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Evening star., 1939-05-26
Smells Like Russia
Says Gen. kose|ey Of
Dies Accusations =
~.
Prepares Answer, but =
Doubts if Committee
Wants to Consider 1t
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, May 26.-Maj.
Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, re-
tired, subpoenaed by the Dies Com
mittee for a Washington hearing on
anti-Semitic activities, said today
"the whole thing smells too much
like Russia
He reported he had completed a
statement for the committee, but
was quite sure" its members did not
want it.
Gen. Moseley, former commander
of the 4th Corps Army Area. said he
had communicated with Washington
officials and learned no definite date
had been set for his appearance.
Branded "Smearing Campaign"
He termed the committees activity
"a smearing campaign" and said he
was mot directly, indirectly or in
any way connected with any of the
organizations mentioned in the in
vestigation.
However. many important New
York Jews were mentioned in a most
serious way in the secret report
which was discovered in the files of
Mr.. Campbell Games Erwin Camp
bell OF Owensboro, KY, who testi-
fed before the Dies Committee ear
lier this week..
why don't they investigate these
Jews? What powerful governmental
interests are shielding them? The
American people are entitled to know
the truth, but they are not getting it.
Declares Statement Interesting.
THE investigation is not over yet.
Eventually all advice will come out
I have completed a statement for
the Dies Committee. 1t is extremely
interesting. am quite sure the Dies
Committee does not want it. The
fact is, the whole thing smells too
much like Russia"
Gen. Moseley returned from Los
Angeles Wednesday morning on the
way to answer a subpoena from the
Dies Committee. He indicated it
might be August before he would be
called to testify.
Evening star., 1939-05-26
D. T.. Health Forum
To Discuss Waqner Bill

With Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
heading the list of sponsors, the
District Of Columbia Health Forum
will hold conference June 10 to
discuss the Wagner health bill in
relation to the District health sit
uation.
Special reference will be made to
the recent report on District health
agencies made by DR.. Robert Olesen
of the United States Public Health
Service.
Opening with an analysis of the
provisions of the health bill now
in Senate committee, the conference
will hold an open discussion of the
health needs of the District spe-
cifically concerning medical care of
indigents in public and private
agencies, maternal and child well
Evening star., 1939-05-26
Dies Goes to Texas
For Long Vacation
Nv the Associatad press

BY the Associated Press
Representative Dies, Democrat, of
Texas, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities,
left last night for Fort Worth, Tex,
to address sunrise service in the
Texas Christian University Stadium
Sunday.
With the exception of an address
in Houston June Ia, Mr.. Dies said,
he expected to make no further
public appearances before his COM
mittee resumes hearings, probably
in August.
He said he had been ordered by
his physicians TO take a long rest,
and that unless important legisla-
tive matters necessitated his return
to Washington, he would remain
until August at his home in East
Texas.
Evening star., 1939-05-26

fare, tuberculosis, hospital facilities
and health insurance.
Other sponsors include Jabob
Baker, Miss Gertrude H. Bowling,
Miss Elisabeth Christman, George
j. Cleary, DR.. Paul B. Cornely, John
P. Davis, Howard w. Ennes, DR..
Dorothy B. Ferebee, Mrs. Walter S.
Fry, DR.. c. Wendell Freeman, Rabbi
Norman Gerstenfeld, DR.. Ernest s
Griffith, James A. Holden, Sidney
r. Katz, Morris Klass, Mrs. Mary
Mason Jones, Mark Lansburgh,
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Robert
Olesen, Mrs. Louis Gutenberg, Will
liam A. Roberts, Arthur L. Schoen-
thai, Arthur Clarendon Smith, Mrs
Walter S. Ufford, Harry S. Wender
Evening star., 1939-05-26
Amnesiu Victim
Is From New JERSEY

Detective Lester Rank of the Pub
lie Relations Squad at police head
quarters said today that young
man admitted to Gallinger Hospital
Wednesday as victim of amnesia
identified himself last night as Will
liam Guaranty, %, of Leeds Point
N. j.
Detectives were to notify Mrs.
Catherine Guaranty of Leeds Point
who, Mr.. Guaranty said, is his wife
Detective Rank said the mans
memory apparently returned last
night and he was able to identify
| himself fully.
Evening star., 1939-05-26
How BIG Ben Was Named

