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Nobody had ever seen them do anything, or heard them say anything, or anything of this sort.”

“But there might have been something,” was the answer. “They might be doing some thing very disastrous. They might be giving information to the enemy. They might be organizing Communist rings within the Government.”

All this was a possibility. So they came out with this final statement that would deal with these two classes in two separate ways, you see. Those who were already in the Government and had a background of several years of adequate performance would be given the benefit of the doubt on their say-so if they had a good reputation in their department, and they would have a hearing and a finding would be made. But those who were applying would not be given any benefits. I mean, they would not be appointed if this Communist connection could be discovered. We would tighten up regulations with regard to searching vouchers very much. We would keep people out of the Government.

So far, this is a pretty level and even program. Balanced, everybody's feet on the ground.

Well, some of them were very alarmed, but nobody was carried away with anything. What they brought forth was a recommendation to the President which he later premulgated saying just what the rights of these people were, and