Evening star., 1953-09-01
u. n. Ordered to Rehire Four,
Pay $122,50O Damages to 7
Fired for Silence in Red Probe
Fifth Amendment
Cloak No Violation
Of Rules, Says Board
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Sept. IA United Nations high
tribunal today ordered the U. N.
to restore jobs to four employees
and pay damages totaling $122,-
500 to seven others. All of them
American citizens, they were
fired because they refused to an
swer United States Government
questions about alleged Commu-
mist ties.
The four-member Interna-
tional Board, highest appeals
court for the U. N. staff. held
that for an employe to invoke
the United States Fifth amend
ment in refusing to answer such
questions did not violate any
U. N. staff rules.
But the tribunal upheld the
firing of nine others-Seven in
volved in Communist inquiries
and two for non-political rea-
sons-becauSe they were tempo
rary-indefinlte" employees whom
the U. N. secretary-general could
dismiss if he thought such action
was in the interests of the in
ternational organization.
Ten of the IL granted REIN
statement or damages had So
called permanent contracts of
employment.
One Admitted Year in Party.
The 18th employe, Ruth Craw-
ford, former information officer
for the U. N. International Chill
dren's Emergency Fund, had ad-
mitted a years membership in
the Communist Party, terminal
ing in 1886, but was fired by
former Secretary General Tryg-
We Lie because she refused to
tell the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee who invited her
to join the party in 1885.
The appeal of still another
permanent" employe, Eugene
Wallach, a language services
stenotypist. was referred back
to the staff joint appeals board
for another hearing. He had
appeared before Federal grand
jury investigating subversion.
The q. N. in announcing his fir
ing said he had not given
complete account of former en-
ployment as required by U. N.
regulations.
OF the II employees in whose
favor it decided, the tribunal
ordered four reinstated in their
jobs, money damages of $1,000
to $4,000 to six others who do
not want to go back to work for
the U. NJ. and $4,000 damages
and salary until her pension be-
gins in 1855 to Jane Reed, So
year-old library staff worker.
Hammarskjold Studies Case.
A spokesman for u. N. Secre-
tary-General Dag Hammarsk-
jold said he is studying the
whole decision. and particularly
the order to reinState the four
employees. If he refuses to re-
store their jobs, they can de-
mand further damages.
All but one of the employees
was fired by Mr.. Lie, and Mr..
Hammarskjold has not given any
clear indication of how far he
would follow his predecessors
policies in such cases. Mr.. Lies
difference to United States de-
mandS for action against alleged
subversives already has aroused
considerable criticism from some
other nations.
A source close a Mr.. HAM
marskjold said the secretary
general still might try to hold,
as a basis for dismissalS, that
invoking the fifth amendment
constituted employe misconduct.
The high tribunal is headed
by Mrs. Paul BaStid of France.
Other members are Lord Crook,
Britain; Sture Petren, Sweden,
and, as an alternate, Omar
Loutf1. Egypt.
Decisions Reached at Geneva.
They were elected by the CO.
nation General Assembly. Their
decisions, reached at conferences
(See U. NJ, Page A-4.)