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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-18

Inc Dill, inclusive OF a CdDlo
of contents, fills sixty three
printed pages. Broad general
principles are set forth as; con-
troll and prevention of floods,
reclamation of public lands, use of
water for irrigation and other pur-
poses, safeguarding and promotion
of navigation encouragement of a
sound agriculture, likewise, indus
trial development and recreational
advantages, conservation of water,
soil and forest resources, protection
of commerce, strengthening of ma
tional defense and promotion of gen
eral welfare.
MVA, public corporation, must
formulate and report to the Presi-
ident and congress, with the utmost
expedition, its recommendation for
the unified development of the Mis-
souri, valley region. This shall in
clude: "a complete plan for the uni
fled control and utilization of the
waters of the Missouri river system,
the requirements for flood control,
navigation, reclamation, agricultural
purposes, power, recreational, the
recovery of archaeological, paleonto-
logical, and historical remains, and
other needs in such way as to Sc
cure the maximum public benefit for
the region and the nation. Works
and programs already approved by
the congress and falling within the
scope of river basin development
shall be included in the plan insofar
as may be practicable and continued
to completion, without regard to the
time which elapses between the en-
actment of this Act and the approval
of the unified plan"
Planning, organizational and fis-
cal responsibility is lodged in board
of five directors to be appointed by
the President and confirmed by the
senate Three of these must have
at least five years residence in Mis-
souri, valley. Any member can be
removed by the President and all
must devote themselves exclusively |
to the work of the corporation which
shall maintain its principal office
within the valley.
Governors, And Others, Will Be
Represented
A thirty-member advisory commit
tee is set up, to consist of the ten
governors from Missouri valley
states, or their designees, and the
officer or his designee from
each: Interior, Agriculture, Com
nerce, Justice, War and Labor De-
Dartments, Federal Power Commits
sion and Board of Governors of Fed
eral Reserve System. Twelve other !
members are to be selected by the s
President. Three of these must rep {
resent each, agriculture, industry,
abor and wild life. The advisory ;
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-18

of 10 million dollars in the personal
checking accounts of various Soongs
in the Chase National Bank of New
York
If we had followed Washington's
advice, we would have saved enough
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-18
MvA In the Hopper


LUKE, KegIOnaI
and somewhat revised MVA bill dropped into the
congressional hopper two weeks by James E. Murray
Is other Senator'S These sixteen hail from widely
scattered states in cornered by Idaho Rhode
Florida and New Mexico Five Missouri valley
and LANCER and Young North Dakota Republicans
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-18
THE TRUMA g. g opposed ATLANTIC PACT
Four 4tion of Quicksand,
I yImites In the Lumber
By LOWNDES MAURY, Butte

am not much given to Hero Worship To George Wash
ington not demigod. There hangs my office
mission grearandather James Maury signed by Pres
den Washington and Secretary of State Jefferson They
highly respected neghbors of the Maurys in Virginia Wash
ington expert farmer he civil engineer; he
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-18
WAGES, PR0FITEERING
and DEPRESSION

The latest propaganda tactic of
Big Business is to claim that wage in
creases lead to depression.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

less because the department had
taken steps to be sure no secret
data were passed on.
The department described Miss
Coplon's job as minor" one,
but it was sufficiently important
for her to have her name on the
office door of Room 1920 in the
Justice Department building.
Russian Has No Lawyer.
Gubitchev, a stocky man who
sat impassively through the ar
raignment, told the judge he had
been unable to get lawyer so
far. He said, Il do not know
the law. I do not know the
terms. I am in a difficult posi-
! ton"
Il know you are," the judge
observed.
Raymond Whearty, special as
sistant to the Attorney General,
informed Judge Rifkind that the
Russian engineer has to leave
to return to Russia in June" Mr..
Whearty gave that as the reason
for seeking 100000 bail.
The udge agreed to the high bail
but said that when Gubitchev OBJ
tanned counsel, a reduction could
be sought. The judge also gave the
Russian the privilege of commu-
nicating with the court by letter
without jail censorship If he had
any trouble getting a lawyer.
Worked on Building Plans.
Gubitchev came to this country
in 1916 with a group of Soviet
architects and engineers who
worked on plans for the perma-
nent U. N. buildings.
U. N. Secretary General Trygve
Lie, in announcing the Russians
suspension from his post pending
the outcome of the case, said he
was not a member of the Soviet
delegation to the U. N. as had
been indicated earlier by the JUS
tice Department.
Files of the U. N. indicate Gu
bitchev worked in the foreign
ministry of the Soviet Union be-
fore coming to this country. His
U. N. salary has been $500 a
year. U. N. officials said his work
had been satisfactory.
Gubitchev lives with his wife in
an upper Manhattan apartment.
They have a 13-year -old daugh-
ter.
The specific charge against
Gubitchev and Miss Coplon Is
conspiracy to commit espionage to
remove Government documents
relating to the national defense
and conspiracy to defraud the
government of the impartial serv-
ices of Miss Coplon.
Envoy Sees Webb For Hour.
Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin
lost no time in getting to the
State Department after the spy
story exploded yesterday. After
spending nearly an hour with Mr..
Evening star., 1949-03-06

