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House Group Warns
Reds in Unions Could
Wreck War Effort
' (Continued From First Page.)
too public a figure for effective work
as a Communist. The real power,
day by day, lies in monopolizing the
jobs around the president.
Do Communists join unions to im
prove the conditions of the working
rian?
‘ .They join specifically to majce all
Unions, In the words of Stalin,
"schools of Communism." That
covers everything.
"Suppose there Is a conflict between
the union's interest and the Com
njpnist Party's orders?
■The Communist Party comes first
in every Communist's life. You have
«f bear in mind that when anybody
joins the Communist Party he be
comes literally a soldier in a "class
war," as the Communists call it.
4iow could they help their class
war by wrecking a union?
Take the case of a general strike.
Communists try to organize these
on the slightest excuse, regardless
of the effect on the union move
ment as a whole, on the survival of
unions crushed by the consequences,
and regardless of the wholesale suf
fering and hardship brought down
upon working families in the process.
Their theory is that the more mis
ery they can cause in the present
the easier it will be for them to grab
control in the future.
; What role is played in the union
movement by Communist lawyers?
■ They often serve as the direct
channel between the Communist
Party and the union. Although not
elected by the membership and not
responsible to it, they often exercise
monopoly control of collective bar
gaining and union policy.
They are responsible for all kinds
of legal tricks to perpetuate the
control of Communist officials and
stifle all opposition.
What union role is played by a
Communist accountant or treasurer?
He knows the most intimate de
tails of union money and is in a
position to report the most confi
dential information to the Com
munist Party. Also he can cover up
Communist use of union money.
How can the union treasury be
used for Communist purposes?
Through contributions to Com
munist organization or individuals,
who siphon off funds to Communist
use either directly or through Com
munist -dominated printing plants,
meeting halls, newspapers (for ad
vertising*, front organizations, or
to "entertainers” supporting Com
munist campaigns for "justice” to
somebody or other.
How does a Communist educa-!
tional director operate in a union? :
He conducts Communist propa
ganda courses and invites Commu
nist speakers to address union mem
bers. He presents Communist films
and entertainment. He recruits i
members for the Communist Party.
He trains selected personnel for in- j
telllgence and sabotage service. He
popularizes Communist literature in
the union library.
How does a Communist editor
slant a union paper?
By printing articles from Com
munist writers. By giving a Com
munist twist to editorial# and news
items. By advertising and sup-j
porting Communist activities and:
organizations. By reviewing Com
munist books. By employing Com
munist cartoonists. You can tell by
the way he compares United States
and Russian affairs.
What poet do the CommcmifU try
to capture in a shop?
Shop steward. This is important
because it gives the Communist an
opportunity to manufacture griev
ances, to incite strikes, distribute;
Communist literature and collect;
funds for Communist purposes andj
engage in spying. Actually, he is
aiming to make “every factory a
fortress" for communism, as ad- j
vised by Lenin.
Do the Communists rig union
•lections?
Plenty. Just before the election
they railroad through a Nominations;
Committee stacked with Communists
and sympathizers, and put over an
“approved” slate of nominees with'
but one choice for each office printed
on the ballot.
Opposition candidates are often!
framed on false charges of violating
union rules, nonpayment of dues,
etc. Ballots are premarked and;
forged. A committee of Communist;
stooges counts the ballots In secret.
How can they do these things, if
they are in the minority?
It's easy, if you let them. They
come to meetings carefully organ
ized. They throw in at the beginning
a long list of objections and pro
posals to change the regular order
of business, whatever It may be.
They keep ft up until the opposi
tion wears out. scatters, gets tired,
and goes home. Then they slam
through their real plans and the
next day the majority wakes up to
find itself committed to something
It never had in mind.
Can you tell me what a “Com
munist diamond” la?
One of their operating formations.
They look at a union hall as a
battlefield. .One Communist unit
takes the front row, center. One
sits half way back on the right side.
One, half way back on the left side.
The fourth unit takes the back row,
center.
They actually form a four-point
Bad Weather Halts New Efforts
To Rescue 11 Men on Icecap
By th« Associate** Pr*s*
New attempts to snatch 11
marooned flyers off the Greenland
icecap were postponed again today
when "very bad weather" closed in,
the Air Force said.
The men on the 7,500-foot high
ice cap still “are getting along very
nicely,” the Air Force said. It re
ported they are huddling in their
snow houses today to escape violent
wunds and drifting snow.
