Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
President Says All I, 4OOFned
In Loyalty Program Are Risks

IN LOXQV frog
President Eisenhower said to-
day that he believes all of the
more than 1000 persons removed
from Government employment
under his security program were
bad security risks, regardless of
the specific reasons for their re-
moval.
He emphasized at a news con-
ference, however, that he never
had used the word "subversives"
in connection with the program
to get rid of what he called un-
derSirableS.
This was his only comment on
Civil Service Commission Chair
man Philip Young'S testimony
yesterday that 383 of 2,427 en-
ployes dropped under the secur-
ity program had some kind of
subverSive information against
them. He said any more details
would. have to. come from Mr..
Young.
Using Word Unsuitable"
The President told a ques-
toner he never had thought of
using the word unsuitable" in
stead of security risk" in re-
ferring to persons fired under
the security program, but said
it might be worth looking into.
He added. however, employees
considered unsuitable for various
reasons become security risks
and it seemed to all boil down
to about the same thing.
He recalled that he faced the
problem during the war when
he commanded allied forces in
Europe. In planning secret OPP
erationS, he said. he had to re-
move from his staff, and in some
cases reduce in rank. men who
drank too much and became in
discreet.
Provides Breakdown.
Mr.. Young's testimony was
before the Senate Civil Service
committee which opened a series
of hearings on security pro-
grams.
He provided the following par
tial breakdown, by cause. of g.
APT security separations Q.074
f1rings and 1858 reSignations)
recorded in the May 28-Decem-
Der 81. 1853. period:
Cases involving information of
a Subversive nature, 1888, or 10
per cent; sex perverts, 1874, or 10
per cent; felonies or misdemean-
ors, COS. or 80 per cent, and all
others. 1,045, or Al per cent.
These figures do not add up
to 2,427. Mr.. Young explained,
because some of the cases in
volved more than one factor and
neither the Air Force nor the
Navy has as yet provided
breakdown of their separations.
New Questions Raised.
Mr.. Young's figures on the 383
"SubverSive" cases raised new
questions when he was asked by
committee Democrats for an ex-
PLANTATION of his statement that
they did not necessarily mean
the individuals were Subversive.
He reiterated that the figure
docs not represent 1873 individ-
ual separations from the Gov
eminent for Communist or sub
verSiye reasons"
He said it does not have ANY
relationship necessarily to the
cause of separation: that it was
merely a breakdown of the
number of cases in which there
was found subversive informa-
ton. It is merely indicative of
information of definite SUBJ
versive character in the files"
Mr.. Young added that there
lis no figure in these tables
which indicates the numbers of
disloyal persons"
Finds Testimony. Confusing.
Senator Monroney, Democrat.
of Oklahoma. said the testimony
left me lot more confused.
He said he and other Democrats
on the committee will demand an
opportunity to question security
officers in individual Government
departments.
Senator Johnston of South
Carolina. the senior Democrat
on the committee, commented:
They started out with 1,456
and they raised it to 1900. Both
those figures are out the window.
Now they're down to 1888, and
even that figure is all scrambled
up"
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