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ye gtk alate, weds WUE Gots gern abe: en OG ee Y" 4 whe gs Ua ts PLY et ea Coyle ape id, a ple ele: f —- J 4 ‘ACLU Asks Ga EGG FiWd it 9 Govt Hunt + ruiuw Ride Who Gave Data to McCarthy (Reprinted from late edition of The Worker) ~ The American Civil Liberties Union called upon the Loyalty Review Board Fri- day to search out ‘the “disloyal person” who has leaked secret data of that body to Sen. recommend ta the President that “all charges against an individual he disclosed im every detail and that individuals concerned have the right ta confront and cross- examine their aecusers, except in cases where our counter-espionage system wand really be impaired.” ACLU’s letter to Chairman Hi- | Bingham of the Loyalty ae vielv Board pointed out the inca. sistpney of denying accused peb-: iy such rights when Board pyp-, ceedings and secret FBI reports | are made public. 1 The letter, signed by Patrick’ Murphy Malin, executive director wf the Union, alluded ta disclosure’ by Sen. McCarthy of secret pro-. ceedings in the case of John Stew-. art Service of the State Depart- ment. and of information allegediy contained in secret FBI reports on Phileo Nash, adviser to the Presi- dent. “One point consistently made in defense of the loyalty program has beew that sources of informa- tion gathered on emploves would he kent confidential and assessed in light of all the facts and would not be divulged,” the letter as- serted. “Morcover, we have long heen told that details of many security or lovalty charges may ‘not be revealed to the employe affected, nor may the employe re leeive the privilege and right. of [confrontation and cross-examina- 4 tion of the witnesses against him. “But if all the information con. tained in proceedings before your Board and in secret FBI réports Ging be made available and spread jue the public record, thele is no feason whatsoever for the kon- tintetice af the practice of uh holdtie specification of cha E Joseph R: ‘MeCarthy. — ar ne. At the same time, the ACLU eipild eis renewing] A ate omtogn Tia LL. Bpz-a;;! wed its plea tiat the Board ov denying the riche of cross-ex- amination and confrontation,” The Jetter called “this” a fiunda- mental right of the spirit of due process which is a major ator MeCarthy has made his statements on employes’ loyalty and security status even after. they have been cleared by gov- criteria | ernment agencies, it is only {rir fof the democzatic system.” The to Jurnish the individual affected etter, after redbaiting then de-!with all this information so that clued: | “Iw view of the fact that Sen- ye a © « pope ON fp _’ Government. NOT RECORDED ma 133 APR 1. 1952 ! ; he may respond to it adequately himself.” er i 2 \" Tmt. toe n vwlinninge fram LOLS 15 @ YVidpprliig, 28 we Page Pa of the Daily Worker Date 3 A2/ sea Clipped at the Seat of