EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON ACTIVITIES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS EMPLOYED 25403 OCTOBER 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, NOVEMBER 11, 12, Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1952 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada, Chairman HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin J. G. SOURWINE, Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AND OTHER INTERNAL SECURITY LAWS PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada, Chairman JAMES O. EASTLAND. Mississippi HOMER FERGUSON, Michigan ROBERT MORRIS, Special Counsel 2. Document Arrangements in the U. N. for the Provision of Informa- tion on United States Nationals_ Appendix E-Letter dated December 26, 1952, to Senator Pat McCarran from John D. Hickerson forwarding and commenting on the statement of Byron Price, Assistant Secretary-General for Administrative and ACTIVITIES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED NATIONS MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1952 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ACT AND OTHER INTERNAL SECURITY LAWS, New York, N. Y. The subcommittee met at 2: 15 p. m., pursuant to call, in room 619, United States Court House, Foley Square, Senator Herbert R. O'Conor, member of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators O'Conor, Smith, and Ferguson. Present also: Robert Morris, subcommittee counsel, and Benjamin Mandel, director of research. Senator O'CONOR. Will the hearing please come to order. It is desired to have the following statement incorporated in the record: The Internal Security Subcommittee of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, holding hearings on the activities of United States citizens who are employed by the United Nations, is now in session. Since May of 1952, the Internal Security Subcommittee has been investigating the activities of United States citizens who are employed with the United Nations Secretariat. This subcommittee will take testimony to determine whether United States citizens who, even though they are United Nations employees, have been engaged in subversive activities which are clearly beyond the scope of their employment. Our interest in this inquiry is solely to safeguard the internal security of the United States. This is in no sense an investigation into the United Nations or the functions of the United Nations. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, in May of this year, this subcommittee, the Internal Security Subcommittee, called before it Mr. Weintraub of the United Nations; and in the course of that investigation, in the course of the interrogation of Mr. Weintraub, it became apparent that Mr. Weintraub had caused to be employed by the United Nations, certain individuals. The first of those was Irving Kaplan. Irving Kaplan was called in by this subcommittee and asked about whatever connection he may have had with the Communist Party and other subversive activities, and he refused to answer on the grounds that his answers would tend to incriminate him. 1 |