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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-10
CHApTEl. TWENTY

There WAS Il sound us IL n key
Hrrr being inserted in the lock.
Hastily. Argus put bacl, the books
~. the shelf and laid the cover of
the machine across the top.
Turn out the lamp" he ordered
"Maybc it's the murderer. como
back to get that-that gun" said
Ellen.
"Quict," he whispered. "Iicrc,
quick! Get back of this couch" The
detective grabbed her arm and
pulled her down behind a svttcc that
faced the door.
"YcS. but"
"Brcathc softlyn" he cautioned
taking an automatic from his
pocket.
They waited in the darkness. Tho
door opened slowly and then closed.
:. Whoever it WAS. was inside.
Ellen dug her fingprnaili into
the palm of hrr hand to keen from,
screaming. Her heart pounded 50
loudly she was sure il must be- heard
across the room. Suddenly Il flash
light made a moving, brirht snot
in the darkness. Footsicns an
preached. then stopped. Thc hram
Of light played around tho room,
1t hnally came to rest on the book
shelves next To the telephone.
me footsteps came closer EIIcr
erouchcd so low that her forc ,,...
% S;h: bod NV kaa,, ,'S'i'S from the floor.
.n',l W I',. a'u now last q soldier
.I.ii. oM ,,ar., '','o inc ground when
..n. h '. ~" uropHihg. She knew
w Nv" '"? ic".
=. r"H r, "r,n MS tAShiiGht in his
Th. %,'''". r"m,",,',, ','S gun WaS IN ms right.
'',I mI 'o"''.IPS passed tn" divan. lie
form It WINS %"rIi',,. '' I;''.''t" r q, !" man $
shelves In, .,i'' - @ '"' ''| D"ok-
L,ilcn iph,I.5 ,n,,,' =. Ia, '.'',nS" S '""m'
floor ''''' "''' from Tie
"Ko.I.o-cbooo,, .,,s
Argus flnsLrj hi, I;,..,. p,'''." ,,. ', ana
trudcr, shouting: "S,fc;; 'rm NM.
The visitor drorucJ Ms ra.i,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
SELFRIDGE
FIELD AGAIN
CHANGES HEAD
Col. SelWay Back
AS Commander

SELFRIDCE FIELD Mich Col
Il Sclway. Jr. air corps Monday
assumed command at Sclfridrc
Field. Retaining also command of
477th bombardmcni medium cal-
oncl Sclway succeeds It, Col john
r. Patiison. Jr air corps Who
look command April IL Colonel
pattlson remains at sclfridge 70
renew former duties with the SIN.
Born Dec. 81. 1902 IN sheridan
wyoming. Colonel solway vas edu-
Gated at Kentucky Military aead-
envy from which he vas honor
graduate In 1920 and at the I 5.
Military academy In 1924 he rs
rated a. command pilot airship
pilot combat observer and balloon
pilot and observer.
Colonel selway WAS ordered to
selfrldee Field May II 1913 TO
command. reorganize and train inc
Sand Fighter squadron which y
now overseas.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
ATTEMPT ON
LIFE FOILED
BY EMPLOYER
Young aretaker
Found [ nder Car

The Mlrnp = a. s'ar ~
eat,faktr e ead bus life vas fn0l-
~ Nonty heaap-f 81 ih sueY
lisco,ciy ~ iNe ~eelde ai'egpi ~
DIS empiofee 1heu she went
ihe emase 20 thf tra 81 aes homie
Tns catetaker was waiter stoie
40 l9sio Baillag'on 0ho Was fusf
ed - Receiving hospital hya
cus squad IIc VAS treated foe CATS
ben monoNide poisoning
stokes is employed as a csf' sA-
er si The home 81 nr and Nts
plsu ? 'he burlington aca ess
tie vas found a. Is pm Monasy
ay MIS- Catherine Ciprisn when size
went 70 the garage q gei her sar.
She said thar stokes was lying ur-
der ihe cav on the garage how
~i'h Nis head near HE exhaust pps
and iae motor 81 The car funniue
stoke. condition Is improved, =
Nas ioalp'd Tuesday.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Brewster Tenants
Plan T. Protest
Ceiling On Rents

Th, R,wNer fcmns commute
tee heAdodhv P,iris Davis held
a mc,jl,g sunday 20 protest me
rate az rom, CHARGED AZ ihe housing
project aud 10 formulate list OF
grievances To- submit to before the
Detroit Housing committee. The
meeting Was largely attended
A spokesman for the tenants de-
clared
"The present rent ceiling has
placed The tenants IN very bad
position They are unable TO meet
their obligations because OF deduc-
lions from their pay. Federal with
holding and social security taxes.
assessments aud union dues With
the amount OF rent being paid at
the pfesen; time, very Few tenants
are able TO have che purchasing
power they should have
"The committee believes the rent
should be- adjusted in Keeping with
lie nei pa, the wae''ea,ner dra~s
aud moi un IN, gross wages.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Victim OF Assault
+ ound In Alley,
Minus Clothing


Thomas Ftfrus o. 81 81 ee4 cars
Ir,l. was fund by po.lye in 40
ialloy ai tile rear OF 4f43 81 An-
tone Tuesday April is al s5
am In an intoxicated condition
His skan had beon fractured and
his irousers and shoes were MISS
ing Rccausc ~ bis condition be-
vas unable 20 give any iriorma-
Npn 10 lho police
Ferguson WAS taken 90 me Re-
seitlng hospital Later 18th pre-.
eluct police received tn that
Ferguson uas assaulted 81 f745
50 Antoine, Apt 20.
Pa'roiman Orion Hamilton went
10 TIE apartment and tried 10 gain
entrance lie said thar be could
hear voices bur the occupants re-
fused 10 opeu the door Finally he
oas admitted after he heard some
enc escape by iumpine oui 81 me
Andow ON searching tho apart.
mem he recovered the shoes and
trousers belonging TO Ferguson
The assault case ia still under IN
yestigation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Editor Mccall And
Wayne Professor
On NAACP Board

Or James J NIcciendon. prcsi.
dent OF the Detroit branch MACE
announced HAT pr Norman Kin
PIE. professor of Sccioloev 80
Wayne and staff member az thr
Deuoii Council ~ churches Was
appointed % the NAAcp exec a-
I've hoard 20 snccted Andrew WI
i Brown recently indicted into
lhe Arms ! +. McCall eeitoi
of TIE Detroit Tribune. was also
appointed 10 the board al the last
nleetlng OF The executive commit
zee Mr. NcCalls appointment
makes complete the Representa-
tisn OF the Negro press ON tho
NAACP board Other newspaper
members are Louis +. Martin and
Jehn r Williams OF the MichIran
Chronicle and Pittsburgh Courier
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22

Funeral Services
For S. T. Holland,
10 Be Held

Funeral services for ne former
H. S. T Holland, OF 1855 Peter
Hunt street Viii be held Friday.
April 2l at ppm from mo a G.
Weight Funeral home East Han
coek e. Beaubien lnterment viii
Ne IN Memorial Park cemetery
Young Holland died Monday
Apnl II, at the general hospital on
Second boulevard. after an illness
OF several weeks he was the son
OF Mr and Mrs Alfred iiolel and
vas born in Georgia = years ago.
Coming With his parents to De-
iroii az on early age. young Hol-
land attended the local public
schools md graduated from North
eastern high shortly ancr his
graduation he became a member OF
he Detroit Trihunes spori stan
and IN LATER years also served with
other new spapers.
Leaving lie journalistic field
Holland volunteered and entered
the Army ont. ie. 1874 lie served
Until Jan l6 ls4i when 80 fyc.s
Cd medical discharge lie WAS i.
second lieutenant With the sslh
Service unit.
surviving The deceased are his
parents and brother PhiItp liol-
land. aud ofher relatives. as Well
as a large circle OF friends
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22

According 70 an informant A.
torney William HASTE former ci-
william aide 20 the secretary ~
war. and winner Of the splneafn
Award for 1919. Was asked ~
come to SelfridRe Field 90 assist
IN defending the Young pilot lf
T. lntimated that the trial NIL
bring 10 lieht certain conditions
OF alleged raciai discrimination
and other Inequalities confronting
colored officers at the air base.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
DSR Explosion
Injuries Five

a DSR air compressor exploded
n. 18th and Fcnhcl az 40 pm.
Taesday April is burning several
workers.
The most seriously injured were
George Huston. 80. 1891 Ohio. who
received burns about the face. neck
and hands and Jesse Torick. 7o2
Leland. who received similar burns.
Both men we're taken 10 The High
land Park General hospital
Others treated for slight burns
al The Ex-Cello FIRST aid station
we're. Lester Tillcr So 532 Winder.
John DAWSON. ~. Of 1899 Belmont.
and Joe McGowen. 40. OF 1898 Sixth
street
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Pilot Faces
Court Martial

