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    "ocrText": "Are the Tables to be returned?\nno\nDepartment of Justice\nOffice of the Deputy Attorney General\nWashington\nallso\nOctober 12, 1950\nEARRY NATIONALD TRUMAN LIBRARY\nU.S.\nPERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Honorable Donald S. Dawson\nAdministrative Assistant\nto the President\nThe White House\nThere is attached hereto copy of a letter from the\nChairman of the Civil Service Commission, addressed to Mr.\nPalmer of this office, together with two tables furnished\nby Mr. Mitchell which have reference to action taken in\nthe cases of persons employed in Government who have been\narrested on various charges involving sex deviation.\nThese tables do not furnish entirely the sort of\ninformation which I believed you would desire; however,\nI understand that Mr. Mitchell discussed this matter with\nyou, and it probably is in line with your agreement with\nhim. I am, therefore, transmitting the tables for your\ninformation.\nR Peyton Ford\nDeputy Attorney General\nRECEIVED\nOCT 13 1950\nDONALD S. DAWSON\nOctober 12, 1950\nPERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL\nBARRY 5. NATIONAL TRUMAN AND LIBRARY\nsn\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Honorable Donald S. Dawson\nAdministrative Assistant\nto the President\nThe White House\nThere is attached hereto copy of a letter from the\nChairman of the Civil Service Commission, addressed to Mr.\nPalmer of this office, together with two tables furnished\nby Mr. Mitchell which have reference to action taken in\nthe cases of persons employed in Government who have been\narrested on various charges involving sex deviation.\nThese tables do not furnish entirely the sort of\ninformation which I believed you would desire; however,\nI understand that Mr. Mitchell discussed this matter with\nyou, and it probably is in line with your agreement with\nhim. I am, therefore, transmitting the tables for your\ninformation.\nPEYTON FORD\nPeyton Ford\nDeputy Attorney General\nRECEIVED\nOCT 131950\nADDRESS ONLY\n\"CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION\"\nUNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION\nIN YOUR REPLY REFER TO\nFILE\nWASHINGTON 25, D.C.\nAND DATE OF THIS LETTER\nPERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL - BY SPECIAL MESSENGER\nMr. Clive Palmer\nSpecial Assistant to the Attorney General\nDepartment of Justice\nWashington, D. C.\nHARRY as. NATIONAL TRUMAN TERMARY\nU.S.\nDear Mr. Palmer:\nAttached are two tables containing information you requested\nconcerning the 341 persons named on the list you left with the\nChief of the Investigations Division on September 12, 1950.\nTable I shows the number of persons on your list who were\nemployed, according to our records, at the time we received the\nFederal Bureau of Investigation list of April 10, 1950, or at the\ntime we received FBI Forms T-2 subsequent to April 1950, and the\nnumber of those listed who were not employed, at such time, according\nto our records. Table II provides an accounting of the consideration\nof the cases of persons named on your list who were employed at the\ntime information concerning them was received in the Commission.\nThis table shows the number of such persons who have been separated,\nthe number of such persons who have been retained, and the number of\nsuch persons for whom the reports of consideration of the arrest\nrecords have not yet been received.\nI trust this furnishes the information you desire.\nSincerely yours,\nHarry B. Mitchell\nChairman\nEnclosures-2 (39111)\nTABLE I\nReport on the 341 Persons Named on List Received From Department of Justice on September 12, 1950\nGOVERN RECORDS SERVICE\" 'NATIONAL TROMAN AND MENT GOVERNMENT LIBRARK\nARCHIVES\nNumber of Above Cases on FBI\nNumber of Above Cases For Which\nNumber of Above Cases Not\nTotals\nU.S.\nList Dated April 10, 1950\nFBI Forms T-2 Were Received\nPreviously Reported to CSC\nHARRY\nSubsequent to April 1950 (1\nNumber of Persons employed\nin Executive Branch, per\nrecords, on date of search\n185(s\n7(1\n0\n192\nNumber of persons not\nemployed in Executive\nBranch per records\n76\n26(1\n47\n149\n261\n(3\n33(1\n47\n341\n1) These figures do not represent all FBI Forms T-2 reporting\n3) The FBI list of April 10, 1950, contained 262 names.\narrests for perversion received from the FBI subsequent to\nThe Department of Justice list of September 12, 1950,\nApril 1950. The figures in this column are included\ncontained only 261 of these names. The person not\nseparately so as to separate them from cases received from\nnamed on the Department of Justice list was employed\nthe FBI on its list of April 10, 1950, and to account for\nin the Executive Branch of the Federal civil service\nother names appearing on the Department of Justice list of\nas of April 15, 1950, per our records. Therefore,\nSeptember 12, 1950, in those cases where the Commission had\nour records indicated there were 186 of these persons\nreceived arrest records after April 1950 but prior to\nemployed in the Executive Branch at that time.\nreceipt of the Department of Justice list.\n2) Employing agencies have advised that 12 of these persons\nwere separated prior to April 15, 1950, the date of search\nof our records. In these cases report of separation had\nnot been processed in the Commission on the date of search\nof our records.\nTABLE II\nReport of Result of Consideration of the Arrest Records of the 192 Persons Named on the Department\nof Justice List of September 12, 1950, Who Were Employed, Per Records, as of the Date of Search\nNumber of Above Cases on FBI\nNumber of Above Cases For which\nTotal\nList of April 10, 1950\nFBI Forms T-2 Were Received\nSubsequent to April 1950\nNumber of Employees\nSeparated\n120\n5\n125\nNumber of Employees\nRetained\n16\n1\n17\nNo Report of Result\nof Consideration\nReceived\n49\n1\n50\n185\n7\n192\nNote: The figures on this table are taken from reports received in the Central Office, Investigations Division,\nU. S.Civil Service Commission through the close of business, October 5, 1950."
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