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ton. visited San Francisco a few
days later, went to Nelson's home
and paid the latter 40 bills
of unknown denominations" the
committee said.
Report on Identity.
The report continued:
Regarding the identity of the
scientist as the person who
furnished information concerning
the atomic bomb to Steve Nelson
in March, 1943, the following is
an extract from testimony given to
the committee during the month
Of August, 1949, by James Sterling
Murray, presently assistant to the
president of the Lindsay Light &
Chemical Co., West Chicago, H.,
and formerly officer in charge of
security and intelligence in the
San Francisco (Calf) area for
the Manhattan Engineering Dis
trict, which was the division of
the United States Army charged
with the development and produc-
ton of the atomic bomb.
"'Mr. Murray-A highly conf
dental informant informed our
office that an unidentified scien-
tist at the radiation laboratories
had disclosed certain secret infor-
nation about the Manhattan En-
gineering Project to a member of
the Communist Party in San
Francisco, and this confidential
informant went on to say that
such information was transmitted
to the Russian Consulate in San
Francisco and later was on it's way
to We ~hington, D. c., and later
ouS of the county IL diplomatic
pouch. This was the only allega-
ton we had to begin with, but
through information which the
confidential informant was able to
supply us on the background of
the particular scientist, we finally
narrowed it down and definitely
fixed the scientist as Weinberg
Mr.. Murray also testified that
ne and Agents Harold Zindle and
George Rathman watched a meet
ing in DR.. Weinberg's home at
Berkeley from the roof of the
apartment next door.
He said Nelson and Bernadette
Doyle came to the meeting on
August IL, 1943. Also sitting
Evening star., 1949-09-30
D. Budget
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renewal, occupy 26 cases which
cost about $3.700 when installed
in 1910. Mr.. Dent pointed out
there is not enough floor space
for more cases.
Held to Be Minimum.
He said his total budget esti.
mate for next year is considered
the minimum necessary for ad-
ministration Of the work of as
sessing, billing and determinine
approximately $78. 1902 900 in taxes
on real estate, personal property
income, estate and inheritance
vaults. special assessments and
sales and use tax.
Collector Of Taxes Guy w. Pear.
son is asking six additional EN-.
ployes for the new cigarette tar
unit and six more to maintain
collections Of coins from about
! 500 additional parking meters
To be installed this year. the addi-
tions would bring the total to 4 ,70t
by July /, 1850. He pointed out
that 3.078 meters yielded $218. 1916
In fiscal 1949.
The tax collector asked . tota.
budget Of $407.s .s99.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
G. o. P. Chief Says Truman
Promised Moon in Speech

Commenting on President Tru.
mans Kansas City address, Re.
publican National Chairman Guy
George Gabrielson said today
that "Mr. Truman's speech to his
alma mater-the Tom Pender.
gast School of Political Corrup.
tion-was another example Of the
Administrators favorite tech.
nique Of promising the moon ane
not worrying about how to keer
the promises"
Everyone, I am sure" Mr.
Gabrielson said, would be de-
lighted to have his income doubled
as the President promised-pro.
vided the value of the dollar he
received remained the same. The
dif1culty is, however, that already
after several years of treatment
by his corps Of medicine men, the
value Of the dollar today is at least
rs per cent less than it was wher
Mr.. Truman became President.
Mr.. Gabrielson predicted Re.
Evening star., 1949-09-30

When the committee brought the
two face to face last April rs. DR..
Weinberg said he never had seen
Nelson. while Nelson refused to
say whether he knew DR.. Weinberg
on the ground OF possible self
incrimination.
The committee quoted numerous
intelligence reports" on DR.. Wein-
berg's connection with Nelson and
other members of the alleged
Communist ring at the laboratory.
The report devoted much space
to detailing the career of Nelson,
Evening star., 1949-09-30

around the dining room table, he
said. were Giovanni Rossi Lom-
anitz, David Bohm, Irving David
Fox and Max Friedman, all en-
ployes of the laboratory.
Identified by Others.
In addition to the identification
mentioned above" the committee
added, "it should be pointed out
that a number of persons who were
engage in the investigation of the
Scientist x case have been inter-
rogated by the committee, or its
staff, and the Identification made
by witness Murray has been con-
CURED in by these other persons. 7"
Both Nelson and DR.. Weinberg
have denied the espionage charges.
Evening star., 1949-09-30

