THE FEDERAL DIARY DEFENSE DEPT. ASSERTS ERVIN BILL WOULD CURB ITS SECURITY SETUP

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Tlie Federal Diary
Defense Dept. Ass~;rts Ervin Bill
Wo~~ld Curb Its Security Setup
By Jerry Kliattz
The Defense Department
charged yesterday that its em-
ploye security program would
be seriously hampered by the
Senate-approved Ervin bill.
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Carl W. Clewlow told the
House Manpower Subcommit-
tee that if the bill as written.
becomes law the Department
could not question employes
on these matters:
? Information that an em-
ploye had attended secret
Communist Party meetings
and that. "outside parties or
organizations were instructing
him on how to sabotage Gov-
ernment activities."
? Information that an em-
ploye is heavily in debt and
that his failure to pay his just
and honorable debt:; reflects
on the Federal service.
? Information that an em-
ploye assigned. to sensitive du-
ties of interest to Foreign in-
telligence had come into unex-
pected wealth and ghat there
.was reason to believe the
money had come from a for-
eign embassy.
Clewlow endorsed the basic
objective of the bill sponsored
by Sen. Sam, J. Ervin (D: N.C:).
The measure is intended to
prevent unwarranted inva-
sions of the privacy of Federal
employes, but Clewlow said it
failed to insure a proper bal-
ance between individual rights
and management responsibili-
ties.
A spokesman for F]rvin con-
tended the bill would not pro-
hibit the Department from
making security inquir-
ies of its employes. "We went
over this same ground when
the Senate bill was written,"
his office explained? "and we
assumed we had satisfied
them."
Nevertheless, Frank Bar-
timo, Defense's assistant gen-
eral counsel, supported Clew-
low and added that it was the
opinion of the Department's
legal staff that the bill would
severely restrict employe secu-
rity checks.
courts .without claiming dam- ~a~ommittee Megan hearings on.
ages or exhausting administra- ~'ePQrted employe unrest..
five remedies. This, he be- ~ James N. Rademacher of the
lieves, would undermine the ~ AF 1-,-CIO's Letter Cai:riers;
Department's grievance peace ,Uesffified that moony supervi-
dures and employe-manage- sore and postmasters exploit
ment relationships. He l:hen? workers and "treat them
tJhought it would "encourage ~ ~.n a manner which would
the filing of spurious suits and ' House instant work stoppages"
open the door to broad and m private industry.
possibly organized harassment' He charged that .local man-
of executive actions." ogees treat employes "less
Deductions: Congress has =than human" k-ecause they are
sent 'to the President a bill to !not trained in 'dealing with
authorize voluntary deduc- I workers. li_e told.. Nix, the only
ti~ons from employe paychecks subrommittee member Pre-
to make deposits in credit un- ~ sent. at the hearings, that bar-
ions, banks, savings -and loan ~ gaining has come to a stand-
associa~tions and mutual. sav-'still in many offices because
ings institutions. of the refusal 01 postmasters
Treasury takes a dim view : to negotiate on basic contract
of the legislation, contending ;issues.
i could damage the sale of ' David 5ilvergleid of the in-
s vings bands- 'dependent National Postal
~ost Office Morale: Two Union, said career employes
postal employe leaders are. unhappy because many of
painted a dark picture of !the best work tours go to stu-
rank-and-file morale yesterday ; deno s and. others hired for
as Rep. Robert. N:C. Nix's sub- temimrarv lobs, and. b?e~cause
of "pplit,i~ and favoritism" in',
promotions and "covert di~-
criminatia~ against racial and'
ethnic minority groups."
The NpU leader said his,
Union would not have signed
trx-e national exclusive agree-
ment if it hand been a party to
it.
That agreement, signed by
seven unions with recogni~tipn',
at the national level, led to'.
much of the controversy over'
what postmasters could and'
could mot negotiate at. local,
levels. I
Lee Molise has resigned as'
counsel to the House Banking
Committee to practice law'
here.
The Oregon Research Insti-
tute has concluded that the
Civil Service Commission's
full field unvestig.a~tions oaf ap-
pli~cants are excellent tools fiom
predicting the p~erform~ance of
Peace Corps volunteers. The
Corps contracted with the In-
stitute to fi eview recruitment.
Clewlow pointed out that',
the bill exempted the FBI,
CIA and the National Security
Agency, and argued that it
should be extended to include ~
the Department's sensitive ac-
tivities.
The measure, he said, would
discriminate ag~a~inst; military
personnel who supervise civil-
ians. The military could be
court-martialed while ciullians
couldn't be disciplined for the
same offenses.
Clewlow also said the bill
would permit civil~~C~~4~ F
civil actions to the Federal
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