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Truman Slap at Dewey
Injects Foreign Policy
Into Fall Campaign
The foreign policy issue Is
edging into the presidential
.campaign despite the efforts of
President Truman to confine the
fight to domestic questions.
The implied rebukp the President
administered yesterday to Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey for urging restor
ation to Italy of her pre-war col
onies—Eritrea, Libya and Somali
land—seemingly marks a definite
Riming point. A spokesman for the
Republican presidential candidate
promptly responded to Mr. Truman's
*pews conference comment with the
, declaration that the New York gov
'.ernnr considers it his "solemn obli
gation'' to speak out on foreign af
fairs,
"He will do so." Paul E. Lockwood,
Dewey secretary, added.
n'Owyer 1'rges Restoration.
The Italian colonies, currently
under British military occupation
while the four big powers — the
United States, England, France and
Russia—debate their future, also
threaten to cause some disharmony
among the Democrats themselves,
for the President's dig at Gov.
Dewev rame almost simultaneously
with a statement by Mayor William
O'Dwyer of New York likewise urg
ing that Italy get the territories
back
Thus foreign policy becomes an
Issue against, the background of re- i
peated statements by President
Truman praising the bi-partisan
conduct of this Government's inter
national affairs, and his often
reiterated assertion that "politics
ends at the water's edge”—or
should.
Gov. Dewey's proposal for res
toration of the colonies to Italy
under a United Nations trusteeship
was made at Albany early this week
♦o a group of visiting Italo-Ameri
cans. It created something of a stir
here in high political circles, for
it was evident the plan bordered
closely on that brought by the
American representatives to the
London conference where the mat
ter is being threshed out with
Great Britain, France and Russia.
In political circles here it was felt
that Gov. Dewey was trying to
strengthen himself with the Italian
vote by making political use of in
formation obtained through opera
tion of the bipartisan foreign policy.
Puts Matter Vp to Powers.
When the President was asked
about the Dewey suggestion yester
day. he responded somewhat tartly
that the whole matter was before
the big powers and added that it
was one that either they or the U.
N. should settle, with the latter step
ping in in event of deadlock.
The question cannot be handled
politically in the United States, he
stressed.
Gov. Dewey, who in the past has
had a few words to say on the con
duct, of America's foreign affairs,
came back quickly, through Mr.
Lockwood, \yho said *
( "As a founder of the bi-partisan
foreign policy lifting the creation of
1 the United Nations above partisan
discussion, Gov. Dewey has con
sistently sought a united national
J front, in foreign affairs. He deeply
' believes, however, that this should
' nor, rest upon secret understandings,
but rather on tne informed judg
ment of the American people.
Solemn Obligation Seen.
"In his opinion this puts upon him,
a solemn obligation to lay fully and
frankly before the American people
hi* views on foreign affairs and the
steps he considers necessary in the
interests of the American People
and the peace of the world, and he
will do so.”
Friends of Mr. Dew'ev said he re
garded Mr. Trumans comment as
an effort to minimize discussion of
foreign policy in the campaign.
Gov. Dew'ey. as Mr. Lockwood's
statement stresses, is a believer in
the bipartisan program. But he
is known to take the stand that!
the Roosevelt and Truman admin
istrations have bungled the job.
The statement by Mayor O'Dwver,!
who was a party to the "ditch Tru
man" drive before the Democratic
National Convention, was directed
to Tl Progresso, Italian language
newspaper in New York City, w’hich
has been conducting a campaign
for restoration of the Italian
colonies.
Truman Ready for Cruise.
Meanwhile, the President was
ready to pull out of the Capital on
thp yacht Williamsburg this after
noon for a nine-day cruise in the
Chesapeake and Delaware Bay re
gion. during which he hopes to relax
and make campaign plans.
On the trip, the President will get
a chance to map out his Labor Day
speeches in Michigan, where Detroit
and five other points will be covered.
While the Detroit speech will be his
first big bid for the labor vote, and
woll likely tie in labor and living
costs it is believed also that the
President will deal with agriculture
and displaced persons in Michigan,
as stops at Lansing and Hamtramck
• -the lattpr a populous Polish suburb
of Detroit'—provide ideal forums
for these two topics.
