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Tt ~12- ee , ad not for five years been a menber of such an ergani zat LOM, and a oe ae ow eek bre! oe . ecute = Fa 6 t * * _ an affidavit stating whether he was 0. ever + had been a meonber of the Com munist Party, The Supreme Court held these requirements valid. The city was entitled to inquire into the past loyalty of its employees. Since meubership in subversive organizations had been forbidden since 1941, the eath required in 1948 was not ex post facts. ; Bailey v (1950) 182 F. 2d 46, Affirmed by equally divided . Court 341 0.5. 918 (1951) Wiss Bailey was separated from the federal service as a result of an adverse decision by the Loyalty Review Board of t he Civil Service Commission. She had been informed that the Commission had received evidence that she was or had been a member of the Communist Party or Communist Party-Association and had attended meetings ef the Communist Party and associated with known Communist Party members. She was granted a hearing and permitted to offer evidence but was never informed of the names of the persons who had supplied derogatory information against her. She sued for reinstatement but the District Court granted the government's motion for summary judgment, The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that Stack v. Boy le (1951) 342 0.5. 1 . Bail for 12 persons errested under the Smith Act was originally $50,000 for each. “The only evidence offered by the govermment was that four other persons previously convicted under the Smith Act in another