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Evening star., 1949-12-04
Supreme Court to Study Appeal
Aquinst Anti-Fuscist Group

the Supreme Court that the House
committee had information that
the refugee committee was q Com
munist front. In appealing the
Bryan-F7eischman cases, the de-
partmeht argued that "the effect
Of the appeals court decision is
to require a congressional COM
mittee to go through the futile
and time-consuming gesture of
holding a formal meeting even
though the person subpoenaed ua-
qualidedly declares that. he will
not honor the subpoena"
The House committee quorum
question arose in Supreme Court
decision last year. At that time the
tribunal reversed the conviction of
Harold R. Christoffel, a Milwaukee
labor union leader accused Of per-
jury at House Labor Committee
hearing. The court set aside the
verdict because a majority of the
House committee had not been
present when Christoffel made an
alleged false statement about
Communist association.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Man Freed Of Murder
Ordered Re-Arrested
lx II. .A,ssxiei,d Prs,s

PHuADEIRHIA. Dec, 3.-A
warrant was issued today for the
rearrest Of James Comber. 81
year-old BARTENDER acquitted last
Thursday of murder and man
slaughter charges in the death Of
q 53-year- -old sales executive.
Judge Joseph Sloane signed the
new warrant charging assault and
battery and aggravated assault
and battery at the request Of
Assistant District Attorney Ameri-
co v. Cortese. It was turned over
to County Detective Arthur J..
Cunning for immediate service.
After Comber's acquittal on the
more serious charge, Judge Sloane
censured the all-woman jury and
said its verdict constituted q mis-
carriage Of JUSTICE The jury is to
be Investigated by the district at
torney's Office.
Hubert E. Madden, the victim,
died last March 26 after leaving
the Moravian Dining Club in
downtown Philadelphia where
Comber was employed.
The commonwealth contended
that Comber, while of duty, had
visited the club in the role of q
patron, beat and kicked Madden
to death in drunken fight. The
jury concluded that "acute alco-
holism" was the contributing
cause of death.
John Patrick Walsh, attorney
for the acquitted bartender. said
"it would be Illegal for the State
to rearrest his client on charges
of assault and battery or aggra-
vated assault and battery.
These two crimes were consti-
uent elements of the crime of
murder and Mr.. Comber was tried
and acquitted Of murder. He can
not be arrested for assault and
battery.
"The laws is well established on
that point"
Judge Sloane did not comment
on Mr.. Walsh's statement.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
East Asia Conference
On Missions Opens
Amid Red Charges
~ the Assoeioted Press

BANGKOK, Thailand (Siam)
dec. 3.-The East Asian christian
conference was formally opened
today by Prince Regent Rangsit
of Thailand (Siam). while a dis
sident missionary organization
charged the conference leadership
with supporting communism.
The conference is being held
under the auspices Of the Inter-
national Missionary Council and
the World Council Of Churches,
which came into being in August,
1948, at Amsterdam. The Neither
lands.
Charge Held Negated.
IMC's chairman declared sharp
ly that historical facts negate the
dissident charges.
The dissidents, numbering II
and representing the Interna-
tional Council of Churches, made
the charges against the conference
leadership through their presi-
dent, the Rev. Carl McIntire,
pastor of the Bible Presbyterian
Church Of Collingswood. N. j.,
who previously has criticized the
World Council of Churches.
Mr.. McIntire said his group
came to Bangkok Ito inform ma
tional churches Of Southeast Asia
of the departure from the Bible
by the World Council, to expose
the leadership in Asia for its sup
port of Communism and to keep
the World Council from consoli-
dation of this vital part of the
world to the end that the govern
ments will recognize its agencies
as certifying leaders for mission
boards"
Statement Answered.
Mr.. McIntire said DR.. T. c. Chao,
president of the World Council for
Asia, welcomed Communists In
China as liberators. declared a
Christian may be a Communist
and accepted a post on the Peoples
Consultative Council to advise the
Reds in setting up their new Or
der"
His statement was answered in
an interview by DR.. John A. Mac
kay, president of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary and chairman of
the INC. who said sharply:
This group dCC) while paying
lip treatment to the Bilbe and
Jesus Christ, represents an un-
biblical Christianity. While being
concerned about Communism it
carries on work with Communist
technique. Wherever they go and
in all they say about those whom
they love to malign and to ira
duce,' they act without the slight
est interest in truth and with
terms Of . jesuitical ethic."
Seek to Attend Sessions.
Mr.. Mackay, Who y president
Of the American Presbyterian
Board Of Foreign Missions. said
the historical facts and actions
of the INC and the World Council
of Churches. negate the charges
of the dissidents.
Mr.. McIntire's group win seek
to attend the conference sessions
but the conference leaders said
the dissidents would not receive
guest cards to the official meet
| jnpS
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Boy, Is, Held After Stray Bullet
Gruzes Woman Near Lundover

