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Un-Americun
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fluenced major decisions Of Gov
ernment policy" That charge was
not developed in the report.
The committee also recalled that
none OF the persons 1t named in con-
nection with alleged atomic espion-
age have been prosecuted. Last
September, after a series Of secret
sessions, the committee demanded
the prosecution of four persons on
espionage charge and forecast that
others might be cited for perjury.
In its section on atomic energy
the committee touched on the case
OF DR.. Edward U. Condor, director
OF the National Bureau of Stand
ards, once described by the COM
mittee as one Of the weakest links
in this Nations atomic security. DR..
Condor asked for, but never got a
hearing.
Without commenting on its form
er charges, the committee said the
Condor investigation by Its special
subcommittee on National security
was based largely" on a confident
ial letter from FBI Director j. Ed
gar Hoover to the then Secretary of
Commerce, w. Averell Hartman.
The committee noted it had tried
but failed to get the full text of the
letter.
No final disposition of the case
was made by the full committee, y
the report stated. No recommends
ton was added for DR.. Condor to
get hearing now as some men,
bers of the committee have urged
The committee devoted consider
able space to describing its vast file
of information on subversive activi-
ties and suspected individuals. The
collection, according to the report,
would fill 200 filing cabinets.
The consolidated card records in
this file, the report said, contain
300. 900 card references to activities
and Affiliations of individuals. In
addition, the report added. files are
maintained on the activities of ap-
proximately 3,040 persons. Among
other things, the committee has
363,119 signatures compiled from
lists of signers of Communist Party
election petitions in 20 States.
During last year, the committee
Evening star., 1949-01-27
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on with the Presidents defense bud
get for 1850 when it gets to that
point. Mr.. Truman set a ceiling on
defense spending for the year be-
ginning July /, and included a 49,
group limit on the Air Force.
The committees bill would write
authority for the 10 groups into per-
manent law. Congress approved the
70-group principle in money bill
last year, but this authority expires
when the money runs out at the
close of the present fiscal year,
June 80.
Congressional sentiment for the
10 groups still is strong, Mr.. Vinson
told reporters, and he forecast House
approval without much debate. He
conceded, however, that getting
enough money to raise the Air Force
to that strength may not be 80 easy
Evening star., 1949-01-27

reported. Government agencies
made 80 requests for photostatic
copies Of Communist Party election
petitions and other exhibits In the
committees files.
The outgoing committee recon.
mended that Congress give the in.
coming committee q larger staff 80
1t can step up its action in disclos-
ing the identity and functions Of
un-American elements both in and
out OF public 'office in this coun-
try"
The committee repeated its pre-
viously voiced recommendations for
strengthening espionage laws, in
creasing penalties for contempt of
Congress and revising immigration
laws and passport regulations to
prevent disloyal elements from COM
ing and staying here.
Thomas Still Member.
Meanwhile, House Republican
leaders chose Representative Thomas,
Republican. of New Jersey to retain
his membership on the committee.
The COP leaders followed tradi-
ton in naming Mr.. Thomas to
continue on the committee, which
he served as chairman during the
last two years.
With rare exceptions, holdovers
are assigned to their old commit
tees.
Thomas Inactive.
Mr.. Thomas, who has been sue
ceeded as chairman by Representa-
tive Wood, Democrat, Of Georgia in
the new Congress, has not been sc-
tive in the House groups spy hunts
since he was indicted by o Federal
grand jury last November 8, six days
after he was reelected for his sew
enth term in Congress.
The New Jersey legislator is sched-
uled to go on trial March 7 on
charges that he defrauded the Gov
ernment by accepting salary kick
backs from persons listed on his
congressional payroll.
Mr.. Thomas selection by the COP
Committee on Committees is SUBJ
ject to approval Of a party confer
ence today.
Others chosen for Republican
seats on the committee are Repre-
sentatives Nixon of California, who
was a member last session: Case Of
South Dakota and Velde Of Illinois.
Mr.. Velde. a freshman Representa-
tive, is former agent of the F31.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
U. 5. Consul Says Reds.
In China Obey Moscow.
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SHANGHAI. Jan. 27.-American
Consul General John M. Cabot told
Shanghai luncheon meeting yes
terday that Communist policy state
ments indicated the party in China
was "blindly following orders from
Moscow"
He cited as evidence the Chinese
Reds Endorsement of the European
Cominform statement on Marshal
Tito.
