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= — a-19 Tolson Ladd Clegg 7 Glavin Z 7 Nichols 3 Rosen____ 5 Tracy 3 F Tart % | Harbo & Alden a | Belmoif = Laughlin. { Tele. Room Nease ; Gandy - bd | =f ‘ wwits: Dennen in r a Loyalty Program in rérit . fi fe , The Federal loyalty program js in perit until oor ae the integrity of confidential records of the Loy- alty Review Board can be re-established. That r) integrity has been compromised by Senator tA j Met a rthy’ ¢ release to the three press associa ‘ ; MUL Pisl ecsbasct wou uit PhS BSS a= tions of ‘reported excerpts from a transcript of secret discussions of the board on February 13 - | and 14 of last year. Somebody on the board or sf its staff leaked it to the Senator. This leak must ( be found and plugged promptly, if the loyalty program is to continue to function effectively and to merit public confidence. If the Loyalty Review Board cannot be sure of the loyalty of tts members and its staff, it is ; - i in a bad way. Secrecy of loyalty records is the LSE SRDED very keynote of the internal security structure. ' hyp Be ; It is that guarantee of secrecy which enables the Jai Le 1954 Federal Bureau of Investigation to participate . so fully in the program, The FBI cannot afford ; —- to have the names of certain of its informants . ~ revealed, or to disclose certain of its investiga- tive procedures or other information of a ciassi- fied nature. Furthermore, members of the Loyalty Review Board themselves will hesitate 01 to speak freely about loyalty problems—as they 67 ? * > # - bs 2 - a - ; $ B did in the released transcript—if the threat of publication of their confidenttal views continues . 1, to hang over them. | tn If the board itself cannot quickly find the . disloyalty which seems to have invaded Its own \ d- domain, the FBI ought to be asked to conduct F a thorough investigation—for the protection not j. only of the FBI and the board but of govern-4 nent sectatty in general. ‘ ee w/e Times-Heralc 4 Wash. Post ide agi A Wash. News Wash. Star Pieper . N.Y. Mirror