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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
UAW-CI00ffi(eI
Denies Tie-Up
With Reds

| George F. Adde's. sccretary-
/ treasurer Of the UAW-CIO, named
by Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R) of
New Jersey as having Communist
affiliations. today denied he Is
working with or has ever. worked
with Communists or their agents.
Adde's; r. Thomas. UAW-CIO
president; Michael J. Widman Jra
head Of the Ford Organizing
Committee; Tracy NJ. Doll pres
ident of the Wayne County Indus
trial Council and Frank WTnn,
union publicity man at the Ford
strike, were charged in testimony
at a House inquiry in Washington
set ifi=tt taking part IN a Communist
Front organization
1t was also charged that Lee
FRESHMAN, general counsel Of the
Go. had written a letter to De-
troit officials asking what would
be their attitude toward a nation
wide general strike if Harry
Bridges. leader of the West Coast
maritime unions, were deported.
Bridges has frequently been ac-
cused of being a Communist and is
facing deportation on these
Grounds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

obtaining information was con-
cerned.
She said If she hears about Com
munists in a strike, Il keep my
fingers crossed"
I'VE hear terrible charges
from both sides but we try 10
lay those aside and get the men
back TO work." she explained.
I'VE don't feel II Is our duty
TO investigate the individuals.
COnciliators do not go into pri-
Vate lives and private records"
She said she didn't know"
whether her department had ever
asked the Department of Justice
to investigate SUbVefSiVe clements
in labor disputes.
Asked if she favored any new
labor legislation. Miss Perkins
said:
II can think of no new labor
legislation 10 recommend at this
time"
Asked about the cooling off"
proposal, Miss Perkins said they
should be provided for 'voluntar-
ily" in labor contracts and not
made a matter of legal compul-
sion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

worked with the Communists or
their agents"
From the Dies report, Repre-
sentative Parnell read the follow
ing excerpt:
at is not alleged that Thomas,
Adde's, Widman and Doll are
members uf-tfIe Communist
-paEty.-~It-is-e established how
ever. that they participated In
the activities of the Joint Conn
mittee for Trade Union Rights,
an organization composed over
whefming1y OF Communist Party
members and fellow-travelers
headed by a weii-known Soviet
sympathizer and devoted to the
interest of the Communist Party.
"The conclusion TO be drawn
from the foregoing evidence is
that these high officials of the
UAW-CIO have not been alert
to avoid connections with Com
munlsts. This is the most favor
able way Ii can be stated.
abundant testimony before
the Dies committee shows that
the Commun lists successfully
penetrated the JAW from its
inception and that officials of
the union never have made any
attempt TO rid the union of its
Communist officials. organizers
and active rank and filers."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
Happy Day
Pickets or Not, the Fords
Have 3 Anniversaries

Even though pickets tomorrow
continue to surround the mighty
Rouge plant, the day will be set
aside by Henry Ford as of triple
significance to the family Of the
famed industrialist.
1t will mark the forty-eighth
anniversary Of the first successful
demonstration Of his "horseless
carriage" the fifty-third wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Ford
and the seventy-fourth birthday
of Mrs. Ford.
At the couples golden wedding
anniversary celebration thre Q
years ago. they were presented
with a scroll bearing the names
of 500 eco congratulations. Mrs.
Ford was Clara Bryant, member
of a pioneer Greenfield Township
family.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
Plot Strikes
Foreign Agents Blamed
for u. S. Epidemic

LONDON, April 1o.-Foreign
secret agents are plotting an cpl
demic of strikes in the United
States paralleling the wave of
walkouts which characterized the
Blum regime in France, it was
learned today.
Unconfirmed reports said
Maurice Thorez. French Com
munist leader, who organized the
Blum strikes and who later de-
serted the French army and took
refuge in Germany, is being sent
to the United States with a fake
passport aboard some neutral
ship.
A United States steel strike is
first on the list of walkouts, the
said. followed by similar
demonstrations and sabotage at
naval yards.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
Ford Strike Cuts
Car Production
To 1871 Low

With Ford production virtually
halted, this weeks output of auto
mobiles and trucks dropped to the
years low of 100,395, the survey
of the Automotive News shows.
Production last week was H.
500 and for the corresponding
week of last year was 103.S53.
General Motors is turning out
1850 cars and Chrysler 26,705
In the independent group, produc-
ton remains firm.
Ford's Canadian branch and a
few branch assembly plants are
producing 2 455e=eaFs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

