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Evening star., 1963-01-01
INVESTIGATORS
How Civil Service Agents Exposed Security Risk

the criticism and the implica-
ton that Duchet distorted the
truth to suit his own conven-
ience.
Meanwhile in Gary, Investi-
gator Fred Baker was getting a
different version of the life of
John Duchet. The plant listed
on his security QUESTIONABLE
confirmed that he had worked
there but he hadn't been an
engineer. He was just a time
keeper.
Bakers interviews with Du-
chefs high school teachers and
neighbors developed the picture
Of a hard-pressed mother and
a father who drank lot and
worked a little, mostly as a mill
hand. Nothing was known of a
marriage.
A neighbor and one Of his
former teachers said that Du-
chet had entered a teachers
college and spent some time as
a student teacher but, for some
reason, had given up teaching.
In his report, Baker suggested
extending the investigation to
the Indiana town where Duchet
had repeatedly attended a
teachers college.
In Milwaukee. the third city
on the original assignment. In
vestigator Paul Carter had also
started with the records of the
company listed on Duchet's
security QUESTIONABLE. Like the
other Investigators, Carter
found Duchet's job application
showed marked differences
from the security QUESTIONABLE,
but Carter's attention focused
on one item in the company
records - Duchet's length OF
service. On his security ques-
tionnaire, Duchet had said he
worked IL months at the Mil
waukee plant. The company
record showed seven months.
The company's personnel had
changed almost completely ir
the l3 years since Duchet hao
worked there, but Carter found
one former supervisor with q
recollection Of Duchet.
Unfortunate Choice
I'VE had an opening for whar
we loosely called an assistant
engineer" the supervisor re.
called. 'Duchet applied and WI
hired him. 1t turned out tC
be a more or less unfortunate
choice. He impressed me as {
boy who was putting up a bis
front. My general impres.
sion was that I should not trus
him very far"
The three original investi,
gators had finished their as,
signments on schedule bu
what they had learned had tx
be tracked down by half a doz.
en- more investigators.
At the mid-western univer,
sity where Duchet claimed HI
had received a bachelor of sci
ence degree, the records showed
he never got beyond the fresh
man year.
At the eastern universit!
where Duchet claimed he haC
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taken two years Of graduate
work, no record Of his attend
ance could be found. At the
southern university which Du-
chet had listed as his alma ma
Ter on his Chicago job applica-
ton, the records produced no
student named Duchet.
At the teachers college men
toned by the two Gary wit
nesses, Investigator Ralp h
Doyle ran into a strange reluc-
tance to discuss Duchet. When
the investigator persisted, the
official put on his glasses with
a sigh and started reading from
a folder of papers.
One Of the papers described
Duchet as a menace to the
teaching profession. Another
reported that Duchet had told
fellow students that women in
the town were trying to seduce
him. Since the women he
named happened to be promi-
nent and very respectable, Du-
chet was expelled.
Disability Discharge
One last item remained to be
checked - Duchet's military
service. Army records showed
he had risen no higher than
private first class, had not been
strafed by fighter planes in
North Africa, had never been
overseas-in fact, had beer
discharged in a hurry because
Of flat feet.
AS the deadline neared, the
reports from all the investi-
gators converged on the desk
officer assigned to oversee the
Duchet case. He decided to senc
the case as it was back to the
agency requesting the investi-
cation. He was reasonably sure
that the sensitive agency, or
the basis of the reports, woulc
ask Duchet himself some ques-
tions.
AS the desk officer had fig
ured, the Duchet case came
back to him. The agency hac
called Duchet in to explain the
discrepancies between the an
swers on the security question.
naire and the fact developed
by the investigators. His replies
formed the basis for a new re-
quest for investigation.
Duchet had admitted misrep.
resenting facts on his question
naire and his other job appli'
cations, the desk officer wal
informed. He had admitted HI
had no college degree, but de-