jacket, passed through the collar
of Mrs. Panzone's fur coat and
fell on the front seat.
Detectives Earl j. Huber and
Richard A. Pearson, who went to
the scene after the incident was
reported. arrested a 16-year-old
colored boy who, they said, had
been shooting at wooden posts
along Landover road.
They said a bullet in one Of
the posts matched the one recov-
cred from the automobile.
The boy was released in Gus
tody of his parents pending q
hearing December Is in County
Juvenile Court.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

A stray .22-caliber bullet yes
terday grazed the neck of a Silver
Spring woman in passing car
near Landover, narrowly missing
her jugular vein, Prince Georges
County police reported.
According to police, the woman,
Mrs. Kathleen Panzone, %, OF
1913 Woodside parkway, was in
the front seat of the car. driven
by. her husband, Dominick Pam
zone, jr., 81.
Seated in the rear was Mr..
Panzon's brother Vincent, 81, also
Of the Woodside parkway address.
Police said the bullet clipped
the edge of the younger Panzone' S
Evening star., 1949-12-04
a Congressman Arrive
In Sweden From Reich
By the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 3.-Four
American Congressman, members
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee, arrived today by plane
from Germany for three-day
visit. They are: Representatives
Rooney, Democrat. of New York,
Flood, Democrat, of Pennsylvania,
Fogarty. Democrat, of Rhode Is
land and Stockman, Democrat,
of Oregon.
Shortly before their arrival, po-
lice broke up small group of
Communist sympathizers who
planned to picket outside the air.
mort.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Dimiter Ivonov, II, Dies;
Noted Bulgarian Autho,
By the Assoeiatsd Pres.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 3.-Dimi-
ter Ivanov, II, Bulgarian author,
whose pen name was Elm Pelin,
died today of a heart ailment.
He was considered one of the
best Bulgarian short story writer's.
He founded the literary magazine
Razvigor and Bulgaria's first chill
dren,s magazine.
Elm Pelin this year was awarded
the nations highest cultural
award, the gold medal Of the arts
and sciences. Some of his works
have been translated into foreign
languages.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Formosons Asks Macarthur
To Throw Out Notionolists
by the Associo,ed Press

TOKYO, Dec. 3.-The Formo-
san League for Independence to-
day urged Gen. Macarthur to oust
the Chinese Nationalists from
Formosa and occupy that island
until it obtains freedom.
The league issued statement
here bristling with denunciations
of both the Nationalists and the
Chinese Communists. The Ma
tionalists have converted Formosa
into a fortress of resistance to the
Reds.
The league referred to the
"feudalistic tyranny of the Ma
tionalists and "the corrosive pesti-
lence of Communism.
The statement also asked the
United Nations for a plebiscite
asked President Truman to en-
power Gen. Macarthur to occupy
Formosa and urged Prime Min
lister Attlee of Great Britain to
support the move.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
RomuIo Declares U.N
Makes Progress in
Control Over Atom
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-United
Nations Assembly President Car
los P. Romulo said tonight that
the u. N. is progressing in its
work toward control of atomic
energy. but the world must not
expect any miracle Of instant
agreement.
Gen. Romulo made this COM
ment as he released letters from
the six countries in the U. N.
most directly concerned with
atomic matters. These acknowl-
edged receipt of his four-point
program of work on the atomic
problem and indicated their gov
ernments would give his ideas
serious consideration.
6 Sponsored 1916 Resolution.
The six countries are the United
States, the Soviet Union, France,
Britain, China and Canada. They
are called the sponsoring powers
on atomic energy because they
sponsored a resolution creating
the U. N. Atomic Energy Commis-
sion in 1946. This is the only
point on the atomic question on
which they have agreed unani-
mously.
Announcement that the United
States will conduct tests of atomic
weapons at Eniwetok Atoll has
been received here with interest,
but it has made no discernible
difference in the intentions of the
Western delegates to carry on
talks with the Soviet Union be-
hind closed doors in a continuing
attempt to see if any answer can
be found.
The General Assembly Novem-
ber % called on the Big Five and
Canada to continue consultations
The Soviet bloc opposed this plan,
insisting the U. N. Atomic Energy
Commission should resume ses-
sions and work on Soviet pro-
posals for atomic control.
Previous sessions OF the six have
made no progress. but the dele
gates are preparing to resume the
talks when the Assembly adjourns
Soviet Leaves Door Open.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky told Gen. Romulo in
his letter dated November % that
his government did not believe the
Assembly's decision helped "in the
least" toward solving the problem
But Mr.. Vishinsky left the door
open by saying the Soviet govern
ment is prepared to examine any
proposals directed toward a sue
cessful solution of the issue.
Warren r. Austin, Chief Ameri-
can Delegate, Sir Alexander Cado-
gan Of Britain, Lester B. Pear
son, Foreign Minister of Canada,
fand DR.. T. F. Tsiang. Chinese
Nationalist delegate, all said their
governments would give full con-
sideration to the problem. Marcel
Plaisant, French delegate. ack-
nowledged receipt of the Romulo
communication, which was dated
November 3.
Gen. Romulo said these replies
showed that the governments do
not close the door to an agree
ment.
Summing up, he said he felt
that 1--WE are making progress"
Evening star., 1949-12-04
By Robert K. WoIsh

