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when it comes to matter of
provoking war.
II am sure of one thing" he de-
clared. Russia won't be pro-
voked into doing anything that
she doesn't want to do.
II support the Marshall Plan
and the North Atlantic Security
Alliance project and similar moves
because I believe they will deter
war. There are people in this
country and abroad who attack
those programs as likely to pro-
woke war. That is not true.
Moreover, if the Marshall Plan,
for instance. was going to provoke
war it would have provoked it in
the beginning and not now when
it is we'll under way"
That, Mr.. Kee explained, is why
he will make the pending $780,
100000 European Recovery Pro-
gram measure the current No. !
item of business for the COM
mittee.
That also is why he will remain
on the watchdog" Joint Con-
gressional Committee on the Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra-
ton. Economic rehabilitation and
stability are equally if not more
important than is outright mill
tary aid to nations eager to have
peace and freedom, he indicated.
Has Hope in u. n.
Mr.. Kee is not at all ready to
sound death knell for the United
Nations.
1T is here to stay" he de-
clared. 1T has accomplished
something already. as has been
shown, for example. in the
Palestine situation. It has great
obstacles and it is new. 1t needs
implementation as well as Coop
Grafton. While I recognize ex-
treme difficulties in its path, I am
hopeful for it's future"
Mr.. Kee gave no hint of possible
rivalry between the House COM
mittee and the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. The House
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more space than any story since
Marcel Cerdan retrieved the
worlds middleweight boxing cham
pionship for France.
Kravchenko is jubilant over the
attention. Il am going to make
more hell for the Communists
than they ever imagined he said
in an interview, speaking enthu-
siastic, if basic, English. After
the trial is over I will go to Eng
land, Switzerland. Sweden, Hol-
land, Italy and elsewhere. I have
received scores of offers for public
appearances. I will write articles,
give lectures and speak on the
radio. The damn Communists do
not realize how much hell will
make for them
The former Russians staff has
given up trying to acknowledge
his mail He receives hundreds of
letters a week. Out of them all
only one, from an anonymous per-
son in Northern Europe, has at
tackled me-" Kravchenko said.
There have been many letters
from sympathizers in the curtain
countries and one woman in
Moscow sent a post card, through
a friend, saying conditions in Rus
sia we're bad
Book Sales Increase
ADanish admirer shipped Krav-
chenko some canned mushrooms
and picked herring. A Swedish
beauty sent him a picture of her
self dazzling enough to give the
ordinary male chronic insomnia.
II will go anywhere with you," she
wrote, plainly choosing Krav-
chenko over her own freedom. A
Dutch family offered him their
home as a refuge if things went
badly and he ever had to hide.
An innkeeper in a Swiss resort
invited him to spend vacation
of indefinite length in his hostelry,
all expenses paid. One day,
Kravchenko was too exhausted to
appear in court. The papers.
enormously, reported he was suf-
fering from ulcers. Immediately
he was deluged with suggestions
for treatment. A Moroccan pre-
scribed certain herbs and Pa
risian sent large and expensive
box of powders.
"Sales of the newest edition of
my book in France have reached
1000 a day." Kravchenko reported.
"Other new editions have been
brought out in Sweden, England,
Denmark and Italy. Between
court sessions I have autographed
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Kuuchenk0 SPers0nal War With Reds
Paris Idolizes Popular
Writer of Book ON
Life in Russia

