Evening star., 1942-05-21
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By Government
Court Recesses Until
Monday; Defense May
Ask Directed Verdict

Ask Directed Verdict
The Government today completed
of evidence in its case
against two accused as Japanese
propagandists and District Court
Justice T Alan Goldsborough or
dered recess until Monday morn
ing
When the case resumes. it is ex-
pected that the defense will ask the
court to grant the defendants, Fred
erick Vincent Williams and David
Warren Ryder, directed verdict Of
acquittal. They are charged with
violating the Foreign Agents Regis
tration Act in not advising Secre-
tary of State Hull fully of their con-
nectionS as Japanese propagandists.
1t. Col. William A. Brewer, u. S.
A., former San Francisco advertis-
ing executive, testified today that
Mr.. Williams arranged with him to
broadcast from Station KYA in San
Francisco, programs the Govern
ment charges were sponsored by
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propaganda against China.
Required to Name Sponsor.
Col. Brewer said the Federal Com
munications Commission required
that Station KYA name the spon-
sor OF the program and that after
the Foreign Affairs Committee OF
the japanese Association in San
Francisco, the original sponsor,
went out of the picture, the Japa-
nese Committee on Trade and Infor-
nation, sponsored the broadcasts
and Mr.. Williams signed the con-
tract.
Col Brewer testified he discussed
with Mr.. Williams registration un-
der the Foreign Agents Registra-
ton Act, and was told that ths
matter was being arranged. The
colonel's agency prepared ads on
Mr.. Williams book, Behind the
News in China" and these were
paid for by K Takahashi. head OF
the San Francisco Office of the NYK
Steamship Lines, chairman OF the
committee, the witness said.
Col. Brewer related that he met
Mr.. williams on the street in San
Francisco a year ago, and that Mr..
williams said he was being quoted
from Siberia to Singapore as a
result of his writing for japanese
newspaper identified by the Govern
ment as the Times and Advertiser
in Japan. Further. the colonel testl-
fed, Mr.. Williams said it was a
better setup for the same purpose"
After the talk the colonel reported
the conversation TO the F. B, !.
Under Cross Examination.
Under cross ss-examination. Col.
Brewer declared that his advertising
agency had registered under the
Foreign Agents Registration Act.
but that after the regulations were
changed. the State Department ad-
vised him that well-known adver-
tising firms were not required to
register further.
AS its last witness, the Govern
ment introduced Harold Matson,
New York literary agent, who said
that Mr.. Williams had conferred
with him about publishing a book
and that subsequently the defend
ant had paid for the printing and
other costs.
Albert E. Aren't and Arthur B.
Caldwell, special assistants to the
Attorney General, are prosecuting
the case. Read to the jury this
morning were excerpts from a San
Francisco Federal grand jury tram
script, quoting Mr.. Williams, who
conceded that the Japanees con-
sulate general at San Francisco paid
his salary and that the Japan Times
and Advertiser is the organ of the
Japanese Foreign Office and is gen.
orally understood to be subsidized
by the japanese government.
Justice Goldsborough cautioned
the jury that Mr.. Williams opinion
that his co-defendant. Mr.. Ryder.
should have registered under the
act should not be regarded by the
jury.
Broadcast Recording Played.
An unusual feature of the trial
came yesterday afternoon. when the
Government played in the court
room a recording of a radio broad
cast in which Mr. Williams par
| ticipated His eyeglasses in his hand
and pressed TO his lips. Mr.. Will
/ liamS, sitting behind his attorney,
/ Samuel F. Beach. listened intently.
The hearing of the recording oc-
cupied about half and hour and Mr..
/ Williams. according to the record.
assailed China and its government
and favored the expansion of Japan.
Delivered on Armistice Day, 1910.
over Station KSFO at San Fran
cisco. the recording asserted that
Mr.. williams told the radio au-
dience that 1T is a great mistake to
continue aid to China: said Amer
/ ica's support to the Chang Kali
shek government would prolong the
war in the Orient and assist Nazi
Germany; that Chang was under
Moscow domination; that hundreds
of thousands of Chinese did not
know what the fighting in the Far
East was all about: that China, used
to rape and pillage and slaughter,
had been at war with itself for about
a quarter of century; that Japan
is Americas third best customer and
with japan winning, the United
States would be in better position
to sell goods under the stabilizing