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Practical Way to End Red Threat in U. S. Troubles Committee Bills to Outlaw Communist Party Liked by Amateurs; Opposed by FBI Chief By Doris Fleeson The critical phase of the House Un-American Activities Committee’s work starts now with the hunt lor practical legislative solutions for the American Communist threat—solu tions that will not damage civil lib erties. Two bills are before the commit tee to outlaw the Communist Party, an obvious and seemingly simple de vice much favored by amateurs. This technique, however, is privately but very firmly opposed by the mas ter manhunter, J. Edgar Hoover. Mr. Hoover says feelingly to friends that it would make the FBI’s work ten times as hard by driving the party underground. Communists, he thinks, are hard enough to find when it’s legal to be one. As policy is the Attorney Gen eral’s province, Mr. Hoover ducked one committee effort to get his views. It is hardly to be supposed, however, that the FBI doss, me greatest legend of them all, to whom Congress never says no, will not be a factor in the committee's deliberations. Another Solution Offered. The President’s Committee on Civil Rights has offered another so lution: Systematic registration pro cedures for all groups which attempt to influence public opinion. Some wise politicos think it would be smart of the highly controversial House committee to adopt this rec ommendation of the impeccable Charles E. Wilson of General Elec tric *and his colleagues who did the excellent civil-rights job for the President. In what was for them an oddly lethargic session the committee finally ended, by adjournment, some of the flashiest brawling in the long history of congressional investiga tions. Hollywood has “had it.” Unlike the equally sensational Hughes hearings which broke up in an immense clatter of klieg lights, impromptu press conferences, back slapping and carnival high jinks, the nn ‘impriran nnmmittee's halt found its participants in sober, thoughtful mood. Except for a few extremists at each end, the gallery of press, lawyers and interested by standers seemed to realize that here were delicate issues that had been brutally manhandled and that it is going to be difficult to find the mid dle way. Most Capitol veterans who nave watched the stormy committee from It* horrid beginnings under Martin Dies found room for gratitude in present improvements in committee procedure. Mr. Dies was genuinely cavalier; he summoned witnesses to his Texas farm for examination and wrote official reports which the rest of the committee saw for the first time in the newspapers. These later hearings were importantly staged with every news facility pres ent so that Americans can see and judge for themselves between ac cused and accuser. The committee staff, except the chief inquisitor, Stripling, is now drawn exclusively from the trained, responsible FBI forces. Lacks Men of Stature. The principal trouble with the committee is that it lacks men of stature. With the exception of Karl Mundt, now absorbed in foreign policy, there is no member of it who has broad information, a large experience, intellectual interests, a social conscience tested by time. Contrary to the Communist yelps, there are such men in Congress. But they prefer the great permanent committees where they can help their constituents^ advance causes, wield great power within the House itself. Being human, they also pre fer to duck a committee where the mudslinging is a two-way street. Nobody has yet got anything but a debatable reputation out of service on Un-American Activities. So it falls to the small-bores, Including the one-man white supremacy bloc, Rankin of Mississippi. Mr. Rankin has helped the current hearings by staying away, but it is a favor that may yet cost the country dear. He is using the time to campaign for the late unlamented Bilbo’s Senate seat. (Released by the Ball Syndicate, Inc.) Judge to Name commission To Speed Farben Trial ly tht Associated Press NUERNBERG, Germany, Nov. 1.