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remembers me as q Communist.
Tell US about your being ;
Communist" Mr.. Kelley said.
I'm not a Communist" Mis-
Coplon replied firmly. She addet
that she had never been Com
muniSt.
Impression Of Impression.
"Why did you write another
woman's memory of yourself as Q
Communist" Mr.. Kelley inquired
81 wrote only an impression ol
an impression" Miss Coplon said
Later ] asked her in court about
this impression and she said :
don't know where you got that
idea.' She remembered me as q
liberal but not as a Communist.
Miss Coplon. tn saying 'ir
court" referred to q visit Mrs
Sunderland paid to her since
her trial started here.
Before introducing the Canadian
commission spy report. Mr.. Kelley
questioned Miss Coplon about the
mysterious Michael" to whom
she referred In q typed memoran-
dunn telling Of her unsuccessful
efforts to get q copy Of the "tor
secret" FBI report on Soviet
espionage and Communist party
activities in this country.
Mr.. Palmer told reporters at the
beginning Of the trial that Mich
ael' was the Archangel Michael
and Miss Coplon was creating ar
allegorical character to use in the
book she was writing.
Describes Character Michael.
Miss Coplon. however. said q
chapter in the Book Of Revela-
tions had suggested the name
Michael" to her but the fictiona'
character she was creating for hel
book was not an Archangel.
Michael Is o fictional charac.
ter" she said. "a professor ol
social sciences In q university II
Washington. In the book
planned to have myself describing
to Michael what was taking placs
In Warrington mean about the
hysteria and witch hunts and se
forth"
whats Michael.s last name?'
Mr.. Kelley inquired.
Prof. Michael Smith," Mis-
Coplon replied after brief pause
did you Just think OF that?'
Mr.. Kalley asked.
mo. "she said angrily. 'end
resent that"
I'm the book are you and Mich
ael in lovc?" the prosecutor asked
mo"
"Are you In love with anybody
mo. I hadn't come % It."
Undecided ON Love Angle.
Miss Coplon added that she die
mot know whether she would writ.
about her love life in her auto
biographical novel.
Miss Coplon said that her boss
Mr.. Foley, had shown her the "tol
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Retired Actress Dies

NEW YORK. June - tP.--Miss
May McCahe. rs, retired stage and
screen actress. died Wednesday
Born In Indianapolis. she ap-
peared in Shore Acres" "Ari-
zona." "Oh Boy" Blue Jeans
and other plays, She appeared In
many early motion pictures.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
CopIon
Continued From First Page,)

planning again that she took the
data slips to help her with a civil
service examination and in prepa-
ration Of book.
She implied, however, that her
superiors at the Justice Depart
! ment helped plant" the decoy
material found in her purse.
why did they follow me to New
York? Why did one man come
to New York to point me out?
Why did one Of the agents who
arrested me know exactly where
to look in my pocketbook for the
papers?" Miss Coplon cried.
"Why. why?"
"You knew why" Mr.. Kelley
replied in an ominous tone.
Phone Call Before Arrest.
Miss Coplon's voice, rose to a
half shrek as she cried:
'T did not! I did not! did not!
This case is so f1shy it smells to
high heaven. Why did Gubitchev
make a telephone call 10 minutes
before they arrested me? I'd like
to know how he fits into this whole
picture. I'd like to know more
about the parts played by Gubit-
chev and Shapiro both"
Miss Coplon, who took the wit
ness stand in her own behalf last
Thursday afternoon, has been
under cross-examination by Mr.
Kelley since Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Coplon declared that Mr.
Foley brought false testimony
against her by saying she had no
authority to take certain papers
from the files.
"Was it necessary for Mr.. Foley
to point out o memorandum to me
and say I could take it home?"
Miss Coplon asked. IF that isn't
entrapment I don't know what is. ~
Doesn't Understand Case.
Miss Coplon cried out against
'that woman who held me when
they stripped and searched me
This was only part of a system
that included tapping telephone
wires. I don't understand this
case at all. AL I know is that ]
have been framed!"
She was referring to a woman
FBI agent in New York who
searched Miss Coplon in head
quarters there after her arrest.
Mr.. Kelley said 'but you admit
that you. and only you, were sole
ly responsible for placing those
papers in your purse before you
went to New York;"
Archibald Palmer, Miss Coplon's
fiery defense attorney. leaped te
his feet and objected that she al.
ready had answered this question
and the Judge upheld his objec.
ton.
every well. then Mr.. Psal,..-il, Psa.l--.-l.
Mr.. Kelley replied. :" I Civ,
you your witness!"
The Judge granted Mr.. Palmerl
request to have the luncheon re-
cess is minutes early because o
Miss Coplon's overwrought, nerv
Gus condition. She was to return
Evening star., 1949-06-24