publican victory in the congress
sional election next year and in
the presidential election in 1852.
He predicted. too. that the country
would move along better as soon
as I'VE get the present admins
tration out of the peoples hair"
What the administration
spokesmen really mean when they
talk about the welfare state" said
Mr.. Gabrielson, lis something
which could better be described
as buttinsky state-a state in
which millions of Government
snoopers, paid with dollars wrung
from the taxpayers. meddle in
the affairs of the individual citi-
zen every hour of the day and
night"
Evening star., 1949-09-30

state positively that DR.. Weinberg
was Scientist x" since it had not
seen the evidence which led va
rious investigative agencies to
that conclusion.
AS finally released, the report
stated simply:
THE committee, as a result of
an investigation pursued this
year. has received testimony iden-
tifying the scientist in this case
as Joseph Woodrow Weinberg"
Describes Meeting.
The report described "a meet
ing between Nelson and Scientist
x" as follows:
Late one night in March. 1943,
a scientist at the University of
California, who identified himself
as Joe,' went to the home of
Steve Nelson, after having made
arrangements earlier in the eve
ming with Steve Nelson's wife to
meet Nelson at Nelson's home.
When Joe, arrived at Nelson's
home, Nelson was not present, but
arrived at about 1870 on the morn
ing of the following day. Upon
his arrival at his home, Nelson
greeted Joe and the latter told
him that he had some informa-
ton that he thought Nelson could
use.
Highly Confidential Data.
"Joe then furnished highly con-
fidential information regarding
the experiments conducted at the
radiation laboratories of the Uni
versity of California at Berkeley.
At the time this occurred, the
radiation laboratories at Berkeley
were engaged in vital work in the
development of the atomic bomb"
The report then told how, after
the meeting with "Joe." Nelson met
Peter Ivanov, Soviet vice consul in
San Francisco, in the middle of
an open park on the st. Francis
Hospital grounds and turned over
to him IAN envelope or package"
Vassili Zubilin, third secretary Of
the Russian Embassy in Washing
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Vatican Editor Calls
Ability 10 Live Basic
For Peace With Reds
BY fhs Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-The
editor of the Vatican newspaper
says the Catholic church's mini
mum requirements for peace with
communism are those which guar
antee to the church "the ability
to live"
Count Giuseppe Dalla Tore,
editor in chief of the Vatican
newspaper L'Osservatore Romano,
discussed Catholic Communist re-
lations in an article published in
the magazine United Nations
World. The magazine has no Of
f1cials connection with the United
Nations.
Count Dalla Tore, for the last
30 years the conf1dant of Popes
and cardinals, wrote:
"The Catholic church has never
accepted and cannot accept the
subordination to the state of re-
ligion and of huma nconscience.
The church thinks that collabora-
tion between the religious and
secular powers is the most just
and the most beneficial system,
because Christianity is not only a
religion, but also a civilization,
and religion in itself is not exclu-
sively an individual, but also a So
cial phenomenon. But if there
must be a separation between
temporal and spiritual authority.
the reciprocal independence and
freedom of the state and of the
church must not inhibit or limit
the practical cooperation of the
church for the common good. . ."
The initiative for the conflict
between the Vatican and the
Kremlin did not come from the
Catholic church, Count Dalla
Tore said. He added:
when communism arrived. the
church was holding its traditional
place in world affairs. The trouble
began when the church found
that it had to defend itself against
Communist onslaughts."
He said the Catholic Church
asks from the Communist coun-
tries neither more nor less than it
asks from other countries where
separation between church and
state exist" This means, he con-
tinued, that the following five
privileges should be legally estab-
lished and respected:
81. Freedom of worship and of
the administration of the sacra-
ments.
80. Freedom of evangelization
and of proselytism (seeking new
converts).
"3. Freedom of religious admin
istration: The right of the
church to nominate priests and
bishops; to maintain communica-
ton among the faithful and the
priests, the priests and the
Hierarchy. the Hierarchy and the
Holy See.
"a. Freedom of religious in
struction and of the Christian
school.
IS. Freedom of the means of
dissemination of the faith, OF. de-
fense, and of affirmation of the
thought and the mission of
catholicism before public opinion
in short, freedom or Catholic
speech, press and action"
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Committee Says Data
Could Have Been ReIoyed