between $50 and 300 copies a day
here"
Recently Kravchenko entered a
stylish Paris restaurant for din
ner. AS he was finishing his meal
woman approached him little
breathlessly. pulled Il Chose Free
dom" from her coat and asked
him to sign it.
II will do so gladly. madam" he
said, IF you will tell me how you
happened to have the book with
you. Nobody knew I was coming
here"
II recognized you the moment
you entered from your pictures in
the newspapers, the lady ex-
planned. blushing prettily, "and I
hurried right home to get my
copy
Bills Pile Up
Another time, Kravchenko went
to a haberdasher's on the Rue de
Rivoll to buy a handkerchief.
How about this one, monsieur?'
the clerk asked, producing large
linen number with Il Chose Free
dom" neatly embroidered in gree
thread in one corner.
A Paris manufacturer is turn
ing out buttonhole badges con-
sisting of blue celluloid silhou-
cite of the map of France bearing
in red letters the motto, "J'ai
Choisi la Liberte!"
However, all this expansive
notoriety has been blunted some
what by bills. Il have already
spent some $4,000 on the trial,
Kravchanko said, every penny
my own" One item was 100000
francs (about $1,000 for clipping
service. Another considerably
greater expense was the trans
portation, feeding and lodging of
some 80 witnesses. He took over
a whole section of a hotel for
them for week.
The hubbub, however, should do
no harm to sales of the ex-Rus-
slams second book. an expose of
the Soviet prison system. which
he has about half finished. He
will resume work on it after he
returns to the United States, prob
ably some time in May.
Besides bodyguard, Kravchen-
ko keeps with him constantly a
Colt automatic, placing it beside
his bed when he retires. There is
a special telephone from his hotel
suite direct to the police. Partly
for security" reasons, partly to
dodge the public, he changes ho-
tells from time to time. So far
threats against him have been
vague and unexciting. Il don't let
myself worry" he said, although
Pravda did state I should be dis
posed Of
Kravchenko has had offers from
Hollywood and French and Ital-
ian film interests, but he has held
them all off to date because he
wants a major say in making the
picture. He disapproved of the
movie, Iron Curtain"
TOO many drunks and prosti-
tutes," Kravchenko said. 1.-THE
people running things in the
Soviet Union are not like that.
If they were,' we wouldn't have
anything to worry about"
North American Newspaper Alliance)
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ably will have-on the approach
ing battle in Congress over the
administrations bill to repeal the
Taft-Hartley law.
1t maintains the constitutional
ity of the many State laws ban.
ming the closed shop, and the right
of the States to enact such laws
a sad blow to leaders of organ.
lied labor. If the States have 6
right to laws banning the closec
shop and curbing other union Sc.
curity arrangements, it is a right
which seems to be possessed by
the Congress of the United States
Strong Court Majority
The administration and its la
Dor allies have been cunning fol
these State laws banning the
closed shop and applying Other
curbs to union activities. In the
bill, reported to the Senate by
the Senate Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare. repeating the
Taft Hartley Act and re-enactine
the old Wagner Act with some
amendments, is included a new
section entitled, Freedom from
restricted State laws" This Sec
ton specifically declares that
nothing in the Federal laws or in
the State laws shall prevent an
employer engaged in commerce
or whose activities affect COM
merce" from entering into closed
shop contracts with labor unions
and into contracts calling for a
"checkoff' systematic system by
which an employer withholds
union dues out of wages and turns
them over to the union.
This is the administration way
of trying to overcome the bans
on such employer-laoor contracts
the bans which have now been
upheld by the Supreme Court OF
the United States. The court S
decision is having all the more
effect because seven out of nine
justices supported it. 1t is one
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tdoes not have the same authority
or functions in treaty making and
various other procedures, he OBJ
served, but it has "a very definite
responsibility" for world peace and
effective administration by sup
porting measures to implement
such international programs.
Mr.. KEGS way of tacklfflg prob
lens of foreign policy or admins
trative procedure, and his manner
of talking about them, suggest an
analytical, legal mind and a life
time habit of making haste slowly
He is a lawyer who began prac-
tice in 1902 and whose early eli
ents included the Virginian Rail
way and the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey. His legislative expert
ence began in 1923 when he went
to the West Virginia State Senate
for four years.
His interest in this Nation S
world responsibilities and in the
development of a highly trained
foreign service is not of postwar
origin.
Friend of Selden Chaplin
One of his closest friends is
Louis johnson, soon to become
Secretary of Defense. His praise
of Mr.. Johnson's fight for national
preparedness in the 1930s in the
War Department indicated his
own awareness of the totalitarian
menace at that time.
Another friend is Selden Cha
pin, Minister to Hungary. who has
returned for consultations at the
State Department. Mr.. Chaplin
conferred with the Foreign Affairs
Committee several days ago at the
first session since the death of
Mr.. Bloom.
Mr.. Kee said that seeing Mr..
Chaplin not only pointed up cur
rent troubles abroad but also
brought back memories of happy
but hard working association
three years ago, when Mr.. Chaplin
headed the foreign service.
The Foreign Service Act of 1946
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Author Says Communists
Don't Realize What
They're in For
By Edword P. Morgan

