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individuals who were communistic
in their sympathies." He admitted
meeting Miss Bentley, a confessed
Soviet spy, through individuals
known to him to be Communists
He admitted that substantially
all OF Miss Bentley's testimony was
true, but claimed that she miSun-
derstood his motives. He admitted
giving her information acquired
during his Government employ
ment; in fact, he testified, II gave
her all the things she said 1 gave
her" but claimed the information
he gave her was not secret He ad-
mitted that he became suspicious
that Miss, Bentley was a Communist
in the latter part of l943. but also
admitted that he never made known
his suspicious to his superiors in
the Government. In his testimony
Remington himself characterized
his ability to hold such sensitive
Government positions as fantastic
in the light of the information then
presumably in the hands of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"Sensitivity" Still Neglected.
The subcommittee has found that
"senSitiyity" continues to be neg
lected under the appointee phase
OF the program. Executive order
No. 9S35 provides for full field in
veStigations in the cases of those
applicants, or of applicants for
those particular positions, as may
be designated by the head of the
employing agency or department.
During the course of it's investiga-
ton the subcommittee discovered
that there have been no designa-
tions of particular positions" by
agency heads. Nor has the SUBJ
committee discovered a single case
where an agency head has requested
full field investigation of an ap-
pllcant for sensitive position. The
presidential order of March 13 l948
has made it impossible for the sub
committee to determine that there
nave been, in fact, no such requests.
The subcommittee believes 1t i'm
peratlve that special treatment be
given to employees in, and applicants
Tor, sensitive positions where they
have access to confidential material
ana information. In the case of
the incumbent employees. provisions
should have been made to expedite
Investigations of those occupving
sensitive positions Under no cir
cumstanceS in the future should ap-
polntees be given access to conf
dental or other classified material
affecting the national security with
out full and complete investiga-
ton. Former Civil Service Com
missioner Flemming testified before
the House Subcommittee on Appro-
pTiatlons, on June 4, 1947, as follows:
We have estimated that the
commission and the agencies
working together will determine
that approximately 10 per cert
of the persons entering such (sic)
positions in 194S will be entering
sensitive positions.
Surveys Held Essential.
1t is essential from a security
standpoint that survey be made in
each agency and department to de-
termine the sentitive positions with
in each agency and department and
that appointments to these posi-
tions be withheld until full investi-
cations can be made.
The manner in which all loyalty
cases are now handled on a nom
priority, production-line basis makes
no distinction between the case in
volving charges of a serious nature.
and that involving relatively minor
i accusation. Every case goes through
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ploying agency head. Nor does
there seem to be any provision fol
planned subsequent investigation oi
once-cleared employees who are
transferred to more responsible jobs
This could be a serious weakness
in the loyalty program. 1t is to be
expected that disloyal or subversive
elements attempting to infiltrate
into the Government would use
agents who have no known record
1t is not to be expected, for instance
that the Communists would attempt
to place a known party member OF
sympathizer in Government posi-
ton.
1t Is also to be expected that
Communists and other Subversive
groups attempt to recruit agents
and sympathizers from among Gov
ernment employees who have been
investigated for loyalty and cleared.
There is apparently no planned pro-
cedure for follow-up loyalty checks
on such recruits. Nor does there
appear to be any system for notice
to the employing agency head in
the event that the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation, or any other inves-
tigating agency, subsequently dis
covers derogatory information con-
corning such cleared" employe.
The subcommittee believes that
the loyalty program must be
strengthened by providing a pro-
cedure for necessary follow-up
checks, particularly in the case of
employees in sensitive positions.
Excepted Appointees.
AS previously pointed out, the
loyalty investigation of appointees
to positions excepted from the COM
petitive civil service is the RESPONSE
bility of the head of the employing
agency, whereas appointees to posi-
tions IN the competitive service are
investigated by the Civil Service
Comlssion. This is a serious defect
In the loyalty program. =.
Excepted" positions constitute
only about per cent of all Federal
employees, out include many of the
most important positions. Many
positions In the executive branch,
including all attorneys, special as
siStants to department secretaries,
quasi-mllitary positions involving
the security Of secret or confiden-
tial matters, and numerous other
SIMILAR positions, are excepted from
the competitive service because of
their very confidential and policy
determining character. Under the
present program the question OF
the loyalty Of appointees to these
excepted, sensitive positions is en-
tirely in the hands of the head OF
the employing agency. under
this system the weakness or care
tessness of one agency head can Seri-
ously threaten the entire loyalty
program. Communists, Communist
sympathizers and other disloyal
elements are quick to spot such q !
weakness and take full advantage
of it.
II IL u Wcu>AhoWh Idet, Cicdliy
illustrated by recent congressional |
investigations. that persons Of ques-
tionable loyalty concentrate in par
ticular agencies Of the Government. |
If one disloyal person gains = posi- |
ton Of sufficient importance in an
agency, under the present system !
he can flood that agency with his |
disloyal associates.
The subcommittee believes that I
this lack Of uniformity in loyalty
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EvaluatiOn of
Investigation Reports