ITCHY of the letter, If one exists,
and Representative Thomas said
it could be proved only by calling
PreSsman to the stand.
Denying Representative Thomas
charges. Adde's said:
APART from being commune
cant of the Roman Catholic
Church, I have no membership
or utilization with any group or
-nrganizatiea- excerpt the JAW
CIO.- do not believe In Com
munist philosophy or doctrines.
specifically deny that i am
working with or have ever
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
Communist Leadership
.Do,oms Go, He Says
BY RoBEY PARKS
Copyright. 1871. me Herald-American
special 70 The DETROIT TINES

workers knew what was hap
penlng.
Intensive training Of the Red
agents In Communist schools
over n period of years developed
a technique and a knowledge of
parliamentary rules beyond the
comprehension of the average
working man"
Chaser said he knows every
Communist OF any consequence N
the United States. He said hC
worked with William Z. Foster
Earl Browder Harry Bridges. the
fate john feed and many Other
revolutionaries. He went
on:
Tho bloody Memorial Day
riot in 1887, at the Republic
steel plant here. in which IL
persons were killed, was planned
and directed from the Chicago
Communist headquarters. so
were numerous violent sit-dOwn
afrtlynS -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
Badge Schedule
For Ford Pay

Ford workers holding the fol
lowing badge numbers are being
paid today at the National Bank
of Commerce. 144 West Fort
street: Series H-5,O01 to H-10,00o;
VI to U-5,000, and WI to
WIS, 900.
Checks will be issued to the
following badge-holders tomorrow;
Series Al TO A-10,000: P-5,50l to
P-10.000: tt TO T-5,000. and Il
TO Z-5,000
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

Mexico's Newest Lady Bull
fighter. Only 18, This Fearless
Girl Is Already the Heroine Of a
Hundred Ring Battles, but She
Said 1t Isn't Strength That
Counts Only Nerve. Read
About Her and See Photographs
of Her Action, In The American
Weekly. the Magazine Distrib-
uted With This Sundays Issue
of The Detroit Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

CHICAGO. April 10-The IN
side story Of Red leadership u
the Congress Of Industrial Organl'
cations was told today by me
former regional counsel Of tht
Communist Party.
He asserted that widespread
strikes IN the mass production
industries are only preliminary
steps no a well-rohearSed pi2,
conceived at Chicago IN 1919 al
tf9t. first t-C7T1777uITSL IdIlg con-
vention in America.
Labor disorders and violence
were scheduled for a time OF
national peril he declared Alisstl a
the hone of melting class strife.
a workers revolution and ulu-
marely a proletsrlan dictatorship
n the United States.
CLASsMATE or LENIN
ne lawyer is Patti p r. Chaser Of
Gary. Ind, Ph.D., d. c. l., veteran
Russian revolutionary and class
mate Of the late Nicolai Lenin at
kazan Imperial University.
lie served as general counsel
Of the Communists here from 1873
until 1887. and was also employed
by the Go To defend leaders ar
rested for strike violence ana
riotinE.
CHASER said he resigned The
cause Communist leadership IN
the Go hung the specter OF doom
over the American labor move
u7F77tt. - lie continued.
The communism OF Stain
and the American Reds Is a
hypocritieaI burlesque of the
pure socislistic creed OF Kari
Marx and Lenin.
THEY'RE oPPoRTUNISTS
"Red leaders In the Go have
no interest in the working nTHu.
from Top 10 bottom The Go
-- Communists are opportunities.
They think only OF their per-
s0nal gain, power and glory.
John l.. Lewis Is not Conn
munist. He Is a despot who has
surrounded himself with many
actual members OF the COmmu-
list Party. His chief attorney.
whose advice Lewis esteems
highly. is Lee FRESHMAN, a dyed
in-the-wOol Communist.
"a ma Iority Of the CI0 ma
tionaI unions are controlled by
Communists. There are cells In
nearly every local union, whose
influence il already felt by more
than 100000 CI0 members.
He explained that the Commu-
list Party gained control of the
10 unions by first planting cell
If FIVE or six well-trained agents
n each local unit, adding.
"These Com munlst agents
scattered themselves In various
parts of union meeting halls and
employed 'blltz' tactics to put
through their program.
when one of their number
made a motion on the floor, the
others were on their feet in
stantly 10 support 1t. They
would move its adoption without
discussion before the ordinary
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

Plan Theoter If Strike
Is Not Settled

a motion picture theater will be
set up in B building Of the struck
Ford plant for the entertainment
Of the men inside. should The
Strlkn cnntlrllp altar t1-aa..- ee4sa
pany officials announced. Lenten
services were held In the building
last night. B building houses the
final assembly plant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
HILLMAN SENDS AGENT

