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pT eran ae ta ae a gf Disloyalty Quota = ui The disclosure by Senator McCarthy nf the transcripls of iwo Lovally Reyiew Board meelings lifts a couple of curtains on that arency. It reveals, for one thing, that the board's awn syslem_ of internal 0-19 Tolson b~ ; Deas <— Belmobt! Clegg Giavin_ Harbo Rosen security is far fram Satisfactory. A leak Tracy of this kind is abominable inthe handiings ~ of material which involves men's reputa- Laughlin _ ET involves men’s reputa. tions and which has been gathered under Mobr____ a_pledre of absolute confidence: il is doubly abominable when the leak is fo Senator McCarthy who has shown himself to be wholly without scruple in destroying repu- tations, Even more disturbing, however, As_tbe fact that the material discinsed by Sonajor McCarthy in this instance revealed sexigus: Tele. Room Nease 7 Gandy rad . ity 1 fanaa bias within the Loyalty Review Board it- self. The State. Department “Was censured on the ground, in the quoted words of one member, of its “remarkable record of never having fired anybody for lovalty.” whereas . other agencies had managed to achieve the a dismissal, on an average, of 6 percent of ) all those employes who had been subjected to proceedings, This ix an allogether shocking altitude ae a on_the part of men Supposed, with even-, handed justice, to protect alike the security. of the Government and the. rights, of ils. individual employes. The Lovalty Review Board is a quasi-judicia! tribunal. It oper- ates tunder a solemn obligation to treat each case on its own individual merits. Any ; Preconception that jt shoulg condemn—a- certain Proportion of those appearing be- a ¥ * z 5 = 3 ¥ # fore it makes a mockery of its function. | j Men might as well be judged by lot or hy Voss . ordeal as on the basis of a quota system. Altorneys for John Slewart Service are amply justified in appealing to the Presi- NS Pa dent, the Attorney General and the Cjvil ‘ Service Commission for_a review of the \ board’s recent action reversing the favar- able finding of the State Department's Loyalty Security Board ja.the Service case. Times-Herald ‘hy hes abs seicben oda ange Wash. Post /( The hoard’s altitude raises a reasonable t foo! f }t doubt. to say the very least, as lo iis, im- we es partiality, —_—_—_ NCT RECORDED Wash. News _ : 136 JAN V9 1951 Wash. Star eRe a | N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass “Ori..