FOLLOWING ts the character
sketch" prepared By Miss Cop
lon on Alfred Bopnton SteDen-
SON, one of the three sketches
presented at her trial:
first met Steve" as he is
known. In the summer of l946
when we both attended q class In
international Organization" at
the graduate school of American
University in Washington.
Steve is about 20 years Of age.
an American by birth. and comes
from FL Paso. Tex. At the present
time he Is working at the Signal
Corps in Arlington, Va. He has a
P-3 or PA rating; ! do not know
the nature Of his work since he is
most secretive on the point: he did
tell me several months ago though
that he had changed the type Of
work he was doing. Steven came
to Washington during the war
and, ! believe, has been working
since, first as a GI and then as
a civilian at the Signal Corps.
Previously. he held some sort Of
civil service job In Texas or Ar
kansas, and prior to that, I think.
taught school. having received an
MA in English literature from
some Southern Us university.
I would characterize Steve as
pro- Communist, albeit bit of a
"wishy-washy" idealist and po-
litically naive. For example. in a
conversation I had with him q few
days ago. he mentioned some peo-
pie that he'd met in New York
apparently Communists. He
told me that, while he found him
self agreeing with these people
sympathetically. he could not ac-
cept all of their realistic" ap-
proach. He mentioned, though.
that when he met such people, as
a group, he tended to agree with
them 100 per cent in their pres
ence. largely because they were
usually so shocked finding some
one so liberal" from the pro-
verbal reactionary State Of Texas
that he seemed to want them to
be sure that he was one of them.
Il might add. as an aside, that
until this very recent conversa-
ton with him. I'd never heard him
express such qualifications to his
previously seemly more mature
views).
I do not know Of any of his po-
litical Affiliations. I know he is q
member Of the American Veterans
Committee and that for a while he
associated, and may still associate,
with various persons connected
with Community Education, Inc.
an inter-racial cultural" center
In Washington.
1t was my vague impression that
Community Ed was pro-Commu-
mist organization. Recently ! read
In a bureau report where one in
formant characterized the group
as ro-Communist, but another
characterized 1t as Socialist, and
one Of its leaders. David Campbell,
as a Trotskyite. Steve also at-
tended at least one meeting a year
or 50 ago. of the Washington Book
Shop. tsubvers,ye listing1 which
was On the subject OF RAestine.
and about Which he was very en-
thusiastic: and was impressed
with the speaker.
Steve's closest friend and for
mer roommate in Washington was
Floyd Albert, who also worked at,
the Signal Corps until he returned
to New York last summer. Hc1S
working at present for some agency
Of the New York State govern
ment. Floyd graduated from
Brooklyn College and was dmainly
progressively whome I'd been
friendly with during college days.
Floyd impressed me as being more
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Copion BLUEPRINT Outlined

contended today Judith Coplon follow
blueprint spy
Commissions in drawing her character sketches
three friends
part report copon
typewriter
details questions be and lines Of approach TO be
Evening star., 1949-06-24