The conduct OF the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
comes before the Supreme Court
this week in oral arguments on
cases Of two women convicted OF
contempt of Congress for failure
to submit records Of the Joint
Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
The appeals in this instance
differ somewhat from similar sslits
heard in recent years. The Gov
|ernment is appealing and a main
Question Is whether the District
Court jury here should have been
allowed to consider the reported
lack of a committee quorum at the
hearing.
Returning for two weeks of case
arguments, the Supreme Court to-
morrow may hand down opinions
on several important cases. II
may decide on the constitution
ality Of the Taft-Hartley Acts
provision refusing NLRB privi-
lleges to unions whose officers dc
mot sign non-Communist affi-
davits.
The tribunal also may rule on
the appeal of Eugene Dennis, sec
retary of the Communist Party in
the United States, from a Dis
trict Court conviction for con-
tempt Of Congress in refusing to
answer a subpoena of the Com
mittee on Un-American Activi-
ties.
Question Of U. S. Employees.
The issue has narrowed to the
presence Of Government en-
ployes on the District Court jury
that returned a guilty verdict
against Dennis in July, 1947. Den
mis- contends that. because of the
loyalty program, Federal job hold
ers on juries fear to vote for ac-
|quittal of ayowed Communists.
Still another case connected to
the Communist problem awaits
decision. It concerns validity of
a California law requiring State
employees to swear they are not
Communists.
Miss Helen r. Bryan, executive
secretary Of the Anti-Fascist Ref
ugee Committee. and Mrs. Ernes-
tina G. Fleischman, a member,
are involved in the Contempt of
Congress cases scheduled for ar
gument this week.
They were sentenced to three
months in jail and fined $500 each
when a District Court in 1947
found them guilty of contempt Of
Congress for failure to produce
Anti Fascist Refugee Committee
documents subpoen by the
House committee.
Convictions Reversed.
Their convictions were reversed
by the United States Court of Ap.
peals last year. The appellate cour'
held that the question of whether
a majority of the House committe'
was present at the time of the al
legged failure should have beer
/ submitted to the jury.
Almost two years ago the Cour1
Of Appeals affirmed the conviction
of II other officers and members O.
the Refugee Committee on con.
tempt of Congress charges. The Il
were accused Of withholding rec
ords subpoened by the House com.
mittee. They asked the Suprem,
Court to review their case but tn.
tribunal on June IA, 1948, refused
to do So. The group then filed {
petition for reconsideration Of tn.
refusal. That request still is pend
ing.
The Justice Department tole
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Cranberry State

Bogs in southeastern Massachu-
sets normally yield about two
thirds of the Nations annual
cranberry crop.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

Russia has sent o. trade union
delegation Of four Soviet miners
to Scotland.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Gen. Chang Expected
To Abandon Mainland
Soon for Formosa
BY the Associated Press

