out June 8, 1950, the Senate passed Senate 15, line 5, strike out "Such credits" and in the first place? bill 1049, a private immigration bill. insert "Each year such credit"; on page Mr. McCARRAN. The Department of The House has amended the bill to make 15, line 7, strike out "assessments" and Justice left it out when it sent the bill provision for the payment of the :re­ insert "assessment"; on page 15, line 8, to us. It was left out by oversight by the quired visa fees and head taxes, which after "July l", insert "and any excess Department. is in accordance with established prece­ credit shall be applied upon the assess­ Mr. WHERRY. Of course, the Senator .dents in this type of case. ment next becoming due"; on page 24, is not referring to a conference report, Accordingly, I move that the Senate line 23, strike out all after "States." over but to two House amendments to a bill ·concur in the amendment of the House to an including "brought." in line 2, page pas[ed by the Senate. Is that correct? to the bill. 25; on page 26, line 24, strike out all after Mr. McCARRAN. T1!at is correct. The motion.was agreed to. "to" over to and including "bank" .in line 9, page 27, and insert "examine any Mr. WHERRY. These amendments, if THOMAS N. EPIPHANIADES AND WANDA 'enacted, will be substantive la~. will they insured bank, any bank making applica­ J. EFIPHANI.hDES tion to become an insured bank, and not? The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the any closed insured bank, whenever in Mr. McCARRAN. Y~s. Senate the amendment of the House of the judgment of the Board of Directors Mr. WHERRY. Let me inquire about Representatives to the bill (S. 1792) for the other amendment made by the HOll;Se an examination of the bank is neces­ the relief of Thomas Nicholas Epipha­ sary"; on page 31, line 18, strike out of Representatives, and the difference niades and Wanda Julia Epiphaniades. between the bill as passed by the Senate "proof of" and insert "admissible to which was on page 1, line 8, after "1948" prove"; on page 33, line 11, after "bank," and the bill as passed by the House. As insert ", upon the payment of the re­ insert "or of any noninsured national I understand, the Senate broadened the quired visa fees and head taxes.'' bank or District bank hereafter closed,"; authority. Mr. McCARRAN . . Mr. Pr~sident, on on page .35, line 15, strike out "and sub­ Mr. McCARRAN. The other substan­ June 8, 1950, the Senate passed Senate ject to withdrawal on demand"; ·on page tive amendment made by the House is to bill s. 1792, a private immigration bill. 45, line 9, strike out all after "the" down strike out section 7 as superfluous, on The House has amended the bill to make to and including "closing" in line 10, the ground that the same subject matter · p·rovision for the payment of the required where it appears the first time, and in­ is adequately covered by Public Law 285, visa fees and head taxes. This is in ac­ sert "Board of Directors deems it neces­ Eighty-first Congress, chapter 535. This cordance with established precedents in sary"; on pag£; 45, line 10, strike out section was left in the bill as it passed this type of case. "such closing" and insert "the closing the Senate, because it was believed that Accordingly, I mova that the Senate of an insured bank"; on page 45, line 13, the section was slightly broader than concur in the amendment of the House strike out "or make deposits in,"; on page · Public Law 285, Eighty-first Congress. to the bill. 45; line 14, stri!re out all after "pre­ The Department of Justice now feels The motion was agreed to. scribe'' down to and including "com­ that the bill should pass with this section TEVFIK KAMIL KUTAY munity" in line i7; on page 45, line 17, deleted. strike out "and deposits"; on page 47, Mr. WHERRY. Can the Senator tell The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the after line 15, insert: us how the Senate version of the bill Senate the amendment of the House of No agreement which tends to diminish or was broader than the House version of Repres-entatives to the bill (S. 2243) for defeat the right, title, or interest of the the bill? the relief of Tevfik Kamil Kutay, which Corporation in any asset acquired by it un­ Mr. McCARRAN. Merely in giving a was on page 2, line 2, after "entry" in­ der this section, either as security for a loan little broader scope, which it is now felt sert ", upon the payment of the required or by purchase, shall be valid against the is unnecessary. visa fee and head tax." Corporation unless such agreement (1) shall Mr. WHERRY. So if the House Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, on be in writing, (2) shall have been executed amendment is adopted, that provision April 19, 1950, the Senate passed S. 2243, by the bank and the person or persons claim· Ing an adverse interest thereunder, includ· will be deleted from the bill; and Public for the relief of one Kutay. This is a Ing the obligor, contemporaneously with Law 285 will govern; and there is to be private immigration bill. The House the acquisition of the asset by the bank, no change in that respect. Is that cor­ has amended the bill to make provision (3) shall have been approved by the board rect? for the payment of the required visa fee of directors of the bank or its loan commit­ Mr. McCARRAN. That is correct. and head tax, which is in accordance tee, which approval shall be reflected in the Mr. WHERRY. t have no objection. with established precedents in this type minutes of said board or committee, and . The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ of case. Accordingly, I move that the (4) shall have been, continuously, from the jection-- Senate concur in the amendment of the time of its execution, an official record of Mr. LANGER. Mr. President, I was House. the bank. · unavoidably detained, and hau to enter Mr. WHERRY. I have no objection. On page 47, line 17, strike out "out of the Chamber late. Let me ask to what The VICE PRESIDENT. The ques­ its capital account."; on page 47, line 18, subject this matter relates. tion is on agreeing to the motion of the strike out "and the Federal Reserve Mr. McCARRAN. It relates to Sen­ Senator from Nevada. banks, respectively,"; on page 47, line 21, ate bill 2864, which passed the Senate, The motion was agreed to. strike out "such" and insert "the Federal 10770 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 21 Reserve"; on page 47, line 22, after "re-· the motion of the Senator from South A-6363849, Friedmann, Ernest. paid," insert "The amount payable here­ Carolina. A-6364940, Friedmann, Alzbeta nee Gottes­ under shall be considered as -Operating The motion was agreed to. mann. costs and expenses of the Corporation in The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. A-2782729, Kuo, Ching Tsiu or Kuo Gin MAYBANK, Mr. ROBERTSON, ' Mr. DOUGLAS, Chiu or Helena Gin Chiu Kuo. determining the net assessment income A-5360109, Linguista, Antonio Luigi. under section 7 (d) of this act."; -on page Mr. TOBEY, and Mr. FLANDERS the con­ A-3361518, Lutschewitz, Anna Marie Eliza­ 52, line 16, strike out "in advertisements ferees on the part of the Senate. beth nee Elfner. relating to deposits."; on page 52, lines 16 LOUIS P. MURPHY - A-7222463, Rinde, Oistein. and 17, strike out "statement," and insert The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the A- 6250408, Tsolainos, Mariongouls T. nee "statement"; on page 52, line 18, after Coumarianos or Mariongoula Vardakas. "poration", insert "in all of its advertise­ Senate a message from the House of Rep­ ments: Provided, That the Board of Di­ resentatives announcing its · disagree­ Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, the rs;ctors may exempt from this require­ ment to the amendment of the Senate to House has amended Senate Concurrent ment advertisements which do not relate the bill

1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 10779· Mr. LODGE. I do not know. I had · names-I promised not to reveal any alty Board, . and letters and memoran­ no connection with that case, and I do names-those conditions made it impos­ dums from persons working in the State not know. sible to have that kind of a follow­ Department. I do not think it is accu­ Mr. TAFT. Mr. President, will the through, If we establish a bipartisan rate to say or to try to create the impres­ Senator yield? trained commission, for which so many sion that those loyalty files were mostly The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the of us voted yesterday, whereby all wit­ the work of the F'BI, because many of Senator from Massachusetts yield to the nesses and persons with pertinent in­ them were not. I am sure the Senator Senator from Ohio? formation could be called, the leads cannot find Mr. J. Edgar Hoover accept­ Mr. LODGE. I yield. could be run down. ing responsibility for the development of Mr. TAFT. I was interested in the Mr. McMAHON. Mr. President, will those files. Senator's example No. 1, a file which the Senator yield? Mr. McMAHON. I wish to point out ccntains conflicting statements about Mr. LODGE. I yield. only that the investigative functions of one of the men who were being investi­ Mr. McMAHON. I assume that the the Government in loyalty matters rests gated by the subcommittee. I assume Senator from Massachusetts-- with the FBI. What was developed in . that those statements were read by the Mr. LODGE. Is the Senator asking the cases is in the State Department Senator from Connecticut as well as by me a question? files. It was after the investigations by the Senator from Massachusetts, since Mr. McMAHON. Yes. I assume the the FBI and their statement of the facts he has stated that he read these files. Senator does not wish to leave any im­ which had been developed, that hearings What I want to ask is this: Here is an plication in the RECORD which might were had before the Loyalty Board of employee whose file showed that two have been raised by the comment of the the State Department. persons said that they had confidence in Senator from Missouri with reference to Mr. LODGE. ·I do not agree with that him. Were those two persons then the way in which the Federal Bureau of statement. There were several cases in called by the committee to ascertain Investigation performs its duties-- the 12 files which I read in which the upon what they based their opinion? Mr. LODGE. That question is not loyalty board held hearings, although Mr. LODGE. Oh, no, no. clear to me. a full FBI field investigation