to the stand this afternoon for
redirect examination by Mr.. Pal
|mer.
Composure Regained.
A few moments after she had
been screaming. waving her hands
and shaking her fists from the
stand, Miss Coplon appeared to
regain complete composure. Clad
in a blue skirt and white blouse.
she appeared quite cool and col
iected as she walked through the
corridors exchanging pleasShtries
with acquaintGnces. 4
The three character sketches
which the Government conteffds
followed Moscow's instructions,
outlined the lives Of Alfred B.
Stevenson. a civilian employe Of
the Army Signal Corps; Alvin
Sunderland and his wife. Mrs.
Lorraine Sinderbrand, Of 247
Delaware avenue 6.W.
Mrs. Sunderland attended high
school in Brooklyn with Miss
Coplon. Mr.. Stevenson was Miss
Coplon's classmate at the grad
uate school at American Uni
versity in l946.
Defendants Eyes Blaze.
The Government charges that
the three character sketches"
represent efforts on the part Of
the suspended Justice Department
employe to supply Russian agents
with information desired on the
recruitment Of potential Soviet
espionage agents.
Miss Coplon's eyes blazed an
grily as Mr.. Kelley read from the
commission report q document
captured when Soviet spy ring In
Canada was smashed In 1946. The
document. sent from Moscow to
leaders Of the spy ring in Canada,
directed that full biographical
sketches be prepared and for
warded to Moscow on any poten-
tial Soviet spy.
''I resent this implication" Miss
Coplon asserted, II merely wrote
character sketches to be used in
my book" She has protested since
her arrest that she intended tol
write a book and was collecting
material for 1t.
Mr.. Kelley then read from the
three sketches and emhasized the
details of age, occupation. family,
personal habits and political views
which Miss Coplon had typed
about her three friends. He then
read from the Royal Canadian
Commission report and showed
that the directors Of Soviet espi-
onage in Moscow had demanded
that the same details be obtained
about any person who was being
considered as q potential espio-
mage recruit.
Familiar With Report.
"You are aware. aren't you. Miss
Coplon," MIR. Kelley said. "that
the Russians desired in connection
with recruitment OF espionage
agents covers the same field as
your character sketches?'
Miss Coplon said she was famil-
lar with the report Of the Cana
dian commission because she had
examined it In connection with
her work in the internal security
and foreign agents sections Of the
Department of Justice. She added
that she had no personal knowl-
edge that the documents set forth
in the commission report were
bona fide Soviet intelligence
orders.
MIR. Kelley had Miss Coplon re-
read her appraisal of Mr.. Steven
son as o-Communist. albeit .
bit OF 'wishy-washy' idealist and
politically naive"
Why did you refer to him rs
'pro-Communist'?" Mr.. Kelley
asked.
IT could have written pro-Re-
publican" Miss Coplon answered.
Mr.. Kelley then had Miss Cop
lon read the sketch about Mrs.
Sunderland. In 1t, Miss Coplon
had written. Lorraine probably
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

Jake Kelleher, Boston US foot
ball end coach, led the nations
pass receivers in 1912 at Column
bia when he caught % of Paul
G%overnali's passes for $50 yards.
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P~oscogould Women
Join In World DuY
Of Prayer Friday

The Pascagoula Council of
Church Women joined in the
World Day of Prayer held Friday
by churches and other religious
organizations through the world,
by holding a service at the First
Methodist church at 3 p.m.
The program, which was uni
versally followed was "The Lord
Is My Keeper" and was based on
one of the Psalms. 1t was led
by Mrs. Foster Carson of the First
Presbyterian church who was in
troduced by Mrs. Perry A. Thomp-
son, president of the council.
1t consisted of responsive read
ings from the scripture led by
Mrs. Carson and answered by the
congregation. This was inter
spersed with music with Miss
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

Mrs. T. S. Waller, ST., Of st.
Elmo, mother of the latter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Woodward
and young son have moved to
their new home in Kreoie. We
also regret losing Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Young but take this means
of welcoming to our community
the Gassoway family, formerly
% Kreole.
Mrs. A. l.. Eckhoff and daugh-
ter and Mrs. Ebert Whatley and
daughter spent Thursday with
Mrs. P. A. Whatley and Mrs. A.
l.. Woodward.
p. A. Whatley, Mrs. Woodward
and the Unity church as a whole
take this means to extending a
welcome to the visitors who wor-
shipped with them Sunday.
Mrs. Harold Lacy has improv-
ed sufficiently to be moved from
Jackson county hospital where
she underwent a major operation,
to her home. While Mrs. Lacy
is convalescing her children, Mar
gle, Paulette and Sonny, are
visiting relatives in Meridian.
Ray Trehern left Sunday for
Memphis, Tenn. after spending
the weekend with his father, f.
A. Trehern. He will resume his
studies at that city. a
Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. Trehern and
Mrs. Maria Laid visited relatives
in Magnolia Springs, Ala, for
the weekend.
Jimmie Wilson returned to
school in Jackson after spending
the weekend with Janelle and
Gerald Jackson here.
Shirley Linder, Lille Mae Ug-
as, Ruth Wood, Irene Taylor and
a number of other girls from this
community attended the F. H. A..
district conference at the high
school in Pascagoula Saturday.
The deacons of Spencer Me-
mortal church met at the Louis
Under home Monday night.
Those present beside Mr.. Under
were d. o. and J. c. Stringfel-
low. After a brief business dis
~cussion, Mrs. Linder served cof-
fee and cookies.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson and
son and Mrs. A. II. Linder and
sol visited in Bayou La Batre
Saturday. They also visited in
the Charles L. Hamilton home in
Coden. Mr.. Hamilton is seriously
i'll which necessitated his being
in a hospital in Mobile. He is
a brother of Mrs. Linder.
Little Sandy Kelley is still i'll
as is Jim Burroughs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Nelson
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Cochran in Big Point.
Vernone Hutchinson who has
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NEWS FROM .
Escaiawpa

