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102 d Year. No. 214. ■ Phone ST. 3-5000 ** WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1954—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SHSLJ-a. SSfSlJVL.ntn.2i** SCENTS,
President Signs
Housing Bill;
Hails Its Aims
Sees Measure
Boosting Entire
Economy in Future
By Garnett D. Horner
President Eisenhower today
signed into law the new housing
aet, calling it “a major advance
toward meeting America’s hous
ing needs.”
The new law provides for 35,-
000 public housing units next
year, falling far short of the 4-
year, 140,000 unit public housing
program sought by the President
from Congress! The President
served notice in a statement that
“we shall need to continue our
public housing program until
the needs can be met by private
industry.”
Seeks Broader Authority.
He also said the executive also
should have broader authority
to adjust the terms on home
loans to changing economic
conditions.
Declaring, however, “the coun
try will be benefltted,” by the
new law as it is, the President
said:
“It will raise the housing
standards of our people, help
our communities get rid of slums
and improve their older neigh
borhoods, and strengthen our
mortgage credit system. In com
ing years it will also strongly
stimulate the Nation’s construc
tion industry and our country’s
entire economy.”
More Homes for Millions.
Pointing out that the new
law permits Government insur
ance of larger home mortgage
loans, with smaller down pay
ments and longer terms, Gen.
Eisenhower said “millions of our
families with modest incomes
will be able, for thhe first time,
to buy new or used homes.”
He described as “especially im
portant” a provision authoriz
ing especially easy terms for
families forced out of present
homes because of slum clear
ance and other public improve
ri'-nts *
“The new law,*- he added,
“makes available for the first
t ne a practical way for our
c izens in the towns and cities
of America to get rid of their
slums and blight.”
Notables Watch Signing.
The President signed the act
before a group of congressional
leaders and housing officials in
his office. Immediately after
ward, he witnessed the swearing
in of Norman P. Mason as com
missioner of the Federal, Hous
ing Administration.
The Senate completed con
gressional action on the housing
bill last Wednesday nighgt with
a 59-21 roll-call vote. The House
had passed it 358-30 on July 20.
Sees Home Building Boost.
The measure generally is de
signed to make it easier to/buy
homes and to modernize them.
Senator Capehart, Republican,
of Indiana, Banking Committee
chairman, who handled the leg
islation in the Senate, estimates
it should boost nome Duilding by
10 to 20 per cent.
Ronald J. Chinnock, president
of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, said in a
prepared statement the bill “will
put home ownership within
reach of many thousands of
families that have not been able
to own their homes in the past ’
Changes Effective Now.
In addition to the public
housing provision, the new leg
islation makes these changes
effective at once:
1. Liberalizes down payment
and repayment period require
ments on nomes bought with
FHA-insured mortgages. For
example, a house with an FHA
appraised value of $12,000 could j
have its down payment lowered 1
from the present $2,400 to $1,200
if new and $1,650 if old. Loans
could run as long as 30 years in
place of the present Jimits of
20 to 30 years.
2. Provides safeguards de
signed to prevent extra-large
(See HOUSING. Page A-6.)
Officials in Italy
Baffled by Dog's
Undiplomatic Bite
By the Associated Press
GENOA, Italy, Aug. 2. lt’s
turned out to be just a hypotheti
cal question, but officials here are
wondering whether a consulate
dog has diplomatic immunity.
Over the week end the Austrian
consulate’s pet German shepherd
took an undiplomatic bite at 25-
year-old Marisa Bernardo, on
consular property.
Her parents said she developed
a fever, took her to a hospital
and demanded that police kill
the dog and examine it for rabies.
The consulate refused to sur
render the dog, claiming diplo
matic rights.