had not yet Mr. TAFT. Was the FBI man who Mr. McMAHON. The insinuation, as been made. I can remember one case. made the investigation called by the I got it, was that the Attorney General I can remember the man's name. I shall committee to testify as to what he found? had general supervision over the Federal not give the name, because I promised Mr. LODGE. No; not at all. Bureau of Investigation, and that, there­ not to give it. Mr. TAFT. It was stated that a Com­ fore, there was a possibility, in fact, a Mr. McMAHON. Will the Senator tell munist who was well known to the FBI probability, that the FBI and the Attor­ me the name-CJff the floor? said that a certain man was a Com­ ney General were in cahoots not to make Mr. LODGE. I shall tell the Senator munist. Was that Communist called a full and complete investigation. The off the floor. There was a loyalty board before the committee to ascertain the Senator does not want to leave any such proceeding, and a full field investigation basis of his opinion that this man was a implication, does he? had not yet been made in May. There Communist? Mr. KEM. Mr. President, will the are many cases in which a field investi­ · Mr. LODGE. No. The conditions un­ Senator yield? gation has only recently been ordered der which we saw the files would have Mr. McMAHON. I am not interested because of these charges. made such a procedure impossible. in the Senator from Missouri; I am in­ Mr. McMAHON. If it is a definite Mr. TAFT. Were those names given terested in the Senator from Massachu­ statement of fact it is one which we can in the files? setts. directly prove. But I wish ·to submit to Mr. LODGE. Yes; but we saw the files Mr. LODGE. I have the floor, and I · the Senator that I think he will find that on a completely confidential basis, so it obtained it for the purpose of rectifying 90 percent of the investigations were or­ would have been impossible to have · inaccuracies which were uttered with dered in the regular course of business, called anyone. reference to myself yesterday. I stated before the junior Senator from Wiscon­ Mr. TAFT. Was not the sole purpose my views concerning the FBI. I have sin, at Wheeling, W. Va., said there were of seeing the files to get leads which the the highest regard for those men, who 205 ·card-carrying Communists in the committee could follow up? are career men, like the men in the Army State Department known to the Secre­ Mr. LODGE. That was what I and the Navy. Obviously the Cabinet tary of State. With that statement I thought, and that has been my conten­ level and the political level stand be­ know the Senator from Massachusetts tion right along. I approached it with tween them. does not agree. a perfectly open mind, because I . had Mr. McMAHON. But the Senator Mr. I.;ODGE. My view about the un­ never done that kind of work before. would agree, would he not, that the job developed and incomplete state of those Allegations were left hanging. The which was given to the Federal Bureau files is not a reflection on anyone par­ common sense thing to do was to send . of Investigation, namely, the investiga­ ticularly. Certainly it is not a reflection for the people, have them appear before tion of these persons, was performed? on the 1',BI. I am sure the FBI will the committee, and ask whether the Mr. LODGE. I would not agree that never accept any responsibility for the statement was true. those people had been investigated by condition of those files. Of that I am lVIr. TAFT. There is a reference to a the Department of Justice before they positive. I admire the FBI, and I do man working in a well-known news­ were given their jobs. not think any criticism I have made paper office who was stated to be a Com­ Mr. McMAHON. I did not ask that here could in any way be inferred as munist. Was he ever called before the question. being directed to the FBI. Nor do I committee? Mr. LODGE. Oh. Pardon me. think I should apologize for having read Mr. LODGE. No. Mr. McMAHON. I asked whether the only 12 files. I think 12 out of 81 is a Mr. TAFT. 'i'he thing which im­ files from the Bureau of Investigation representative cross section. I reached presses me is that the committee was indicated, in the Senator's opinion, that my opinion that the files were in such an trying to find out, presumably, whether the FBI had done what it was ordered to unfinished state as to make it impossible Subject No. 1 was a Communist. How do, namely, to investigate. to reach a conclusion, after I had read could it find out without calling persons Mr. LODGE. The files were not from . six or seven. I then decided I would be and asking them the reasons for their the FBI; they were loyalty files from absolutely sure, and I pulled out files at opinions or views? the State Department. random until I had read 12. I am mor­ Mr. LODGE. I do not think it is pos­ ·Mr. McMAHON. Does not the Senator ally certain that if I had neglected all my sible to say that a thorough and con­ realize that the bulk of the files had been other duties as a United States Senator scientious job could be done unless that sent to the State Department by the and had read all the 81 files, I would not condition were fulfilled. But the condi­ FBI, and there was a report of their have been any wiser than I was after I tions under which we were allowed to investigation? had read 12. · see the files, which were conditions of Mr. LODGE. I think that in those Mr. KEM. Mr. President, will the complete confidence-and we were not files there was some material from· the Senator yield? allow ~d to make any notes and were FBI. There were hearings and proceed­ Mr. LODGE. I yield to the Senator bound in honor not to reveal any ings before the State Departm~nt Loy~ from Missouri. 10780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 21 Mr. KEM. I should like to have the limited investigation ordered in any of Mr. McMAHON. They are all written attention of the Senator from Connecti­ these loyalty cases, because knowing in English. cut. Will the Senator from Massachu­ nothing of the files, knowing nothing of Mr. LODGE. Yes; but there are setts permit me to say, for the informa­ the facts, and not having seen the files, words that have special meanings, as I tion of the Senator from Connecticut. I assume he would not want to leave that have subsequently discovered. that I did not insinuate that the De­ implication. Mr. "McMAHON. That is absurd. partment of _Justice has certain limited Mr. LODGE. I have given my under­ Mr. LODGE. It is what? investigations by the FBI in which the standing of the condition of the files. Mr. McMAHON. It is absurd. hands of the FBI are tied. I state that Mr. McMAHON. I should like to ask Mr. LODGE. I am sorry that the as a fact, as developed by the testimony the Senator about his statement that no Senator from Connecticut should use before the Ferguson committee, which FBI man was present in the Cabinet such unbridled words. I shall not do was charged by the Senate with the re­ room at the White House for consulta­ the same. sponsibility of investigating the failure tion on these files. Does the Senator Mr. McMAHON. I shall when I be­ of the Department of Justice to investi­ recollect the statement mar:Ie by the Sen­ lieve them justified. gate and prosecute the Kansas City vote ator from Connecticut and the assurance Mr. LODGE . . I do not doubt it. frauds. which the Senator from Connecticut There is one thing I should like to do in Perhaps the Senator from Connecticut gave him, that having been the Assist­ this discussion, and that is to keep a does not remember the facts developed ant Attorney General in charge of 'the reasonable tone. I think we should get in the case. In that case, the then At­ Criminal Division of the Department of some of the pus and some of the poison torney General of the United States ad­ Justice and having had occasion to deal out of this thing. If we start throwing vised me officially as a Senator from Mis­ with perhaps thousands of these files, if adjectives at each other, it will not do souri that a full and complete investi­ any hieroglyphics or Egyptian symbols any of us any good. gation of the Kansas City vote fraud were wri tt.en on the files-and I have Mr. MORSE. Mr.· President, will the had been made by the FBI. Later, when seen no such symbols--that perhaps they Senator yield? the Fergbson committee undertook to in­ would be familiar to me and I could en­ Mr. LODGE. I yield. vestigate the matter the Director of the lighten the Senator with regard to them Mr. MORSE. The Senator from Ore­ FBI, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, appeared be­ and that if I could not do so the deputy gon considers one question to have great fore the committee, and it developed Attorney General who has the adminis­ weight in evaluating this entire Mc­ through the testimony of Mr. Hoover trative duti~s under his jurisdiction per­ Carthy issue. The Senator from Massa­ that in certain cases, which were, gener­ haps could answer the Senator's ques­ chusetts may have answered it when ally speaking, cases having political im­ tion? I would like to ask further-- the Senator from Oregon was off the plications, the FBI were not given a free Mr. LODGE. I should like to answer floor. If he did, I am sure he will not hand in making the investigation. In one question at a time. I r.emember object to repeating his answer for the such cases they were permitted to inves­ something like that. Of course I was . enlightenment of the Senator from Ore­ tigate only upon the express permission surprised that the Senator should even gon. and direction of the Department of Jus­ bring it up, because, while I have a great The PRESIDING OFFIC,ER. The tice. In such instances they were di­ liking for the Senator from Connecticut Chair would appreciate it if the Senator rected to make certain limited investi­ and have great confidence in his in­ from Oregon would voice his question gations, that is, to interview ·certain tegrity, and although I also found Mr. a little louder for the benefit of Senators witnesses and report back to the Attor­ Peyton Ford a thoroughly charming who cannot hear the Senator from Ore­ ney General. I may say in passing that man and good American, it was obvious gon. it was unlikely that any of those wit­ to me that no work we could do would Mr. MORSE. In the opinion of the nesses would know anything about the command any confidence if we got opin­ Senator from Massachusetts did the facts which were really relevant to the