Informed by The Star of DR.
Weinberg's statement. a commit
tee official expressed no surprise
1--WE knew that the record
shows he was not officially EN-.
ployed at the laboratory" this
spokesman said.
THE committee has never con.
tended he got the information
first-hand. He could have re-
ceived it from somebody who was
in the laboratory. He was in the
University Of California's physics
department. and we have ample
testimony that there was a close
connection between the depart
ment and the laboratory"
Called Matter of Bookkeeping.
Certain investigative agencies
dealing with the case were them
selves convinced that DR.. Wein-
berg's payroll status was simply a
matter of bookkeeping-that he
worked, in fact. for the laboratory
although4the records do not show
1.-THE spokesman said.
In one section Of q committee
hearing transcript. not released by
the committee in its report. mem.
bers questioned James s. Murray
former security officer for the
atom bomb project, about the ap-
parent discrepancy Of the sfeGprds
"You testified that WEINBERG
was employed at the project ir
January, 1943," Mr.. Murray was
reminded by a committee staff
member. 1.-THE record Of employ
ment submitted to us by the
Atomic Energy Commission shows
Weinberg's employment with the
radiation laboratory as commenc.
ing April %. 1943. Can you ex-
plain to the committee this dis.
|crepancy?"
Transcript Is Quoted.
The transcript of the hearing
continues:
Murray Well, I am not toe
clear on the matter, but the way
we understood it at the time wa.
that in the initial stages of the
Manhattan project certain
scientists engaged in work on the
project were listed on the Uni
versity of California payroll -
whereas actually their duties were
on the project. ."
Representative Velde-You are
satisfied that DR.. Joseph w. Vein
berg was employed by the Uni
versity of California in January
1943. and that he was engaged
in work on the Manhattan project
at that time?
Mr.. Murray-Yes. We are sat-
isf1ed he was actively engaged In
work on the project.
Despite Mr.. Murray's testimony
the committee inclines to the be-
lief DR.. Weinberg may have re-
ceived information about the
project secondhand from some
one employed at the laboratory
while not actually employed there
himself, Spokesmen indicated.
One source called attention to
a committee report last spring
which stated, that in a meeting
with his contact man. Steve Mel
son, Scientist x" asked Nelson
to copy down the information he
was receiving, as the paper
brought by Scientist x" was in
some one else's handwriting and
must be returned to the labora-
tory the next day.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Scientist
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CONTINUED From First PageO
espionage investigation, originally
scheduled for release yesterday,
had been held up for revision be-
cause of the objection of a minor
ity of the members that the COM
mittee itself did not have adequate
information to support the spe-
cific accusation.
This minority felt, it was said
that the committee should not
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Weinberg
Continued From FIRST Page.l

committee charges, DR.. Weinberg
said: -t
Press reports state that I am
to be named Friday by the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee as Scientist X who was the
subject of a report by that COM
mittee year ago. Scientist x is
a publicity-seeking phrase in
vented by the committee.
II am not the person referred
to in that report of the committee
as the scientist who, according to
the committee report, went to the
home of one Steve Nelson in
March. 1943, and read to Nelson
a complicated formula.
Il was not connected with the
radiation laboratory project or
any other secret project relating
to atomic energy or the atomic
bomb in March, 1943, the time
when Scientist x is alleged to
have given the formula to Nelson.
Cites Employment Record.
"My employment in the radia-
ton laboratory project, which was
aga part-time consultant, did not
commence until a later time. This
is a fact established by records
and documents. s
II have furnished these docu-
ments to the committee and the
committee knows that cannot be
Scientist x In March, 1943,
had no secret or classified infor-
nation or formulas of any kind
whatsoever. and I had no access
to any such information or for
mulas.
"At no time have I participated
in any way in disclosure of any
secret or classified information or
formula to any unauthorized per-
son.
I'm my testimony before the
committee, which took place dur
ing executive sessions, I freely
answered all questions of the
committee to the apparent satis-
faction OF the committee at the
time.
"The committees questions to
me during the executive session
referred to an alleged incident said
to have occurred March 13, 1943,
OF the kind described in the COM
mittee's report as the case of
Scientist x
"The questions were based on
what the committee staff said was
secret testimony previously given
the committee by unnamed per-
sons. My testimony was that
was not the person involved In
the incident, and that I knew
nothing about the incident.
Il told the committee that ]
had been questioned by the De-
partment of Justice along similar
lines in 1946 and I had then given
the same answers; and that ]
could only conclude that there was
involved case of mistaken
identity. The committee chair
man stated that I had given nc
discriminating testimony.
The committees report OF
September 81, 1948, did not name
or accuse me, and in fact did not
even name the person it referred
to as Scientist * It expressly
recognized that the secret testi-
mony on which the case against
Scientist x was based might be
incorrect Its recommendation
in this connection was only that
Scientist x should either be
Evening star., 1949-09-30
prosecuted forthwith or cleared

