“LOYALTY CHECK” ON EMPLOYEES
AMERICAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE
(Rec. 10 p.m.) WASHINGTON. July 2. The United States Secretary of State (General Marshall) said he had asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to give priority to a “loyalty check” on State Department employees. “We are not engaged in a witch hunt, and mean to see that the rights of personnel as well as the interests of the Government are secured,” he said.
Referring to the dismissal last week of 10 employees of the department on suspicion of disloyalty, he said the interests of the Government had to be given first consideration. The reason for the dismissal of some employees was “indirect contact with foreign Powers,” but he declined to identify those Powers.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 7
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