Taft Act Attacked.
The President nodded in the di
rection of labor yesterday with an
attack on the Taft-Hartlev labor
law, and National Chairman Mc
Grath followed this up last night
by saying the "failures" of the act
will plague the Dewey-Warren
ticket.
Senator McGrath's statement was
made in commenting on the visit
of House Speaker Martin to Gov.
Dewey.
Senator McGrath said Mr Mar
tins assertion that the Republicans
will brag about the record of the
Republican-controlled Eightieth
Congress hangs an "albatross"
around Gov. Dewey s neck.
Gov. Dewey previously. Senator
McGrath said, "appeared to be run
ning for the presidency under the
pretense that the Congress during
the past two years had been con
trolled by hottentots or gremlins,
rather than hv Republicans.”
But now. the chairman added. It
seems that Gov. Dewey "will soon
abandon his attitude of being too
noble to concern himself with such
mundane problems as high prices
and housing and run as a Repub
lican on the Republican record.”
Strikers Come Out on Top
A short strike at a sugar-produc
ing plant in Valparaiso, Chile, re
sulted in the workers receiving fam
ily allowances, a housing allow
ance and se^fen days’ pay for six
(days’ work.
(/, S. and Soviet Motes Involving Russian Teachers
Following is the text of the I
State Department note rejecting
the protests of the Soviet gov
ernment in the case of the Rus
sian school teachers and demand -
i ing the recall of Russia's consul
general in New York:
The Department of State refers to
the notes No. 143 of August 9. 1948.
and No. 148 of August 14, 1948, of
the Embassy of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and to the note
which Mr. Molotov handed to Am
bassador Smith in Moscow on the
night of August 11, 1948, with ref
erence to Mrs. Oksana S. Kasen
kina and to Mikhail L. Samarin,
his wife and three children.
In these communications and in
the representations which the Am
bassador has made to the Under
secretary of State, as well as in
statements which have been made
to the press by the Ambassador and
Mr. Jacob Lomakin, the Soviet Con
sul General in New York City,
charges of the most serious nature
are made not only against individ
uals in this country, but also against
ithe Government of the United
States and State and Federal offi
cials. The reports of the investiga
ting being made by the competent
United States authorities which
have been received by the Depart
ment of State are unsubstantiated,
but also indicate that officials of
the Soviet government have been
engaged in conduct which is highly
improper. The United States Gov
ernment must categorically reject
the charges and insinuations con
tained in these notes, which have
been found to be at complete vari
ance with the facts. In this con
nection the Department of State
desires to inform the Embassy of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re
publics as follows:
Michael I. Samarine.
According to reports of the inves
tigation made by the competent au
thorities, Mikhail Samarine volun
tarily appeared at the office of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in
New York and stated he did not
wis hto return to the Soviet Union,
but desired to remain in the United
States. After making this statement
he left the office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation without
leaving an address. He then made
a statement to the New York Times,
which was published in that news
paper on August 10, 1948, corrobo
rating his statement to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. It is clear
that Mr. Samarine is acting on his
own volition, and that he is free to
get in touch with the Soviet con
sulate general or the Soviet Em
bassy at any time he wishes. No
information has been produced to
substantiate the allegation con
tained in the Embassy's note of
August 9 that Mr. Samarine and
his family were forcibly removed
from their apartment.
In the note which Mr. Molotov
handed to Ambassador Smith on
August 11, it was stated:
"On the tenth of August Under
secretary of State Lovett corrobo
rated to the Soviet % Ambassador in
Washington that Samarine had
been made subject to examination
by the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation which thus is found to be
connected with the organization
which kidnaped Samarine, his wife
and three children.”
The Ambassador will recall that
on the occasion referred to the
Under Secretary merely read a press
| clipping to the effect that Mr.