PARIS. - Victor kravchenko
the -obscure Russian official,
who parlayed an expose of the
Soviet Union into a best seller
entitled Il Chose Freedom" has
become the center of a drama in
Paris that would make a Holly
wood press agent water at the
mouth.
Part of the spectacle unfolds in
the Palais de Justice, where Krav-
chenko is suing Les Lettre Fran
caises, Communist literary
weekly, for libel. Here hundreds
of citizens queue up daily hoping
to get a glimpse of the verbal
free-f all in which the plaintiff
and the defense square off lit
orally nose-to-nose and trade
epithets as if they were contend
ing for the name-calling cham
pionship of the globe-Which
they may be.
Sort of Matinee Idol
The rest of the action takes
place on the streets, in the bars,
restaurants and hotel lobbies of
Paris; wherever Kravchenko goes
he attracts a crowd. He has also
attracted proposals of marriage
from lovelorn ladies and veiled
threats from angry Communists.
The prefecture of police has fur
nished him a bodyguard of four
plainclothesmen-who have been
drafted to help his distraught sec
retaries try to keep up with his
fan mail.
In and out of the dingy, fumed-
oak courtroom, the Kravchenko
trial, now well into it's second
month, has become this capitals
main attraction. The 43-year old
principal, who has curly hair,
brown eyes and a toboggan nose
like Bob Hopes. finds himself a
kind of matinee idol. The Opera
Comique, the Eiffel Tower and
even the ies-Bergeres are sulk-
ing jealousy in the background.
Kravchenko is suing Les Lettres
for about $4,000 damages for
alleging that he did not write
the book, that he did not
have brains enough to write it, and
that whoever did write it pre-
sented a criminally distorted pic
ture of life in the U. S. S. r.
Case Becomes Incidental
Moscow sent five witnesses to
the trial. including Kravchenko's S
ex-wife and Gen. Leonid Rudenko,
who had been his boss on a Soviet
purchasing commission in Wash
ington. The general stalked out
of court when Kravchenko called
him a criminal and coward. -
A dozen other Russian witnesses
were scheduled to testify but since
the Rudenko episode none has
appeared.
The case itself has become Incl
dental to the general commotion.
The accused weekly continues
blandly to reprint its charges and
has just invented a verb, "Krav-
chenkiser." which it explains
means to commit treason. The
press in general, still pinched for
'newsprint, Is giving Kravchenko
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Stanch Follower Succeeds Bloom
John Kee Known for
Faith in u. N. as
Peooe-Keeper
By Robert K. Welsh

Representative John Kee, the
74-year-old West Virginian who
succeeds the late Sol Bloom as
chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, has courtly
manners of a gentleman of the old
school.
He also has new ideas about
training career diplomats. viewing
Russia realistically, and helping
the United Nations achieve the
peace-keeplng destiny for which
it was created.
Since coming to Congress in
1888 from a hitherto Republican
stronghold in the mountains of his
native State, Mr.. Kee has used his
deliberate-paced voice sparingly.
He has cast his votes without fan
fare but practically always with
the Roosevelt and Truman ad-
ministration on domestic as we'll
as international issues.
His reputation for self -efface-
ment on the committee and silence
on the floor for 16 years is firmly
fixed but not altogether deserved.
Yet, even he, after talking
steadily and often enthusiastically
in an hour-long interview, apollo
getically concluded:
Il hope I haven't been too gar
rulous.' "
Admirer of Hull
improvement of the caliber of
the State Department Foreign
Service and the conditions under
which its members live and work
has been Mr.. KEGS outstanding in
terest on the committee he now
heads.
But he has deep concern for
the reciprocal trade agreements
program and for good neighbor-
illness with Latin American ma
tions. This is not solely a matter
of principle and good foreign
policy with him. 1t springs
also from admiration for former
Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
The United States, he believes,
recently has lost some of the good
will it had built up in South
America. There is reason to be-
lieve this country will do more
from now on to cultivate
codiality." and already there are
signs of progress. he said.
While Mr.. Kee refused to agree
with critics who put chief blame
on shortcomings or Short-sighted-
ness of the United States. he in
sisted that neither should blame
be centered on all South Ameri-
can governments.
After all, an encouraging de-
gree of cooperation and cordiality
exists between the United States
and most of South America except
Argentina, and there the difficulty
is not of our making" he noted.
Favors Atlantic Pact
Mr.. Kee did not try to dodge
a question on what to do about
Russia, although he remarked that
neither he nor probably any one
else outside of Russia knows what
the Soviet will do especially
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, ls4e
Anti-U. S. PanamanianS
Toss Political Boomerang
Ill.Feelins Toward Us Hurting Operation
and Defense of Canal Also Retards
Economy and Progress of Panama
By Edword TomIinson

