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egw pte ad oe 4 * ~ a , denials that such conditions exist. of ® e v : i oa Tolsen__.. . 4 , » "Ladd , ' Nichols\— Aj Belo é . Clegg’ Glavin, / Harbo Rosen { i have everything to lose, personally, and nathing to gain, by making the fal oO Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1952. To my dear Fellow-Americans: . "4 Trac ERY. owing statement.—Nothina ta gain, that is, unless it be the fulfilment of a hap . pers , hat through this tetter to my fellow countrymen, which | have personally paid for, ; ii the truth will be disclosed to you more clearly, and the danger to our beloved Gandy country shown in all its terrible reality, ‘ This is not 4 partisan appeal. As an American, born in the North, reared in | the South, and later a resident af the West and the Southwest, none knows better v than | thaf to most of us, in the final analysis, it is not place or party but our dear } country that really matters. And as a former missionary to Korea, none knows fe better the unselfish concern of this nation for thase beyond its borders alsa. For over ten years | have been employed as your servant in our Government,. - principally as a legat examiner, engaged in the analysis and evaluation of evidence or Wi y / relating to the layalty of Federal employes. In 1946 | was called to testify in closed = session before a Congressional committee seeking to learn how there could still be _ WO? RECCADEO so many Communists in our Government. 38iNov 13 1952 Because of the natural American tendency to believe in the layailty and sine | A ee en cerity of others, | have learned the hard way of the extent of the Communist con- spiracy in our midst—of the almost unbelievable success of Communists and gol Communist sympathizers in infiltrating throughout our Governmental agencies, and g . particularly into high, strategic, policy-making positions. Because there are also | in our Government, | have found, opportunistic officials willing fo cover up for. a“ these persons, and even to punish any Americans who may try to expose them, >! ¢> many of you continue to remain in ignorance of the facts and to be bewildered by The Loyalty Review Board, the top Board which handles the ‘‘President’s ¢ i Layaity Program," has been in a Beiter positon itan has any other group excepi the - Federal Bureau of Investigation to have an overall, accurate picture of loyalty con- ditians in the Federal service. As a legal examiner with that Board since its estab- lishment in (947, | have fong felt that ta cammit “the easy crime of silence” con- cerning the extent of the Communist conspiracy in our Government js equivalent to giving aid and comfort to the Communists and aiding in the betrayal of our country. At various times over a period of years | have therefore endeavored to bring some of these matters to the attention of our representatives in Congress, in the hope that somehow the Communist termites could be cleaned out of our na- tional structure before it collapses from within. More recently, observing the courageous fight of Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1 have seen fo it that pertinent information was made available to him as well as to other members of Congress. | did nat know Senator McCarthy, he had no reason passed on to you has never been successfully controverted, and could not be, be- causé the information | supplied was specific, concrete, correct and devastatingly N.Y. Compass true information from sources: described by our Federal Bureau of Investigation as reliable, From my reading of his Senate speeches and other statements i know Times-Herald _23 Wash. Post ——— Pash. News ~—— _to know the source of his information, and he is of course unaware that | am mak- Wash. Star | ~ ing this statement. He undoubtedly was able, as an attorney, to recognize the . , authenticity and reliability of the information he received. The evidence he has N.Y. Mirror = —_-— that his repetition of that information has been accurate and exact. What has been - — conveyed to the public has, moreover, only scratched the surface of evidence of » Communism in our Government, ——— - Nay 2 Date: 195°