HONG KONG, Dec. 3.-A rapid
Communist advance through Chi
mas Far West raised the prospect
today that Chang Kai-shek soon
may abandon the mainland for
his island fortress of Formosa.
There seems little to stop the
Red rush in the West. which
rapidly is being cut in half.
Even the best Nationalist armies
left, those of Gen. Pal Chung -hsi,
are being driven into an ever
shrinking corner in the south.
An official announcement in
Chengtu. the new refugee capital
in the West. said Pal was shifting
his headquarters to Hainan. This
is the large island off the south
coast. Red guerrillas are active
there.
Officials Being Evacuated.
The newspaper Sing Tao MIN
Po of Hong Kong. with Nationalist
leanings and connections, said Of
ficlals in Pals Kwangsi Province,
capital of Manning, are being ur-
gently evacuated to Hainan.
The generalissimo is in Chengtu
directing Nationalist defenses and
soon may take back the presi-
dency. Acting President Ii Tsing-
jen is leaving Hong Kong by plane
Monday for the United States.
The China mail. quoting Ma
tionalist sources in Hong Kong,
said there were indications the
generalissimo soon will abandon
the mainland as a lost cause. He
and his retinue would return to
Formosa.
The newspaper said the Nation
alist forces in the south. the ESQ.,
000-man armies of Gen. Pal,
would be 'left behind to fight the
Communists without the general
issimo's interference or help"
Pal is a close friend of Acting
President Ii. Ii walked out pre-
sumably because Chang would
not give him a free hand to fight
the Communists.
Reds Cut Main Road.
The Mails sources said Chiang'S
decision to abandon the mainland
probably would be announced
after the fall of Chengtu.
Dispatches from Chengtu have
indicated the fall may come within
two or three weeks. The Com
munists already have cut one of
the three main roads to the south
at a point about 180 miles from
Chengtu. They also may be almost
halfway to Chengtu from Chung
king. which is ITO miles to the
southeast.
The Chengtu reports said Pre-
mier Yen Hsi-shan was making
plans to move his government
further west. Sichang. in the
mountains 225 miles southwest Of
Chengtu, has been mentioned.
In the only mention Of military
activity, an Associated Press dis
patch from Formosa said heavy
bombers struck at Chungking's
outskirts Friday The Nationalists
asserted the airfield and military
vehicles were hit, causing big fires.
It was the first air raid on Chung
-
Evening star., 1949-12-04

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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-02-01

duction is well under way in Nor
way, but here, the authorities have
run into a curious problem. While
in England and America every
worker knew that his job was
part of the war effort and that
the harder he worked, the sooner
the war would be over, the Nor
wegian working during the Ger
man occupation at home, or at
forced labor in Germany, slowed
down production and sabotaged it
at every turn.
AS a result there are workers
today who have never known the
tempo of full production and who
must not only be taught new
skills but modern production
methods as well. All of which
takes time.
There are many things the Nor
wegians cannot afford, if they are
to balance their books, and the
writing off of customs tariffs be-
tween the other two Scandinavian
countries is one of them.
If the plan to reduce such
tariffs which is being discussed by
Scandinavian economic experts
should be carried out, Mr.. Brofoss
wonders where Norway is going to
find the equivalent of the internal
revenue that would be lost.
Unpopular Move
Increased direct taxation is al
ways highly unpopular and the
public is no exception.
But Norway could scarcely MAIN
tain it's indirect taxation on con-
sumner goods and have similar
goods come into the country from
Denmark and Sweden practically
duty free.
AS in all countries where con-
trolls exist, there is a surplus of
buying power which must be chan
neled into the national exchequer
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-02-01

