Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1944 — Page 4

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By CHARLES T. LUCEY Scripps-Haward Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 25.— The move to “de-emphasize” army and navy investigations of possible sub-} versives—blocked at least in partis by congressional opposition — was'S part of an overall government pattern developed by the budget bu-| reau. the Presi-, dent's top administrative agency Budget bureau officials sav the move stemmed = from a wish to end duplication which occurred in pesonnel investigations of the army. navy, eivil service commussion and other = government agencies, and not t's “play down" mvestigations of Com-| munists. | But on Capitol Hill, which dispatched a committee to see Sec»iZ retary of War Stimson yesterday = as soon as the proposals became |= Known, some congressmen expressed Es ’ a view that the move reflected a z general government disposition to = ease up on Communist investigations. In the past, .as reflected by the! evil service commission the gov-

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