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Duggon
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that he passed out Government
secrets to ex-Comnunist Courier
Whitaker Chambers.
Mr.. Mundt said Mr. Duggan, who
was an adviser to former Secretary
of State Cordell Hull, was named by
Isaac Don Levine, editor of the anti
Communist magazine Plain Talk, in
testimony on December 8.
In a partial transcript of Mr..
Levine's testimony. released by Mr..
Mundt, the witness said Mr.. Cham
bers had told former Assistant Sec
retary of State Adolf A. Berle, jr.,
that Mr.. Duggan was one of six
persons in the State Department
who allegedly had funneled out con-
fidential information at various
times
Planned to Question Duggan.
Mr.. Mundt, who revealed the
transcript a few hours after Mf.
Duggan's death, said "the testimony
should speak for itself"
The congressional committee had
planned to question Mr.. Duggan,
Mr.. Mundt said, but had refrained
from calling him because it believed
the grand jury In New York planned
to call him in its twin investigation
of espionage. Mr.. Mhndt did not
mention the time of any possible
grand jury appearance by Mr.. Dug
gan.
Special Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Thomas j. Donegan, in charge
Of the special grand jury, said Mr..
Duggan was not subpoenaed by
the panel and never had appeared
before the current grand jury or
its predecessor.
| He refused to say, however
whether Mr.. Duggan would have
been called before the jury had he
lived. He also refused to say
whether any Federal agency had
contacted Mr.. Duggan yesterday.
Mr.. Duggan is dead" he said
"and is not here to give his side
Of the case"
Donald J. Shank, vice president
Of the institute, described Mr.. Dug
gan as "a very tired man and i'll
for some time"
Operated on Last Month.
Mr.. Shank said Mr.. Duggan had
undergone an operation last month
for removal Of a spinal disc and
that he suffered from a severe cold
last week. He seemed perfectly
normal all day" yesterday, Mr..
Shank added.
Mr.. Duggan apparently was alone
in the Office of the Institute of In
ternational Education at 2 West
Forty-fifth street when he plunged
to the sidewalk just of Fifth avenue
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Dutch Think Campaign
Moy Toke Six Months

THE HAGUE. the Netherlands,
Dec. 81 (P).-A Dutch military
spokesman said today it might take
six months to complete military
operations in Indonesian Repub-
lican territory.
The spokesman said he was Civ
ing "a rough estimate" of the time
it would take to clear out the most
important guerrilla formations and
pacify the territory.
After that time, he said, there
may still be bands operating but
not very important ones"
The three-fold strategy of the
Dutch operations, the spokesman
said, is aimed at:
/. Capture of important1renters,
thus depriving Republican units of
their connections.
2. Surrounding of the most i'm
portant Republican formations
maSsed in various sectors along the
truce lines and reportedly prepared
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o and
in
Us
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Hearing IsCa||ed Here
On Bay Target Areas

Army Engineers today announced
plans for a public hearing here at
1870 pm. January on new pro-
posals of the Navy for setting up
bombing practice areas on Chesa-
peake Bay.
The hearing will be held in the
cafeteria building of the District
Engineers Office, First and Douglas
streets NV.
Two small areas south of Cedar
Point for "infrequent target prac-
tice" are proposed by the Patuxent
Naval Air Station, the notice OF
hearing disclosed. The Navy said
no live bombs would be dropped in
the areas.
Last month the Navy sought to
set aside a much larger area in the
Chesapeake, but after numerous
protests from yachtsmen and ship
ping interests, the Navy modified its
plans.
The engineers requested that all
important facts and arguments in
connection with the hearing be SUBJ
mitted in writing.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Australia to Ask u. N.
To, Order Ceose-Fire

CANBERRA, Australia. Dec. 81
tP,.-Prime Minister Joseph B
Chif1ey said today that Australia
will ask the United Nations Security
Council to order an immediate cease
fire in IndoneSia.
! He said Australia also will seek
return of Dutch forces to previous
demarcation lines and action by
military observers on the U. N
Good Offices Committee to prevent
reprisals or executions.
The Prime Minister made the an.
nouncement in q statement issued
after a meeting of the Australian
cabinet. Mr.. Chifley is acting min
ister of external (foreign) affairs
until the return of DR.. Herbert v
Evstt from the United Nations.
Mr.. Chifley said the Security
Council could enforce a cease-firt
order in Indonesia by economic o.
other sanctions.
He announced Australian rep.
resentatives in Paris have beer
instructed to discuss with other
members Of the Security Council
particularly Britain and the United
States, what future steps should be
taken to settle the dispute,
Evening star., 1948-12-21