Mr.. Cabot said the United States
does not believe the Chinese people
want to be ruled by orders from any
foreign capital.
Concerning a charge by the Chi
nese Red leader, Mao Tze-tung,
that American aid to China
amounted to imperialism, Mr.. Cabot
said that to the contrary 1t had been
given to prevent domination by for
eign capital"
| He added: "If we have not fur
nished more aid this has been due
to our doubts as to its effective use
rather than lack of desire to help
We have not wanted to offend
China's sovereignty by telling the
Chinese government how 1t should
run its own affairs"
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The bill would give the Army $751;
900 officers and men. not including
one-year volunteers under the draft
law, oficer candidates and reserves
on temporary active duty. These
would be divided into II Regular
Army divisions and five combat
teams.
The Air Force would have an
active strength Of rs, 300 officers and
426, TOO enlisted personnel. These
would not include one-year trainees,
aviation cadets. or reserves on active
duty for training.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

Although young walruses are COW
cred with pale brown hair, the old
animals are almost completely hair
less, '...+ = Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
Development in Probe
OF Berwyn Death Due

Detective EAga Hae~s al M
Prince 0eosxrs Cssssss s~Aaae~ NJ u
he expected To have sxa*iasgsg
De anlte late l<xsss In A4s ia
s~ssAssslan snso tae death N~.rcs.
dsy O. . So yrag~saa l4Ag4s~l ns&n
a. rrsalt q; ssssv tsaaxgF.s.
injuries
Detective Huber twfQ~~e 10 slAa-
crate other than 10 Sas lss p3ansae<s
10 question ~s~sal peeSoaa.
The dead man. Joaa issll .
lahoger employed II the sAaaAs a
The arr -dsmAxec Res-~yn Sfs<sspsras
center. VAS found sgs: Aca oz4 stss
grass near there AaSall pm
Wednesday
An autopsy performed hy III
John T, MAlcney revealed Nj ri
died OF xhock ana heunssiaaee dtas
10 crushed chest aud gsSl42s II r~S1a
liver. All Of his ribs on the s1sh'
side wers broken. Di AAlosars
reported,
Detective Huter ~Ate MARYLAND
STATE police have eeen AIDING II
the investigation since tie dead
mans home x&s Ia Howard County
lust beyond the Prince Georges
County line.
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DC. Weighs Contract
For Pipe AIIowingCufs
IfPrices Should Drop

The first District government
contract containing a downward
"escalator" clause designed to take
advantage of price drops will be
submitted to the Commissioners
soon, Purchasing Agent Roland M
Brennan reported today.
The provision, which maintains
o ceiling but assures the District
OF the same price reduction
granted other buyers, is incorpor-
ated In a contract for cast iron
water pipe which is awaiting ap-
prevail, MIR. Brennan said.
The purchasing officer said the
clause, similar to one which is be-
ing used by the Bureau of Federal
Supply of the Treasury Depart
ment, was introduced in proposed
District contracts six weeks ago.
and so far has met mo opposition
whatever" from bidders.
Mr.. Brennan said that at the
same time. consideration must be
given 10 some materials and sup
plies for important city services
without regard to prices.
Because Of the downward trend
In prices, however, requests by de-
partment heads are being in
spected carefully and trimmed
frequently. He added that the de-
partments are being encouraged
not to do forward buying and to
keep purchasing down to immedi-
ate needs.
Numbers Of bidders on District
contracts have increased from 100
to 200 per cent as another result
Of the downward trend, Mr.. Bren-
nan said.
The decline has been noted
mainly in textiles, lumber. nom
ferrous metals, heavy burlap and
most food items.
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Continued From First Page)
Mr.. Chambers was Communist
when she married him, and that
she had been sympathetic with
Communism, although never a
party member. Like her husband,
she is now a Quaker.
Mrs. Chambers drew frequent
objections from Defense Attorney
Lloyd Paul Stryker as she
brought out what he called "ir-
relevant" details regarding the
Kisses in fixing the times and
places referred to in her answers
Assistant United States Attorney
Thomas F. Murphy. the prosecu-
tor, explained that Mrs. Chambers
never had been in q courthouse
before, asking: Cant we be just
little more realistic about these
problems?"
II am being very realistic" re-
torted the exasperated Mr.. Stryker
Came to Dinner Frequently.
Mrs. Chambers said that after
her first encounter with Mr.. Hiss
in Baltimore, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiss
came to dinner at the Chambers
home there and that thereafter
she frequently met Mrs. Hiss in
nearby square where she went to
air her baby.