Marisa got well. The charges
were dropped. But police still
haven’t figured out what they
could have done about it, if it all
hadn’t worked out.
k
Mendes-Franee's Bold Move
In Tunisia Causes Paris Crisis
Political Circles Are Rocked by Offer
Os Internal Autonomy to Protectorate '
By Crosby S. Noyes
Foreign Correspondent of The Star
PARIS, Aug. 2.—Political
circles here are rocking today as
a result of the latest bold strike
of French .Premier Mendes-
France %
His dramatic week-end flight
to Tunisia and the sweeping
Tunisian Nationalist Agitators Released
by French. Page A-3
political reforms which he pro
poses for the strife-torn pro
tectorate have brought his
regime face to face with its first
serious crisis at home.
Mr. Mendes-France’s political
enemies have now recovered
from their initial surprise suf
ficiently to yell for his scalp.
The debate that will surely fol
low in the National Assembly
will be bitter.
Os all the problems that con
fronted the premier from the
outset of his regime, the problem
of North Africa most worried his
close supporters. There seemed
to be no possible solution to the
increasing violence in Tunisia
and Morocco that did not in
volve great political risks ar
home.
The government, like those
before it, was trapped between
Five Top Communists
Rounded Up in West
By Federal Agents
Two Women Among
Prisoners; SIOO,OOO
Bond Set for Each
By the Associated Press
DENVER, Aug. 2.—Agents of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion rounded up five Western
United States Communist Party
leaders late last night in simul
taneous arrests in Denver and
Los Angeles.
Four Communist IJarty leaders
were arrested on a Denver street
only a block from the Colorado
Capitol. One of them, a woman,
had been in hiding for six
months.
Another woman was arrested
in her home in Los Angeles.
United States Commissioner
Joseph D. Neff set bond at SIOO,-
000 each early today for the four
arrested in Denver.
Underground Leader Seized.
In announcing the arrests in
Washington, FBI Director J. Ed
gar Hoover described one of
those arrested, 42-year-old Ar
thur Bary, as “one of the party’s
outstanding West Coast under
ground leaders who has been
assigned such missions as investi
gating how the FBI has been able
to arrest other underground
leaders.”
Arrested in Denver were Bary,
chairman of the Colorado Com
munist Party an.-* regional or
ganizer for Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana, Utah and New MexiCw;
Anna Correa Bary, ?9, his wife
and former organizer of the
Communist Party in Denver;
Harold Zepelin, 28, Communist
Party organizer for Colorado,
and Lewis Martin Johnson, 34,
head of the Communist Party in
Utah.
Mr. Hoover announced their
arrests along with that of Mrs.
Patricia Blau in Los Ar.geles.
Donald E. iCelley, United States
attorney for Colorado, said all
were arrested on warrants issued
here and charging them with
violation of the Smith Act.
That law, under which a total
of 115 Communist Party fur.c
(See COMMUNISTS, Page A-6.)
Arrest Made in Slaying
Os Canadian Boy, 6
By the Associated Press
QUEBEC, Aug. 2.—Police to
day arrested a pimply-faced lit
tle Quebec man sought in the
maniacal sex slaying of -6-year
old Raymond Trudeau of Mon
treal.
Operating on a tip, they
seized Lucien Picard, 43, four
feet and 11 inches in height.
Police said Picard admitted
it was in his basement room that
some of the hacked pieces of
the boy’s body were found in
Montreal, but denied he had any
connection with the case.
The slashed and mutilated
torso of Raymond was found
yesterday. Other parts of his
body had been found Saturday.
beer cartons on the
sidewalk of a waterfront street
The boy had been missing since
last Wednesday.
Police said they sought Picard
as a material witness.
Moscow-Paris Airline
Goes Into Operation
By th« Associated Press
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Passenger
air line service linking Moscow
and Paris—with a stop at Pra
: gue for transfer of passengers
and mail—was opened today.
Flights will be made every day
! except Sundays.
The Moscow radio said Vnu
kovo Airport near the Soviet
capital was gaily decorated with
Soviet and French national flags
as the first plane took off west
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W)t Itomittn Mut
two powerful groups of extremists.
