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Loyalty BoaA Leaks: To MeCarthy Probed : By Murrey Marder a Post Reporter Robert Ramspeck, chairman of None of the transcripts of its the Civil Service Commission, | meetings is ever allowed to leave disclosed yesterday that a spe-|its offices, it is reported, and the cial investigation is being made | board contends it has taken of the “leak” of Loyalty Review | evety reasonable precaution to . Board reports to Sen. Joseph R. | sateguard its information. McCarthy (R-Wis.). —_ If it was McCarthy's intent in Ramspeck condemned the re- making the release to seek to Jease of secret Review Board ‘embarrass only the State Depart- minutes by McCarthy as being | tent, the attempt has backfired “most unfortunate” for the op- {9 some extent. eration of the loyalty program. Bingham has recently criti- He said ne has directed the/cized the State Department for Civil Service's Investigations Di-; publishing the Loyalty Review vision to examine all the proce-| Board's detailed opinion in the dures of the Loyalty Review | Service case. Bingham said that Board “to see if the proper se-| violated an order by President curity is being observed,” Truman. t ' Release Held Unauthorized McCarthy, on Saturday, re- leased what he described as excerpts from transcripts of Loyalty Review Board meetings held on February 13 and 14 fast year. They showed that several members were highly critical of the State Department's handling of its employe lovaity program. One repercussion of that has reer dinlomat John Stewart Service, ousted by the State Department after an ad-, verse Loyalty Review Board find- ing, has appealed to the Presi- dent to review that decision. Service contends that the min- utes disclosed by McCarthy indi- cate the Loyalty Review Board is not “intpartial” in handling cases, but apparently seeks “a statistical quota of dismissals.” Ramspeck said yesterday that “nobody had any authority to; give it (the transcript) cut. How he cCarthy) got it, I don't knoy.” . Waits Confidence Kept § leak of that kind is espe- cially damaging to an agency such as the review board. said Ramspeck, which seeks to assure Federal employes that its opera- tions will be conducted on a confidential basis. “You're dealing with the good names of @ Jot of people,” Rams- peck said, “the majority of whom are cleared of charges involving loyalty.” SARIN laut ae Ur kyana ni acnaryess, hasen that oa een Liat c2 a ee ne { Ee seep telat rn PRR oe yar akpcag WE beryl pig said, “doesn’t contribute to good government.” The Loyalty Review Board is established as a branch of the Civil Service Commission. Re- rere To break that confidence, ne | Now it is the Review Board which is placed in the embarrass- ing position of facing accusations that its own records are not secure. Security Group Delays Hearing of Vincent Dipfomat Jahn Carte” Vin- cents appearance before the Senate Internal Security Sub- committee to answer charges he has pro-Communist sympathies has been postponed until later this month. The delay is due to the re- cent illness of Chairman Pat Mc- Carran (D-Nev.), who is now re- cuperating. Vincent was expected io testify on Friday, but McCar- ran will not return here until about January 20. Vincent's name has figured in the investigation of the Institute of Pacific Relations. Vincent is now jm this country on jleave from his post as consul af] Tan. gier, and is presently engaged in hearings before the State De partment’s Loyalty - Securits Board. ’ | | | ( | f ys Mitset, | AAM- 3570 7B NOT RECORDED 136 JAN 1-7 195) EKA AL! Te ee ee f-P- wed,