The findings Of the loyalty boards
are based. to a great exent, upon
the reports OF investigating agen-
cies. particularly the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation. In order to pro-
tect their confidential informants
and their investigative techniques,
investigating agencies frequently re-
fuse to divulge the sources of the
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plagued with the antiquities Of the

plagued with the antiquities Of the
| program.
For instance, there is wide.
spread confusion among the agencies
as to their power under the order to
conduct their own loyalty investiga-
tions. The Civil Service Commission
has taken the stand that Executive
order No. 1886 does not prohibit
agency investigation. and that such
investigation is in fact contemplated.
On the other hand, most agencies
believe the order denies them the
privilege of independent investiga-
ton. There has been no apparent
effort to eliminate this confusion.
1t is clearly the duty of the Loyalty
Review Board to resolve these am
biguities in the loyalty program.
The absence OF sufficiently careful
definition of loyalty standards and
procedures has led to the lack of
uniformity noted among agency
loyalty regulations submitted to the
Loyalty Review Board for approval.
The situation existent under the
loyalty program may be iikened to
a Nationwide judicial system, with
each court applying the law accord
ing to its own rules Of evidence and
procedure. The Loyalty Review
Board, in the capacity of a court of
appeals. has created for itself the
almost impossible task of reviewing
decisions based on many varying
standards and procedures. The sub
committee believes that definite and
uniform standards and procedures
are essential to the success of the
Federal employees loyalty program
and must be promulgated and put
into effect without further DELAY.
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Lack of disappointment
Investigations

