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bie heavy bea ee Abas ee eps sy ad by ye pee Sede — Re et + AO AIR i a <p thane rt ums CSCS To Sagpend a es oo Aide in Leak o MeCarth Refusal to Answer Questions Charged; Cites Unauthorized Releases of Data By Jerry Kluttz Fast Renartec The Civil Service Commis- jsion vesterday took steps to suspend a 52-year-old spin- ter from her $7000 pasition as legal examiner in the agency and to seek her testi- mony before a District Court grand jury in connection with the “leak” of confidential in, formation from the files of itk! Loyalty Review Board. The employe was identified as Miriam M. DeHaas of 1016 16th st. nw. A career employe, she! fnined the commission’s staff in: $940. Miss Nellaas refused to comment on the agency's actiowy against her, | The commission annoupsted| that Miss DeHaas had been | served with a notice of €uspen-; sion for refusing to answer ques-, ions asked by its representa-: ives dealing with the “leaks”: f confidential data from the oyalty Board. The investigalion of Loyalty Board “teaks” was started ear! Jast January after Sen. Joseph. McCarthy (R-Wis.) made publig: excerpts of a confidential mec ing of the Loyalty Board. Mis: DeHaas was first questioned 10, days afler MeCarthy’s disclosure. and shortly afterward she was’ dyansferred from her examiner. position with the loyaHy group io the commission's Board of! Appeals and Review. The petition to the District. Court reveals that there were VU instances of the reicase of. unauthorized information. — It declared that Miss DeHaas was, questioned about cach of them: Jast Judy 29, and that she either: refused to answer or gave eva-' tive replics. The cascs were list- ed Rs Turns: ext { —o8 Nore reine CORDED, ee oy ri i oui! ( Terni, Dischads, Chew Sili \ vg. n Carter Vincent, Jahn Pr s, Ophilo Nash, J. Robins. ..” Philip C. dessun, Tohert Ross, William Ludwell Stone. David L. Lioyd, Haldore Hanson, Stephen Brun- auer, Esther C. Brunauer, and finally, Psther Less, or Esther Kopelewich, 7 The commission fmplied that: it would have pressed ils case! against Miss Drcliaas hefore | July 29, but that the Justice Department had requested it to ithhold its inquiry until after! at date. Miss Deflaas appeared nefore r@ District Court gr, jury n March 18 and acannon’ X pri 8. Her {estimony, according the commission, covered 16 pages. The prand jury took ro action against her. In its petition, signed by its three members, the commission’ said it desired to study a trans- tripf of Miss Deklaas’ testimony : to determine whether there was! a “dereliction of duty” on the part of any employe in the exec- utive branch of the Gavernment. Tt also said Miss Deans had refused to pive the commission full and complete answers to the questions put io her on he ground that she may have rstified on ihe subject before he prand jury and that her slimony there was confiden- tial. The commission announced it had informed Miss DeHaas that it would seek her grand jury: testimony, It was informed through her atforney, Daniel J. Andersen, (hat she would make} a formal objection to the court against its release, Grand jury testimony is rarely releascd under any citcum- stances. However, the co is- sion is banking on the fact that the court recently released to the District Commissioners the grand jury testimony of Police Inspector Albert I. Bullock under somewhat similar cir- cumstances, =o = ~ J a Wash. a? \~ [' Wash, \" / { Wash. N.Y, N. Y, i 0-19 y i} ( my Uy! ‘ ai ‘| Times-Herald Post News Star Times Compass id PLT TK