Samarine had voluntarily visited
the New York office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. This in
formation does not in any way sup
port the allegation that there is any
connection between the organization
referred to in the Soviet govern
ments note as the Tolstoy Fundi
(presumably Tolstoy Foundation!
and the Federal Bureau cf Investi
gation. and this Government must
categorically deny that any such
connection exists. Moreover, this
Government has no information
which would justify the statement
that the Tolstoy Foundation is en
gaged in criminal activities as al
leged in the Embassy’s note.
Oksana S. Kasenkina.
The reports of the competent
United States authorities show that,
Oksana Kasenkina on July 29, 1948,
informed the editor of a Russian
language newspaper in New York
City that she did not wish to return
to the Soviet Union. Through him
arrangements were made for her to
go to Reed Farm, Valley Cottage, j
New York, which she did in a public
autobus on July 31. According to
her own statements, which are cor
roborated by the testimony of a
number of persons, she went to the
farm voluntarily and stayed there
of her own freeAvill. She has stated
that she wrote to the Soviet Consul
General in New York informing!
him where she was but she denies1
stating that she was kidnaped. The
full text of her letter has never
been made available to the compe- ,
tent United States authorities al
though its production would have
facilitated investigation of the
charges made in the Embassy's note
and it would be appreciated if a
photostatic copy were furnished to'
this department. This department!
would also like to receive a photo
static copy of the letter which the
New York police authorities found
in Mrs. Kasenkina’s room at the
Consulate General and which W’as
returned to the Consulate Generali
unopened after it was ascertained
that she had jumped from a win
dow of the Consulate.
Mrs. Kasenkina has further stated
that the interview which she gave
to the press on August 7 was ar
ranged by the Consulate General
and that she was instructed to
make false statements to the effect
that she had been kidnaped.
Mrs. Kasenkina was interviewed
at the hospital by Vice Consul
Chepurnvkh. As the Ambassador
was advised on August 14, should
she desire to see any other Soviet
official she is completely free to do
so. but this Government will not
compel her to do so nor will it turn
her over against her will to the
Soviet authorities. This Govern
ment recognizes the right of Soviet
officials in the United States to take
appropriate measures for the pro
tection of the rights of Soviet citi
zens. Such Soviet citizens are. how
ever. themselves entitled to the pro
tection of the applicable laws of
the United States, and the Govern
ment of the United States cannot
permit the exercise within the
United States of the police power
of any foreign government.
Police Inspection Upheld.
With reference to the Embassy's
note of August 14, 1948. complaining
of actions of the New York police
authorities, this department is in
formed that after Mrs. Kasenkina
had jumped from a window of the
Consulate General on August 12,
Consul General Lomakin agreed to
the suggestion of police officers that
j they inspect Mrs. Kasenkina's room,
as well as t^fr room from which she
/jumped, ml inspection was car
Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina, whose strange case
has become an international incident, and Soviet Consul Gen
eral Jacob Lomakin, whose actions In connection with it have
resulted in a request by the State Department that he be re
called. The picture was made August 7 when Mr. Lomakin told
newsmen at the Soviets’ New York Consulate how Russian offi
cials “rescued” Mrs. Kosenkina from a retreat of White Rus
sians. —AP Wirephoto.
ried out In the presence of the
Consul General. In view of the cir
cumstances. the Department of
State considers the actions of the
New York police authorities entirely
proper.
From the foregoing It appears
that the representations of the So
viet government in regard to these
"tases have been based upon misin
formation. In this connection the
reports submitted to the Depart
ment of State show that the Soviet
Consul General in New York, Mr.
Y. I. Lomakin, after having made
statements which were the basis of
the serious charges against this
Government and its officials, hin
dered the investigation of the com
petent police officials by refusing
to allow them to interview Mrs.
Kasenkina. This action was the
more serious in view of the subse
quent statements by Mrs. Kasen
kina to the effect that she Jumped
from the window of the Consulate
General in order to avoid having
to return to the Soviet Union. In
addition to the statement made by
Mis. Kasenkina that she was com
pelled to make in a press interview
false statements which had been
dictated to her, the Consul General
has himself made or issued state
ments to the press which, in view
of all the evidence available, the
Department of State can only con
clude were deliberately designed to
mislead the American public in re
gard to a serious charge involving
the United States Government.