The present loyalty program
makes no provision for investiga-
tionS of any kind prior to appoint
ment, even in the case of sensitive
positions. The failure to make any
preappointment investigation leaves
the agency head with a most diff
ficult choice. He must leave untitled
ley. sensitive positions for a period
OF time which might seriously i'm
pair the proper functioning of his
agency, or he must, as an alterna-
ave, fill these vacancies with ap-
pointees whose loyalty is of unknown
quality. The program must not de-
mand such choice from the head
of any agency. Although the SUBJ
committee recognizes that full field
Investigations of all appointees prior
to appointment is not feasible, it
strongly urges that no one be ap-
pointed to a sensitive position in
Government unless his loyalty has
been clearly demonstrated or thor
oughly investigated. Further, no ap-
pointments to any position in Gov
ernment should be made until the
appointee has at least been sub
jected to a preliminary loyalty
check. as distinguished from a full
investigation.
The subcommittee believes that it
is entirely feasible for the Civil
Service Commission to supply to the
agency head appointees who have
been subjected to a loyalty check
prior to appointment. The subcom-
mittee is fully aware of the fact
that a comparatively small per-
centage of those applicants who are
certified to the commission lists
are actually appointed The expert
ence of the commission has been
that many of the persons on the
list have accepted other positions
prior to the time appointments are
prof1ered them, or. for one reason
or another, are no longer interested
in an appointment. But the expert
ence of the commission must show
the number of applicants who are
oASASo Otl d
or quarterly basis. The subcommit-
tee believes that the commission
can and must keep its register cur
rent from loyalty standpoint. and
appoint from that register only
those who have successfully met the
necessary loyalty standards. At the
very least 1t must keep its register
current as to appointees who may
be appointed to sensitive positions.
Hoover Warning Cited.
In his testimony before the sub
committee of the House Committee
on Appropriations. J. Edgar Hoover
made the following statement:
From security point of view,
I think that employe "a proba-
tional appointeeD is just as dam
gerous to the security of the
Government as an employe who
is permanently on the rolls. He
has access to the same papers,
to the same documents, and all
the confidential information AS
the permanent employe has.
This subcommittee joins Mr..
Hoover In this warning and urges
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the long, ime-consuming routine,
regardless of the facts or the in
dividualS involved.
For example, a case involving an
isolated uncorroborated charge that
an employe had occasional associa-
tions with known Communist.
should not be handled in exactly
the same manner as case where an
employe is reported to be engaged
in espionage or some other extreme
act of disloyalty.
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What the Ferguson Senate
subcommittee describes as "ob-
DtouS defects" in the present
Federal employees loyalty pro-
gram, are discussed in detail in
the tolloWing section of the in
tertm report, made public last
night:
The restrictions placed upon the
subcommittee's examination into the
employees loyalty program by the
Presidents memorandum of March
13, 1948, regarding the nondisclo-
sure OF reports, records and files rel
ative' to the program, have neces-
sarily limited its scope and made
difficult the formulation of specific
recommendations. However. a pre-
llminary examination by this SUBJ
committee into the methods of pro-
cedure effected pursuant to Execu-
tive Order 1885 has disclosed certain
obvious defects in the present Fed
eral employees loyalty program which
should and must be corrected with
out delay,
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that corrective action be taken a
once.
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Nor does jurisdiction should be thoroughly
vision for reexamined
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05
Mrs. Waits Hostess
To st. Johns Guild
AT Meeting Monday

Mrs. John r. Watts was hostess
to the woman's Guild of st. Johns
Episcopal church at her home on
Beach Boulevard Monday.
Mrs. John Nelson. Jr., presid-
ed and Mrs. Warren B. Seely
served as secretary in the alb
sence of Mrs. R. B. McIlwain. Mrs.
Milton Brewer opened the meet
ing with prayer and reports were
heard from Mrs, Fred Taylor, Mrs.
w. A, Bonnsy and Mrs. Howard
G.. Owens.
The members voted to send a
donation to the fund for Canter-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05
Examination For
Clerks. Carriers
To Be Held Here

An examination for proba-
tional appointment to positions
OF substitute clerk and carrier
has been announced for the post
office at Pascagoula.
No experience or training is
required for this examination but
all applicants must be bona fide
patrons of the post office. The
age limit is from Is to so years.
Veterans will be given prefer
ence in accordance with Civil
Service rules, particularly dis
abled veterans.
Additional information and
application forms may be OBJ
tanned from the Pascagoula post
office.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05
News From Coulter. -.
Meeting OF Federated Womans
Held AT Home OF Mrs. Trussell

der by the president, Mrs. Phil
ip Chestnut. Mrs. Verne Barnes
gave a report on the community
House purchasing committee.
Plans were made for an Easter
bazaar. Mrs. Hurley Guillotte
gave a report on the March of
Dimes drive by the Girl Scouts.
j. M. Epting, sanitary inspector,
gave an interesting talk on sani-
tation and Mrs. MAY of the Pas
cagoula Health Department gave
an interesting talk on Civic Clubs
working with the Health Depart
ment.
During the social hour de-
licious refreshments of sand
witches, cookies and spiced tea
were served to eighteen members
and seven guests.
The next meeting will be held
March II with a luncheon at The
Longfellow House and the next
regular meeting will be March %
at 2:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
P. 7. Vaughn.
BTU Club Meets
The BTU Club of the First
Baptist church met at the home
of Betty Lee Thomas Saturday
night and enjoyed a party. A
short business session was held.
The house was attractively decor
ated with red camellias. Indoor
and outdoor games were enjoyed
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05
Birthday PurtY
Saturday Evening
Honoring Rev. Cosby

The nth birthday of Rex Cos
by was celebrated by his mother.
Mrs. Max Cosby who had ar-
rived from Kansas City earlier
in the week at a party at the
home of Mrs. Bess Bunch at 500
Garfield avenue, Saturday even-
ing.
Games provided amusement
and in one of them Toxic Cal
houn captured an appropriate
prize.
Cake, sandwiches and lemon
AIDE provided refreshments dur
ing the latter part of the even
ing.
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and visited relatives in Sellers
Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Delcomyn and
daughter, Priscilla, of Alexandria
r visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Salisbury. Priscilla
was taken to the Jackson County
hospital Friday for treatment but
she is back home now.
Miss Louise Penton of Perkins
ton, visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. A. Penton, this weekend.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05
INTER-cITY COUNCIL MEETS

On Friday ttodsy) the Inter
City Council will meet at the
City Hall in Moss Point at 1880
p. m.
Several matters of Importance
will come before the meeting.
Plans will be formulated for
the Identification of Highway 80
and the new Identification con-
test. S. A. McInnis, Jr., of
Moss Point has been appointed
chairman of the committee for
the highway Identification.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05

The Gautier Federated Wom-
ans club met last week at the
home of Mrs. j. C. Trussell, Sr.,
with Mrs. J. c. Trusseil, Jr., and
Mrs. Marvin Polk as hostesses.
The meeting was called to or
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05

bury clubs for boys at various
colleges.
Hot coffee, sandwiches and
cake were served by Mrs. Watts
at the conclusion of the meeting
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05
mi

A business meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the First
Presbyterian church was held IN
the church Monday afternoon.
The chair was occupied by
Mrs. Harry E. Parsley serving in
the absence of the president, Mrs.
R. G. Wingfield.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-05

and Mrs. Lorenzo Guillotte and
Mrs. Lee Thomas served refresh
ments of cake and punch to eigh-
teen members and fourteen
guests.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26
Teachers Named On
State Committees

The following teachers in Hag-
erstown and Washington County
Schools have been appointed to the
1947-48 committees of the Maryland
State Teachers Association:
Legislative Committee. Scott
Couchman, Woodland Way Junior
High School.
Nominating Committee - Merle
Funk, Hagerstown High School,
Chairman.
Special Policies Committee =
Douglas M. Bivens, Principal,
Boonsboro High School; Frances
Grimes, Principal, Antietam Street
School.
Teacher Welfare Committee -
Catherine Beachley, Vice Principal,
Hagerstown High School.
Constitution Revision Committee
Donald Kaylor, Hagerstown Jun
ior College.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26

night, March 4, with the entertainers
and entertainment which have made
this great orchestral organization a
popular favorite from coast to coast.
One of the most popular leaders of
the day, Russ Morgan and his or
chestra have been featured at al
most every famous dance and en-
tertainment center in the country.
Among the great hotels from which
Music in the Morgan Manner" has
been sent over the airwaves, are the
Hotels Biltmore and Commodore in
New York, the Roosevelt in New
Orleans, Rice Hotel, Houston, Chase
Hotel in ST. Louis, Muehlebach Hotel
in Kansas City, Palace Hotel in San
Francisco and the Edgewater Beach
Hotel in Chicago which Morgan left
after an extensive stay in order to
go on a countrywide tour.
"Music in the Morgan Manner
has been prominently featured on
the radio, and Morgan has made
several movie shorts for Paramount,
Warmers and Universal His rec
ords are perenially among Decca's
best sellers, and his theme Does
Your Heart Beat For Me-" is one of
the nations favorite melodies.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26
New Children's
Shop Opened Here

