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es Wiritebheta: ae tte Pee or Cu Mase Ts ae ey peep dah wes CSC Seeks — Aide in Leak To McCarthy Refusal io Answer Questions Charged; Cites Unauthorized Releases of Data By Jerry Kluttz Post Reporter The Civil Service Commis-! sion yesterday took steps te suspend a 52-year-old spin- ster from her $7000 position as jegal examiner in the. agency and to seek her testi-! mony before a District Court! Brand jury in connection with the “leak” of confidential in- formation fram the files of its Loyalty Review Board. The empleye was identified as Miriam M. DeHaas of 1016 16th! st. nw. A career employe. she! joined the commission's staff in 1940. Miss Delaas refused to comment on the agency's aetion against her. The commission announced that Miss IcHaas had been served with a notice of stspen- sion for refusing to answer ques. tians asked by its representa’ lives dealing with the “leaks”: of confidential data from the Loyalty Board. The investigation of Loyalty, Board “leaks” was started early last January after Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) made pubile excerpts of a confidential mect- ing of the Loyalty Board. Miss DeHaas was first questioned 10 days afler MeCarthy’s disclosure and shortly afterward she was transferred from hee cxaminer position with the loyalty group 0 € commission's Board of APrest und Review." ous OEP 7 tag Th. petition to the District Tomt Teyeals that thttre-earc' 15 instances of the release of! unauthorized infarmation, It: declared that Miss DeHaas was, questioned’ about each of them refused to answer or gave eva sive replies. The cases were list- ed as follows: Henry H. Alderman, Posniak, Chew Sih Hong, John Carter ya Vineenl, John P. Davies. Ophilo “ / Nash, J. Robinson, Philip C. Jessup, Robert Roxs, Wiltiam Ludwell Stone, David L. Lloyd, Haldore Hanson, Stephen Brun.: auer, Esther C. Brunauer, and. finally, Esther Less, or Esther, Kopelewich. ' The commission implied that: it would have pressed its case against Miss Dellaas before July 29, but that the Justice Department had requested it to withhold its inquiry until after that date. Miss Dellaas appeared before the District Court grand jury on March 18 and again on April B. Her testimony, according to the commission. covered 165 pages. The grand jury took no action against her. _ In its petition, signed by its; three members, the commission’ said it desired to study a trans-| cript of Miss Deflaas’ testimony to determine whether there was a “dercliction of duty” on the part of any employe in the exec- utive branch of the Government, Tt also said Miss Dellaas had refused to give the commission full and complete answers to the questions put to her on [ the graund that she may have testified on the subject befere the grand jury and that her testimony there was confiden- - f tial. . The commission announced it, had informed Miss Dellaas that j it would seck her grand jury! testimony. It was informed, through her attorney, Daniel 7: Andersen, that she would make’ a formal objection to the court @aeipstais release. ~~ 2 pe 8 ene ry eee G., SEP 17 1952