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By memorandum dated January 25, 1°52, Hr. HeInerney was advised asa follovs: " ~ , Ht he his Bureau has been informed taut the Ctlutl Service — ae An ae ue i Coamiasion Acs conducted un extensive investigation in this ma which tas tncluded an interview of Liss Hirtam de Haas. This Bureau, @3 you Aave Feen invorned in sy tenoranda of January lil, L958, Junucry 15, 1952, and January Gly 125°, has conducted na tnuesitgution but has made audilable to the Ctvil Service Commission the facilities of tke FRI Litboratory. "Fou may desire to obtain fron tre Civil Service Commissian tre results of tts investigqction in gris mutter and, in view of the mettan in thio frp t nop ae > ; a f- ws : pron fe i Bhqve PeEOCONs Lier yA poeniuest 92 Une ar) Ciis mak t iP. fan : your Pegutse for Gh phoovca be que~om & in the .ceantine this Bureau conteaplates no further action tn this motter." Fe Recent Newsprper Fublticity Concerning This Matter One af the tmmediate results ef ‘he ortgtinal press conference of Senater ifeCarthy based on fhe ninutes of the Loyclty Review Poard's meeting of Vehruary 13-14, 1251, which has been aquplifiedin the Conyresstonal Vecord, wus tie effect on the anne] tn tre soln Stewart service case. furteoal a* the publicity ccacerning this anole was an article appeariag in the Yashinetoan Post of January &, 1202, captioned "Service .inpeal Declined by Loyalty Board, Carries Disrissal to wruman and McGrath." This article reflects tnat the atterney for Join stewart Service, Charles ue RRetts, had annealed dtrectly to FSrect lent Truaan, Attorney ieneral oirath, and tie Civil Service Comnission re~ an "impartial" reviey af the entire case. Tis article continusd as follows: "etts, in hig unusual cop2al vor further review of the case yesterday potntcd out that on Sunday tie newspapers earrted wret Senator MeCarth: deserthed as transcrinat ercerpts of a Loveliy eerten Board mceting held on February 16 ani 14, "Rey thoved Board Chairman Siren fingham had protested to Secretary of State Acheson that whtle the Stute Lepartment had dismissed no ore ror loyalty, tn other devuriments the dismissal rate was G per scent of the exnlayerea onallenved. "i* thet statement ts avucurate, said Phetts, it shows faaét Poard of fiectals are concerned witin tiehieving a statistical quota “OF disntssals.... on loyalty qrounds.' "Tt reflects, he said, that the 3oard conceives its function to ‘devise ways and eans af achieving Large numbers of dismissals of employees on loyalty grounds rather than to constder and judge indtutdual cases solely upon the evidence in a judiciary spirit of —- es rae ——— - ee ee es