Unconiirmed and unofficiai re-
ports reached the Detroit Tribune
office Wednesday that colored
pilot at selfridge Field, supposed
to be IT. Milton Henry. IL sched-
uled 10 face court martial a. the
big government air base near Nj
Clemens. Monday. April -, a. ?
m. The pilot. according 70 re-
PORTS. viii be tried on FIVE counts.
ranging from reputed insubordi-
nation to failure to report
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
YWCA Workers Go
To Chicago For
Regional Meet

An innovation IN YvCA proceed
ure is The substitution This year
Of The national Spring conference
by four regional conferences The
regional Of Detroit viii be- held ip
Chicago. April lS-2t
Delegates for Lucy Thurman
branch will be Naniella Lane
LaNcnia Moore Mis- a. = Thom
az Mrs Pearl Collins Marion tl,.
ter and Francis Leonard.
Among the discussion topics
scheduled VIII be "lnterraoial
Problems In the NWCA.'
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22

AME church Wednesday ApHi ~
wehsters Funefal hamc Was nv
charge Of the Arrangements
when Interviewed Monday Mrs
Holt stated
8My husband had made several
attempts to become reeoncilcd eilh
me. but each time refused lie
began molesting me and J had
him put under peace bond lie
evidently thought my sister vas
instrumental IN preventing re-
Cancellation. SO he developed a ha-
tired for both Of as That Is WHY
he killed her and tried to shoot
me.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Hotel Patron
Attempts Rape On
Elevator Girl
Man Held After
Fracas In
Webster Hall

a sensational ease ~ ATTEMPTED
rape orturre ut Webster hall az
Cass ami pninam Monday April
II Tile Young woman involved
is 2iyeafoId colorcd elevator
orGaior a. The building
Accoralne 20 III NcM Goodbye.
o. ihs Nunans difi,n of ne
Police drpnlment lhe elevator
siri sts''d that her assaiiont en-
tered the elevator and reiuaiued
en- Y until an The occupants Na-
Gated Then he stopped the ewes
vator himself and attempted 20
assault the girl bnt She fought
Him on snd cried Tor help
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Murder Suicide Throws
Store In Panic

Ia cfoNle,
INFO con
hpfli a. at
/. Witnessed a
ana suicide
|. ~ We crowded
ae tragedy re-
fassiie rifi he
ae o. Of 904e
sai his wife. Anna
hoit refused to
IS claimed
% modest her.
Mis- Minnie
AZ Frederick. had
loo,e. 3 peace bond.
f'iitc nrAu-
,.. shortly before
NJ place al Crowleys.
|, hrr sister went TO
''s'teaf store. while
Son hNsh street.
F,d The "a omen Ia
e'n tired SIX shots
|, ''' sister in-law who
ivy. touf bullets struck
1 s'a etl She died instant
H's f'oii Rcd to an once
N wy q stock room and
.''.' BY firing bullet
~ From Bethel
'' s,r'ices Tor Mrs How
re conducted from Bethel
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
Identifies Man

Another elevator girl sensing
that sour'hing was wrong suns
monef aid Foliycmen answered
the call and placed under arrest
il 21-ttaf-old white MAN stephen
Nehel Cnikos OF Sf2i IIoimur
street The EN- involved iden'i-
fod him and Warrant hss been
issued charming Tho man win at-
tempted rare
Il s f4pnrfed that white girls
were formerly enpioyed n Web
ster han ne elevator operators
Int veto allcsedlv moles'ed so
much That 'hev gave VIZ ne work
and caloed girls were hired IN
their place.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
leads Guilty OF
Vnouctor's Assault