Chronic political unrest and dssenon in Panama along with
nationasm aduousy famed Com
States
difficult
handicap Panamanan
impossible forward looking
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High Court Slap atUnions
Aids Taft-Hartley Cause
Support for States in Curbing Closed.Shop
and Other Arrangements Likely to Have
Bearing on New Labor Legislation
By Gould Lincoln

The recent Supreme Court decision that the States had
right cubing the closedshop
before the passed
947 while the Wagner Labor Relations
supporters the encouraging
psychological the may prob
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Visits Mother

Visits Mother
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Sager, OF
Amarillo, Texas, returned tc
their home last Thursday after
spending several days with Mrs
Anna Sager.
Visits Brother
Mr.. Ward Spain, of Cleveland
htas been visiting his brother
and Sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
c. H. Spain.
Baccalaureate Services
Baccalaureate services for the
l948-49 graduating class, will be
held Sunday evening, May %, in
the high school auditorium. Rev
Snyder, of the Methodist church
in Midway, will be the speaker,
Music will be furnished by the
Senior orchestra, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Ruth West.
Sewing Circle Meets
The CulteriStic Circle of Py-
THAN Sisters met last Wedes-
day in the home of Mrs. Edjil
Dooley. Those present were Mrs
Myrtle Gilbert, Mrs. Ed Oglesbee
Mrs. Lena McKellop, Mrs. S
Rhoades, Mrs. j. Pennington Jr.,
Mrs. B. Trout, Mrs. r. Richard
son, Mrs. B. B. Hill, Mrs. P. John
son, Mrs. M. Blazer, Mrs. E. Holy
cross and the hostess. The next
meeting will be in the home OF
Mrs. S. Rhoades and all members
are urged to attend.
In Columbus
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Hill, Shirley
and Kenneth, and Mrs. N. B. Hill
and Bobby were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Boyles OF
Columbus.
All Club Meets
The Busy Stitchers Club met
in the home of Shirley Hill last
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. j.
Chamberlain, and Mrs. B. Hill
met with the girls as supervisors
Rosemary Westfall, Sydne Ann
Louden, Shirley BoSart, Shirley
Hill, and Mary Barton were pre-
sent Light refreshments were
served.
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Roberta Ruth Boerger, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boerger,
met with a very painful accident
Tuesday of last week, when her
right hand was caught in the fer
tilizer attachment chain of a corn
planter on which she was riding.
She was taken to Jane Case hos
pital, Delaware, where it was
feared they would have to ampu-
tate three of her fingers; how
ever the operation did not have
to be performed and she was
brought to her home Friday
where she is recovering nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Flohr and
son, of Bucyrus; Mr.. and Mrs.
Beryl Phipps and son, of Somers-
vile; and Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Boerger were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Owens.
Pvt. Billy L. DeGood, of the
Regular Army, who has been sta
toned at Camp Kilmer, N. j.
for the past six weeks, has been
transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga,
where he will be stationed per
manently. He is now in the Sig
nal Corps.
The Leesburg- Magnetic High
school enjoyed a trip to Colum-
bus last Saturday. They visited
several departments of Ohio State
University and in the afternoon
saw both baseball and football
game.
Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Hill and
family, of near Columbus, were
guests Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. w. Hill.
! We extend our sympathy to
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. B. McCardle. in
the tragic death of their grand
son, Corporal Ronald Danner, of
the u. S. Air Force. Corporal
Danner, who was stationed at
Washington d. c., had been
granted a 30-day furlough and
was hitch-hiking to his home in
Marion. The car in which he was
riding crashed into a bridge, and
Corp. Danner was killed instant
ly. His funeral was held Friday i'm
Marion at the Salvation Army
Post.
Mrs. Maxine Allen and son,
Jerry, spent Monday evening
with Mrs. James Schertzer and
Mrs. Marie Spain, in Broadway.
Mrs. Lee McCardle, of Marion.
was caller Monday afternoon
and evening at the D. B. McCard-
lie home.
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BY MRS. L. w. FAULK