ions from people who are politically in­ Senator from Wisconsin submit to the investigation. What the Attorney Gen­ volved-the way all Senators ar.e in­ committee any ·evidence which substan­ eral in his letter to me had represented volved in politics-and that the only way tiates any of his charges against a single to be a full and complete investigation an investigation of this kind could com­ one of the persons whom he accused of was in fact a limited investigation, in mand any confidence would be by obtain­ being Communists? which the FBI was directed to interview ing the independent judgment of career Mr. LODGE. As I stated before the certain specified witnesses only and then men in the service of the FBI. That fact Senator from Oregon came into the report back to the Department of Jus­ was so obvious to me then and it is so Chamber, there were only two individual tice. It further developed that when obvious to me today that I am surprised cases which the committee investigated. that limited investigation was made and the Senator from Connecticut does not One was. the Lattimore case, and the the report made to the Department of see it the way I do. other was the Service case. I have al­ Justice, the Attorney General directed Mr. McMAHON. The Senator and I read~1 stated that the charge that Latti­ the FBI to close its files. are talking about quite differ.ent things. more was· Communist was not substan­ I want to say to the Senator from Con­ I thought it was the Senator's conten­ tiated either by the Senator who made necticut that I have told him the facts tion, which he made earlier, that there the charge or by the committee. I also in language which is as clear and as ex­ may be in the files certain symbols and think that the committee's investiga­ plicit as I can make it. So let us have figures of a code nature which he could tion was inadequate and fragmentary. done with any talk about insinuation. not understand. I assume the Senator Mr. MORSE. Will the Senator per­ Those are the facts for anyone who did not want an FBI man present to mit me to repeat my question and point wants the facts. make an adjudication for him. I did it from a slightly different angle? I . Mr. McMAHON. Does the Senator not hear the Senator ask a single ques­ should like to satisfy myself as to the insinuate-- tion of either Mr. Ford or anyone else merits of McCARTHY'S charges and the Mr. LODGE. I should like to say-­ present concerning any statement or any proof he offered in support of them be­ Mr. McMAHON. Will the Senator · symbol in the files which the Senator did fore I reach a final conclusion on this from Massachusetts yield further? not understand. very serious matter. Am I correct in my The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the l\fr. LODGE. I make it clear that Mr. understanding that, so far as the pre­ Senator from Massachusetts yieid to the Ford was not a satisfactory mentor so sentation of evidence to the committee Senator from Connecticut? far as I was concerned, and that I would by the Senator from Wisconsin is con­ Mr. LODGE. I would appreciate it if not accept him as a mentor. I think h.e cerned, he failed to present any evi­ the interruptions could be kept on the is a thoroughly charming man, with dence which supported his accusation basis of questions related to this mat­ whom I should be delighted to spend an of communism against a single person ter. I yield to the Senator from Con­ ·evening socially. However, I did not whom he charged with communism? necticut. think I would be doing the job properly Mr. LODGE. The committee did not Mr. McMAHON. I should like to say by having Mr. Ford in that position. I investigate all the charges. The only to the Senator from Missouri that I ·was not interested merely in hieroglyph­ two· individual cases which were investi­ hope in what he said there was no in­ ·tcs, but in meanings. I was not merely gated were the Lattimore and Service sinuation about there having been any putting the microscope on the files. cases. I have given my statement on 1950 CONGRESSIO.NAL RECORD-SENATE 10781 Lattimore. So far as Service is con­ whether the Senator from Wisconsin had sons which are to me understandable, but cerned, it is my conclusion that the case . an adequate opportunity or not I think it did see a summary. We also were denied the benefit of cross-examination in this case ·was not proved that he was disloyal. is a question the Senator from Oregon conducted by counsel representing the mi­ I think that the evidence with respect might ask him some time. He certainly nority, and the opportunity to question in to the Amerasia case showed him to be had a chance to appear in public. My private Mr. Lattimore, J. Edgar Hoover, and a man who was gullible, indiscreet, and recollection is he was not accorded the those who had presided over the China desk lacking in a sense of the realities of the opportunity, which is usually accorded in the State Department and had been United situation. However, the evidence does Senators, to attend the private sessions States Ambassadors to China during the not show him to be disloyal. of the committee. That is my recollec­ period when it was asserted th:J.t Mr. Latti­ Mr. MORSE. Did the committee tion. more was the "top architect" of United States Mr. MORSE. Did the committee at foreign policy in the Far East. make itself available to the Senator from Whatever conclusion~ are to be announced Wisconsin to submit any and all evidence any time refuse to receive any exhibits, in this case, therefore, must be based both which the Senator from Wisconsin might evidence, or documents which the Sena­ on hearsay evidence and on incomplete in­ have had that would have substantiated tor from Wisconsin at any time offered vestigation, and are inescapably tentative. his charges as to any of those he accused, to the committee for its perusal? This is regrettable both from the standpoint if he had the evidence? Mr. LODGE. I do not recall anything of Mr. Lattimore and from the standpoint Mr. LODGE. The committee did not ·along that line. of the country. investigate any individual case except Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President­ I ask the Senator whether or not he the two I have referred to. The PRESIDING OFFICER elf. Therefore, how can the Senator Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. They report of the full committee? Does not suggest that the resolution has not been . have come before the subcommittee, en­ the conclusion follow irresistibly that the thoroughly complied with? tirely, so far as I know. document is the report of the subcom­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. In answer Mr. DONNELL. I should like to ask, mittee, and that if it is handed out to to what the Senator has said, of course without burdening the Senator with all the public as the report of the Commit­ we all know that the work could ·be done the detail of it, if he will be kind enough tee on Foreign Relations it is .not a cor­ by a subcommittee. There is no question to turn to page 5 of the report, under rect representation to the public? Does about that. The Senator from Florida the heading "Initial phases of the in­ not the Senator agree with that ~tate­ must remember tlut lengthy discussion quiry," and state whether the first sen­ ment? was had on the whole question. tence reads as follows: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. . I am in Mr. PEPPER. I did not hear the Sen­ The first witness to appear before us was accord with the Senator's statement, ator. Senator MCCARTHY. and I thank him for helping to build up Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. The Sen­ I emphasize the word "us." Does the the point I wanted to make in opening ator from Florida used the word "trans­ Senator see that? my statement. In other words, I feared mit" all through the discussion. The Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I see that; it would be a misrepresentation to the understanding was that the report would and obviously it is the subcommittee's public if we did not clear up this vitally be sent to the Senate for whatever it report. important question, namely, "Was the might - b~ worth. It was a~mitted that 1950 CONG.RE.SSIONAL . RECORD-SENATE 10787 no one had read the report except th~ Senate. An authorized agency of the ernment; and in view of the further fact Senator from Maryland. I'do not think Senate, a subcommitte, has made the in­ that the Senator from New Jersey has the Senator from Florida would say that vestigation. told us candidly that if this document he had read the report or that he was Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yielded goes out as a report of the Senate Com­ prepared to pass on the merits of the re­ to the Senator for a question. If he mittee on Foreign Relations. as the new port. · wants to answer his own question in his jacket on the report now indicates, it Mr. PEPPER. I read it as an indi­ own time, I have no objection. will not be an accurate designation; and vidual. No one is claiming that the in­ Mr. PEPPER. I add the words: "Is in view of the fact that he has told us, vestigation was made by the Committee that not so?" · further, that the Senate Committee on on Foreign Relations as a whole commit­ Mr. SMI'rH of New Jersey. The Sen­ Foreign Relations has never authorized· tee. The· investigation was made by a ator has met the technicality. such a report or the issue of suc.h a subcommittee consisting of five members No, it is not so, because the committee jacket, numbered deceptively as "Report of the whole committee, who were named did not pass on the report. Therefore, No. 2108," it seems to me that such a by the chairman of the Committee on to have it printed as a report of the misrepresentation must be a fraud and Foreign Relations. It was the subcom­ · Committee on Foreign Relations is mis­ such a misrepresentation must be a hoax mittee that made the report to the full leading the entire American public. I on the American public. committee, and the full committee sent merely desire to state that, so far as I It occurs to me ·that that is what the the report to the Senate. So I do not am concerned, as one member of the chairman of the subcommittee [Mr. see how anyone can suggest any irreg­ committee, I had not had time to read TYDINGS] had in mind when he was using· ularity. the report when I received it. I was the words "fraud" and "hoax" in con­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. There