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Evening star., 1952-03-17

Communist up to 1910. at which
time she divorced him. She said
he joined the party under the
name Of John Brant" and, that
she had seen his party card.
Harry Read. 4 top official Of
the CIO. which two years ago ex-
pelled UPWA on Communist
domination charges. also named
Mr.. Flaxer as q Communist. He
also named EWart Guinier, secre-
tary-treasurer Of UPWA, and
Eleanor Nelson, former president
Of the United Federal Workers
with which UPWA later combined.
Mr.. Flaxer told the committee
his unions membership was
about $4,000. Of which about 5
per cent were Federal employees.
The bulk of the membership con-
sists Of State. county and city
employees. the group was told. Mr..
Flaxer said the Federal member
ship is concentrated in the Post
Once Department, the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing and the
Veterans Administration.
Refuses to Answer.
Under committee questioning.
Mr.. Flaxer refused to say whether
members OF his organization had
obtained secret Government in
formation for Russia or whether
The had ever discussed with Conn
|munist Party leaders the possibil-
ity that members'of his group who
were employed. in offices Of the
Federal Government might be
used "as couriers or purveyors or
Igrantors' Of secret information
for the benefit Of the Communist
Party. He also refused to answer
whether he had attended Commu-
mist Party meetings or had con-
|ferred with top Communist Lead
|ers. sss :sS ts1s
In sharp exchanges, the UPWA
leader accused the subcommittee
OF asking dirty. filthy" questions.
Mr.. Guinier also refused to tell
the committee whether he was q
Communist on the grounds Of
possible incrilnination.
b Harry Wenning, q former on
cial Of the union before it merged
with the United Federal Workers,
testified that Mr.. Guinier had at
tended secret meetings with Com
n1unist Uficials to discuss union
policy and iron out labor disputes.
Mr.. Wenning also testified that he
knew Mr.. Flaxer had been d COM,
munist at the time of their asso-s
ciation which terminated IN 1944.|
The committees hearings also
contained sworn testimony de-
scribing Jack Bigel and Mrs. Rose
Russell bf the unions executiye|
committee - Connnntnists.
Evening star., 1952-03-17

lit. Carper's total, 194s income
from q one-sevent1 investment ir
la Virginia dairy farm was $655
He said this was shown by can
celed checks of the dairy.
The committee obtained an ad-
mission from 1t. Carper that he
keeps no Cancelled checks OF his
own and theprobers directed con-
siderable attention to the infre-
quency of arrests Of Washington
dope peddlers since he has been
in charge Of the narcotics en-
forcement.
MIR. Bauman pointed out that
from October, 1947, about the
time 1t. Carper took charge, until
January, 1851, there were only
three months in which the police
arrested 10 or more persons on
dope charges. The counsel said
that for q period Of 28 months
in the same years no more than
five arrests were made in any one
month.
Samples Sent to Chemists.
Under questioning by Mr.. Bau-
man. 1t. Carper said some Of the
narcotics seized in arrests are for
warded to Government chemists
for analysis and these samples
are used as evidence In court
trials. He said the. remainder OF
the seized dope was disposed Of
by the police narcotics squad.
Have you ever disposed Of any
narcotics personally?" Mr.. BAD
man asked.
"Oh. yes" said the witness.
when it was not to be used as
evidence, I destroyed the mar
cotics."
Pursuing the subject vigorously,
Mr.. Bauman asked for an t:xplan-
alton Of the lieutenant's disposal
procedure.
Il destroyed it by the simple
expedient Of flushing it down the
drain," 1t. Carper said. II just
went to the bathroom and
flushed it."
Mr.. Bauman cited q section OF
the District code which directs
the keeping Of complete records
on narcotics and their disposition
and asked whether the officer
knew about the provisions Of the
law.
The witness replied that he did
not but went on to say that within
the last three weeks he began
keeping records and making re-
ports.
He estimated that the police
know Of 47O dope addicts In
Washington and said that the
more confirmed addicts spend q
minimum Of $40 to $50 q day to
keep up their habits. Most Of them
get the money for their purchases
by shoplifting and other theft, he
said.
1t. Carper was the only witness
today and is to be heard again
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1952-03-17
By the A,.oeio,ed Pres.

