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ee ee ee ‘ ; | tos ‘tt wag goneluded that there wos 8 “question as to the valiasty of the premise that such doubts of loyalty to the United ' States were "reasonable", Moreover, the Commiftee wade no dis- tinction tetween professional and clerical applicants in the a plication of their standards, The Connittee vased its decisious of disapproval on the “existenca of derosatory infcrence from what are really anbizcucous fects". It wes conceded that the Comealttes — reque:ted supplonentary investigation In some cates such as . neighborhood and Civil Cerviee Commission checks tut beyond such routine additional investigp tion the Committees vas content to bace recomendations on inferences, Fur thoracre, the Cosittee dis» roparded cligibility ratings by the Civil Serviee Coumicsion and considered the 2t security questions were raised by such items as “eredit risk, sexual aberrations of charecter or conduct, and truthfulness in replies to questionnaires,” ‘This vag co.sicered an impingement on personnel policy. , Role of tha Frt The Ful furnishes the Depa etnent’ Aofor:- tien in the form of routine enecks for CSA, or for CON, or in the foru of unsclleited rerorts of intcrest to the Devartnent. Mer-tion was made that at the request of officers of COM the FR conducted investigations of foreizn career personnel applicants where an element of doubt had been produced, It was noted that the Denertment relied upon the . FBI and tha checks were made as a matter of accommodation, not of. fi, .- mo ease to show esz;ionage or a violetion of the Fore an Registre tion. Act, or similar Legislation duty, and no control Was exercised by the Department over the investigation, -Furthermore, the Department was dependent on the | FBI for information which emanated from “surveillance, wide coverace, and the use of unusual methods of Antorrogation and investigation.” . The FBI prepared a chart which purported to show a number of agents, Communists, sympathizers and suspects in the State. _ Departnent as of May 15, 1947. It was learned several nonthe later that the number had been. oonsiderably reduceds BEG aS he 7 lage turned” out that FBI had produced ‘no > convinot ng proof. that any person Was an actual egent, In other words, FRI had made Len Agents! case, The word. ‘tagent", was, therefore, being used ~ by fit on or by CON - to. mean simply a suspeot in espionage Lnvestigetion, eto. © oO ad SK) proof of actual Communist Party membership had been produced by FBI. The word Comnunisat, therefore, was used merely to describe cases of suoh close affiliation as to lend credence to a hypothesis that the person in question was a member~-<-a fact still to be proved,”