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Evening star., 1949-07-03
Clark to Push ANNew Spy Cases
Even If FBI Has to Bare Secrets

the conviction Thursday of the
28-year-old Miss Coplon.
Standing poised in the packed
court yesterday. the Barnard Col
lege honor graduate described the
outcome as "a Pyrrhic victory"
for her prosecutors-that is, vic
tory gained at excessive cost, the
kind one cannot afford to win too
often.
A long-trusted Justice Depart
ment worker and until recently a
political analyst in the depart
ment's foreign agents registration
section, Miss Coplon was found
guilty of removing confidential
files from the department. Her
intent, the jury found, was to pass
information to her Russian friend.
32-year-old Valentin A. Gubit-
chev Of the United Nations staff
The Government won only after
yielding for public view confiden-
tial investigative reports from FBI
files which have been jealousy
guarded for Is years. The defense
demanded the reports. 1t was sus-
tanned by Presiding Judge Albert
L. Reeves.
Case May Not Set Precedent.
The key. to the Governments
case against Miss Coplon were IS
data slips. or abstracts, from jus
tice files which were in her purse
when she was arrested with Gubit-
chev in New York City last March.
Justice attorneys hope-and say
they believe-that Judge Reeves
ruling does not necessarily set a
precedent for opening restricted
files in possible future trials.
They point out that the Coplon
Evening star., 1949-07-03

mains. however. that workers with
as much as 81 years of service
there are among those that have
received dismissal notices. Many
of these employees are complain
ing that veterans with only sew
eral years of Federal service are
being retained.
Navy officials acknowledge this,
but point out that they have no
other alternative under the law
They declare that the matter rests
with Congress-not with them
The law provides that nom
veterans must be dismissed ahead
Of veterans in the same category
regardless of seniority factors.
PREFERENCE-In this regard.
the question of veterans prefer
ence is achieving an increasing
Importance to Government en-
ployes. AS disclosed here the other
day. an all-out. bitter battle is in
prospect over the drive to modify
veterans preference with new
groups being organized among
veterans as well as nonveteran
careerists to fight the issue out.
Legislation to give greater job
protection rights to non-veteran
careerists now is before Congress.
A few months ago it appeared
that such a measure was doomed
to oblivion. But now. there ap-
pears to be a slow but gradual
increase of sentiment among
members of Congress in support
of such legislation.
. The odds still appear against
enactment of such bill at this
years session of Congress-. due to
the time element involved and the
fact that such legislation would
require considerable amount of
debate.
|. However, the measures chances
are better than they were sew
eral months ago and its sponsors
feel that, if not this year. the bill
has a good chance of becoming
law next year.
Il
ARGUMENTS-The veterans
groups arguments against such
legislation were discussed in this
column on Friday. Primarily, the
Evening star., 1949-07-03

case was unique, involving as it
did the first prosecution for al
legged tampering with secret FBI
records. They cite dozens Of other
criminal trials requiring FBI in
vestigative evidence in which the
court has agreed to editing" to
delete from publication names and
situations not related to the i'm
mediate trial. or to private in
spection by the judge, jury, de-
fendant and counsel alone.
Attorney General Clark on Fri
day formally expressed regret that
the names of possibly innocent
persons may have been brought
into the Coplon trial through the
reading of the reports. He en-
phasized that his department will
continue to regard the investiga-
tive reports, frequently contain
ing "hearsay" tips and leads, as
confidential. and will attempt to
protect them from publication, as
it did in the Coplon case.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
BY the Associated Press

oy "s NSSotfotG0 rfsss
The Judith Coplon case has cut
the pattern-the Justice Depart
ment is carrying through in such
spy cases, even if it gets hurt.
The Government was forced to
dump carefully guarded secrets
before the eyes of the world, or see
the case against its former en-
ploye thrown out of court.
Attorney General Clark per-
sonally made the tough decision.
He said privately at that time;
Il will not drop cases against
people I believe are trying to de-
stroy the Government
His position. described yester-
day, was this:
l. Abandonment of the Coplon
case would have been an open in
yitation to any nation wanting to
spy on the United States to get
agents on the Government pay
roll.
2. It would have encouraged
any Federal worker who might
want to copy or remove secret
data passing through his hands
The worker would have felt that
the more secret the material, the
safer he would be from prosecu-
ton.
The department policy means
. %hot If opy Govorppoopt a,,plo,,,
takes national security data from
the files to which he has access
knowing that it may fall into un-
friendly hands, Mr.. Clark intends
"to throw the book at him"
Highests Justice Department
sources made this amply clear in
the wake of the 10 weeks of court
room dramatics which resulted in
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Derby Guide

