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, 3 ete Britis Tighter Tests Said to Match Th Washington Finds in London’s New Code be Vindication of Standards Long Used. i for U.S. Government Employes - in the severity of {ts security ar- rangements for Government am- ployes. Administration. officials have read with great interest the White Paper presented to Parlia- ment three Weeks ago by the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony lRéen. They find in the new it jBritish security code a clear] of” standards long|¢ Thy tightening of British secu-| °° that there might be which = job would ‘oe * to a man because fering » doubt about his reliability, ai.’ though nothing may have been Proved against him on standards which would be court of Iaw.” vindica‘ton applit4 Jere, rity arrangements was agreed to by the Eden Government on the recommendation of the Confer- lence of Privy Councllors, goaded by bitter criticism over the flight tothe Soviet Union of Donald id Guy Burgess, Brit-| ish diplomats, . - New British Standards -~ Among the new British stand- ards paralleling those long ap- lied here United States officiais leited today the following: DEFECTS OF CHARACTER ;AND CONDUCT, Britain has| “discarded the Principle that a! jeivil servant's character ts his| fown business. The White Paper signals the ‘change in these! words: “Today great importan must be to cmracter des fects as factors tending to make '4 man unreliable or expose him| to blackmail, or influence by for- eign agents, There is a duty on lepartments to inform them- Ives of serious failings much as| runkenness, addiction to drugs, homosexuality or any loose liv. ing that may seriously affect a! man’s reliability.” ASSOCIATIONS. The Privy uncilors upheld the practice, “tilting the balance in favor| h Security ~ Special to The New York Tinea, «_. WASHINGTON, March 31—,vant be removed from secret Britain has come a long way to-| Work if married to a Communist| ward matclting the United States/Or Communist nt years grappling with the] sreurity, problem said today that, the British Govemment had ev- dently come to conclusions sim-} ilar to theirs about the means afi ‘dealing with potential subversion lor disloyalty by government em-|, offering greater protection to e security.of the state rather: an in the direction of raf \ ing the rights of the indi. sep They went so far roissal from the public service as' ja last resort, suggesting that in ito less xensitive work or to hold recommend that # civil sergup his promotion. plese ABRIDGEME! cases in! . - be barred) | accepted in Security Paramount “> -" “The Privy Councilors held that these counter-measures were es * lsenial to the state, however dis-; tasteful they might be to the English public. ‘ Washington officials who have The new British security sys- tem differs markedly, however, from the United States practice; in some respects, It sets higher standards for the most sensitive sectors of government—the Fant -° eign Office, the defense services| land the atomic energy establish-| Iment—than for other depart-}* ments. 5 * Tt also regards ou! Gi! any cases it may be enough to fer a suspected individual