On one hand there were ultra
nationalist Arabs who would
settle at nothing short of com
plete independence and an end
to French rule in North Africa.
On the other were vociferous
French colonists who saw in
every attempted reform a sell
out of their interests.
Meanwhile, the situation was
becoming critical. Bombings and
shootings in Tunisia and Mo
rocco were on the increase.
Demands of colonists for more
protection were becoming
shriller. Finally, with the set
tlement of the Suez dispute be
tween Britain and Egypt, the
whole attention of militant
Arab nationalism was turning
| to French North Africa.
Mr. Mendes-France planned
his move like a general planning
an attack. His main weapons
were surprise and boldness. Be
fore the opposition in both
camps had the slightest inkling
lof what was coming, Mr.
! Mendes-France was in Tunis
after a secret midnight plane
: trip. A few hours later the Bey
of Tunis had the proposal of
the French government: Internal
autonomy of the state of Tunisia
was proclaimed without reserve;
(See NOYES, Page A-6.)
Guatemalan Cadets
Battle Castillo Men,
Two Persons Killed
Fight at Encampment
* Os Revolution Victors
Leads to Brief Firing
By the Associoted Press
GUATEMALA, AU g . 2.—A
quarrel between Guatemalan
j military cadets and the “libera
tion forces” of Col. Carlos Cas
tillo Armas, chief of the country’s
I ruling junta, erupted into a bat-
I tie today. Two persons were
! killed and several wounded.
The fighting caused reports
: that the cadets and some others
I had revolted in sympathy, with
; the deposed leftist government of
Jacobo Arbenz.
But later it appeared the fight
was an intramural conflict be
| tween the cadets and members
of the Castillo army, victors in
j the June-July revolution.
(The State Department re
ported two armed clashes with
cadets in Guatemala but said
the military forces supporting
the anti-Communist govern
ment there “are apparently
firmly in control.”)
Cadets Attack Camp.
The fight started about dawn
near Roosevelt Hospital where
forces of the Castillo army are
encamped. A cadet was killed,
and virtually the entire body of
cadets then attacked the en
campment. Firing from rifles,
machineguns and mortars was
i heard for about two hours.
Maj. Enrique Oliva, member of
the Castillo junta, and Col. Jose
\ Ortega, chief of staff, moved
I forces into position for an attack
jon the military academy. Gov
, ernment planes were given orders
to attack the school.
Sporadic fighting continued in
i the vicinity of Roosevelt Hos
j pital, on the outskirts of the cap
i ital, until 8:40 a.m.
Vastillo Rushes to Scene.
Col. Castillo, who spent the
! night at Chimaltenango, rushed
to Guatemala City by plane to
pacify the contending forces.
Commanders at the capital’s
: two princpal regular army
bases announced that these
forces were loyal to the govern
ment, but were being held in
quarters. The commanders asked
that the liberating army suspend
its action against the military
i school, and a cease-fire order
was given by Maj. Oliva and
Col. Ortega.
Private advices reaching New
York said there had been a
(See GUATEMALA, Page A-6.)
Alexandria Girl Helps Save 3 in Sinking Boat, 4th Drowns
By Mary Lou Werner
The teen-age daughter of Al
exandria City Manager Ira Wil
lard helped rescue three per
sons from an Arlington man’s
capsized schooner during a vio
lent storm near Jamestown, Va.,
yesterday. A fourth person
aboard the schooner died be
fore help arrived.
The sailing craft belonged to
E. Earl Porter. 57, of 807 South
Barton street, Arlington. His
sister-in-law, Mrs. Frances Le
nore Porter, 54, of Warren, Ohio,
perished when the boat over
turned.
The rescued, in addition to
Earl Porter, were the dead wom
an’s son and daughter-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Porter
of Warren.
