Executive Order 9835
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Executive Order 9835 was a 1947 directive by President Harry S. Truman that established a federal employee loyalty program aimed at rooting out suspected communist influence in the U.S. government during the early Cold War.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Executive Order 9835 canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States executive order
ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Civil Service Commission
ⓘ
Loyalty Review Board ⓘ |
| aimedAt | rooting out suspected communist influence in the U.S. government ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Loyalty Order ⓘ |
| appliesBranch | executive branch ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
applicants for federal employment in the executive branch
ⓘ
civilian employees of the executive branch of the U.S. federal government ⓘ |
| authorized |
investigation of federal employees by the FBI
ⓘ
loyalty investigations of federal job applicants ⓘ |
| context |
McCarthyism
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Red Scare
domestic anticommunism in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBody |
Loyalty Review Board
ⓘ
loyalty boards in individual federal agencies ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
encouraging guilt by association
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threats to civil liberties and due process ⓘ vague and broad definitions of disloyalty ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1947-03-21 ⓘ |
| definedConcept | reasonable grounds for belief in disloyalty ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1947-03-21 ⓘ |
| establishedStandard | no person shall be employed in the federal service who is disloyal to the Government of the United States ⓘ |
| focus |
identification of subversive activities
ⓘ
political loyalty of federal employees ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Cold War ⓘ |
| influenced |
later security clearance procedures
ⓘ
subsequent loyalty and security programs in federal agencies ⓘ |
| issuedByOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| legalBasis | presidential war and national security powers ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
House Un-American Activities Committee
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surface form:
House Un-American Activities Committee investigations
growth of loyalty-security programs in the United States ⓘ |
| politicalImpact |
contributed to climate of fear about communism in government
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expanded federal role in policing political beliefs of employees ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish a federal employee loyalty program
ⓘ
to investigate and remove disloyal persons from federal employment ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
McCarthyism
ⓘ
federal loyalty-security program ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Executive Order 10450 ⓘ |
| replacedByDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| signedBy |
President Harry S. Truman
ⓘ
surface form:
Harry S. Truman
|
| subjectOf |
civil liberties debates in the United States
ⓘ
historical scholarship on the Second Red Scare ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
anti-communist politicians
ⓘ
many members of Congress concerned about internal security ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
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