She said she next saw Mr.. Hiss
when she and her husband moved
into the HISS unoccupied apart
ment at 1881 Twenty-eighth street
NV. in Washington.
She remembered that distinctly
she said, because Mr.. Hiss wa
appearing before the Suprennt
Court the day they were supposed
to move in and had the key to
the apartment in his pocket.
IT went to sthe house on 7
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sad ne continued 10 psy the r~n'
there and also lent small sa1srs
70 Grossly but sas never F~paa6
He added ira; ~Cvosiey gavr HIN
TUG and Mrs CroSley p&Inlec
q portrait Of Timothy Roossa. SOD,
o. Mrs Hiss.
Mr.. Hl& also rriAted that he
gave has 1923 Ford to Crosby
and never SAw Il again. He Gid
moi recall s3xn4ng the iitic trans
fer certificate Out did not dispute
District Of Columbia motor yehgls
records showing his signature wAs
motorized by the l&te Mar 10
Smith. formerly JuSgKe Depart
meni attorney
Introduction u THIS statement
eilmaxed, and 10 some extent iss<i
IN with. a witness parade that
included . 6aSkeT. automobile
dealer. school and library ocrseialS
FBI agents, insurance man. photo
graphic laboratory experts, OTarn-
tai rug dealer. a PETERBOROUGH N
H summer stock company direc-
tor. q State Department finance
Officer and a Brooklyn lawyer.
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been 0 member Of the Communist
Party" Mr.. Hiss stated. or q
member Of any Communist es-
pionaRe or underground group II
Washington nj any tlne ] deny
saw Mr.. Chambers IN 1887 or
1888 and I deny ! ever gave him
any documents I assert the en-
tire Chambers story Is complete
fabrication. except as otherwise
indicated in this statement do
not know what motive Mr.. Cham
berS had IN making these accuse
tons against me. But ] think a
thorough examination Of his past
life will throw some Light on that
matter.
Mr.. Hiss recalled he wAs as
sistant TO the then Assistant Sec
Rotary Of State Francis b Sayre
| in 1879 He had no indie
pendent recollection OF ever hay-
/ ing previously seen the docu-
mentary copies shown TO him last
November when Mr.. Chambers
first produced them and declared
he received them 10 years earlier
from Mr.. Hiss.
Mr. Hiss admitted that three of
the four f1andwriiten papers "ap-
pear 10 have been in my hand
writing and that the fourth
might have been. He denied the
Cha mbers charges that he had
taken State Department docu-
ments TO his home for tipping by
himself or Mrs. Hiss. or that he
ever gave documents 10 Mr..
Chambers for any purpose He
said Mrs. Hiss was not an expert
typist but had an old-fashioned
typewriter until about 1888
Denies Meeting Bykoy.
He denied having met Col.
Boris Bykov, the Soviet agent who
Mr.. Chambers said asked Mr.
Hiss to pilfer State Department
documents to help Russia.
Mr.. Hiss told the often repeated
story how he befriended George
Crosley," free-lanee writer in
Washington. from about 1884 to
1897. He said he did not recog-
nize him as Whitaker Chambers
until the House committee mem
bers staged CONFORMATION"
scene in the Commodore Hotel
here last August. -
Crosby" according to the
statement. sublet the Hiss apart
ment, without q written record.
for several months until the lease
ran out in July. 1885. Mr.. Hiss
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street with the baby and stayed
with Mrs. Hiss all that day until
Mr.. Hiss returned" she said.
Stryker Overruled.
Mr.. Stryker, who was pacing
nervously around the well Of the
courtroom. broke in to say that
this was "absurdly irrelevant
Judge Kaufman overruled him
as Mr.. Murphy said: Il object
to Mr.. Stryker's objection. and !
wonder If we could cause him to
sit down for a while"
Mrs. Chambers went on to tell
about how she and Mrs. Hiss took
their children to the doctor to-
gether, went to Mount Vernon to-
gether, and how the Kisses
brought her baby's bathtub and
crib to New York in their car after
the Chambers family moved here
from Washington.
She said that, in 1885, when she
and Mr.. Chambers took summer
cottage at Smithtown, Del, Mrs.
Hiss spent 10 days with them and
Mr.. Hiss came to bring her back at
the end of the visit.
Mrs. Hiss came TO be with my
baby so that I could have a little
time to paint" said Mrs. Cham
bers. who earlier had described her
education as an artist.