The WScS Of the Methodist
church met at the church for a
business session on Monday af
ternoon under the direction of
Mrs. Ernest Graham. Those at
tending the meeting were Mes
danes Kate Carter, Morris HUI
bert. Jr., Richard Stringfellow,
Hugh Hanna, Dove Oliver, An
drew Ehlers. Henry Garfield, Joe
Belville, Rsndolf Graham, Ade-
line Davis, A. ]. Byrd, Jesse Len
nep and Oliver Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark spent
Sunday in Lucedale visiting Mrs.
Clark's sister, Mrs. Robert Pagan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Davis and
family of Mobile spent Sunday
visiting in the home of Mrs. Ade-
line Davis.
The WINS of the Baptist church
met at the home of Mrs. C. c..
Boone on Monday morning. Dur
ing the meeting a Week of Pray
er program was presented. AT
noon a salad course was served by
the hostess to the following
guests, Mesdames Wallace Grier-
son, Clyde Nelson, Albert Green
ough, and j. j. Graham.
The Rev. and Mrs. James Will
hanson and baby son returned
Saturday after visiting relatives
in Philadelphia. Miss, and Harp
ersville.
The revival at the Baptist
church came to a close on Sunday
evening of this week. The
speaker for the services was DR..
w. B. Yates of Lake City, Tenn.
Maxwell Greenough and son,
Earl, were business visitors to
Mobile last Saturday.
James Greenough returned
home last Saturday after spending
a few days in New Orleans. Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Travis returned
with him to spend a few days
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Twin Sisters Nomed
Most Stylish AT
Whitworth College

The popular twins, Misses
Peggy and Betty Dees, daughters
of MI. and Mrs. c. L. Dees of
Vancleave, who are students at
Whitworth college in Brookhaven,
were recently elected the most
stylish on the college campus in
a Who's Who contest conducted
among the students.
Their pictures will appear in
the feature section of the college
yearbook.
The Misses Dees are also the
president and vice-president, re-
spectively, of the freshman class.
About two weeks ago Miss
Betty Dees was chosen to repre-
sent Whitworth at a Methodist
Youth movement at a meeting at
Ole Miss.
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with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Green
ough.
MI. and Mrs. L. c. Gordon and
Ruth spent Sunday afternoon
visiting in Noble.
Vernon Golf, son of Mrs. Erie
Golf, departed recently for Los
Angeles where he will make his
residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.. Brooks and
family of Jackson spent Sunday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs
Loren Hanson.
Miss Marjorie Harrison, a stu
dent of the University of Ala
bama, spent last week in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Cor
don.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

Mrs. Brooks Jackson entertain
ed in honor of her son, Gerald,
on Friday afternoon in observ-
ance of his ninth birthday. Those
gathering to share in the cele-
bration were James and Wilbur
Whisenant, Joe Martin, Ray
Waller, Clarence Matthew, Her
shell and Dolores Mae Linder,
Ronald Wilson, Clyde Morris,
Janelle Jackson, Eddie and
Wayne Wilson and Theresa Gas
soway. Cake, candy and fruit
punch were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Under en-
tertained in honor of their guests,
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News From B0you Cdsotte -.
Mrs. Brooks Johnson Eniertains
Youngsters All Birthday Party Friday

Mr. land Mrs. Ducksworth of
Jackson, Tuesday night at a sea-
food supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Under and
family went TO Mobile for the
Carnival parade during the re-
cent festivities.
Mr. and Mrs. William Waller
and sons and Mrs. Henry Under
and son spent the day in Mobile
Monday.
Tom Waller, Jr.. of Birming-
ham and Felix Waller of st.
Elmo spent Wednesday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Wall
err, who also have as their guest,
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limit lining weor or score broke drums. lining life
is practically doubled. Chevrolet is the first full
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broking advancement
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Innings ore secured TO broke shoes by q special
"Permo-Bond" process thoroughly tested and
proved by millions of units under all kinds of
driving conditions. Because there are no rivefs 10
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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

