Editorial Note
The International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board was established by Executive Order 10459 (18 F.R. 3183) on June 2, 1953. This Executive Order amended Executive Order 10422 (18 F.R. 239) of January 9, 1953. The Board (commonly referred to as the “Gerety Board” after its first chairman) was established in the Civil Service Commission to inquire into the loyalty to the Government of the United States of citizens of the United States employed, or considered for employment by international organizations of which the United States was a member and to make advisory determinations under the standards set forth in Part II of the Order (i.e. “reasonable doubt”) for transmission by the Secretary of State to the executive heads of the international organizations. According to a letter from J. Lee Rankin, [Page 341] Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel to Donold B. Lourie, Under Secretary of State for Administration, dated May 5, 1953, the new Executive Order was drafted in Rankin’s office. A copy of Rankin’s letter is in Department of State file 315.3/5–1153.
The International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board was officially formed in July 1953 under the Chairmanship of Pierce J. Gerety. The other members of the Board were George J. Kaufman, H. S. Waldman, Lawrence Gilman, H. Grady Gore and Dr. Edward L. Trask.