Evening star., 1939-10-09

sunken area. Surely, the peasants
| and farm folk around here wouldn,
Communists were read to Mr.. COT
and he identified some of them a,
/ having been present at the New
York convention of the Young Com.
munist League.
Wants Closer Guard.
Meanwhile, Chairman Dies said
that the ease with which someone
broke into the committees office
early yesterday and ransacked its
records pointed to the necessity of
a trained guard force at the Capt.
tol in these critical times"
Government property ought to
be guarded by experienced police
not by patronage boys" he declared
Robert E. Stripping, committee
secretary, said several clues as to
the intruder's identity had been un-
covered. A hasty checkup revealed
| the only important document miss
ing is list of espionage suspects.
Chairman Dies, however,, said a
duplicate list is on file at the De-
partment of Justice.
The Intruder. who broke through
a window, Chairman Dies said. also
apparently made a cursory examina-
ton OF documents in four or five
mail bags. It has not been deter
mined whether any of the documents
IN these bags were stolen.
Ihe report seized at Communist
party headquarters here-which was
identified by Martin Chancey. party
secretary, according to Chairman
Dies-said: 1.-TWO new locals were
organized in the teachers and a
Teachers District Council" The
report apparently was intended for
a conference of Communist party
leaders.
BallOu Plans Probe.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, District su-
perintendent of schools, announced
ne would make a thorough investi-
CATION to determine definitely if the
reference to two new locals" among
Washington teachers concerned pub
lie school teachers. He said he was
under the impression that the ref
erence probably was limited to
private schools.
G. Phil Delaney, president of the
Washington Navy Yard Metal
Trades Council, said meanwhile his
organization was unaware of any
"un-American activity" among Navy
Yard machinists, implied in the re-
port made public yesterday.
If any un-American activity ex-
lists among machinists at the yard"
Mr.. Delaney stated, 1T is unknown
to the Trades Council Can American
Federation of Labor affiliate), and
furthermore the council will assist
the Navy Department and the local
Navy Yard in any way possible to
disclose any information which may
come to them along those lines"
Harry N. Stull. vice president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, said the federation probably
would ask the Dies committee for
further information about the re-
ported Communist organization
among local teachers.
The Dies committee room on the
fifth floor of the old House Office
Building was broken into between /
am. and $50 am. yesterday. Mr..
STRIPPING discovered on going to
the Office yesterday morning that a
window had been broken near its
latch, and there were footprints on
the broad ledge outside. The ledge.
1t was said, could have been reached
from any of several washrooms. Mr..
Stripping reported the case to Met
ropolitan police.
After his Office had been broken
into three or four times before"
Mr.. Dies said, the committee had
hired a private" guard to watch
the committee property. When the
committee learned, however, that
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton recently placed its &c" men at
the Capitol, at the request of Capt.
tol authorities, Mr.. Dies said the
committee dismissed our man."
Valuable Documents.
The committee had gathered q
mass of valuable documents, Mr..
Dies said, through recent subpoenas,
and had in its possession q mass of
evidence pertaining to the American
League for Peace and Democracy
and tho Communist nartv IN hoth
Chicago and Washington.
The committee had not had time
as yet to 60 through all of the
documents, he said. Consequently,
he said, If the object of those who
broke into his committee room was
to take some of these documents,
the committee probably couldn't tell
which ones were stolen, or per
haps copied"