A variety of equipment for a new
rescue effort was ready at airbases
in Greenland, but when the weather
would permit its use was any one's
guess.
Officials went ahead, meanwhile,
with arrangements to drop Christ
mas dinner to the little group of
men. seven of whom have been
stranded for two weeks, if rescue
efforts are not successful by Sat
urday.
They said, however, they are sure
that glider pickups—which failed in
a previous rescue attempt—eventu
ally will do the trick.
A radio message from Goose Bay,
Labrador, late yesterday said all the
men are in good shape. They are
living in snow huts, fending off the
severe cold with heating equipment
dropped by parachute. Tempera
tures down to 40 degrees below zero
were reported.
Bad weather and bad breaks have
hampered rescue attempts since the
first seven men cracked up their
C-47 transport on the icecap De
cember 9.
The two-man B-17 prew which
tried to pick them up four days
later Joined the marooned men
when their plane ran into trouble
in the snow. Two more men landed
a glider on the ice four days after
that and were themselves stranded
when a snapped cable thwarted an
attempted plane-glider "snatch.”
Since then the weather has been
bad. Winds yesterday were below
the 100-mile-an-hour hurricane
velocity they hit earlier in the week,
but a reconnaissance helicopter re
ported them still high.
The three planes added to the
rescue team at American airbases
in Greenland include a twin-engine
C-47 equipped with skis and takeoff
jets and two twin-engine C-82
transports, one carrying a glider,
the other a light liaison plane.
diamond that way, covering the
hail.
What then?
The four units work on signals
just like a baseball team. They
hiss, boo. make motions, shout down
opposition, start fights, yell "fire,"
or do whatever their boss on the
scene directs. You would be sur
prised how much trouble a small
number of disciplined rioters can
make that way, unless you’ve seen
it work.
Can anybody do anything about it?
Sure. Put your own diamond in
their places, take the play away
from them, wear the Communists
down instead of letting them wear
you down.
Could a union refuse member
ship or office to • Communist?
All it ha* to do is to make Com
munist Party membership contrary
to the union constitution and en
force that clause. The law of the
United States can be used to help
do that. If your union lawyer
doesn't have the information on
that, tell him to get it from the
; Government.
What unions have the Commu
nists controlled?
In 1944 the Committee on Un
American Activities found the fol
lowing unions to have "Communist
leadership * * * strongly en
trenched":
American Communications Asso
ciation (CIO>.
International Federation of Ar
| chitects. Engineers, Chemists and
Technicians (CIO).
International Fur and Leather
Workers’ Union (CIO*.
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen’s Union <CIO>.
International Union of Fisher- j
men and Allied Workers of Amer
ica (CIO).
International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers (CIO).
International Woodworkers of
America (CIO).
Marine Cooks and Stewards As
sociation of the Pacific Coast (CIO).
National Maritime Union of
America (CIO).
State, County and Municipal
Workers of America (CIO) and
the United Federal Workers of
America (CIO), merged to form
United Public Workers of America.
Transport Workers Union of
America (CIO).
United Cannery, Agricultural,
Packing and Allied Workers of
America (CIO).
United Electrical, Radio and Ma
chine Workers of America (CIO).
United Farm Equipment and
Metal Workers of America (CIO).
United Furniture Workers of
America (CIO).
United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Workers of America (CIO)..
United Office and Professional
Workers of America (CIO).
United Packinghouse Workers of
America (CIO).
United Shoe Workers of America
(CIO).
United Stone and Allied Products
Workers of America (CIO).
Are all these unions still under
Communist leadership?
Some have belatedly tried to clean
out the Communists—notably the
Transport Workers Union, under
the aggressive direction of its pres
ident, Michael Quill. But in a
number of these, such as the power
ful United Electrical Workers’ and
Longshoremen's Unions, Commu
nists are still in the saddle.
What would the Communists do
in the event of war between the
United States and the Soviet Union?
Tney say themselves that they,
would “stop the manufacture and
transport of munitions,” as well as
“the transport of all other materials
essential to the conduct of war
through mass demonstrations, pick
eting and strikes.” They would try
to "stall the (American) war ma
chine in its tracks.”
Have the Communists ever tar
ried out such a policy in the United
States?
