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Evening star., 1953-11-23
White Case Not an Isolated One
FBI Reported frustrated at Lack OF Attention Pa
By Roosevelt Trunnon Regimes to Spy Reports

the Marshall Plan program. He
transferred from the Council
Of Economic Advisers to the
ONCE of international Trade
in the Commerce Department
on March 18. 1948. where he
held a most sensitive position,
namely chairman of the 'Ad
Hoe committee which handled
information of a most conf
dental nature concerning ex-
ports and imports to and from
Russia and its satellite coun-
tries"
Now, r mington himself
confirmed later in his teSti-
mony before the Senate COM
mittee that he twas definitely
associated with individuals
who were communistic in their
sympathies," and he admitted
meeting Miss Bentley through
individuals known to him to be
Communists, and that he met
her in surreptitious places and
gave her information acquired
during his Government en-
ployment. He admitted vir-
tually all of Miss Bentley's
testimony to be true. but
claimed she misunderstood his
motives. and that the infor-
nation he gave her was not
secret. That plea made it pos
sible to avoid prosecution, be-
cause under existing espion-
age laws it must be proved in
court that the information is
detrimental to the United
e,ates," and nobody knows
how the Soviet government
used the information which
Miss Bentley and others trans
mitted.
So, finally, Remington was
tried on a perjury charge-he
swore falsely that he had never
been a member of the Com
munist Party-and he was
convicted in 1851, got new
trial on a technicality. was
tried and convicted the next
year by a jury a second time,
and still has an appeal pend
ing.
What is not yet realized by
a vast number of Americans
is that a man may not him
self improperly influence gov
ernmental policy, he may
prove himself meticulous in
his fidelity to duty on the
things he does in his ofhcial
post, and may yet make avail
able secretly to a foreign gov
ernment information of a con-
fidential character from inside
his own and other depart
ments of our Government. He
cannot be prosecuted for espio-
mage for this, but he can be
dismissed from his Govern
ment job for disloyalty. That's
the point over which a smoke
screen has been raised by those
critics who have been arguing
that a spy isn't a spy really
and must be presumed inno-
cent until he is actually con-
victed in a court proceeding.
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things have improved in the
last few months.
There is always. of course,
the question of China which =
worries your Pentagon. Do you
seriously believe that Chang
Kai-shek can return to China?
Why not face the facts of life
as we and the British do? We
have lost our investment in the
Far East. But we can hope to .
recover our losses partially by
accepting the unpleasant real
ity that the Communists are
there to stay. We had better
deal with them with indul-
gence and comprehension" -.
When this reporter re.
marked that President Eisen-
hover and Secretary Dulles
had assured a number Of
congressional ders that
America could get the votes in
the United Nations to prevent.
the admission of Red China,
the answer was: "Your politi-
cal men live obviously in
never-never land. You will be
defeated when the question of
substituting the Peiping gov
ernment for that of FormoSa
comes before the U.N. We
don't want to give your govern
ment black eye, because we
sincerely believe that the
world needs America almost as
much as America needs the
rest of the world. We want to
save the SenSibilitieS which are
inherent in every great power.
For this reason we shall pre-
vent that question from reach
ing the United Nations before
next fall. But the admission of
the legitimate Chinese govern
ment (Peiping) cannot be
postponed beyond that time.
In the meantime your Pres
ident can help us and help his
country by accepting the
pressing British and French
proposals that he sit down
with us and Malenkov at .
conference behind closed doors
without an agenda and eSpe-
cially without reporters and
photographers. Unless he ac-
cepts our urgings you are likely
to find yourselves alone and
through no fault of ours.
There is little in the way Of
comment that can be added.
except to say once more that
this symposium represents long
conversations with men of all
political shades in France.
with the only exception, Of
course. of the unapproachabls
Communists. It may be added
that it took us seven years
and upward of $50 billion in
a drive to make permanent
friends and allies to reach the
present situation.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Dorls FIeeson-
AHouse Republican Sounds Off
Says His Constituents Gpe About Everything and Pressure
From White House Will Be Needed to Control Congress
d Pressure