Describes Rooms In Detail.
1t was after the Smithtown in
terlude that the visit in the Kisses
p street house occurred, she said.
Mrs. Chambers closed her eyes,
and frowned in concentration. as
she described every room Of that
house.
Mrs. Chambers testified that
around Christmas. 1887. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiss celebrated their we'd
ding anniversary with a party at
the Chambers home in Baltimore.
Mr.. Hiss has denied that he saw
Mr.. Chambers after January !,
1897.
After testifying earlier today
that she last was in the Hiss home
on Volta place, Washington, for
a New Years Eve party. December
81, 1885, Mrs. Chambers changed
her statement. She said her last
visit Ia the Hiss home in WASH
'ington must have BEEN New
Years Eve. December 81, 1887. and
New Years Day. 1888. She said
this after being shown a utility
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company record indicating the
Hiss family did not move into the
Volta place house until early De-
cember. 1897.
The Government expects TO rest
its case next Wednesday after
calling other corroborative or cir
cumstantial witnesses in addition
to Is who took the stand yesterday
Mr.. Hiss viii have his OWL
days in Federal Court thereafter
to tell his detailed story. His de-
NAL Of main accusations By Mr.
Chambers. however. already is be-
fore the jury OF 10 men and two
women.
Prosecution Reads Statement.
But the prosecution. not the de-
Tense counsel. read that Hiss
statement late yesterday into the
trial court record. The words
were those Mr.. Hiss uttered volun-
tarily In the presence Of Federal
Bureau OF Investigation agents
and one of his lawyers in Balti-
more last December I.
/ Mr.. Murphy. who solemnly in
toned the lengthy statement yes
terday in the courtroom. grinneo
later when asked by reporters i!
he was trying to beat the defense
/ TO the punch.
! Il just thought it would be a
good idea to get that statement
into the record now" he shrugged,
when queried whether he planned
TO use it later as check or back
fire" against testimony Mr.. Hiss
might give as a witness at this
trial.
Charges i'm Indictment.
( The tall. lean, affable Mr.. Hiss,
until recently president of the Car
negie Endowment for Information
al Peace. went on trial May 81.
The indictment. carrying possible
maximum penalties OF flve years
in prison and a 50 1000 fine on each
of two counts. charges he COM
mitted perjury in saying to Fed
eral grand jury here last Decem-
Der that he never saw Mr.. Cham
bers after January /. 1887. and at
no time turned over State Depart
ment secrets TO him.
The gist of Alger Hiss Balti-
more statement read into the
trial record by Mr.. Murphy re-
ceived newspaper publication in
December. The detailed text
however, never before had been
disclosed. Mr.. Murphy noted.
II deny I am now or ever have
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Marshall Heights
Continued From First PAGE

populated by 2.loo persons. mostl,
colored.
The bulk OF the &Sa families
live in Singie-famiiy. detached
houses. IS per cent OF which fai
TO meet Health Department mini
mum standards, IS per cent o.
which need total rehabilitation o,
are not worth saving. and fewel
than q third of which have aeceS:
TO water and sewer lines
$50 Low Rent Units Planned.
Actual construction cannot be-
gin before late next year, offlcial,
have stated. While building &C.
signs are as yet undetermined
plans are for constructing $50
single family detached houses
$50 semidetaehed community OF
group houses and 200 apartment
units.
About $50 loW-rent units Noelc
be built. with maximum rentals
OF sl3 a room per mouth. exclu-
sive OF utilities. or s3a5o for The
entire unit including utilities.
Nevada Ia the sixth State In
area in the United States. but is
population is smaller than that
OF any other State.
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trilogy. The others in this group
were The Mistress Of Husaby"
and THE Cross"
Another important work, the
Oiav Audunsson historical tet-
ralogy, called in English "The
Master of Hestviken," was we'll
received. One critic said she had
made 1.-THE 18th and l4th CEN
turtles as timely as the latest war
bulletin.
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Undset
Continued From First Page.)

government. Her eldest son,
Anders, was killed in action, and
her youngest son was in an ambu-
lance unit.
When the Germans forced back
the Norweigians, Miss Undset
withdrew to her ancestral home
at Lillehammer. Later she fed
by automobile then got a boat
at the edge Of the Attic Circle
and made her way to Sweden
and refuge.
Some time later she went to
the United States, accompanied by
her son. Hans.
