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‘ This entire matter recetved consifercble newspaper publicity. The "Times-erald” and "Washington Post" on September 5, 19525 revealed that the Civil Service Comnisston hed announced that de Faas had been served with a notice of suspenston for refusing to answer questions asked by its representatives dealing with "leaks" of confidential data from the Loyalty Review Boarde The articles. reflected that de Haas had been called to testify vefore the grand jury on March 18, 1952, ond April 8, 1952. It was pointed out in these articles that the Civil Service Commission had petitioned the District Court for a copy of the testimony of de Haas before the grand jury which was investigating a leak of confidential information from the Loyalty Review Board. The peti- tion of the Civil Service Commiasion to the District Court reflects that there were 15 instances of the release of unauthorized infor= matton and that (718s de #oas hed been questioned about each cf them on July 49, 1952, at which time she ztther refused to ansucr or gave evasive replies. The "Times-erutd" in September, 1952, carried articles concerning de Haas captiuned "Inguisitorsa Hid True Motives for Harassing Missa de Haas" and "U, 8. Worker Harried After Blow at Reds." It was pointed out in the "Washington Star" for Getober 7, 1952, that District Judge Yatthew F, McGuire tod refused to open for Civil Service Camnis3stion examinatton the menutes of the Federal grand jury investigating leakage of the Loyalty Review Torrd proceedings, The "“limes-Herald™ for October 25, 1958, reflects that the Civil Service Commission hid given de Haas a 5 day notice of dismissal, Vhe "Times-Herald” for November 4, 1¢52, reyslects tha* de lings had resigned yesteraay (Novenber 3, 1952) and thet the Civil Seruice Commissicn announced that the resignation had been accepted, The "Times-Herald" on Novenbder £, 1952, contains an open letter of de Heaa: "To My Dear Fellow-Anericans™ in which she stated that as an employee of the Loyalty feview Board she had endeavored tea bring some of the information concerning the Communist conspiracy in our Government to the attention "of our representatives in Congress, tn the hope that somehow the Conmuntst termites coula be cleaned out of our National structure before it collapses from withing ™ che stated that she had seen to it that pertinent injfornation was made available to Senator McCarthy as well as other menhers of Congress, She suid that McCarthy had no reasen to know the source of hia information. She gave praise to "our wonderful FRI," She concluded her letter by stating ".sseus Lf have given out information concerning the infiltration of Communists tate the Government of our beloved country as a last desaperute expedient of alerting the citizenry, JI gave it out deliberately, hopefully and prayerfully, ¢ny own volition without F t