| Justice Department men would sit
in on the jail visit.
Gubitchev, in the opinion of
some u. N. and Washington
officials, is not immune to prose-
cution and punishment in this
country, although other officials
think differently.
U. N. officials said the agree
ment between the world organiza-
ton and the United States on
immunity applies only to U. N.
employees performing their official
duties.
A U. N. official commented that
Gubitchev was not on official duty
at the time of his arrest and that,
in any case, his suspension would
remove any bar to punishment.
The United States has not
passed any immunity law to pro-
tect the U. N. staff from arrest.
But it recognizes U. N. headquar-
ters in New York as an interna-
tional area.
Responsible Washington Off
cials, it was learned, hold that
Gubitchev does not have what is
normally considered full diplo-
matte immunity. Under laws gov
erning U. S.-U. N. relations, it was
explained, he probably has only
such immunity as is necessary for
him to carry on in his relatively
minor job.
Nixon Assails Handling.
While the State Department
tangled with it's international
problem, the Justice Department
came in for a lacing from Rep
reSentative Nixon.
Mr.. Nixon accused the depart
ment of refusing to cooperate
and thus blocking an inquiry in
volving Miss Coplon and others in
the Justice Department office.
where she worked. A person as
sociated with the committee in
1916 said yesterday that the COM
mittee sought to make an inves-
tigation of the foreign agents
registration Office more than two
years ago.
II have examined the report in
our files on this case" said Mr..
Nixon, "and it certainly indicates
shocking. inexcusible laxity on the
part of the Justice Department in
screening it's own employees for
loyalty.
1T certainly is a commentary
on the qualifications of the de-
partment to act as a major arm
of the United States Government
in investigating and prosecuting
subversive activities.
Il think the committee should
Immediately institute a full-scale
investigation, with public hearings
of this case and the way the JUS
tice Department handled it"
Committee Report Cited.
Mr.. Nixon said the public sis
entitled to know how many more
people like her miss Coplon are
on the payroll"
The report in the committee
files on the division in which Miss
Coplon worked. said Mr.. Nixon,
states the division was respon-
sible for failure of four Commu-
mist front organizations to regis
ter as alien organizations.
The report. according to Mr..
Nixon, said attempts had been
made to create a "pro-Soviet at
titude among the employees of the
division" He added that the re-
port said a number of cases Of
failure of aliens to register had
been called to the attention of
Evening star., 1949-03-06
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. G. As
4,

persons in the division but the
cases never had been prosecuted.
A committee aide of the 1916
period said the report was based
on information obtained from
man who formerly worked in the
same Office as Miss Coplon
This informant was said to have
listed a number of persons as
foreign agents who failed to reg
lister, and had reported that some
cases were stopped before they
reached superior officers in the
department.
Need for Inquiry Cited.
A committee aide said the
Justice Department was told of
the information garnered by the
committee but no official action
was taken and the committee was
unable to get more information.
Senator Mundt. Republican, of
South Dakota. who was member
of the Un-American Activities
Committee before his election to
the Senate, said the Coplon case
certainly confirms the statement
made by the last report of the Un-
American Activities Committee
concerning continued espionage
activities in this country since the
war"
1T provides further reason why
the Investigations and hearings by
the committee should be reacti-
vated," he declared. 1T also offers
convincing argument in behalf of
the type of Communist control
legislation which Representative
Nixon and I introduced at the
last session and which passed the
House overwhelmingly. We are
jointly introducing similar legisla-
ton Monday"
A spokesman for the Un-Amer-
lean Activities Committee said If
it can be done without interfer-
ing with the FBI. the committee
may try to question Miss Coplon
and the Russian at a closed meet
ing soon.
AS for investigating charges
made earlier that the U. N. is
base of operations for spying.
committee authority said the
group already has investigators
at Lake Success, N. Y, the U. N.
headquarters.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

