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story to A. A. Berle, Assistant Sec.
retary Of State in 1899, and that
nothing was done about the men he
named.
Mr.. Berle, now New York attor-
ney. said he would confirm that he
had talked with Mr.. Chambers but
he refused to confirm Mr.. Cham.
bers' statement that nothing was
done about Communist infiltration
into the Government.
Meanwhile, it developed that the
committee Is having trouble locat.
ing some of its witnesses. Mr..
STRIPPING said a key witness has
gone into hiding in Washington
and several others are strictly un-
der cover" :. to avoid being served
with subpoenas. He said those be-
ing sought were aware the commit
tee was looking for them.
Berle May Be Called Later.
Acting Chairman Mundt of the
committee told reporters the COM
mittee may question Mr.. Berle
later.
First OF those named by Miss
Elizabeth T. Bentley as members Of
an espionage ring to take advantage
of the committees invitation to
ask for a prompt hearing to make
reply were DR.. and Mrs. Bella Gold
of Pittsburgh, Pa
Mr. Mundt said the committee
would hear DR.. and Mrs. Gold as
soon as possible.
Miss Bentley had named William
Gold and his wife, Sonia Gold, as
members of the ring. She Identifies
William Gold as being with the
Foreign Economic Administration
and his wife as a Treasury employe.
DR.. and Mrs. Gold, in a telegram
to the committee, said Miss Bent
ley's charges apparently were di-
rected against them and that the
charges were "shockingly and COM
pletely untrue.
They said they did not know Miss
Bentley They asked for an open
hearing as soon as possible at which
they could testify under oath to
thes'utter falsehood" of her charges.
Mr.. Witt. one of the group named
by Mr.. Chambers, said in New York
he had mo comment at this time"
on the charges.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Tuck Aids TeIegrophers
In Richmond Office Plea
by the Assoeioted Presi

BY the Assoeioted Press
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 4.-Gov.
Tuck yesterday added his support
to the effort of the Telegraph En-
ployes Union of Richmond in its
move to keep regional Office of
the Western Union Telegraph Co.
in Richmond.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, previously appealed to the
company not to carry out a pro-
jected transfer of the Richmond
Office to Charlotte, NC.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
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Spies
Continued From First Page.

'CO1Ibl1luCd T1oIll IL SU dsC,p
prepared an answer which he gave
to Mr.. Stone Mr.. Stripping said he
<believed Mr.. Stone is now connected
with the Voice of America.
|. Did Mr.. Patterson ask if you
were a member of the Communist
,party?" the witness was asked
No
Did Mr.. Currie?"
mo" replied the witness, adding
that all he had done was ask Mr..
Currie if he could get some one
from the War Department to make
an unbiased investigation of him.
The witness said he had also
asked C. B. Baldwin. whom he re-
ferred to as his boss at the Farm
Security Administration, to help
him get cleared. He said he had
known both Mr.. Currie and Mr..
Baldwin for a long time.
Position Called Different Now.
In repeated efforts to pin Silver
master down, committee members
asked why if he said the charges
made by Naval Intelligence were
false, why he should not say now
that he was not Communist.
: The witness replied that the cir
cumstances were different.
Representative Nixon, Republican,
of California, referred to Silver
masters statement in which he
called Miss Bentley ''neurotic liar. "
Mr.. Nixon wanted to know if he
meant that Miss Bentley's accusa-
, tion that he had a Photographic
studio in his basement was false.
The witness said he would not
answer the question. on the ground
it might incriminate him.
At one point in his testimony,
Silvermaster said he had answered
all the questions put to him by the
FBI when its agents investigated
him.
Not Under Oath Then.
But soon after that" he said,
Something else happened - the
grand jury in New York-and the
whole thing began to assume the
character of a conspiracy against
me. a frame-up."
Acting Chairman Mundt pointed
out to him that he had not answered
the FBI questions under oath.
Before Silvermaster left the stand,
Mr.. Mundt made a last effort to get
him to say, one way or another,
whether he had Photographic equip
ment in his basement. Mr. Mundt
told him that he must realize that
refusing TO answer before the COM
mittee, when the laws OF perjury
apply. puts you in very bad light y
Mr.. Mundt said the letter from
Mr.. Patterson. which testimony I'M
piled was to clear Silvermaster for
future employment, was written in
July, 1912. He refused to discuss
other provisions of the letter until
it is entered into the record
Kept on Job After Warning.
While Mr.. Russell was on the
stand, Representative Hebert, DEM
ocrat, of Louisiana, asked him:
Did the Civil Service Commission
write an order telling the Govern
ment not to hire Silvermaster be-
cause of information compiled by
its Investigators" Then after the
Civil Service Commission instructed
Government agencies not to hire
him, he went to Currie, who went to
Patterson, and then the bar waS
removed
That's right" Mr.. Russell re-
piled.
Mr.. Mundt said he wanted to
make clear after the ''inVcst-G.
agents of the Goverr7'e-t
Gated" SilveSmaster probably was c
Evening star., 1948-08-04