Sidney Hillman, labor repre-
sentative in the Office of Produc-
ton Management. informed the
committee that he had heard Of
the charges of Communistic infiu-
ence in the UAW-CIO and had
sent his personal representative,
Jack Knoll, to Detroit to investi-
gate.
Knoll, whom Hillman said he
had known for 30 years and who
is strongly anti-Communist, was
sent to Detroit specifically to in
vestigate reports that Communists
were behind the strike at the Ford
Motor Company.
al asked him TO report
whether the Communists have
any Influence In the Ford strike"
Hillman said. His report was a
definite no. He said the strike
was led by responsible repre-
sentatives of the auto workers."
"AROUND THE FRINGE"
Hlllman said that Knoll had re-
ported that Communists were
around the fringe eff the JAW
Go but that the leaders were
definitely not Communists. OF his
personal knowledge, Hillman said
he knew that the UAW-CIO presi-
dent and Walter Reuther, another
.unionist named at the hearing
were anti-Communist.
The charges, and Hillman's re-
ply, were made at a hearing of the
House military affairs committee
by Rep J. Parnell Thomas (R) of
New Jersey He said he made
them on the basis of a hitherto I'M
published report of the Dies COM
mittee. of which he was a member.
Representative Thomas said that
a Dies investigator in Detroit had
uncovered a copy of the general
strike letter that FRESHMAN had
written. Go headquarters in
Washington issued a statement by
FRESHMAN in which he termed
Thomas charges an absolute
falseheed, and l challenge any one
to produce such a letter"
Hillman challenged the anthem
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
Nash Co. Given
u 5 Contract

The Nash Kelvinator Company
Of Detroit today was awarded a
S1.029,915 United States govern
ment order for construction OF
trailers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
DSR-Union Row
Calls Jeffries

At the unions request. Mayor
Jefries today entered the dispute
between the DSR commission and
Division 26 OF the street car and
bus operators union. which is de-
handing a new contract with pay
increases, time and a half for over
time and adjustments in working
,SGAGdAlnS------4-------
The mayor was called into the
dispute by union officials after
the commission fatty refused OPP
orators demands for a 3 and )
-pcr-hour wage increase At a
meeting with nlne-H4aH union
committee in his Office the MAYOR
listened TO the demands but made
no promises.
"You must remember" he de-
clared. that the DSR is run for
ti1p bUHrfft or The people OF De-
troit and not for its employees.
just because the system had a
good year and gets out of the
red for a change is no reason
why the surplus should be paid
out TO the bus drivers and street
car operators"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
LABOR WILL LOSE GAINS

"The alternative will be some
sort of Drastic congressional
action 10 crush the CLOS Red
leadership, which also will abro-
gate many of iabOr's hard-wOn
gains and set the union move
ment back at least a quarter
century.
THE rank and file Of CIO
members should cast out the
false prophets and greedy plot
tiers who would enslave them
under ruthless dictatorship in
the name OF n workers democ-
racy. They might rs well accept
Hitler or Stain"
Chaser said the Go Reds re-
peatedly have pushed strikers into
clashes with police in the hope OF
melting class strife and a revolu.
ton of workers, paving the way
to the Selling Of industry. wealth
and government for themselves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
7Omlr;l(Te of Henin Calls Strikes Step to Revolt
Cool Off Strike PLAN
Advanced by Knueisen
BY CECIL b. DICKSON
Init News Service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, April 10. -
Compulsory cooling Off periods
before strikes are called in de-
tense industries gained new support
in Congress today as the House
military committe decided to in
vestigate Communist activities in
labor disputes.
Following up President Roose-
velts statement that the defense
labor picture was moving toward
the cooling Off proposal, Defense
Production Chief William S. Knud-
sen renewed his advocacy of the
proposition before the military
committee.
The committee voted unani-
mously to call J. Edgar Hoover,
top Oman, and j. B. Matthews,
the Dies committee research di-
rector, TO testify next week on
alleged Communist activities in
defense strikes.
MISS PERKINS TEsTIFIES
Secretary of Labor Perkins. re-
called by the committee for ques-
tioning, declared that Communism
Is not a cause of strikes in the
United States but admitted that
her department had no facilities
to investigate activities of Com.
munists in labor disputes.
Knudsen appeared at the COM
mittee's inquiry into delay in de-
Tense production. When asked il
any strikes were caused by COM
munism. he replied:
don't recognize Communists
as amounting to anything. l can't
get excited over that. | don't
think labor really wants to
hinder the defense job"
Under questioning. Knudsen de-
clared that jurisdictional strikes
are Just plain stupid" and every
strike hurts national defense.
EUISCOUNTsZI,EGISIzATIeS-
While Knudsen advocated COM
pulsory "cooling-on" periods. he,
like other administration officials
who have testified before commit
tees on the labor situation. de-
cfared he did not think anti-strike
legislation would be any real help
The new mediation board has
now been set up and ] think IL
will do the trick" he said.
=Knudsen- confidently predicted
$1,000 planes would be produced in
this country this year with 80 per
cent more next year and that
tank production will increase
shortly TO 10 a day.
He said it would be 'all right
FOR the government 10 take over a
defense plant If strike mediation
failed. but asserted 1T should be
operated by the government only
until such time as the strike was
settled.
/ While Knudsen was testifying
government officials disclosed thai
strikes affecting the army alone
had numbered 100 between Jan
uary / and April 4, they involved
1856 men and resulted in the
loss of 1.209.603 man-days OF
work, their survey revealed.
KEEPS FINGERS CROSSED
The military committee ques-
toned Miss Perkins closely about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
KEEPS FINGERS CROSSED

