Evening star., 1948-01-04

the U. N. that will avoid any more
he past two weeks has smoothed out
the department and produced agree
U. N. after consultation with the
United States"
Mr.. Lies protest in the Kyriazidsa
and Hasan cases was based on Sec
ton Is (b) which stipulates that no
proceedings shall be instituted to
require any Of the persons covered
by section II to leave the United
States except after consultation
with the u. N.
Section s Of the congressional
resolution approving the agreement
expressly declares that nothing In
the agreement shall be construed
as in any way diminishing, abridg-
ing or weakening the right OF the
United States to safeguard its own
security and completely to control
the entrance Of aliens into any ter
ritory of the United States other
than the headquarters district and
its immediate vicinity =. and such
areas as 1t Is reasonably necessary
to traverse in transit between the
same and foreign countries"
Experts on the subject contend
that the United States has yielded
up its sovereign power to exclude
and deport aliens only to the extent
that 1t cannot refuse an alien
properly accredited by the y. N. q
visa permitting him access to the
q. N. headquarters district, except
on national security grounds. Pro-
visions Of the general immigration
laws which do not relate to national
security could not be applied In
such cases. However, this Govern
ment has reserved the right to re-
strict to the U. N. district and It's
immediate vicinity the activities OF
any alien who would be inadmissible
to this country under the immigra-
ton laws. This restriction has beer
applied to some Communist news
papermen from Europe.
Newsmen Not Excepted
Under a provision of the imni-
grafton laws excluding aliens who
are members of any organization
advocating overthrow of the Gov
ernment of the United States by
force, Communists generally are re-
fused visas. This is a mandatory
provision, with no exceptions In the
law for newspapermen.
Thus any controversy over re-
strictions put about entrance OF
foreign Communist newspaper cor
respondents goes back TO the i'm
migration laws. There is no cam
paign against Communist news
papermen as such. The New York
Daily Worker, leading Communist
newspaper in this country, has two
reporters accredited by the con-
gressional press gallery. Tass, Soviet
news agency, has five persons with
such accreditation here.
The only way alien Communists
can come into the United States
legally without q special exception
by the Attorney General is on dip.
lomatic or Official passports of the
Soviet Union or other foreign power
or as q U. N. delegate, official OF
correspondent. And in the latter
case he is entitled only to q limited
visa giving him the right Of tran.
sit" to the U. N. headquarters dis.
trict.
In the case of Kyriazides, the
State Department charges he with.
held information that he was 8
Communist when he applied ir
Geneva for q visa to come here
as a U. N. correspondent. He wa,
given a visitors visa with no re.
strictions on his movements. HI
was not bothered so long as HI
worked at U. N. as the correspond.
ent for two Communist newspaper!
in Athens. The Greek government
closed those two papers October 18
The State Department considers
that he ceased being a bona fide
journalist, entitled to any privilege!
under the U. N. agreement, on thai
date.
). When Justice Department agent!
finally started after Kyriazides
they had a hard time finding him
He did not appear to be ACTIVE
about U. N. headquarters. He wa!
arrested only after q watch hae
been kept on his post office box fol
five days. Only after his arrest
the State Department said, was II
informed that the U. N. had issued
him new credentials on October q
as the correspondent for a weekly
paper in Cyprus. The department
said this paper was so small al
to be unable to pay Kyriazides
more than a fraction of what h.
would need to support himself Al
a bona-fide journalist.
Hasan entered this country as 9
student. The State Department
said it learned with surprise" after
his arrest that the U. N. had &C.
credited him months ago as a cor.
respondent for a Communist paper
in India.
One Case Dropped
After Mr.. Lies protest, the Hasar
case has been dropped on his agree.
ment to leave the country volun.
tarily this month. The Kyriazides
hearing was postponed pending
Qualification of the controversy be.
tween the q. N. and the State De.
partment.
Some officials in the department
concerned primarily with maintain.
ing smooth relations with U. N.
were said to have urged at first