and commerce between themselves.
Home Controls
But only by controlling home
consumption while increasing our
production for export during the
next four years will Norway be
able to do this. While the govern
ment, therefore, cannot consider
any changes in rationing and other
restrictions for some time, 1 am
confident that most Norwegians
will accept the situation"
In a country which never can
balance it's exports with imports,
as it must bring in over so per
cent of its food, capital goods, and
raw materials from abroad, Nor
way must sail in foreign cur
rency through goods and services
earned abroad by it's merchant
shipping in order to balance the
books.
Since the wars end this has not
been possible due to the loss of
half of it's merchant fleet between
1910 and 1945, increased freight
rates and world prices, and the
general disruption of world trade.
AS a result, the Norwegians now
have a trade balance deficit of
1858 100000.
Such figures are hard for the
average housewife to take in. She
knows only that her family is
tired of eating fish, that they all
need new clothes, and that she
has been able to buy meat just
five times this year despite her
ration card.
She does not complain much
everybody in Norway is in the
same boat-but she is very inter-
ested in hearing how the Marshall
Plan is going to help-how soon
things are going to get better.
To this Mr.. Brofoss replies,
Just as soon as the economies of
the other countries of western Eu-
rope are stabilized. Few laymen,
it seems to me, appreciate that we
are going through an economic
revolution today. 1t is because
Secretary of State George c. Mar
shall and other farsighted leaders
this, that the ERP pro-
gram, which can and should
achieve such sterilization, was set
up"
AS Mr.. Brofoss talks, he draws
which make the Euro
pean economic puzzle clear enough
for any housewife to understand.
A triangle representing Scandi-
navian trade with Germany and
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-02-01

as painlessly as possible. The
Swedish and Danish ministers of
commerce therefore, will have to
present some very good argu-
which they believe they
have-if they are going to succeed
in getting Norway to agree to
lower customs barriers at this
time.
On the other hand, it is gen.
orally understood that a Scandi-
navian customs union will take
shape after the effects of eventual
tariff reductions are studied over
period of time Discussions which
are equally important concerns
planning the new industries which,
as Marshall Plan countries, the
three Scandinavian nations have
agreed to build up, so that they
complement rather than compete
with each other.
Meanwhile. the Norwe gian
housewife can leave her house,
cleaning and thinking up new
ways of serving fish, and go see
Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Die
tator" which has now opened in
Oslo for the first time. That film,
and the sight-and sound--of
American sailors from the U. S. S.
Purdy and Bristol who are cur
rently paying Olso, Trondheim.
and Narvik a visit, have proved
most effective in helping her for
get her household problems.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-02-01

England before the war, shows
how the surplus of pounds sterling
earned from exports to Great
Britain, bought vitality needed
goods from Germany.
Herring and Fish
But with Germany still unable
to export in sufficient quantities,
and British pounds now inconvert-
ible into dollars, these goods have
had to be found elsewhere This
year, for instance, the Norwegians
were forced to cut their planned
imports from the United States
and South America by 500, 100000.
This is where the behring's come
in. In Norway, there is solemn
distinction made between herring
and fish, for behring's are gold,
and a Norwegian who is not a
fisherman doesn't get to eat them
at all.
He eats fish Cor whale steak and
onions for change). The behring's
are now bringing in dollar goods"
-35 per cent of Norway's grain
and 20 per cent of it's coal require
ments-from Russia and Poland.
Norway's present trade agree
ments with these countries are
drawn up for one year at time
and are renewable, but discussions
are due shortly on long-term trade
agreements with Russia, which,
apart from supplying many chemi-
Gals. machinery. and other items
formerly delivered by Germany,
also absorbs Norwegian products
such as fish oils, ferrous alloys,
aluminium, synthetic fertilizers at
higher prices than hard cur
rency countries are paying.
Norwegian exports to the east
ern European countries, therefore.
have increased this year by ST.
25O,OOO over 1889 and imports
from those countries, by almost
the same amount.
The effort to increase home pro-
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Oslo Stresses Export Production

Norway's "austerity program"
which since the end of World War
II has precluded buying anything
but the barest necessities-and
not too many of them-now has
become particularly hard for the
Norwegian housewife to under
stand.
She asks why the Danes can
free so many items from the ra-
ton, why the Swedes no longer
must give points for bread, and
why the Firms can buy all the
meat they can afford and have
hot water twice a week.
The Norwegian Minister of
Commerce, Erik BrofoSs, is the
first to admit that he does not
blame the housewives for asking
these questions, but he also has
the Norwegian answer in cold,
plain figures.
Much of this letting up on ra-
tlOulilS III olilel oouiitiioS 10
morale boost Mr.. Brofoss de-
clared. IN some instances, too,
restrictions have been relaxed for
political purposes. But l do not
consider such decisions to be far
sighted"
Asked whether the Sis, 100000
European Recovery Program funds
now available to Norway, partly
in gifts and partly in loans, would
not facilitate ration-lifting, Mr.
Brofoss replied:
In Paris the 16 Marshal Plan
countries agreed to stabilize their
economies and increase production