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% ee from L, B. Nichols Memorandum for They were also concerned over expressing “a judgment" oon an individual's integrity and loyalty today on the basis of limited information | when they could be deceived. I pointed out that common sense and judgment must be applied and that anyone reading a report would, of course, expect the person furnishing information to furnish only that within their personal knowledge and if there were concealed facts which the person interviewed did not know, then no responsibility would certainly be attributed for those unknown facts. I got the very definite impression that Hoskins was taken back {| somewhat because he admitted that he could fully understand our desire to interview people directly, In fact, I told them categorically that we could not peri others to conduct interviews and to secure information for us; that so far as the Friends Committee was concerned we were certain that they would be motivated by the highest principles, but that the principle of vigilante action applied and that _if we were to endorse such a program as they were suggesting then we could not protest a super vigilante committee who presumed to conduct interviews bearing on loyalty, They both agreed that there was merit to this. ‘In discussing the matter of the Friends Committee preparing a written statement, Mr. Cary stated that when a grocer prepares his bill if there are any mistakes the bill is in favor of the grocer; that if a person prepares a report it would be in favor of the individual preparing the report, He then pointed out that he thought it would be much fairer both to the Committee, the person being investigated and to the Bureau to have a written statement so that the could be no misinterpretation of what was intended, At this point Hoskins interjec —and- stated that the way they would prepare the written statements would be to put them in two parts, The first part would be a factual statement as to the individual employment. A copy of this would then be furnished to the person being investiga The second part of the statement would be the confidential judgment of the Americ: Friends Committee wherein they would comment on the individual's integrity, loyalty and so forth. This evaluation and judgment on the part of the Committee would be cansidcred confidential and a copy would not be furnished:to the person w investigation, but would be furnished only to the Bureau. ma ey ee cane eee wee ee eT . a oder oe -=3 “Re = ape : fh ne : . . any .-