is called to a meeting of the Foreign Rela­ nection with the problem before us, and no irregularity involved in the subcom­ tions Committee before I had time to I ask the Senator from New Jersey if mittee's making its report to the full read it. It was sent to me the night be­ he does not agree that if we are to main­ committee, even though I did object to fore, and I could not read it because I tain the authority of the United States the report being released to the press be­ was busy. I went to the meeting. It was Senate it is imperative that our docu­ fore anyone had seen it. I was told, that presented in a few words -by the chair- · ments mean what they say and say what the press had it last Friday, and I did not man. I did not sign the report. None of they mean, that if they are reports of see it until Monday, but I will pass that us were asked to sign it. The question committees· they should so indicate? over. I am not objecting to the fact that was raised whether we ought to approve Certainly it is not just or honest or fair the subcommittee made its report to the it or disapprove it. The chairman of the to the Am~rican public to permit a docu­ full committee. I am objecting strenu­ subcommittee said that he did not want ment to go out under the label of the ously to the implication that the full a vote on approving it or disapproving it. Committee on Foreign Relations which committee ever acted on the report, or All he wanted was to transmit it to the the committee's own minutes indicate ever took a vote on it, or did anything Senate, so it could be printed. That is never has been approved, which is a total else except to transmit it. all that came up in the committee at any misrepresentation and not a committee ·. That was brought out throughout the time. Now, to have it printed as the re­ report at all. discussion. The Senator from Mary­ port of the Committee on Foreign Rela­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Presi­ land used the word "transmit.'' He tions is misleading to the American pub­ dent, that is the point of my bringing stated he did not care to have approval lic. It is something that we should not this matter up this afternoon. I did not or disapproval of the report. He merely be doing in the Senate of the United know this jacket had been prepared. I wanted it transmitted to the Senate. It States. · anticipated it, because I had heard some­ is now being printed as a report of the Mr. PEPPER subsequently said: Mr. thing about it, and it seemed to me that whole committee. I want to make it per­ President, a moment ago I stated that it was proper to bring to the attention of fectly clear that I cannot be a party to the vote in the Foreign Relations Com­ the whole Senate what this is, and my this being done, and I do not want my mittee with respect to the report of the desire to make vigorous protest· against name to appear on it as subscribing to subcommittee concerning the loyalty in­ it. its being a report of the Committee on quiry was 11 to O. I inadvertently made Mr. MUNDT. I hope the Senator from Foreign Relations. I object to that be­ an error. The vote was 9 to 2. It was Missouri will carry out his public-service ing done. As a member of the full com­ 11 to 0 to receive the report and dis­ suggestion, as he has indicated he would, mitte I have a right to object. charge the subcommittee. Then the and that he will get the minutes of the Mr. PEPPER and Mr. DONNELL ad­ vote was 9 to 2 to report the report of Senate Foreign Relations Committee and dressed the Chair. the subcommittee to the Senate. make them available to the Senate and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President, will to the public, so that this kind of "hoax" the Senator from Florida. the Senator yield? and this type of "fraud" may not be Mr. DONNELL. Will the Senator-­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to perpetrated on the American public un­ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the Senator from Missouri. . der the authority of the Committee on Senator from New Jersey has yielded to Mr. DONNELL. I understood the Foreign Relations of the United States the Senator from Florida. Senator to say that he objects to this re­ Senate. Mr. PEPPER. Has the chairman of port going out as the report of the Com­ Mr. FLANDERS and Mr. DONNELL the Foreign Relations Committee ever mittee on· Foreign Relations with his addressed the Chair. suggested that the full committee made name attached to it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the the inquiry and that the full committee Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I am. Senator from New Jersey yield; and, if was making any recommendation to the Mr. 'DONNELL. Am I correct in un­ so, to whom? Senate? No one has ever made any such derstanding that the Senator does not Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield first claim. To my knowledge, the matter is consider that this report, No. 2108, is the to the Senator from Vermont. here exactly as .it actually transpired. .report of the Senate Committee on For­ The Senate adopted a resolution. I read Mr. FLANDERS. I desired to ask the eign Relations. Is it not correct that the Senator from New Jersey if he would ask from it again: Senator considers, instead, that it is unanimous consent that he might yield Resolved, That the Senate Committee on merely the report of the subcommittee? Foreign Relations, or any duly authorized only while I made a motion without his Am I correct in my understanding? losing the floor. subcommittee thereof, is authorized and di­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I agree rected to conduct a full and complete study with what the Senator has said. That is Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Does the and investigation- the point I have tried to make. I think Senator desire me to yield so that he The subcommittee named by the full it is vitally important. may make a motion? committee made the investigation, as au­ . Mr. MUNDT. Mr. President, in view Mr. FLANDERS. Yes. thorized to do by the Senate. It. made of the fact that we have had the words Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I will ask the investigation and submitted its re­ "fraud" and "hoax" bandied around the ruling of the Chair as to whether port to the full committee. The full this Chamber in connection with this re­ the Senator from New Jersey can yield committee transmitted the report to the port, and with the allegations that there the floor while the Senator from Ver­ Senate. The report is here before the is Communist infiltration into the Gov- mont makes a motion. 10788 CON_GRESSIONAL RECORD--SENATE JULY 21 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen­ Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, I. sat in Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President, will ator from New Jersey· may not do so the Senate all day yesterday and lis­ the Senator yield for a question? without asking unanimous consent. tened to the discussion which occurred Mr. JENNER. I shall not yield until Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I ask on the floor, and I have heard consider­ I finish my remarks, and then I shall unanimous consent that I may yield the able of the discussion today as to what be glad to yield. floor temporarily while the Senator from took pla~e in the meeting of the Foreign Mr. President, never has the Senate Vermont makes a motion, as he has re­ Relations Committee on Tuesday last. been reduced to such a spectacle as was quested, and that I do not lose tJ:le floor. Unfortunately, I was not present at that presented on this Senate floor yesterday Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, I meeting. I was called by the Senator afternoon. would have to know the nature of the from Nevada [Mr. McCARRAN] to attend Certainly, never before have I ever motio~ Otherwise, I would have to a meeting of the Judiciary Committee. seen a man go to such desperate lengths object. I arrived at my office from Wisconsin to defend his right to be wrong! Mr. FLANDERS. I will make the about 10 o'clock in the morning and at The fact that the Senator from Mary­ motion, so that the Senator-- . 10:10, as ·I recall, I went to the Com­ land saw fit. to attack me personally in ~ Mr. McFARLAND. No; I am not going mittee on the Judiciary committee room his tirade as an accomplice of Stalin is to wait for the motion to be made. and remained there all morning, unin­ relatively unimportant. Mr. . FLANIJERS. I cannot explain formed of proceedings in the Foreign All trained seals have to stoop to pick the motion without making it. Relations Committee. My information up the ball when they drop it, and the Mr. McFARLAND. The Senator may as to what took place in the meeting of . attack of the Senator from Maryland explain it. the Foreign Relations Committee came on me is only an indication of how low The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to me later. As soon as I could, Tuesday lie is willing to stoop to pick up the Senator from New Jersey has asked afternoon, after hearing of the session administr·ation's ball, no matter how unanimous consent to yield for a purpose of the Foreign Relations Committee, I rotten the filth it has rolled through. stated, and the Senator from Arizona did consult with the clerk of the com­ Certainly in this hour of crisis the objects. mittee and was briefed on the subject. personal political future of anyone of Mr. FLANDERS. Then ;I will explain I have since looked at the minutes us, including my own, is utterly insig­ the. nature of the motion. briefly. nificant and I have learned that since a Mr. McFARLAND. Very well. In the motion which was made by the man has to live with his own conscience, . Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield the Senator from Florida · [Mr. PEPPER] in it matters not what even the majority floor. committee the word "transmit" was thinks of him so long as his conscience Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President, with used. However, when the motion was is clear. the consent of the Senator from Ver­ stated by the chairman of the commit­ mont, will the Senator yield to me before For myself, I am far more interested tee the word "report" was used. In the in what my fellow Americans will say of he yields the floor? meanwhile there had been a discussion Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Yes. me 25, 50, 100 years from now than I in committee as to whether or not the am of what they are saying today or may Mr. DONNELL. The Senator from committee would approve the report. say tomorrow. South Dakota expressed the hope that As I recall, from a very brief analysis, the information as to what is in the min­ and from what was told me, it was the , I have also learned when one's per­ utes of the Committee on Foreign Rela­ consensus of those present that there sonal integrity is attacked in the gutter tions be brought in. I desire to assure could be no acceptance or approval of of ward politics, one only covers himself him, and every other Member of the the report until the report had been with another's slime when one joins in Senate that I shall make every effort to studied. the fight on that level. But there is one more thing I have procur~ that information. I shall go in That is about all I know of what went person to the office of the Committee on learned, Mr. President, and that is, when on in the Foreign Relations Committee in such a time of crisis as this, men, in Foreign Relations, and if I am able to meeting. Of course, not being present, obtain the information, as I assume I order to save their own miserable politi­ I personally did not accept or approve cal hides or to cover their own bloody will be, I shall bring it to the floor of the the report, nor could I, if I had been Senate. tracks of blunders and betrayals, drag present without having at least studied the future of America down into the Mr. FLANDERS. Mr. President-­ the record; and, in view of the discus­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield muck and mire of gutter politics, they sion which has been held here by those can count me in because where my coun­ the floor. who constitute the investigatory sub­ Mr. JENNER. Mr. President, I have try is at stake I will get down there and committee, it would appear to me to be wallow around with the worst of them. -asked Mr. Trice to notify the senior very difficult for any one of us to ar­ Senator from Maryland [Mr. TYDINGS] rive at any decision until we had an '!'he Senator from Maryland has now that I intend to reply to his remarks of opportunity to go over the testimony. presented a spectacle which has trans­ yesterday. In other words, it seems to me that those formed the majority of the United States Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. President, will of us here, sitting as we do in the nature Senate into an instrument of mob rule the Senator from Indiana yield? · of a review court, have got to examine with which the masterminds of this ad­ Mr. JENNER. I yield. the evidence and see if the evidence sus­ ministration can ride rough shod over Mr. MAGNUSON. I wish to announce tains the general findings and· if the facts, legitimate evidence, the truth at this time to the Senators present that issue raised by the Senate resolution has itself, the sincere concern of a unani­ as soon as the Senator from Indiana been answered. However, I must say mous minority, and even flout the h as concluded his remarks, or other Sen­ that with three members or four mem­ deepening fears and misgivings of the ators who wish to speak on the matter bers of said subcommittee agreeing in American people who are asked now to now under discussion have concluded relation to certain individuals men­ sacrifice, suffer, and die to cover up the their remarks, I intend to move the con­ tioned, the issue provided by the reso­ bloody tracks of treason. sideration of a piece of emergency legis­ lution still remains unanswered. That By his actions the Senator from Mary­ lation involving the Maritime Service as land has dismissed any doubt I may ever it relates to our war effort. issue is whether or not there are or have have entertained concerning my own Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, will the been any disloyal persons in Govern­ convictions, concerning the kind of an Senator from Indiana yield to me so I ment. America I believe in, and concerning the may make a brief explanation, requiring I shall have something to say later, kind of constitutional government and about 2 minutes? · but I believe in view of the general dis­ way of life I want to preserve to the Mr. JENNER. Mr. President, I yield cussion here as to whether or not this future. to the Senator from Wisconsin on the is the report of the Senate Foreign Rela­ The Senator from Maryland has condition that I do not lose the floor. tions Committee, it is important that I charged that the position I hold faith­ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there at least express my own views on the fully reflects the Communist Party line; objection to the Senator from Indiana. report. The intent seems plain. The and he would have the American people yielding to the Senator from Wiscon­ Senate Foreign Relations Committee believe that he has been defending and sin without losing the floor? The Chair meant to transmit the report but not ap- continues to def end America's m9st vital hears none, and it is so ordered.. pr6ve the same. -- interests, principles, and security. 1950 . ·CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 10789 Well, Mr. President, I just cannot let Mr. President, 5 days before the Ko- · to be political and family circles which this challenge go unanswered. . rean war, Mr. Truman said, "We are have been pulling the strings of Ameri­ The Senator from Maryland has pre­ nearer peace than at any time in the can foreign policy behind the scenes. sented and defended a position and a last 5 years." The political circle of which he has thesis which proves we are poles apart, Mr. President, let us see about that. been a member is responsible for the at opposite extremes. The issue he has Let us look at the record and see who is recognition of Russia by these United raised is this: Who has been playing the following the Communist line. States and is the originator of the Communist Party line, the Senator from Let us see whether the position the vicious, treasonable propaganda that Maryland or the Senator from Indiana? Senator from Maryland has held dur­ Russia was a God-fearing, law-abiding Let us examine the record and see. ing the last 18 years has advanced the nation, dedicated to the sacredness of I know of no· better way of bringing cause of peace or has helped to stop the human personalities and committed to this issue to a head than by putting the march of communism. the cause of peace. facts on the table, naming names, citing Mr. President, the Senator from Mary­ As a member of the Foreign Relations chapter and verse. land should know, for one thing he can­ Committee, the Senator from Maryland I am sure the Senator from Maryland not plead is ignorance of what has taken would have us believe that the out­ is far too clever to expect anyone to be place. rageous secret agreements during and fooled by his :flattery of my importance Of all the men in public office in since the war, have advanced the c&.w;e or infiuence in the United States Senate. America today, the Senator from Mary­ of peace and America's vital interests I am only a freshman Senator who land is the one man who knows just and security. He would even have us has served 3 % years in this body. I am what has happened during the past 18 believe that those who were a party to a member of the Judiciary Committee years. He has been on the ground :floor · those suicidal agreements were patriotic and the Committee on Rules and Ad­ since 1933, in the formulation of the and loyal Americans, while those of us, ministration. Mor·e often than not, Mr. most crucial policies in American his­ such as the junior Senator from Indiana, President, I have stood with a small mi­ tory. It is he who holds the dubious who have condemned those secret sell­ nority within the minority party. distinction of having first recommended outs as treasonable, are supposed to be What is the position that I have con­ Dean Acheson for service in the Gov­ playing the Russian line. sistently def ended? I believe that the ernment; and from that time to this, It certainly is not difficult to call the eruption of war in Korea is the- final the Senator from Maryland has been hand of the Senator from Mary!and, for , proof that this administration's pro­ ''in the know." the cards he is hiding are so red with the Soviet propagandists, both at home and Of course, Mr. President, we almost blood of treachery. abroad, have been leading the American had a disc jockey in the Senate yester­ The following facts will prove that the people, for the past 18 years, from one day, but if the disc jockey ever comes Senator from Maryland is asking the lie to another, from one sell-out to an­ into being and ever passes out cards, American people to believe that anyone other, from one catastrophe to another. I shall wish to know the color of the who seeks to correct these criminal be­ and from one war to another, behind cards of admission to the pa_rty, and I trayals or to expose their perpetrators in false slogans, false panaceas, false pro­ hope the disc jockey, if we ever have our midst is following the Communist grams, and false promises. one in the Senate will, when he thinks line. I have consistently sought to restore of the fact that he is the one who has The Senator from Maryland certainly ·traditional American principles to our been responsible for bringing Dean Ache­ has a low opinion of the native intelli­ foreign policies, to repudiate the be­ son into the Government, add to his gence of the American people, Mr. Presi­ trayals of the past, and to guarantee repertoire the song, 0, I've Gotta Wash dent; for although this administra­ against their repetition in the future. That Man Right Out of My Hair. tion's propagandists have thus far I have consistently opposed the [Laughter.] · succeeded in hiding the staggering squandering of American resources and Yes, Mr. President, the Senator from extent of America's sell-out to Stalin manpower down the rat holes of Europe Maryland .has been consulted on the that has been engineered by our and Asia, in a determined effort to do basic policies which have been formu­ own so-called statesmen, truth will not everything within my power to keep lated; he has helped formulate the over­ remain forever on the scaffold and false­ America sound, strong, and free. all strategy; he has lent his weight, his hood forever on the throne. As the Senator from Virginia [Mr. support, his prestige, and his power to Can it be that the Senator from Mary­ BYRD] said recently in the Senate-and the furtherance of these same policies. land does not know that at Tehran, by I suppose he will be called a Communist. If the truth were known, the Senator the single stroke of a pen, an American too, following the line-when will we from Maryland has helped to master­ President, moved by his behind-the­ learn that we cannot buy friends with mind the destiny of these United States scene advisers, carved Europe in two. money? We have sent to the South throughout this tragic period, and his sold 100,000,000 people in eastern Europe Koreans $360,000,000 in economic aid, influence and power have grown until into the bloody and tyrannical hands of since the end of the war; and there has today he is a member of the three most Russia, and paralyzed the European been available to them $100,000,000 for important committees in the United economy? their defense; and when our Army was States Senate, namely, the Committee Is the Senator from Maryland igno­ taken out of South Korea, we left there on Foreign Relations, the Armed Services rant of the fact that at Yalta, under the another $100,000,000 worth of equipment Committee, of which he is chairman, and influence of Alger Hiss, a dying Ameri­ for them-a majority of which now is in the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. can President sold Asia down the river, the hands of the Communists, and is With all the political and oratorical partitioned Korea at the thirty-eighth being turned against American boys. tricks at his command, he not only de­ parallel, sold out China and Manchuria Mr. President, Senators must wake up. fends, without the slightest apology, to Stalin and turned communism loose When will we learn that we cannot buy the consequences of the past 18 years, around one-half of the world? friendship? but he has effrontery to insult our in­ Is the Senator from Maryland igno­ I have continually raised my voice in telligence by asking us to believe that rant of the fact that the debacle in the warning against the folly of pursuing a throughout this tragic period of 18 years Far East was made certain by the Pots­ policy that played directly into Stalin's our destiny has been in the hands of dam Agreement, which was designed to hands by enabling him to force America competent, patriotic, loyal Americans, destroy Germany and Japan, the only to spend herself into bankruptcy. and that we should be proud of this two powers in the world which have been Certainly no one in his right rqind leadership. able to stop the threatened aggression could ever charge that for the pas! 18 Again I say, if any man ever knew of Russia's oriental hordes? years this position of mine has repre­ what he was doing, the Senator from With these criminal betrayals still on sented anything but the minority view. Maryland is that man, for he has even the diplomatic books, when has the What is the position that the Senator openly boasted on the Senate floor that Senator from Maryland ever raised his from Maryland has held during these he had access to information that was voice against them? Who is following past 18 years, which he now asks us to denied to others. The Senator from the commie line? embrace permanently in the future? Maryland was telling the truth, for dur­ Is the Senator from Maryland igno­ How has this position advanced Amer­ ing the past 18 years he has been an inti­ rant of the fact that for 500 years what ica's interests and the cause of peace? mate member of what have turned out Russia has been seeking to gain in a 10790 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-SENATE JULY 21 v1c10us struggle of power politics is, gress had appropriated the money? spite of the fact that Ambassador Jessup namely, salt-water ports in the Orient, Somebody, some little boy, some place, had just returned from a 20,000-mile and in the Mediterranean and in the said, "Let them alone-let-them rot." tour of the Orient, including Korea-in North Sea, and that these have been Is the Senator from Maryland igno­ spite of the fact the Joint Chiefs of handed to her on a silver platter in rant of the fact that throughout this Staff had only recently toured all of the these three deals? whole period this same crowd of con­ Pacific-in spite of the fact that John Is the Senator from Maryland igno­ spirators peddled the vicious line to the Foster Dulles, himself, had spoken in · rant of the fact that so far as the Orient American people and the world that was Seoul just a short time prior to the is concerned, the Korean war is the in­ designzd to betray our wartime ally, who Korean outbreak, and . Ambassador evitable consequence of the most com­ for 8 years had heroically fought the Muccio had been on the scene, together pletely documented conspiracy against Japanese, and further designed to ad­ with the United Nations Con:mission for the United States in history? vance the cause of communism in Asia? the last 2 years, and in spite of the fact Does the Senator from Maryland hon­ Is the Senator from Maryland also the intelligence reports available through estly believe that the American people ignorant of the fact that this identical the different branches of the armed will accept his arguments that these pattern was extended to Korea, where, services were pouring into Washington, things have just happened by coinci­ I am informed, Lt. Gen. John R. Hodges, we were caught ftat-f ooted in a Korean dence? commanding general of South Korea, Pearl Harbor. How many times can Has the Senator from Maryland for­ also was ordered by the State Depart­ that happen? How long can we stand gott8n that no one yet knows who pushed ment to take the Communists into the it? Who is playing the "commie" line? a dying President into accepting Russia's South Korean Army? All the time our supreme commander off er to enter war in the Far East 1 week And is the . Senator from Marylat\d in the Far East, General MacArthur, was b8f ore Japan surrendered, when Admiral ignorant of the fact that John Foster barred from any .jurisdiction, whatever, Zacharias, himself, admits that for '6 Dulles stated to a group of Senators in the Korean theater. The State De­ months our own State Department knew here on Capitol Hill just a few days ago, partment boys were running that. of the existence of a Japanese offer to prior to the attack in Korea, that the There are Senators who shed crocodile surrender? Has anybody advised the State Department line was advocating tears because our boys are being killed Senator from Maryland, in the investi­ that a good dose of communism would be because of a conspiracy which has been gation that he has just gone through, good for the Asiatics? Wake up, Sena­ perpetrated deliberately and criminally who told Dean Acheson to take our troops tors. Let us see who is fallowing the in our Government. Is the Senator out of Korea? Did the Senator from commie line. from Maryland ignorant of the fact that Maryland find that out in his very com­ And is the ·senator from Maryland the ~ame group responsible for this de­ plete and thorough investigation which ignorant of the frightening success this bacle are in the State Department at this he has just completed and reported to State Department conspiracy has had in very moment with his official blessing? the Senate? Who advised Dean Acheson selling not only China but also America Does the Ser..ator from Maryland hon­ and our State Department that he would d~wn the river until whereas, in 1945, estly expect u.s to believe these things are not lift our hand to def end Formosa? Russia dominated 180,000,000 people, to­ just a coincidence; that they have not Let us see who is following the "commie" day she has enslaved over 800,000,000? been deliberately engineered? Or does line. Does the Senator from Maryland the Senator from Maryland just hope, Is the Senator from Maryland igno­ think there would have been any need albng with the late Harry Hopkins, that rant of the fact that the Dean Acheson, for the outrageous State Department the American people are "just too Alger Hiss, Owen Lattimore, John Carter white paper .on China unless there was damned dumb" £.Ver to catch on,? Vincent, and John Stewart Service, who a criminal conspiracy to cover up? The issue then is, who is best serving engineered the sell-out of the Orient, Surely the ·Senator from Maryland Stalin's interest in the United States­ r.eally took over with Japan's surrender, has seen the document which I hold in the Senator from Maryland, who insists and that our most highly trained and my hand, which contains the charges that these things have just happened, most competent experienced Far Eastern .presented by the Chinese Nationalist or the junior Senator from Indiana who personnel were shoved out of the State Government to the Security Council of knows these things ~ould not just have Department, including Stanley Horn­ the United Nations against-Russia, with happened, and who is determined to beck, George Dooman, Joseph Ballantine, facts and figures and. such authentic continue his fight to ferret out the master and Joseph Grew? That is when it took documents that the Russians have never minds of this criminal conspiracy along place, and they are practically all in th3 answered these charges? with their criminal accomplices and Department today. Certainly, even while this white paper clean them out of government? Is the Senator from Maryland igno:. was being issued, Secretary Acheson and What does the. Senator from Mary­ rant of the fact that when this crowd of his cohorts knew every single item in land have to say in answer to the follow­ master conspirators took over, their first this Chinese Nationalist document to be ing proof that someone master-minded official act was to slap General Mac­ true. these betrayals? Arthur in the face, to try to order him This is only part of the story. For this I quote from Cordell Hull's memoirs: to execute the Emperor, and to issue the conspiracy not only was determined to In general,. ! was not a social intimate o! infamous document FEC-230 for the sell China down the river, but Korea as the President. communization of the Japanese econo­ well. I was not invited to White House dinners, my? Let us see who is following the It was only a few days ago tha4; Owen except on official occasim::ts, or to week-end "commie" line. · Lattimore advised the United States excursio::is on Mr. Roosevelt's yacht or to Ah, . is the Senator from Maryland Government "to let Korea fall, but not