They were saved by Miss'Eliz
abeth (Bib) Willard, 18, and Joe
Brown, jr., 14, of Richmond,
formerly of Alexandria. They
made their way out to the over
turned and sunken schooner in
a small outboard motorboat.
Watermen reported it was one
of the worst storms they could
rec|ll. All telephones to the
Knowland Asks
Committee of 6
On McCarthy
His Motion Calls
For a Report as
Soon as Possible
BULLETIN
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland today moved that
the McCarthy censure resolu
tion and all amendments to
it be referred to a special com
mittee composed of three Re
publicans and three Demo
crats. His motion stated the
committee should report to the
Senate “as expeditiously as
equity and justice will permit.”
By Cecil Holland and
James Y. Newton
The resolution to censure Sen
ator McCarthy should be sent
to a special committee with in
structions for a report to the
Senate before adjournment this
session, Senator McClellan, Dem
ocrat, of Arkansas said today
Senator McClellan, a power
among the Democrats for the
censure situation, since he is
ranking minority member of the
McCarthy Investigations sub
committee, expressed his views
to a reporter just before the
Senate began the third day of
debate on the hot McCarthy
issue.
The Arkansas Democrat said
the special committee should be
instructed to report promptly on
specific charges against Senator
McCarthy and the censure move
should be made the last order of
business at this session
But he emphasized that he
saw no reason why the whole
McCarthy issue could not be dis
posed of before the Senate ad
journed probably late next week.
Fulbright Plan Called Up.
The motion to censure Senator
McCarthy was introduced by
Senator Flanders, Republican, of
Vermont. But the pending busi
ness when the Senate convened
today was an amendment by
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, cf
Arkansas, getting forth six spe
cific charges, whiah he said were
censurable, against the contro
versial Wisconsin Republican.
Senator Fulbright said he
wished separate votes on each
of the six charges. The first al
leged that Senator McCarthy m
1948 had “shaken down” the
defunct Lustron (housing) Corp.
for SIO,OOO without rendering
comparable service. The money
was paid allegedly for a housing
pamphlet Senator McCarthy
wrote.
Senator Republican Leader
Knowland told reporters a vote
or two is possible todajf on some
aspects of the censure resolu
tion and predicted the Senate
stay in session until about 10
p.m. He added there would be
no interruption of the McCarthy
debate.
Senator Knowland said he op
posed any move to table or kill
the censure action How
ever, any of the Senators could
move to table. But Senator
Knowland predicted such a mo
tion would be defeated.
Time Limit Opposed.
The Republican Leader said
there were several points of view
about the general subject of
sending the Flanders resolution
to a committee where presumably
a hearing would be held on at
least some of the charges raised
against Senator McCarthy. But
he indicated he opposed sugges
tions that a time limit be set
in which such a committee must
gpport. Senator Knowland said
the setting of a deadline would
raise the question that a “gun”
was pointed at the committee.
Senator McClellan said he did
not think it was proper for the
Senate to censure Senator Mc-
Carthy or any one else without
the allegations being threshed
out in committee and the “de
fendant” given an opportunity
to state his side.
“This is not merely Joe Mc-
Carthy that we are dealing with
(See McCarthy, Page A-6.)
MISS ELIZABETH WILLARD
, area were disrupted for 24 hours,
i The survivors had been cling
' ing to a small piece of the mast
. barely sticking above the water
j | for about an hour before their
, i plight was discovered.
Earl Porter had started to
l swim for shore when a boy on
: |fhe front porch of the Willards'
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Enough Rain to Ease Drought
Due Tonight and Tomorrow
Flow of Cooler Air From Canada
Expected Here During Next Few Days
The Washington area felt the I
cqol breath of rain today—not |
much, but enough to lift spirits
lower temperatures, and give
promise of some drought relief
tonight and tomorrow.
For the first time since July j
26, the temperature figured to
Other Weather Story and Drought
Picture Page B-l
hang under the 90-degree mark j
—considerable relief compared to ■
Saturday’s scorching 103.
