Evening star., 1952-12-01
1rygve Lie Is Advised
ByLega| Panel He Can
Discharge U. 5. Reds
BY the Asseeioied Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dec.
1.-The United Nations Id high
legal opinion today to back up
f1rings by Secretary General
Trygve Lie to weed out of the
U. N. American Communists and
those who won't say whether they
have been Reds.
Mr.. Lies panel Of three inter-
national jurists said in a 50-page
opinion that under staff regula-
tions and United States laws the
secretary-gen can and should:
/. Fire any U. N. staff employe
who is an active member of the
American Communist Party.
2. Fire any employe accused of
espionage, subversion or member
ship in an organization declared
subversive who refuses to answer
questions by a United States grand
jury or Senate subcommittee on
the grounds that his answer might
incriminate him.
Situations Incompatible.
Either situation. the jurists said
is incompatible with being an in
ternational civil servant in the
employ of the U. N.
The jurists are william De Witt
Mitchell, New York lawyer and
United States Attorney General
under President Hoover: Sir Ed
win Herbert, leading London at
torney prominent in banking and
insurance circles, and Paul Valde-
kens. professor of law at the Cath
olic University of Louvain, Bel
gium and president of the Belgium
Supreme Court defense lawyers.
Their opinion was made public
last night as the McCarran Sen
ate subcommittee on internal Sc
curity prepared to resume today
its hearings in New York on COM
munism in the U. N. A specialized
agency of the world organization,
the international Monetary Fund,
was to be under scrutiny.
The jurists' findings are not
binding on Mr.. Lie but are ex-
pected to have a strong bearing
on future U. N. policy toward
Communists on the staff. Mr.. Lie
withheld immediate comment on
the report.
Unanimous Conclusions.
The three lawyers said they were
unanimous in their conclusions,
reached in conferences during the
past two weeks. These were some
OF their other findings.
No government can order the
U. N. secretary general around.
He does not have to appear before
any group to answer questions.
He must keep the records of the
U N. confidential.
The secretary general is re-
sponsible for his staff and its
makeup. Any government that
has charges against any employe
should give the secretary general
full information. The secretary
general must act on whatever
information he gets. with the aid
OF a confidential loyalty review
board. If the information is not
complete. the secretary general
can't be criticized for his final
action.
Can Fire Disloyal Workers.
The secretary general can fire
any one he can prove has been
engaged in activities disloyal to
the host country-in this case
the United States-or thinks
might be disloyal. And he should
use that standard in hiring any
new employees, the juristS found.
The U. N. will have to continue
to employ Communists from Com
munist countries and the Ameri-
can public will have to be resigned
to that fact. Loyalty to their
regime is part of the qualification
of employers hired from Com
munist countries on U. N. national
staff quotas.
But such employees are resident
in the United States, are pro-
tected by as we'll as subject toI
United States law, and must not
as guests in this country engage
in any activity subversive to it.
Non-Reds sent by the U. N. toI
Communist countries must con-
duct themselves the same way.