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Then we established later their right to review all earlier decisions in the Commission or at the Departmental level which had resulted in the firing of a man. They could review that decision, or they could review the decision in which the Department perhaps had not fired a man, which fell out of line with the thinking of the Loyalty Review Board as they gained experience. Because of course they had no experience, any more than anybody else in the United States had experience in sifting the sheep from the goats within complications that involved charges of Communism. One of the most frequently found things was that “he married a Communist,” or “she married a Communist.” “He doesn't work for the Government, but she does.” How much of a hazard is that, and can you separate it, and what is close association?

It's a very delicate thing. And sometimes the Loyalty Review Board would run across relationships that they felt established a real hazard for the person who was not a Communist. They could review other cases within the Department on their own call. That is, they could call for them.

Well, we started to work then to ask the President who he thought should be Chairman of this Board. I had decided in my own mind, and I think I finally persuaded Mitchell to this idea, that it ought to be a man who was known as a Republican, because it was bound to be