prosecuted forthwith or cleared
forthwith
II have no way of knowing
whether or not there Is any 'Scien-
tist x who did the things at
tributed to him in the committee
report. AS for myself. I do know
that I am innocent.
Public statements by the Presi-
dent of the United States and by
the Department Of Justice follow
ing the publication of the COM
mittee report in 1948 constitute
emnhatic clearance of me-"
Evening star., 1949-09-30

who came to the United States
from his native Yugoslavia in
1920. Although Nelson's immigra-
ton papers were shown to be false.
the committee said, his entry was
legalized in 1922.
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Trumun
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be done. Well. we did it and 49,.
900 more.
This 100000. .oO0, 900 income
will mean great advances for oul
people. It will mean better in.
comes for everybody. 1t will NEAR
that we can lift up those fam.
ilies-one-fourth of our popula.
tion-who have incomes today o1
less than $4,000 a year, and place
most of them in the better in.
come bracket.
Underlines Ideas.
THAT is what we are looking
forward to. That is what our do
mestic and foreign policy means
That means the welfare of our
selves and the whole world"
Then he spelled his ideas out
further:
Nov it is within the range OF
practical possibilities if we con-
tinue the rate of growth which we
have had in the past. We can es-
tablish an income level in the
country Of $4,000 per family pei
year. That isn't a pipe dream"
We'll win with the program in
1950-and in 1952-he added"
The Presidents talk climaxed a
busy day which he started off by
joining his fellow Masons in ST
Louis in the ceremony installing
new officers of the Missouri Grand
Lodge.
Barkley Also Speaks.
After the President had been
admitted into the barred sanctum
for rites which ordinarily are pri-
vate, he suggested that rfewsmen
and photographers on the outside
be admitted. and that was done.
Vice President Barkley was not
worried about the "non-partisan''
aspect of the dinner, and un-
leashed one Of the ub-thumping
Democratic talks for which he is
well known.
Taking cognizance Of the recent
attacks on the administration
which critics have said is trying
to take the road to statisn. the
Vice President declared that the
theory of the welfare state" is
grounded in the Constitution it
self, referring to the welfare
clause.
Called Campaign Preview.
President Truman's talk was
somewhat akin to his Labor Day
speeches in Pittsburgh and Des
Moines which many observers
thought amounted to a previeW
Of the next years congressional
campaign. He once more praised
the accomplishment of the 81st
Congress, which he said "has al
ready made great progress in
enacting measures that are neces-
sary to the growth and welfare OF
this country"
And the President let 1t be
known once more that he was
looking to the Democratic-con-
trolled Congress to enact the
party's platform pledges.
Mr.. Boyle spoke only briefly.
He described political liberalism
as exemplified by the Democratic
Party as a lifetime job of help
ing your fellowmen become a bet
ter citizen"
President Truman is leaving
here this afternoon for the re-
turn to Washington where he is
due about dinner time.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14
$4,000. 900 Needed To
BaIonce Agency Budget

TEL AVN, (JTA)-The fl
nance committee of the Knesset
has continued it's deliberations on
the question of how to arrange
government aid for the Jewish
Agency in order that the Agency
might secure the credits necessary
for the balancing of it's budget. 1t
was indicated that $30,0O0,000 is
required by the Agency to balance
its budget within the next six
months.
The parliamentary finance COM
mittee also continued it's discus
sions on the question of the Dead
Sea potash works. The committee
considered a government request
for the approval of a loan of
American capital to enable the
potash company to resume its op-
erations. The Herut and the Ma
pam members of the finance COM
mittee demanded that the conces-
sion held by the company be can
celled. They strongly opposed any
government aid to the company.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14
IIse Koch Faces New
Counts After Release