Well now, don't quote me but
I won't argue against you.
Taking it with the bark off,
though, our trouble is human
nature. People want to have
their cake and eat 1t, too.
They want economy and small
Government. They just don't
want any change to ache them
personally. I think Secretary
Benson is a fine fellow and
every farmer I can get in to
see gets religion on the sub
ject Of those surpluSes, but
as of today we've lost the
farmers.
IT have to admit that, for
Republicans, we've been doing
some funny things. Look how
they whiplashed the House on
raising the debt limit just be-
fore the session ended. I voted
for it-with my tongue in my
cheek, my fingers crossed, and
a prayer in my heart, God for
give me. And then. after all
us suckers in the House who
are up next year got on the
rollcall. the Senate wouldn't
act. Wouldn't you think the
Office boy could have managed
that better?
Looks like this is my town.
Good-by and I got a tip for
you, sister. Unless there's an
almighty big wind blowing out
Of the White House from the
word go next session, every
member of Congress will vote
his local conditions on every
issue. Survival is the first law
of politics, too"
CReleased By the Bell Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1953-11-23

the public is deprived of pro-
tectionS.
Two types of commissions
are involved.
First are the various Gov
ernment regulatory agencies
which have been created by
Congress from time to time as
our economy grew more COM
plex to regulate various fields
which Congress itself could
not police because Of the COM
plicated detail. They touch all
sorts Of business and indus
try and services, railroads. air
lines. radio. telephone. tele-
graph, television. merchant
marine, electric power. gas,
tariffs, stock exchanges, and
so on. Often overlooked is
that they exercise authority
delegated by Congress on be-
half of the public. Sometimes
they act most arbitrarily as if
they were the private creation
of their managers for the
moment.
These commissions are use
full to the public they were
designed to serve only as their
Evening star., 1953-11-23

war in a speech the signifi-
canoe of which was not fully
grasped. Winston Churchill
took up the challenge a month
later in the Fulton CMoD,
speech. applauded by Mr.. Tru-
man, but not by the country
at large, where it was de-
nounced as warmougering.
People tend to forget their
own past attitudes. In the
year following the war, con-
servative businessmen were
hoping for great markets in
Russia and advocating loans.
When. in the late spring of
1945, I reported from Europe
warnings that Russia was
chartirg hostile course I got
little but brickbats.
Every political action must
be placed within its historic
frames of reference. Mr.. Tru-
man did not formally launch
the Truman Doctrine until
March IL, 1947, with the an
nouncement of aid to Turkey
and Greece. Not until then
did a decisive break in Ameri-
can-Russian relations occur.
Mr.. Truman accepted" Mr..
Whites resignation" less than
a month later. There would
appear to be a reasonable con-
nection between the two
events.
The questions at issue can
not be decided judicially, in a
court of law. nor can a his
torical verdict be handed down
in the emotions of partisan
ship. Open all the closets, and
who knows what embarrassing
skeletons may fall out! For
who did not play with Com
munists" from 1941 to we'll
Evening star., 1953-11-23

President EISENHOWER talked
sense when he told newspaper
men that "he hoped this whole
thing" Communist infiltration
in Governmentl would be a
matter of history and memory
by the time the next election
came around"
The controversy over who
killed cock robin throws things
out of perspective. Mr.. Tru-
man is no longer President.
Harry Dexter White is dead.
The spy ring of which he was
allegedly a part is no longer
operating within Government
though I'd like to know just
where they all are.
The autopsy has no intelli-
gible national purpose. If
Mr.. Truman proves remiSs Of
caution and fallible in judg-
ment-and no one accuses him
VI u1OIC-OI1db OCAVCI1VC wac
pronounced by the American
electorate in 1852.
No debate such 9s this can
be enlightening outside con-
notations in time. The entire
American foreign policy has
changed and with it the po-
litical atmosphere. since the
FBI reported on Mr.. White in
December 1945 and February
1916. Then the cold war had
not begun. On the occasion Of
the first report, Mr.. Byrnes
was about to go to Moscow in
an effort to improve relations.
Public opinion was favorable.
The Senate confirmed Mr..
Whites appointment to the
INF on February 6, three
days before the late Andrei
Zhdanov really opened the cold
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Doris Fleeson-