b.. i, '.'aiFred Tuesday on a
b., \. outing a street car con
b.. a oakland street car at
tssr,.,.N A.'e. 1884 Farusworth
.ie.oo'o....o n Yorker plead guilty
b., l,'a' assault before judge
sas.s.,D' 'aon IN Records court
COMM said that Hughes cut
b. . '.,'or because he told him
w. smoking on The car.
tprn (. 'sped BIZ vas arrested
his ,,s sy ne,ec'iys ssts Rer
,p,e,,, george Rutherford Of
investigation Squad.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
DETROlTER KILLED
ON ITALIAN FRONT

m jim " Phelps O. ae son
o. Mrs Joanna Pheips o. ss0
Farnsuo-'h has been k.'lee ~
action b ltaiv 81 uas announced
by me Wa department. Tuesday
a native Wesi Nirrlnlan. nc
Phelps came 10 Detroit r. ihe
age a. rs and graduated from
NiHer Hikh schcoi he Nas Ia
Quoted into the Army a. ~ Gus
ter. Feb IL, isti.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
pIrs At PHONE

Lucy Appleton AZ Of 1900 chene
collapsed and died Apiil - a. her
home "A she attempted TO make q
telephone call.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22

seaman lawrence Gibson ~
Sei CoodVin "a home on flr-
logeh from Great lakes Naval
Training center DO has frlshed
his boot training snd has ncea
admitted 10 special yeomau school
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1944-04-22
LIcen,ed a =,

NV known ~ pefr0't ss ne
Reverend nr Jones and ProrNet
Icnes no breakfasts every sun
cav night on ihe ar f.an ms
tlpii AZ the Trinnph ibr fhnreh
and Elnrdom % Cod 70 Christ at
iieo HAGUE md hss ernNiNs
fne anil foll Wins 'iat fr ns
~ overshadow ihW of N'N
Works. fgmuus Faihe n.ne
Tie rev Nr lou s'uie
nisatNiur 90 ne as,. E ARID
red tenile oltann vs. iten-e
Yes be know ail ~ answers
ohcn tllev qnltyrd hlH hi NE
Confined on page -
Evening star., 1944-05-03
On the Roll Of Honor
Bowie Marine, Pacific Veteran,
Dies in G California Plane Crash

Marine Sergt. William Croft
Porter, radio gunner veteran of two
wears service in the South Pacific,
was killed in plane crash in Cali
fornia April 20, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl w. Porter, Bowie, Md,
have been notified.
A member of the 1st Division,
which was the first marine unit to
see action in the South Pacific, and
recipient of a presidential citation,
Sergt. Porter celebrated his 22d
birthday anniversary eight days be-
fore his death.
Sergt. Porter was graduated in
1941 from Fork Union (Va.) Mill
tary Academy, where he was men,
Der of the basket ball and track
teams. He won the soldiership
medal there in 1910 for the best
drilled cadet. Until he joined the
marines in December, l941, he
worked at s. Kann Sons Co.
Went Overseas In 1912.
Going overseas in April, 1912
Sergt. Porter was trained as radio
gunner on dive bombers at the
Samoan Islands.
He returned to this country In
February for a months furlough,
after which he was assigned to the
FL Toro (Calif0 Air Base. He had
been there nearly five weeks at the
time of his death.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
Trio Robs Bus Driver
After Selling Taxicab

Three holdup men last night
robbed taxicab driver of SIS and
then, using his cab as a getaway
vehicle. held up q Capitol Transit
Co. bus driver.
The cab driver was Kenneth
White, 81, of 135 Senate drive, For
est Heights, Md. The men engaged
his cab downtown and ordered him
to drive to Sheriff road Me-, where
they took his days receipts, bound
him and put him in the rear of the
cab. q
They then used the taxi as a
holdup car, trailing a Capitol Tran
sit Co. bus to Thirty-third and
Denver streets Sc, where they took
$31 so from Joseph P. Morgan, the
driver, Of 5008 Edmonston avenue
East Hyattsville, Md.
After ordering Mr.. Morgan to
drive OF they threw Mr.. White out.
Evening star., 1944-05-03