After months of work, one of
the most attractive children's stores
in this section of the State-the
Jack Rose Shop-was opened last
week in the Hamilton Hotel Build
ing.
The shop is under the manage
ment of Jack Shapiro, who for ten
years was associated with the Mary
land Pipe and Metal Company Of
Hagerstown, and is stocked with ev-
erything that youngsters could pos
sibly need, from tots to teen-agers.
With an efficient staff of clerks,
the store is ready to serve the
mothers of this community, with
not only the finest merchandise, but
in setting that is peculiarly at
tractive to youngsters. So, mothers,
when you stop in at the Jack Rose
Shop, bring your children with you
they'll love it.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26
All Club Members
To Visit Washington

Maryland Alters are to launch
their celebration of National All
Club Week with tour to the ma
TONS capital for members of Senior
Councils and local leaders. The tour,
which is to be Monday, March l,
was announced today by State Club
Agents Miss Dorothy Emerson and
Mylo S. Downey. The national
celebration of Club Week is from
March l to 7.
Present tour plans call for the
groups from various counties of the
state to gather at the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in the morning
for a meeting with department Of
ficials interested in Club work.
From there, the group will visit the
Capitol building and Congress. The
rest of the day will be devoted to
smaller group tours to places of in
terest in Washington.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26

now be made by contracting Miss
Helen Lyon at the City Hall. Her
phone number is SIS
The Symphony Concert is spon-
sored by the Hagerstown Music
Council, which is appointed by the
Mayor for the purpose of promoting
good music in our city.
Seat reservations can be made by
subscribers, at Moller's Music Store,
Al S. Potomac St, on Thursday,
March 4, from 10 am. to / pm, and
public sale of tickets (and reservat-
ton of seats) will be held at Mol
ler's Store on the following dates:
Thursday and Friday March 4 and
81 from l pm to pm; Saturday
March g. from pm. to pm and
7 pm. to pm. Tickets will also
be on sale at 7:30 pm. on the night
of the concert, at the High School
Auditorium.
Those wishing to order the tickets
by mail should write to the Hagers-
town Music Council, City Hall, Ha-
gerstown, Md, and checks should be
made payable to the Council
The price of the tickets are as
follows: Reserved seats, $500 plus
40e tax; Unreserved seats, $3.50
plus zoe tax
The Baltimore Symphony Orchss-
ira is conducted by Reginald Ste
wart, who has been accorded inter
national recognition for his work as
a symphony orchestra leader. Both
Mr.. Stewart and the Baltimore Sym
phony are well know to Hagerstown
music lovers, and the orchestra's APP
pearance here is bound to attract a
crowded audience. For that reason,
those who want to enjoy an evening
of very fine music are urged to get
their tickets as soon as possible, so
they will not be disappointed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26
Wedding Bells

Miss Julia Keedy Boward, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Virginia Boward, of Ha-
gerstown, became the bride of Stra-
It's d. Koliopulos, son of Mr.. and
Mrs James D. Koliopulos also of
Hagerstown, on February 81, at the
Boward home on South Prospect
Street. The marriage ritual was read
by the Rev. G. Aubrey Young, of
the Presbyterian Church.
Following the wedding a reception
was held at the home. Upon their
return from their honeymoon in
Bermuda, the couple will make their
home in Hagerstown.
Mrs. Koliopulos is a graduate of
Oldfields School, Glencoe. She at
tended Georgetown Junior College
and was a debutante in Hagerstown
during the 1912 season.
Mr.. Koliopulos was graduated
from Princeton University and Mer-
cersburg Academy. He served as a
first lieutenant in the Army during
World War II.