NORMAN, Okla. - On the
dead run, the Midwest Repub-
lican. Congressman caught the
local plane at Chicago which
stops at his home town,
dumped his untidy pile of
newspapers mostly farm
journals and county weeklies-
on the seat and collapsed.
"Sure am lucky to make it,"
he said. Il got to appear three
places in my district tomor-
row and these days folks don't
take no for an answer. They're
uneasy and they want to know
what the prospects are back In
Washington.
THAT takes quite o lot of
explaining, too. OF course, the
trouble is everybody cheered
our campaign promises with
out realizing that If you cut
everything down the line and
harden your dollar, some peo-
pie were going to get hurt for
q while. If that hurt could
start all at once, every place,
with all kinds hurting to-
gether, 1t wouldn't be so bad
but it doesn't work that way.
Everybody knows what's
happening to the farmers and
the cattlemen. Of course, the
drought made it a lot worse.
The rain we're getting soothed
their sizzling tempers some
and the disaster relief's COM
ing through now. But they'll
need a lot more help next
spring.
Where we're really catch
ing it though is from our cam
Evening star., 1953-11-23

personnel is alert to the public
interest. What has happened
in this administration is that
some commissions have. in
outstanding instances. been
reshaped in such way through
new personnel that they are
weighted more to the particu-
lar business, industry or serv-
ice they are supposed to regu-
late than to the public. This
is no secret.
Examples of commissions
which handle matters that
closely and directly affect the
public in ways that can be
seen and felt are the Federal
Power Commission which reg
ulates hydroelectric power and
rates and natural gas. and the
Federal Trade Commission
which is charged. among other
duties, with preventing the
growth of monopoly which, it
self, restricts competition and
thus affects prices and markets
in a way often detrimental to
the consuming public.
The second category of COM
missions braces those
special commissions W hich
have been appointed. one after
another in rapid succession, by
President Eisenhower in pro-
fusion hitherto unequaled by
any President in so short a
span. They are to investigate
a wide variety of problems and
report recommendations for
legislative or administrative
action, or both. They include
representatives of govern
ment, Federal, State and local
private enterprise and the
public. They ramify over a
wide field-Federal and State
relations; housing; agricul-
ture; antitrust laws; foreign
trade, among others, as well
as the new revised Hoover
Commission on Organization
Of the Executive Branch of
Government which has au-
thority to recommend abolition
of existing Government func-
tions and thus can influence
policy. The Hoover Commis-
sion is feared particularly be-
cause of its threat to the
public power program.
Most of these commissions
are weighted with a viewpoint
that is unfriendly to some OF
our social gains"
How that is happening will
be treated in a subsequent
column.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
From Purmu to Purmu

CLEVELAND, Nov. % (P).-A
scroll bearing good wishes from
the Mayor of the Italian city OF
Parma was presented to Mayor
Stephen Zona of the Cleveland
suburb of Parma yesterday. Oc-
caSion for the presentation by
DR.. Folco Zugaro. Italian consul
here. was dedication of a $780,
900 branch library,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
Lakeland, Florida
The Ten Days Of
Repentance

of Repentance. This Sabbath is
more solemn than the other Sab
baths of the year and the rabbits
sermon is usually a special effort
to arouse the people to true re-
pentence.
Just as the TaShlich ritual is a
characteristic ceremony on Rosh
Hashonah, the Kapparot cere-
mony is a significant figure be-
fore the observance of Yom Kip
pur The persistence of a custom
which holds an appeal for the
masses, even though the highest
authorities have opposed it, is
found in the ceremony of Kap-
parrot, performed two days before
Yom Kippur
Much older than the Tashlich
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
Home of Florida Southern College"

ritual, the Kapparot ceremony
was popular among the Jews of
Babylonia in the tenth century.
The Response of the Gehonim
indicates that in those days the
rich Jews used a ram in the per-
Torrance of the ceremony, as a
reminder of the ram of Isaac.
Later, a rooster came to be used.
The custom consists of taking a
fowl and reciting certain passages
including the following formula:
This is a substitute for me; this
is in exchange for me; this is my
atonement. This cock Cor hem
shall be consigned to death, while
I shall have a long and pleasant
life and peace"
After the fowl is slaughtered it
is eaten during the meal preced-
ing Yom Kippur Spreading from
Babylonia the Kapparot custom
was accepted in many Jewish
communities all over the world.
Many rabbis warned the people
against the custom because of its
implied origin in idol worship.
For example, the custom of
swinging the bird around the
head is an attempt to brighten the
devil. The encircling ceremony is
based on the concept of primitive
men known as the ''magin ring"
In studying the development of
the rituals and ceremonials it is
to be noted that Jewish observ-
ahces, including those of Rosh
Hashonah and Yom Kippur, are
so many links in that powerful,
unending chain which stretches
from the hoary past, when our
ancestors still chung to the beliefs
and superstitions their pagan
neighbors have developed, to the
purified and spiritualized cere-
nonials which we know today. It
was the far-sighted. Men of the
Great Synagogue and the genera
tons of rabbis that followed, who
instituted our observances and
ceremonies, intended them to
serve as a means of strengthening
the covenant between Israel and
God.
The moral and spiritual worth
of Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kip
pur are hallowed institutions.
Through the lessons they teach
they have sustained Judaism's
hope in a world that will bring
closer the realization of mans
divine mission.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

