Book Reviews : Personnel Security Programs of the Federal Government. By SANDRA WEINSTEIN. (The Fund for the Republic. 1954. Pp. 79.)

• Author: Brock Dixon
• Date: 01 March 1956
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295600900154
• Published date: 01 March 1956
• Subject Matter: Articles

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What method of support should be used? For those commodities, the
production of which does not adapt itself readily to price changes -
wheat,
cotton, corn, citrus fruits, etc. -
a system of production goals and forward
pricing is proposed. Neither of these concepts is new, but Professor Schick-
ele gives them an excellent restatement.
Adequate application of a general social science methodology to analy-
sis of public policy issues by a single person is out of the question, but con-
sidering the magnitude of the task undertaken by the author congratula,
tions are in order for a job well done
REED L. FRISCHKNECHT.
Washington, D.C.
Personnel Security Programs of the Federal Government. By SANDRA WEIN-
STEIN. (The Fund for the Republic. 1954. Pp. 79.)
This little volume, which is a description of statutes, executive orders
and regulations with regard to the personnel security programs of the
federal government, raises more questions than it answers. This is, indeed,
the avowed purpose of the study. To Sandra Weinstein’s compilation of
descriptive material Professor Ralph S. Brown of Yale Law School has
added twenty &dquo;clusters of questions&dquo; raised by the description. No attempt
is made to evaluate and criticize. This is left to the reader. This absence
of pre-digestion and guidance is rather stimulating.
The reader is struck by the complexity of the author’s task. One cas-
ually thinks of &dquo;the loyalty-security&dquo; program and assumes a unity and a
consistency which are in point of fact lacking. There are five distinct se,
curity programs operating in the areas of (1) general government employ-
ment, (2) military service, (3) defense production, (4) atomic energy
development, and (5) shipping. Although there are certain similarities
in the programs for each of these security areas, there are also significant
variations. Furthermore, there are significant substantive and procedural
variations in the practice of the individual executive agencies...