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{. O19 (11-22-55) yee Féea Vows Purge! (LOf Undesirables’| By HENRY MAULE ~ 1 Ges f+ (Syeckal Correspondent of THE NEWS) ~ t London, March 8.—Britain tonight announced "purge of drunks, drug addicts, homosexuals and anyone ‘with known Communist leanings from the Foreign’ Office | jand other government departments handling classified | work. 7 See ee a Priine Minister Eden told Com-} mons the government would fol- low all the recommendations in 4 . af ¥ og huskand must for that rea alone removed from” S€¢i work, ns Tong-standing British judicial tra- dition that every man is innocent » until Rie guilty. It recom-|: T mended that “in deciding difficult}; | and borderline cases,” the balance}, | ghould be tilted “in favor of offer- ; ing greater protection to the se- curity, of the state than safe- i Date WAR © 7058 te warding the rights of the tb dividual.” . Li + Information Asked a All government workers would ; | be requested to report suspicious . it behavior by their colleagues.- | : Hl j | “The White Paper insisted that; | : if | “in certain areas of public service | ed : —notably the Foreign Office, de- H : fense field end xtomic enegry or- 4 wood : 1 ganization —the need foy stringent’ an) $ gecurity precautions id greater . | than elsewhere.“ g° f “Today greet importance must “ j i Peeme Eden | ' be paid to character defects as 4 7 i >, . 2 tors tending make a man 4 py Qibite Paper {ssued Noriens 27] gmaliable or, to expose im. te ad ; ise men”—e« Privy, “Btackmail or influence, by foreign Council committee set up to pre]... agents. There is 2 duty on de- j +. went any new Burgess-Maclean + partments to informa of serious bl - eave. . failings such as drunkenness, ad- é . 4 tt After ore months of invest; : jetion % ores, homosexuality © . w Times Herald .- gation, committee sugges! or any Joose living that may seri- a ash. News a @ geenral housecleaning to weed . outly affect a man’s reliability.” j= — YS Phot ~ tn bite ‘ 7 The committer namitted nt "Wash. Star + 4 out anyone in any way like di ~ ;might often ifficult to iden-t . .Y¥. t mats Guy Burgess and Donald > a Communists, sympathizers,1 . N af Herald ; | Maclean, known Communists who} 5: ‘land those susceptible to Red pres-- aot ribune . ip Assi were able to flee to { gare. But it said no chances must; N. Y. Mirror 1 wean ee : e taken in slowing suspectemess’ > - ‘One “recommendation was that] yi, 4 -Tsttrererork. ns N. Y. Daily News Z 4 anyone living with a Communist hook : bt etme are en Daily Worker a) or havine a fellowtravelling wife? i = - + vom me , The Worker : New Leader | t