Enlisted men in Korea who
want to tote personal six-shooterS
are giving headaches to the mill
tary and post office. Also they
are leading kinfolk into unwilling
infraction of the law.
Officials said today an increas-
ing number Of revolvers and pis-
tolls have been foHnd in the mail
recently. addressed to Marines
and GIs. Relatives try to mail
the guns in response to requests
from servicemen in the war zone.
Why do they want them?
Reasons Suggested.
Marine and Army authorities
here said they weren't sure, but
they had some ideas after talking
with relatives. Among the reasons
suggested were these:
/. If officers can wear side arms,
why shouldn't enlisted men?
2. In foreWard areas, close to
the battleline, regulations require
that firearms be carried. A re-
volver in a holster is easier to
Evening star., 1952-03-17
Crime i
Continued From First Page.)

VCOutlnue0 from F1TSC Page.l
I have never been paid by any
dope peddlers at any time" 1t
Carper declared.
You'll have to make a better
explanation than that If you want
to convince this committee that
you are telling the truth" the
Senator said acidly.
1t. Carper was questioned
closely about his acquaintance
with a number Of persons de-
scribed as "big shot" dope ped
dlers. Among those named were
Jim Yellow" Roberts and Peter
Rabbit" Smith.
Appointed BY Barrett.
The bulk of the questions about
1t. Carper's finances dealt with
a period soon after he took
of the narcotics squad in
1947 on appointment by former
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett.
Maj. Barrett, who also has been
under committee fire, retired
last fall shortly before the pub
lie crime hearings were opened.
1t. Carper was unable to tell
the committee today the source
Of $2.735 he deposited in an
Arlington bank in 1948. He said
repeatedly, "I have no recollec-
tion" and II have no record"
But committee Counsel Arnold
Bauman cited bank records which
had been subpoenaed to show that
the officer made almost regular
monthly deposits. It had been
brought out earlier that 1t. Car
per almost invariably deposited
his police salary check in an ac-
count carried under the name Of
his wife.
"All I can say is that ever since
! was 10 years old have been
borrowing money" the lieutenant
testified.
But" stated Mr.. Bauman,
"these subpoenaed bank records
show that you borrowed nothing
in 1948."
Borrowing q Long Time.
Senator Nicely pressed the wit
ness for an explanation of the
source of his 1948 deposits. 1t.
Carper then said:
Il have no idea where 1t came
from. just don't know, but I've
been borrowing all this money for
many years"
Senator Hunt, Democrat, Of
Wyoming. asked 1t. Carper q
series Of questions to determine
whether he might have had in
come from property investments,
stocks, race horse betting or ma
turing insurance policies, but the
officer replied the only income of
himself and his wife was from
salaries, except a small invest
ment in a dairy farm.
Mr.. Bauman brought out that
Evening star., 1952-03-17
|Selsle Group Seeks
Contempt Action for
President Of Union