Webb. he waved of reporters
with no comment"
The State Department said the
ambassador and Mr.. Webb had
IAN exchange of view on the mat
ter" of Gubitchev's arrest and the
Soviet demand for his release.
Assistant Secretary Of State
Dean Rusk, who is in charge Of
political affairs including relations
with the U. NJ. attended the con-
ference. Mr.. Rusk, it was learned,
was in close touch with U. N.
authorities in an effort to avoid a
controversy between the United
States and the U. N. over handling
Of the case.
Late last night. Lev S. Tolokon-
nikov, first secretary of the
Russian Embassy in charge of
Evening star., 1949-03-06

Continued From First Page.)

formation distracted from con-
f1dential documents involving Sc
curity data and restricted in
formation"
Bentley Testimony Recalled.
The Justice Department account
-meager as it was-awakened
echoes of the spy stories told to
the Un-American Activities Com
mittee by Miss Elizabeth Bentley
and Whitaker Chambers, both
avowed former couriers for Com
munist espionage rings.
Miss Bentley particularly
stressed clandestine meetings,
street corner rendezvous, docu-
ments carried from place to place
in knitting bags. No prosecutions
have resulted from Miss Bentley's
revelations, but one of those
accused by Mr.. Chambers has been
indicted on perjury charges.
The Justice Department indi-
Gated Miss Coplon had been
watched closely for some time and
that there had been other meet
ings between her and Gubitchev
before their arrest Friday night.
The department said FBI agents
trailed Miss Coplon from the time
she left Washington at l pm. Fri
day until she and Gubitchev
showed up on the corner of 193d
street and Broadway at 1928 pm.
From 1928 until 8 pm. the
Justice Department announce
ment said, both these individuals
avoided direct contact while they
employed the usual techniques to
detect surveillance"
They finally effected a con-
tact when both dashed aboard
bus near And street" the depart
m mt added. THE two were taken
into custody on Third avenue be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets"
When New York reporters tele- /
phoned the news to Miss Coplon's
mother, Mrs. Samuel Coplon in
Brooklyn, she cried, Il don't be-
lieve it. I don't believe it,"
Whats the matter, what's the
matter with my daughter?" she
sobbed. "Oh. tell me quick. Oh,
God. God. please tell me-"
From New York, the Associated
Press reported. Miss Coplon, a !
diminutive brunette, smiled and
Evening star., 1949-03-06

Soviet Ambassador Pan
yushkin waves away reporters
as he leaves the State Depart
ment after demanding Gubit-
chev's release.
-AP Photo.
appeared at ease at her arraign-
ment. Her attorney told Federal
Judge Simon H. Rifkind that his
client has an "unblemished rec
ord" The attorney added:
"She is far from any sinister
type, far from the implications
of the charge. The request for
high bail is based on hysteria
. and I ask for low bail in the in
terest of allaying hysteria.
Called 1ntelligentsia Type"
But the judge replied, "it is a
grave charge" and said he would
set bail at $4,000 as a form of
"guardian angelship" for Miss
Coplon. The Government had
sought s5O,OOO bail. Her family
last night was trying to raise
funds to get her out of jail.
Miss Coplon, who lives at $685.
Thirty-eighth street NV. in Nc
Lean Gardens, has been employed
at the Justice Department since
1943 when she graduated from
Barnard College in New York with
an outstanding record. Friends
here described her as the quiet,
intelligentsia type"
The Justice Department said
FBI agents had kept Miss Coplon
under surveillance since a routine
loyalty check indicated "subver-
sive Affiliations
The information Miss Coplon
carried in a package in her purse,
the department said, was value
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Supreme Court Postpones
Hearing Eis|er Appeal

The Supreme Court yesterday
postponed until the week of
March % oral arguments in the
appeal of Gerhart Eisler, con-
victed of contempt of Congress
for refusal to testify before the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities.
Arguments were to have been
heard tomorrow. Eisler's attorney,
Abraham j. Isserman of New
York. requested the postpone
ment, court attaches said. He
sent word his presence is needed
in Federal Court in New York
where he is representing II
American Communist leaders
charged with conspiracy to advo-
cate violent overthrow of the
Government.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

consular affairs. and another Rus
sian were given permission to see
Gubitchev in Jail in New York.
A U. N. spokesman said Thomas
Evening star., 1949-03-06

