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f Se et Se See ~ ‘ = ‘ . ao oo ) Fhe next case was that elUlUlUt~*SY an applicant a for the foreign service, It was noted that no FEY report had been aaa { received conterning him and when requested for the report, the ¥BE - a ape reported by telephone that in 1941, the Pf unit of the Hew York | a Newspaper Guild had distributed a cireular which defended a strike ee p . of the North American Ayiation Company in California and that the name ~*~ 2} of appeared on the circular. It was noted by the ~~ / FR a 3 strike prompted the President to furnish troops to protect L&R the workers, Further recuest wae made of the FBI for investigation, © | however, the report was not in the file at ihe time of the survey, Criticlem | was made of the vasue language in the report concerning who was rejected as a security risk. Yurthermore, no iovestigation was made of the. * situation in Fil or among his recent associates. SE ML es . The Case was also discussed and persona | interviewed during the Investigation off stated he was a Pconsefentious | : objector type", tht a was in the Navy he once had a trunk which | contained Communist and radic iterature, It appeared that an official © ° of CON had concluded the man was a Commanist. It was not demonstrated that — - was an agent or a Coamunist Party menber and the investigation did not establish either proposition on any standard of proof, This case, ! according to the report, raised the question whether an employee of the State Department should be permitted to remain if it was discovered that = = i > he showed an intellectual interest on problems of Socialism or Comminism = |. where it was not Proved t that. he was ) aff ittated | or Bdhered to the Programs oF: 7 a oe oye mn gee oa eee er cmenegerin | co of any groups. _ General Comments — cn a TES _ a co re It was indicated in thts: > portion of the « survey thet the o foregoing he cases were believed fair examples of the method and scope of investigation, wa review and decision of the standards of proof and of f purpose spplied in’ > GSA, COM and the Security Committee, acne PEE tO un Sa es pe ok eS fie, Kana stated that he concarred in the ‘dheapproval in the * “ ° VE! —= case, net on the adequacy of the proof, bat en the | pests of ; trative eoniventence to the Departaente « ees a ohake tee SPER E ot ee i . fy ae ae te ae "pele 4 ae ne ae el; 7 in ve ah . oe oop : ares this section contained the recoamendations as * Feoalt of the . survey. ‘the reconmnendations were as follesst = .