In addition to budget matters, the hearing addressed the dismissal of Robert Morss Lovett from his position as Government Secretary of the Virgin Islands on grounds of his being charged by the Dies Committee as a communist subversive based on association with left-wing individuals and groups; he denied the charge and was later granted back pay by the Supreme Court.

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