— In a new effort to speed up the dragging Farben trial, President Judge Curtis Shake decided today to supplement his tribunal with a spe cial fact-finding commission. The jurist said he would appoint the commission probably Monday. The three-man board will be assigned to hearing witnesses who are called for routine substantiation of docu ments and affidavits. The entire past week of the trial of 23 I. G. Farben directors was con sumed hearing this type of witness, usually Farben employes who iden tified company records and swore to their accuracy. By clearing such testimony through a commission which will have quasi - judicial power. Judge Shake said, actual courtroom time will be avail able henceforth for admission of new evidence and examination of mnre vital witnesses. Share of Italian Navy Renounced by Britain By the Associated Press LONDON, Nov. 1—Britain—fol lowing the lead of the United States —has announced after five days of negotiations with Count Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, that she will renounce her share of the Italian Navy. Under the terms of the peace treaty, the Italian fleet was made available to Russia, Britain, the United States and France. It was stipulated that Italy would have to sink or scrap any major combat ves sels not claimed from the repara tions pool, but she could use the scrap for industrial purposes and would be spared the expense of re conditioning the vessels for the Allies. _ Texas Society to Dance Texas members of the Washing ton Redskins -will be honored by the Texas State Society at a dance at 9:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Shore ham Hotel. The gridmen to be guests will Include Sammy Baugh, Disk Todd and Ki Aldrich. \ K This Changing World Ramadier Planning to Reshuffle Cabinet With Same Old Worn-Out Deck of Cards Jiy Constantine Brown Premier Paul Ramadier, who kept himself in power by the slimmest margin of votes ever given a govern ment by the tempestuous French Parliament, 1 s preparing to re shuffle his cab inet again. It’s the same old worn-out deck of cards. At a time when France is confronted with life - and -death political and ec onomic issues, the elderly pre mier is reported to be planning to bring back ° Comtantine Brown. the even more aged Leon Blum, veteran Socialist leader and others of his character. The only “new” figure mentioned, as possible minister of finance, is Paul Reynaud who was premier in 1940 before he handed the govern ment over to Marshal Petain for the armistice negotiations with Hitler. Mr Reynaud is a younger man than‘Mr. Ramadier and Mr. Blum. He is also more alert. Since France s liberation he has played only a minor role. The memory of the Nazi armistice was too vivid in the mind of the French people to permit them to turn to him. No Confidence in Leaders. With the American Congress about to reconvene to discuss assist ance to France in the form of sev eral billion dollars, the French seem unable to find among their leaders a political team which will merit the confidence not only of the French people but of foreign governments as well. The* addition of Leon Blum to the cabinet will hardly inspire confi dence. either at home or abroad. Mr. Blum was a splendid political leader at one time. He is high minded, scholarly and honest. But he has aged considerably, not only because of his 75 years but also be cause of the hardships he suffered during the Petain regime, when he was a prisoner of the Germans. Those hardships have left their mark on him. Mr. Blum is not a Communist but a confirmed leftist Socialist, and many Frenchmen blartfe his regime in 1936 for France’s military un preparedness when the Germans in vaded in 1940. His deals with the Communist Party, much weaker then than it is today, created a situation m France’s armed forces and in French industry which is held responsible for France’s defeat. When Mr. Blum received warning as premier that Communists were infiltrating the army and industry, and he was asked to take some steps lest France face an eventual enemy empty-handed, he dismissed his ad visers’ fears as nightmares due to overeating. Mr. Blum tried his hand again after the liberation of France and the failure of Gen. Charles de Gaulle as a political leader. Once more he showed himself a disap pointment to the French people. Gen. de Gaulle, who won a spec tacular victory at the polls last month, cannot be included in the cabinet for two reasons: (1) Mr. Ramadier and his colleagues hate and fear Gen. de Gaulle as a po I tential dictator, and (2) it is im possible to include Gen. de Gaulle in any team in which he is not the principal figure. He just does not understand team work. Can’t Laugh Off Reds. The French situation is very im portant for the United States. It is not likely that Congress will spend tne taxpayers money in a tommy which possesses a fumbling govern ment of old men. Moreover, despite definite proof that the French peo ple by and large are willing to repu diate communism and refuse to sub mit to Moscow, the Communist Party in France must not be laughed off simply because of last month's