The United States Government con
siders that Consul General Lo
makin's conduct constitutes an
abuse of the prerogatives of his
position and a gross violation of the'
internationally accepted standards
governing the conduct of foreign
.officials. The Department of State
is therefoie requesting the Presi
dent to revoke the exequatur issued
to Consul General Lomakin, and It
is requested that he leave the United
States within a reasonable time.
Department of State,
Washington, August 19. 1948.
(Initialed) L.
( Following ts text of the note
from the Embassy of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics to
the Department of State dated
August 9, 1948:
The Embassy of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics presents
its compliments to the Department:
of State and has the honor to com
municate the following:
On July 31, 1948, the sudden dis- ■
appearance of the Soviet citizens
Oksana Stephenovni Kasenkina. 51,
a teacher by profession, and Mikhail
Ivanovich Samarln, 40. a teacher by
profession, with his wife, Klavdia
Mikhailovna Samarina, and their
children, Tatiana, Elena and Vladi
mir, was discovered. It must be
pointed out that all the aforesaid
persons were ready to depart from
the U. S, A. for the Soviet Union on
the steamship Pobeda on July 31
and had all the necessary official
documents and passage tickets.
However, for reasons unknown at
that time, Kasenkina and Samarin,
with his family, did not come to the
steamship Pobeda at the* moment of
its departure, nor were they in the
apartments occupied by them as has
been subsequently ascertained.
On August 8 of this year Y. M
Lomakin. Consul General of the
U. S. S. R. at New York, received a
letter from O. S. Kasenkina in which
she implored him to snatch her from
the hands of the organization—the
so-called "Tolstoy Fund.” to vrtiose
farm, the "Reed Farm," Valley Cot
tage 4, she had been forcibly car
ried from her apartment on July 31
of this year.
> mtfd Address.
On the following day the Consul
General of the U. S. S. R. at New
York went to the address indicated
by Kasenkina and, with his assist
ance. O. S. Kasenkina left the farm.
In this connection it should be
noted that the heads of the organ!
' zation, A. L. Tolstaya and M. A.
Knutson, attempted to detain Ka
, senkina by force in spite of her
categorical statement to them that
she wished to leave with the Consul
General, and did not want to re-;
main at the farm.
As O. S. Kasenkina has reported,
| the members of the organization,
which is headed by A. Tolstaya and j
M. Knutson, kept after her long be
fore the day of her departure for
the Soviet Union, trying to induce
her by intimidation and threats
not to return to her fatherland. In
! this connection they did not even
stop at applying a narcotic injection,
with the obvious purpose of weak-j
ening her consciobsness and will.
On the day of Kasenkina’s intended
departure for the fatherlan'd. mem
i bers of this organization carried her
away from her apartment to the
j farm mentioned above and forcibly
| kept her there. During Kasenkina's
!stav on the farm from July 31 to
; August 8,' 1948. A. Tolstaya con
itinued to intimidate Kasenkina and
demanded that she write slander
ous articles against her father
land, but Kasenkina rejected these
base demands.
According to available Informa
tion, M. I. Samarin and his family
were also forcibly carried away from
his apartment 3-B, 214 West One
hundred and fourth street. New
York, to the Kessel farm in the
State of New Jersey on the night
of July 30-31 by members of the
same organization.
As is evident from eommunica
[ tions of the American press of Au
gust 9, M. I. Samarin, after a week's
stay at the Kessel farm, was turned
over to the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation by the organization
headed by Tolstaya.
Kidnaping Charged.
The above-described cases of kid
naping of the Soviet citizens O. A.
Kasenkina and M. I. Samarin and
his family, as well as a number of
other cases in connection with
which the embassy duly correspond
ed with the Department of State,
bear witness to the fact that the
organization headed by Tolstaya is
sympathetically carrying on activi
ties hostile to the Soviet Union, not
stopping at the forcible seizure of
[Soviet citizens with the acquiescence
of certain government agencies of
the U. S. A., which must be well
aware of the activities of the or
ganization—the so-called "‘Tolstoy
Fund.” In this connection the state-;
ment of A. L. Tolstaya to represent
atives of the press on August 8 of
this year merits attention; from this
statement it is clear that the so
called "Tolstoy Fund” has at its
disposal an "underground'' organiza
tion, the activities of which are di
rected toward preventing the return
of Soviet citizens to their fatherland
and which in such activities resorts
to conspiratorial methods.
