Evening star., 1947-05-07


.exnment s. blamed for mot b.
Nevfn9 III God, but that this + mot
trne. The Russian people are re-
li1ioua and when they pray, they
really mean It, she was quoted Is
saying
Told sf Free Delivery.
She also Is said to have declared
she never appreciated the life ii
Russia until she lived here, where
one must work hard In order to livl
and use all his courage not to die
Mr.. Danowsky added that she told
OF having had q baby without
charge for medical services III Rus.
Isia, whereas her husband wal
Obliged to pay for delivery Of hel
second child In the United States.
DR.. Walter e. Hager, president ol
Wilson Teachers College. said Mrs
Lewis was one OF several speakers
furnished by the Institute on Pa
Icific Relations for q symposium held
at the college In January.
DR.. Hager said other speakers
were obtained directly by the col
|lege.
He added that he recalled Mrs
Lewis contributed "reminiscences oi
her life In Russia on that occasion
but did not discuss political matters
He said she did not answer queries
on Soviet political philosophy when
they were asked during q question
period, explaining she did not feel
qualified to discuss them.
Dr.. Hager said he thought it an
interesting talk and considered ii
understandable that Mr.. Danowsky
felt Mrs. Lewis could make worth
while appearance at Western.
Mrs. Lewis is said to be In New
York, where she went by plane
shortly after her talk to attend a
meeting OF the East and West Asso-
ciation, headed by Pearl Buck, the
novelist. Efforts to reach Mrs. Lewis
in New York were unsuccessful.
Husband Of Lecturer Lives Here.
Mrs. Lewis husband, James w.
Lewis, 1878 Irving street NV, stu
dent-veteran at George Washington
University and former clerk at the
American Embassy in MOSCOW. said
she had been making talks for the
association. He estimated she had
spoken about six times.
Mr.. Lewis was a cleark at the
American Embassy in Moscow from
June, 1897, until June, 1943. He was
asked to resign his job at that time
because he had married q foreign
girl, in accordance with regulations
which require Embassy staff mem
bers to resign If they marry foreign
ers. Two others were asked to re.
sign at the same time for similar
reasons, it was learned today.
Mrs. Lewis, he said, had to re-
nounce her Russian citizenship tc
leave the country. They arrived
here in October, 1943. Mr.. Lewis
later entered the Army and served
In Europe, receiving his discharge
IN December, 1945.
Mrs. Lewis Teaches Russian.
The following January he applied
for reinstatement with the State
Department, but the application was
rejected.
Mrs. Lewis has been teaching
Russian at the Good Neighbor
School, s22 Seventeenth street
NV, where 1t was said she is not
on the teaching schedule this week
Mr.. Lewis said he believed she still
would teach when there was work
for her.
Mr.. Danowsky said he heard Mrs
Lewis speak at Wilson Teachers
College last January and found her
stories Of life in Russia very inter-
esting. He then invited her to ad-
dress a student assembly at West
ern.
Spoke Before Educators.
II was reported at the teachers
college that she spoke there on the
subject. '"I Lived in Russia" at ar
"in-service institute" on Pacific re.
lations, attended by educators e1
the Washington area.
Her appearance was arranged b,
the Institute Of Pacific Relations, Il
was said. The institute is an or.
ganization which has been in exist.
ence more than 40 years for stud,
OF "the peoples Of the Pacific area.
AT the institute Office here, 1t wa.
said that Mrs. Lewis has no officia
connection with the organization.
Warned on Pacific Talk.
Mr.. Lewis said today he did mo-
know what to make of the result.
Of his wife's talk. He said that, ir
talking with her en- route to thu
airport after her speech, she did moi
mention having made any state.
ments of a political or comparative
nature.
He said, while his wife is not giver
to attempts to spread "prapaganda,
he had warned her before her tall
that 1t should be definitely not po.
htical" and there, should be s'nt
comparisons.
Mr.. Lewis explained that when 8
person is "foreign-born," thing.
they say sometimes take on addet
meaning.
In 1s45 the United States pos