studies of the enemy's potential and
helped cut the flow of strategic ma
terials to Axis countries.
Il am proud that in all the posi-
tions which I have held in the Fed
eral Government, l have fought
consistently for the interests of the
American people as whole and
particularly of farm and industrial
labor" the witness declared. Il am
especially proud that during the war
I was able to strike effective blows
in the Government service at our
Fascist enemies"
He said he quit Government serv-
ice because of continual harassment
and since then had been investi-
gated by the FBI and the New
York grand jury.
Neither the FBI nor the New
York grand jury has taken any
action against me although they
heard the same witnesses as this
committee has produced and I am
certain thoroughly investigated the
charges made against me by Eliza
beth Bentley.
The charges made by Miss Bent
ley are false and fantastic. I can
only conclude that she is neurotic
liar. 1 am and have been a loyal
American citizen and was faith
full Government employe."
Asks Indictment or Clearance.
He termed the committees pro-
ceedings a continuation of his ha-
rassment, motivated py political
considera tions on the eve of a
presidential election.
IF I committed a crime, the
witness declared in his statement,
81 should be indicted and prose-
cuted in the courts. Without such
indictment and prosecution, my
reputation should not be smeared"
Before the committee heard Sill
vermaster, Mr.. Mundt told re-
porters there is nothing we
the moment to get at Soviet spying
The committee, Mr.. Mundt said,
plans to let its espionage cases "be
decided in the court OF public
opinion, to let the people determine
whether the committee is right or
Attorney General Tom Clark is
right"
All the committee can do, it's act
ing chairman said, is:
/. Expose, call attention of the
proper authorities to the spying.
write letters, make press statements
and try to needle Tom Clark into
action
2 See whether the testimony now
being obtained points toward a
stronger Mundt-Nixon bill to curb
communism when the next Congress
meets in January. The Mundt-
Nixon bill passed the House last
spring, but died in the Senate after
Mr.. Clark raised questions about its
constitutionality.
Thomas to Write Clark.
Chairman Thomas of the COM
mittee, however, wants action now.
His aides said he had notified them
that he plans to write Mr.. Clark
personally demanding a grand jury
investigation of espionage in Gov
ernment.
Mr.. Mundt said he believed Mr..
Clark would not fail to act if he
thought he had conclusive proof"
but might be reluctant about in
dieting high officials of his own ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1948-08-04