Yes, during the Stalin-Hitler pact
(1939-1941) they caused terrible
strikes that delayed United States
rearmament. Foi example, Allis
Chalmers, Milwaukee; International
Harvester, Harvill plant in Los An
geles; Vultee Aircraft, North Amer
ican Aviation, Los Angeles; Alumi
num Co. of America, Cleveland: the
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brass factories, all were led out by
the Communists.
What could the American Com
munications Association do in case
of war?
This outfit is in our cable offices
and in the radio control rooms of
our merchant ships and commercial
airfields. They could garble mes
sages so as to sink ships, wreck
planes, tap intelligence channels and
isolate us from the rest of the world.
Would the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union give us anything to worry
about?
This has 75,000 members. They
have effective control of many ports
in the United States of America and
more than once have used it to
paralyze shipping. Communist dom
, ination of this union in wartime
could wreck the whole United States
fighting power.
What eould the Transport Work
ers’ Union do?
Paralyze bus, subway and trolley
transportation in some of our largest
cities. Without transportation, life
in these cities would come to a
standstill. This union, which claims
100,000 members, could also tie up
some of our most important air lines, j
How about the United Electrical,
Radio, and Machine Workers' of
America?
The leading electrical and machine
plants, manufacturing important
parts for guns, tanks, torpedoes,
range finders, sound detectors, alti
meters, gyroscopes, aerial cameras,
motors, and other vital equipment,
are at its mercy. The union, which
clSims 600,000 members, is banned,
from representnig our Nation's
atomic workers.
Surely the United Public Workers
of America would not be a menace,
would it?
There are 15,000 members of this
union in the Panama Canal Zone,
alone. Many of the other 71,000
members are stationed at navy,
yards, arsenals, experimental sta
tions, the State Department, and;
throughout our Government agencies.
; Do you hold the rank and file of
iheoe unions . responsible for the j
actions of a few individuals?
The rank and file allow such men
to command them.
Of course, we do not Indict all the
members of any -union as oommu-l
nistic Just on that account, but we
do call their attention to the things
that are being done in their name.
The responsibility for cleaning up
their unions rests primarily upon
them and with courageous, patriotic
action they can always throw the
Communists out.
Just the same, isn't communism a
working-class movement? i
Absolutely not. It is a revolution
ary movement.
A working-class movement seeks
to betterthe state of labor. This
revolutionary movement seeks to
destroy things as they are, with the
aim to seize power and put it in the
hands of one political party—the
Communist Party,
Where do Communists come from
in America?
Contrary to what you may have
heard, the record shows that rela
tively few Communists spring di
rectly from the people who work at
hard labor. Mainly. Communists
come from the so-called "middle
class"—doctors, lawyers, teachers,
actors, writers, accountants, other
white-collar workers, and even at;
times among the clergy.
Most Communists have never
worked with their hands, except
where and when directed by the
party. This is the case not only
in the United States, but all over
the world.
What’s a rood program for an
American union man against com-;
muniam?
Here is one given by James B.
Carey, aecretary-treasurer of the
CIO:
Full exposure of the Communists,
plus a strong progresaive policy "far
7 Americans Rescued
From Tientsin After
Emergency Landing
By Harold K. Milks
Attocialod Pratt Foreign Corroipondont
NANKING, Dec. 23.—A Marine
plane today rescued three American
embassy attaches and four cor
I respondents who had been stranded
in isolated Peiping and Tientsin.
The plane, piloted by Marine‘Lt.
Charles Leutz of South Orange.
| N. J., and M Sergt. Frank Rosen
berg of New York City brought the
; group here today from Tientsin.
! The marines took off from the
emergency field at Tientsin where
another plane, which had begun the
rescue mission in Peiping, made a
forced landing yesterday with one
engine out.
Lands on Tiny Polo Field.
This plane was piloted by Capt.
James Gault of Shreveport, La.,
who tested the emergency air strips
of both of the isolated North China
cities in his rescue effort.
Capt. Gault landed on the tiny
polo field airstrip yesterday in the
heart of Peiping, where the Amer
ican group had been cut off since
December 17, when Communists
shelled the city’s south airfield upon
the Americans’ arrival.
Three minutes after the takeoff
from the dangerous polo field Capt.
Gault’s left engine failed. As he
and Maj. Kearie Berry of Austin,
Texas, worried over the engine, we
seven passengers bundled into para
| chutes and prepared to abandon the
plane over Communist-held North
China.
Thirty minutes later Capt. Gault
made a neat landing at Tientsin’s
race course field from which the first
planes had started operating only a
few hours before.