The military committee ques-
toned Miss Perkins closely about
activities of Communists in strikes.
with but little success as far as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
FORD STRIKE RED"

The Aifts Chalmers strike II
Milwaukee and the strike and VIC
lence at the Ford Motor plant ir
Detroit, were Communist inspired
said Chaser. as part of the Red
plot to scuttle the nations defense
program. He continued:
while the Communist Party
was active In The Gle and other
adult organizations. the Young
Communist League was being
split into hundreds of little cells
whose members were directed
TO Join various youth groups.
give or six young Commu-
nIsts have wormed their way
into a majority of the religious,
social, fraterTIai, benevolent and
civic youth organizations In the
entire natf0h
The veteran lawyer Is stepped
in the theories of Karl Marx
Born in the Russian Ukraine in
1879. he was adopted at the age
of 8 by Gen. Paul Klaus of the
cars imperial staff and baptized
in the Russian orthodox faith.
RELIGIOUS TRAINING
As youth attended high
school at the Third Royal Gym
nasium in kazan under Lenin''
father. who was known by The
name Ulyanov. CHASER subsequently
prepared for the priesthood but
abandoned those studies to enter
the I'm perial University with
Nicolai Lenin.
Together the youths pored ovel
the works of lark and other
Socialist writers and attended
secret revolutionary meetings ir
cellars. They dreamed of the day
when a democracy of the prole-
tariat would girdle the globe.
CHASER carried his Dire q m
through the Russo-Japanese war,
in which he was a major Of Co.'S
sack cavalry, but was thrown into
prison for Communist utterances
during the Russian revolution of
1908. Escaping a year later, he
came to the United States.
Now he says:
Communism can bring Moth
ing but destructio on to the
American labor movement. The
revolution cannot succeed be-
cause the leaders lack sincerity
and are using their followers
for personal gain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10
The Weather

TIE sur WI set AZ TOT ? m, today,
Ana rise tomorrow at SIS a. m
The noon VIII rise today AZ 3 SIS .. m,
and sea tomorrow al 5.54 .. n.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-10

You want style 80.
you want value
but most of all you
want variety when
you shop for table
lam ps. Whether
you live in a mod
est apartment or q
luxurious h o m e,
you'll find exciting
lamp assortment at
all ; M c h an
Chandelier show
rooms.
Evening star., 1941-07-23
Six Police Recommended
For Concentrations

Acting Chief of Detectives Ira E.
Keck said today he would recon-
mend concentrations for four de-
tective sergeants and two other po-
ncemen for their work in the
Mccullough and Oden cases.
Those named were Policeman
James G. Beach and Daniel Slat-
terry of the 18th precinct and De-
tective Sergts. E. E. Scott, l.. N.
Wilson and Irving Lubore, all of
whom shared in breaking the case
against Roland Junior Lindsay, a
colored ex-convict charged with
criminally assaulting an 18-year-old
girl and attacking the girls escort,
Pvt. Edward L. Mccullough, Dis
trict selectee at Fort Meade, Satur-
day.
Sergt. Scott was also cited by
Capt. Keck with Detective Sergt.
M. B. Moore for arresting and OBJ
tanning confession from Guy Oden,
held for action of the grand jury
in the Staying of his 15-year-
sweetheart Saturday.
Evening star., 1941-07-23
Earlier Story on Page A-2D