Power, deputy secretary general OF
the United States Mission to the
United Nations, and a number of
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Hord-Luck Boy Back in Hospital,
This Time for New Hip Joint

Washington's hard-luck boy.
19-year-old Johnny Fratantuono,
is back in the hospital again.
But this time, it's for an opera
ton to correct a hip disability
the youth has suffered since he
was stricken with osteomyelitis IL
years ago.
His mother. Mrs. Paul Lagana.
433 Seventh street S.W., said
Johnny was operated on at
Georgetown University Hospital
Monday, when surgeons put an
artificial joint in the hip socket.
He hadn't been able TO walk nor
mally since the hip infection
set in.
When he was 8, Mrs. Legana
said, Johnny underwent seven
operations at Children's Hospital
for the infection and twice doc
tors nearly gave up hope for his
life. But that was only one OF
q series of injuries which has
plagued him all his life.
When he was 2. his mother
said, her son fell out Of a rocking
chair. He was hit by a car when
he was 6.
Another automobile accident
left him with q broken leg. Then.
about q year ago, his car was
struck by a streetcar and over
turned three times. A companion
was knocked unconscious. but
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Open House Programs
Planned in Hospitals
I0f Area Tomorrow

Nearly every Washington hos
pital viii open IFS doors TO the
public tomorrow for visits IN ob-
servance Of National Hospital
Day.
The open house programs al
some institutions will include
special activities and movies
planned 10 aquaint the public
with the myriad OF operations
behind the providing Of hospital
care.
Alexandria Hospital will post
pone its open house until 2::3o
pm. Saturday. with q program
designed especially for poten: ial
student nurses. It will include
tours of the hospital. a movie and
refreshments. A reception and
tea will be held rom to 4 pm.
Sunday at Suburban hospital by
the women's auxiliary of lie in
stitution.
Programs Listed.
The following hospitals. all OF
which will have progl ans to-
morrow, include:
Gallinger-Open house from
Evening star., 1949-05-11
0'SuIIivan Building
In Baltimore Sold
oy the Asseeioisd Press

BALTIMORE, May 11.-A Balti-
more bank and the Mathieson
Chemical Corp. Of New York have
contracted to buy the S4-story
O'Sullivan Building, the biggest
office structure here.
Announcement Of the pending
sale was made yesterday by the
Baltimore National Bank and
Thomas s. Nichols. president Of
the chemical concern.
Terms OF the sale were not
disclosed. 1t was built 20syears ago
at q cost Of $6,610,89S.
It is now owned by the O'Sullivan
Corp, of which r. ]. Funkhouser.
West Virginia industrialist and
publisher. is president.
Mr.. Nichols said that the exec
utive offices of the chemical con-
Germ would occupy about three
floors of the building. The bank
now leases the ground floor.
The chemical corporation recent
" purchased the Southern Acid 81
Sulpher Co., Inc. and Standard
Wholesale Phosphate & Acid
Works, Inc. 1t now has plants at
Saltville. Va; Baltimore. Niagara
Falls, N. Y: Lake Charles. La;
Houston Port Arthur, and Beau
mont, Tex: Little Rock, McKamie
and Macedonia. Ark; Lebanon,
Pa, and. Williamson, N. C.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

$50 to ( pm District oesciais
viii be on hand and members O.
Congress have been invited.
Freedmen'-Open house from
1880 10 { pm. including special
exhibits and q reception from : 50
TO ( pm. Refreshments viii be
served and music provided by the
Student Nurse Choir.
Mount Alto veterans-Teteranx
Administrator Gray and Medical
Director Paul B. Magnuson viii
speak at a program beginning al
3:l5 pm. A concert by the Mont
gomery- Blair High School Band
viii be held and refreshments
served.
Chiidren's A coffee and
doughnuts hour beginning At
$50 am. TO which Government
officials and members OF Con-
gress will attend. Guests will in
clude Secretary OF the Treasury
Snyder.
Emergeney-Open house all az
ternoon
Coiumbia-Open house from II
am. TO ] pm. and from 3 TO S
pm. The programs are staggered
so visitors will not be admitted
during feeding hours for new
born babies.
Arlington-Open house from 10
am. to 4 pm. including movies
and refreshments.
Casuaity-Open house during
the afternoon.
Episcopal-Tours will be con-
Evening star., 1949-05-11