The embassy of the U. S. S. R. In
the U. S. A. considers that the atti
tude of the government agencies of
the U S. A. toward the above-men
tioned criminal activities of the so-;
called "Tolstoy Fund” constitutes a
direct violation of the obligations
assumed by the government of the
U. S. A. on the basis of the exchange
, of letters of November 16, 1933, be
! twen the People's Commissar for
Foreign Affairs of the U. S. S. R.,
M. M. Litvinov, and the President
of the U. S. A., F. D. Roosevelt.
On instructions from the Soviet
government the Embassy of* the
U. S. S. R. In the United States of
America strongly protests the forci
ble seizure of the Soviet citizens,
O. S. Kosenkina and M. I. Samarin
and his family, by members of the
"Tolstoy Fund” organization, as
well as the toleration by Govern
ment agencies of the United States
of America of the criminal activi
I ties of this organization, which are
clearly directed against the U. S.
S. R„ and which consist particularly
in the prevention, by any forcible
means, of the return of Soviet cit
izens to their fatherland and in at
tempts to use them for purposes
inimical to the Soviet Union.
The Embassy of the U. S, S. R. In
the United States of America ex
pects that measures will be taken
by the Government of the United
States of America for the immedi
ate release of M. I. Samarin and
his family and for their transfer to
General of the U. S. S. R. at New
York until their departure for the
fatherland and Insists on the dis
continuation of activities of the so
called "Tolstoy Fund,” which are
incompatible with the obligations
assumed by the Government of the
United States of America with re
spect to the Soviet Union.
Embassy of the Union of Soviet1
Socialist Republics, Washington '
August 9, 1948. (Initialed) A. P.
Text of note from the Embassy I
of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics to the Department of
Slate dated August 14, 1948:
No. 148.
The Embassy of the Union of So
viet Socialist Republics presents Its
compliments to the Department of
State and has the honor to com
municate the following:
On August 12, 1948, at 4:20 p.m.,
two New York City policemen, tak
ing advantage of the fact that em
ployes of the Consulate General had
opened the door to the courtyard of
the building occupied by the Con
sulate General where O. S. Kasen
kina had jumped from a window,
arbitrarily burst into the building of
the Consulate General. At 4:30 p.m.
four inspectors of the New York
police headed by the deputy chief
inspector of police, Conrad Rotin
gast, came to the Consulate General
to learn from the Consul General,
Y. M. Lomakin, the circumstances of
Kasenkina’s suicide attempt. How
ever, instead, of dealing with the
Consul General the police inspectors.;
in spite of his protest, seized one of!
Kasenkina’s personal letters which
was in her personal bag. The afore
said persons attempted to search
Kasenkinas room and to question
employes of the Consulate General.
By such acts the representatives
of the New York police authorities
violated the extraterritoriality of the
building of the Consulate General
of the U. S. S. R. in New York, the
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need for the observance of which is
derived from international custom
and from the norms of International
law.
In connection with the foregoing,
the Embassy of the U. S. S. R. in
the U. S. A. manifests to the De
partment of State a protest against
the violation of the extraterritorial
ity of the building of the Consulate
General of the U. S. S. R. in New
York,by representatives of the,au
thorities of the U. S. A., and insists
that the persons guilty of such vio
lation be brought^ account. The
Embassy of the U. S. S. R. in the
U. S. A. also insists that the per
sons who permitted the other illegal
acts indicated above be brought to
account. The Embassy of the U. S.
S. R. in the U. S. A. hopes that the
Department of State will take!
measures that in the future will
protect the Consulate General from
illegal acts on the part of New
York City police authorities, and
that the Department will assure
the extraterritoriality of the build-1
ing of the Consulate General of the
U. S. S. R. in New York.
Embassy of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.
