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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1948
Page
21
Washington reports the government audit of federal workers shows over 1.8 million checked by the FBI with fewer than 1,000 needing further inquiry. The process relies on fingerprint checks and a subversive file, under Civil Service law, emphasizing government employment as a privilege.
The article notes intense loyalty screening under the Hated Act of 1939 and explains how a federal worker’s past Ku Klux Klan membership, even if inactive, can trigger full investigations. It cites executive order categories labeling subversive groups and includes a Fort Worth lake drowning incident with two men, W. A. Ray and Charles Thomas Pearson, after a boat capsized.
Retiring FCC Commissioner Clifford J. Durr assails government loyalty checks as targeting ideas over actions. In his prepared address at an Acoustic Society of America dinner in Washington on April 26, he warned of new Americanism standards and courts unknown to the Constitution. Durr's seven year FCC term ends June 30. President Truman reportedly regrets nonreappointment. His wife will chair Henry Wallace campaign activities in Northern Virginia.
The District 3 Council CIO Oil Workers International Union yesterday re elected C H Tuttle as an officer in the Pampa area.
Keuerick C. OTHMAN recalls early revolutions and notes that revolts existed before the term Communist. He describes a Guatemala City night club scene near his hotel and recounts meeting the next revolution’s leader, reflecting on motives and sensationalism in revolutionary politics.
Two Amarillo engineering students Will Be Honored in Amarillo Texas Tech Lubbock named in the Dean's Honor Roll. Horton Russell and Brien Webster will receive recognition Sunday May 2 at the school gymnasium. Both are freshmen engineers and Centaur club members with addresses listed.
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