Evening star., 1954-01-03

Atty, tuCy uHVe 0ecllOe0 re-
peatedly to give q breakdown o.
the l,456 cases. And their pub
lie statements have not helped te
draw the distinction they con.
ceded is there. For example, thu
President read the following pre-.
pared remarks at q press confer
ence on December q:
/ II repeat my previously ex.
pressed conviction that fear oi
Communists actively undermin.
ing our Government will not bt
an issue In the 1854 elections
Long before then this admins
tration will have made such
progress in roofing them out un.
der the security program devel-
oped by Attorney Genera
Brownell that this can no longer
be considered q serious menace
| AS you already know, about $500
persons who were security risks
have already been removed.
by next fall I hope the pub
lie. no longer fearful that Com
munists are destructively al
work within the Government
will wish to commend the effi-
cheney Of this administration in
eliminating this menace to the
Nations security"
Mccarthy Uses Figure.
And Senator Mccarthy, in q
Nationwide radio address on
November "a. declared:
For example. while almost
daily from the time mentioned
the 81 Communists and 205 Sc
curity risks In Government, un-
til the time the Truman-Ache-
son regime was removed from
office-almost daily some leader
Of the Democratic Party would
proclaim to the country that
there were no Communists in
Government, and that my at
tempt to dig them out was dis
honest and a hoax. The new
administration has now gotten
rid of 1856, all of whom were
security risks and practically all
of whom were removed because
Of Communist connections and
activities or perversion."
Chairman Young denies that
statements in which security
risk dismisSals are mentioned in
the same breath with the Com
munistS In : Government issue
confuse the average citizen and
give many the impression that
the Government is crawling with
Reds and fellow-travelers.
Young Blames Press.
Instead. Mr.. Young blames the
press for failing to make the
public understand that a person
may be a security risk without
being a member of the Commu-
mist Party or in any way disloyal.
Mr.. Young does not seem
anxious to aid in this education
process. The Star tried for a
week TO learn from csc the date
Mr.. Young sent cut his request
to the agencies for statistics.
Commission information special
lists said they would have to
check with Mr.. Young person.
ally. The answer finally came
back: This information is mot
releasable." ct was obtained
elsewhere.)
This reluctance to talk about
the program. in its obviously un-
classified aspects. occurs In the
face Of the Presidents state
ment of December q, Speaking
of the security program and the
Red issue. Gen. Eisenhower said:
THE people must have the
facts on this important subject
in order to reach sound conclu-
sions. AS provided for in the
liberalized regulations of this
administration, established facts,
so far as the national security
permits. will continue to be made
available"
Difficult" to Break Down.
The Star asked Mr.. Young how
many Of his ,456 security cases
involved loyalty. He replied:
II. as q taxpayer. am not in
terested In whether person was
discharged for being disloyal or
for being drunk, and I don't
think the average person is. They
just want to know that we are
getting rid Of this type of per-
son on the Government payroll" :"
He also pointed to the difficulty
Of dividing the cases under head
ings Of loyalty and non-loyalty
because some persons may have
been charged on both counts.
The Star first called attention
on December 8 to the fact that
the 1456 figure had been
padded" with voluntary resig-
nations, reduction-in-force cases