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NY 161-1))28 SECRET) "yeshington, Dec. 28 - Procedures for testing the loyalty of Government employees announced yesterday by the new Loyalty Review Loard drew the criticism tonight that they raised ‘serious problems! in the safeguarding of con- stitutionel liberties. "Abe Fortas, former Under-Secretary of Interior, predicted thet under the board's rules the right of en secused emnloye to be accomnanied by his lewyer when ennearing before the boerd would be 'lergely empty.' "vr, Fortes is one of three attorneys and fcrmer hish officeholders who revresented six State Devertment employes when they were dismissed for security reasons Tast summer, "1Tt is doubtful if e lawyer car be of very much neln to a nerson eccused of disloyelty if he is to be denied the right to confront his accusers, or the opvortunity to cross-exemine witnesses,' Mr, Fortes commented, He clso charred thet the boerd'!s decision not to disclose to the accused the sources of its evidence wes in violetion of the 3111 of Rights. "Mr. Fortas attecked particulerly the bosrd's rule thet sccused nersons would rot be permitted et any time to inspect any report made epeinst him by the FPederel Bureau of Investigetion, which will do virtuelly all the investigetive work in the Government's unnvrecedented loyelty progrem." -ll1-