STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH R. McCARTHY, A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN Senator MCCARTHY. I don't have a prepared statement, Mr. Chairman. I am going to present to the committee largely documents. (See Appendix of this volume.) I may say that I certainly welcome any interruption by the members of the committee at any time as I go through. The committee will perhaps recall that last year I made the statement that Jessup had a great affinity for Communist causes. For that reason, what I propose to do today is to show by the reproduction of documents that he does have a great affinity for Communist causes. 1 NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONFERENCE FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS 1 Exhibit No. 1, which consists of a number of pages, covers the Communist front affiliations of Philip C. Jessup. I know, of course, the committee realizes that I didn't name these organizations as Communist front, but they are named as fronts for and doing the work of the Communist Party by the Attorney General. First, the National Emergency Conference for Democratic Rights, 305 Broadway, New York. The committee will note the name of Prof. Philip C. Jessup. Also note that this organization has been cited as a Communist front by the Special Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, report, March 29, 1944, pages 48 and 102, and here is a statement made September 2, 1947, by the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, report No. 115. Senator SMITH of New Jersey. May I interrupt you just a minute? I notice this exhibit you have here is dated February 15, 1940.. Senator MCCARTHY. That is right. Senator SMITH of New Jersey. And it indicates that at that time apparently one of the sponsors was Prof. Philip C. Jessup. Senator MCCARTHY. That is right. Senator SMITH of New Jersey. Did Mr. Jessup continue to be a sponsor in the years you are citing now, when it was named as a subversive activity? Senator MCCARTHY. I may say that I with my very restricted staff, have been unable to get the letterhead from this Communist front. They don't cooperate with McCarthy very well, so I could not tell you what the date was when he severed his affiliation or whether he did. Let me say in that connection, Senator Smith, that if Philip Jessup was affiliated with only one Communist front I frankly would not consider it too significant, because one of the reasons, as the Senator knows, why the Communist fronts have been successful is because they have been able to dupe some well-meaning people into loaning their names to the organization, and as you find a list of names of these various Communist fronts you will find a very few fine people, I think, in almost every one. You don't find the same good people on all six. In that connection may I say that one of the intelligence officers who was before, I believe, it was the Appropriations Committee, and 1 Subheadings within the text have been inserted by the committee staff in order to make the hearings more readable and easier to follow. I am not sure whether it was J. Edgar Hoover, or who it was, was asked the question whether it was significant to find a man with membership in one Communist front. His answer was: Not necessarily, but if you find that he belongs to two or three or four or five or six, that then either he is so naive that he is dangerous, holding a position of responsibility, or he is loyal to the Communist cause. As another witness put it, he said: Let's put it this way: If you find a young man belongs to the Lutheran Young Men's Society, you may assume he is a member of the Lutheran Church. If you find he is a member of the Holy Name Society or the Knights of Columbus, you may assume he belongs to the Catholic Church. Likewise, if he belongs to a number of organizations doing the work of the Communist-Party, you can assume he is either loyal to the teachings of the Communist Party or a complete dupe. Senator SMITH of New Jersey. Then the main burden of your argument would be that there is an implication of guilt because he has been associated with some of these organizations? Senator MCCARTHY. Associated with an organization, Senator, that has been officially named as a secret front for doing the work of the Communist Party. DATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATION Senator SMITH of New Jersey. Then it becomes very important to point out, if it is true, that he continued as a member of those organizations after they had been named as Communist-front organizations. If he happened to belong 10 years before, when we were on friendly relations with Russia, I think it might be different, unless at that time they were planning subversive activity of some sort to which he was a party. Senator MCCARTHY. On February 15, 1940, I believe the pact was existing between Hitler and Stalin, so you can hardly assume a friendly relationship. Let me say this: I don't propose at this time to present all of the evidence against Philip Jessup. I hope by giving the Senate sufficient to show that he had this affinity for Communist causes that one alone would not be significant, but as we go over the six of them, I am sure the Senator will agree with me that Jessup knew what he was doing. The last time I was testifying, Senator, at that time I said that while the voice was the voice of Jessup, the hand and brain were the hand and brain of Lattimore. I felt at that time that Jessup was more of a dupe than deliberately taking part in these activities. Since then, however, there is a serious question on that, especially since much of the evidence coming out before the McCarran Committee on Jessup's activities and some of the others I will cite here. I read the citation of March 29, 1944. Also the citation of September 2, 1947. The next citation, by the California State Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities, report 1948. Senator SMITH of New Jersey. You are now referring to exhibit No. 1? Senator MCCARTHY. I am referring to the first page of exhibit No. 1, entitled "Communist Front No. 1.' The first exhibit, Senator, consists of a sizable number of pages. Insertions (additional information supplied)-Continued Page 162 State Department press release No. 558, May 27, 1950_ 164 Report of the Special Commission to Investigate Subversive Organizations, 186 Dinner invitation, 1944, of the American-Russian Institute- 188 190 192 Excerpt from the guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications, 194 197 214 America First Bulletin, November 1, 1941 217 Excerpt from Congressional Record, November 7, 1941, Vote in the Article from the Tablet, September 20, 1941. 218 220 Excerpt from the President's report to the Congress, 1949, on United 228 234 238 Excerpt from hearings of a Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Represenatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session (pp. 7036-7041)‒‒‒‒ 241 Article from Daily Worker, February 27, 1937, as it appears in appendix IX.__. 246 Excerpt from Special Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities hearings (vol. I, pp. 582-583, 1938). 251 Article from the Ladies Home Journal, May 1941. 256 256,257 Outline of United China Relief, Inc., for board members of participating agencies___ Second annual report, United China Relief, Inc., for the year 1942. Speech of Harold E. Stassen, to the Academy of Military Science, 270 273 287 Senate confirmations of Philip C. Jessup relative to Ambassador 310 United Nations Commission on Korea__ 315 Statement by Philip C. Jessup, Interim Committee, February 24, 1948, on the question of Korea in the U. N. Interim Committee_. Security Council official records, third year, No. 132, December Page Insertions (additional information supplied)-Continued Statement by Philip C. Jessup: Political Committee: Excerpt from President's report to Congress, 1948, on United States participation in United Nations---. 407 Excerpt from the President's report to Congress for the year 1949 on Article by Hanson W. Baldwin, New York Times, December 18, 1949_. 440 449 Philip C. Jessup's covering letter to the IPR board of trustees, June 28, 1940-- 452 Report of Frederick Vanderbilt Field to the IPR board of trustees, 453 Letter of Frederick Field, October 24, 1940 459 Biennial Report of American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations, 471 Delegation at Hot Springs conference, January 1, 1945. Article from the Soviet State and Law, the International Law of 498 Excerpts from Tass dispatches, April 22, 1951; May 26, 1951; and 502 Excerpts from L'Humanité, May 7, 1951, and May 30, 1951_. 502 Excerpts from Ce Coir, March 1951; March 9, 1951; March 30, 1951; and April 11, 1951. 502 Address by Philip C. Jessup, commencement exercises, Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., June 11, 1950. 503 Excerpts from address by Philip C. Jessup, State Department auditorium, January 15, 1951-- 508 Statement by Philip C. Jessup before a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, March 20, 1950.. 509 Extracts from address by Philip C. Jessup, luncheon meeting of the 520 514 Statement by Philip S. Jessup for NBC television program, September 24, 1950. 525 Address by Philip C. Jessup, Middlebury College, September 30, 1950-- 526 530 Address by Philip C. Jessup, I'nion College, February 23, 1951----. Interview by Eric Severeid with Philip C. Jessup, State Department Four Power Deputies meeting, Paris, France, June 21, 1951. Address by Philip C. Jessup, round table on world affairs, Carnegie 553 Insertions (additional information supplied)—Continued Page 555 557 Excerpts from the Congressional Record of the Senate, February 7, 1949___ 559 Transcript from the Internal Security Subcommittee, September 25, 1951- 567 Excerpt from the Congressional Record, April 6, 1949. 568 597 Letter of Senator John Sparkman in reply to Congressman Arends, 599 Form letter requesting memoranda for survey of the Far East 605 List of persons who submitted memoranda_. 605 List of persons who attended round table.. 606 Persons invited but who did not attend round table_--_. Press release of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, October 10, 1949-- 627 Resolution of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, October 6, 1949. 628 Letter of Senator H. Alexander Smith to Secretary of State, September 18, 1951-- 648 Letter of Secretary of State, September 26, 1951. 649 Article by George Fielding Eliot, New York Post Home News, October 8, 1948_. 664 Article by Anne O'Hare McCormick, New York Times, October 27, 1948--- 665 Article in Newsweek, December 20, 1948. 666 Editorial, the Dallas Morning News, January 13, 1949_ 668 Article from Collier's magazine, July 30, 1949. 668 Telegram of Harold E. Stassen, October 4, 1951 673 Letter of Senator Pat McCarran, September 20, 1951. 674 Reply to Senator McCarran's letter, September 21, 1951__ 674 List of IPR personnel prepared by the staff of the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security. Transcript of State Department news conference, October 3, 1951. 700 724 765 List of members of the bar expressing confidence in Philip C. Jessup__ 766 767 Identification of signers of the statement urging confirmation_ 767 of Foster R. Dulles___ 800 Article from the New York Times, April 29, 1950, regarding recognition of Red China___ 801 Article of New York Times, September 22, 1949, regarding a petition List of Philip C. Jessup's principal assignments since January 5, 1948 (read into the record)_ 842 Senator Smith's correspondence with United Nations nominees... 861 873 |