Federal Employee Loyalty Programme (jan 1, 1947 – dec 31, 1947)
Description:
In March 1947, Truman gave an order that allowed government employees to be removed from their posts
This could happen if they were on ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe they were disloyal to the US
Hoover’s FBI set up Federal Loyalty Boards to investigate government employees
This was to find out if any employees had links to communism/were communist
Between 1947 and 1951, 3 million government workers were forced to resign
As a fear of communism grew, many cities, states and private businesses investigated their workforces
Thousands of employees, some of whom were only suspected of being sympathetic to communists, lost their jobs
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USA 1945 - 1974
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