The w. S. G. S. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Myrtle Gate at 2
p. m. May 25. Mrs. Andrews and
Mrs. Ruth Manly will assist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Stewart
called on Mr. and Mrs. D. C..
Neill, Sunday evening.
Mr.. ands Mrs. Robert Norris
and family were Sunday after
noon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Burwell, of Sunbury.
Mariean Seely spent Friday and
Saturday with Roberta and
Mary Kathryn Norris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Seely at
tended a recital in Columbus,
Friday evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Cosgray
and Bennie, of Plain City, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Cosgray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, of
Hilliard, were Sunday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Cosgray.
Mrs. Thelma Thompson called
on her mother, Mrs. Charles
Owens, in Watkins, Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fleming,
of Columbus, were Friday guests
of Mrs. Maude Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hyder. of
Columbus, spent Sunday after
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Faulk.
MIR. and Mrs. Tom Swack-
hammer and Tommy were We'd
nesday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Faulk and Carol
Ann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Dewitt
were recent Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scott, in
Linworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Tallman,
of Columbus, were Sunday after
noon guests of Mrs. Maude
Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cook, of
Shawnee Hills, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion South and son spent Sun
day afternoon in Marion.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Faulk and
Carol Ann motored to the south
ern part of Ohio, Kentucky and
West Virginia, Sunday.
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ing until Friday, May 81 due to
the Alumni banquet falling on
same night.
Thursday evening, the Lucky
Eight Club met with Mrs. Walter
Brown.
Rev. and Mrs. Harry Salisbury
Junior were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Salisbury, Sunday.
Mrs. Tavern Arthurs and child
rem, of Plain City, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Blue.
Mrs. Virginia Clements and
Mrs. Ruth Johnson were home
visiting Mrs. Walter Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Roberts, of
Columbus, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Walk on Friday.
Mrs. Dorothy Sherman and
daughter, of Columbus were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Brown and daughter.
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BY MRS. EFFIE DAVIS

Several ladies from this com
munity attended the meeting of
the Women's Society at the Clai-
borne Methodist church on Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Hugh Ridge returned from
the Marion hospital recently. Her
daughter, Mrs. Paul Oberdier, is
at her parents home, helping to
care for her mother for several
weeks. Mrs. Ridge is improving
slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Howard
called at the Hugh Ridge home
, Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Davis en-
tertained the Work and Win Sun
day School class at their home on
Friday evening, with a good at
tendance. Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Nor
riSon were guests at the class
meeting.
Several school children of this
community who are members of
the Redwood Band went to
Springfield Saturday to enter in
band contest with other bands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Webster call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Clark
Friday evening.
Bertha Matlack and her moth
er, Mrs. Margaret Kirk called on
Tenah Ridge Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Nellie Sidle called on Mrs.
Jake Sidle Thursday afternoon,
and also at the home of Mrs. Da-
vid Sidle and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Thomp-
son had for their Sunday after
noon guests her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Earick, of near Claiborne.
Rev. Hugh Price was Sunday
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs,
Glenn Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snyder
called at the home of her brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
North Doudna Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Glenn Davis and Rev. Price
were also callers at the Doudna
home.
Plans are being made for
community Memorial Service on
Sunday evening May %, which
will be held in the Claiborne
Methodist church. The message
will be delivered by Rev. Fleming
of the A. c. church. Everybody
is cordially invited. There will
also be special music and songs.
Merle McLaroy and Calvin
Wells called on Glenn Davis Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Livings-
ton, of Redwood, spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Ridge and son.
Mrs. Celia Grubbs is on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Danube and
children were Sunday guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Burke
pile, who lives on what is known
as the old Guyton place. Fay
Styer is the owner of the farm
now.
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North Lewisbvlru

San Jose, Calf; and Gerald Will
ey, Lockport, N. Y. Burial was
made in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Farm Service Store Sold
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Henry,
formerly living near London, and
now living on the former Clar-
ence Timson farm, have pur-
chased the Farm Service Store,
owned and operated by ]. B.
Barnhart, of Urbana, and Ed
ward Stephan. Mr.. Stephan has
accepted position as agent for
the Western and Southern in
Surance company.