Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-24 | Page 7 | House Unit Plans to Continue Loyalty Probe

House Unit Unil Plans I I To f Continue j Loyalty loyally Probe WASHINGTON Sept 24 PI- PI Dismissing a presidential rebuke I II I as w nonsense and absurd a aI ahouse ahouse I house appropriations subcommittee Investigating the loyalty of government government gov gov- served notice Friday day it intends to continue its work I Chairman Kerr D. D S S. S C. C declared de de- dared the group which tangled with mth President Roosevelt over the dismissal of three federal workers would meet soon to take up its work where it left off last summer Salaries Cut OffIt OffIt Off OffIt It It was WS on recommendation of the Kerr committee that the house voted to cut off the salaries of Dr Goodwin Watson William E. E Dodd Jr and Robert Morss Lovett unless the president submits their nomination to the senate by November November No No- vember rember 15 Watson and Dodd are federal communications commission commission commission commis commis- sion Lovett is government government government govern govern- ment secretary of the Virgin islands Their political and economic economic economic eco eco- philosophies had been questioned questioned questioned ques ques- by the Dies committee on un-American un activities President Roosevelt sent a message message message mes mes- sage to congress assailing the house action as an encroachment upon the executive and judicial branches He said there were no findings of incompetence against the trio pointed out that no no impeachment impeachment impeachment im im- proceedings had been instituted and described the legislative legislative legislative legis legis- action as similar to a bill of attainder sentence without trial That stuff about a bill of attainder attainder attainder at at- is a lot of nonsense said Kerr We fully heard every everyone one of those men and every one so admitted Good Fair Hearing Representative Keefe of Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin a Republican member of Kerrs Kerr's committee said the three men had assured the committee they felt they had received a good fair hearing On the question of interference S with judicial procedure raised by the president I would point out that if they have any claims for court action they can go into the courts Keefe added We are not stopping them And so far faras faras as impeachment against mere em em- plo es is concerned its it's an absurdity absurdity absurd absurd- ity These men do not hold federal federal fed fed- eral posts subject to impeach impeach- ment Kerr did not say how many cases case were vere pending before his committee commit commit- tee but Representative Dies D. D Texas said the names of many whose Americanism was subject to question had been given to Kerrs Kerr's group