a senate 1ntefnaI security SUD-
lcommittee has recommended that
Abram Flaxer, president Of the
Communist dominated United
Public Workers Of America, be
cited for contempt Of Congress
for failing to produce records OF
the names and addresses Of the
unions members.
The group headed by Senator
McCarran. Democrat. Of Nevada,
made It's recommendation as it
released last night the transcript
Iof the lengthy hearings It held
last year on UPWA's activities.
Senator McCarran said his
groups investigation discloses
that for more than Is years COM
munists have controlled the
UPWA.
Close Link Cited.
"It is my belief that the activi-
ties Of the policy-making CLIQUE
the top level leaders Of this
organization-have been 90
closely connected with the Com
munist Party line as to be almost
indistinguishable from It."
Senator McCarran, however,
said sit should be clearly UNDER
|stood-that this criticism cannot
also be leveled generally at the
rank and file members. Most Of
these people are not members Of
the Communist Party and many
are perhaps completely unaware of
the consequences which follow
from the organization identifica-
ton with subversive group"
Meanwhile UPWA issued state-
ment In New York charging that
Senator McCarran ais now trying
to do q smear job on the leaders
and members" of the union.
Cites Right Of Membership.
Mr.. Flaxer declared in another
statement: Every individual who
joins . union joins it with trust
supported by tradition and Law
that the act Of joining and main
tanning membership is q personal
fright and freedom that is invie-
late. A request tfor union mern-
bership lstS) such as the present
constitutes a wholesale invasion
of such privacy and the right IL
be let alone which is protected
by the Fourth Amendment.
Every trade union member i'm
poses q special trust in his union
Ioficers to protect and preserve
that right. I have no doubt
that not a single union president
would find it possible to comply
with such q request"
Under committee questioning,
Mr.. Flaxer refused to tell the
committee whether he was COM
|munist, on the ground that to
answer might tend to incriminate
him. He claimed his privilege un-
der the Constitution not to- an
swer the question.
Linked te Party.
However, the scommittees re-
ceived testimony from several
other witnesses which linked him
with the Communist Party.
His former wife, Mrs. vivian w.
SobeleSki, who said she was q
former Communist herself, testi-
fled that to her own knowledge
Mr.. Flaxer was a card-carrying
Evening star., 1952-03-17
FBI 5eizes Woman
With $4,000 in Link
ToS1.5 Million Theft
BY the Assoeiassd Pres.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Mar. It.
A 36-year-old song writer held
as the possible finger-woman Of
the SIS million Redfleld burglary
at Reno screamed Historically In
her jail cell today.
FBI agents took her OF an
eastbound train here yesterday.
She had $50. 900 In cash, 28 pieces
Of jewelry and q package Of se-
curities.
Mrs. Marie Jeanne D'Arc Ma
chaud is held under $10O.0OO bond
on q charge Of interstate trans
portation of stolen property.
She had been a guest in the La
Verne Redfield home so often that
he said he was shocked and
greatly upset" by her arrest.
why, I trusted her implicitly" !"
he added.
Screams i'm Two Languages.
Upon awakening in her cell,
Mrs. Machaud started screaming
in French and English. She
huddled on her cot with two
blankets piled on her head. AL
Jail matron sat at the foot of her
bed. watching every move.
A hearing on her removal to
Reno was scheduled today.
The French Canadian writer
artist is the sixth person arrested
in connection with the February
20 burglary. -Four are men, two
women.
Mrs. Machaud was arrested
yesterday on the California Linn
ited en- route to Chicago. She
was arraigned on charges Of con-
spring to transport stolen goods |
across State lines. Bail was set
at 100000.
The $4,000 which FBI agents
said she carried was the biggest
piece Of loot yet reported recov-
cred. Agents made no estimate
Of the value Of securities or jew
elry she carried.
Mr.. Redfleld reported $500, 900 |
cash, some $3.50 900 in jewelry and
81 million to 50 million in secur-
tiles was stolen In his safe.
Gerald Norris, chief FBI agent |
In Arizona. said the securities |
found in Mrs. Machaud's possess
sion consisted of 179,721la shares
Of stock in 81 corporations, some
OF which are very substantial COM
panies."
Gems Are Recovered.
Mr.. Norris said the jewelry in
cluded q diamond and emerald
piece valued at $4,000. a necklace
Of IS pearls valued at $4,000, a
diamond baguette valued at 81, 600
and q diamond ring valued at
$3.50.
Almost simultaneously with her
arrest agents hoisted the safe
from well-concealed mine shaft
In desolate country near Reno.
1t was smashed and empty.
The safe had been stolen in a
noontime burglary. Oficers said
the safe stealers unquestionably
had inside information. The safe
was well hidden, the burglary was
timed while the Redfields were at
lunch and the watch dog was
pacified with a hambone.
Woman Seen Key Figure.
Omcers limited Mrs. Machaud
was the finger woman.
FBI agents reconstructed the
crime like this:
Several weeks before the burg
larry, John Triliegi, 37-year-old /!
Milwaukee hoodlum, met Louis .
Firpo) Gazzigli, a, q 23O-pound |,
ex-prizefighter, here. Late inI'
February they drove to Milwaukee,
and picked up Andres Robert
Young. 46. ex-convict, and Frank {
Sorrenti, 50. petty criminal. X
They were back in Reno twoIt
days before the burglary. The d
FBI charges the quartet cartedI
away the 400-pound safe in mid Is
day in view Of six neighboring II
homes. II
Evening star., 1952-03-17
Morris QUESTIONABLE
On Income Going Out
To $1,000 Officials