MED ever telling anyone he wa
married. AS for his teaching
career, he said he had taugh
in a small Indiana school TO,
a few months. The claim Of l.
months instead of seven months
on the Milwaukee job had beer
an oversight. He now recalled
he had worked four months a
a factory in Fountain City, Wis
The desk officer sent out nev
instructions to run out Duchett
revised story of his life.
Investigator Tom Farrell
drew the Indiana school as
signment. At first he was tolC
Duchet made a wonderful i'm
preston, particularly with tht
women. Then he began Il
spread rumors that the respec'
table mothers of hts pupils werr
chasing him. While the matron
were reeling from that blow
their daughters complained tina
he was chasing them. TIL,
angry townspeople protested Il
the principal and to State au
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Gus stages of investigation; a
supervisor in Washington had
been assigned to oversee the
case to its finish and the in
vestigators would have to come
up with their answers within a
month.
The Duchet questionnaire
provided this information to be
verified:
Born in Gary, Ind, in 1919,
g feet tall, hazel eyes, black
hair going gray, Army veteran,
single. Graduated from a Gary
high school, received bachelor of
science degree from a midwest
.ern university and later attend
ed an eastern university for two
years. First job was as assist
ant engineer in Milwaukee, fol
lowed by three years as engi-
nser with a Gary company.
Had held his present job since
1852.
straightforward Picture
The answers presented a
straightforward picture Of a
typical American college man,
trained in his profession, TAX
ing time out to serve his coun-
try, finding the right spot and
settling down to a promising
career. Every month of his
adult life was accounted for
no omissions to arouse the Gu
riositiy of Investigators.
The Chicago phase Of Du-
chefs life was assigned to In
vestigator Don Adams. In the
South Side tool plant, he start
ed with the personnel records
and promptly checked off a
couple of items on the ques-
tionnaire.
Then Adams picked up the
application Duchet had filled
out in 1852. Frowning, he COM
pared it with the QUESTIONABLE.
Nothing matched, not even his
date of birth.
Adams jotted down a note
to extend the investigation to
indianapolis to verify Duchet's
birth date. Another note ex-
tended the investigation to a
Southern university to deter
mine whether Duchet had re-
ceived his degree there, as
claimed on his job application,
or from the midwestern college
listed on the QUESTIONABLE.
The job application raised
another question. Duchet had
reported there that he had
served in the Army as a first
lieutenant, but his security
QUESTIONABLE listed the serial
number of an enlisted man.
With growing curiosity, Ad-
ans worked his way through
the rest of Duchet's file. All but
one of the records indicated
Duchet was a bachelor, as re-
ported on the QUESTIONABLE,
The exception was an insur-
ance form which carried a
notation that he did not want
his wife covered on his policy
Composite Picture
Adams many years Of in
Ivestigation had taught him
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seemed to be trying to impress
me. First, he said he was single
but wore a wedding ring to keep
the girls away because they
were all after his money. Then
he said he was married to a
wealthy girl who was travelling
on the continent before settling
down to being a housewife.
About six months after that, he
told me he was married to a
| psychiatrist away on a lecture
| tour"
Hes what I would call an
odd ball." the other former
neighbor said. HE told me his
wife was a school teacher tenn
porarily assigned to an over
seas post. He said his father
was connected with a big uni
versity. His mother was sup
posed to be of noble birth, but
I met her once and you could
tell she wasn't :"
At Duchet's earliest address
in Chicago, Adams talked to the
landlady. She added an item
suggested earlier by a witness
at the tool plant.
Puzzling Discrepancies
"He told me he was a school
teacher before coming to Chi
cago," she said.
Adams began his report by
calling attention to the dis
crepancieS in birth date, marital
status and education and the
puzzling reference to a teach
ing career. He summarized the
testimony Of the witnesses in
their own words-the praise,
Evening star., 1963-01-01
BY MIRIAM oTTENBERG

