Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1950 — Page 2
= State Department Continues: Pyrge of Bad Securify Risks
. Seripps-Howird Staff Writer } ~ WASHINGTON, Mar. 17—The State Department is still search-| Ang for homosexuals among its employees in the Unitéd States _ and in its foreign service around - the world, and every one discov-| ' ered will be fired as & bad security . ‘risk. - . Meanwhile, Sen. Homer Ferg son (R. Mi¢h.) said he was trying - to get the State Department to
rss - find out. how- many. of the OL per~d. uw:
sons it already has fired because . they were homosexuals have been rehired by other government agencies. The department i8 trying to se ‘“eure this information.
“““YN1§) Hag charged that one pervert! fired by state has been re-em-
Agency. Sen. Ferguson also wants to know under what circumstances the perverts were employed in the first place, by. whom and upon whose recommendations. John E. Peurifoy, the deputy undersecretary of state who revealed ‘the; firings, has told Congress none has been rehired by his department.
Senator ‘Shocked’
Sen. Ferguson was shocked by the faet that 91-—and not all of them are men-<had shown up in a single government agency, and this shock extends to the State Department. It has been common rumor here for years that there were homo_gexuals in the State Department. But the facts were never made public until Mr; Peurifoy told the Senate Appropriations Committee about 10 days ago that he had fired 91 persons because they were - perverts. He is. responsible vl the additional cleanup Rw {n-progress inthe department: Homosexuality is a complete an] against getting a government job under civil ‘service regulations. But, nevertheless, “cells” of these
State Department, and,” Presumably, exist elsewhere in other Boy ernment agencies, | The 01 separated trom their Btate Department jobs were not | fired but were permitted to resign. | In each case, the subject was given the right to resign or be fired under the so-called McCarran rider affecting employment of
ables for government service. Mr. Peuritoy apparently tock the position that these perverts were sick and not actually disloyal to their country. But in all ‘cases, the subjects understood that they either could quit “voluntarily” or would be fired. i In every case, the reasons for their discharges were made part, - of their files, and the Civil Serv- | jce Commission was notified. i State Department officials say
siders rehiring any of these persons, it has access to State De-| partment les, which will show) the facts. Mr. Peurifoy investigated those who hired the homosexuals, and his security division has been in-
of names of persons who recom:-| .-.mended them for employment. i Extend Back to '47 The discharges made thus far, Mr. Peurifoy told the Senate committee, extend over the period . since Jan, 1, 1947. ~The deputy undersecretary has! "found that there are no set rules; for discovering homosexuals, or
normality, One turned out to be| a married man with two children. The risk a government runs by | .baving homosexuals in its .em-| ploy is shown by the fact that Hitler's government kept flles on ‘perverts in Germany and in-other: countries, ) ......They are regarded as especially. subject’ to blackmail, facing the threat of having their perversion publicized if they do not bend to ;the blackmailer’'s will. Each of the 91 fired finally ad-| mitted his abnormality to the State Department, Some even informed on others. ened
- New Augusta OES “To Install Officers |
Irene Elrod and “Frank Smith will be installed as worthy matron and patron, respectively, of New Augusta. Chapter 284, OES, in ceremonies at pM; SATUrARYy, Mar. 28 Otto Ww. Cox, past worthy grand patron ‘of the Indiana Grand Chapter, OES, will serve as grand installing officer. He will be assisted by Florence Fickenworth, | grand installing marshal; Cecil) ison, grand installing chaplain; Emma Lee Todd, grand installing organist, and Margaret Utter, in-| stalling soloist. Other recently elected officers to be installed include:
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