Evening star. [volume], November 02, 1939, Page A-4, Image 4

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German-Soviet Trade
Is Booming Under
Economic Pact
Russia's Berlin Embassy
Swamped With Rush
Of Business
By the Auoeleted Pres*.
BERLIN, Nov. 2.—A great whirl
of activity in the Soviet Russian
trade headquarters today was visible
evidence of Nazi-Communist eco
nomic co-operation whereby Ger
many hopes to get raw materials
she needs for the war.
The trade deal with Russia has
brought about a rush of business
which has overflown the Russian
Embassy. A separate headquarters
has been established for the ex
change of products as Russian
German political and economic ob
jectives daily draw closer together.
While the German press was
exhausting adjectives to praise
Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar
Vyacheslaff Molotoff for outlining a
foreign policy in which a strong
Germany was regarded as necessary,
economic co-operation between the
states was being accelerated.
Russian experts were scurrying
about German factories placing vast
orders for machinery and other in
dustrial products. In Russia, mean
while, German buyers were ordering
Russian wheat, lumber and ores.
Little money was involved because
the deal was essentially one of bar
ter arrangements on which German
foreign commerce is based.
Un-American
(Continued From First Page.)
leadership in the National Maritime
Union is Communist and that the
other 20 per cent “are afraid to open
their mouths.”
“Then the union is virtually under
control of the Communist party?”
remarked Mr. Dies.
“Yes,” answered Phillips.
“Then you might say that Russia
has more control over the situation
than the United States?” asked the
chairman. ,
“You might,” replied Phillips.
"It seems to me.” continued Mr.
Dies, “that the Soviet Union Is
virtually in control of the situation
here so far as ships are concerned."
“At the present time, I believe so,”
remarked Phillips.
Philips previously had told the
committee an attempt had been
made to murder him because of his
opposition to Communism in the
N. M. U. Representative Dies sug
gested he also present his case to
the Department of Justice.
“There appears to have been a
conspiracy on the part of N. M. U.
officials to destroy the civil rights
of an individual,” the chairman said.
There is no question that your rights
as an American citizen have been
violated.
"It seen* to the chairman that It
Is your duty to go to the Department
of Justice and lay before It all of
these facts.”
Curran Action Cited.
Phillips said that when an anti
communist is elected to office he Is
called on charges and suspended.
He explained he was elected to office
by the rank and file of the N. M. U.
and later suspended on charges
lodged by Joseph Curran, president
of the organization.
Phillips is a member of the Amer
ican Legion and served in the 187th
Aerial Squadron in France.
Before McCuistion began his testi
mony today Chairman Dies directed
Committee Counsel Whitley to issue
a subpoena for George Mink. Rep
TPSPnt.ativo nine cn i _
had information Mink was a Soviet ‘
secret police agent in this country. 1
McCuistion previously had told the 1
committee Mink was in charge of in* *
filtrating the maritime industry with 1
Communists and that he was such
an important figure in the party he
took his orders directly from Russia. 1
McCuistion also said that Mink 1
could give orders to Earl Browder, s
general secretary of the Communist 1
party in. the United States, and that 1
he was the “power behind the }
scenes” in maritime work on the 1
West Coast. c
Other Threats Detailed. ,
Subsequently McCuistion identified 1
officials in the N. M. U. who he said I
are Communists, and launched into I
another detailed story of other f
threats made against him because he s
was fighting the Communist party, t
He said in New Orleans three*gun- f
men known as “Sweetpea” Jarvis, p
Joe Russell and Frazier went p
around the water front saloons with
guns and said they were going to get 1
him. He said some seamen stopped s
them and there was a fight in which b
two men were shot. t
He also declared that two days b
before he came here to testify, two
men, Isadore Gold and Tony Lucio, f
followed him around the water front y
in New York and said they were v
going to get him. li
“They must have had some chick- p
en in them,” McCuistion told the P
committee, “because they didn't do “
anything, and I walked around the
water front, and they followed me.”
In Constant Touch With Police.
He said that while he was in New
York N. M. U. officials made no ef
fort to report to police that he was
wanted in New Orleans. He said
he knew this because he was in
constant touch with the F. B. I. in
Npv Vnrlr ortrl tha Ma«tf
lice.