dead Indonesians along the road
side.
DR.. Earle said the fall of the first
Dutch bomb at the airport at dawn
Sunday caused no alarm in the cap
ital because the Republican army
previously announced it was carry
ing out maneuvers in the area"
But Indonesians soon learned the
truth, saying:
There are too many planes and
they are staying too long to be
ours"
Newsmen Banned.
Both foreign and Dutch newsmen
still were banned from operational
areas. Censorship regularly allows
no military news, except that con-
tained in Dutch communicates, to be
transmitted.
The political censorship is turn
ing down most stories based on opin-
ion and evaluations of what is hap
pening.
The Dutch banned two publica-
tions in Medan, on the northeast
coast of Sumatra. These were the
pro-Republican Indonesian daily
Warta Bertha and the weekly news
magazine Waktoe.
With only Communists dissenting
the lower house of the Dutch Parlia-
ment voted, 88 to 8, last night to
back the Indonesian policy of Pre-
mier Willem Drees. The chamber
thus defeated a Communist motion
to cease hoStilities Immediately"
Mr.. Drees charged yesterday that
Republican troops were infiltrating
other territories of the island and
preparing for large-scale action by
January /.
The Dutch told the Security Coun-
Gil in Paris yesterday mo interven-
ton on the part of international
organizations or Of friendly powers
can be- of further assistance"
The international reaction broad
ened.
vladimir Linetsky, q Moscow radio
commentator, declared the Dutch
were preparing for the destruction
of the Indonesian Republic with the
blessing of the U. N. Good Offices
Committee.
The pro-government Buenos Aires
newspaper Critica said the Dutch
action ''is inconceivable aggression.
! Anti-Dutch feelings stirred in the
Philippines. President Quirino Or
dered a memorandum prepared on
the background Of the action. Stu
dents at the University of the Phil
ippines led a boycott against the
farewell recital of the Dutch pianist
+ George van Renesse.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
:3ayre and Secretary
Appear 10 Testify at
Jury Probe Of Spies
BY the Asseeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-Former As
sistant Secretary of State, Francis
B. Sayre appeared today to testify
before the special hunting Fed
eral grand jury.
Mr.. Sayre, ex-State Department
boss of the indicted Alger Hiss, re-
fused comment to newsmen. He was
accompanied by his secretary, Miss
Anne Belle Newcomb.
Both were subpoenaed to testify
before the panel when they arrived
from Europe Sunday.
They are to appear tomorrow at a
secret session of the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activities in
Washington.
Pledges Aid in Probe.
Mr.. Sayre. who now is a United
Nations delegate, has promised to do
all in his power to aid In the in
veStigation.
Mr.. Hiss was indicted on perjury
charges on the ground that he lied
when he denied before a Federal
grand jury that he gave Govern
ment secrets to ex-CommuniSt
Courier Whitaker Chambers.
The grand jury yesterday heard
william Ward Pigman and his
brother George. both former en-
ployes Of the National Bureau OF
Standards. Mr.. Chambers waited
outside the jury room but was not
recalled.
Doesn't Know Sayre.
Newsmen asked Mr.. Chambers II
he knew Mr.. Sayre, and he replied
Il never laid eyes on him" Mr.
Chambers said Miss Newcomb' S
name means nothing to me-"
Mr.. Chambers charges that Mr..
Hiss fed him secrets about 10 years
ago. Representative Mundt, Repub-
ican. Of South Dakota, acting
chairman of the House committee,
has said that apparently only four
persons-Mr. Sayre, Mr.. Hiss and
their secretaries-had Official ac-
cess" to the documents which Mr.
Chambers mentioned.
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Mr.. Mundt: May interrupt TO
ask, disclosed in what connection2"
Six Names Mentioned.
Mr.. Levine: In connection with
the transmission of papers which
Mr.. Chambers had-well-which
Mr.. Chambers was covering. He
was covering the State Department
and those were six names in the
State Department that he men
toned as having at different times
passed confidential information
along"
There were questions about the
institute headed by Mr.. Duggan..
and then Mr.. Mundt asked Mr.. Le-
vine: Have you any information
now on your own, apart from what
Mr.. Chambers told you, which
might shed any light on the activi-
ties of Mr.. Duggan?"
mo, wouldn't say so," Mr.. Le-
vine replied.
Mr.. Duggan was a native Of New
York City and at the time of his
death a resident of 46 Walworth
avenue. Scarsdale, N. Y, metro
politan suburb.
A son of Stephen Pierce Duggan
and Sarah Elsesser Duggan, he was
graduated from Phillips Exeter
Academy and Harvard.
He was chief of the Division Of
American Republics in the State
Department from 1885 to 1914, and
an assistant diplomatic adviser to
the United Nations Relief and Re.
habilitation Administration in 1914.
From 1927 to 1929 he had been
stock clerk and salesman for
Harper Bros, the book firm, and in
1929 joined the Institute Of Inter-
national Education.
Mr.. Duggan served as an adviser
at several International conferences,
among them the 1888 Conference
OF American States at Lima. Peru.
and the 1910 meeting of foreign
ministers of American republics at
Havana. Cuba.
He was chairman Of the United
States delegation to the Inter-
American Travel Congress in San
Francisco in 1889, and was named
an adviser on political relations In
the State Department in October,
1910.
In addition to Mr.. Dugganb
father. founders Of the Institute Of
intern ational Education included
the late Columbia University presi-
dent, DR.. Nicholas Murray Butter,
and the late diplomat, Elihu Root.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Indonesiu
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! apore quoted a clandestine Re-
publican broadcast as saying
heavy fighting has sbroken out in
Jogjakarta, in which So Dutch
/ parachute troopers were killed"
Armed revolts against the Dutch
were reported to have f1ared at
dozen places in Java. The broad
cast said Republican guerrillas
recaptured Kebangjan. There
was no intimation Of such
actions in the Dutch-censored
dispatches from BataviaD
=, The bulletin announcing capture
of Kalioerang, seat of the U. N
Good Offices Committee, made NJ
mention of the 1S U. N. personnel.
The Dutch landing at Bagan STA.
piapi extended their advance ir
Sumatra 100 miles southeastware
along the coast, and gave the Dutch
access to rich rubber and palm OF
plantation territory.
Republican Port Seized.
! A Netherlands communique an.
nounced Dutch marines have seizec
Toeban. a Republican port on the
north shore of the island. and moved
to the outskirts of Boojonegoro, a
highway center Is miles to the
southwest.
/ Dutch troops. 1t said, captured
Pati, on the coastal railway rs miles
west of Toeban, and Bojolali, inland
gateway to Soerakarta, the Repub-
lies second city.
President Soekarno, his major
ministers and his military COM
mander in chief, Gen. Soederiman
are in Dutch custody.
! The Dutch struck across Repub-
lican demarcation lines in both Java
and Sumatra, after announcing Sat-
urday that they would set up a
federal interim regime for 1ndo-
nesia the Netherlands East In
dieS) without the republic.
Council Asks Report.
The announcement of the capture
of Patti was the first indication that
Dutch troops were operating in that
area. which is 80 miles northeast
of the old line separating Dutch
ruled and Republican territory.
Bojolali is on the main road
south toward Jogpakarta. Soera-
karta lies Is miles east Of Bojolali.
A spokesman for the U. N. Gooe
Off1ces Committee said the Securit,
Council has asked the committe,
to report on the military situation
He said the chairman, Merle Coch.
ran Of the United States, was ex.
pected to take up the matter today
(Mr. Cochran cabled the Securit,
County yesterday that the Dutch
/, violated an 11-month-old true,
agreement in attacking the Re.
public)
A first-hand account Of the at.
tack on Jogjakarta came from DR.
Frieda Earle of Greenville. S. c.
a geographer engaged in research
work in Java. She was flown tt
Batavia by the Dutch.
En- route to the Jogjakarta air.
port, she said, she saw numerous
bullet holes in houses and several
Evening star., 1948-12-21