holds in the union of employees in
the distributive trades.
Mrs. Nicholson refused to answer.
That is violation Of my rights
under the First and Fifth Amend
ments to the Constitution she as
serted. The First Amedment guar
antees free speech and the Fifth
provides that no person shall be
a witness against himself.
Mr.. Kersten ordered her to
answer the question, saying she was
seeking to prevent any knowledge
of Burl Michelson's activities in the
distributive trades. She persisted
in her refusal and also refused to
answer question whether she had
conferred with Mr.. Nicholson in
formulation of union policies.
Mrs Nicholson made it clear she
believed questions about Communist
membership were questions about
political beliefs, and therefore not
proper.
You don't believe Congress has
a right to inquire whether a Com
munist is among officials of an
atomic energy plant?" Mr.. Kersten
asked.
I do not" Mrs. Nicholson ans
wered
Earlier Sam Kovenetsky. presi-
dent of the Macy local, had
answered the s64 question and said
he was not a Communist member,
but he had what apparently was
an uncomfortable time on the stand
and frequently conferred with Mr..
Shapiro.
Mr.. Kovenetsky held the consti-
tutions of the local and parent
unions provide that membership
is open to any employe without re-
ference to political or religious
belief. So long as member main
tains his standing by paying his
dues, there is no reason to chal-
lenge his membership, he said.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Leninqrud REBUILDING

MOSCOW (P. Leningrad will
have completely reconstructed war
damaged and destroyed housing by
the end of this year, says Tass, the
Soviet news agency. P. G. Lazutin,
chairman of the City Soviet, says
that during the war Leningrad as a
result of enemy action lost enough
housing for from 100000 to 100000
people according to accepted norms
OF housing occupancy in Europe.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Todoy's Pupils Unlikely to Share
Miss BentIey's Lack of History

Colleges, revealed every State bu
Colorado requires American his.
tory to be taught either in elemen.
tary or high school.
Thirty-f1ve State legislatures have
passed laws making the subjec'
mandatory in elementary school!
and 26 States have passed such law.
applicable to high school courses
The other States have introduced
the compulsory training by dictun
of departments of education.
Civics widely Taught"
Statistics are not so readily avail
able on civics. but education au-
thorities said the subject is widely
taught" in the ninth grade through
out the Nation, followed by supple
mentary problems courses" in the
twelfth grade.
Merrill F. Harshorn, executive Sec
retary of the MEAS National Coun-
ell for the Social Studies, said the
survey completed in 1914 found
sufficient time was being given to
the teaching of American history,
but it recommended stronger
courses.
It was shown the average stu
dent will receive two years of Amer
ican history, one in elementary
school and the other in high school
Another study showed that, in
1912, only 18 per cent of 800 colleges
and universities contacted required
American history for graduation
The report said it was significant
that 48 per cent of the teachers
colleges studied compelled such
courses.
In the same 800 colleges and uni
versities, 9.3 per cent of the stud
ents enrolled in history courses.
Strides Since World War I.
At least half of Miss Bentley's
elementary and high school educa-
ton came after World War I, when
the greatest strides in standardizing
and enforcing teaching of American
history were made.
However, even by 1904, as many
as 86 per cent of 160 high schools
sampled by experts offered the
course, and in 1916, it was shown,
95 per cent of 1872 schools polled
were making it available.
Howard r. Anderson, chief of
secondary schools Institutional prob
lens in the Office of education,
agreed that the average American
has an excellent chance of learning
what his country is all about.
His chance for that are much
better than for learning something
about Russia, for instance, because
only one student In three gets any
kind of foreign history, he said
Evening star., 1948-08-04