Newbold Morris will move his
inquiry into Government corrup-
ton into high gear tomorrow with
distribution Of questionnaires to
about IS ZOO top Federal employees.
Distribution Of the forms. which
seek data about the officials
sources of income, represents the
first concrete step in the admins
tration's cleanup project. The
replies are expected to form the
basis Of future investigations.
Becker Named Chief Counsel.
Meanwhile. as repercussions
from MIR. Morris explosive testi-
mony before q Senate group con-
tinued to mount, there were these
other developments:
l. The cleanup chief named
Samuel Becker, prominent attor-
ney who conducted a Federal in
vestigation of the telephone in
dustry hsre Is years ago, to act
as chief counsel for the anti
corruption inquiry.
2. Chairman McCarran Of the
Senate Judiciary Committee told
reporters he planned to call Mr..
Morris before the Easter recess"
for questioning on "a number of
matters" That committee now is
considering Mr.. Morris request
for powers to subpoena witnesses
and documents.
8. Representative Meader, Re-
publican. of Michigan, urged i'm
mediate House consideration of
his resolution to set up a BIZ
partisan commission to investi-
gate wrong-doing in Government.
He charged that Mr.. Morris is
unqualified" for the job, and
asked that Congress put up $780,
900 for the bipartisan probe.
Doesn't Intend to Quit.
Mr.. Morris disclosed plans to
distribute the questionnaires to-
morrow during a weekend ad-
dress before an Episcopal group
lin New York. He also made plain
to reporters that he had no inten-
tion Of quitting his post in face
|of criticism from Capitol Hill.
Senator McCarran indicated one
|of the things he wants to ask
Mr.. Morris about is q charge by
Representative Potter. Republi-
can. Of Michigan, that he has q
record Of associations Of Com
munist-front groups. Mr.. Morris
has vigorously denied any such
connection.
Meanwhile as In the case Of
other top-echelon appointments
for the cleanup investigation
MIR. Morris turned to New York
in choosing Mr.. Becker as his
chief legal aide.
LaFollette Counsel.
Mr.. Morris described Mr.. Becker
as "a top-fiight nationally known
lawyer" and added:
when this operation goes into
high gear. Mr.. Becker viii be in
charge Of . stair Of some 90
|attorneys. MIR. Becker's acceptance
lof this public service is . sacri-
|fice to him personally and I am
deeply grateful. as ] am sure the
people Of this country will be when
Iour work is done"
Mr.. Becker served as counsel to
former Gov. Philip LaFollette Of
Wisconsin, and lived In Milwaukee
until the end Of World War II.
During the war, he saw overseas
duty as a colonel in the Ordnance
Department:
He was appointed by President
Roosevelt as special counsel for
the Federal Communications Com
mission In its investigation Of the
telephone industry. That two
year inquiry ended in 1887.
Mr.. Becker is a graduate Of the
University Of Wisconsin and the
Harvard Law School.
Evening star., 1952-03-17
1o WhuIinq Fleets

Nineteen fleets of whaling ships
of various nations will be working
in the Arctic during the season
now beginning, Oslo reports.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
Constantine Brown:

On his farewell tour of Euro
pean capitals Gen. Eisenhower
is urging a rapid unity of West
ern Europe. The NATO SUI
preme commander is aware,
however, that it will take more
than verbal proddings before
such a goal can be reached. The
jealousies and suspicious of old,
which have made Europe a
battlefield for many centuries,
have not been buried and the
threat Of a Soviet aggression
against the West is not taken
seriously by the peoples Of those
countries.
Some of the European NATO
members already find that they
cannot live up to the commit
ments given last winter at the
Lisbon conference. France, for
instance, had agreed to spend
81 billion for the organization
of IL divisions by the end of the
year. 1t finds now that it can
afford only half that amount.
In the meantime the Foreign
Relations Committees of our
Congress have decided to lop off
at least 81 billion from the $7.9
billion proposed by President
Truman. It is probable there
will be deeper cuts when the bill
comes to the floor.
Frances Defense Minister
Rene Pleven has already an
nounced that his country needs
$3.50 million in addition to the
amounts proposed in the nearly
SO billion military assistance
program. He indicated this
amount should be provided
under the offshore production
agreement and serve the equip
ment of French forces exclu-
sively. The French National
Assembly is likely to balk when
it realizes that this country is
not only unwilling. to increase
it's appropriations for Western
rearmafnent but actually is cut
ting them down. Any attempt
to curtail the various assistance
handouts because of our own
economic difficulties is inter-
preted by the politicians abroad
and by the man in the street
AS a gesture of i'll will on our
part.
The creation of a Western
European confederation in the
near future. as urged by Gen.
Evening star., 1952-05-08
Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

