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taeenate mh see het —~"McCARTHY S FACTS | Miss Miriam M. De Haas, a suspended fed- | ‘eral civil service emplove in the joyalty re-| view board, has resigned from the govern- ment service after publishing an advertise- ment in the TimesHerald at her own ex- | Dense. stating that she had scen to it that; Sen. McCarthy of Wisconsin obtained infor-; ‘mation concerning Communist infiltration of | the New Deal. i Miss de Haas had been relieved of her jou‘ on suspicion only that she had given some | ‘of his facts to McCarthy. This, as we have. Noted, was ah example by the Adininistration | itself of what it likes (o call “McCarthyism.” | | Mr. Truman’s civil service commission had no } | proof af its suspicions. Miss dé Haas supplied . ithe only evidence it obtained thru her own ' ipaid advertisement. ' She indicated thal she had sent the facts -to MeCasthy indirecUly, that her information was specific, concrete, correct, and true, and that what has been conveyed to the public onty scratches the surface of the evidence of Communist penetration of the government. The significance of this statement ought not. to elude the citizens, and, especially, Mc- Carthy's detractors. The information which, 1 —_—_— a . —— — a4 he used, not knowing the source, was the} very information which was in the possession ,of Mr. Truman's own loyaity board. What tact would vouch for its accuracy more than | that? * Miss de Haas’ statement puts the loyalty board in a strange light and raises a funda- mental question concerning Lhe good faith of the Administration's professed desire to be rid of Sovict agents and sympathizers. The hoard did mot itself use the information azainsl those who were implicated. AH the Administration did after McCarthy's recitals was to charge him with defaming loyal em- ployes, altho his information against these jobholders was that which the Administration itself professed. There are intimations that the Juslice de- partment proposes to prosecute Miss de Haas. If so, the American people will have some questions to ask. One, in particular, would | be this: Are the Communists and fellow travelers in the Administration to go scot | free, and is an executive board that refused to do its duty lo escape all criticism, while the j citizen who acted to expose the Reds is pil-! loried? If that is what is intended, {t will) confirm thal disloyalty is nurtured by the | Administration. — > Tolson Ladd ae NicholS4 Belmont Pint Clegg — Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mehr Vinterrowd ___. Tele. Ro. Holioman Gandy___ f if =H . ; a0 ‘gel Times-Herald — \. 4S 1 hs Pash. Post __ oy 2 “ 5 | Wash. News _ { Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune __ N.Y. Mirror N.Y. Compa Dare: