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se Psi a ig, sawn Do Lh ee ere a ——_— oo _— THE WASHINGIUN POST Tuesday, November 4, [952 Ln Mrs. de Haas ul Confesses to ryalty ‘Leal Loyalty ‘Leak A By the Acsociated Presa Miriam de Haas. former em- ploye of the Government's Loyalty Review Board. says she has “given out information con- cerning the infiltration of Com- ¢ MuUNisis Into the government” and has “seen to it’. that in. formation reached Sen. Joseph _ MeCarthy (R-Wis.). Sunday published as an adver- tisement a Ictter from Miss de Haas, addressed “To My Dear Fellow Amcricans” which said: “t did not know Senator Me- Carthy, he had no reason to know the source of his informa- tion. and he is of course un- aware that I am making this Statement... “The evidence he has passed on to you has never been suc- cessfully controverted, and could not be. because the information I supplicd was specific, concrete, correct and devastatingly true {information from sources de- cribed by our Federal Bureau if Investigation as reliable.! “From my reading of his Sen- ate speeches and other state- ments I know that his repetition of that Information has been ac- curate and exact. What has been conveyed to the public has, moreover. only scratched the surface of evidence of Com- ‘munism in our Government.” Suspended September 4 " Miss de Haas was suspended September 4 as an examiner for the Loyalty Review Board. Her}: suspension was on suspicion of leaking confidential informatie. On October 24, the Civil Serv- ice Commission gave her notice of proposed dismissal. She had until November 6 to reply to this notice, However, Miss de Haas told a reporter yesterday she had sent the commission a letter of resignation, effective as of ‘= Ir. day. ee AadArA has been accepted. he Washington Times-Herald|- ‘The commission said today it! Miss de Haas is 52 years old and a Jawyer. Her job with the Loyalty Review Board paid $7, 800 a year. The advertisement in the Times-Ierald ran three columns, page length, and cost $648, Miss de Haas said. She told 2 reporter ber decision to publish it was reached on her own and that she alone had paid for it. At the time she was sus- pended, McCarthy said that Miss de Haas “positively gave me no information” and added the com- ment that the Civil Service Com- mission has “hanged the wrong person.” Make Most of It ’ The Justice Department d clined any comment on her le r. eitiss de Haas closed her letter with this statement: ; “Yes, my fellow Americans, 1 have given out information con- cerning the infiltration of Com- munists into the Government of our beloved country a5 a4 last desperate expedient of alerting the citizenry. I gave it out de- liberately, hopefully and prayer- fully, of my own volition, with- out request, pressure or acknowl- edgement from anyone. “T am glad that I was in pos- session of information that might help our country and grateful {hat it has been made public. My only regret is that I have not you {o the danger our country is in. “i this be treason, make the ost of it” | ee toe ee id oo 8 7 ROY 1960 0-19 Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavie Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Wintertowd ___ Tele. Rm. __. Holloman Gandy Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass / f ——__ Dare: Ll-4A- 52