FRANKFURT, (JTA) = Frau
Ilse Koch, wife of commander of
the Buchenwald death camp and
a notorious war criminal in her
own right, will be arrested on new
charges when she is released from
the women's prison at Augsberg
on Oct. II, U. S. Army officers
said. The new charges against
Frau Koch have not yet been dis
closed.
The 43-year-old war criminal
was originally sentenced to life
Imprisonment for her part in the
torture and murder of Buchenwald
prisoners, but her sentence was
later reduced by Gen. Lucius D.
Clay, then American commander
in Germany, to four years.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14
Air Ban Asked On
Cleric for Bias

ATLANTA, (JTA) = The Fed
eral Communications Commission
was asked by Judge Emanuel Lew
is Of Savannah Recorders Court to
bar an evangelist - Mordecai F..
Ham, of Louisville = from using
the facilities of 32 southern radio
stations on charges that he prea-
ches anti-Semitism
Judge Lewis petition to the
FEC. said it sought to set a
standard for the radio industry by
establishing the preaching of race
hatred as contrary to the public
interest. The judge added that he
had "no objection to Hams ap-
pearance on the radio so long as
he does not abuse the facilities
created for the public interest by
stirring up religious hatred"
The petition charged that Ham
is presently, and for some time in
the past, engaged "in open anti
Semitism" though he has at
tempted to conceal the anti-Semi-
tic nature of his broadcasts "by
shrouding them in religious verbi-
age" The petition to the FEC.
listed IL examples of alleged anti
Semitic talks and writings attri-
buted to Mr.. Ham which date back
to 1924.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14

Hundreds of Sifrei Torah, de-
livered in recent weeks to the
Paris office of the Joint Distribu-
ton Committee by the Jewish Cul-
tural Reconstruction Agency, have
been repaired and remounted by
five religious scribes especially en-
gagged for this purpose by JDC, it
was announced this week.
One hundred and twenty of the
Scrolls, some of them more than
200 years old, have already been
sent to Israel for use by new immi-
grant communities. Other usable
Scrolls will be distributed to re-
established Jewish communities in
Europe. Those mutilated beyond
repair will be buried, either in Is
rael or in France, in accordance
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14
Anfi-U. S. PIcY Bcnned

TEL AVN, (JTA) = The Is
rael Censorship Committee has
banned a production here of Kon-
stantine Simonov's play, "The
American Problem" on the ground
that it contains anti-American pro-
paganda, it was learned here. Mr..
Simonov is an outstanding Soviet
playwright. Ut was reported from
Tel Aviv that circles close to the
Censorship Commission said that
the Commissions action was taken
because it had recently banned an
American film which it considered
anti-Soviet.)
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14
Young Judea. Youth
Zionist Group. Holds
First Meet of Year

Young Judea, the youth Zionist
organization sponsored by the
Youth Commission of Hadassah,
the Zionist Organization of Ameri-
ca and the Arizona Brandeis Zion
ist District, held it's first meeting
of the year Sunday, Oct. 9, at the
former Beth Ell Synagogue, 4th
Street and Fillmore.
The meeting was well attended.
The program consisted of a Sue
Goth play presented by the youth
leaders, followed by a general
singing and dancing period. n
Leaders said the meeting gave
promise of a very successful year.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14
Looted Torah Reclaimed

with Hebrew ritual.
Following the end of the war,
the J.C.R.S., supported by JDC,
reclaimed large numbers of Holy
Scrolls and other religious articles
which it sought to return to the
communities from which they were
stolen. Since few synagogues sur
vived destruction, restitution of
the stolen Scrolls proceeded slowly.
Then, in August, the J.C.R.S. for
warded the remaining Sifrei To-
rah, $50 in all, to the JDC ware
house in Paris for repair and dis
tribution to Jewish communities.
The JDC receives funds for its
overseas relief, reconstruction and
resettlement program from the
United Jewish Appeal.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1949-10-14

HAS effected the departure OF
1852 Jews from Germany and
Austria during the past year.