DODD ACCUSES 5 EX-EMPLOYES OF REMOVING FILE DOCUMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200300067-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: May 8, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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MAY 8 1966
Dodd Accuses 5 Ex-Employes
Of Removing File Documents
By ROBERT WALTERS
SEar Staff writers
Five former employes of Sen.
Thomas J. Dodd, D-Conn., have
been named in anaffidavit filed
in U.S. District Court here by
the attorney representing Dodd
in a $5 million libel suit against
columnists Drew Pearson and
Jack?Anderson.
Washington lawyer John F.
Sonnett, in an affidavit filed
Friday, said "a former secre-
tary in the local office of a public
relations agent" witnessed one
of the five employes copying
Dodd's files with the assistance
of Anderson's secretary.
Shifted To Outside Work
Boyd said that in late 1964
Dodd "sent me a note saying
my services were no longer
needed. Before the day was
lover, Dodd changed his mind
about dismissing Boyd but
asked him to work outside the
office in the future, Boyd added:
Boyd, 37, said that when he
asked Dodd about the reasons
for the action, "he said I lis-
tened to criticism of him but
staff member In public,
didn't defend him."
Boyd said he remained on
t
Dodd's payroll, working a
home, until May 1965, when
Dodd asked him to return to the
office but imposed conditions
which Boyd said he could not
accept. At that point Boyd said
he left the senator's payroll.
Mrs. Carpenter, 28, said she
became Dodd's personal secre-
tary in June, 1961 and worked
for him until dismissed in
December, 1964, with the excep-
tion of several months in 1963
when she was employed by a
House committee.
Fired Last Year
Miss Golden, 23, said she was
hired by Dodd In July, 1963 and
dismissed In October, 1965. "1
don't know why I was fired. I
don't think at had to do with my
,work. I tried to talk to the
``senator about it and I 'think he
`kne'w what It was all about, but
be was too embarrased to talk
buth"
a
O'Hare, 30, began working for
odd In.. May, 1961 and
'
a
office manager for the sen
atui til he left in January, 1966
"because I was dissatisfied with
myjob."
Miss Robertson was not
^available for comment.
Sonnett named the five ex-
employes as miss Rose Marie
Robertson, Mrs. Majorle Car-
penter, Michael V. O'Hare, Miss
Terry Golden and James P.
Boyd. The affidavit said they
"induced and participated in the
scheme" to remove Dodd'$
files.
. Boyd, named as the individ'
ual who copied the "unlawfully
removed" files, told a reportet
"at least six people in Dodd's
office have iurnlshed documen-
tary evidence and approximate=
ly a dozen other persons have
contributed substantial other
information."
$23,000-a-Year Aide
Boyd was the first person
selected for Dodd's staff after
Dodd was elected to the Senate
in 1958. In his six years with
Dodd, Boyd rose to a $23,000-a-
year assistant who many re-
garded as the senator's. "alter
"-I understood the pressure on
the senator, his motives and his
Interests," Boyd said. "But his
record keeping didnt Inspire
much confidence."
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I~g In and going out, and I
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Columnists Statement
The other ex-employes still
live in the Washington area, and
all said they have been ques-
tioned by the FBI or the Senate
iF,thies Committee about the
,removal of Dodd's files.
4 Pearson and Anderson, reply-
"Dodd called me back from
Connecticut after we had; a big
:dispute over campaign funds,
`told me he was reorganizing the
office and ? didn't need my
services any. more," she told a
reporter.
5 "All we have ever wanted is'
that the whole story be known,"'
she said.,
Mrs. Carpenter' denied a
published report ;;:;'quoting ' her)
,saying shd side d':in..removing
Dodd's.files. She said she would .1
"gladly explain before, am
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oyd said it 'was Dodd's
fin ncial report to the secretary
of the Senate after, the 1964
election "which raised +~? doubt
In my mind-it put up a red
flag."
"I supervised all major eapen-
dxtures In'the campaign-radio,
television newspaper ads and
.ing to Dodd's legal allegations I
that they wrote "false, mali-
clous and defamatory state-
ments" about the senator,
issued this statement yesterday;
"We accept Sen. Dodd's
bhallenge to spread the evi
dence of his misconduct on the
public record, despite the fact
that he notified us by ,mimeo-
graphed press release rather
than by due process of law.
"Since he has accused us. of
f
quoting, certain records out O
cya~fext, we,will be delighted to
;release the full textso the press
and public can judge for them,
selves whether we have been
tellnng the truth.
"The witnesses Dodd' seeks
have already volunteered to
'testify before the, Senate Ethics
tt:!ommittee and will be Avallabllee