elec tions. The Moscow-appointed Commun ist leaders—Maurice Thorez, Jacques Duclos, Henry Mauvais and others— are not relying on popular votes for their rise to power. Their tactics are to fish in troubled waters. If the Ramadier government continues to fumble as it has in the last few months, the militant Communist organization is likely to be called into use. There will be trouble in France which the present members of the government have shown they are unable to handle. So long as the cabinet denounces Communist tactics and attempts behind-the-scenes to compromise on higher wages and shorter hours, the French economy will continue in chaos, regardless of how many bil lions of dollars we sink into France. Meanwhile, the Communists, who are said to have received orders from Moscow to stand by for final action in Western Europe in the next four months, are in a position to precipitate civil war. On the Other Hand How a Supercolossal Picture On Congress Never Got Made _ - ii .. can, virnnrt a Wnllvwnnri riirpetor ny Ljoweu innirn This, my friends, is written both in anger and in sorrow. Anger because the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee were abruptly ended onThursday without my be ing permitted to wipe the record clean of an out rageously false statement made by the chairman Sorrow because such things can be. One of the an nounced pur poses of tire Hollywod inves tigation, just L»W»I1 Mellett. closed, was to “determine the re sponsibility and extent of the influ ence and Interference on the part of Government agencies or officials in the production of flagrant Commu nist propaganda films.” The quota tion is from a statement by Chair man Thomas, which appears in the uongressionai rtecuiu ui juuc v. xuc statement followed a secret investi gation in Hollywood during May. While still in Hollywood, Chair man Thomas told the press that I, acting for the White House, caused an actor named Robert Taylor to appear against his desire in a pic ture called “Song of Russia.” As Chairman Thomas related it, “This Government official came here spe cifically on orders of his superior to see that Mr. Taylor played that leading role.” No Chance to Answer. The truth is that I never dis cussed the picture with Taylor or any one else in Hollywood. The truth further is that two months after my alleged attempt to per suade or coerce Mr. Taylor, the di rector of the picture came to Wash-* ington to persuade me that the picture ought to be made and that Mr. Taylor should appear in it. I hoped to get this truth into the record. The chairman said in June that the opportunity would be given. He said it again in September. He said it once more after the hearings began. But he closed the hearings on Thursday without making his word good. This cowardly performance of Chairman Thomas inay be of no Importance to anybody except me. It may not, unless you say to your self, “There, but for the grace of God, goes my reputation.” It could happen to anybody. So mucli for this particular in cident. Another occurred during the hearings calculated to leave an equally false impression with mem bers of Congress. and producer, was put on the stand. He was a "friendly” witness and was blessed by the committee for his testimony. Coached by the com mittee’s chief counsel, he related a vague story to the effect that he had been asked to make a picture ridiculing Congress. This was sup posed to have occurred while I headed the motion-picture section of the Office of War Information. The committee listened solemnly without detecting the absurdity of the tale. Here’s What Happened. Here’s what happened. You’ll find it amusing. OWI’s annual appropriation was coming up. Director Elmer Davis and his aides were worried. Tney had reason to be, since there were many in Congress who would have been happy to cut OWI off without a shilling. Our office had a bright idea. We’d make a picture of Con gress itself, one that would please Congress and improve its attitude toward OWI. Mr. Davis, Mr. Mike Cowles and the others thought it was a swell idea. Matter of fact, it was. The theme was to be “Democracy in Action.” We would show the world how we do things in America. We would re-enact on film the passage of a law. We discussed the project with Speaker Rayburn, House Minority Leader Martin, Senate Majority Leader Barkley and Minority Leader McNary. All in dorsed it heartily and agreed to help in every way. At this stage Sam Wood was asked to undertake me airecuon. xie miu^aicu uu enthusiasm. The project was aban doned, but not for that reason. The reason was that we were un able to plan a picture short enough to show in any theater. We knew we could not leave out of the pic ture any Representative or Senator who had participated at any stage in the passage of the bill we had chosen to re-enact. •It was a swell idea, but the cast was simply too supercolossal. (Copyright. 