at 7 p.m., police said. No witness tt
his fall could be found. No note wa.
left, and there was no sign of {
struggle in the Office. detectives re.
ported.
Mr.. Duggan's widow, Helen, was
quoted by Detective James Pritcharc
as saying her husband underwent
an operation on his back last fall
and apparently had recovered fully
Mr.. Duggan had on one galosh
when his body was found. The Other
was in his Office, along with his hat
and coat.
Scoffed at Accusations.
Mrs. Duggan denied completely
and totally" that her husband knew
MIR. Chambers, supplied him re-
stricted information or in any way
violated his status as a loyal Amer
ican citizen.
She said she and her husband
both knew before last night that
Mr.. Duggan's name had been in
volved in proceedings before the
Un-American Activities Committee.
I'VE just Scoffed at the, whole
thing" she declared.
Mr.. Hiss, informed Of Duggan's
death, said he was q victim of
persecution"
Mr.. Hiss said Mr.. Duggan had
been a very good friend and was
IAN honest, straightforward person"
Levine's Testimony Revealed.
Mr.. Levines secret testimony
about Mr.. Duggan, according to Mr..
Mundt, was briefly this:
Mr.. Levine became acquainted with
Mr.. Chambers in the spring of 1899,
when Mr.. Chambers showed him an
article describing the workings OF
Soviet spies in this country. After
Hitler and Stain signed their pact
in that year, Mr.. Levine persuaded
Mr.. Chambers to go to Government
officials and tell them allshe knew
about espionage A meeting of Mr.
Berle and Mr.. Chambers then wa
arranged.
| At the secret session Of the Hous
committee on December 8. Repre-
sentative Mundt told Mr.. Levine:
"Ths purpose of this executiv,
meeting here following your public
testimony is simply to enable you tt
give the committee all the names
and all the leads that you can supply
that you feel might lead to infor.
nation which would be helpful In
trying to get to the culprit or cul-
prits involved in this espionage case
the theft and disclosure of State
Department records"
Mr.. Levine replied: THE six
names in the State Department that
were disclosed in the course of that
evening in Mr.. Berle's house were
as follows: Laurence Duggan ="
(The committee did not disclose the
names of the other five individuals. }
Evening star., 1948-12-21
U. 5. Gives Up Hope
OF Getting Dutch 10
End Indonesia Fight
BY the Associofsd Press

