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WRIA I ase rR etn RA tes. i i 5 i # 3 4 : tay te high eee Wy: ; done whoa bey Loyalty Boar | oT eal.’ @aic ene Bs EER LY ER spec Is KEmploye An employe ef the Civil Loy- aliy Review Board is under sus- picion as the person who “leaked” confidential files to Sen. Joseph Ro McCarthy (Re Wis.), it was disclosed yesterday. | Civil Service Commission; Chairman Robert Ramspeck said! only that he had just reccived' a “partial report” on “a sus- pected person,” and that fur- ther investigation is continuing. The commission’s own Investi- gations Division, aided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been making an intensive ate on the “Icak.” Any action taken as a re-: s@it of that probe will be ia - unced at an appropriate ti pkcause of ‘the “public inter st ‘and the need to maintain cén- fidence in the loyalty progr Ramspeck has said. McCarthy has twice made dis. closures involving confidential Loyalty Review Board informa- tion. F On January & he = released portions of its mecting minutes showing criticism of lovalty procedure in the State Depart- ment. On January 15 he read au Git from what he described as cor- respondence criticizing the State Department's handling of the loyalty case of former career diplomat John Stewart Service. Employes for the 26-member. Loyalty Review Board are pro-: vided by the Civil Service Com- mission, The board has a staff of about 30. Any steps to dismiss an em- ploye must go through the com- mission’s normal procedure. re- quiting a “letter of charges” ageimebethe suspected_employe. ‘ \ NOT RECORDED 145 JAN 28 1S9¢