Washington. August 14, 1948.
(lnitialedi A. P.
Text of note handed to Am
bassador Walter Bedell Smith by
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
in Moscow at midnight August 11: j
On the 31st of July a group of
Soviet citizens were to have sailed
from' New York on the ship Pobeda
1 to the Soviet Union, among whom
were the teachers of the Soviet
school in New York, O. C. Kifisen
kina and M. I. Samarin with his
wife K. M. Samarin and three small
children, Tatiana, Elena, and.Vlad
imir. The above-mentioned Soviet
| citizens did not appear up to the
: moment of the departure of the ship
although they had previously paid
for their tickets and had sent their
baggage on to the ship. From in
formation obtained it was revealed i
that the persons mentioned were
not in their apartments, that Ka
senkina had left her apartment on
the morning of the thirty-first and
Samarin and his family during the
night of the thirtieth to thirty-first
of July.
Not until a week after the disap
pearance of Kasenkina did the So-!
viet Consul in New York, Y. M
Lomakin, on the sixth of August by
chance receive from her a note in
which she stated that she was in
the environs of New York on the
Reid farm belonging to a bandit
Whlte guard organization under
the name of “Tolstoy Fund." In
her note Kasenkina requested the
Soviet Consul to save her from the
hands of the organization which
by all kinds of threats and intimi
dations had tried to force her to
refuse to return to her fatherland
and to publish in the press a state
ment hostile toward the Soviet
Union. Going to the address cited
in the letter the Soviet Consul in
New York actually discovered there
Kasenkina who expressed the de
sire to proceed immediately with
him to the Soviet Consulate. In
spite of this, the bandits from the
organization ‘Tolstoy Fund” living
on the farm tried forcibly to prevent
Kasenkina from leaving, which
however, they did not succeed in
doing.
Reports Woman Followed.
On August 7 at a press conference
in the Consulate Kasenkina stated
that for a week she had been fol-;
lowed by unknown people of this!
kind, one of whom called himself
Dr. Korzhinski and the other Leo
Costello, who had tried by way of
threats and violence to induce her
to refuse to return to her country.
In so doing Costello even resorted
to violently administering a nar
cotic substance to Kasenkina,
clearly with the purpose of weaken
ing her will to oppose him. On the
morning of the 31th of July, Kas
enkina was abducted by the chauf
feur of a car in which the above
mentioned Korzhinski visited her on
j this day. This machine delivered
I Kasenkina to Riverside Drive, to
the apartment of a White Guard
Zenzinov, from which place she
was transferred to Reid farm. At
the time of her arrival at this farm,
Kasenkina heard from a member of
a White Guard band called the
Tolstoy Fuifd," Alexandra Tolstoy,
that Samarin and his family also
were there not far away.
According to a statement of the
New York correspondent of the
United Press, Alexandra Tolstoy
confirmed to this correspondent
the share of her organization in the
abduction of Samarin.
On the 10th of August Under
secretary of State Lovett corrobo
rated to the Soviet Ambassador in
Washington that Samarin had been
made subject to examination by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
i which thus is /ound to be con
■ netted with the organization which
! kidnaped Samarin, his wife and
j three children.
!
Supplementary to the statement
made by the Soviet Ambassador in
Washington, I, on instructions from
the Soviet government, register pro
test against the toleration on the
part of the authorities of the United
States of America, of the criminal
acts set forth above with regard to
; the Soviet citizens, Kasenkina,
Samarin and his family. The Soviet
government insists on the immediate
release of Samarin and his family,
on their surrender at once for return
to "their country to the Consulate;
General of the U. S. S. R. in New
York and also on the punishment of
all persons who have taken part in'
the kidnaping of Soviet citizens.
Pure metallic tin was not known
dry wood.
Soviet Officials Delay
Sending Own Doctor
To Mrs. Kosenkina
fty tH# A»»octa*«4 Prn*
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Soviet
officials have delayed taking
advantage of an invitation to
send a doctor of their own
choosing for consultation in the
case of Mrs. Oksana S. Kosen
kina. who was critically Injured
in a leap from a third-story win
dow of the Russian Consulate.
