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a Walks tt eg aye Pree tn | + ates byes vim Civil Service Denied Grand Jury Minutes In Loyalty ‘Leak’ Case District Judge Matthew F. Mc: Quire today refused to open for Gut Sarvics Mommiccion eyarm- JRdVin OeTVICE SOM ISaIGis faAaih ination minutes of a Federal grand jury investigating leakage of in- formation of Loyalty Review Board proceedings. The ruling came in the case of |Miss Miriam M. de Haas, an at- jtorney, and examiner for the re- view board who is now under suspension. Miss de Haas was suspended after she was questioned by com- mission officials following puwbli- cation by Senator McCarthy, Re- publican, of Wisconsin of con- fidential minutes of loyalty pro- ieceedings. Subsequentiv, Miss de Haas testified before a District grand jury. Her attorney, D. J. Ander- sen, told reporters his client was ‘suspended because she refused to ‘divulge to the commission the gist of her grand jury testimony Ail grand jury proceedings are kept secret by law. Denies Legal Obstacle. But the commission contended “there is no law... which excuses |(Miss de Haas) from giving testi- mony to her émployer in connec- tion with the investization of the MOT Wiish Ut al VOSuiRgaell Ue commission, on the ground that she appeared as a witness and testified before a grand jury about matters which may have been under discussion at such grand ‘jury hearings... .” { The commission_petitioned the ‘U.S, District Court for the Dis: trict_o t_of “Columbia ta release por- tions of the grand jury testimony. given by Miss de Haas, _ Before Judge McGuire today. United, States Attorney Charles M. Ire-| lan pointed out the secrecy of. grand jury data. He said that in his experience the only time such. minutes had been opened was in, the gambiing conspiracy case of Police Inspector Albert I. Bullock. The data, in that instance, was turned over to the District Com- Missioners to enable them to de- termine his fitness to remain on re yore’. Dat Rae Testes clea sled del Dtliatdidiem aie 1 SUES 5 Geter e minulcs were not turned over un= til Inspector Bullock won a judg- ment of acquittal. A transcript of an interview with Miss de Haas conducted jast January 16 by James E. Hatcher, chief of the investigations division of the Loyally Review Board, and Hiram Bingham, chairman of the ,board, was appended to-the peti- _tion for release of the minutes. | The transcript showed that iMiss de Haas admitted seeing 'transcripts of the Review Board ‘proceedings, which involved in- vestigation of a group of Gov- ernment employes. In this interview Miss de Haas sald she had no idea of how the information was leaked out. Interviewed Agaln. According to the commission's petition, Miss de Haas “was again interviewed by commission repre- eontativeas abn the wneutharizad BUMVAUVOS GHUe Uo WOU Lord ‘disclosures of confidential infor- ;mation from the files in the cus- iody of the Loyalty Review Board in the following cases: "(hl Henry Haines Alderman, {{2) Posniak, (3) Chew Csih Hong, : (4) John Carter Vincent, (5) John ‘Patton Davies, (6) Ophilo Nash., : (7) J. Rebinson, (8) Philip C. Jes- ‘sup. (9) Robert Ross, (10) William \Ludwell Stone, (11) David Dem- arest Lioyd, (12) Haldore Hanson, (13) Stephen Brunauer, (14 Esther C. Brunauer, (15) Esther Less or Esther Less Kopelewich.” The petition said Miss de Haas refused to answer any questions regarding the leak in those cases the ground that she could not iscuss any matters which may ve been under discussion at the. and jury hearings. Tolson Ladd Nichol Belmont Clegg Glavin Rosen : Tracy Laughlin Mohr Winterrowd ___ Tele. Rm. ___ Holloman Gandy___ {ee aoe a al ne . woe Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune _____ N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compass 1 Date: vt =