And even more encouraging
was the Weather Bureau’s fore- j
cast for more showers through
out the day, tonight and tomor
row.
Although it would take a soak
ing 3 or 4-inch rainfall to reach i
drought-breaking proportions,
farmers and water-shy city
dwellers were happy to accept j
anything in the way of moisture.
Since July 15, only 8/100ths
of an inch of rain had dampened
the area. And so it was with \
Red China Demands
Capture of Formosa
By th< Associated Press
TOKYO, Aug. 2.—Gen. Chu ;
Teh, commander-in-chief of the
Red Chinese Army, called “amid
storming applause” yesterday for j
the capture of Formosa by Com- j
munist China.
Chu. spent most of his aggres
sive speech building up Red
China’s claims on the island now
held by the Chinese Nationalists
under Chiang-Kai-shek. For
mosa has been under American
naval protection since the start
of the Korean war in 1950.
The broadcast speech, heard j
here, was made on the 27th an- i
niversary of the founding of the j
Chinese Communist ’Army, was
the strongest statement the Reds
have made on Formosa in recent j
months. It bristled with attacks ;
on Chiang and the United States.
“Comrades,” Chu said,' "Tai- |
wan (Formosa) has been our ;
territory from ancient times. As ;
long as the Chiang brigands are
not thoroughly wiped out, so j
long as Taiwan is not liberated, I
our task of liberating the whole !
of China cannot be considered
completed.
“We absolutely will not allow j
other countries to interfere.”
! summer home at Claremont
I spotted him.
j “I looked through the field
glasses and saw the man headed
for shore.” said Miss Willard.
“We couldn’t see the schooner at
all and wondered why the man
was swimming in such a bad
storm.”
Miss Willard and the Brown
youth ventured into tne choppy
waters in the Browns’ 16-foot
motorboat, despite the pleas ol
persons on the beach that it
was too dangerous. Miss Wil
lard has her senior Red Cross
life-saving certificate and is an
expert at handling boats.
“When we reached Mr. Porter
he assured us he was alright
and begged us to go get the
others, clinging to the mast,”
said Miss Willard. “That was
the first we knew of the sunken
boat.”
Miss Willard and the Brown
boy saw another boat coming
to pick up Earl Potter, so they
went to save the couple clinging
to the mast. The sunken boat
was about 600 yards off shore.
“The woman was about gone
j when we pulled her into the row
but she wasn't at all
' some delight that the Weather
Bureau observer saw the first
drops at 5:33 a.m. The fall was
; intermittent until 6:44 a.m.,
when a steady, light rain pro
duced .17 of an inch before noon.
The bureau’s radarscope
! showed the shower belt stretched
30 or 35 miles north and south
of Washington and about 15
1 miles east and west. The bureau
j believed the rain eventually
would spread throughout most
of Maryland and Virginia.
In addition to the rain, the
i outlook in temperatures was
i promising for the next few days.
Once the shower condition
abates, a flow of cooler air from
j Canada snould slip in, bringing
moderate readings Tonight’s
j low will be about 70 degrees,
: the bureau said.
At College Park, Md., three
agricultural leaders who last year
comprised a Maryland drought
emergency committee met to de
cide whether to recommend that
Gov McKeldin declare a pres
ent emergency. The committee
; was acting on an unofficial basis
this year, but it was believed its
opinion would be considered by
the Gpvernor.
The Midwest and part of the
Southwest, which has suffered
even more than the Eastern
I area, was visited by heavy rains,
I winds and hail yesterday.
With rain ranging up to nearly
; five inches in Nebraska, hail
damage was reported to crops in
some sections of the State and in
j Kansas. The winds and rains
penetrated some of the oven-hot
regions of Missouri and Okla
homa.
Some showers fell in the Bal
timore area yesterday, while .41
of an inch was recorded Rich
mond and .10 inch -t Norfolk.