John Abt, former Agriculture
Adjustment Administration
counsel, was another named as
a member of the Communist
network by Whitaker Cham
bers, yesterdays witness be-
fore the House committee.
-AP Photos.
the rights of the under privileged
and all New Deal principles he
declared. Il have been constantly
harrassed by groundless accusations
of disloyalty"
He announced his refusal tt
testify further in the final para
graph of his 5O0-word statement;
an view of the continuance o-
the investigation by the New Yorl
grand jury and the fact that this
committee has indicated that it in.
tends to call for still another investi.
CATION before so-called blue rib
bon grand jury in the District O.
Columbia, l must protect mysel!
against this diabolical conspiracy.
Upon advice of my counsel
shall stand upon the constitutional
right of every American citizen anc
shall refuse to testify further or
matters relating to Miss Bentley'E
charges in the exercise of my con-
stitutional privilege against self
incrimination under the Fifth
Amendment"
Accompanied by Attorney.
The witness was accompanied tt
the hearing by his attorney, Davie
Rein, who said he was a member O.
the firm of Greenberg, Forer &
Rein, 1105. K street NV.
Silvermaster, whose se-croppec
brown hair is graying, spoke slowly
with faint accent.
He wanted to read his statement
Immediately and Acting Chairman
Mundt, after looking at the state
ment, agreed it was pertinent ano
could be read. Before starting the
statement, however, Silvermaste1
was asked questions about his
background and employment, which
he answered willingly.
He testified that he had been
born in Odessa, Russia, in 1905, had
come to this country in 1915
through the port of San. Francisco,
and was now living in Harvey c.
dars, N. j.
In Resettlement Agency.
He said he came to Washington
as labor economist in the Re-
settlement Administration in 1885
and three years lateH went to the
Maritime Labor Board.
He said he was director of the
Farm Security Administration S
labor division from 1889 to 1914
himself with the prob
lens of migratory farm workers be-
fore the war and transportation
difficulties because of farm labor
shortages during the war.
During this periods in 1912, the
witness said, he was detailed for a
few months to the Board of Eco
nomic Warfare. From 1914 to 1916
he went on, he was in the Office of
Surplus Property while it moved
from the Treasury Department to
the Commerce Department to the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. and
finally to the War Assets Admins
tration.
He was director of the Market
Research Division of WAA until he
quit in November, 1916, the witness
said. Right now, he said, he is self
employed as a builder in New Jer-
sey
In his prepared statement. he
said that during the war he directed
Evening star., 1948-08-04
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02
HAPPENINGS IN PIREWAY
BY Mrs. Olivia Harper

Mr.. and Mrs. Donnie Canady
had as their week end guest, Mr.,
and Mrs. Hubert Canady and
Major Canady of Tabor City and
Miss Bernice Canady of Whining
ton.
Mrs. Zula Stocks of Dulah
spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Macy Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Jacobs and
Ida Belle Long visited relatives in
Mollie Sunday evening.
-.::#
Velma Ray of Charlotte spent
the week end with her parens, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. c. Ray.
-.: s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Grice, Mr..
and Mrs. Billy Grice and Mrs.
Lula Long visited relatives in Ma
kina Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Arm
strong and children of Fayette-
vile spent the week end with Mr..
and Mrs. Harley Jenrette.
$.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Long and
Mrs. Olivia Harper made Il bust
ness trip to Loris and Tabor City
Friday.
Ike Long was Il Nakina visitor
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Effie Hewett was in
Whiteville Wednesday on business.
So: S.
Mr.. and Mr.. George Sing and
Melvin Long made business trip
to Whiteville Thursday.
-ss:.; S.
Joe Stanley made business
trip to Tabor City and Whiteville
on Friday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

Mrs. Pearl Buck and children
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mr..
Ernest Smith.
Mrs. Cora Puckette spent Sum
day with her daughter, Mrs.
Bertha Jenrette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barcie Benton of
Nakina visited Mr.. Benton's mo-
Their, Mrs. Martie Benton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Jacobs spent
Sunday with Mr.. Jacobs parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood Smith.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

VISIT HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Martin Jr.
and son, Dan, of Raleigh spent
the latter part of last week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
McGougan.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

VACATIONING AT BEACH
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Rogers Jr.
and family are vacationing this
week and next at Ocean Drive.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

AT BEACH
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F., Hughes and
Mrs. j. L. Roberts of Chapel Hill
spent last week end at Ocean
Drive.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02
At BEACH

Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Jsssup AMI
children, Caroline, Bud and Scar
let, are spending two weeks at
Ocean Drive. Miss Pickett Wal
den was their week end guest.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

FLORENCE VISITORS
Mrs. Sam Jackson and Caroline
and Sam Jackson Jr., were Flo
renee visitors Tuesday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02
RETURNS HOME

