We have measured (y, p) and (y, n) differential yields at 90' for the two-body photodisintegration of He using tagged photons of energy E"=25-60 MeV. Data for both channels were obtained simultaneously using windowless hE-E telescopes to detect the He and H recoils. The ratio of our angleintegrated yields, which is insensitive to systematic uncertainties due to the simultaneity of the measurements, agrees with calculations employing only charge-symmetric nuclear interactions. Thus, within the present errors, our data show no evidence of a significant charge-symmetry violation in He in this energy range. PACS numbers: 25.20.Dc, 25. 10.+s, 27. ]0.+h The question of charge symmetry in He has been a long-standing problem in nuclear physics. If charge symmetry is strictly valid, then the ratio of the two-body photodisintegration cross sections, R"=a(y-,p)/o(y, n), is expected to be unity (for pure E I radiation). EA'ects such as Coulomb interactions or non-E 1 multipoles can slightly modify this value, increasing the ratio to R~-1.1 in the photon energy range E"=25-35 MeV. The problem was summarized in 1983 by Calarco, Berman, and Donnelly [I] in a comprehensive review of all photonuclear (and capture) data up to that time, leading to the surprising conclusion that R"=1. 7-1.2 for E, =25-35 MeV, dilfering substantially from the simple charge-symmetry prediction. Theoretical attempts which include charge-symmetric nuclear interactions in a shell model [2,3] and a resonating group model [4,5] have failed to reproduce this large value of the ratio. It should be noted, however, that the recommended cross sections comprising the ratio in Ref. [I] were determined from in ditidual measurements of the (y,p) and (y, n) channels separately. Since this review, three new measurements of the proton channel have been reported [6-8]. The data from [6,7] are more consistent with the recommended photoneutron cross section, while [8] reports a cross section nearly twice as large, in agreement with the recommended proton cross section. The only new published neutron data are from a capture reaction [9] which finds a peak cross-section value that is consistent with the recommended neutron value.In addition to these new measurements of the individual two-body channels, a recent elastic photon scattering experiment [10] inferred the total photoabsorption cross section in a model-independent manner through the optical theorem and a dispersion relation. While their result can say nothing about the relative contributions of the (y,p) and (y, n) channels (and hence, the ratio), it does impose a significant constraint on the sum of the two cross sections. This new photon scattering result (a) agrees with the sum of the recommended cross sections in Ref. [I] (which give the large value of R"), (b) disagrees with the sum of the recent photoproton data [6,7] and the recommended photoneutron values (where R" is closer to unity), (c) agrees with the sum of Ref. [8] and the recommended neutron cross section, and (d) agrees with the sum of the latest...