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j Censor Wipes Out
All 67 Words of
AP Mans Dispatch
By th« Associated Press
PARIS, Aug. 2.—Associ
ated Press Correspondent
John Roderick filed a short
story in Indo-China for re
lay to Paris today. It was
only 67 words. Tffie Viet
Namese military censor blue
penciled all of them.
I The dispatch arrived as
I follows:
“Saigon, Aug. 2 (/P). —67
words censored by the Viet
Nam military censor.”
panicky,” said Miss Willard.
“She even joked about not know
ing how to swim.”
The couple rescued from the
mast were Mr. and Mrs. William
A. Porter. A third boat recov
ered the body of Mrs. Frances
Porter.
The James River is about a
mile wide at Claremont, 10 miles
up-river from Jamestown.
Her mother and father, who
were home in Alexandria for the
week end, had not heard of
their daughter's part in the
heroic rescue until called by a
reporter.
The Porters were on a vaca
tion cruise. Earl Porter, a bach
elor, sailed from Washington
July 25 for Hampton Roads. His
sister-in-law and her family flew
from Ohio to meet him there,
according to Frank B. Sherry of
1316 New Hampshire avenue
N.W., an associate of Mr. Porter
in the Patent Office.
Mr. Porter usually kept his
schooner, the Nereid, at the Sail
ing Marina, near Washington
National Airport. He belongs to
the National Yacht Club and the
Li, S. Power Squadron. A
T.n
New Tax Law
Big medical expenses are a burden,
but the new tax law lends some comfort
with the prospects of larger deductions
for them. See the first of a series on
the law on
Page A-4.
New York Markets, Pages A-16-17
Food Costs Stay Up
Despite Steady Drop
In Farmers' Prices
House Report Sees
Little Relief Under
Marketing Charges
By th« Associated Prass
The House Agriculture Com
mittee formally reported today
what housewives already knew:
Grocery store prices remain at
near-record highs despite a siz
able drop in farm prices.
Making public a statistical
study of the trend in farm prices
and retail food costs, the com
mittee concluded:
“Thus far, almost none of the
lower prices received by farmers
since 1951 has been passed on
to consumers in the form of
lower retail food costs.
"Further declines in farm
prices are expected as more live
stock and livestock products
come to the market and (Gov
ernment) price-support levels
are lowered.
See Little Help to Consumer.
“Consumers can expect little
benefit, however, from these low
er farm prices unless recent
tendencies to increase marketing
and processing charges are
curbed.”
A somewhat less pessimistic
view, from the) housewives’
standopint, came yesterday from
the Agriculture Department,
which said major foods will be in
plentiful supply during the re
maining months of 1954 and that
prices should ease some.
The department forecasts a
heavier output of pork, veal, lard,
turkeys, eggs, processed fruits,
fresh vegetables and some rice,
as compared with the same
months last year.
The House committee found
that the farmer’s share of the
consumer dollar is steadily drop
ping “while retail food prices
have remained at 1952 peak
levels.”
It said that out of each dollar
spent by the American house
wife for foods, 56 cents goes for
processing, marketing and trans
portation charges.
The farmer receives 44 cents,
of which 30 cents meets the
cost of producing his crop, the
report stated, and concluded:
“Thus, the farmer and his
family have about 14 cents out
of each consumer dollar spent
for domestically produced food
for their work and their invest
ment.”
Almost to 1946 Level.
Going back to removal in 1945
of war-imposed price controls,
the committee study said farm
prices advanced 29 per cent from
then until their peak in 1951,
and that since then, farm prices
have dropped almost back to
their 1946 level.
“In contrast.” the committee
noted, "retail food prices now
hold within a fraction of their
1952 peak.”
The committee said house
wives now are paying the “high
est prices on record” for bakery
products and cereals, although
farm prices for wheat are down
to 1949 levels.
Man Who Starved
To Death Had $6,200
Sy th» Aimioltd Prtn
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Aug 2.