The ten days between the be-
ginning of Rosh Hashonah and
the end of Yom Kippur are known
as the Ten Days of Repentance.
Special penitential prayers are in
cluded in the regular prayers. The
Sabbath between Rosh Hashonah
and Yom Kippur is known as
Shabbat Shuvah or the Sabbath
, 1953-10-13
Puerto Ricun Econo.
Joins Stuff Of Curib
Commission

Gilbert r. Cabrera Of Puerto
Rico has been appointed Exc
cutive Secretary Economics
on the staff of the Central
Secretariat of the Caribbean
Commission. Mr.. Cabrera as
sumed duties at Kent House
at Port of Spain, Trinidad
last week.
Mr.. Cabrera holds the B. S.
and MIA. degrees in For
eign Trade and Economics Of
New York University and is
an M A. in Economics of the
University Of Illinois.
At the time Of his appoint
ment he was acting as Econo-
mic Consultast to the Depart
ment of the Treasury Of Puer-
to Rico in matters pertaining
to the government accounting
system. Before he took up that
appointment. he was assistant
professor in Economics at the
Bradley University, in Peoria,
Illinois.
He also worked as a Social
Investigator for the New York
Continued on page a
, 1953-10-13
Steeple Building in
Csted Completed
Repoirs TO ESQ ". Old

The. famous old Steeple
Building in Christiansted has
been repaired at last; a COM
plete fa~ce-lifting job it was
accomplished by the Land
marks League.
Therepair Of the Steeple
Building was one of the ear
lest projects Of the League.
New shingles have been put
on and a new piece of holding
to replace one that had fallen
off. The four faces will now
carry identical time. Not long
ago. the time depended large
" upon what side Of Steeple
Continued on page ~
, 1953-10-13
Rode Telephone
Equipment Arrive:
Work Begins This Wk.


Commander Kenneth Bar
bier, Manager of All America
Cables and Radio has advised
Governor de Castro that the
major portion Of the equip
ment for installation Of radio
telephone service in st. Croix
has arrived.
Installation of this equip
ment will commence this
week, Commander Barber
said.
, 1953-10-13
ST. Croix Councilmen
to Discuss Fund
Reductions With Gov.

Members Of. the Municipal
Council of st. Croix now in
St. st. Thomas attending the
Assembly, are scheduled to
meet with Governor de Cas-
tro this afternoon at the Gov
eminent House for conferen-
ces.
The main topic Of discussion
will be grant-in-aid activities
and fund reductions.
, 1953-10-13
Governors Message
to Legis. Assembly
Prove Interesting

Governor de Castro's adj
dress to the Legislative As
sembly yesterday was in real
ity a state Of the Islands're-
port, and proved to be very
interesting.
The address IS being publish
cd II instalments for the bene
fit of our readers.
, 1953-10-13
]. Antonio Jurvis 10
Head u. N. Day
Celeb. in ST. Thomos

j. Antonio Jarvis, distin-
guished educator Of St. Tho
mas, has been appointed by
Governor de Castro to head
up the 1853 United Nations
Day celebration in st. Thomas
, 1953-10-13
Governor de Castro
Will Not Deliver
.S~uppertime Chut

Governor will not deliver his
usual suppertime chat on wed
nesday overnight was an
nounced today.
The reason. given VIC be-
cause Of his address to the
Legislative Assembly ~e7ter-
day which was broadcast ov-
er Radio Station VISTA.
, 1953-10-13
Alhizu Cumpos. Set
Free by Gov. Murin:
threatens Trouble