The Event-A coaster race
for boys IL to Is, in which
contestants drive cars of their
own building.
Place-Pennsylvania avenue
between Branch and Alabama
avenues Sc.
Time am. Saturday. A
parade of contestants will
precede the racing, which will
continue throughout the day.
The final heat, pitting the
Glass "A" champion with the
Glass "B" winner, will be
about 4 pm.
Sponsors-The Star and the
District Department of the
American Legion, in associa-
ton with Chevrolet.
Bus Transportation - The
Hillcrest bus. route C-6. of the
Capital Transit Co., leaving
Seventeenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue Sc. which
point can be reached by street.
cars on routes 80 and 80. and
BE- buses. Washington. Marl-
boro and Annapolis buses,
leaving from 403 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. also pass the
course.
Broadcasts - On-the-spot
broadcasts from the finish line
can be heard on WMAL. The
Evening Star station, from
time to time throughout the
day. The exact schedule will
be announced shortly.
Seating AS provided by
spectators. ...
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Nine. Sun Is Quoted
lin Praise Of Reds
By the A.sooiotsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO. July q
Nine. Sun Yat-sen, widow of the
Chinese republics founder, has is
sued statement of effusive
praise of the Communist victory
in China, the Communist radio
disclosed today.
The Red broadcast, heard in
San Francisco by the Associated
Press, said Nine. Sun attended a
28th anniversary rally of the
Communist Party in Shanghai
yesterday and gave a message
which was read to the crowd.
Some of the quotations given
from the statement included:
This is the greatest era in the
life of the Chinese people; their
complete victory is already in
view this is the new light on
earth >. This is the high tide OF
victory flowing to every port, and
the peoples movement in all
countries rises up everywhere.
Merge our strength with theirs
to strengthen this brave battle
salute the Communist Party
of China! :. This is landmark
in the revolutionary struggle Of
the Chinese people. We have
shaken off the fetters of impe-
rialism and colonialism; We have
rooted up feudalism. and the peo-
pie are travelling toward new
and brighter peak
While Nine. Sun is the sister Of
Nine. Chang Kai-shek. who Is
high on the Communists list of
war criminals her public sup
port of the Communists is not too
startling.
AS long ago as 1916 she issued
a statement demanding the with
draWal of American military sup
plies and troops from China,
which was the Communist Party
line.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Four AmIong Brothers to Race
In Soap Box Derby Saturday

Peter and Cedric are veterans
of the 1948 race-but. they said,
their cars are a lot better this
year.
Other brother teams include
James Lamar, IL. and his brother
Robert, IL, of the German Orphan
Home, 23O0 Good Hope road Sc,
and Donald Meyer. IA, and his
brother, Joel. 13. of 5710 North
Twenty-fifth street, Arlington.
Cars Due Tuesday.
AS Derby Day neared, race Of
ficials again warned contestants
they must deliver their cars to the
Chevrolet dealers with whom they
registered by S pm. Tuesday.
The coaster cars will be picked
up at the dealers and taken to the
National Guard Armory. where in
spection will begin Wednesday
evening. Another inspection ses-
sion will be held Thursday. Cars
on which some last minute changes
are ordered will be checked Friday.
Boys who have not completed
their vehicles by Tuesday may
bring them to the Armory them
selves.
The committee pointed out that
the cars will be returned to the
Armory after the race. where they
may be claimed by their builders.
Don't miss the day-long enter
taillnent at the Soap Bor DerbU .
Evening star., 1949-07-03

preparation of her defense for the
new trial. Mr.. Palmer announced
he would be ready to go to, trial
on the date set.
The second trial should pe COM
parativeiy brief unless the Ian
guage difficulty prolongs it, in the
opinion of Federal attorneys.
Judge Reeves took Mr.. Palmer
severely to task for prolonging the
cross ss-examination of FBI agents
who trailed Miss Coplon and Gu
bitchev during meetings in New
York on January IA, February Is
and March 4.
The judge said this was es-
recially Objectionable in view of
the fact that Miss Coplon assumed
the stand later and admitted vir-
tually every detail to which the
agents had testified.
There never was any doubt,
Judge Reeves said before passing
sentence. that the "a brief sum-
maries of secret FBI reports
found in Miss Coplon's pocket
book would have harmed the
United States and aided Russian
espionage agents had they been
delivered.
The jury here found Miss Cop
lon guilty of intent to aid Soviet
espionage in this country, and
with removing confidential ma
terial from FBI files.
Another question to be answer
ed at the New York trial will be
whether Gubitchev will corrobo-
rate Miss Coplon's story that she
only met him because she was in
love with him and he had given
her reason to believe that they
were to be married.
Gubitchev is a married man.
Miss Coplon said she had met him
in New York many times between
last September and March 4, but
did not learn he was married
until February,
Evening star., 1949-07-03

veterans organizations are against
the legislation because they feel
that it would be the opening
wedge" in a campaign to deprive
veterans eventually of all vet
Grams preference rights in Gov
ernment employment.
An exception to this stand is the
one taken by the Veterans OF For
eign Wars. which has suggested
cutoff period of 18 years. at
which veterans and nonveterans
could compete on an equal basis in
future Government reduction-in-
force programs. In other words,
the VFW proposes that nonveter-
an careerists with 18 years or more
of service be given the right to
compete on equal terms with vet
Grams.
A measure approved by Senate
Civil Service Committee would cut
this period to Is years while the
Klein bill now pending before a
House Civil Service Subcommit-
tee would set the cutoff date at
seven years.
Those advocating such legiSla-
ton contend that the present law
not only is unfair to faithful, long
time nonveterans who have de-
voted practically their entire lives
to the Government but that it
hurts the Government by depriv-
ing it of some of its most valuable
employees. They declare that many
employees with years of valuable
experience are let 60 while veter-
ans with far less skill and expert
ence are retained.
They also assert that many non-
veterans wanted to join the armed
services during the war, but were
prevented from enliStfng by the
very agencies that now are dis
missing them. In particular, they
declare, skilled mechanics, techni-
clans and craft employees we're pre-
vented by their departments from
joining the armed services, on the
grounds that they were essential
to the civilian defense effort.
X
SEC-The Securities and Ex-
change Commission celebrated its
18th birthday yesterday with these
original staff officials still on the
job: Hastings P. Avery, Baldwin
B. Bane. William E. Becker. Peter
T. Byrne, Orval L. Dubois, William
Green. Edward H. Hoopman,
James Hindle. Andrew Jackson,
Earle c. King, Edward E. Laufer,
Michael j. LaPadula, Walter C.
Louchheim, jr.. Anthon H. Lund,
Edward T. Mccormick, William
F. Murphy. Ernest w. Ramspeck
James J. Riordan, Olga M. Steig
Nellye A. Thorsen. James F.. Ward
and Bryon D. Woodside.
4 X X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Senate Civil Service Committee
has definitely decided to shelve
the bill to permit Federal en-
ployes to retire at SIS on full an
nuities after 80 years of service. q. .
Paul l.. Howard has been ap-
pointed to the research staff of
the National Bureau of Standards.
|. Applications are being ac-
cepted for medical bacteriologist
jobs paying s5,232 to $6,235 a
year at Mt. Alto Veterans Ad-
nistration Hospital, 1850 Wis
consin avenue NV, Room Is
r.. John S. Wood, acting pur-
chasing officer of the Interior
Department, has retired after
nearly 40 years of Federal service
Tomorrow is holiday in
the Government and also a day
of rest for this column. Well
resume on Tuesday.
X X X
(Be sure to listen in TODAY at
11:15 am. oper WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph Youno's
Federal Spotlight broadcastJ
Evening star., 1949-07-03

hiring priority
And if Navy's
current l 9 5 0
appropriate o n S
bill, which is
still tied up in
Congress. gets
favorable treat
ment in the
final version of
t he measure,
N a Wy officials
believe that re-
hirings can be
made rapidly.
The fart re-
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Report

