Memorandum from Stephen J. Spingarn to Donald S. Dawson

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON July 21, 1950 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DAWSON Subject Information requested of Civil Service Commissi on by Flanagan, Hoey Subcommittee Counsel, on employ- ment histories of the 91 State Department homosexual cases. You asked me for my views today as to whether Civil Service Commission should be authorized to furnish this informa- tion to Mr. Flanagan. It is my opinion that they should. I have mentioned it to Charlie Murphy, who agrees. All this is on the assumption, of course, that no names will be furnished or mentioned in the material given Mr. Flanagan. Mr. Hatcher's memorandum of July 14 to Mr. Moyer in the attached file which you sent me states that the attached proposed memorandum furnishing the information de- sired by Flanagan "has been prepared omitting names of individuals". If this memorandum was really prepared on this basis, whoever prepared it has been unbelievably negli- gent. There are at least 13 instances in which names have been mentioned which I have circled in red. I suggest that the Civil Service Commission be asked to go over this material with a fine tooth comb, not only for names but for other errors or inadvertencies which may still be there. S.J.S. S.J.S. The file you sent me is returned herewith. RECEIVED JUL 21 1950 DONALD S, DAWSON