Pedro Albizu Campos, So,
who was serving terms up to
81 years in a San Juan jail was
released recently by Governor
Munoz Marin. who acted from
humanitarian motives, when
it was reported to him that
.Campos was mentally ill.
The Governor pardoned
Campos after a Medical board
found him covered with wet
blankets and screaming of at
tacks by Yankees with atomic
weapons from buildings sur
rounding the prison. The
Board reported the prisoner
was mentally sick, The action
of the Governor followed.
HaFEE@
Since his release, however,
Campos is said to be as war
like as ever. He claims that he
was thrown out of jail; as for
restrictions as to his conduct
when released, he has reject
ed them along with the par
don. Nobody under the cover
of legality or force can stop
anybody from selecting the
means to achieve indepen-
dence," he said.
The FL Mundo solemnly
warned that Governor Marin
has freed a man classified as
mentally sick, and that he
would have to take the conse-
quencies.
Campos, who was educated
at Harvard University, became
bitter at the United States dur
ing World War I, when he was
assigned to a segregated Puer-
to Rican regiment. He has
since then sought independ-
ence for Puerto Rico and to
sever all connections with the
United States.
, 1953-10-13

The Governor has request
ed Administrator Canegata to
select a leader for the celebra-
ton in st. Croix.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-11
London Phi Betes
In Washington

Mrs. Harold S. Welsh and Miss
Virginia Bell Green attended the
Christmas dinner and party of
Gamma Chapter, Phi Beta Psi Sor-
ority of Washington c. H, at the
Country Club there, Monday night.
Mrs. Welsh as vice president of
the national sorority, was paying a
visit as guest of honor to the
eighth of Ohios 18 chapters since
her election to office in July. At
Monday nights meeting she had
the honor of pledging five new
members to the Washington G. H.
chapter.
Miss Green, a past province or
ganizer for Phi Beta Psi, is pres
emily president of Iota Beta, Lon
don's Chapter.
~ ~
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Bauman, Jr.
and their family, North Oak ST.,
had as their guests over the week.
end Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Gar
risi of Detroit. Mr.. Bauman and
Mr.. Garrisi were in service to-
gether in the South Pacific in
World War II and each year have
at Least one get-together.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-11

the Glastonbury Thorn, the fascin-
ating legends telling why these
play such an important part in
Christmas today. Another phase of
the program which was built
around the theme of Christmas,
was a quiz on Evergreens, con-
Quoted by Mrs. Hartford Turvy,
whose Informative talk was illus
trated with cuttings of Scotch
pine, red pine, juniper pfitzer, Nor
way spruce. Concluding was the
singing of the Christmas Carols,
Silent Night and Adestes Fideles,
led by Mrs. Robert Trehearne.
from Wichita Falls, Texas, for a
visit with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Thompson,
East Fifth Street and her parents
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Sch
lechty, North Oak Street. A/1-C
William c. Schlechty will arrive
Sunday, December 20 from Shep-
pard Air Base, Wichita Falls,
where he is stationed to spend the
holidays with his family.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1953-12-11
WSCS OF PLUMWOOD TO HAVE
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM DEC. is

The November meeting of the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice of the Plumwood Methodist
Church was at the home of Mrs.
Harold Houck, Mrs. Louie Thomas,
assisting.
Mrs. Donald Becker and Mrs.
Vernon Boyd were in charge of
the program and worship, Mrs.
John Sanford and Mrs. Boyd, CIV
ing the Bible readings.
Mrs. Harley McAdams, presi-
dent, opened the business session
with prayer, members responding
to roll call with a Bible verse, fol-
lowed by group prayer led by
Mrs. McAdams, in memory of Mrs.
Anna Stockwell, a member of the
church who died recently.
At the business session, men,
bers voted to discontinue the prac-
tice of exchanging birthday gifts
after the December meeting. In
lieu of this, each member is to de-
posit in the society's treasury the
month in which her birthday oc-
ours, a penny for each year of her
age.
In the discussion of the Church
Building Project, the report stated
that money is still coming in. with
gifts of $500 from the WSCS and
5000 from the Sunday School.
At the conclusion of the pro-
gram and business meeting, num-
erous handmade articles and
baked goods were sold for extra
funds for the treasury.
The next meeting, Tuesday, De-
cember Is, will be at the home of
Mrs. Marvin Soldering at two
o'clock, Mrs. Ed Soldering and
Mrs. Clifford Kronk assisting.
Members are asked to bring
food for baskets for the needy and
a so cent gift exchange, in addi-
ton to the usual birthday ex-
change, for which there will be one
celebrant. Mrs. John Sanford and
Mrs. Louie Thomas, captains, ask
that members bring sales tax
stamps to the meeting.
Mrs. Richard Littler will be in
charge of the Christmas program
and Mrs. Norman Watson, the
worship service,