PARIS, Dec. 21.-An American
spokesman said today the United
States has given up hope of getting
Dutch troops to withdraw to lines
held before the current police ac-
ton" against the Republic of In
donesia.
The spokesman, a press officer of
the American delegation to the
United Nations Security Council,
said an American resolution to the
Council tomorrow will contain little
else than a demand for a cease-fire,
because most other nations on the
Council would not back the plan for
withdrawal of troops.
May Accept Cease-Fire.
A Dutch spokesman said the
Netherlands might accept cease
fire if the main Dutch army action
in Java and Sumatra appeared to be
over by tomorrow, but he added:
"Of course that would apply to
large movements. 1t would be too
much to expect us not to reply to
guerrilla actions. In any case we
should probably have to consult The
Hague on the military situation. A
great deal also depends QnAthe word
ing-whether 1t offers anything
constructive"
ANY order to withdraw to old
lines. the Dutch spokesman said,
would mot be practical and would
bring chaos
In The Hague a military spokss-
man said it might take six months
to complete Dutch military opera
tions in the Indonesian Republic
territory and clear out important
guerrilla formations.
The American spokesman said the
United States wanted strong reso-
luton which might have included a
condemnation of the Dutch as ag-
gressors. When the United States
draft was sent to other delegations
it got little support, he said.
Australia's delegate is expected to
denounce the Dutch action to the
Security Council. Russia, too, Is ex-
pected to condemn the Dutch, but
otherwise the Indonesian republic
seemed to have few fast friends
in the Council The Belgian dele
CATION especially is understood to
be playing the role of friendly
.reighbor to the Netherlands. Fer
nand van Langehove Of Belgium is
president of the Security Council
this month.
The Dutch replied to criticism of
their Indonesia policy by the U. N.
Good Offices Committee in Indo-
nesia.' The Dutch government said
it considered unfounded a commit
tee statement that the Dutch action
could lead only to general unrest
and hostilities on a large scale.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
WeIles Describes Duggon
As Brilliant and Patriotic
BY the Associated Press

Sumner Welles. former Undersee-
retary Of State said today that
Laurence Duggan was one of the
most devoted and most patriotic
public servants" he has known.
Mr.. Dusgan, 43, plunged to hs
death last night from a 16th-stoYy
window at a New York office build.
ing.
Mr. Welles issued this Statement:
Laurence Duggan was for 10 years
one Of my closest associates in the
Department Of State. As chief Of
the Division of American Republics
and later as political adviser on
inter-American relations, he rem.
|dered eutstandingly able service to
the United States and to the cause
Of hemisphere friendship and soli-
darity."
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Town Of Bethlehem, Nd.
Has Own (EIectric) Stur
BY the Associated Press

THN NSSOCIOTeC FTeSS
BETHLEHEM, Md, Dec. al
Reminiscent of the first Christmas
at the original Bethlehem, this lit
tie town Is lying beneath a star.
It is an electric one, about 40
feet across, and was suspended over
the village square by the towns
people. 1t can be seen for about
2 miles.
Evening star., 1948-12-21

toned in closed session before open
hearings so that persons who might
be innocent would not be subjected
to surprise accusations.
3. Accused persons should be
heard, if they wish. by the commit
tee before committee report is
issued.
4. Subcommittee would not issue
reports until approved by the full
committee.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Foirer and Broader Probe
Promised by House Group