District Of Columbia and vicinity:
Mostly sunny. warm and humid
today and Monday. Afternoon
temperatures around 80.
Maryland: Sunny. warm and hu-
mid today and Monday. After
noon temperatures around 80.
Virginia: Mostly sunny. warm and
humid today and Monday, except
for cloudiness in southern part of
State. Afternoon temperatures
around 80.
River Report.
tFrom United States Ensireers) a
Potomac River. muddy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah. muddy
at HarperS Ferry.
Humidity.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Gun Factory Hopes to Rehire
Most of 1851 Who Lost Jobs
By Joseph Young

Naval Factory here take back eventually the
majority the 1851 employees have been laid off budget
Navy officials hope that several hundred the dismissal
notices which effective August will be rescnded before the
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Camp Fund

The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund has passed its goal.
but will continue to accept and
acknowledge gifts to send other
children to camp. The following
gifts are acknowledged today.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

l, will be reScinded before the
effective date.
> The other dismissed workers
Evening star., 1949-07-03

This edition contains This
Week Magazine of is pages, a
10-page comic section and IL
puueS of rotOqr1Dure.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
TODAY STRIKE At
BENDIx PLANT May
COME 10 END NOW

WASHINGTON, June 2s-M-
Secretary Of Air Symington an
nounced an agreement today tor
settlement OF the strike that has
closed the Bendix Aviation Corp.
plant at South Bend, Ind. for 10
days.
Terms agreed to by company ana
United Auto Workers officials were
Kept secret pending study and a
vote by the workers.
Symington summoned the upion
and management spokesman here
for conferences which ran through
last night and into this morning.
He said he did so because OF the
effect Of the stoppage on produce
ton Of airplane engines.
Symington told reporters I'VE
were in trouble all over the worlc
on these airplane parts" He said
that he had used mo coercion
whatsoever" in bringing labor and
management officials together,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
DAN JONES REPORTS
NOME COOPERATION
ON MINES STATION

B. D. Stewart, Territorial Com
missioner of Mines, has received
encouraging word from Dan Jones,
new appointee at Nome, on firsr'
steps in establishing the Depart
ment's Assay Office and Field Sta
ton there.
Very satisfactory temporary
quarters have been made available"
said Stewart today, thanks to the
remarkably cordial cooperation OF
city officials and other interested
citizens. Among these are Miss
Carrie M. McLain and Mike Walsh,
present and former city clerks, re-
spectively; Fred d. Crane, Mike
Kelly and A. Polet.
"a residence in every way ade-
quate and suitable was made avail
axle. Moreover, the City Council
indicated its intention to make
available to the Department suit
able site on which to build our
permanent station when the funds
are released"
Stewart added that similar assur-
ance have been given by Fairbanks
and Anchorage Councils in the
matter of providing sites.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
Processing Of 5ea|skins in
Alaska Is Urged in Report
! Made by Reclamation Bur.
BY vERN HAUGLAND

WASHINGTON, June % tn
The sealskins taken each year on
Alaska's Pribilof Islands would be
converted into fur coats in Alaska
if the Reclamation Bureau has its
way.
Secretary of the Interior Krug
has forwarded President Truman a
bureau report recommending the
change.
Since the government has exer-
c.sed control over the killing of the
seals, the furs have usually been
processed in st. Louis, Mo-, gem
orally by tie Fouke Fur Co. Since
1889 bids haven't ever been asked
from other firms.
1T appears homogeneous. to have
a resource taken In the moss vest
ward region of Alaska, shipped
thousands Of miles to the central
portion CT the United States Tor
processing" the report said.
Establishment of this industry
in Alaska would be valuable addi-
ton to further development OF tire
Territcry's economy.
Alaska has made several at
tempts to have part of the proceeds
from annual sales of Pribilof Island
fur seal pelts by the Federal gov
eminent returned to the Territory.
1t has always been unsuccessful,
although Great Britain returned its
share to Canada many years ago
I'm 1947 the pelts were sold for
more than 100000. More signifi-
cant than just share OF the re-
turns to Alaska would be establish
ment of the tanning industry in
Alaska to process the pelts.'
Seton H. Thompson, Director OF
Alaska Fisheries for Interiors Fish
and Wildlife Service, told re-
porter Krug explored the posi-
Lility, daring trip to Alaska two
years ago, of basing an Alaska
fur processing industry at Seward
Thompson said the Fouke Com
pany indicated, however. that most
of its highly-skilled employees had
homes in the Missouri area ano
preferred to live there.
The government has been UNI
able to find any other company
that can do the work nearly a.
well, Thompson said. The Foukt
process is a closely-guarded trade
secret.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
LIONS RING BELL
FOR $3.50 in FIRST
POOL RADIO SHOW

