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he wanted to know what we knew about it. If they were in the employ of the United States, they came in through the Civil Service Commission, presumably. You see, character is one of the things the Civil Service Commission passed upon. They passed their examinations for their intelligence and capacity, and we prepared what's known as a voucher for their character and personality, the voucher usually being a series of recommendations from reputable people, going back usually as far as where they went to college, or some school. Those are always followed through, and sometimes in the very difficult cases, the most sensitive cases, there would be an interview. Ordinarily a letter suffices, you see. You had those letters on file about people. They are very particular about what you say about various aspects of their life.

In general, we guarantee that the person employed is of good character--good moral character, icsofar as we can see. We never thought too much about the loyalty end of it, because loyalty seemed to be a part of good moral character. He wished us to think about it a little, and then he wished the Commission to appoint a representative to come to a meeting at the White House on a certain day.

Well, now, this is what I had found in the Commission when I came there. Mr. Harry Mitchell was getting a little old,