The Presbyterian Women of
First Presbyterian church COM
pleted the work for the year at
a business meeting at the church
Monday afternoon with Mrs.
r. G. Wingfield presiding.
Final reports were heard from
all officers, secretaries, and chair
men of standing committees at
this meeting.
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been staying in Theodore with
her aunt who was i'll has returns
ed home.
Ernest Nelson has been in the
hospital in San Diego, Calf.
about three weeks but expects
to be released in about two more
weeks. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Barney Nelson and is in the
u. S. Navy.
The Unity Baptist church SEX
tet, Irene Taylor, Billie and Eliza
eth Watkins, Pauline and Jean
Day and Minnie Mcdaniel sang
at the Calvary Baptist church at
the BTU convention.
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Frances Warden at the piano, a
vocal solo by Janet Scheffler, and
a number by the Girls Sextette
of the Junior choir of the First
Methodist church, and period of
prayer.
The large offering which was
taken up will be divided between
The Home Missions Council of
America and Foreign Missions.
The meeting was attended by
representatives of many of the
churches of this city.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

kindred American like Howard Fast mouths
1t. 1t does not win informed friends or
influence informed people: On the con-
trary. 1t tends rather 10 anger and disgust
them.
Within recent days. Soviet propagandists
have made much Of the claim that the
broad masses" of --cstern peoples think
pretty much as the Pollitts and Fasts do.
The Plymouth incident suggests otherwise
The old barrage has begun to baekfire In
way that should sober the KremIin and
al its active and fellow-traveling agents.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Keep the Boil Rolling

Secretary Of State Acheson, urging
favorable action on both the Atlantic Pact
and the arms agreement told the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee that our
efforts have given rise in Europe to great
momentum of recovery and q great in
crease in the will to resist. The hope for
peace, he said, lies in maintaining this
momentum.
He meant that the free countries of
Western Europe must be encouraged to
continue their efforts toward recovery and
that their will to resist and their ability
mutually to defend themselves must be
strengthened.
All of this is true enough. The two
things recovery and security, are in
separable. We cannot have one without
the other But there is also another side
to this picture.
From all indications, we have not only
gotten under way in Western Europe a
momentum that is favorable to our in
terests. We have also checked, and per-
haps even turned back, the momentum set
up by the Soviet Union in its westward
advance. At all major points in Europe
the Russians have been stopped cold. AS
recovery in the West mounts, and as both
the will and the ability to resist are
strengthened, the day of easy conquest
comes to an end. No longer can Russia
expand by simply overfiowing into a power
vacuum.
In a word, our policy in Europe is be-
ginning to pay dividends. The judgment
IL -.
trespass on weakness and recoil from
strength is being vindicated. We should
never forget that, eventually, our differ
ences with Russia will be resolved by war
or by an agreement The momentum now
is In favor Of a negotiated settlsment. 1t
would be both tragic and stupid for us
to ease the pressure at this stage of the
game. 1,
Evening star., 1949-04-28

other high schools - tAe Northwext-Caa.-
icge Central and wilson-are nlseo and wil.
continue TO be Allied II he were describing
cvercrowceo Dunbar and Armstrong Elxa
Schools or the daily battle az THE ealSe
at CardoSo he would be rsgn, But no;
20 with the white high schools, cooasoge
has s5S surplus pupil stations Central a
surplus o! sis, and Wilson q surplus Of ce&
Here Is mathematical proof tia, the $40
pupils OF Roosevelt High School, could be
housed adequately IN surrounding high
schools without resoytinx 10 the Tes sur
plus pupil stations Al Mckinley High School
or the s34 surplus a. Western
The need Of future white high school
youth, those 10 attend in 1860. Is even
sllShter that the need of is<s In lsts, To-
lf2, In 1860. s.S+e; capacity of white hlgh
schools l2.7is, without Roosevelt lIies
pupils.
On the basis o. white high school en-
rollment and capacity predicted enroll
ments. and changing neighborhoods. RooSe-
welt High School, OF course should be
transferred Local 81 ventures to predict
that the Board Of Education NAV see A,
to make this transser.
Somewhat more alarming than the in
accuracy and Misrepresentation in the
Roosevelt students letter is the evidence OF
intolerance and prejudice. He objects to
American citizens moving into his nelgh-
oorhood talthough Negroes already are In
Petworth and Brightwoodl He describes
q covenant. unenforcesole by Law and broken
daily by white home owners to keep
Negroes out OF section o. the Nation
Capital. He threatens little chance OF sc-
cepsance" to his fellow Americans, although
the children OF both races readily can be
seen accepting each other.
Teachers simply reafhrms its belief in the
necessity for transferring Roosevelt Hirh
School and for constructing Spinsarn.
PAUL COOKE.
President, American Federation OF Teach
ers. Local 81.