Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14

with no opportunity W Iclulc IiiCiii.
A Loyalty Board spokesman said
the employees would have chance
to a hearing, once they were hired
by another Federal agency. But
the flaw in this is that it scarcely
seems possible that any Govern
ment bureau would hire an employe
who has a charge OF dSloyalty
hanging over him.
Consequently, an employe IN such
a situation has practically no chance
to get other Federal employment.
And it's also doubtful whether any
private industry employer would
hire him.
Several Civil Service Commission
officials are disturbed over the situa-
ton. They intend to present 1t
directly to the Loyalty Boards at
tention and urge that employees in
this predicament be given the right
to a hearing and to clear them
selves if they can.
FBI-Despite all reports to the
contrary, FBI Chief j. Edgar Hoover
has no plans to resign from the
post he has held since 1924.
Close associates of Mr.. Hoover
say he will remain on the job as
long as his Government wants MIN
to-
There have been various reports
that Mr.. Hoover would resign, ef1ec-
tive January /. to take a far more
lucrative Job in private Industry.
But Mr.. Hoovers associates say this
is not the case.
They point out that, if he had
been interested in big-money jobs,
he would have left the Federal ser
vice a long time ago. Incidentally
MIR. Hoover is on very friendly terms
with Gov. Dewey, and If the Repub-
licans win in November, it is practi-
cally certain Gov. Dewey Will ask
him to stay on the job.
The same holds true for the rest
of the FBI's personnel. If the Re-
publicans win in November, there
will be less change over In FBI jobs
than in any other agency in the
Government.
SUPER SECRET-The very hush
hush Central Intelligence Agency
operates on such a secret basis that
it refuses to tell even Congress how
many employees it has.
Ali other Federal agencies turn
over every month to the House Civil
Service Committee and other Con-
gressional groups their latest per-
sonnet figures, but not CHA.
Instead the agency usually COM
bines it's employment figures with
those of the Army Departments, SO
that nobody will know just how
many people they do have on their
payroll. The best guess is CHA
has about 1000 employees here.
COMPLAINT-An number OF Gov
eminent employees are complaining
about the slowness in having their
promotions approved by the civil
Service Commission.
Whenever an agency wants to
promote an employe to higher
grade lob, the promotion must re-;
ceive the approval of the commits
sion. Some employees say that
several months have passed without
the commission acting on their pro-
posed promotions.
FSA-Several more designations
are in the offing at the Federal
Security Agency, owing to dlssatls-
faction over the setup there under
FSA Administrator Oscar Ewing.
Many FSA employees are in COM
plete agreement with the charge
made Yesterday by Chairman Rees
of the House Civil Service Com
:nlttee that the agency has become
political patronage organization
under Mr. Ewing.
Mr.. Ewing is one OF the top men
in the Democratic Party ana Is a
close friend of President Truman.
It's no secret that career FSA en-
oloves have been disgruntled over
conditions there since Mr.. Ewing
took over. and the situation was
brought to a head when DR.. E. b
Norton resigned as deputy commits
sion of FSAs Office of Education.
In resigning, DR.. Norton blasted
what he termed the political ad-
ministration" in the FSA.
Many of the agency's employees
we're incensed last year when the
then FSA administrator, Watson B
Miller. was shunted aside so Mr..
Ewing could get his job. Mr.. Miller
a competent administrator and very
popular with FSA employees, was
given the less important post OF
Commissioner of immigration ano