Besides his parents, Sergt. Porter
is survived by six sisters and one
brother, all of Bowie. His body will
be shipped here for burial In
Arlington National Cemetery.
Shaffer Death Announced.
Comdr. John Jackson Shaffer III
of 2211 hirty-eighth street NV,
who was killed in action, was listed
on a Navy casualty list announced
today.
An account in The Star of April
IL told Of Comdr. Shaffer's death
and burial at sea in an undisclosed
battle area.
Second 1t. Victor T. Turrou of
Falls Church, Va, son of Capt. Leon
G. Turrou, former Federal Bureau
of Investigation agent, was killed
in action in the Mediterranean area,
the War Department announced to-
day.
A story in The Star of March 81
told of the 23-year- -old bombardiers
burial in italy after his body was
found by his brother, 1t. Edward
Turrou, who is stationed in that
country.
Sergt. Bernard H. Rubin, son OF
Hyman Rubin, 1853 Eleventh street
NV, has been killed in action in
the Mediterranean area the War
Department announced today.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
-Four New Warships
|WilI Be Sponsored
|By District Women

Four District women will christen
two destroyers and two submarines
In launching ceremonies Saturday
and Sunday at shipyards In New
jersey, Maine, New Hampshire and
Connecticut.
They are Mrs. John w. Davidge,
2S25 Rock Creek drive NV; Mrs.
Frederick w. Purdy, 34o7 Lowell
street NV; Mrs. Thomas L. Catch,
3lo3 Macomb street NV, and Mrs.
William Brent Young, los Hesketh
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Davidge will sponsor a de-
stroyer named for her father, the
late John w. Weeks, Secretary of
War from 1921 to 1925 and a rear
admiral in the Massachusetts, Vol
unteer Naval Militia. The launch-
ing will be Sunday at the Federal
Shipbuilding g. Dry Dock Co.,
Kearny. N. j.
Mrs. Purdy, widow Of 1t. Comdr.
Purdy, who was killed In action In
July, 1912, when the DESTROYER
Strong was torpedoed near the
Solomons, will sponsor the destroyer
named in his honor Sunday at the
Bath Iron Works Corp, Bath, Me.
Comdr. Purdy was posthumousiy
awarded the Purple Heart and the
Silver Star for conspicuous gall
lantry" for giving his life in assist
ing enlisted men to leave the
stricken ship.
Mrs. Catch, wife of Rear Admiral
Catch, Navy judge advocate general,
will christen the submarine Sea Owl
Saturday at the Portsmouth IN. HI
Navy Yard.
Mrs. Young, wife of Rear Admiral
Young, chief Of the Navy Bureau of
Supply and Accounts, will sponsor
the submarine Blueback Sunday at
the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
BY the Associsted Press.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May "a
chemical method of duplicating
quinine, identical in every respect
to the drug extracted from the bark
of cinchona trees, has been de-
veloped after almost a century Of
attempts by chemists, the Polaroid
Corp. announced today.
The plan for synthesizing the
complex drug, the corporation said,
was originated by DR.. Robert B.
Woodward, a Harvard instructor in
organic chemistry, in collaboration
with DR.. William E. Doering, now
an instructor in organic chemistry
at Columbia University.
The corporation added that mill
tary interest in the new process re-
lates to its possibility as a replace
ment for the vast quinine- bearing
cinchona tree plantations in the
Japanese-held Netherlands Indies.
These plantations were formerly the
chief source Of quinine supply for
the world. 1t Is by no means GER
tain, however. that the synthetic
drug can be manufactured on a
large scale for use during the war"
The two chemists, the corporation
said, devised their method of dupli-
Evening star., 1944-05-03
CIemency Plea Filed
In Assault Case

A petition requesting that the
death penalty imposed Friday on
Patrick Murphy, 80, Baltimore ga
rage owner, after his conviction in
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court on a charge of criminally as
saulting a 31-year-old Washington
woman two years ago, be set aside
has been filed in Circuit Court by
Murphy's attorneys, John v.
Hackett, Hyattsville: State Senator
George c. Della and Webster C. Tall
of Baltimore.
Mr.. Hackett said the three attor-
.neys also have filed a plea for
clemency with Gov. O'Conor asking
that the sentence be changed to life
imprisonment.
In their petition, the attorneys
contend that an error was commit
ted by Judge Charles G. Marbury
and John B. Gray, jr., in sentencing
Murphy to be hanged.
They claim that under the law
when a person charged with a capi-
tai crime does not take the stand In
his own defense, the only evidence
which may be produced as a basis
for passing sentence is that which
has occurred within the Jurisdiction
OF the court where the defendant is
tried.
They point out that before impos-
ing sentence. Judge Marbury asked
for additional information and was
shown a Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation record which cited convic-
tions in Virginia and Florida.
Testimony showed that the wom-
an was attacked in a field near
Oxon Hill in April, 1912, after
Murphy had offered to take her to
work.
Evening star., 1944-05-03
100000 Under Is
To Be Called in "A,
Costello Predicts
By the Associated Press.