—After John J. Panso, 75. died
of malnutrition in St. Vincent's
Hospital last night, police
searched his basement flat.
They found a bank book show
ing deposits totaling $6,000 and
two uncashed income tax refund
checks for 1952-1953 amounting
to S2OO.
The hospital reported that Mr.
Panso, found unconscious Sat
urday night, apparently hadn't
eaten in a week.
Union Official
Denies He Got
$6,000 in Graff
Lowry Is Accused
By Former Aide in
Painters' Union Here
By Miriam Ottenberg
A top painter’s union official
today emphatically denied ac
cepting nearly $6,000 in payment
from contractors for “favors’*
and called such accusations “a
lie.”
The witness, Robert C. Lowry,
secretary-treasurer of District
Council 51. Brotherhood of
Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers of America, made the
denials despite testimony from a
painting foreman about two SSO
payments and from a former
unioh official about splitting pay
offs.
The accusation and denial
marked the opening day of pub
lic hearings before the House
Government Operations Com
mittee’s new anti-racketeering
subcommittee, which is looking
into allegations of extortion and
bribery involving some officials
of the painter's union.
Ousted Agent Testifies.
The principal accusation made
against Mr. Lowry at the morn
ing session came from Archie
B. Moore, who was business
agent of the council until, as
Chairman Hoffman put it. he
was kicked out for trying to clean
up the union.
Mr. Moore was called specifi
cally to testify on money he said
was given him by Mr. Lowry in
connection with painting the
Adas Israel Synagogue at Con
necticut avenue and Porter
street N.W. in August, 1951.
Before he left the stand, how
ever, Mr. Moore handed the
subcommittee a diary in which,
he said, he had recorded payoffs
to Mr. Lowry from contractors.
Mr. Moore testified that he him
self had collected more than sl,-
600 “paid off to me in bribes
and graft” and that he had told
several other union members of
the situation.
“Finally.” he said, “on Febru
ary 1. 1952. we decided we had
j enough evidence to get rid of the
I crooks in the organization. I
j told the union members at a
! special 'meeting what was going
: on.”
He said he held the money in
; escrow until later that month
when his lawyer advised him to
spend it in attorneys’ fees and
other investigative expenses. A
civil suit was brought by Mr.
Moore and other union members
against Mr. Lowry and other
| union officials, and is still pend
: ing.
Repeats Denials.
To every question asking Mr.
Lowry if he had received pay
ments from contractors on spe
cific dates, he replied with an
emphatic “No,” and as empha
tically denied he had split with
Mr. Moore or other union offi
cials.
Attorney Charles E. Ford was
at his side as he told the sub
(See RACKETS, Page A-3.)
German Woman Seized
On Espionage Charge
By Associated Press
BREMERHAVEN, Germany,
Aug. 2.—Ursula Schmidt, 27-
year-old German woman deport
ed from Canada, was arrested by
United States counter intelli
gence agents upon her arrival
here last night aboard a Greek
liner.
United States authorities said
she was charged in an open war
rant with giving secret informa
tion on United States Air Force
bases in Germany to Soviet
agents.
“I am innocent.” she told re»
porters as she was taken off the
ship. “I came back to* prove I
am innocent.”
Miss Schmidt, an attractive
brunette, was charged with
espionage by United States au
thorities in Germany after she
went to Canada in 1953.
Before leaving Canada, she
said through an attorney that
she was implicated by Erwin
Felker, whom she described as
“a frustrated lover.l’
Foreign Devils Hated
By People of China
BEHIND THE CURTAIN—In Red
China foreigners, except certain Rus
sians, are disliked and the Com
munists would ban them from China.
See the concluding article of a two
port series by an anonymous British
businessman from China on
Page A-8.
SEA-SHELL SKILLS Here's an
idea if you're visiting seaside re
sorts this year. Collect sea shells
and this winter use them to moke
earrings, fancy boxes or what have
you. Page B-3
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