Vincent was found not guilty, in which case the Loyalty Review Board began to question his allegiance to America. Documents from his office were found in Amerasia, which was suspect but not indemnifying. The Loyalty Review Board called upon the testimony of Louis Budenz, a shady, professional-reputation-destroyer who boasted to have made over $70,000 in the business of hearsay. His claim was that he had heard communist members discuss their desire to have Patrick Hurley replaced with Vincent, although later, Budenz would have several of his testimonies stricken from record. The Board neither rejected nor accepted his testimony. However, the advice from the Secretary of state Dean Acheson was viewed as less important, because it favored the good character of Vincent. Miscommunication and bias are common in our ideas of people, and I would not make a man’s legacy subject to popular or unpopular
Vincent was found not guilty, in which case the Loyalty Review Board began to question his allegiance to America. Documents from his office were found in Amerasia, which was suspect but not indemnifying. The Loyalty Review Board called upon the testimony of Louis Budenz, a shady, professional-reputation-destroyer who boasted to have made over $70,000 in the business of hearsay. His claim was that he had heard communist members discuss their desire to have Patrick Hurley replaced with Vincent, although later, Budenz would have several of his testimonies stricken from record. The Board neither rejected nor accepted his testimony. However, the advice from the Secretary of state Dean Acheson was viewed as less important, because it favored the good character of Vincent. Miscommunication and bias are common in our ideas of people, and I would not make a man’s legacy subject to popular or unpopular