◆ SpookStack

Pttaes ogee (} 1959 j+HEW DEAL WITCH HUH | On unproved charges, Miss Mirjam M. De’ Haas, for 12 years a federal civil servant, most recently employed by the loyalty re- view board, bas been summarily dismissed from government service. This action follows two inquisitions by a federal grand jury and nine months of harassment by civil service commission officials, who denied her the ‘protections of the code. The persecution of Miss De Haas grew from ithe fact that she was a known anti-Com- | munist and the New Dealers wanted to find | somebody to blame after Sen. McCarthy of Wisconsin got hold of a confidential loyalty board document and made public its contents. This paper was the transcript of a discussion among members of the board, who agreed with one another that the State department’s supposed efforts to clean itself of Communists and other disioyal persons were a joke. Lacking anyone else to browbeat and blame, the Administration singled out Miss De Haas” and subjected her to star-chamber proceed: | ings in violation of every regulation of the’ civil service commission, These outrageous violations of the legal protections to which this federal worker and all civil service em- ployes are entitled stand in marked contrast | tol the protections thrown around other awealrarnmant tahhaldare heanahboun an shaker ofc THUS JUMptutia OFUUgaiy Up Of Ciaargcs of (Communist affiliations or sympathies by thé loyalty board for which Miss De Maas worked. : Miss De Haas was informed that she Was. being removed “‘to promote efficiency of \he service" and because “a grave doubt” had arisen “whether you have the unquestioned trustworthiness to occupy a responsible posi. | ‘tion’ in the government. Miss De Haas and Sen. McCarthy have both denied that they lever had any dealings or that they figured ‘in any transfer of confidential documents to an unauthorized person. There is no proof to the contrary and the letter of dismissal ‘makes it clear that Miss De Haas has been deprived of her Jivellhood only on the streneth of “a grave doubt'—that ts, on sus- Piclon alone. The Administration and many antiantt | , Communist bleeding hearts have never ceased | te bemoan that there is a sinister process | which they are pleased to dub “McCarthyism” by which innocent people are persecuted. outside the courts of Jaw on unfounded allega- tions of disloyalty or thru unjustified attacks | on their characters, We have not seen any! evidence that Sen. McCarthy has been guilty | of this offense, but the description accords | exactly with the kind of treatment dealt out by the New Deal to Miss De Haas. If you're: looking f6r @ witch hunt. here it is, and we anxiously await the outraged intervention of ap “NhersJs” in Miss De Haas’ behalf | } er, Mr. Ladd : Mr. Nichols Mr, Belmont |... Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavin... Mr. Harbo Mr. Rosen... Mr. Tracy Mr. Laughlin. ... Mr. ‘Mokr . Tele. Room... Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy | Mr. Telson Tinws-Heraldf ‘ r. si af. ats VOle 4A 7 Fw