The House Committee on Un-
American Activities worked today
on,a report to Congress and the
American people" promising fairer
hearing procedures and broader
investigation to expose espionage
In tine Government.
With no further public hearings
planned for the rest of this year,
the committee tomorrow will ques-
tion former Ass sUtant Secretary OF
State Francis B. Sayre and Miss
Anna Belle Newcomb in closed ses-
sion.
At private, off -the-record inter-
views, individual members may talk
later with Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley
and one or two others of the eight
key witnesses it had hoped to ques-
ton further in connection with the
Hiss-Chambers case.
Agreement on Witnesses.
At the request Of the Justice De-
partment the committee yesterday
dropped plans to hear Whitaker
Chambers, prewar Communist cour-
Ter: Mrs. Alger Hiss, Donald Hiss,
William Ward Pigman, Henry Julian
Wadleigh, Franklin Victor Reno and
Mrs. Hedda Gompers.
Acting Chairman Mundt, after a
conference with Assistant Attorney
General Alexander M. Campbell and
United State Attorney George Nor
ris Fay, said the committee and the
Justice Department came to COM
piete agreement" concerning the
witnesses. None will be brought be-
fore the committee in formal session
II needed for the prosecution of Al
ger Hiss, former State Department
official accused by Mr.. Chambers of
having given him Government Sc
crets before the War, Mr.. Mundt
explained.
Mr.. Hiss is scheduled to go on
trial in New York next month on
charges that he committed perjury
before a grand jury investigating
the Chambers story.
Will Interview Others.
AS for the eight other witnesses
the committee hoped to question at
this time, Mr.. Mundt declared: I'VE
plan to question them eventually.
Meanwhile. the committee expects
to interview one or two in addi-
ton to Miss Bentley. We want to
follow up some leads developed
from other witnesses and fill in
some Of the gaps in the testimony
to date"
The two persons the committee
may interview, it was learned, are
Mr.. Reno and Mrs. Gompers. Mem
bers said they want to ask Mr.
Reno about evidence that military
secrets were stolen from the Army's
proving ground at Aberdeen, Nd.
Mrs. Gompers was described as a
former Communist who "disavowed
such activity years ago."
Mr.. Mundt listed the following
-FOUR main changes he would like to
see recommended in the report:
l. Witnesses should be permitted
to submit a list of questions which
the chairman would ask of accusers
or other witnesses at hearings.
2. All witnesses should be oues-
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49, - a52 A6H ElQ1 aIlRiTO 3 U.s.

A spicy cooky put into the cooky
jar with a plain vanilla wafer will
ruin both. Fill the jar with one
kind and use another jar for other
cookies.
A brilliant polish can be given
to cleaned glass such as mirrors,
picture glass or door glass by rub
bing with a lintless cloth which has
been dampened with cold vinegar
For a flash of color with your
skirt and blouse or wool dress try
the new vogue-a thin wool scarf
with fringed ends used as sash.
A noted authority on flowers and
flower arrangement advises the
use of glass or white pottery vases
or bowls as these 60 well with the
colors of all flowers and the decor
alive colors in all rooms. Vases of
decided color, unless bought espe-
cially to go with a particular color
scheme or period room, distract
attention from their contents.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-02
Farmers Produce Practically
All Margarine Materials

Farmers in all but four of our
48 states--Maine, New Hampshire,
Nevada and Rhode Island - now
produce practically all the mate
rial that goes into our annual pro-
duction of over six hundred mil
lion pounds of margarine.
In 1916, we produced 572, 537, $3.50
pounds of margarine in which we
used 222,830,000 pounds Of cotton
seed oil; 2O6, 900 pounds of soy
bean oil; 13,794,000 pounds of pea
nut oil and 6,589,000 pounds of
corn oil.
In addition to this, margarine
contains about 16 per cent cultured
pasteurized skim milk, one to one
and a half per cent of skim milk
solid, three per cent of salt and
one per cent vitamins and other
ingredients, all of which are pro-
duced in the United States.-Adv.
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Sagging floors often are caused
by wood shrinkage or the warping
of a joist. A fairly satisfactory
correction can be made by driving
wedges between the top of the joist
and the floor. Rubber wedges cut
from an old automobile tire often
will reduce the creaking.
After washing your face with
warm water and rinsing with cold,
pat on witch hazel. This will close
pores and make your skin smooth
and soft.
When removing a frock, place
it on a hanger Immediately and
hang it in the air so that it may be
thoroughly dried out. A fragrantly
scented sachet hung inside the
dress will leave its essence with
your garment as it dries.