1847, Globo Syndicate.) Six Flying to Funeral Killed in Plane Crash By tb« Associated Preu JENNINGS, La., Nov. 1.—Six members of a family were killed yes terday in a crash of the family’s private plane near Kinder, La. They were en route to Kilgore, Tex., to attend a relative’s funeral. The dead were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Walker, their two baby daughters, Mrs. Walker’s father, Lawrence Green, and her brother, J. D. Green. They were from Jennings. The plane reportedly ran into a thunder storm. LUUIt —By Marry Manan ; A. R. SPOFFORD 1865-1807. 'j. R. YOUNG 1897-1800. H. FXITNAM 1899-1939. A. McLEISH 1930-1044. ■ A . J A1_ L. H. EVANS IMS IUa winiw Vm 1 ^1 H _ THE LIBRARIANS OF CONUBtaa—rive iiDranuuo nave «« «*““***'-“ “— —“ ~—, ine of the Library of Congress, today commemorating its 50th anniversary. Amsworth Rand Spofford was the man chieflly responsible for construction of the building *nd ““ others have carried on the work of the Institution since it was first opened on November 1, 1897._ Library of Congress Building Opened 50 Years Ago Today By Casper Narines The main building of the Library of Congress today marks its 50th anniversary. In conception and completion, the edifice is a monument to the perti nacity of Ainsworth Rand Spofford, sixth Librarian of Congress, in mak ing a dream of 36 years come tnje. In the achievements of the institu tion made possible by the building, succeeding Librarians of Congress each have contributed a large share. Pride in the new home of the Library, first opened for public in spection in March, 1897, was wide spread. Thousands came daily to admire it. One enthusiast wrote: “Not until I stand before the judg ment seat of God do I expect ever to see it transcended.” Dream Dated From 1861. Genesis of the building dream oc curred in 1861 when Mr. Spofford was appointed a member of the library staff. He found seven em ployes and 63,000 books shut into two small rooms in the Capitol. Im mediately he envisioned a home for the library apart from the Capitol. impetus ior tne aream oceanic stronger when, appointed librarian of Congress by Lincoln, he entered on his duties January 5, 1865. Through the long years of effort to obtain congressional approval and action for a library building, Mr. Spofford never lost sight of his goal. In 1873 and again in 1878, Congress authorized competitions among ar chitects for designs toward improv ing the library’s quarters. In 1880, a committee of three was authorized to decide whether a separate struc ture or an extension to the Capitol would solve the problem. The in dependent edifice was favored. Seventeen more years of effort were needed before the doors of the present building were opened to the public at 9 a.m. November 1, 1897. A few months before its opening, Mr. Spofford stepped down from the post of librarian to become first assistant librarian to John Russell Young, father of the Commissioner,, appointed to the post by President McKinley on June 30, 1897. To Mr. Young, newspaperman, diplomat and intimate of the great and near-great, fell the task of re cruiting a staff to man the large building. His appointment had been bitterly oppo.^d by profes sional librarians, who feared the institution would become a politi cal football. But Mr. Young, swamped by suggestions from po litical circles for applicants for these posts, quickly proved the library appointments were to be based on the merit. Mr. Young died in January, 1899. and was succeeded by Her bert Putnam, who held the post tor 40 years. Under his direction the resources of the building were in creased materially. The most im portant physical addition was the erection af the five-story annex be hind the main building in the 1930s. Succeeded by MacLeish. On June 29, 1939, Archibald Mac Leish was appointed to succeed Mr. Putnam as librarian. Numerous Cardinal Spellman to Fly To Rites for Archbishop By th« Associated Pre»* LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1.