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COPY. ¢ ~ - CFFICE OF THE CHIEF LaW OFFICER Novenber 14, 1943 THE COMMISSION through Mr. Smith and The Executive Director and Chief Exaniner I am submitting herewlth as a unit the cases of Chew Sih Hong and Dr. Kung Chuan Chi, employees of the Office of War Information. These cases are being sutmitted together because both individuals are serving in the same section, and it appears that: ‘ir. Hong was employed at the recommendation of Dr. thi who in turn was employed by Mr. Owen Lattimore, Director of Pacific Operations of the Cffice of War Information. The case of ‘fr. Hong was previously before the Commission and analyses of the facte in hia case were furnished by the undersigned Mr. Cannon. both took the position that Hong's connections the Chines Laundry Alliance, reputed to Be an "orgaization wreitieted h the Communist Party, and fté China Daily News, paid to be a sublication by and for Chinese Cammunists, eant-trhr references and associations, were such as to warrant a finding of ineligibility. { > 2 The Camission traremttted to the Office of War Information a proposed C memorandum opinion in the e of itr. Hong and under date of November O, 1942 ie, Elmer Davis a letter to Comiissioner Fleming stated that in view ormation which we furnished him, Hong vas terminated at the close of business Noverber 15, 1942. The Commission thereupon advised the Office of War Information under date of December 8, 1942 that the Commission has concluded that a finding of ineligibility is necess and that the Commission's records have been noted to show that Mr. Hong's services were terminated at the close of business on Novexber 15, 1942 as reported in the letter from Mr. Elmer Davis of November 30, 1942. Previously the Commission had approved the finding q of ineligibility and this action was recorded in Minute 4 of December A i In a letter dated July 27, 1943 al Ff MoCullough } referred to previous correspomience regarding Mr. Hong at the letter of November 30, 1942 from the Office of War Information to the effect that Hong had beon terminated at the close of business November 15, 1942 was somewhat in error because Mr. Hong had been separated from the New York office of the Office of War Information on November 15, 1942 for duty with the Army and that when he returned