The Federal Reserve Board suspends credit cars
furniture and appliances victory private initiative
every husband will have to think his
unable to keep with the Joneses.
Senator Tats victory over Harold
StaSsen in Ohio Stasen provide turning
this race-the day he misses his turn in losing to Taft
Senator Russell Of Georgia. the Florida winner now has
elect two sets of delegates there-one
other to keep the first bunch from walking after
Humphreys civil rights speech.
Senator Kefauver his good showing in Ohio
shows he'll be nominated eay ballot" of
lots early morning when the big city
Stagger back out Of the snoke-fled again.
Secretary Of State
tonal crime charging with
a bet to win champonship-a
they have to do claim there's something left
about.
President Truman Henry retiring
Maney Feischann defense production
to last full yearha of learning his job and the other half
planning to Congress why it won't
Evening star., 1952-05-08

90. Do you believe that men
are equal? In what sense?
A. Man is equal in the sight
of God. for God is no respecter
of persons.
SO. Do you believe that men
have God-given rights, that no
government may deny to them?
This is a practical question be-
cause it Is being taught in law
schools that man has no rights,
but only privileges granted by
the state.
A. Men are endowed by their
creator with certain inalienable
rights, such as the right to wor-
ship God as he sees flt.
90. Do you believe that man
was created to live according to
the law of his rational nature. or
is everything he feels like doing
justified?
A. Man is to live by his con-
science. while abiding by the
guidance Of God.
SO. Does the citizen exist for
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the state,
or is the state but an instrument
of the citizen for the common
good of life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness?
A. A citizen does not exist for
the aggrandizement of the state.
He does have duties to the state.
Go. Do parents hold the first
sovereignty over their own
minor children. subject to their
meeting certain government
demanded minimum standards
for health, education and con-
duct, or has the government
superior rights to those of
parents?
A. The parent has the first
right. Both parents and children
have responsibilities to the
government.
10. Should the local COM
munity do for itself what it can
before passing its burden to the
State? Should the State do for
itself what it can before pass
ing its burden to the Federal
Government? Or should Sover-
eighty be transferred In all
Evening star., 1952-05-08

Eisenhower in his various fare
we'll addresses. is also handi-
capped by the growing national
ist movements in Europe. The
ideas of lone world" Union
Now" and other International
list slogans so strongly urged by
American groups on the Amer
lean people, have little if any
real following in Western Eu-
rope. And the remarkable thing
is that the European Socialist
leaders are among those in the
forefront of the nationalist
movements.
Hugh Dalton, a distinguished
British socialist and former
member of the Labor govern
ment. is now active in France
and Germany organizing a
Socialist opposition to the West
ern foreign ministers. He sup
ports nationalism and his ef-
forts at present are directed
toward the German Socialists.
Germany-where Karl Marx,
the father of the present Com
munism, was born-is more
receptive to nationalism than
most of her neighbors. The
Communist leaders in Western
Europe are also quick to en-
brace nationalism. Communism
in an international conspiracy
but it's principles" are elastic.
The Moscow agents already
successfully have exploited the
nationalism of peoples in North
Africa and the Middle East.
They have used nationalism in
Western Europe in the past to
counter our own moves. The
Marshall and Schuman eco
nomic plans were opposed by
them on the ground they were
contrary to national sovereignty.
The U. S. S. r. can sail under
many flags. The fact that
America. is a visible" power in
Europe. where American SOL
diers and sailors in uniform can
be seen almost everywhere, is
fully exploited by the Kremlin.
. The far more vast Red armies
in France, Italy and the Benelux
coutries are not visible; they are
camoufiaged and underground.
The idea that Communism is
Evening star., 1952-05-08
Doris FIeeson:

HOUSTON, Tex, May g.
President Truman has assured
the loyalist Democrats of Texas
that no delegations will be
seated at the national conven-
ton who are not prepared to
support the nominee of the
party.
Their initial pleasure in this
promise is somewhat mitigated
by the reflection that such a
stand could make martyrs of
Gov. Allen Shivers and his
Dixiecrat allies. What they
would prefer to do is to give
the principal Shivers leaders
a place in the delegation while
retaining control of it.
The Governors faction
trounced them soundly in the
primary conventions thus far.
They assert confidently, how
ever, that if they can put the
Democratic presidential nomi-
nee on the Democratic ballot
they can carry the State for
him, even if Gen. Eisenhower is
the Republican nominee.
The certain prospect is for
bitter factional battles prior
to and at Chicago. Much will
depend in the showdown on
how the matter Of credentials
is handled and what the rules
Of the convention are.
These things should be firmly