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o Ee ae ae OE ES : SET ee Ae NR er wet EF a 8 en Vows Purge. ~ es “i at ‘UGE Undesivables’, By HENRY MAULE 7 oeiesyo ~Jyar . . ra a 2 Tog ee. . * {Special Correspondent of THE NEWS) ~~ wo . ‘& London, March 8.—Britain tonight announced a * spurge of drunks, drug addicts, homosexuals and anyone ; ; ‘with known Communist leanings from the Foreign Office’ °° °° 7 rh and other government departments handling classified) o-- - - oy bE at work. aa bs To ae Le | creer am oe Prime Minister Eden told Com-! - - mons the government would fol-! low all the recommendations in : se . ; . . Lip eeen $B shapd must for ihat reason alone removed from secret work, - ae . The committee would shelve the Jong-standing British judicial tra~ : dition that every man is innocent wntil pared guilty. It recom-] mended that “in deciding difficult H cee and borderline cases,” the balance}; should be tilted “in favor of offer- | ing greater protection to the se- curity of the state than safe- guarding the rights of the individual.” - oo . . -* + Ynfarmation Asked All government workers would = recne. me : be requested to report suspicious . - ct ng ee ge ee . H a behavior by their colleagues. - Po a mG 7 | “The White Paper insisted that, ( : Fe eT Bop i : _ “in certain areas of public service | a weg —notably the Foreign Office, de- bog ae ro . pie fense ficid end xtomic enegry or-; ; yoo : pi gt on, ae F . 1 ganization—the need fo stringent! 4 Y ar | : § SL A co | security precautions if greater iH naif fi, a: . . 4 &. BS oe ES aah | than elsewhere. mop . i ee i : ar ' “Today greet importance must . ts se AF tae “ if Prime M nixter Eden Spe . ' be paid to character defects as . a no an 1 ’ Fwhite Paper iss : a tors tending to make @ man a x 4 M E the seven wise ued we ce, - mnrelliable or to expose him to = rae Y sone cf i ase men —& Fcivy ‘-Btaclanail or influence by foreign} — .-- +, “2+ og ee cm . aan i j Council committee set up to pre]. ' ‘agents. There is a duty ondeP oo ope 6 om A TR YE { ; . went any new Burgess-Maclean "partments to informa of serious Per Oe vot a ' —;emse, ; . . ° : ailings such as drunkenness, ad- Pas “ Wash, Post and ——___ -». q j After three months of investl- . _ 4 diction to drvg?, homosexuality “ ‘ Times Herald.-.. .- gation, the committee suggested _| or any Joose living that may seri- Lng u: Wash. News . a a geenral housecleaning to weed . ace | Outly affect a man’s reliability.” j= 2S” Wash Se rf t _ ee Soar The committee admitted it! : ash, Star -_ ‘ } out anyone in any way like dipio- — . might often be difficult to iden-1 . ~ NY, Herald - mats y Burgess and Donald ; * tity Communists, sympathizers,i oo Me $s ere ST if Maclean, known Communists whof-. ... . and those susceptible to Red pres-- ate . Tribune’ omy uP * "fn 1951 were able to flee tof = °--. | sare. But it said no chances must: - N. Y. Mirror — Russia, "50> -- >> + be taken in sliowing ruspectemesy ° _4 One recommendation was that pir 4 -Tettrereork a N. Y. Dally News 4 _ anyone living with a Communist 7 nn ne Ct a Mi ee Daily Worker no 4 er having a fellow-travelling wifef 2) . sot —_——— | —— . ene me teeny ee TERED The Worker : ' ; - New Leader 4 co 4 wn ARE oe Te Date MAR 0 3075 —_—— oe ee aoe on fg _ a ; . ;