Big Ben, the Parliament Building
clock in London, was hung in 1858
and named for Sir Benjamin Hail.
commissioner of public works at
that time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-03-02
Arthur Bell Is
Called East By
Death of Mother

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Anderson
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Tyacke
and family Friday evening.
Arthur Belle, who has spent. the
winter with his cousin, Hugh Bell,
received word last week OF the
death of his mother and left i'm
mediately via Spokane, for Mime
sofa. The word was brought by
another cousin, who was accom-
panied by a Mr.. Hazeltine, one Of
the early settlers of this commun-
ity.
Elmer Smith spent Friday night
with his mother In Prosser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Tyacke and
daughter, Leilani, Mrs. Guy Travis
and daughter, Geneva. visited last
Wednesday with Mrs. Hans Smith
in Prosser. Mrs. Hanon was also
a guest at the Smith home.
I. T. Fouch purchased q tractor
last week. replacing the one des-
troyed by fire recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Tomaske purch-
ased an Oldsmobile from the Sand
Wig Motor Co. Of Prosser last week.
Miss Effie Moore Of ProSser
spent the weekend as a guest Of
Geneva Travis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Anderson
moved during the weekend to the
place formerly occupied by Barney
Schmidt, from where Wallace will
be nearer to his work, being en-
ployed at the D. L. Henson ranch.
A group Of Locust Grove friends
and neighbors called to charivari
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Reese Friday
evening. A good time was reported
with the evening spent in playing
cards and chinese checkers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Stafford called at the Guy Travis
home Saturday enroute to Prosser,
where they visited Mrs. Hans
Smith.
Mrs. Hugh Belle cared for young
Gail Francis King over the week
end, while his parents, Mr.. and MIS-
Gilbert King moved to Bickleton
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Mr.. King has been employed 70,
some time by the Ford Motor Co. ir
Prosser, but will now have q fill.
ing station at Bickleton. Mrs. Kine
will be remembered as leila Long.
Frank Green was q visitor In the
neighborhood Saturday while look.
ing for some stray horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tyacke o;
Yakima were weekend business Wis.
itors in Prosser and Kennewick
They spent Sunday afternoon a;
the Edward Tyacke home.
Bernard Gable OF North Prossei
arrived Monday to assist w. c. and
r. M. Travis with the spring work
Ralph Smith, who attended tract
or school this winter in Portland Is
now at the home OF his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Smith.
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he bowed his head for . moment,
then raised up, took the rim and
slid IL smoothly and easily on the
wheel
The parson looked, scratched his
head, swell. IN be damned" he
said,
He: why is it that some girls
always stutter when they want to
be kiSsed?"
She: I'll d-d-dont k-k-now."
Definition ---,L 81
SCOTCHMAN-A man who has
two hats; one for the month after
he gets haircut and another for
the two months before.
WEATHER RELIEF ..-E
PROMISED TODAY
It will be Cooler after Man Dies
and 8 Faint Forecast Says
Philadelphia Record.
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The al cooking club met !,
Rex Ashby home last Tuesday J, "
ernoon. ay az.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Maddo,
turned to their home In Miss ~ ~
Montana last Thursday NJ sSOua
Mrs. Dave Nolan and familv aac
companied them as far as sn, ac'
and Robert Cochran TO spokaa sus
Rex Ashby and his hra..
Glen from Castle Rock, were s's
per guests at the c. L. Evans s oup'
wednesday. hume
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Blair o..
Kahlotus called at the Austie s MOu
bert home Saturday. 'u'
Mr.. and Mrs. v. ]. Tucker ana
Billie OF Pasco called on friend, VA y
Hover Sunday. u
A group OF nine women,s ~.
Benefit club members calleS '
Rubie Benson for "Gallopin0 NJ. ~
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. INLAY ,,.
Walla Walla visited at the q :
and G. f. Evans homes Wednesa,.
The regular meeting OF the p,s
erview Social Benefit Club win !.
held at the high school auditor,rs
wednesday, March eighth al e,sA,
o'clock. v"
Charles Mills received three Inn,
dred baby chicks the last OF N,
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Gilmore ~
Kennewick came Saturday 10 sta,
with her grand mother, Mrs. W. ,
Ashby.
Glen Ashby returned to his hom,
in Castle Rock Thursday.
Mrs. Clifford Ritter left saturds,
for her home at Astoria, Oregon.
Henry Holbrook was an oyernipb.
guest Of his nephew, g. B. Ass,by on
Wednesday, returning to his home
in Kelso on Thursday.
Mrs. Austie Schubert entertained
fifteen at dinner on Sunday. Guests
included, MIR. and Mrs. William
Britton and family from Kennewick,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blair and
family from Horse Heaven and Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin Dye and family.
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e. G. Smith Garage,
Kennewick Wash.