Flown to Nanking.
Rather than risk a long 300-mile
single engine flight into Tsingtao, j
where the N*avy has a base, the
plane was put under repair in
Tientsin while the passengers were
ferried into Nanking by the Marine
flyers. •
In the group of Embassy attaches
•and correspondents were Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Soule, military attache;
Capt. Samuel Frankel, naval attache,
and Lt. Col. A. M. House, air attache;
Correspondents Henry Lieberman.
New' York Times; Gerald NozickJ
United Press; Fred Gruin, Time and
Life magazines, and myselef.
Capt. Frankel and his wife main
tain a home at 3608 North Alber
marle street, Arlington.
A native of Cincinnati, he was
graduated from the United States
Naval Academy in 1929. He served
as assistant naval attache at the
American Embassy in Moscow from
1941 to 1944 when he returned to
the United States to the office of
the commander in chief of the
United States Fleet. He was named
naval attache at Nanking, China,
in March.
He received the Distinguished
Service Medal for his work while
in Mursiaus and Archanged durini
his tour in Russia.
Youth Gets Lite Term
for Slaying of Mays
! (From Yesterday’s Last Edition.)
By th« Associated Press
OMAHA. Dec. 32—Charles Edward
McClelland, 19. waa sentenced to life
‘imprisonment today for the slayings
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert May II of
Alexandria, Va.
District Judge James T. English
pronounced sentence after the young
ex-carnival employe pleaded guilty j
to two charges of second degree
murder. One charge was for each i
death. McClellands family lives
in Booneville, Mo.
The May's were found shot to
death just west of Omaha August
28, 1947. They had been returning
to their home from a vacation in
Colorado.
McClelland signed a statement on
May 14 of this year admitting the
slayings. At that time he was serv
ing a two to three year term in the
Colorado 8tate Penitentiary on a
worthless check charge.
His original statement implicated
no one else, but in recent weeks he
told officers an accomplice did the
actual shooting of the Mays. He
admitted he had no proof of this
other than his ‘‘my word.”
According to McClelland's stdrv
he and a friend left the carnival
company at Mason City, Iowa, the
night before the slayings and drove
into Nebraska.
In his jail cell yesterday McClel
land told a reporter the pair no
ticed the large late model car of
the Mays carrying a out-of-State
license and a low license number
and decided the occupaats must
be wealthy.
, i
in advance of the bogus progres
sivism of the Communists.”
Swift, flexible infighting that de
l feats the Communists at their own
'game within the union.
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Only to Couple With
A Child and a Dog
By the Aueciotcd
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.
John Paul Turk is a sort of
Santa Claus in his own way to
parents and pet lovers.
He says he has a newly fur
nished apartment for rent only
to some one with a child and
a dog.
Mr. Turk, a plumber, and his
wife, a nurse, never have had
children of their own. He said:
"There are a lot of people
who can’t get homes on account
of having a dog or a baby. I
like kids. If any one wants to
rent the place and hasn’t got a
! child and a dog, I’ll turn him
down.” t
Port Tieup Continues
At Seattle, Tacoma
By th* Associated Press
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—The ports of
Seattle and Tacoma remained idle
today as employers reported “no
change" in the status of an AFL
work stoppage.
The tieup went into its third
day in Seattle, where AFL checkers
and foremen first walked off the
‘jobs, asserting that some of their
i members had been beaten after
the end of the CIO maritime strike.
AFL longshoremen in Tacoma
! joined the walkout yesterday.
The Tacoma port, where AFL
■ longshoremen have jurisdiction, was
! the only major coast port operat
; ing during the recent maritime
strike. CIO pickets tried to close
it, but were run off the docks by
AFL squads.
AFL officials declared two men
were beaten recently because they
had worked in Tacoma.
A spokesman for the water-front
employers of Washington made the
“no change” statement after meet
ings with both AFL and CIO long
shore officials.
AFL leaders in Seattle have de
clared they will not return to their
jobs until they have assurance they
will not be harmed.
The work stoppage held up load
ing of 20 ships in Seattle and six
in Tacoma.
Among the ships affected were
five serving Alaska, an area which
j had its chief sources of supply cut
off by the maritime strike.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Considerable
cloudiness and rather cold. Highest
in low 40s this afternoon. Mostly
cloudy tonight. Lowest near 30.
Tomorrow, cloudy and continued
cold, followed by snow at night.
