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o Some Quotes Missing According to her own memory of the questioning, Miss DeHaas says she continued with remarks about the “coddling of Commu- rages pa Pere Dat id FF wees ety nee nists” by government agencies which do not appear in the tran- script filed in court. “I quoted the loyalty review! board regulation,” she recalls. “These specify that persons charged with Communist sympa. thies, associations or membership should be told that they need not answer shy questions or reply to, a letter of charges and that lagency loyalty boards should not | draw unfavorabie inferences from such refusal to reply on the paint lof alleged communism or pro-com- miunism, “The regulations provide further that persons charged with pro- communism, Communist , party membership and so forth, should not be personally contacted by anyone in the agency but only in writing and that they should be fully informed of their rights to have an attorney or representa. tive present when they did ap. Pear in person before any board or agency head for a hearing.” Comparison Drawn The comparison was drawn by Miss DeRaas between this zealous regard for the rights of employes charged with communism and the iresiment accorded to her because of the suspicion that she had disclaging ~. informatio — ——— the disgust of loyalty board mem- bers with conditions in the State depart t . Asked about a Pas rew this at her questioner: “TY certainly was interested, The dential statements that i have jinen tie FSI in Ubé pask-T have tried to be helpful to the FBI apa én tore than_oné_occasion haye talked with. them and there gre ¥arious and sundry__reasons. for that.’ Chairman Bingham made one of his rare interruptions at thin point. He commented that Miss DeHaas had given » “perfectly good explanation.” (The further tribulations o iss DeHaas will be related ¢ succeeding article) (ii