e.,
:.
grinding operation Is what gets
Not tnat I don't need It, be-
cause 90. l Know 10 teei q
Thousand percent better II only
nad the Joo done. But l just
can't GET up enough nerve.
mol nASln1 0eeM, I've neveI
Eoae 70 oen.'et' ous my DC. -
snas the oen.lSt cou,ont put =
Pasaens tnfOuen veaSn Is mucn
norfor ana suiiesing as q me-
cnanic ooes Wuen ne rams . re-
boring tool INTO q cars innaros.
mn - q, ..
tnnn. I've never Deen fe-ofeu'
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Bruckart's Washington Digest
InU S. Alone of All World Is
There Real Freedom of Speech
Disturbing Signs Recently Indicate All Is Not Well;
Administration Trades Against Press Become
Frequent Concerted Effort to Get Rid of Critics.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg, Washington, DC.

ments the commission has made
also do not constitute a list Of men-
tai giants.
Well, you ask, how does this have
anything to do with President
Roosevelt's denunciation of the
newspaper. Where does it touch
free speech that may be adverse to
the New Deal administration?
The answer lies in belief, now
held by great many observers In
Washington, that somewhere In the
administration is concerted effort
to get rid of the critics. There is
little political pressure that can be
exerted upon the newspapers, be-
cause they will speak their views
through their columns, but with the
radio, government supervised, IL
censed, a weighty club over its head
at all times, the situation is differ
ent.
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And he adds that when a lawyer
shouts Il object!" the chances are
the witness was about to admit 9
truth.
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Administration Seeks to
Get Rid Of the Critics

Now, to turn abruptly from one
phase Of the situation to another,
attention should be directed to the
recent bill introduced In the senate
by Senator Wheeler, the Montana
Democrat. The bill proposes re-
organization of the federal commu-
nications commission, the agency
that controls radio. Radio, Of course,
IS the "free speech" just as the
newspapers are the "free press
that is one of the guarantees Of the
national Constitution.
There can be no doubt that the
federal communications commission
Is shot through with dissension.
There is no doubt that 1t has de-
veloped, one of the worst meSses in
government supervision Of any In
dustry. It is a shameful situation,
and there appears to be no solution
except to get rid Of the bulk Of the
personnel, from the commissioners
on down the line: until all trouble
makers have been eliminated.
have written frequently in these
columns that the best law can bt
destroyed by selection Of buns tx
administer it; and the general ap.
praisal here is that the members o.
the federal communications com.
mission are pretty sickly lot o.
government officials. The appoint.
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PICKED UP
AROUND TOWN.

