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Pets ann it vs . bet dare high ae Perhans many of you stil think that “it can’t happen here.” Did you read the “other day that ten so-calied Americans employed by the “American” delegation to the United Nations were placed on a vacation with pay, at the expense of the American taxpayers, for refusing to tell a Congressional committee whether they are Com- munists? Did you know that at the same time an employe of the Lovalty Review i Board had for nearly two months heen under suspension without pay because she was suspected of Joving her country more than her $7.800 a year position? Did you know that this emplove was, through the efforts of the United States Civil Service Commission, the Loyalty Review Board, and the Department of Justice, brought be- | fore a grand jury under the espionage act, on the theory, apparently, that if she had given out information, she had given if to an enemy of the country, specifically United States Senator Joseph McCarthy? It can happen here! Yes, my fellow Americans, | have given out information concerning the infil- tration of Communists into the Government of our beloved country as a last des- perate exoedient of alerting the citizenry. | gave it out deliberately, hopefully and. prayerfully, of my own volition, without request, pressure or acknowledgement fram anyone. | am glad that |! was in pos casion of information that might hele our” country and grateful that it has been mad~ public. My only reqret is that | ho 3 not heen able to da more to arouse you to the danger our country 1s in. “if this be 4 treason, make the most of tf.” | * a MIRIAM MILLIKEN de HAAS ee