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- te verde or Sr ey wy = 1952 MISS DE_HAAS GIVEN NOTICE OF DISMISSAL — | Defiance of Probe Cited by CSC | BY WILLARD EDWARDS | The Truman administration yesterday gave a five-day notice! ef dismissal lo a woman govern: ment employe suspected of airing! information of communism in the: government. | The civil service com = \ssion ac: | tion climaxed a nine-month cam-' paign of imlimidation against Miriam M. De Haas, 52, a loyalty board employe. Thru two grand jury inquisitions and protracted! secret questioning by belligerent, investigators, {he woman had de-, fied the authoritics to prove dere. hiction of duty. Aione in the world, with her: livelihood cut off singe suspen- sion without pay Septd 15, Miss: De Haas sat in her apartment, Jast night at 1016 Sixteenth St.! NW. and faced a bleak future | with courage. She may appeal | {he discharee nolice but the ¢x- penses of a legal fight are heavy. Hier Attitude Attacked The formal notice sent the! woman ecmploye by registered mail did nol accuse her of giving | information {to Sen. McCarthy | aa eae - , (R) of Wisconsin, the act of fe MIE S = LPC LO which she 4s suspected, but it as, sailed her refusal to answer the! (Oc. 7. zy” , 9 fe questions of investigators concern: | ° Pa ing her ‘testimony before a grand | jury. ; _ . “your entire attitude.” the no-! ef ms wh De A - tice read, “since the matter was - ‘ first officially brought to your &t-/: UL} vs te , tention on-Jan,.16 bas such | 295 IS59 av docan A Pidve aaitht Fo ari€e es fa whether you have the uA | questioned trust worthiness Lo con. ; tinue to vecupy a responsible posi-! tion as an employe of the United: Blates civil service commission.” One week ago, if was noted. the. ft eawonky Hust