John vibber says, ANY way of
earning an honest living Is better
than no way at all"
-
John Neuman was overheard to
remark that when he really tells
her, what he thinks Of cracker
crumbs In the bed, is when the
honeymoon Is over.
Had you ever thought that maybe
the reason most Of us want to
fight when someone suggests we
sprang from monkeys, Is because
maybe we might think It is true?
49,
"It IS sort of funny" says DR.
Wegner, sit takes a screen lover
hours to kiss his lady-love good
night and any local married man
can kiss his wife goodnight In q
seconds time"
# they really do build a road
through Alaska to connect the con-
tinenrs 1t looks like q hot-dof
stand In Siberia might be goot
business proposition.
It took Vane Wilder to put I,
correctly. He says it Is q goot
idea, II you are planning upo1
burning your bridges back Of you
to be sure you know how to swim!
They tell us from every pulpi
that what we need Is religion II
government. Do you think that pol
itics can stand this kind Of com
petition?
There are some hens that ar,
wise enough" remarks Sam Weig
gands, ito lay their eggs befor
breakfast so they can have the res
Of the day to themselves"
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Presidents Trusted Adviser
Drafts REORGANIZATION Bill

So, to link the Roosevelt denun-
citation of newspapers and the
Wheeler radio bill, one has only to
know that Chairman Frank NC
Ninch, the Presidents most trusted
radio adviser, largely drafted the
Wheeler reorganization bill. That
measure, it should be added, re-
duces the communications commits
sion to a membership Of three
There would be administrative as
sistants' appointed for each OF the
major types of communication, and
thus, one individual becomes czal
of radio, another of wire commune
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cation and so on. And, while the
members Of the commission must be
named by and with the advice and
consent of the senate" the admin
istrative assistant may be anyone
who has the necessary political
pull.
I repeat that the statements re-
lated above represent the belief Of
a good many persons.
One of the swift changes that has
taken place in this country Is the
switch in the attitude of the bulk OF
the newspapers. It will be recalled
that when Mr.. Roosevelt and the
New Deal took over the government,
there were so few editorial criti-
cisms of the Presidents program
that any cutlery was negligible in
effect. The corps of newswriters who
attended the Presidents twice-a-
week press conferences accepted his
statements without equivocation, or
without question. It was q press re-
lationship more friendly than any
other President ever had.
Then, some of the New Deal ideas
proved flops and editors started ask
ing questions. Their Washington
correspondents searched deeper
than just official handouts. It was
about this time that the personnel
OF various agencies for "press rela-
tons" began to undergo expansion.
Time after time, well known cor
respondents were hired, and they
could not be blamed because the
jobs were lucrative. I was offered
one. BY coincidence, of course, the
quality Of statements for the press
increased, accordingly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-03-02
Ladies Entertain
Husbands at Party

HOvER-The ladies Of the Hover
Pinochle club entertained their
husbands at pinochle party Sat-
urday evening at the Harry Ben
son home. Six tables were in play
with high scores going to Mrs. Carl
Evans and Lyman Stone and low
to Mrs. Charles McFadden and
Chuck Neel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austie Schubert
moved to the Frank Bens place on
Thursday. -.
Reverend and Mrs. n. @. Vincent
Of Spokane called at the home OF
Mrs. w. r. Ashby Wednesday eve
ming.
II. s. Hughes made a business trip
to Olympia the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Blair OF
Horse Heaven called at the Austie
Schubert home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Benson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McFadden en-
tertained the Riverview basketball
bays with a Chinese checker party
at the Benson home Friday eve
ming.
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WASHINGTON. None Of Ameri-
cas- greatest and most glorious ira
ditions is the jealousy with which
its citizens guard the right of free
speech and free press. There is
no nation in the world now, and
there never has been one where such
freedom for expression Of opinion
Is accorded as we have in the Unit
ed States. For proof, if proof be
needed, simply take the old atlas
and examine the countries, one by
one, and abundant evidence will be
found. Here, alone in all Of the
world, can an individual or a group
have it's untrammeled say.
There have been some signs late
~, however, that are disturbing. I
do not mean to over-emphasize
them by discussion Of them, but
the greatest lesson that have
learned is that the American people
will correct conditions, or prevent
their development, if they know
what the facts are and find them
adverse.
During the last several months,
there have been frequent TRADES
against the press of the nation.
Some of the denunciations have
come from President Roosevelt in
reply to press criticism Of some Of
his policies. Other administration
spokesman have followed the Presi-
dents lead. Notably among them,
and certainly the most vicious, Is
the secretary Of the interior, Harold
L. Ickes, who seems, in this in
stance, to be the lord high chief
verbal executioner Of opposition
writer's and newspapers.
Mr.. Roosevelt,s recent assertion
that some newspaper owners are de-
liberately disappearing the facts
and Mr.. Ickes' assertion that "our
newspapers are not as free as they
ought to be in q democracy" con-
stitute serious accusations, even aft
er one forgets how constantly Mr..
Ickes gets out on limb. It seems
to me, therefore, that there ought
to be some Qualification Of the stu
alton. It might be asked, and prop
erly, I believe, why Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Ickes do not point out
Those newspapers that are charged,
in effect, as plain liars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-03-02
Radio News Commentators
Eliminated From Air Waves