Juneau kids who like to swim
were more than $3.50 nearer to
warm-water swimming in the Ever
green Bowl pool today.
Lions, in telephone-radio
scheme to raise funds for heating
the pool, took to the Always at
$50 pm. last night and after the
final ring up on the cash register
had brought in $369.50.
With Vern Metcalfe as moderator
Gus George and Kenneth Axelsor
on the telephone and four judges
to determine assessments Lions
called phone holders for contribu-
lions and then dispatched Boy
Scouts from Troop Ga to brins
in the cash.
Lions will be on the job again
tonight and tomorrow night al
$50 with radio time for the pro-
gram donated by KINY.
One contribution brought par
ticular pleasure to Lions: Vincent
j. Rather, of Shelton, Wash, who
is visiting at the Val Poor home
in Douglas thought the whole ides
was so good he promptly wrote ou1
a check for $40 to add to the fund
Judges on tonight's show will bs
Milton Furness, 1t. D. P. Appel.
gate, Mac Kay Malcolm and Dr.
j. o. Rude
Contributors last night were:
DR.. william Whitehead, $50; Ell.
ton Engstrom, $50. James Orme
$25; Stan Grummett, SIS; Gu
Gissterg, $40; P. G. Gilmore. s.
Mrs. Joe Thomas, SIS; DR.. c. Car
ter, $25; Floyd Burns, IS: 0. r
Cleveland, $40; Cliff Robards, S.
Don MacKinnon, IS; Freeman
Schultz. $25.
City Cafe, IS; WV Cd. Jacksonl
$40: John Tanaka, 81; Waite
Smith, $25; H. S. Graves, $40; Q
F. Benecke, IS; Louis L. Lucas
IS; Larry McKechnie, $3.50; Crysta
Snow JENNIE. S.; Vern A. Oats
Lee, IS; Jack Popejoy, So; vincen
j. Rather, $40.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
WAR CRIMINALS
MAY GET CHANCE
TO MAKE APPEALS
Court Justice
Douglas Hands Down
Important Decision

WASHINGTON, June %. --tR-
International war criminals seeking
freedom from American imprison-
ment today charted new course
toward U. S. civil courts, along a
route marked out by Supreme
Court Justice.
Attorneys for japanese war lords
serving prison terms for war crimes
said they probably will seek Ameri-
can court action as result OF an
opinion handed down yesterday by
Justice William o. Douglas.
Douglas views dealt with case
the Supreme Court disposed of six
months ago in what he now calls a
potentially dangerous" decision =
even though it was one he agreed
with.
In that ruling, the court held
that it had no power to hear the
appeals filed by wartime Japanese
Premier Hideki TOTO and "a other
former Japanese officials, because
they had been found guilty by an
international tribunal.
Douglas hasn't changed his mind
about that, although it troubles him
because lit leaves no room for jul
dicial scrutiny of this new type OF
military tribunal which is evolving
Then he added what was virtual
ly an invitation to American-held
war crimes prisoners to try for a
new court test.
Despite the high courts lack OF
authority in cases tried by inter-
national tribunals, Douglas said,
persons convicted by such tribunals
have right to ask American lower
courts to decide whether they are
being legally held-if their jailers
are Americans.
IF an American general holds
prisoner" he declared, "our QegaD
process can reach him wherever he
is. To that extent, at least, the
constitution follows the flag.
ut is no defense for him to say
that he acts for the allied powers
He is an American citizen who is
performing functions for our gov
eminent. 1t is our constitution
, which he supports and defends"
Douglas said a prisoner held un-
der such circumstances need only
file an application for a writ OF
habeas corpus in the u. s. District
Court for the District of Columbia
1T is the historic function OF the
writ" said Douglas, Ito examine in
to the, cause of restraint of liberty
We should not allow that inquiry tc
be thwarted merely because the
jailer acts not only for the Unitec
States, hut for other nations a.
WE'LL H