The invitation was extended Wed
nesday night, after the Soviets had
demanded day after day that their
own doctor be admitted to minister
to her.
Consul General Jacob M. Lomakin
told newsmen yesterday that he had
selected a physician to confer with
Roosevelt Hospital doctors about the
52-year-old Russian teacher. He
would not, however, identify the
doctor or say when he would call.
Physician Disappointed.
Dr. Grant Pennoyer, the hospital
physician attending Mrs. Kosenkina,
expressed disappointment last night
that Mr. Lomakin had not sent a
physician to see him.
Dr. Pennoyer expressed his dis
appointment to Miss Zena Ivanora.
Consulate secretary, and Miss Marie
Kharlamova, another Consulate em
ploye, when they went to the hos
pital again seeking to see the patient.
*At 5 a.m. today, the hospital re
| ported a slight improvement in
Mrs. Kosenkina's condition. A bul
letin said she had slept for long
periods during the night, and ap
peared “a little brighter” then yes
terday. She remained on the crit
ical list. Her temperature was 101,
pulse 88 and respiration 28.
Mrs. Kosenkina, who rallied yes
terday after a sinking spell, was re
turned to an oxygen tent last night
after being out of it for four hours.
She suffered multiple fractures and
other injuries In her leap a week
ago yesterday.
Justice Dismisses Writ.
Meanwhile, Justice Samuel Dick
stein in New York Supreme Court
today dismissed a writ of habeas
corpus directing the Soviet Consul
General to produce Mrs. Kosenkina
in court.
The justice ruled that the Issuance
1 of a warrant of attachment to
enforce the writ would now serve
no useful purpose. The justice's rul
ing held that the "matter has become
academic in view of Mrs. Kosen
kina's presence in a hospital, outside
the control of the Soviet Consul.”
The order was served August 11
on Mr. Lomakin. It was obtained by
Peter W. Hoguet, attorney for Com
mon' Cause, Inc.
Dr. Pennoyer last night refused
to let the two women from the
Consulate see Mrs. Kosenkina. He
told them, however, that if her con
dition continued to improve they
might be allowed to see her in a
day or two.
Must Have Rest.
Dr. Pennoyer told the women
from the Consulate:
"She must have absolute rest and
quiet. When she hears voices in
the corridor, she is frightened and
whispers: ’Who's that? Who's that?’
She cannot be disturbed."
A broadcast by the Moscow radio
i last night accused American author- ;
itles of financing anti-Russian ac
tivities outside the United States.
Commenting on the Kosenkina
case, the broadcast said:
i "It is highly indicative that Amer
ican authorities are supporting and
financing the work of such gangs
as common cause’ and the Tolstoy
foundation outside the United
States.
"The fact that the American in
telligence service seeks new recruits
in the White Guard underworld has
its explanation. There is no base in
the Soviet Union for subversive ac
: tivities of the American espionage
system. Our country has no cor
rupt politicians prepared to sell out
their homeland, nor 'American' po
litical parties.”
Porter Quits Advisory Post
To Resume Law Practice
Paul A. Porter, former price ad
ministrator, has given up his tem
porary duties as special assistant
to President Truman and returned
to private law practice here.
Mr. Porter was enlisted a few
weeks ago to help present Adminis
tration price control and other in
flation-curb proposals 1<o the extra
session of Congress. He stepped out
yesterday.
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Lomakin Leaves Consulate
Silent on Recall Demand
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Soviet
Consul General Jacob M. Lomakin
today left the consulate, where he
spent last night, refusing to com
ment on the State Department s de
mand for his recall.
Earlier an aide had told news
papermen who called there shortly
before 9 a m. that Mr. Lomakin had
been informed of the demand for
nls recall, but that he was "asleep
in the consulate” and would not see
them.
Mr. Lomakin presumably learned
of the demand for his recall' last
night, shortly after the State De
partment’s strongly couched note
was hatnded to the Soviet Embassy
in Washington.
The Consul General left the Con
sulate at 10:25 a.m. today.