Some things have happened lately
that bear recounting. Just as an
example. and to cite only one case
Boake Carter is off of the air as 8
news commentator. He was a Sc.
we're, and, at times, vindictive
critic of the New Deal. A former
friend of the New Deal, DR.. Stanley
High, recently wrote in the Satur-
day Evening Post that Carter was
kept out Of new contracts by the adj
ministration.
There have been frequent recur-
rences of the rumor, too, that w. j
Cameron, who speaks for the Ford
Motor company, was marked by
administration trouble shooters a.
q speaker who ought to be eliminat.
ed from the air waves. Mr.. Cam
eron continues on the air. Gen
Hugh s. johnson, former MIRA boss
Is pain in the neck for the New
Deal as well, but nothing has hap.
pened to him, yet.
OtIl6I Iu41lOIS VI t1AC WV NVOAS
be mentioned, but was asked how
any body In the government woult
dare to interfere. The same Letter
asked how such ends could bt
achieved.
A few paragraphs earlier, I re.
ferred to governmental supervision
licensing, etc. That Is the answe!
to the question. Any radio station
gets license for only short pc
Rod. Renewal Of that license de-
ponds, according to law, upon com
pliance with federal communities
lions commission regulation ant
the laws provisions. This woult
seem to leave only limited dis
cretionary power. It Is a case, how
| ever, like the army officer MAKING
an inspection Of a buck private
barracks; if he wants to find dirt
he will find it. In the case OF tn
radio station, its owners live In dreaa
of censure- land, I suspect, they ar
generally amenable to suggestion
from headquarters in Washington.
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A tomb and memorial stone are
to be placed at the grave Of Beet
hoven'S mother. She was buried In
Bonn, Prussia, In 1877, but fol
years her burial plot had been un-
known. An old man recently re-
membered that as a boy he was
taken to q mound and told: "There
lies Beethoven's mother" He des.
cribed the position of the grave, and
records showed that the name Of
Beethoven had been removed from
the grave when an Italian priest
was inferred above It.
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Once He Laughed 1t Them,
But Things Have CHANGED


But Things Have Changed
A few years ago, MIR. Roosevelt
dealt with the few editorial criti-
cism in masterful fashion - by
laughing about them. That was the
attitude Of most department and
agency heads. But things have
changed now to the extent that edi-
torial criticism and unfriendly sto-
ries, or stories that include informa-
ton beyond the handouts released
from government sources, become
the subject for vitriolic attack from
government quarters.
I have no idea how long the cam
paiagn against the press may run.
It surely has plenty Of momentum
now, and there Is plenty Of money
available for press relations
work. Mr.. Ickes said that the mod
ern newspapers can dish 1t out but
cannot take It," wonder II Mr.,
Ickes "can take it" after dishing It
out.
~ AessS ~SsAA AAAy SOASVAOvAOAA 0AW0yG
that the best censorship that Amer
lea can have Is the censorship OF
the newspaper reader and, more re-
Gently, the censorship Of the radio
listener. No newspaper can 60 on
and on when its columns carry UNI
truthful or unsound material. The
radio can not 60 on unless It's pro-
grams are proper and popular. be-
cause it continues to be easy to turn
off the switch and silence the
speaker. Nor are we, In this country
compelled to listen to some dema-
gogue In Washington or in q state
capital.
And all of this leads up to the
question: is there an attempt being
made at censorship? # there Is, II
Is time for us all to know about It.