Chairman Dies asked McCuistion
Just before he left the stand what
would happen in the marine industry
In the event the United States be
came involved in the war.
“There would immediately be a
■eries of strikes against the ship
ment of goods to enemies of the
Soviet,” the witness responded.
McCuistion later told the com
mittee he thought it would take
from a year to 18 months to “purge"
the N. M. U. of Communists.
Before today’s hearing Chairman
Dies predicted that the administra
tion would “do everything in its
power” to block his request for a two
year extension of the inquiry.
If the question could be brought
to a record vote, he declared, there
would not be 10 members against it.
Funds to Be Asked.
His resolution contained no re
quest for additional funds, but the
committee, nearing the end of its
$125,000 appropriation, hks an
nounced already that more money
will be sought. Unless the extension
Is granted, the committee must make
Its report by next January 3.
Representative Dies said that on
his way home to Texas when Con
gress adjourns, he will stop at New
Orleans to investigate the case in
volving McCuistion.
LATVIA.—GERMANS LEAVE BALTIC STATES—German citi
zens shown waiting to board the German ship sent to transport
them back to the Reich at the order of Hitler. The German
Balts are disillusioned and bewildered, according to reports, at
being forced to leave, and many of the prouder old Germans
have refused. _ —Wide World Photo.
This Changing World
British Reasons for Thinking Russia
Can Be Wooed From Reich Are Unknown Here
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Dijplomaoy has its deep mysteries,
rhe British government must have
ome powerful reasons totally un
mown in high official quarters here,
o believe they can still detach
lussia from the Reich.
The French seem to be more
loubtful about the possibility of
Jetting Russia into the democratic
old, but they are compelled to play
rith their allies across the Channel.
Both governments are reported
ntending to make certain changes
n their diplomatic representation
,t Moscow. These changes would
nvolve the sending of men like
Lnthony Eden as British Ambassa
lor and the former Premier Edou
rd Herriot as French Ambassador
o the Kremlin.
* * * *
The test case is expected to occur
>efore the end of this month. Ac
cording to all reports, the Soviet
[ovemment is going to press the
•'inns hard to make concessions
imilar to those made by the other
Jaltic states. The Finns, with whom
he 8wedes and the Norwegians are
associated now in a common plan to
meet aggression with resistance,
re looking toward the United
States for help. But they realize
hat for a while, at least, that help
an be only platonic. They look to
Irltain' and France for effective as
istance in the event of a Russian
iggression and their efforts to ob
ain a positive answer from either
if the allies has failed so far. The
eason given is that neither Paris
lor London believes the U. S. S. R.
rill use force to obtain military con
essions in Finland and that a pre
nature announcement that the
Vestem democracies would stand by
he Scandinavians is more likely to
irecipitate than prevent a break.
* * * *
What seems to be worrying the
lelsinki government is the accepta
nce by Britain of the fact that those
ections of Poland which used to be
iart of the Russian Empire have
een conceded to the Soviet govern
ment. It is true that, in the particu- 1
ir case of Poland, a part of the 1
ountry was taken from the Rus- !
ians after the defeat of the bolshe- .
1st armies in 1920. It is possible,
owever, the Finns think, that since
Inland was a part of the Russian
Jmpire until 1918, the allies should
nd it natural for Russia to recon
truct its empire at the expense of all
tie smaller states which gained their
reedom after the World War on the
rinciple of self-determination of
eoples.
As far as is known no fewer than
S German submarines have been
;nt to the bottom since the out
reak of the hostilities. The loss of
le submarines is serious, but not
alf as bad as the loss of the crews.
If we accept as true the rumors
•om Germany that the Rich navy
ards can produce a submarine
ithin 12 months after the keel is
lid, these submarines can be re
laced without much trouble,
urthermore, the Germans might
willing wj swap buds lor wnai
have you. But it is impossible t<
form a good submarine crew in lesi
than two years. %
Toward the end of the last wai
:he German submarine force was at
formidable as ever as far as ship:
were concerned. But its efflciencj
ieteriorated because the command
ers did not have the same enthu
siasm they had at first. They wen
lew men conversant with the run
ning of U-boats, but somewhat un
willing to take risks which mean!
the sacrifice of the lives of the crew
It is for this reason that the Ger
man admiralty decided to risk som«
of the fast and powerful capital ship!
is raiders. Admiral Erick Raedei
wants to "economize” on the trained
orews of the submarines and ha!
iecided to enforce the blockade ol
the allies by sending out the bis
leavy ships.
Reports from Russia indicate that
the Bremen will be ready to go t<
sea some time before Christmas
Because of her speed and the calibei
of her guns she will be—untl
oaught—a serious menace to tin
allied shipping.
When the Bremen is freed th<
Germans will have in the Atlantic
at least four large ships—the twc
oocket battleships, the Deutschland
»nd the Admiral Scheer; the light
oruiser Emden and the auxiliarj
oruiser Bremen. All these vessel!
oave a cruising radius of between
15 and 20 thousand miles and will
threaten Shipping from the South
ind North Atlantic.
The British are reported to be
retting ready to meet this menace
oy detaching at least two squad
■ons of ships to find and destroj
hese raiders. They can do it with
out trouble as long as Italy remain!
leutral because the submarines and
;he light cruisers can take care of
;he subs which are infesting now the
Irish Sea and sections of the North
Sea.
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n Sweden, whose people are con
lidered the greatest coffee con
iumers in the world.
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Opie Read Dies;
Wrote Best Sellers
Of Pre-1910 Era
Founder of 'Arkansas
Traveler/ 86, Was Coiner
Of Countless Epigrams
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2—Opie Read,
laat of a pioneer American literary
line that included Mark Twain, Eu
gene Field and James Whitcomb
Riley, died today of infirmities In
duced by September’s extreme heat,
He would have been 87 years old
December 22.
The genial wit, novelist and ra
conteur died in the South Side home
of Mrs. Belle King, widow of a de
voted friend of yore, where for many
years celebrities and obscure per
sons fraternized at open-house cele
brations on Mr. Read’s birthday
anniversaries.
Mr. Read was founder of the Ar
kansas Traveler, humorous paper;
author of 52 books and coiner of
epigrams unnumbered, and even in
his advancing years had few peers
as a teller of stories.
Contemporary of Twain and Field,
Opie Read emphasized sharply the
extent to which the Nation’s literary
tastes have changed in the last 50
years.
Mr. Read’s early novels were best
sellers of their day. Between 1881
and 1910 Read wrote scores of books
and short stories, many editions ol
his various works appearing in mod
est paper-back guise at low prices
Although virtually all his novels
reached large numbers of readers
none else achieved the popularity
of “The Jucklins,’’ published in 1895
Many thousands of copies were sold
and the demand continued for 15 tc
20 years.
Inevitably, they became pretty
largely period pieces. The book shop
browser infrequently encounters sur
viving copies on tables and shelves
given over to a new. hard-boiled
type of writing preferred by the pres
ent generation.
Authorlally, Mr. Read's style was
on the floral side, sentimentally ro
mantic as a rule. It often carried a
• weight of melodrama. Women were
, viewed mainly through decidedly
chivalrous eyes.
Lacking the permanent literary
qualities of Mark Twain, Field and
some of the other humorists, novelists
and poets of that era, Opie Read
satisfied a craving on the part ol
much of the reading public for
escape fiction, spiced with homely
philosophical comments.
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(Continued Prom First Page.)
ence that Congress remain in session
both to consider domestic legislation
and be ready to act on international
problems, the Speaker indicated his
belief that the Democratic majori
ties would put over a vote to end
the session.
Such a quick conclusion has been
desired by President Roosevelt. Ad
journment Saturday would mean
members of Congress could go home
for eight weeks, ufltil the regular ses
sion begins January 3.
- In connection with the early ad
journment plans. House Minority
Leader Martin issued a statement
yesterday asserting that in his Judg
ment the people wanted Congress
to remain here to “devote itself to
the difficult tasks of keeping this
country out of war and improving
our domestic situation.”
Should one house vote to adjourn
and the other refuse, the President,
under the Constitution, could termi
nate the special session himself.
Yesterday’s debate saw a parade
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