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es ct ee ee ee Teed . Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : D. Me Lad | . DATE: May 9, 1950 ' : Toison. \ FROM t EF, Hy Winterrow . at \ Cleaz. SUBJECT: LOYALTY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES =~ ObyrAs_ee” STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ; on ee [ | =—— . On May 9, 1950, when the writer talked to one * Mr. Peyton Ford cencerning clarification of his penned Tele, Room ‘\ notation on a memorandum to him, he advised that tt was — weave y his understanding the following course of action was bet jg RS) taken with respect to mating available State Department files to the Tydings Committees : He said that with respect to exr-employees who were a in MeCarthy's list of 81, only the material which had been made 4h available to the Appropriations Committee (either Senate or Hou ~ tn 1947 would be made accessible to the Tydings Committee. With respect to cases decided on loyalty grcunds, , ‘. either dismissal or retention, General Snow is to make lang ¢: 1 (apparently to read) a summary of the information and the a€tion taken, If more specific details are requested by the Committee : or if the veracity of the summary is qiestioned, then the State S| Department file will be made available. With respect to employees against whom administrative acton is taken, Mr. Ford said it was his understanding ‘Mr. Donald Nicholg on will make available a summary of information ‘and action to the Committee, If anything is doubted or questioned then the State Depurtment file will be made avai hb ble. f rtoupt 47 fa 1 It might be noted that Mr. Ford indicated that he was scheduled to see Senator Tydings as o 230 : schec yding .0f 2300 or 2:30 P.v., May 9, A, ACTION 3 Wone, The above is submitted for information| purposes. Yo | b7 | ar, F V2 123278164 y JuWIS iss0 a it ‘i _ wo ~ wet ‘ ce me pct pe ma gee UY eee we rp memphis = — ete mee mes Bm mm Ae cage