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Senators William E. Jenner and Pat McCarran to the Secretary of State1
My Dear Mr. Secretary: In the April 1953 issue of The American Legion Magazine, Mr. Karl H. W. Baarslag, of the National Americanism Commission of The American Legion, calls attention to the fact that libraries of the United States Information Service abroad do not have copies of the hearings and reports of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee.
As the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, respectively, of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, we respectfully request your advice as to whether you believe these publications properly should be made available through the USIS libraries abroad. If you believe they should be made available, the committee will, we are sure, be glad to arrange to provide copies of these publications and documents to the State Department for distribution to the USIS libraries. [Page 1691] If you hold the view that these publications and documents should not be made available through USIS libraries abroad, we ask that you inform us of the reasons why you take such a position.
With highest esteem and all best regards, we are Sincerely,
- William E. Jenner
- Pat McCarran
- Senator Jenner (R., Ind.) was Chairman of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary; Senator McCarran (D., Nev.) was ranking minority member. A handwritten notation on the source text reads: “acknowledged by phone, 4/9/53.” A more formal, written reply was made on Apr. 23 by Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs Thruston B. Morton, printed on p. 1706.↩