A devot Catholic-she was a
convert to the religion-she was
one of 43 European Catholic
refugees in the United States who
signed a manifesto in 1912 sup
porting aid to Russia. She re-
turned home in 1945.
Like some of her fictional hero
ines, Sigrid Undset resisted Nazi
aggression to the limit of her
ability.
AS early as 1885 her writings
had aroused ire in Germany and
the Westdeutscher Beobachter, Of
fetal Nazi organ. declared her
works should disappear from
newspapers, libraries and book
shelves because of her disagree
ment with Hitler's racial theories.
When the war came to Norway
she worked for the government as
a voluntary censor.
In the United States, she took
to the lecture platform, preaching
the gospel of preparedness.
Somewhere in her home in Nor
way she had left the notes and
outlines on which sequel to her
novel Madame Dorthea" was to
have been based.
However. she changed her mind
and did write. in 194l Christmas
and Twelfth Night" and in 1912
Return to the Future" and
Happy Times in Norway"
Born i'm Denmark
She was born in the little town
Of Kalundborg, Denmark, her
mothers old home, on May 20,
1882. Her father, DR.. Ingvald
Martin Undset. was distin-
guished Norwegian archeologist;
her mother, Charlotte Gyth. was
a Dane.
Her childhood days were spent
In Christiana (now Oslo, where
her father lectured at the univer-
sity and wrote books.
Her first novel, Frau Marta
Oulie." in 1907. did not attract
much attention, nor did a SUBJ
sequent volume. But Jenny" in
1911. was widely acclaimed in
Europe.
In 1913 she married A. c.
Svarstad, a Norwegian painter.
They had three children. The
marriage was dissolved by an
amicable divorce in 1925.
There was profound change
In her life when she decided to
embrace the Catholic faith. She
had been reared a Lutheran, but
she wrote. "the liberal Protestant
ism of my education left me ar
agnostic."
Shes felt there might be some
truth in original Christianity" and
after she had been received in the
Catholic Church her writing
changed. She paid tribute to hei
adopted faith in several essays, In
Guiding the collection Of Men
Women and Places"
Modern Setting in Novels.
Although several of her novels
had q modern setting, such al
1.-THE Wild Orchid" and 1.-THE
Faithful Wife," her historical
novels overshadowed her writing,
In the modern field.
Critics agreed that her finesi
expressions were found In 1.-THE
Bridal Wreath" the first volume
Of the great Kristin Lavransdattei
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NEW YORK-NAMED BY CHAMBERS late Harry Dexter
White ef and William Ward Pgman named yesterday
Whitaker Chambers at the Alger Hiss perjury trial two OF
the who supplied him with Government documents when
Mr. Chambers Soviet spy ring courier Mr. Pigman OF
Appleton Wis. of Standards chemist Mr..
white Assistant Secretary of the Treasury died last
August. -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-09-12

Federal payment to the District
urged that citizens groups be
given more attention at the plan
ming stage on District legislation
instead of when something Is
about to be decided, and pro-
tested the giving Of District gov
ernment jobs to applicants not
living in the city.
Other witnesses today were
Woolsey w. Hall of the Federation
Of Civic Associations, who urged
more low-cost public housing;
Mrs. Franklin G. Sartwell of the
Inter- Federation Council, who
urged studies of regional planning
on. taxes and fire protection; Mrs.
Olive Faircloth of the Women's S
Bar Association, who spoke Of the
need of additional Municipal
Court judges; J. B. Mann of the
District Bar Association, and
Daniel Crystal of the Lawyers
Guild. The latter urged an end
of the District dual school system
saying there could not be a good
educational program here until
the segregated plan is abandoned
Evening star., 1949-09-12
; Youths Face Calvert Trial
In Slot Machine Tamperine
By the Associated Press

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md.
Sept. 12.-Three Annapolis youths
are to stand trial here Friday on
larceny charges involving alleged
tampering with slot machines In
Calvert County.
The three are John w. Wood
%; John r. Brady, 20, and Walter
H. Jones, 20.
They are charged with tamper-
ing with slot machines so that
they could be operated without
coins and then playing them until
winning combinations came ur
and paid off.
Police say they obtained $25 by
this method from a machine in q
snack bar in Solomons and an
other 81 at a snack bar near
Prince Frederick over the week
end.
Wood and Brady were held in
the county jail in default OF 81 ,000
bond. Jones was freed on $1,000
bail. The hearing will be held be-
fore Trial Magistrate William w
DIlke