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arationS last year and that pro-
communism was a factor in IL.
OF the latter cases, the Truman
administration was said to have
started proceedings in 7.
While the 7 and II figures
now are confirmed. nowhere in
the report does Mr.. Mcleod men
ton 534.
He testified that there were
approximately 800" tactually
299 security separations. plus
291 cases in which the individ-
uals concerned transferred to
other Government jobs while a
security question existed against
them.
Mr.. Mcleod was reluctant. at
first. to 60 into detail about the
security risks because I am
afraid we will identify individ-
uals If we do"
But Representative Rooney, of
New York. who has been one
of the leaders in the Democratic
drive in House Appropriations
Subcommittee hearings to get a
piecemeal breakdown of the 1900
alleged security risks. brought
him up short with this blunt
warning:
MY position is If you do not
give us the information you do
not get the money
Mr.. Mcleod became co-opera-
tive. He gave the subcommittee
the following breakdown of the
299 non-transfer cases:
Fired for cause. 81; resigned.
1873: reductions-in- force, so:
termination of limited appoint
ments, SO. and retired. 4.
He revealed that 80 Of the
$50 cases involved "homoSexual
deviations" as the principal fac
Tor and said that 278 other such
cases still are under investiga-
ton.
Mr.. Mcleod made 1t clear he
did not approve of having to re-
port the transfers. He asserted
that this was done because Of
the forms Civil Service Com
mission) sent to us" and noted:
THAT has been subjected to at
tack as a dishonest reporting
device. do not defend it. /
can only explain it,"
This was the first on-the-
record criticism of the Commits
sion reporting system by an adj
miniStration security officer. The
commission has used three diff
ferent report forms since the
program started. Security off,
GERS of other agencies had COM
planned privately for long time.
According to the witness, none
Of the 299 was removed under
Executive Order 10450, with
which President Eisenhower be-
gan his employee security pro-
gram last May 81. He said the
81 were fired under public law
1873 of 1850. which permits sum-
mary disrnissals.
Mr.. Mcleod further stated
that his Office had completed
evaluation Of As cases originated
under the order and where there
was an adverse recommends
ton. He added. however, that:
$50 far we have not success
fully finally completed the pro-
cedure in a single case under
this order. I think we have two
cases where appeals are pending,
but the appeals have not yet
been heard"
The great majority of State
Department security cases, it
appears. were handled routinely
under Gil Service regulations.
csc Could Clear Air.
The commission, which has
played a major role in the Sc
curity risks snafu through its
puzzling report forms and its I'M
willingness to make public de-
tails Of the program, is the only
agency in a position to bring a
measure Of clarity to the contra
dictory and unrelated figures al
ready disclosed.
The task Of Qualification is
substantial. The Mcleod figures
contained in. the House subcom-
mittee report, for example, cover
20 days Of the Truman admins
tration and a period of four
months and Is days before the
effective starting date of the
Eisenhower program.
Obviously, then, all of the 500
security cases listed by the State
Department for 1853 are motor
should not be-included in the
1900 Government-wide total.
But some newsmen think other