When newsmen asked him if he
was aware of the State Depart
ment’s note and its charges accus
ing him of a "gross violation” of
proper conduct of foreign officials,
he replied “yes” but refused to dis
cuss the matter.
“You are wasting your time,1
gentlemen," he told reporter*. “I
have nothing to aay.”
Mr. Lomakin replied, “maybe,"
when asked whether he planned te
visit Mrs. Kosenkina at the hoe*
pital today .
A few minutes after the newsmen
reached the building today, an un
identified consulate attache opened
the front door a few inches, and
asked:
"What do you want?”
“We would like to »e* Mr.
Lomakin.”
The attache demurred, saying.
“You can see him when you see
him.”
When told the reporter* wished
to talk to Mr. Lomakin about the
Government s request for his recall,
the man replied:
"He knows about it and I know
about it. I have heard about it.”
The State Department's demand
for the Soviet Consul General's
recall because of his conduct in the
case of Mr*. Oksana S. Kosenkina
was handed to the Soviet Embassy
last night but it was not made public
until early today.
Army Issues Warning
Against Requests From
Soviet Zone for Data
I The Army Public Information
Division announced today It had
alerted Its field representatives
against giving information in an
swer to requests from German
sources in the Russian zone.
It stated that & number of Ger
man individuals, schools and mu
seums had made direct requests to
American civic organizations and
business firms for "printed matter
that should not particularly concern
them in their normal pursuits."
“A large percentage of these re
quests have come from the Russian
zone, particularly the Leipzig sec
tor," the announcement said.
I Public information officers should
be alert to the fact that "such in
formation although unclassified and
solicited by overt means provides,
in part, basic intelligence informa
tion of strategic importance to all
potential enemies of the *United
States," the warning stated.
Directories Sought.
"If would be wise to contact re
sponsible officials of public utilities.
; business firms, other key industries,
chambers of commerce and possi
bly additional civic and educational
organizations in your areas and dis
cuss the matter with them confi
dentially.”
The Army said that Its 4th Army
Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex., reported that the Southwest
ern Bell Telephone Co. had re
ceived several letters from the di
rector of the Leipzig Museum re
questing telephone directories of
kev southwest cities ostensibly for
the purpose of aiding in the prep
aration of a publication about the
United States telephone system.
“The museum felt that the direc
tories are 'the best means to get
an idea of the importance of tele
phone service with special refer
ence to the various commercial and
industrial establishments as well as
agriculture holdings,' * the an
nouncement said.
Railway Map Asked.
The Army also said that a Leip
zig electrical instrument manufac
turer asked the Rockford. 111.,
Chamber of Commerce for a high
way nad railway map and the
chamber's annual report.
The Armyf Navy and Air Force
have a joint counter intelligence
co-ordinating committee which has
been tightening up on industrial
sources of Information available to
foreigners, an official said. He ad
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ices had become sompwhat lax after
1 the war and cited the case of an
exchange of visitors with the Soviet
Union a few years ago as an in
stance.
Admiral Denebrink lakes
Munitions Board Post
Rear Admiral Francis C. Dene
brink, who until recently com
manded naval forces in the atomic
| tests at Eniwetok, today became
Navy director of the Munitions
Board, succeeding Rear Admiral
Roger W Paine.
Admiral Paine will leave for San
Francisco Monday to become deputy
inspector general. Bureau of Ships,
Western sea frontier. He has been
associated with the Munitions Board
since 1945, directing its activities
in foreign trade and stockpiling of
critical and stategic materials. Dur
ing most of the war, he was man
ager of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
Admiral Denebrink wax com
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during the early part of the war
and, in September, 1942, assisted in
removing 1.500 passengers from the
fire-ravaged Navy troop transport
Wakefield. Later he was chief of
staff of the Atlantic Fleet opera
tional training command and then
commander of Pacific Fleet training.
23 Indians in Boat Drown
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South India's flood-swollen Cauvery
River, slithered into a crowded boat
yesterday.
The 24 panic-stricken passengers
huddled on l>ne side of the boat,
causing it to capsize. Twenty-three
drowned and one man swam ashore.
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