Evening star., 1946-03-15
BY the Associated Press

Union for six months addressins
youth rallies, "did unlawfully, fol
purposes prejudicial to the safety
and interest of Canada, obtain
collect, record, publish and com.
municate to other persons sketches
plans, models, articles, notes anc
other documents and information
which were calculated to be anc
intended to be directly and indi.
rectly useful to a foreign l,sver, te
wit, the Union of the Soviet So ialist
Republics"
The Royal Commission said Dr.
Raymond Boyer, assistant professor
of chemistry at McGill University
had admitted giving Russia full in.
formation about his work with
"RDX." Boyer was mentioned ir
the arrest warrant for Rose as g
person with whom Rose conspired
Rose held several Offices in Cana.
dian Communist organizations be.
fore Montreal labor constituency
elected him to Parliament as 8
member of the Labor Progressive
party. This party absorbed the
Communists after they were banned
during the war.
Second Interim Report.
The royal commission, in a second
Interim report depicting Soviet
agents as trying to ferret the wal
secrets of Canada and the United
States, told of Boyer's admissions on
"RDX."
He said that with this informa-
ton, competent persons would be in
a position to design a plant to pro-
duce the material in quantity" the
commission said Boyer was accused
Of transmitting his secrets early In
1912 and into 1914, while Russia and
Canada were allied in the death
struggle against Germany.
The four persons previously ac-
cused were minor governmental
workers, who were charged with
working with the Moscow directed
espionage ring to obtain data on the
atomic bomb, radar, electronics and
the disposition of numerous United
States corps and divisions which
lately had fought the Germans. Five
persons, other than the eight al
ready named, still are under inves-
tigation.
Some witnesses holding strategic
positions have made the significant
statement, under oath, that they hao
a loyalty which took priority over
the loyalty owed by them to their
own country and, for that reason
they acted as they did and would
have continued so to act had they
not been detected" the commission
said.
Elaborates on Charges.
Today's royal commission report
elaborated on the general charges
made public March 4, giving "spy
thriller" details of operations under
pseudonyms. The earlier report said
the Military Attache of the Soviet
Embassy had sought to obtain
number of secrets.
In addition to Boyer, the COM
mission named these:
Harold Samuel Gerson, assistant
to the head of the production con-
troll department of Allied War Sup
plies, Ltd, a government company
concerned with the production OF
chemicals and explosions. Gerson
was known in the spy ring under
the cover name of Gray" the re-
port said.
Squadron Leader Matt Simons
Nightingale, employed as a tele-
phone technician in the construc-
ton of military airports by the Royal
Canadian Air Force.
DR.. David Shugar, a Phi. D. in phys
les at McGill University, who was
employed in the Navy on research
in antisubmarine detection. He
used the undercover name of "Pro-
metheus," the commission reported.
>Replies to Criticism.
The commission gave no indica-
tion Of how much information the
suspects were accused Of actually
transmitting to the Soviet Union.
Apparently replying to widespread
criticism over the holding of 13 sus-
poets without the usual rights OF
habeas corpus, the commission said
it had followed this course because
'the matters with which the inquiry
was concerned appear to us to be
Of so serious nature from ma
tional standpoint" and because of
the exceptional circumstances ex-
isting."
'The further evidence which we
have heard has not caused us to
change this view, but on the con-
trary has confirmed it," the COM
mission said.
''The evidence has revealed the
existence of an organization consti-
tuting at least threat to the safety
and interest of the state"
I'VE are of the opinion that,
should these persons (those held in
the inquiry be allowed communica-
tion with outsiders or between them
selves until their activities have been
fully investigated, some of the basic
purposes of the inquiry would be
entirely defeated" the commission
said.
Explanations Rejected.
The commission said it was clear
ly established that Gerson had
transmitted information over a con-
siderable period"
The commission said 1t was un-
able to accept" Nightingale's ex-
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