Advertisers spent an estimated
$545 900 900 on newspapers last year
and 5000, 900 900 on radio, according
to figures presented this afternoon
before the Federal Communications
Commission at its inquiry into news
paper ownership of radio stations.
The commission also was told that
the total circulation of United States
newspapers increased from % $3.50. 1923
in 1922, to Al ,oO9 ,258 in 1910, although
the number of daily papers de-
creased from 2,033 in 1922, to 1,877
at the close of 1940.'
During the same 10 years, the COM
mission was informed, the number
of broadcasting stations increased
from 80 to 882 and the number OF
radio receiving sets in use from 40o,-
600 to 50,100,000.
Allen w. Saylor of the commits
siofl's staff, who introduced and
explained the statistical evidence,
was asked whether there was any
way of determining how many Of
the 50,100,000 radio sets listed in
1910 actually were in use. He had
pointed out that some households
might have several and the sets
included portable and automobile
types.
Such studies have been made,
Evening star., 1941-07-23
1000 Workers Strike
On Defense Projects
Al Key West
, Marines Petrol Area
With Fixed Buyonets
To Avert Outbreaks
Earlier Story on Page A-4l.

Earlier Story on Page A-4.)
BY tie Associated Press.
KEY WEST, Fla, July 23.-About
1000 laborers walked off several de-
fense projects during the noon lunch
period today while marines carry
ing rifles with fixed bayonets pa
trolled the areas to guard against
disturbances.
There was no disorder as the men
turned in their tools.
The men, members of the A. F. l..
affiliated local 1856, Labor Layers
Union, had voted last night to strike
at noon today, unless demands for
an increase in wages from 40 cents
an hour to 621a cents were met
Luis Avila. president of the local,
said the strike was without the
unions approval. The action taken
last night, he declared. lacked either
his or the Executive Boards ap-
proval as the proper procedure had
not been followed
Mr.. Avila said the union had an
agreement with the Navy Depart
ment not to strike pending a re-
survey of the Key West wage scale
by the Department of Labor.
The Layers Union is composed of
blocklayers and carpenters assist
ants and other men in similar cate
gories.
Evening star., 1941-07-23
Gardnar MuIIoy Defeats
Kovacs at Sea Bright
BY the Associated Press.

by ltc hSSOlIdJpu 1909
SEA BRIGHT. N. j.. July 23.-
Unseeded Gardnar Mulloy of Coral
Gables, Fla, sprang the upset of
the 54th annual Sea Bright Invi-
tation Tennis Tournament today
when he eliminated fourth-seeded
Frank Kovacs of Oakland, Calf,
the Nations third ranking player.
in a third-round match. The scores
were 3-6, rs, 60.
Bobby Riggs of Chicago, the de-
Tending champion, advanced into
the round of eight at the expense
of William Talbert of Cincinnati,
Ga, 8-6.
frankie Parker, the second-seeded
star from Altadena Calf, hit his
stride today and scored an impress
sive straight-set victory over the
veteran Sidney Wood of New York.
The score were Go, IS.
The victory put Parker in. the
quarter final round
National Champion Don McNeill
of Oklahoma City, the top-seeded
favorite. was carried to three sets
by Seymour Greenberg, the Chicago
southpaw, to gain the quarter finals,
but he was never in danger. The
scores were 81, +6, 81.
Ladislav Hecht of New York, the
top-seeded foreign entrant, and un-
seeded Wayne r. Sabin of Reno,
New, also needed three sets to win
their third-round matches. Hecht
outlasted Byran M. (Bitsy) Grant
of Atlanta, Ga, As, 60, 81,
while Sabin eliminated Francisco
Segura of Ecuador. the second
seeded foreigner, 61, o16, 6t3.
Evening star., 1941-07-23
&c. c. Gets Figures on Radio
And Newspaper Advertising

Mr.. Saylor said, and will be pre-
sented later.
THE significance of these sets as
a basis of comparison with news
paper circulation figures would be
more helpful if We knew how many
radio sets were estimated to be in
actual use" Chairman James Law
renee Fly pointed out.
Mr.. Fly indicated at the opening
of the hearings earlier in the day
that the commission, solely seeking
information on newspaper and radio
tie-ups, would investigate the whole
background of such joint ownership
and inquire into the operation of
newspapers themselves. This evi-
dence. he explained, is to guide the
commission in any future policy
toward licensing newspaper-owne
radio stations which it may deter
mine, if it decides any special policy
is necessary.