Maryland—Considerable cloudiness
and somewhat colder tonight. To
morrow, cloudy and continued cold
with snow beginning west portion in
afternoon and east portion at night.
Virginia—Considerable cloudiness
and somewhat colder tonight. To
morrow, cloudy and continued cold
with snow north portion and rain or
snow south portion beginning in
west portion in afternoon and east
portion at night.
Wind velocity, 12 miles per hour;
direction, west. ••>■■■
lllT«r Report.
(From U 5 Engineers.)
Foiomgc River clear at Harpers Ferry
ind at Great Falls; Bhanandoah dear at
Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity
iRaadlnia at Washington National Airport )1
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon _ 54 Midnight__ 71
4 p m.__ 58 8 a m dll
8 p.m._ 63 1.30 p.m. _ 61
High and Low (or Yesterday.
High. 52. at 12:2iT p m.
Low 34, at 2:34 am.
Record Temperatures This Ytar.
Highest. BO. on August 27.
Lowest. 6, on January 26.
Tide Tablet.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Oaodttlc Survey >
Today. Tomorrow
High _ till a.m. 1:15 a.m.
Low 8:22 a.m. 0:22 a m
High _ 1:50 p.m. 2:55 pm.
Low _ 8:57 p.m. 10:00 p m
* The 8uu and Moon.
Rises. 3ets.
Sun. today _ 7:25 4:50
Sun. tomorrow 7:25 4:51
Moon, today 12:03 am. 12:28 pm.
Automobita lights must ba turned an
ona-half hour alter sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches la tha
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1848. Avt Record.
January_4.B7 3 55 7.83 '37
February _ 1 67 3.37 6.84 '84
Mareh .— $ «6 3.75 8 84 |81
April _3.05 3.37 6.13 'If
May_* 87 3.?o 10.8P '89
Juno _ 6.28 4.13 10.94 06
July .. 4.31 4.71 10.63 80
August _9.0(1* 4 01 14.41 '88
Saptcmbdr .S 19 3 84 17.45 ;|4
October _3.OB 2 84 8.81 '37
November _ 6.20 2.37 *.68 '80
December 3.33 3 32 7.56 '01
Temperatures In Various Cities.
High. Low. High Low
Albuoueraue 47 36 Milwaukee 25 10
Atlanta 60 43 New Orleans 80 5B
Atlantic City 48 33 New York 44 34
Bismarck 3-18 Norfolk 58 42
Boston 45 31 Okla. City 82 30
Buffalo 38 25 Omaha 38 2B
Chicago 27 15 Pittsburgh 37
Cincinnati 38 26 P'land. Me. 43 •.«
Detroit 311 22 St. Louis .18 ’.8
FI Paso 66 Salt L. City 23 10
Galveston 77 62 San Antonio 73 53
Harrisburg 4 1 718 S. Francisco 46 31
Indianapolis 35 24 Seattle 41
Kansas City 38 33 Tampa 80 681
Louisville 42 30
The Federal Spotlight
Specif ic Personnel Policy Urged
On AEC to Reassure Employes
By Joseph Young
The Atomic Energy Commission is being as*ked to Issue a
more detailed, statement of policy tq reassure its employes that
merit system principles will be followed closely in its new per
sonnel policies.
AEC recently discarded civil service hiring procedures, under
the authority given it by Congress. Consequently, many of the
(agency's employes have been appre-'
hensive of their future status, de
spite AEC's general announcement
; that merit sys
tem principles
would be con
tinued.
The National
Federation of
Federal Em
ployes is asking
AEC to issue a
detailed pro
gram, which will
spell out in full
just what its
personnel pol
icies are going
' to be in connec
tion with hiring,
! job retentions,
Joseph Young.
pay, retirement and other personnel
data.
There’s no doubt that AEC In
tends to follow civil service prac
tices wherever possible. But, at
the same time, a specific policy
statement will end a lot of unnec
essary apprehension on the part of
its employes.
* * * *
TOP PAY—Senator O'Conor, Dem
ocrat, of Marjland is expected to
carry the ball for the administra
tion next month on the top-bracket
Federal pay legislation.
The chairman of the Senate Civil
Service Subcommittee that drafted
I the measure is Senator Flanders.
Republican, of Vermont. But with
the Democrats taking over next
month. Senator Flanders, in his own
words, "will be Just another minority
member.”
So that's why the able and like
able Senator O'Conor will have the
i job of guiding the bill through the
Senate. He, is expected to work
very closely with Senator Johnston
of South Carolina, who is slated to
be the new chairman of the Senate
Civil Service Committee. And Sen
ator Flanders will do all he can to
line up Republican support for the
measure. Incidentally, Senator
O'Conor promises that rank-and
file pay revision will be taken up as
soon as the top-bracket bill is dis
posed of.
* * * *
ANNIVERSARY—Alvin W. Hall
yesterday celebrated his 24th anni
versary as director of the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving. Mr. Hall
has made a fine record as the bu
reaus' director during these 24 years.
* * * *
DELAY — Hoover Commission
members predict the group will ask
Congress for a 60-day extension of
the deadline for submitting its re
port.
The Hoover group is schedulfed to
submit its recommendations on
Government re-organization in mid
January. But it's said that the
commission will ask that the time
be extended to some time in March.
* * * *
SECURITY GROUP — President
Truman is said to be favorable to
considerable changes in the setup
of the National Security Council. I
Although most people are un
aware of its existence, the council
is one of the most important agen
cies in Government. It has the job,
of advising the President on the
Integration of foreign, domestic and
i military policies relating to na
Itional security.
I The criticism heard most often
is that too many military officials
comprise the council. It’s expected
; that legislation will be drafted
giving civilians greater representa
tion on the council and limiting
I the military to one place on the
seven-member council. That would
be Defense Secretary Porrestal.
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! DISPLACED CAREERISTS—
1 James M. Mitchell, the new civil
service commissioner, has disclosed
he will make his own study of the
{displaced career employes’ program
to try and find out what is wrong.
More than 1,000 permanent status
{people remain jobless after having
devoted most of their lives to the
j Federal service. Many of them
have 30 years and more of service,
only to have been dismissed from
their jobs during the Government's
reduction-fh-force program. Mean
while, many thousands of war-serv
ice and temporary employes remain
on the Government's rolls.
Mr. Mitchell's interest may give
the commission the shot in the arm
that has been so badly needed in
connection with the DCE program.
For, although the commission about
a year ago did find jobs for some
DCEs, the program has practically
come to a standstill ,in the last
six months.
As disclosed here recently, the
White House also will look into the
{situation to find out why these
: careerists haven't been re-employed
, by the Government, because there
{is even a more important issue in
volved than the vital one of finding
jobs for these people. If the present
situation is allowed to continue, it
! will set the dangerous precedent
whereby no Government career em
ploye can hive any assurance that
efforts will be made to aid him,
if he is laid off in any future Gov
ernment reduction-in-force pro
gram.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP—Charles P.
Sharkpy has been re-elected presi
dent of American Federation of
Government Employes’ Labor Lodge
No. 228. Also elected were Donald
C. Roden, vice president; George E.
Chapman, jr., treasurer; Sophronia
M. Elmer, secretary, and Walter W.
Schneider, sergeant at arms.. .. The
employes in the Navy Department’s
Bureau of Ordnance donated 750
toys and dolls to WRC's Doll House.
. . . Representative Manasco, Demo
crat, of Alabama, who winds up his
congressional service at the end of
the year, is being mentioned for the
sergeant at arms job in the House.
But Mr. Manasco, who is also a
member of the Hoover Commission,
says he isn’t interested and has
other plans. . . . President Luther
Steward of the National Federation
of Federal Employes is due back
here next week from Japan, where
he served as adviser to Gen. Mac
Arthur on civil service reforms
there.
(Be sure to listen in every Sun
day at 11:15 a.m. over WMAl',
The Evening Star station, for
Joseph Young’s broadcast version
of the Federal Spotlight, featur
ing additional news and views of
the Government scene.)
Spy Inquiry
(Continued From First Page.!
eused by ex-Communist Whittaker
Chambers of supplying him with
stolen State Department documents,
was given a month’s delay in his
perjury trial in New York. Mr. Hiss,
indicted in New York on two perjury
counts by a special Federal grand
jury investigating subversive activi
ties, now is scheduled to face trial
February 24. The trial was pre
viously set for January 24.
Mr. Sayre was Mr. Hiss’ boss at
the State Department in 1937 and
1938 when Mr. Chambers says he
received the documents from Mr.
Hiss. The committee has said Mr.
Sayre, Mr. Hiss and two secretaries
were the only ones who had access
to the documents.