Predicting that upward of half a
million men under Is now holding
occupational draft deferments will
be inducted this year, Representa-
tive Costello, Democrat, of Cali
fornia said today that selective
service should need few, if any,
fathers over 26 this year."
Mr.. Costello, chairman of House
Military Affairs Subcommittee on
draft deferments, said 100000 men
under 26 are deferred because of
employment on farms or in essen
tial industry. In addition, he said,
revised selective service figures show
chat on April / there were approxi-
n1ately 10000 non-fathers in class
la, available for induction.
1885, 900 Needed This Year.
Their own figures show that Sc
lective service just won't need
fathers over 26 this year unless
there are some unexpected setbacks
on the fighting 'front.' Mr.. Costello
declared In an interview.
The needs of the armed services
during the rest of 1914, Mr.. Costello
said, are for 1885 900 men, of whom
100000 are needed to bring the Navy
up to quota strength and the others
to fill replacement needs of both
Army and Navy.
Here's how Mr.. Costello pictured
the draft situation for this year:
Men over 26: Few, if any, will be
taken; most of those inducted from
this group will be single men, who
number 100000 out of the total of
2,225 900 men of all ages in la on
April J..
Men Under 26 to Be Hard Hit.
Men under 26 (regardless of mari
tai status: Almost half of the l.
100000 holding occupational and
agricultural deferments will be in
Quoted; this group, Mr.. Costello said.
is going to be hard hit, because the
armed services need these younger
men,"
To meet this years requirements
OF 1885, 900 men, Mr.. Costello used
these figures: $4,000 becoming 18
this year, 425,000 to 100000 from the
group under rs now deferred be-
cause of occupation, 375,000 to AGO.
900 nonfathers now In la.
"On the basis of these figures" he
said, "the selective service manpower
position is very good, and If they
handle 1t properly there should be
few fathers over 26 needed"
Evening star., 1944-05-03
House Member Hits
Visit 10 Stain, Calls
Priest a Traitor
BY the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
Representative Lesinski, Demo-
crat, Of Michigan said in a state
ment published today in the Con-
gressional Record that he wondered
if Catholic officials would take steps
to unfrock the Rev. Stanislaus Orle-
manski, Catholic priest whom Mr..
Lesinski termed "a traitor to their
church"
The Springfield CMass) priest and
Prof. Oscar Lange of the Univer-
sity of Chicago were received by
Premier Stain in Moscow as Amer
ican representatives" to discuss the
Polish situation, Mr.. Lesinsh said.
Il am wondering why the State
Department has issued visas which
permitted the transportation of
these two representatives - the
traitors to Christianity, the land of
their forefathers CPoland) and the
principles of Americanism-to Rus
sia at time when Russia has re-
nounced the principles as outlined
in the Atlantic Charter" the Lesin-
ski statement said.
The priest, American-born of
Polish parentage, made the trip, Mr..
Lesinski asserted, without his bish-
ops consent.
Remembering Judas Iscariot, who
betrayed his Lord for 80 pieces of
silver, I can't help wondering what
price this priest is asking to betray
the land of his forefathers, his
church and the loyal Americans of
Polish descent" the statement con-
tinued.
Il am also wondering if the papal
delegate and the bishop of his dio-
cese will take the proper steps to
unfrock this traitor to their church
"a priest who has forgotten that 1t
was through the valiant efforts of
Poland, under the leadership of
King John Sobieski, that Christian
ity was saved for Europe at Vienna
in 1888"
Asserting that Prof. Lange be-
came United States citizen only
about a year ago, Mr.. Lesinski
added:
He is a self-appointed, one-man
representative of the Americans of
Polish extraction and is attempting
to sell Communist Russia to Poland
so that Poland would then become
republic-but within the bounda-
ries Of Russia.
ut seems that he is in favor of
giving away greater portion of
present Poland as a gift. I say that
only rat or Quisling would sell
his own mother country to the
hated Communist"