Summary

Credit to Douglas M. Charles, FBI historian and author of "Hoover's War on Gays: Exposing the FBI's Sex Deviates Program".

Related Pages

• FBI Activity On LGBTQIA Organizations (USA)
• Mattachine Society

Full Text

Office Memorandum

United States Government

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (100-403320)

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (100-45888)

SUBJECT: THE MATTACHIEN FOUNDATION, INC.,

aka The Mattachine Society;

ONE, INC.

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

Rerep SA [redacted] dated 9/9/53 on the above-captioned subject, six copies of which are enclosed herewith.

Perusal of the April 1953 issue of the publication "One" reflects the following in the article "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Homosexual?", which is quoted extensively commencing on page 27 of refrep:

"An example will help to illustrate this. In one of our West Coast cities, a year or so ago, one of the airlines companies employed the FBI to do a thorough investigation of the private lives of its employees. A large percentage of the office staff were suspected of being homosexual. Called in to face an investigator and management one at a time, each employee was asked point blank, 'Is it true that you're a homosexual?' When several refused to answer without being given definite proof of accusation, the FBI investigator simploy referred to the loyalty oath signed by the employee on his application form and said, 'Will you re-affirm this oath?' When the victim re-affirmed it, then we was smugly informed that he had waived his rights under the Constitution to refuse to answer concerning his alleged homosexuality. All those found to be homosexual were summarily fired as basic security risks under the State Department indictment. Several who denied being themselves homosexuals were subsequently fired because they associated with homosexuals. All in all, it is estimated that nearly 75% of the most competent technicians of this company's office were fired and of course blacklisted simply because they had allowed themselves to be tricked into relinquishing their traditional protections as American Citizens. We must remind ourselves that constitution guarantees, like civil rights, are not divisible. If they are not good for some, then they are of no value to anyone.

Reg.

GAD:DRU

Enc. 6

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