Hyde Park. ignorant of the fact that t!:e same pat­ to make it look as if we pushed it." Moreover, I was frankly glad not to be invited into the White House groups where tern was repeated in China, where be­ The sad thing about it, Mr. President, so often the "liberal" game was played on an hind the propaganda line the Chinese is that those who are being pushed now extreme basis. Communists were "agrarian reform­ in Korea are the sons of the mothers of I was known not to be an extreme liberal ers"-just "agrarian reformers"? America. or semiradical, as were some of those who Even General Marshall, himself, was It was not so long ago that the State were close about the President, and my made a stooge of these conspirators and Department issued a secret document pr0 se nc~ in their gatherings wouid have t:>een was directed to force Chiang Kai-shek to announcing 5t was its intention to let as embarrassing to me as to them. take the Chinese Communists into his even Formosa go. The President's Cabinet filled, in general, Government, along with their armies. In other words, these traitors were a •ry minor role in the formulation of Is the Senatm from Maryland igno­ pushing Formosa along with China and foreign policy. - It was also natural that there sllould de­ rant of the fact that during these nego­ Korea down the throat of the Rus3ian velop a so-called inside kitchen ':3.binet com- tiations aid authorized by the United bear. posed of a few persons. · States Senate was deliberately withheld Let us see who is playing the "Commie'' from Nationalist China until it arrived line. Mr. President, I quote further from too late to prevent the Communists tak­ Think of it, Mr. President. These . Cordell Hull: ing advantage of this lack of arms for State Department conspirators have The President did not tttke me with him almost 15 months,' although the Con- done their deadly work so well that, in to Casablanca, Cairo,- or Tehran Conferences 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 10791 • • • nor did I take part in his military ant Secretary of State, headed a group course, I stand, as I said before, for the discussions with Prime Minister Churchill of State Department experts· assigned to extension of the Monroe Doctrine to in Washington, some of which had wide· planning the size and duties of a world wherever the security of this Nation de­ spread diplomatic repercussions. organization to prevent war. mands its extension. Why should we I learned from other sources than the ·Pres· ident what had occurred at the Casablanca, And now Alger Hiss, on whom Dean keep pouring money into France, for Cairo, and Tehran Conferences. Acheson will not turn his back, on whom example, where they change their gov­ the Senator from Maryland will not turn ernment about as often as the moon Mr. President, what happened at the his back, stands as a convicted liar · changes, where one-third of the popula­ Quebec Conference September 11, 1944, and perjurer, whose interdepartmental tion is Communist, and where one of the where the future of Germany was de­ memos are still locked up in this admin­ largest single political parties is Com­ cided? istration's deep freezes, and the secret munist? The picture is about the same Again, our Secretary of State was not of his fellow conspirators along with in Italy. Oh, let us wake up before it is invited. them. everlastingly too late. He was too American and too conser­ Who is playing the "Commie'' line? I continue to be determined to hus­ vative for this gang of cut-throat con­ Let us find out. No wonder the Senator band our resources and to give priority spirators the Senator from Maryland is from Massachusetts [Mr. LODGE] ·and to our own staggering needs to meet even busy defending. the Senator from Iowa [Mr. HicKEN­ the minimum requirements for an im­ Again I quote from Cordell Hull's LOOPER] would not sign such a report. pregnable national defense. diary: They want an honest report. They want Mr. President, it is not so long ago Four days after the Conference began I the American people to know .the facts that I found myself joined by such dis­ was astonished to receive from the President and the truth as to what is going on in tinguished Americans as Mr. William a memorandum addressed to i:ne, dated Sep­ this beloved country of ours. Clayton, Mr. John Foster Dulles, Gen­ tember 15, 1944, which indicated that he These are the known facts, to which eral Bradley, Harold Stassen, and many and Churchill had largely embraced Mor­ the Senator from Maryland would have others, who warned that we really were genthau's ideas • • •. The memorandum us forever close our eyes. losing the cold war, and preparing the • • • stated: "It" was felt that the two districts should Who is following the "Commie" line? table for Stalin. be put under somebody under the world Is it the Senator from Maryland, who I have never posed as a military ex­ organization (the UN, where Russia was to has conducted the most scandalous and pert, Mr. President, but I still refuse to get the veto until every demand she made brazen whitewash of treasonable con­ believe that when I took the oath of of­ was gratified)." spiracy in our history, who would con-· fice as a Senator of the United States I tinue to cover up these termites and was obligated to squander our substance Mr. President, Secretary Hull goes on vermin, who, even while I speak, are in a suicidal attempt to underwrite to say: gnawing at the foundations of our free­ everybody else's interest and security In fact, the President did .not seem to dom, or is it the junior Senator from In­ but our own. realize the devastating nature of the memo­ randum of September 15 to which he had diana, who would ferret out these rats This is my position, which the Sena­ put his "O. K.-F. D.R." and fumigate their State Department ator from Maryland says directy reflects The President's memorandum also showed haven? "the Commie line." plainly that he had not understood the Mr. CONNALLY. Mr. President, I What is happening, Mr. President, to meaning of what he had agreed to at Quebec. make a point of order. The Senator America when the Senator from Mary­ from Indiana is ·out of order in his re­ land charges that anyone who is deter­ Note that. marks about the Senator from Mary­ mined to keep America sound, strong, At about this time Secretary Stimson had land, and I invoke rule XIX of the and free is playing Stalin's game? a talk with the President, from which Stim­ Senate. Only men who are desperate would so son drew the same conclusion. Stimson informed me that the President The PRESIDING OFFICER. The twist the truth into such an ugly shape. was frankly staggered at hearing these sen­ Senator from Indiana .will take his seat. But what of the Senator from Mary­ tences, and said that he had no idea how

opinion that he should declare a water­ of the United States as he may d~em neces­ bility for inspection would be in the front emergency. The Senator from sary to carry out the purpose of this title." Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is not Maine and I agree that the bill would The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ under the Department of National De­ not be damaged ill any way by striking jection, the amendment is agreed. to. fense. I have always-advocated that it out those words, and that it might make The next amendment was, on lme 10, should have stayed there, but it went clear what we really intended. to insert a new section: back to the Treasury Department. Mr. BREWSTER. Mr. President, will · SEC. 3. Section 2 of title II of the act of Mr. DONNELL. It might be that we the Senator yield? June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U. S. C., title 50, would have to find an appropriation Mr. MAGNUSON. I yield. sec. 192), as amended, is amended by adding available to all executive departments, Mr. BREWSTER. This restriction at the end thereof the following subsection: and there might be none such. appears both in line 6 and in line 13, "(a) If any other person fails to comply Mr. President, I respectfully move where -it reads "not especially author­ with any regulation or rule issued or order that the Senate reconsider the action given under the provisions of this title, or by which the amendment was agreed to, ized by him." I raised the question in obstructs or interferes with the exercise of both instances, because it is quite ob­ any power conferred by this title, he shall be and that the amendment shall read "to vious that the President of the United punished by imprisonment for not more than any of the executive departments." States would be a little too busy to have 10 years and may, at the discretion of the Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. President, I an opinion about this ship or about pro­ court, be fined not more than $10,000." shall be glad to accept that amendment. tecting people who go abroad. There­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ jection, the action of the Senate in fore, it is another example of the tend­ jection, the amendment is agreed to .. ency in recent years to repose all power agreeing to the amendment will be re­ Mr. CORDON. Mr. President, with considered. in the President, understanding that. he reference to the ?mendment on line 10, must necessarily delegate the authority. The clerk will state the amendment I am not certain as to whether the short­ proposed by the Senator from Missouri. The tradition of America is to delegate ened reading by the clerk included all of it to the responsible authority, a Cabinet The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 3, that section. If it did, then I want to line 1, after the word "to", it is pro­ officer or some other official of th~ Gov­ offer an amendment. ernment, and it is contemplated tha~ the posed to insert "any of." The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk ad­ The VICE PRESIDENT. The ques­ President in his rules and regulat10ns, vises the Chair that he read all of it. Is will dete~·mine who shall exercise the tion is on agreeing to the amendment it an amendment to the committee offered by the Senator from Missouri to authority. -I believe that when this bill amendment which the Senator wishes goes to conference, appropriate langua~e the committee amendment. to offer? The amendment to the amendment will then emerge which will be a provi­ Mr. CORDON. I desire to offer an sion that it shall be determined by com­ was agreed to. amendment to the committee amend­ The VICE PRESIDENT. The ques­ petent, recognized, or duly create.a a~­ ment inserting a new section, No. 3. thority; which is the way I thmk it tion is on agreeing to the committee The VICE PRESIDENT. The commit­ amendment, as amended. should be. tee amendment_having been agreed to, Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President, I very The amendment as amended was it will first be necessary to reconsider agreed to. . much appreciate the explanation. I the vote by which the committee amend­ think it would be rather unfortunate to The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk ment was agreed to. Without objection, will state the next amendment. require as a condition preceden_t to ~he that will be done. The Senator may now right of the President to take this act10n The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 3, off er his amendment. line 20, it is proposed to strike out the that there must be demonstrated and Mr. CORDON. I desire to offer an established as a matter of fact the ex­ words ''on or", and in line 21, to strike amendment to section 3, on page 3, line out "earlier." istence of the necessity. 