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STANBA D FORM wo, "34 Office Memo, wndum ° UNITED ST. gS GOVERNMENT TO =: ‘TH DIRECTOR } DATE: March 32, 1950 FROM : DP, M, LADD DY * . folmon * a + . Ladd , SUBJECT: “COITUNISTS IN THE STATE DEPARTUENT Yh fie via: a (Names furnished to-Tydings Committee an - Ye by Senator McCarthy) Rowen___. a LOYALTY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES bt a ay ae 4 PURPOSE: To advise you concerning ae «:.-:- Loyalt Bo jp’ Form was returned to the Civil Service Gomuission on March 12, 198, marked, %____ "Wo disloyal data, FBI files." OO) > ——_—__—— A ae BACKGROUND: With reference to the attached memorandum to Be dated Merch 28, T1950, setting forth an analysis of the cases furnished to\the ings " Comaittee by Senator HeCarthy, it will be noted that Case No. 68 is a fo who is presently employed in the Department of State, In view o re) S$ ormation in the Bureau's files developed as a result of a previous investiga=., a ffeson for the Office of the Coordinator of Information in April, 1942, it appears: | fthe Bureau may be vulnerable in view of the return of the Loyalty Form marked, | a NYO disloyal data, FBI files," on March 12, ‘1948. . t., ify It will be noted that the investigation in 19)2féeveloped information ~~ 7°. ,,Sinilar to the charges made by Senator McCarthy indicating - as well as his | ‘parents, had siged a Commnist Party petition, Reports in the Special Inquiry | for office of the Coordinator of Information were furnished to that agency on | . April 3, 1942, and a sumary of this information was furnished to the State Depart- _ + ment on August 7, 1946, The Office of the Coordinator of Information was the - | predecessor of the Office of War Information, and was transferred to the | State Department from the Office of War Information. | ! STATUS: In view of the above, 1 field loyalty investization has been_op cerning which is being expedited and the results vw | furnished to the Civil Service Cormission and State Department upon its completion. i \" ACTION: Mr. Nichols is inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the, ; return of The Loyalty Form on ay: the Civil Service Commission marked, "No | _at at . INDEYEN . 194 (AS 797 or APR 10/950 / sg 37 > vi Deleted Copy sont Se : v Ty Letter wha, 1 mo ba ? Per FOIA Request. we? Sgt eo TE Rg YT ae RT nei SAAT ES EET TNT ETE