In a tool plant on Chicago's
South Side, an engineer named
John Duchet had risen to a
position of prestige and re-
sponsibility. His plant had just
been awarded a government
contract to manufacture a
secret device and Duchet would
have a lot to do with the
project.
The overnmen agency
awarding the contract routine
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Lost Of series Of eondensotions from
new book by the Stor's Pulitzer
prize winning investigOtiye reporter,
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Composite Picture

Adams many years Of in
vestigation had taught him
that no man looks the same
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thorities. Duchet departed and
no one in the town had ever
seen him again.
Navajo times., 1963-10-03
In Chicago

Leo Benally, age 39, wife and
children ranging in ages from
9 through 3 arrived in Chicago for
Adult Vocational Training, May
%, 1862. Leo, with only an equi-
valent of 5th grade education un-
der the Special Navajo Program
had been recommended by the
Crompoint Sub-Agency Employ
ment Assistance Office to take up
either welding or Auto BODY. Fen
der Repair work. His being con-
sidered 'borderline" case as to
his being very inadequately pre-
pared academically prompted re-
Communications of courses that
only required minimal reading. On
these recommendations, plans
were made accordingly for Benally
prior to arrival.
A tour of the training facili-
ties shortly after his arrival con-
vinced Leo that he liked both
Welding and Auto Repair work. but
he also took deep interest in
a Machinist course. After con-
siderable counselling and being
told that could only take one of
the three courses, he selected
the Machinis st course.
A prerequisite to eventual
entry is satisfactory qualification
on a general aptitude test. Self
confident Leo took the required en-
try test and scored very high on
the Mathematics and Mechanical
aptitude portions. However. des-
pite his qualifications, certain res
ervations were still evident in view
Of his minimum and questionable
education. Leo gained admission
to the Allied School of Mechan-
ical Trades on a 80 day trial
basis. From here on, only hard
work, patience and perseverance
Navajo times., 1963-10-03
In Chicago
Hard Work And "CUfs"
HeI ps Relocate TO Coal

carried Leo through to completion,
and his eventual placement with
the Electro-Motive Division of the
General Motors Corporation at
good beginning pay rate.
Acc omplis hing vocational
training and at the same time main
tanning a family of seven presented
problems no end for Leo. His DOS
sessing of the good traits COM
monty called "gws' or intestinal
fortitude" enabled him to accom-
plish his desired goal despite num-
erous obstacles. MIR. Benally has
certainly demonstrated that the
will to succeed has no limitations.
AS of the present, Leo is ac-
quiring valuable on-the-job exper-
ience and has at the same time
gained substantial pay increases.
Navajo times., 1963-10-03

sulting in pneumonia and other
serious illne eSSeS, and even death.
And measles is easily spread from
one child to others, unless child
rem have had the illness or have
been immuniZed.
A new vaccine has been devel-
oped that will keep children from
getting measles. The vaccine is
given in two shots, one in each
arm, both at the same time. The
child need not return for any addi-
tional shots. and he will not need
to get any boosters in the future.
The two shots do the trick and ls st
a lifetime. The shots may be fol-
lowed by a mild reac tion. including
a slight fever, a rash, loss of appe-
tite and a light case of diarrhea.
But no one will he seriously sick.
No one will have togo to hospital
Navajo times., 1963-10-03
Cherokees To
Have Factory

The Department of the Interior
announced the o elton
of arrangements for the establish
mem Of a new industrial plant on
the Cherokee Indian Reservation
in western North Carolina that
will provide about 200 jobs.
mainly for Indian workers.
The plant will be operated by
the Vassar Corporation of New
York City, manufacturer of
hair curriers' and other cosmetic
aids to hair styling. To house
it, the Eastern Band of Cherokees
will construct a $780, 900 building
with about $4,000 square feet of
(Continued on Page ~
Navajo times., 1963-10-03
Ne1US Article Produces lob

Anselm Davis Jr. will begin a
teaching career in industrial arts
this fall at Fort Wingate High
School,
Davis, who graduated in Iune
from the University of New Mex
leo College of Education with de-
gree in industrial arts, has been
working with the Seismological La
boratory of the Coast and Geode-
tic Survey.
He and his family were featured
in recent article in the Navajo
Times of Window Rock, Ariz. and
the Gallup Independent of Gallup.
The principal at Fort Wingate
High School miss Sloan) saw the
article, and invited Davis to teach
in her school. John Martin of the
Education Section, Window Rock,
instigated the news item.
Davis's wife will be a clerk
typist at the school. She is trans
ferring from the Bureau OF In
dian Affairs office here. The Da-
ViSes have a son, David, one year
old.
While at UNM Davis was pres
ident of the Kiva Club, an organ
ization for Indian students and
their friends, and was chairman
of the NizhOni Indian Dances, held
annually to raise funds for Indian
Navajo times., 1963-10-03