14 after the word "person", to insert Mr. BREWSTER. I quite agree. The amendment was agreed to. ''l{~rowingly"; and, in line 16, before the The bill was ordered to be engrossed Mr. DONNELL. It seems to me it word "obstructs", to insert "knowingly." for a third reading, read the third time, should be left, if not to the President, ~t The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk and passed, as follows: least to a responsible official to use his wiil state the amendment. opinion in determining whether the ne­ Be it enacted, etc., That section 1 of title The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 3, II of the act of June is, 1917 ( 40 Sta_t. 217; cessity exists. I am reassured by the line 14, after the word "person" insert U. S. C., title 50, section 191), is amended assurance by both Senators. "knowingly"; and in line 16, before the by adding at the end thereof the following The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ word "obstructs" insert the word "know­ new paragraph: jection, the amendment is agreed to. ingly." "Whenever the President finds that the The clerk "Will state the next amendment. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ security of the United States is endangered · The next amendment was, on page 2, by reason of actual or threatened war, or jection, the amendment is agree~ to. invasion, or of disturbances or threatened in line 14, to strike out "by him." Without objection, the committee disturbances of the international relations The amendment was agreed to. amendment as amended, is agreed to. o.f the United States, the President is au­ The next ·amendment was, in line 18, Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President, if I thorizad to institute such measures and issue after the word "States", to strike out may address an inquiry, by unanimous such rules and regulations- "and in Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, consent, to the distinguished Senator " (a) to govern the anchorage and move­ Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands" and from Washington, I desire to say first ment of any foreign-flag vessels in the terri­ insert "the Canal Zone, and all territory torial waters of the United States, to inspect that I appreciate the fact that action such vessels at any time, to place guards and water continental or insular, sub­ was taken a moment ago on the amend­ thereon, and, if necessary in order to secure ject to th~ jurisdiction of the United ment on page 3, line 1. I am asking, such vessels from damage or injury, or to States." however, to revert to that for the pur­ prevent damage or injury to any harbor or The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ pose of my inquiry. It states, as amend­ waters of the United States, or to secure the jection, the amendment is agreed to. ed, "Any appropriation available t? the observance of rights and obligations to the The next amendment was, on page 3, United States, may take for such purposes executive departments shall be available full possession, and control of such vessels in line 1, after the word "available", t~ to carry out the provisions of this para­ &nd remove therefrom the officers and crew strike out "for the national defense graph." It occurs to me, from a very thereof, and all other persons not especially and insert "to the executive depart­ hasty glance at it, that we may be mak­ authorized to go or remain on board thereof; ments." ing a mistake there. I do not know "(b) to safeguard against destructi_on, loss, The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ whether there is any appropriation that or injury from si:i.botage or other subversive is available to all executive departments. acts, accidents, or other causes of similar jection, the amendment is agreed to. nature, vessels, hP,rbors, ports, and water­ The next amendment was, after line 3, Would it not be better if it should read front facilities in the United States, the to insert a new section: ''any appropriation available to any of Canal Zone, and all territory and water, co.n­ SEC. 2. Section 4 of title II of the act of the executive departments?" tinental or insular, subject to the jurisdic­ June 15, 1917 ( 40 Stat. 220; U. S. C., title 50, Mr. MAGNUSON. That would serve tion of the United States. sec. 194), is amended to read as follows: the same purpose. The Coast Guard, Any appropriation available to an~ of the "The President may employ such depart­ as the Senator knows, is under the Treas­ Executive Departments shall be available to ments, agencies, officers, or instrumentalities ury Department. The main responsi-. carry out the provisions of this paragraph." XCVI--680 10798 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-SENATE 'JULY 21 SEC. · 2. Section 4 of title II of the act of Resolved, That said Report No. 2108 be Senator with reference to the argument June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U.S. C., title 50, at once withdrawn from distribution until to which I have referred. I read as fol­ sec~ion 194), is. amended to read as follows: the cover be replaced to agree with. that lows: "The President may employ such depart­ covering the report as submitted. ments, agencies, officers, or instrumentalities Mr. TYDINGS.- Mr. President, I have in my of the United States as he may deem neces­ 'The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ hand an editorial or statement by Mr. Wil­ sary to carry out the purpose of this title." jection, the resolution will be received. liam Z. Foster, noteg Communist, writing in SEC. 3. Section 2 of title II of the act of The resolution , . __ ,1 -'J 10804 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 24 To be captains, Air Force nursea tary of the Air Force, der the provisions of Harold Banville, · wnich · appears on page .XA.skegaard, Elizabeth Ann, AN1436. section 506, Public Law 381, Eightieth Con­ 10177, and ending with the name of Mary Bernard, E'rin Langford, AN768. gress (Officer Personnel Act of 1947): W111ia Stephenson, which appears on page Deegan, Florence Irene, AN769. To be second lieutenants 10178 . . Deege, Eloise Ruth, AN1119. Sabin L. Anderson Arthur L. Keyes IN THE AIR CORPS Lott, Inez T., AN1686. Ray E. Badertscher, Claude C. Mitson The nominations of Park Holland, et al., XMcCally, Mary Jane, AN770. A02074625 Paul G. Mulhern for promotion in the United States Air XMcLaughlin, Margaret F., AN766. Thomas R. Bean James L. Mulligan Force, which were confirmed today, were re­ Murphy, Anne Martha, AN1594. Garold R. Beck Earl G. Peck ceived by the Senate on July 10, 1950, and Nigro, Elaine M., AN1121. . Warren R. Carter, Jr. Walter· H. Schmitz ·appear in full in the Senate proceedings of Roche, Florence T ., AN1120. James W. Chilton Robert w. Smith the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for that date, Staudt, Veleska Barbara, AN1599. Charles B. Christison Richard W. Whincup under the caption "Nominations," beginning (NOTE.-The officers nominated for promo- Harry V. De Hosse George S. White with the name of Park Holland, which ap­ tion to captain have completed and will Harry Falls, Jr. Robert F. Wilke pears on page 9798, and ending with the complete the required 7 years' service for pro­ Orgle D. Godwin Elvin 0. 1Wyatt name of John James Wood, which appears motion purposes between M.ay and August. George H. Helbing on page 9799. Dates of rank wlll be determined by the Sec­ Subject to physical qualification and sub­ !N THE NAVY retary of the Air Force.) ject to designation as distinguish~d military The nominations of Raymond C. Allen, APPOINTMENTS graduates, the following-named distin­ et al., for appointment in the Navy, which The following-named persons for appoint­ guished military students of the Senior Di­ were confirmed today, were received by the ment in the United States Air Force, in the vision, Reserve Officer's Training Corps, for Senate on July 10, 1950, and appear in full grades indicated, with dates of rank to be appointment in the United States Air Force in the Senate proceedings of the· CONGRES­ determined by the Secretary of the Air Force, in the grade of second lieutenant, with dates SIONAL RECORD for that date, under the cap­ under the provisions of section 506, Public of rank to be determined by the Secretary tion "Nominations," beginning with the Law 381, Eightieth Congress (Officer Person­ of the Air Force, under the provisions of name of Raymond C. Allen, which appears nel Act of 1947), and title II, Public Law 365, section 506, Public Law 381, }i:ightieth Con­ on page 9799, and ending with the name of Eightieth Congress (Army-Navy-Public gress (Officer Personnel Act o~ 1947): Waunie L. Shelton, which appears on page Health Service Medical Officer Procurement Francis J. Cunnion Joseph H. Piper, Jr. 9800. Act of 1947) : Charles A. James Raymond Smith To be lieutenant colonel, USAF (medical) The following-named graduated cadet, Paul A. Campbell, A0256795. United States Military Academy, class of 1950, for appointment in the United States SENATE To be majors, USAF (medical) Air Force, in :the grade of second lieutenant, John E. Alexander, 0489762. with date of rank June 2, 195Q, under the MONDAY, JULY 24, 1950 William T. Kelley, A0482037. provisions of section 506, Public Law 381, Ralph M. Lechausse, A0374203. Eightieth Congress (Officer Personnel Act of