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fataete be on Baa ae -* kas nee oes Civil@ervice Denice’ “crand Jury Minutes In Loyalty ‘Leak’ Case District Judge Matthew F. Mc- Guire today refused to open for (Civil Service Commission exam- ination minutes of a Federal grand liury investigating leakage of in- formation of Loyalty Revies Board proceedings. 1 The ruling came in the case ol! ‘Miss Mirtam M, de Haas, an at-: torney. and examiner for the re-' ‘view board who fs now under| Isuspension, | Miss de Haas was suspended: vafter she was questioned by com-' ‘mission officials following publi-! cation by Senator McCarthy, Re- publican, of Wisconsin of can- fidential minutes of loyalty pro- ceedings. Subsequently, 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 fo the commission the sist of her grand jury testimony AM grand jury proceedings are; kept secret by law. Denies Legal Obstacle. But the cammission contended “there {s no law... which excuses: (Miss de Haas) from giving testi-| mony to her employer in connec- tion with the investigation of the. Heommission, on the ground that! she appeared as & witness and “(testified -belere a.grand jury about matters which may heave been Jjunder discussion at such grand fury hearings... .” 4 The commission petitioned the “U. S. District Court for the Dis- ‘)trict of Columbia to release por- tions of the grand jury testimony ‘\given by Miss de Haas. Before Judge MecCuire 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 gambling 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 the force. But Mr. Irelan stressed that the minutes were not turned over un- Ul Inspecter Buliock won a judg- ment of acquittal. A transcript of an interview Seal Haas tonducted last Janu ié by James E, Hasth ehief of We investigatio vision of the Loyalty Review rd, and Hiram Bineham, chairman of the| board. was appended to the peti-- ton for relense of the minutes. + Tolson Ladd Nichols Beimont Clegg Glavin Rarbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Wintercowd __ Tele. Rm. ___ Holloman ___.. Gandy___ i - Tyan Pe OLT 19 te5- Foe ee Times-Herald 7 Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star Ax N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror N.Y. WE : By Date: 2 The transcript show . . ® ee “Hiss qa Tanne atta td that