That assertion was denied in New
York yesterday by Mr. Sayre, who
talked to newsmen after testifying
before the grand jury.
Mr. Sayre said "certainly more
than four persons had access’’ to
the documents But he told re
porters he is convinced "highly
confidential” documents were stolen
and he considers it "a crime of in
finite gravity.”
The New YoVk grand Jury recessed
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for the holidays until January J.
One of those who appeared yester
day before the recess was Dr. Max
Yergan, a Negro leader who was ex
ecutive director of the Council on
African Affairs until ousted by a
left-wing group. Dr. Yergan was be
lieved to have been one of two wit
nesses who testified secretly in New
York last week before Representa
tive McDowell, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, sitting as a one-man sub
committee of the Un-American Ac
tivities Committee.
Mr. Duggan's death, meanwhile,
continued to be the focal point of
arguments stretching from New
York to Mexico City by way of
Louisiana.
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana, said disclosure of Mr.
Duggan's name by his fellow com
mittee members was a “blunder and
a breach of confidence.”
Representative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi, termed the disclosure
"unfortunate." He said he was sure
if the'full committee had been con
sulted, the name would not have
been given out.
Mr. Mundt, at a press conference
and a later broadcast, defended dis
closure of the name on ths ground
that In the late hours of Monday
night the death was an unsolved
'mystery and "we thought any light
we could shed, we should shed." By
revealing that Mr. Duggan’s name
had been mentioned. Mr. Mundt
contended, the committee was try
ing to help police authorities.
The disclosure that prompted the
committee disagreement was testi
mony by Isaac Don Levine, editor
i of Plain Talk, that Mr. Chambers
had told former Assistant Secretary
of State A. A. Berle, Jr., in 1939 that
Mr. Duggan passed along informa
tion.
Duggan Cleared, Nixon Says.
The day after Mr. Duggan's death
and the committee disclosure, Mr.
Chambers denied receiving any
papers from Mr. Duggan.
That prompted Representative
; Nixon, Republican, of California, a
! committee member, to declare in a
: broadcast last night that Mr. Cham
ibers’ statement “clearly clears Mr.
Duggan."
But Mr. Chambers came out with
j another statement. He said:
“Too much emphasis has been
placed on my statement that I per
sonally never knew Laurenee Dug
■ gan and that he never gave me
i documents.
“Practically overlooked is the fact
that I found it necessary to give
| Duggan’s name to Mr. Berle in 1939.
‘ I resent slaps at Isaac Don Levine.
We are both making statement^ on
the basis of information we do not
wish to discuss at this time.”
In Mexico City, where Mr. Levin#
is visiting his son. he told the As
sociated Press that the night Mr.
Chambers told his story of an es
pionage conspiracy to Mr. Berle,
with Mr. Levine as a witness, the
imost prominent name was that of
Mr. Duggan.
No Question of Payments.
"There was never any question
that night of Duggan having don#
anything for pecuniary reasons,” Mr.
Levine said. "He was simply classi
fied as being ideologically with th#
i pro-Soviet clique and as one who
| had been useful to Chambers’ under
ground group.
“As far as I recall there was no
information given by Chambers to
Berle which singled out Duggan
from among those in the State De
partment of whom Chambers knew."
He added that "for Chambers to
have mentioned him (Mr. Duggan)
that night and for him not to have
met Duggan is for Chambers to
explain."
Fog Blamed for Crash
Of Roosevelt Plane
By th« A»$ociot«d Pr*»s
HONG KONG, Dec. 23.—The flam
ing crash of a big transport plane
in which Quentin Roosevelt and 34
other persons perished Tuesday, was
blamed yesterday on fog.
The Skymaster struck Basalt
Island 100 feet below its rocky 554
foot summit. The island, 10 milea
east of Hong Kong, was shrouded
by fog.
The plane, from the fleet of the
China National Aviation Corp., was
on Hong Kong's radio beam on its
| flight from Shanghai, but pilots said
• it w'as too low for the approach run
j to this British Crown colony.
They said the ill-fated plane’s
Danish pilot, Charles Sundby, was
an experienced flyer in China and
would have known to watch for the
island. Hong Kong authorities as
serted they had advised against the
flight in foggy weather.
Mr. Roosevelt, a grandson of Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt, was vice
president and director of the air
line. Ironically, his last flight was
one of the most routine and pre- :
sumably least hazardous of his
countless trips in China.
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