Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Donaldson Maintains
His Department Has
Practically No Reds
by Robert 4. Walsh

Loyalty Investigations In the
Post Once Department turned tit
something over 1000" cases fol
hearing and welded out some sus.
pe6ted Communists. but the de.
pafttneht still regards Itself "a
1893 per cent pure"
That was what Postmaster Gen.
efAl Donaldson told a House Ap.
preparations subcommittee In tesu
tlffi6ty made public today
Mi Donaldson, al closed seA.
sl6hs late last month, was re-
Minded by Representative Can
heidl Republican Of New JeFsev
That The late Postmaster General
H1beft n HHhheeAii assured Tho
subcommittee In iB4f that the Do
ggal.tllhehl had no "60mmuhISl
Earlier Testimony,
MP, eanheld alsO recalled NM,
Bgnalasgn previously had pHp0ptu
20 tha department was practically
LIfe g0m communal lnfltPRtlgH
pha New Jersey Congress mem
pfFr ngted, however, EhRt Assist
ant Postmaster General Walter
Myers tela a group Of pastmRstaPs
DeFe mat Communists tried 10
"Wepm their way" into tho depaptr
ment but had beel nWeedeg eVt,h
4he Postmaster General told
the subcommittee, according 10
testimony released today, that he
did not have detailed figures but
: hal the department L0yalty
A0aFa held hearings ON something
over 1000 cases on the basis of
FBI invsstigativs reports,
Many Resign,
I'VE took the position that
where there was any doubt ore
ated In our mind at oil about
loyalty we resolved thai doubt In
favor OF the department" he said
"A number Of these people re.
signed before they had been given
hearings. some OF them RESIGNED
after they had been given hear.
lhas by the board, while Others
appealed directly TO me. 1 Der.
s0haliy heard 10 Or 40 eases and
In ii0 case did 1 reverse the de-
partineht. a.. Mr.. Myers, IA nv
In handling these cases
when they came tip 10 HE dtt
appeal, probably reviewed s0tfie 10
0t DO Eases when | e0uid not DO s0I
I'VE were reversed BY The
Loyalty Hevlew B0ard IN soine
maybe ~ 0t Do eases When we|
were reversed the eiADl0He had t0I
be restored 10 The services (DuIte|
recently the Loyalty Review B0apd
ilab returned 4 number NJ th0Ae
gRAeA W VA f9F further lhVestlaaT
Hen
sAA PeF Cent nPHFRr"
Nv Donaldson nevertheless
st00d nv hlS estimate 9f 900 pRFI
cent pure" He netRd thai theI
department has almost b90000I
employees and The Total number gf
lnVestlGatl9ns amounted w only
9nertenth 9f ! Per cent
tie elted an instance without
DISC gslnR the name where heI
discharged a paTd-paFTVina Com
munlst But no declared he was.
satisfied In nv own mind that
Ibis particular empl9Ye was not y
Communist al heart and was not
dlAl0yal but had been sucked in,"I
This subcommittee hearing Gov
BTsd numerous 0ther aspects OF
problems, policies and trends In
the postal service, HlghlIghts In
pludedl
/, Mr.. ponaldSon'S report OF 4
"tsrrlhg' public reaction against
The new law that put q 10 per cant
AufehAFae on postal cards bought
IN lots OF DO or more, lie said the
requirement will not accomplish
anything al ALL" lie described
how numerous businesses, IN buy
lHa hundreds or thousands Of
cards, send dozens OF different
employees 10 the post once 10 buy
cards IN lots Of only 49,
o. Deputy POSTMASTER General