YOU ARE A PUBLIC ENEMY

On April 8th 1953 the Mattachine Foundation Board unanimously approved a statement setting forth their opinions and consequent resolves concerning the Federal Administration's policy towards homosexuals either directly in the employ of the government, or indirectly involved with the interests of National Security as employees of agencies and enterprises doing business with government. On April 27th, 1953, to quote a United Press dispatch in the Los Angeles Times, "President Eisenhower today set up a tough, new loyalty-security program designed to rid the government of homosexuals, alcoholics and "blabbermouths", as well as employees deemed subversive and disloyal."

It is significant to note that U.P. did not say "homosexuals deemed subversive and disloyal." It stated simply and bluntly, as well as by its choice of sequence, that this TOUGH new program was aimed specifically at homosexuals and super-patriots as well as just plain patriots. The dispatch went on to say that the new order was made public at the White House after Atty. General Brownell discussed it with Senator McCarthy (R), Wis., and other members of Congress who have been interested especially in government loyalty.

In addition to association with subversive groups and other disloyal activities, the standards (to determine whether or not the victim is a loyalty or a security risk) include:

1. Any behavior, activities or associations which tend to show that the individual is not reliable or trustworthy;

2. Any deliberate misrepresentations, falsifications, or omissions of material facts;

3. Any criminal, infamous, dishonest, immoral, or notoriously disgraceful

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