6uete6 by tire Beard cs Ia6y
Niansrerx from 20 ssa PA
followed by reception.
GArheld-Opcn laoxss from :
10 43o pm.
Georgetewn-Opea house from
: 70 5 pm
George Nashingten-A special
tour Of the hospital beginning a;
2:30 pm.
Observation-Disclosures house 81
day.
Previdenee-Open hoase
Sihley--Open house frcEn . to
5 pm.
Deeter<-Open house from : 80
to 4 pm. v!th special activities
planned during those hours
Evening star., 1949-05-11
FEPC 10 Be Defended
As Answer 10 Reds
By Norman Thomas

Endorsement Of O Federal Fair
Employment Practices Act as a
weapon again Communism was
to be given today by Norman
Thomas. Socialist party leader,
before q House Labor subcom-
mittee.
Three Senators and four House
members also were called to
testify at the second day Of hear
tngs on proposed legislation to
ban job discrimination because of
race. color. religion or ancestry.
They are Senators Humphrey,
Democrat. Of Minnesota; Ives.
Republican. Of New York. and
LANCER. Republican. Of North
Dakota, and Representative Helen
Gahagan Douglas. Democrat. Of
California; Biemiller, Democrat,
Of Wisconsin; Javits. Republican,
OF New York. and SABBATH. Demo-
crat, of Illinois, chairman OF the
Rules Committee.
In a prepared statement, Mr..
Thomas urged enactment OF a
Federal ban on employment dis
elimination because "in the IoA
run it would do more for our
effective security than the North
Atlantic Pact"
Declaring that such law could
be enforced. Mr.. Thomas stated
that mo government can legis-
late virtue and good will, but
governments can and continually
do act constructivel yto prevent
or punish crime or social injus-
tice."
Mr.. Javits said before the hear
ing that he believed Federal
FEPC law was necessary to fight
Communist propaganda concern
ing discrimination in the United
States.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Powell. Democrat,
Of New York yesterday heard three
witnesses attack and three defend
the proposed legislation.
Mr.. Powell told reporters he was
confident the subcommittee would
approve a bill before June / and
that the full committee would re-
port it out at this session. Nine
such bills are before the subcom-
mittee.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

Johnny was not hurt. Last october.
he escaped again with only minor
injuries when a four-ton pile
driver tipped over on his right
leg while he was working for the
District Water Department.
Johnny's leg and hip will be in
a cast for about q month before
he will learn II he can walk, his
mother said. But at the hospital
last night, he was "tickled pink"
at the way things have turned out.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Bunquet Speaker Nomed

Thomas r. Reid. chairman O.
the military establishments per
sonnel policy board. vii be the
principal speaker tonight at the
annual banquet Of the Bowling
League Of the once Of the Secre-
tary Of Defense. About 100 de-
Evening star., 1949-05-11

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tend tte srens al tsss Amy Navy
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
ORDINANCE NO. SIS

ORDINANCE NO. go
AN ORDINANCE CREATING
THE CITY PLANNING CON-
MISSION OF THE CITY OF
KENNEWICK, PROVIDING FOR
THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS
AND THEIR TERM OF OFFICE.
AND PRESCRIBING THEIR
POWERS AND DUTIES AND
REPEATING ORDINANCE NO.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF KENNEWICK DOES
oRDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section l. That there is hereby
created the City Planning Com
mission Of the City Of Kennewick.
Section 2. That the City Plan
ming Commission shall consist Of
five members to be appointed by
the Mayor of the City of Kenne-
wick, by and with the consent Of
the City Council of the City Of
Kennewick. One member Of the
Commission shall be a member Of
the City Council.
Section 8. The appointment of
the member of the Planning Com
mission appointed from the City
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION

NOTICE OF HEARING ON
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
FOR DISTRIBUTION
NO. 7s2s
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHING
TON IN AND FOR BENTON
COUNTY.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF ARTHUR E. HESSE,
Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that GERTRUDE M. HESSE, Ex-
ecutrix Of the Last viii and Tes-
lament Of the Deceased, has filed
her Final Account and Petition
for Distribution In the office OF
the Clerk of the above entitled
Court, and that the Court is asked
70 settle said Final Account, 20
distribute the property Of said es-
tate to the heirs or persons en-
titled 10 the same and TO dis
charge the Executrix.
Said Final Account and Petition
for Distribution will be heard by
the Court at the Court House in
Prosser, Benton County, Wash
ington, on the 10th day Of Feb
ruary, le49, at the hour Of 1000
O'Clock In the forenoon.
GERTRUDE M. HESSE,
Executrix.
BY MOULTON, POWELL 81
CESS, Her Attorneys.
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