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taegeaee pee ee a 4 a 79 NOV 10 1982 ~ OT re | goa ten * toa Pesto nb pd dk ce ung gl rT Cae eS Fate ve hora, sua rly isin. sett from governmieut SEYVICE, This § actian follows is Preiss ee months of harassment by civil service commission officials, who denied her the | protections of the code. ! The Persecution of Miss De Haas grew from ithe fact that” she was a known anii-Con- munist and the New Dealers wanted to find somebody ta blame after Sen. McCarthy of Wisconsin got hold of a confidential loyalty ‘hoard document and made public its contents. : This paper was the transcript of a discussion ‘among members of the board, who agrced! with one another that the State department's | ‘supposed efforts to cican itself of Conimuniste | and other disloyal persens were a joke. Lacking anyone else to browbeat and blame, - ‘the Administration singled out Miss De Haas ,agd “Subjected her ta star-chamber proceed: ings in violation of every regulation of thre civil service commission. These outrageous violations of the legal protections to which this federal worker and all civil service em-! ployes sre entitled stand in marked contrast ; to the protections thrown around other government! jobhoiders broughi up on charges | of Communist affiliations or srmnathies by) ithe loyally board for which Miss De Haas! 1 worked. Miss De Haas was informed that she was being removed “to promote eificiency of the | iservice’ and because “a grave doubt” had, larisen “whether you have the unquestioned | | trustw orthiness to occupy a responsible posi- | tion” in the gavernment. Miss De Haas ald (Sen. McCarthy have both denied that they | ‘ever had any dealings or that they figured in any transfer of confidential documenis to an unauthorized person. There is no proof to the contrary and the letter of dismissal makes it clear that Miss De Hans has been deprived” of her “livelileod only on ‘the: siren trength of “a grave doubt"—that is, on BUS picion alone, — The Administration and many antianti Communist bleeding hearts have never ceased | to bemoan that there is a sinister process | which (hey are pleased to dub “McCarthyism‘ | by which Innocent people are persecuted, Gutside the courts of law on unfounded alleza. tions of disloyalty or thru unjustified attacks on ‘their characters. We hare not seen any evidence that Sen. McCarthy has been eulity of this offense, but the description accords exactly with the kind of treatment dent aut by the New Deal to Miss De Haas. Uf if you're, looking for a witch hunt, here it is, and we, SE eat the outraged intervention of iberals” in Miss De Haas’ béetwtt i Lone ' Li. i, el te Clere Glavin ___. Harbo Rosen Tracy A Laughlin Mohr Vinerrowd _ Tele. Rm. Holleman__ Gandy Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Pash. Star | N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass Date: —— ——— ————— .