—Bishop Joseph T. McGucken today assumed administrative duties of the Los An geles Roman Catholic Archdiocese as Francis Cardinal Spellman prepared to fly from New York to preside at a funeral mass for Archbishop John J. Cantwell. Archbishop Cantwell, 72, died Thursday, bringing to a close a 48 year ecclesiastical career. Bishop McGucken was elected to carry on the work of the archdiocese until Pope Pius XII names a succes sor to the archbishop. Cardinal Spellman is expected to arrive here Tuesday to preside at the solemn pontifical funeral mass in St. Vibiana’s Cathedral at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. At least 10 bishops, including all six in California, and Archbishop Robert E. Lucey, San Antonio, are expected to attend the funeral services. Capital Airlines Plane Lands at Unopened Field By the Associated Press CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 1.— A Capital Airlines plane, en route from Birmingham, Ala., to New York, made an unscheduled stop at the new Kanawha Airport yes terday after developing engine trou ble. Jennings Randolph,. assistant to the president of the Capital Airlines, was a passenger aboard the DC-3. He said the twin-engined ship was set down here at 2:34 pm., for “safety purposes,” because of “mal functioning of the left engine.” The 22 passengers and two pilots were transferred to another airliner dispatched from Pittsburgh and took off at 6:15 pm., to continue the journey. Ambulances, fire trucks and an emergency squad were standing by as the airplane circled the field which will not be opened to com mercial flights until December 1. Col. Phillips Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster Col. James H. Phillips, 4456 Q street N.W., assistant to the chief of the Army’s public information division, yesterday received an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Legion of Merit for his wartime work in the training of the Army Ground Forces. Col. Phillips, who later served as chief of staff of the 3rd Corps in Germany, was assistant to the training director. He is a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., and a grad uate of West Point in the class of 1918. 'i’he presentation was made by j Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, chief of the public information division. aamimscrauve cnanges weie mauc under his five-year administration. Mr. MacLeish resigned cm Decem ber 19, 1944, to become Assistant Secretary of State. The present librarian of Congress, Dr. Luther H. Evans, took office on June 30, 1945. He previously had served at the Institution, among other capacities, as director of the reference department, chief assist ant librarian and for six months as acting librarian. In commemoration of the anni versary, a special exhibition has been arranged in the library. Among the items on display will be original architectural drawings for the competition held for the build ing, photographs and other docu ments pertaining to the opening in 1897. 1 tobacco Crop Loan Rates For 1947 Announced By the Associated Press The 1947 tobacco crop loan rates for the Agriculture Department’s jrower price support programs in :lude a 27-cents-a-pound rate for Maryland tobacco—compared to 32.6 last year. Other rates announced by the department yesterday include; Bur ley, 33.6 cents; fire-cured, 25.2; dark air-cured (types 35 and 36>, 22.4; cigar filler (type 41 only), 16.6; cigar filler and binder, 23.8. Average loan rates is fixed at 90 per cent of the parity price at the beginning of each marketing year, except for fire-cured and dark air cured, which is fixed at 75 per cent and 56% per cent respectively of the burley rate. Krug Has "Recovered/ His Doctor Announces By the Associated Press PHOENIX. Ariz., Nov. 1.—Dr. R. L. Sexton of Washington said last night Secretary of the Interior Krug has “recovered’’ from an illness with which he was stricken Thursday while addressing the National Rec lamation Association convention. Dr. 8exton, the Secretary’s per sonal physician, said Mr. Krug ia being released from doctor’s care, but it is not known when he will return to Washington. Pennsylvania Rector Backs Sunday Movies By th« Associated Brass ALTOONA, Pa., Nov. 1.—An Epis copal minister has Joined a fight for Sunday movies in this Western Pennsylvania town, declaring, “there is no word in the Bible against en tertainment on Sunday.” The Rev. John R. Leatherbury, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, urged his congregation: "Be honest, be fair and vote yes for Sunday movies and Sunday sports. I assure you it’s not a sin and a loving God will not condemn you.” The Sunday movie issue, which will be voted on in next Tuesday's election, has been bitterly opposed by the Altoona-Blair County Min isterial Association. 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