RETURNS HOME
Mrs. B. E. Hughes visited her
daughter, Mrs. James Peasants,
and the Pleasant family in Virgil
lima. Va, last week. She was &C.
companied home by her grandson,
Jimmy Hughes Peasants, who
plans to visit his grandparents
this week.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

HOME AGAIN
Lewis Skies and Bobby Rogers
returned this week from Romeo
verte. West Virginia where they
visited friends.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02
HERE

EXPECTED HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. James Richie and
daughter, Dianne, of Petersburg,
Va, are expected to arrive in
Tabor City this week end to spend
the fourth of July. Mrs. Richie
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
E. Walden.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02

BEACH VACATION
Mr.. and Mrs. C. &C. Westmore-
land and daughters, Martha Helen
and Francis Ann, are spending
this week at the Bell cottage at
Crescent Beach.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-07-02
IN HOSPITAL

IN HOSPITAL
-s
Mrs. Billy Dorman is patient
at James Walker Hospital in Will
mington where she underwent an
operation last week.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-21

It provides direct citizen
aid which is administered carefully
with experienced personnel on the
scene personnel which cuts red
tape and is free from many of the
rules, regulations and restrictions
which a government necessarily
must employ. AS a matter of fact,
when the European recovery plan
was first drawn up, it was contem-
plated that voluntary private aid
would supplement it.
AS an example of the type of thing
Crusade for Children is designed to
further: In Europe at present, there
are some $4,000 distributing points,
such as schools, child clinics and
hospitals serviced by the Interna-
tional Children's Emergency Fund
of the United Nations.
At schools and child centers, par
ticularly through dried milk, ICEF
makes supplementary contribu-
tion to the noon meal, which costs
the fund about three and a half
cents per child. The entire meal
Arizona sun., 1948-05-21

your help. To make that help effec-
tive the many humanitarian organl-
cations which seek to save as many
young lives as possible have been
merged into one great Crusade for
Children. Local groups are organlz-
ing in the cities. In the rural dis
tricts, the Farm Grange, Farm Bu-
reau federation, Farmers Union,
Council for Farm Cooperatives, us.
department of agriculture and other
groups are furthering the movement.
To anyone who has seen this tor
tured young generation, the effect
is as staggering as the sight of a
battlefield. To a young soldier,
there is no shock like the sight of
your first dead comrade. That still
form, wearing the same uniform
you wear, lying crushed against
the earth. To me, the shock of the
sight Of European children moving
with the shadow of a living death
upon them was a terrible thing too.
can remember getting off train
in what once had been one Of the
great railway stations of Europe
rubble ground into black mud, the
ghastly smell of those buried deep
under the foundations of ruined
homes and shelters. Military police,
hardened to the sights around them,
walked back and forth. In the sin
lister shadows of the ruins the ghost
ly movement of little wraiths slip
ping in and out of sight, bent on any
mission, no matter how fair or foul,
that would win some chocolate, a
piece of yK-ration, a cigarette that
might be traded for some bit Of food.
No matter what the sins of the
fathers, they could not be great
enough to justify the punishment
inflicted on these children. There
is only one way their bodies and
their souls can be saved. That is
through the groups which are sup
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until economic life is restored to a
degree of normalcy when society
can be rebuilt, broken homes
mended and the institutions which
can care for the homeless put into
operation as a part Of a healthy
community existence.
Government aid, like E.C.A., can
not establish direct contact with the
Individual. 1t is a matter of ar
rangements drawn up between ma
tions. 1t means dollar credits which
make it possible for the receiving
nations to buy supplies.
Some of this money, Of course,
goes into food. But it takes time for
the machinery to get into operation,
and even after it is in operation, it
is inadequate to satisfy the needs Of
the whole people. Much of the as
sistance goes into material things
such as the reconstruction of fac
tories, replacement and moderniza-
ton of tools, machinery and agri-
cultural supplies.
Frequently, supplies of such SIM
pie things as rakes and shovels are