page_title: Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty / Structure
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Deputy Attorney General, A. Devitt Vanech
context_page_description: On November 25, 1946, U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced the creation of the President's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty.
context_section_description: Truman's commission consisted of representatives from several government departments:  Department of Justice, Department of State, Treasury, Department of War, and Civil Service Commission.
  U.S. Attorney General Tom C. Clark appointed Special Assistant to the Attorney General A. Devitt Vanech as chair.  (Vanech was close to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover at the time.)
  Commissioners were to serve without pay and submit their first report to the President by February 1, 1947.
caption: A. Devitt Vanech, appointed by Tom C. Clark as TCEL chair
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