and other children will not get
measles from a child who has re-
ceived shots.
To protect their children. aged
9 months to 2 years. from th is
serious illness, Navajo parents
are urged to take them to the hos
pitals and clinics at the appointed
times. The shots will be given
free. Local hospitals and clinics
will announce times and places for
getting the shots during the month
of October.
Navajo times., 1963-10-03
Measles I'm mmUnizufiom
Program for Nuvuios

A u. S. Public Health Service
spokesman recently described a
plan to protect Navajo children
from getting measles. The child
rem concerned would be between
the ages of 9 months and years.
The plan calls for a reservation
wide immunlzation program, to be
conducted by Public Health Service
hospitals and clinics, during the
next month or SO.
Measles can be very serious for
children in the 9-momh through
years age group. The usual run o.
the disease may cause child to
eat poorly, have a fever, and de-
velop sore red eyes, a slight cough
and runny nose. A rash of red
spots breaks out 3 or 4 days after
the beginning of the illness. In
this infant age group, however,
there are often compile ations re-
Navajo times., 1963-10-03

scholar ships.
He attended UNM on a schol-
arship provided by the Navajo
Tribal Council scholarship, set
up through the education office
headed by John Martin in Window
Rock.
Davis is the son of MIR. and Mrs.
Anselm Davis of w Thoreau. His
wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bass, also live in Thoreau.
Navajo times., 1963-10-03

ADELLNE JUNE was the first Nav
ajo child to receive measles vac
cine. Due to a special heart prob
lem, Adeline received the measles
vaccine in June, 1868, by her doc
tors in Ell Paso, Texas. She is the
child of MIR. and Mrs. Allen June
of Gallup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

you: Sounds as though you're talking about the
mortgage on our house?
YOUR LIFE INSURANCE AGENT: Yes-and how
your family would meet the mortgage payments
if you don't live to complete them.
YOU: That's something I'd rather not think about.
But I'll admit, it is a worry.
AGENT: Not when your life insurance guarantees
WHEN SOMEONE'S c
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your family will have the money to meet these
payments. Or, if they wish, simply to pay off the
mortgage.
you: Guess never thought of my life insurance
doing something specific like that.
AGENT: Well, many homeowners tell me just hav-
ing this protection made it easier for them to take
the big step of buying house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

YOU: Sure is weight off my mind Knowing .
those payments are guaranteed if anything hap
pens to me-
AGENT: That's one of the unique advantages of
life insurance.
INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE
Central Source of Information About Life Insurance
1873 Madison Avenue, New York y, NY
IN LIFE INSURANCE
Kodiak mirror., 1963-06-28
Salmon Fishermen: Fish Reg. Changes Important To You

During the 1863 spring meeting of the Board of Fish & Game the following items constituted change in the 1863 Commercial Fishing Regulations for the Ko- diak Area.
 A correction was made to the boundary of the Uganik Bay dis trict (108.O3 8 to read: All waters of Uganik and Viekoda Bays in- side a line from Broken Point to Malina Point to Outlet Cape. One point of the boundary was changed from West Point to Broken Point to conform with the description of the Karluk district.
 The section (1O8.10) Legal gear, Salmon (8) General district had part GO added to read: Marmot Bay: North and east of the latitude of Inner point (Kizhuyak Bay) and of a line thence to Shakmanof Point thence to OuZinkie Point Spruce Island) thence to South Point thence to Termination Point (Monashka Bay). This closes Mar mot Bay outside the described line to set netting. Although not a change, as it was the intent of the Board of Fish and Game for the 1862 season it was inadvertently overlooked in the printed regula- tions. Set Net areas in Kzhuyak Bay, Soldiers Cove and Ouzinkie Straits have been allowed for.
 In Section 1O8.15 size and opera tion of purse seines, hand purse seines, leads and beach seines, part (b, the wording concerning use of leads has been changed to read: One lead not more than 100 fath- oms in length may be used with each purse seine or hand purse seine. The aggregate length oi seine and lead shall not exceed 25O fathoms.
 In the closed waters section the wording concerning (e) Sturgeon River should read: within a line from Cape Karluk to Sturgeon Head.
 Wide Bay and Imuya Bay will be opened to commercial fishing by field announcement on or about July (8) eight and be closed on or about July 19. The opening, di rected by the Board of Fish and Game, is to allow harvest of the early chums in that area.
 Gear licenses issued for the 196s Kodiak salmon season include POP resident and s106 nonresident purse seine. 115 resident and .4a nonresident set nets; g resident and 3, nonresident beach seines. This represents reduction in purse seine licenses from 1862 of 18, an increase in set net licenses of 9 and an increase in beach seines of 2.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-06-28
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Eleven cases of humps are listed for the Kodiak Island area con- municable disease report for the week ending June 21. Three cases of Otitis Media (runny ears to you) and one case of tuberculosis are also listed. Otherwise antibiotics have triumphed again.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-06-28

