Resolution from the United Public Workers of America Local 730 to President Harry S. Truman

RESOLUTION ON EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9835 252-K WHEREAS President Harry S. Truman hassissued Executive Order No. 9835 sup- juli posedly for the purpose of removing disloyal employees from the Fed- eral service; and WHEREAS: This order guarantees to an accused employee none of the constitu- tional and legal protections regarded as traditional and inalienable for American citizens--neither a specific statement of charges, nor the right to confront his accuser, nor the right to a fair trial by a jury of his peers nor the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty; and WHEREAS: This Order permits an employee to be fired at the whim of an official or or board, on unfounded charges brought by an anonymous fanatic or person- al enemy, even though to be branded as disloyal to our Government is tantamount to being guilty of treason, and means that a man is black- listed for life; and WHEREAS: This Order calls for the establishment of a vast army of secret police to pry into the personal lives and opinions of millions of Americans; now, therefore be it RESOLVED: That the Jefferson Hospital Employees Union, Local 730, United Public Workers of America--CIO, believes that Executive Order 9835 will remove the last vestiges of civil liberty, freedom of thought and freedom of speech, from government workers, who have already been relegated to second-class citizenship; and be it further RESOLVED: That we consider this Order to constitute a direct threat to all Amer- icans with respect to their right to form free organizations and ex- press their opinions on any and every matter of public policy and in- terest, without the fear that some Attorney General may disagree with their opinions and label them subversive; and be it further x190 RESOLVED: That Local 730, United Public Workers of America-- CIO, does now go on record as urging President Truman to rescind Executive Order No. 9835 and to substitute for it an Order guaranteeing the full rights of Citi- zens to government employees; and be it further resolved That copies of this resolution be sent to President Truman and to the press. to DEATH Buster Coffey NATIONAL President ARCHIVES A RECORDS SERVICE Adopted at Birmingham, Ala. May 14, 1947 Laura Smith Secretary