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€ WFO 121~11:939 Mr, XIMBELL JOHNSON, Assistant Chief, Investigations Division, Civil Service Commission, has advised that Colonel JAMES E. HATCHER, Chief, Investigations Division, Civil Service Commisazion, is presently away from Washington and is not expected to return to this city for app oximately ta weekse . Mire JOHNSON has advised that in his capacity as Assistant Chief of the Investigations Division, and as one who is familiar with procedures and policies, he is certain that no such summry of the type reflected in the NcCARTHY "gxrhibit" has ever been prepared in the Investigations Division of the Civil Service Commissione He pointed out that in his experience with the Com- gission over a ten year period no summaries of information appearing in the | files of the Civil Service Commission have ever been prepared and the Com mission bas in fact attempted no evaluation or review of reports received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in loyalty matters, For the abow reason, among others, he is certain that the "Exhibit" of Senator McCARTHY which was purported to have originated with the Civil Service Commission is not a genuine document of that agency and that he can state positively that no original or replica of the "Exhibit" hag ever appeared in Civil Service Commission investigative files. In the same connection, JOHNSON pointed to the following features of the "Exhibit" which would point conclusively to the fact that the document aid not originate at the Civil Service Commissions (1) Each page of the "Exhibit" is stamped "secret". In this connection JOHNSON pointed out that no Civil Service Commission corres= ; pondence of any kind is ever marked "secret" and he knows that the Investigati ons Tivision of the Civil Service Commission does not possess a "secret" stampe He pointed out that the Commission usually uses the terminology "personal and confidential", and this is usually typewritten and not etampeds (2) The "Exhibit" bears the heading: "United States Civil Service Commission"; "Investigations Position". JOHNSON pointed out that no Civil Service Commission correspondence is ever captioned in this manner, It was his feeling that “Investigations Position™ Was meant to be "Investigations Ti vision", (3) ach page of the "Exhibits bears the stamp or imprint | "copys JOHNSON has never noted any Civil Service Commi sst.on corresponiance stamped or imprinted in this manner. 4 y(h) "eat tat" bears the following caption: