Priest Quotes Stalin
As Favoring Freedom
Of Worship
(Continued From First Page/»
Marshal Stalins answer: 1 think it
is passible.' ”
The two questions and answers
constituted the only direct quota
tions of Premier Stalin in Father
Orlemanski's recital of his visit to
Moscow, which stirred up con
siderable controversy in political
and religious circles.
Refuses to Answer Questions.
The Springfield priest, talking to
reporters as newsreel cameras
ground, refused to answer any ques
tions. He presented the statement,
also read from a little black note
book. but waved all questions aside
with "no questions, no questions,
please.”
The priest asserted he went to
Moscow ‘ as, a private citizen” and
not as a representative of the Cath
olic church nor as an ambassador
of the United States State Depart
ment.
He described his trip as "a mis
*ion to Moscow to help my church
and Poland,” and said “I have wron
derful news on Poland, but this
will come at a later date.”
Telegram Praises Mission.
Meanwhile, Leo Krzycki of New
York, president of the American
Polish Labor Council, in Chicago on
business, sent the following tele
gram to Father Orlemanski:
"Six hundred thousand union pro
ducers of steel, tanks, ships, planes.,
trucks and other war materials, af
filiates of the American Polish Labor
Council, salute you, a courageous
man of vision and understanding ofs
things to come.
"We believe your mission over
there' will bring about friendlier un
derstanding and relations between
our Polish brethren and their strong
neighbors, the Russians, and will
lead to claser political and economic
collaboration between these two nat
ural neighbors resulting in a truly
free, independent and properous
people's Poland.
"We believe your contact with our
gallant Russian and Polish Allies
will give us information to refute
the contention of Polish reaction
aries that fratricidal conflicts will
result from the Red Army's liberat
ing march into Poland ’’
House Member Says Visit
Violated Penal Code
Representative Lesinski, Demo
crat. of Michigan, in a letter to At
torney General Biddle, asserted
yesterday that the Rev. Stanislaus
Orlemanski and Prof. Oscar Lange,
by visiting the Soviet Union,’ had
violated the penal code governing
Intercourse with a foreign govern
ment. He asked that Mr. Biddle
“take appropriate action.” Mr. Le
sinski Inserted a copy of his letter
in the Congressional Record.
In his letter. Mr. Lesinski recalled
Secretary of State Hull's statement
that both Fatlyr Orlemanski and
Prof Lange went on the invitation
of the Soviet Union as private
American citizens, acting in their
own individual capacities and with
no official status. Continuing, Mr
Lesinski wrote Mr. Biddle:
"It is quite apparent from the
foregoing letter of the Secretary of
State that the Rev. Mr. Orlemanski
and Prof. Lange were acting in their
own indiivdual capacities, as spe
cially invited guests of the Soviet
Union. I am. therefore, of the
opinion that both the Rev. Mr. Orle
manski and Prof. Lange have di
rectly violated the provisions of sec
tion 5 of the Penal Code of the
United States.”
Further on. the Michigan Rep
iresentative added:
| "Inasmuch as the Rev. Mr. Orle
manski and Prof. Lange have violated
the provisions of our penal code. I
am calling on you to take appro
priate action, upon their return to
this country, as it is quite apparent
that they have been carrying on
, both verbal intercourse and writ
ten correspondence with a foreign
(government with the intent to in
1 fluence the measures and conduct
jof that government in relation to
I the policies of the United States.
“I am also calling upon you to take
appropriate action as to these indi
(viduals in regard to their acting as
! agents for a foreign country without
i being properly registered by our
State Department in accordance
with existing law.” ,
Priest Planning to See
Bishop of Springfield
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. May 12
iA*).—The Springfield Evening Union
today quoted the Rev. Stanilaus
Orlemanski as saying in an inter
view by telephone from Chicago
that he intended to see the Most
Rev. Thomas O'Leary, Catholic
Bishop of Springfield, as soon as
possible on his return here from
his trip to Moscow.
Summer Deadline Set
For Getting Fuel Oil
! Bt the Associated Free*.
Civilian consumers and distribu
tors of fuel oil in the East Coast
must fill all their storage tanks this
; summer if they are to have enough!
stocks to carry the area -through!
next winter. Petroleum Administra
tor Ickes said yesterday.
He said a large number of indus
try storage tanks have been turned
over to the military with the result
that the industry has less storage
space for civilian oil in the area.
60 Boy Athletes to Get
Awards Tonight at 'Y'
Sixty young athletes will receive
awards earned during the winter
and spring seasons at the annual
junior athletic award night of the
Boys' YMCA. 1732 G street N.W.. at
8 o’clock tonight.
Following presentation of awards
there will be a father and son swim
in the pool, movies and refresh
I ments.
Transcript of Priest's Remarks
Father Orlemari'ski Declares He Found
. Stalin Very Democratic, Y$ry Open,
B» A«»ocitied Press
CHICAGO. May 12.—A tran
script of major remarks by the
Rev. Stanislaus Oriemanski,
Springfield (Mass) priest re
turned from Moscovj, at a press
conference today follows: %
“Sometime in January I wrote to
Mr Hull (Secretary of State) ask
ing him for a passport to go to
the Soviet Union and I received no
answer so again I wrote and asked
for permission to investigate for
myself and study the Polish ques
tion. So the answer came that it
would be all right with the Ameri
can Government but they didn't
know' what the Soviet government
would say about this.
“I wrote to the Russian consulate 1
In New York and they said I would
have to have Marshal Stalin’s per
mission. Finally the answer came
direct from Marshal Stalin person
ally. inviting me to come to Russia.
My passport read that I should go
through Egypt, Iran and Irak to
Russia.
“In the meantime, I found that
there is another way to get to Rus
sia by way of Alaska. I got per
mission from the War Department.
I went from Springfield to Chicago I
to Great Falls, Mont., and I paid j
for this part of my trip with my i
own money. At Great Falls there j
was a Russian transport going to ]
Russia from America so I got on;
it and I didn't pay a cent for this. j
There was no expense for the Amer- !
lean or Russian governments be- i
cause these planes either carried
cargo or go empty and I was the
cargo.
“Coming back I got a Russian
plane to Fairbanks but there was no
plane from Fairbanks to Great
Falls, so I went from Fairbanks to
Seattle to Chicago, then on.
Received $200 from Chaplain.
“I found I w'as running short of
money and I met a chaplain at
Fairbanks and he gave me $200.
T will make on statement about
Russia. It would be nonsense for
me to speak about religion. I
spent two days going down to visit
the army, two days coming back
And another day visiting the Polish
children at Zagorsk.
“In regard to Stalin. I had a con
ference of one nour with Molotov.
I was at a show and received a
telephone call to come down to the
Kremlin. Molotov and Stalin were
together I do not speak Russian,
so we had an interpreter In Eng
lish. I spoke with Stalin for two
hours and 15 minutes. I had a
second conference about the same
length. I found him very demo
cratic. very open. As an American
citizen I stood up as man to man
and talked to Stalin.
“I told Stalin that the most im
portant problem to solve is the
religious problem. He said, How
would you go about this? What
would you do?’ I told him I wanted
to ask one. two or three questions.
So I made up a list of questions.
At first glance you may find those
questions seem very unimportant
Study them from every angle and
you will see that they are impor
tant.
“As an American. I did not sell
America and I wasn’t authorized
to sell Poland to anybody. In re
gard to religion I am proud of my
church and I will do all that I can
to help my church. I think this
little document (a record of his
interviews with Stalin and signed
by Stalin) is a beginning to better
relations and understanding.
“On the Polish question, I will
■lake no statement.”
Father Orlcinaneki refuted to
answer any question* of reporters
and then distributed the following
statement:
"I went to Moscow not asa **P»
resentative of pie C8thoUc“Church,
nor as an ambassador of me United
States State Department, but as a
private citizen to study the Polish
question.
"I am not a Communist and 1
plainly said so in Moscow in my
public address to the Polish army.
"I am an American, and I lay
stress on this one point, namely:
I went alone to Moscow’, and I came
back alone. I belong to np clique,
no faction nor party.. In my 30 years
of priesthood this was my first va
| cation—a mission to Moscow to help
my church and Poland.
"Let us scrutinize some of the
statements made by my fellow
priests. Here is No. 1:
"The Rev. James M. Lawler, as
sistant general secretary of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
related: ‘The world, viewing the
militant atheism of the Soviet gov
ernment for years, must be cautious
In estimating such statements as
Father Orlemanski's Newsweek May
15.’
Mission Called Sucres*.
"Surely, Father Lawler, you are
doing the talking, but mine ts an
official historic document, I should
answer you thus. No. 1 cm my pro
gram w’as to bring you an official
pronouncement on the subject in
question. Talk, criticism w’ill bring
us nowhere unless we act. I have
acted. Can you or any other Cath
olic ask or expect more of me? Are
you now convinced that my mission
to Moscow was a success?
"Here is No. 2. The Right Rev.
Michael J, Ready. National Catholic
Welfare Conference secretary, I
quote: ‘Indicating the hierarchy’s
view.’ Msgr. Ready blasted the trip
as ’a political burlesque.’ I must
say that it is unbecoming to use;
such vulgar words. My priestly and
Christly life you will not undermine
or destroy by such inuendoes. Nev
1 ertheless. monsignor, I assure you
that it was not a burlesque, but a
high-class opera
"I am sure that the American
puolic will understand my position
and give credit where credit is due.
"I have wonderful news on Po
land. but this will come at a later
date."
Questions and Answers.
The statement continued with the
follow ing questions Father Orleman
j ski said he submitted to Premier
Stalin of Russia and the answers
given by Premier Stalin:
i "No 1—Do you think it admis
jsible for the Soviet government to
pursue a policy of persecution and
! coercion W’ith regard to the Catholic
|church?
"Marshal Stalin’s answ’er: As an
j advocate of the freedom of con
I science and that of worship I con
i' sider such a policy to be inadmis
sible and precluded.
"No. 2—Do you think that the
I co-operation with the Holy Father.
Pope Pius XII in the matter of
struggle against coercion and per
secution of the Catholic Church is
j possible?
"Marshal Stalin’s answer: I think
I it is possible.
"The Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanskl
wished that the above questions and
answers not be published at present
1 but be handed to him personally
Marshal Stalin did not object to
! this suggestion but at the same time
i, he said that he did not also have
' objection to these questions and
answers being made public should
. | the Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski eon
j sider it necessary, signed Marshal
> Stalin.”
1
\Officials Here Act to End Battle
On Public Vs. Private Housing
‘Continued From First Page '
maining issues are expected to be
whipped into form quickly, since
the protracted negotiations and
hearings before the Burton Sub
committee of the Senate are rush
ing headlong into the July 1 legal
deadline on occupancy of any alley
dwelling in the District.
Chairman Burton and other con
gressional leaders have promised a
timely move to extend the July l
deadline, to prevent mass eviction
of thousands of alley dwellers for
whom no rehousing has yet been
provided, but the Ohio Senator has
declared such a move must be ac
companied by a constructive out
line for future slum clearance work.
Fundamental Points in Clash.
Statements before the Burton
Subcommittee in recent hearings in
dicate the following fundamental
points in the clash between public
and private advocates:
1. Insistence by John Ihlder, exec
utive officer of the National Capital
Housing Authority, that low-rental
rehousing be reserved to the NCHA
or its successor — unless private
builders can do the work cheaper
and without rental subsidies to ten
ants. while operating under rent
ceilings and limits on profits.
2. Insistence on the part of the
Home Builders Association that
“public housing” be excluded from
future rehousing work, on the
ground that private building con
struction and management costs
have been proved to be cheaper.
Private builders say they will agree
to, and advocate, rental ceilings in
rehousing for low-income tenants,
and that this justifies the claim
to tenant rental aid.
There are other issues, one being
who should appoint and what
should be the makeup of members
of the proposed land acquisition and
control agency to be set up under
the Planning Commission rede
velopment bill, but there are sug
gestions that these can be compro
mised.
On the credit side of the nego
tiations is said to be agreements on
use of Government condemnation
for purchase of redevelopment sites,
under certain conditions, for resale
to either public or private builders
in keeping w'ith redevelopment
plans and standards.
A Budget Bureau report on the
District redevelopment bill is ex
pected to be forwarded to Congress
soon, probably before Chairman
Burton calls another session of his
group, now tentatively scheduled for
next week. While its sponsors had
hoped united support could be ob
tained, it was indicated the bill will
be placed before Congress even if
full agreement on all terms Is not
obtained in advance.
This bill directs the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis
sion to bring up to date its compre
hensive development plans for the
District, and under this it would
outline general schemes for rebuild
ing of blighted areas, indicating
i provisions for housing, schools,
business, industry, playgrounds and
public structures. Redevelopment
plans would be submitted to the
Commissioners and they would be
directed to hold public hearings be
fore acting. Project plans would
have to include standards as to
population and building densities.
Creation of Land Agency.
A National Capital land agency
would be created to take charge of
the acquisition of sites, by purchase,
exchange, gift, dedication or con
demnation of parcels involved in a
project. It would have power to
.Tent, maintain, manage, operate, re
pair. clear, transfer, lease or sell
such property, but not to build new
structures or make major altera
tions.
Next step would be for the land
agency to offer the area for sale or
lease to a (private) redevelopment
corporation or to a public housing
authority or agency for development
in keeping with plans approved by
the Planning Commission and the
Commissioners, and there would be
stipulations or covenants to assure
Hotel Workers' Case
Put Up to Labor Board
The checkoff and closed-shop de
mands of 4.160 employes of 18
Washington hotels which have stood
in the way of contract renewals be
tween the AFL Hotel and Restaurant
Employes, the AFL Bartenders’ In
ternational League and the Wash
ington Hotel Association resulted
today in certification of the case to
the War Labor Board by Secretary
of Labor Perkins.
Arthur J. Harnett, secretary of
the association, said wages and
working conditions have nothing to
do with the dispute, but the em
ployers have opposed inclusion of
the checkoff and closed-shop condi
tion. There is \no strike and the
litigants have been negotiating
without success since April 11 with
L. J. Smith of the Labor Department
Conciliation Division acting as me-!
diator.
Dean Hastie Heads
NAACP Branch Here
! Dean William *-H. Hastie of the
j Howard University law school has
'been named president of the Dis
trict branch of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of1
Colored People. He succeeds the
Rev. Arthur D. Gray, who resigned
when he accepted the pastorate of
the Church of the Good Shepherd
in Chicago.
The Rev Mr. Gray, who was serv
ing his second term as president of
the local NAACP. w'as pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational Church
here
Dean Hastie is a former Federal
judge of the Virgin Islands.
French Admiral
Given Life Term
For Treason
! By the Associated Press.
ALGIERS. May 12.—A special
j military tribunal today convicted
^Admiral Edmond Derrien of
; treason and sentenced him to
life imprisonment.
The former commander of the
Fiench naval base at Bizerte was
accused of surrendering his forces
i to the Germans at the time of the
American invasion of North Africa
in November, 1942
i Because of the admiral's age—he
Is 61—he was not sentenced to hard
labor but simply solitary imprison
ment.
, The court absolved him of sur
rendering the base voluntarily to
the Germans, but convicted him of
turning over the warships This
saved the admiral’s life, for had he
been convicted on both counts of
the indictment he undoubtedly
would have been sentenced to death
.completion of the projects as
planned. Plans could be modified,
|but only with approval of the lessee
!or purchaser, the Planning Com
| mission and the Commissioner*.
| after public hearings by the latter.
As to portions of the project area
not to be held by the united States
| or the District government for pub
lic purposes, the bill provides that
the land agency “shall have power
to lease or sell the remainder of the
project area as an entirety to a re
development corporation or, if the
planned uses be predominantly low
| rental housing, to a public housing
j authority or agency."
Without Public Bidding.
I It adds that any lease or sale may
be made by the land agency with
out public bidding, but only after a
public hearing by the land agency
on the provisions of the proposed
lease or sale. (In asking that de
velopment work be limited to pri
vate redevelopment corporations or
builders, private work advocates
have urged that there must be com
petitive bidding.*
The land agency also would have
power to lease or sell parts of a
project area separately to individ
uals. partnerships, corporations, as
sociations. housing authorities or
others, for development, if not han
dled as one tract, but the same con
ditions would apply.
Because the determined use of the
acquired areas often would affect
values, the land agency is directed
to engage two or more land value
experts to make “use value" ap
praisals for each parcel in a project
area as a guide to determining
rentals or other terms to be placed
on developers.
The bill specifically provides that
ownership or operation of real
estate by the land agency shall not
of itself provide tax exemption, that
if there is any tax exemption this
shall be under application of exist
ing statutes on exemptions.
Five Members Proposed.
Under the planning commission
proposal, the land agency would
consist of five members, all to be
named by the President. Two would
be officials of the Federal Govern
ment, two would be selected from
among nominations submitted bv
the District Commissioners, one of!
whom would be an official of the
municipal government and the fifth
would be a District resident to rep
resent the public. Members not
otherwise holding public salaried
positions would be paid *20 a day
for services at meetings or other
agency work.
This will not be the only bill be
fore the Burton Subcommittee. Al
ready referred to it is the slum
reclamation bill introduced by Sena
tor McCarran, Democrat, of Neva
da, former chairman of the Senate
District Committee, which would
provide a *20,000,000 revolving fund
to begin a public housing antislum
program. Its approval would be a
first step in the 20-year *100,000,000
program advocated by Mr. Ihlder.
The home builders’ group is at I
work on its own bill, which would
exclude the NCHA from the work
of future redevelopment of blighted
areas. In testimony before the Bur
ton Subcommittee. Myron Davy,
president of the association, pro
posed that public housing agencies
| be prohibited from doing any build
jing here “for a reasonable time, at
i least” and asked that avowed advo
cates of public housing be omitted
from agencies to direct the rede
velopment programs. - '
Draft
'Continued From First Page.)
groups, but are either physically dis
qualified for any military service or
qualified for limited military service
only.”
“Time Being” Defined.
The prospect tor “necessary” men
in the 26-29 age group, the regula
| tlons stated, is that they will re
| main in civilian life for the time
; being, subject to adjustment as the
j needs of the armed forces change.
Gen. Hershey said he hoped “for the
time being" would mean six months.
The prospect for men 30 through
37. the regulations added, is that
they will remain in civilian life for
an indefinite period if they stay in
war production or employment in
support of the national health,
safety or interest. Gen. Hershey
said he hoped “for an indefinite pe
riod” meant more than six months.
Eventually. Gen. Hershey said,
there won’t be enough men under
26 to fill all calls. For that reaaon,
he explained, draft boards will have
to be stricter with the men in the
26-28 age group
The announcement of the new
regulations also mentioned that “the
attention now centered on the 18
through-25-vear-old group will be
| moved to the 26-through-29-year
j old registrants when they are needed
by the armed forces and the supply
| oi pnysically fit men in the 18
through-25-year-oid group is sub
stantially depleted.”
While the armed forces don’t
want men over 30. Gen. Hershey
said, some standards had to be set
up to keep them in war work. If
they fail to stay in war work, “the
Army will have to make some pro
vision for taking them as one of
the prices of getting the materials
it needs,” he said.
Gen. Hershey added, however,
that he expected “relatively few" Of
the men 30 and over would not be
eligible for occupational deferment.
[ At present, 2.250,000 men of all ages
are classed in 1-A
The selective service director said
men over 30 who shift now into
[essential activities in their com
j munity have a better chance of
[getting an occupational deferment
than they hart two months ago when
'they had to be "necessary" men to
[ warrant deferment.
I Gen. Hershey pointed out that
• Army and Navy calls may vary with
j the "fortunes of war,” but that calls
for the rest of this year are expected
to run between 100.000 anct 150,000
a month.
50,000 a Month Become 18.
| Since calls have slowed down,
[Gen. Hershey said, there is more
I opportunity to help fill armed
forces requirements with youths
[turning 18. Of this group, between
50,000 and 60.000 will Ire available
; for the armed forces each month.
The rest of the calls will be filled
by men in the 18-25 age group and
• older men who are volunteers, de
•1 linquents who leave agriculture
•jposts without permission of their
•draft boards or who do not qualify
for occupational deferment. In
some cases, older men will go ahead
I of younger ones because of their
order numbers, but volunteers will
go first, followed by nonfathers and,
finally, fathers.
i Gen. Hershey said, however, that
' the calls will be levied nn the basis
; of available men under 26. States
‘ will then adjust the calls to lay
’ the heaviest burden on draft boards
with the largest supply of younger
men.
Judge Studies Demand
To Cite Law Guild
Official for Contempt
Bv CARTER BROOKE JONES. |
Justice Jennings Bailey had
under consideration today a de
mand from a score of defense
attorneys in the mass sedition
case on trial before Chief Justice
Edward C. Eicher in District
Court that Martin Popper, secre
tary of the National Lawyers’
Guild, be cited for contempt of
court for circulating at the
courthouse a statement assailing
defense tactics.
With the sedition trial in recess
from last night until Mondav the
matter was referred by the chief
justice to Justice Bailey because he
tried the contempt proceeding
against James J. Laughlin, defense
attorney, which inspired the Guild
statement.
It was brought out before Justice
Eicher that. Mr. Popper handed the
statement to newspaper reporters
in a courthouse corridor the mo
ment Justice Bailey .nnounced his
decision in the Laughlin citation
and adjourned court Wednesday.
Preparation In Advance Charged.
* Counsel in the sedition case con
tended in open court yesterday that
Mr. Popper necessarily prepared the
statement in advance, presumably
the night before, although he could
not have known Justice Bailey’s de
cision, which he had taken under
advisement overnight. Justice Bailey
fined Mr Laughlin $150 for re
flections on the integrity of Justice
Eicher and for other activities at
the trial.
The press release which Mr. Pop
per drafted in the name of the Law
yers Guild said the punishment de
creed for the attorney “proves that
democracy can defend itself." Jus
tice Eicher ordered a copy of the
statement, together with a tran
script of the discussion of it in court
yesterday, sent immediately to Jus
tice Bailey for any action he might
care to take
The sedition trial, meanwhile,
closed for the week end with a jury
yet to be selected and in a flurry of
legalistic arguments.
At the afternoon session, Ira Chase
Koehne. counsel for four of the 29
defendants, was fined 150 by Justice
Eicher for making a facetious chal
lenge of three jurors placed tenta
tively in the Jury box.
Mr. Koehne. referring to the fact
that 10 peremptory challenges must
be divided among 29 accused per
sons. said that under their constitu
tional prerogatives, his clients
wished to challenge “the fractional
part of 10 '29th containing the up
permost portion of the anatomies
of Jurors 4, 6 and 9.”
Justice Eicher immediately sent:
the whole Jury panel from the court
room and meted out the fine for
contempt of court.
; “I note an appeal forthwith,” said;
Mr. Koehne.
I The court told the lawyer to go
jahead and make his appeal, and!
igave him until Monday to pay the
j $50 to the clerk of the court.
Mr. Koehne was the third defense
attorney at the trial to draw a con
tempt fine. In addition to the case
of Mr Laughlin. which the chief;
justice referred to Justice Bailey, the
presiding judge earlier fined Maxi
milian J. St. George $20 for . eon*
tinuing to talk after the court had
ruled on his motion and ordered
him to sit down.
The four defendants whom Mr.
Koehne repreeenta are Howard V,
Broenstrupp, Ernest F Elmhurst,
Lois de Lafayette Washburn and
Frank W. Clark.
• The defense had excused three
jurors on peremptory challenge
when court adjourned and had seven
challenges left, with two others for
the two alternate jurors to be chosen. j
The Government had waived three
challenges—in effect, losing these—!
and also had seven left, with one for
the alternate jurors.
There was considerable delay over
the method which the defense would
use in exercising its challenges.
Earlier in the trial, when the attor
neys could not agree on their chal
lenges. Justice Eicher directed them
to use them in groups of three de
fendants. 8ince then the death of
one defendant. 80-year-old Elmer J.
Garner, has reduced the number of
accused to 29, making such a division
impossible.
Thus the oourt held yesterday
that all the defense attorneys must
agree on each challenge or else
waive It. 'There was a long wrangle
over thlstprocedure and heated ob
jections from the defense, but a
succession of conferences among the
lawyers finally brought agreement,
•tinder protest" of the first three
challenges.
There were three women among
the 12 persons seated tentatively In
the box at the week end. All are |
subject to possible disqualification |
on peremptory challenge,
t ut in Sm.vthe’s Bond Refused.
After adjournment of the main!
trial yesterday, Justice Eicher over-j
ruled a motion by Mr. Laughlin to!
reduce the $10,000 bond in lieu of!
which his client, James Edward |
Smythe, is held in District Court.
Mr. Laughlin contended there was)
sufficient doubt whether Smythe in-;
tended to evade the trial when he:
failed to appear for its opening April
17 to justify reduction of his bond;
to the $1,000 on which he then was
at liberty. Smythe was brought In
by FBI agents from a Northern New
York resort two days later.
Special Prosecutor Joseph W.
Burns said the Government felt the
present bond was too low rather I
than too high. He charged that!
Smythes absence from this trial not;
only was ‘‘deliberate and willful,” but!
it was the third time ‘‘this defend- j
ant has been a fugitive from jus- i
tice.” f
TRANSPORTATION^
VM7fRH YMND’S
CHESAPEAKE BAY
FERRYSYSTEM
EFFECTIVE SCHEDULE
Daily and Sunday. Eastern War Tim*
BETWEEN SANDY POINT AND MATA
_ _PEAKS
Leave Leave
Sani^p Point Matapeake
7 :25 A M. 7:25 A M.
8:00 A M. 8:00 A M.
9:00 A.M. 9:00 AM.
10:00 A.M. 10:00 A M.
1100 AM II :00 A M.
1 2 :00 Noon 1 2 :00 Noon
1 :00 P.M. I :00 P M.
2:00 P.M. 2:00 P M.
3:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
5 00 P.M 5:00 P.M.
6 00 P.M 6:00 P M.
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
|_8:00 P.M 8:00 P.M
For Further Information Write
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
CHESAPEAKE BAY FERRY SYSTEM
ins E. Lexington St.. Balto.
l.Fxinrtnn Aft 1ft
Guide to Your Draft Status
Age and Job Are Determining Factors 1
In What Men Will Be Called
Here's how the new draft regula
tions will affect you.
Except for the men under 26. a lot
will depend on what your draft
board considers is "in the national
health, safety or interest." That's
what the occupational deferment of
men over 25 will rest on but at least
it's a broader base than ever before.
"National health, safety or inter
est" can cover plenty of territory. It
includes the national list of essential
activities and the list of locally need
ed activities, which previously did
not affect draft status. And besides
those lists, draft boards can defer
older men whose work has to do with
utilities, food, fuel, clothing, housing
or any other service that directly or
Indirectly affects a community in
wartime.
Men of all ages who are rejected
at the Induction station for general
military service or accepted only for
limited service rate an occupational
deferment if they stay In work “in
the national, health, safety or inter
est.”
If you are an employer. Selective
Service Director Hershey advises you
to “cinch" your case for deferment
of your older employes by filing your
request right now. The draft boards
can take men out of 1-A and give
them a job deferment on the basis of
what's in the men's flies but if your
work is “in the national, health,
safety or interest,” it would be a
good idea to tell the draft boards you
think so. File form 42-A for em
ployes 26 through 29 and form 42-B
for men 30 and over.
In the following play-by-play, your
age is figured as of the date the
board acts on your case and classi
fies you.
Older Men Rate
Most Draft Leniency.
If you are 30 through 37 years old,
you rate a deferment if you are
"regularly engaged in” work your
draft board thinks is "in the na
tional health, safety or interest."
You don’t have to be the boss or
even a “keyman." Just stay on the
job and you’re safe for “an indefin
ite period”—at least six months
Even if you've already had your
pre-induction physical examination
and been tapped for the Army or
Navy, your chances of getting a de
ferment are just as good as the '
next 1-A man.
If you've already received your in
duction notice, your employer can
request the draft board to reopen
your case and if the board thinks
you fill the bill you will get your de
ferment.
If you already have your occupa
tional deferment, relax—the new
regulations just strengthen your
position.
But if your board thinks your work
fails to qualify you for an occupa
tional deferment, you will be drafted.
In that case volunteers go first, then
nonfathers and then fathers, but if
you're a father in your 30s you may
go ahead of a father in his early
20s if you have a lower order num
ber.
Men 26 Through 29
Must Be 'Necessory.'
If you are 26 through 29 years
old, the new regulations change your
position less radically. You still
have to be a “necessary man” to
rate a job deferment but you can be
“necessary” in more lines of work.
The former regulations said the
“necessary man” test had to be
"strictly applied” by draft boards
but the new regulations leave outj
that phrase. Generally, boards won’t I
be as strict with you as with the
men under 26
And Gen. Hershey says that even
an unskilled laborer can be neces
sary if his work is so heavy or so
unattractive that nobody can be
found to replace him
If other factors are equal, fathers
normally will be given preference for
occupational deferment over non
fathers.
If you're not “necessary” in civil
ian clothes, you will go into uniform
in the same order as specified above
for the older men.
Under-26 Deferment
Bon Still Applies.
If you are under 26, the new regu
lations affect you very slightly. The,
only difference is that some new ex
ceptions have been added to the
ban on deferring most younger men.
The only younger men to be de
ferred will be those whose defer
ment has been approved by the
State draft director In the State
where they work or whose work la
on that list of exceptions.
The list of exceptions includes
merchant marine and Army Trans
portation Corps personnel and those
In training for the two services; crew
members on ships operated by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey; non
declarant aliens who are merchant
seamen of co-belligerent nations
working offshore and registrants
now in the active service of co
belligerent nations.
Federal Workers Get
Similar Treatment.
If you are a Government worker
30 and over, your agency will send
your draft board evidence that you
are working in an essential activity
and you will be entitled to the same
consideration as men working In pri
vate Industry. Your case will not
have to go to the Puryear Commit
tee on Government Deferments be
fore your agency can act The com
mittee. however, will "post-audit"
your case. The necessary evidence.*
known as an “occupational classi
fication form." will be ready for
mailing to the draft boards in a
few days.
If you are a Government worker
aged 26 through 38. the Puryear
Committee will continue to judge
your case before the local board
sees It but the committee will use
the same “necessary man" teats aa
those applied in private industry.
If you are a Government worker
under 36, the committee now has
been authorized to ask for your
deferment, but only if you meet the
strict criteria set up by the Inter
agency Committee which is deciding
in which war activities, plants and
I occupations the youngest draft
eligibles can be considered for de
ferfnent.
Dance Set at Lanham
The 20th District Democratic
Club of Lanham. Md„ will hold Its
spring dance at 10 p.m. tomorrow
at the Prince Georges Golf and
Country Club Oliver Cornwell is
in charge af arrangements.
*
THEY ALSO SERVE—WHO BUY AND HOLD WAR BONDS
presents your summer wardrobe
ALL-WOOL TROPICAL WORSTEDS
The pause that refreshes ... all day long. That’s the way you’ll
feel in a D. J. Kaufman all-wool tropical. This weather is only
the beginning ... it will get lots hotter. So hot you’ll wish you
could work in your underwear. Well, men, the nearest thing to
that is the breeze-inviting, coolness of an all-wool tropical. They're
here now, in all their well dressed, well pressed glory. Sizes for
every man in single and double breasteds.
Haspel Seersuckers available now at_$14.50
* -s»
Charge accounts invited, pay 1/3 down, balance
in 3 months. Or use our 30 day charge plan.
1
D. J. KAUFMAN—MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MEN'S STORES