Tommy Gallagher of the Polar Bear Cafe in town in case you in- tend to deliver any salmon. The cold storage plant will accept any, ones fish for freezing but is not buying the fish itself.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-06-28
THE BUOY LINE

W AAAS WY V s~ v -~-o tiate the North Pacific Treaty and keep the abstention princi- pie alive, a great fleet of more than POO boats is working tho fabulously rich Portlock and AL batross banks, almost within splitting distance of Kodiak. The Japs, bad as they are, have never concentrated fleet like this; nor do they bring gunboats with them. But the Russians do. And this is a Russian fleet!
 They are evidently fishing ocean perch with mid-water travis, but while they are off the bottom, the sheer size of this fleet sweeping back and forth will push any stationary fisherman right off the grounds. It's one thing to face the normal risks of business-but it's quite another for American fishermen to face the certain loss of all their gear. So between the Japs, who plan to steal our fish, and the Russians who drive our boats off the grounds, the fish ing business is getting pretty sticky.
 Some fishermen seem to be- lieve that we should try to get the Russians on the dotted line along with the Japs and Cana dians. But I think we should remember that, while we would be bound by any agreement we might make, the Russians will honor their agreements only when it suits them.
 Kodiak isn't the only place in the world where the Russians are making a big effort. They are evidently pushing the Japs out of the Atlantic off the Af- rican Coast, and clearly intend to attain dominance in all the fishery areas of the world.
 know this isn't very popu- lar thing to say just now, but I think Ecuador has the answer. She's out to protect her coastal fishery, and she sends gunboats to do the job.
 It wouldn't be that simple for US; we have responsibilities which are not faced by any other country in the world. But think a good case could be made to show that protecting our fish cries is a way of strengthening the free world. Is, in other words, as important to our na- tional defense as bigger and better battleships!
 We're handing out several 5iI. lion dollars every year in our foreign aid program. This aid builds schools and roads, buys tools and generally is aimed at helping people in Africa and Asia-and South America, as well, to get on their feet. We can't feed the whole world not even all the underdeveloped areas of the world-which today make up nearly 75% of the total United Nations members-but we could make it possible for a lot of them to feed themselves.
 We could take the lead in the United Nations and demand the 100 fathom curve as (a) essen tial to the continued preserva- tion of this vital food source, and (b) essential tO tho eaaxom-
Kodiak mirror., 1963-06-28
Waterfront
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(continued from page D has been in port several days get ting repairs accomplished.
 t
 Skipper Bennie GrOtecl0ss' Jan M is all repainted and ready to begin fishing anytime now. She had some electronic work done and now has new radio. Crewman aboard is Don Kessler.
 t
 Shrimpers, with longer days and some better weather have been bringing in better catches to East Point Seafoods according to Supt. Jim Major. The Vita had little trouble and was in port several days.
 t
 Down Alaska Ice & Storage way deliveries of halibut continue fair and they will hit the two million mark within a couple of days or so. Manager Blk Bonney said he had received about 16,OO0 pounds of red salmon which is about 4,0O0 fish. He pointed out that the cold storage is net purchasing salmon itself. The man to see is buyer