EXECUTIVE ORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A000400010033-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: June 25, 1998
• Content Type: PREL

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JHULu '(4i :~ . larch 22, 1947.
CONFIDENTIAL: The following executive order and the attached report of the Presi-
dent-; Temporary Commission on E ployee Loyalty, MUST BE HELD, IN CONFIDENCE until
releaed.
NOTE: Rtlease'is automatic at 6:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time today, Saturday,
March 22, 1947. The same hour of release applies to all newspapers, radio com-
mentators and news broadcasters.
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PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR TI ADi IINISTRA
TION OF 1:N D;IPLOYEES LOYALTY PROGRATI IN THE
E' i CUTIVE BRL NCH OF TIB., GOV:Eh'HN : PJNT. DA QA/QC-
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7!1H +I.S eaph employee of the Govcrnrzent of..the United.
States is endowed with a measure of trusteeship over the demo-
cratic processes which are the heart and sinew of the United..
States; and
71IERE ' S it is of vital importance that persons employed in
the Federal service bo of complete and, unswei-wing loyalty 'to the
United States; and
11.10 EAS although tie loyalty of by far the ovorwholming
majority of all Government employocs;is beyond question,,the presence
within the Government sorvicc'of any disloyal or subversive parson
constitutes a threat to our democratic processes; and
,,'THE I,,",S maximum p' ?otection mu?t, be afforded the United 'States
against infiltration of disloyal persons. into the ranks of its
employees, and equal protection frorn unfounded accusations of dis-
loyalty must be afforded the loyal employees of the Governments
NO"'', THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vostcd in me by
the Constitution and statutes of the United States, - including the
Civil Service Act of 1583 (22 Stat,403), as ai:tcrnded, and section
91, of the act approved August 2, 1939 .(18 U.S;C. 61i), and as Presi-
dent and Chief Executive of the United States, it is hereby, in the
interest of the internal management of.the Government, ordered ds follows:
INVESTIGATION OF .".PPLIC"1 TS
1. There shall be a loyalty investigation of every person
entering the civilian employment of any department or agency of
the executive branch of the Federal Government.
a. Investigations of persons entering the competitive
service shall be conducted by the Civil Service Coru_lission,
except in such cases as are covered by a special n.;reement
between the Commission and any given department or agency.
b. Investigations of persons other than those entering,
the competitive service shall be conducted b -,r the employing
department or agency. Departments and agencies without
investigative organizations shall utilize the. investigative
facilities of the civil Service Commission.
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CH=ES G.; ROSS
Secretary to. the President
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department or agency and iaa Icing rocoraiendations with re--
spect to the removal of any officer or employee of such depart-
ment or agency on grounds relating to loyalty, and he shall pro--
scribe regulations for the conduct of the proceedings before
such boards.
aQ An o'f fleet or employoe.who is.. charged , with be-
ing. disloyal., shall have a right to an administrativo
hearing before a loyalty board in the employing depart-
ment or-agency. He mey appear before Stich board per-
sonally, accompafiiod by counsel or -representative of
his own choosing., and>n: or force or violence
to alter the constitutional form of gevc rnrient -)f the
United Sba tes;
do Intentional, uneuthori e.d disclosure to any
person, under circumstances Vvhich may indicato dis-
loyalty to the United States, of dociments or information
of a confidential or non-public character obtained by the
person raking the disclosure, a.s,. a result of his employ-
ment by ' the' Govorruaent of the United States;
e. Performing or attempting to perform his duties,
or otherwise acting, so as to serve the interests of an-
other governmi;nt in preference to ' the interests of the
United $tates.
f. Ile'rzbcrship in, affiliation with or sr'ipathotic
essociation'with any foreign or dor_iestic organization,
association, movement, group or combination of persons,
designated by the Attorney General. as totalitarian,
fascist, communist, or subversive, or as having adopted
a policy of advocating or approving the commission of
acts of force or violence to deny other persons thoir
rights under the Constitution of the United States, cr as
seeking to alter the form of govermiont of the United
States by unconstitutional means.
t OVER
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