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Evening star., 1954-08-11

day and pushed the measure
through in half an hour. ALI flve
Republicans voted for it. Repre-
sentative Walter. Democrat, OF
Pennsylvania, who exchanged
bitter words with the chairman
during the brief session. said
mo" Representative Moulder
of Missouri, the only other DEM
ocrat in attendance, voted pres
ent."
Quorum Crisis.
Although the measure was
passed speedily. the Republicans
had one anxious moment. Only
four Of them actually were pres
ent; a proxy was held for Repre-
sentative Clardy, who was at his
home in Michigan. When the
meeting began, Mr.. Walter was
the only Democrat present. Upon
learning Of what action was to
be considered. he announced he
was leaving realizing that this
would leave no quorum and the
committee would not be able to
report out the bill. But just as
MIR. Walter got up to go, in came
Mr.. ,Moulder. The chagrined
Pennsylvania sat down again.
Yesterday, Mr.. Walter filed a
minority report on the bill in
the House. Two other Demo-
cratic members Of the commit
tee joined in signing it-Repre-
sentatives Doyle of California
and Frazier of Tennessee.
The Pennsylvania told news
men he did not believe the
Velde bill would ever reach the
floor Of the House for a vote. He
criticized the action in reporting
Il out. charging that there was
no testimony on it, no report
from the Department Of Justice,
no word OF explanation from
its proponents and it was not
read-which is a violation of the
rules Of the House"
Predicts Passage.
q sEhairIn4A velde conceded that
there were no specific hearings
on the bill. but pointed out that
the Senate committee had held
exhaustive sessions on similar
legislation and that the House
group for years has heard wit
nesses testify on the extent and
danger Of Communist-infiltra
ton Of labor unions. He pre-
dicted passage by both the House
and Senate later this week or
early next, despite CIO and AFL
opposition to it.
In brief. the Velde bill directs
that when the Attorney General
has reason to believe that any
organization Is a Communist-in-
filtrated organization. he may
petition the Subversive Activities
Control Board for determine
ton.
II the SACB finds an organi-
zation posing as a labor union.
to be Communist-inf -infiltrated, it
must so inform the National La
Dor Relations Board. There
after, the designated organiza-
Evening star., 1954-08-11

Carthy's attack on the Senate
floor on Gen. George c. Mar
shall may be cast aside.
While individual committee
members refused to discuss any
Of the specific charges and what
may be done about them, their
reasoning In the Marshall case,
for example, runs along these
lines:
In the first place, the Nc
Carthy speech was made on the
floor Of the Senate. and moth
ing was done at the time about
it, so there should be no need
for the committee to consider
the incident at this much later
date.
Speech Freedom Involved.
In the second place. several of
the committee members are re-
luctant to embark on anything
which even remotely involves the
right Of freedom Of speech. Il
wouldn't want to do anything
like that" said one member of
the committee. Every Senator
has the right to say what he
pleases on the floor and while
that could be carried too far we
do have here the matter Of free
dom Of speech"
In restricting the specific
charges that will be considered,
the special committee may rule
out the need for hearing from
Senators who have submitted
specific charges against Senator
Mccarthy in support of the Flan-
derS resolution. Some Of the
charges already are matters Of
record in the Army -McC Carthy
hearings or elsewhere.
These involve such specific
points as made by some Of the
Senators that the Wisconsin Re-
publican should be censured for
inviting Governments erI1ployes
to supply him confidential infor-
nation despite a presidential di-
rective and their oaths of office.
q Senator Mccarthy 6aid he
doubted there was any way these
Senators could be forced to tes-
tify, or be required to answer
subpoenas. But he added:
= can't imagine some Of the
Senators who made charges on
the Senate floor refusing to give
information on which he based
his charges. I think the Senators
who accused me Of improper
conduct should be called and
made to say whether they have
the facts or whether the charges
are a complete fraud. hope the
committee will call them. If it
doesn't, I'll have to accept the
decision"
Senator Flanders and others
have announced they would tes-
tify If the committee wishes to
call them.
Meanwhile, Senator Mccarthy
called q closed hearing of his
Senate Investigating subcommit-
tee for this afternoon to continue
an inquiry into alleged Commu-
mist infiltration Of defense plants.
He declined to name the Wit
nesSeS or say from where they
will come.
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Red China Seen Dangling
Peace Pact Before Japan
BY The Assoeio,ed Pres,

TOKYO, Aug. 11.-Red China
soon will offer Japan a nom
aggression pact in a stepped up
peace offensive" to WOO the
nation from the United States,
widespread press reports said to-
day.
The newspaper Asahi and
Kyodo news service said infor-
nation to this effect reached the
foreign Office yesterday from
Hong Kong. A foreign Office
spokesman said the report was
completely groundless."
Nevertheless. the peace offen-
sive" has long been expected
here. It would be an appeal both
to trade interests and to the
pacifism which, has gripped
Japan since the end Of World
War II,
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Spy for U. S. Hanged.
In SIoying Of Girl, II
BY the Asse-icied Press

LONDON, Aug. 11.-William
Sanchez de Pima Hopper. 81.
year-oid artist who claimed he
worked as an American intelli-
gence agent in Spain during
World War II, was hanged to-
day for numbering the 11-year-
old daughter Of a neighbor.
The artist was convicted Of
killing Margaret Rose Louise
Spevick last February.
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Subversive
Continued From FIJI st Page.)


among its hackers that the COM
munists- -in-unions bill also will
be approved. Known as the Velde
bin In the House, it is virtually
identical to a Senate measure
which combines several bills in
Guiding one by Senator Butler,
Republican, Of Maryland.
Bill Suddenly Revived.
Although many Capitol Fill
observers had called 1t dead. !"
this measure suddenly became
very much alive about two weeks
ago whep President Eisenhower
said he would be sadly disap-
pointed II legislation for re-
noyal Of Communist control over
certain labor unions was not
passed by this Congress,
The Justice Department i'm
mediately wheeled into action.
Things were fine in the Senate.
where the Judiciary Committee
had its bill in shape to report
out. But in the House it found
embarrassment and irony. This
is the background:
Chairman Velde Of the House
'Un-American Activities sCori-
mittee had introduced a bill in
January to amend the Subver-
sive Activities Control Act to in
clude Communist dominated
labor unions in its provisions.
Several months later, with
knowledge of the Velde bill, the
Justice Department sent up q
much more severe measure on
the same subject. Chairman
Reed Of the House Judiciary
Comrfiittee drotpede It ias tie
hopper and Il was referred 70
his group.
Was Believed Buried.
!. But the justice bin was for
all intents. buried when the
Judiciary Committee adopted q
resolution to set up a study
commission to recommend ac-
tion by next year. 4.
Mr.. Velde did not appreciate
being ignored. but he. was used
to such treatment from the
Justice Department, which had
given. him short shrift in the
Harry Dexter White Communist
espionage case. The Illinois Re-
publican made no secret of
his displeasure when Attor-
ney General Brownell chose
to air that case before the Senate
Internal Security subcommittee
rather than the Un-American
Activities group.
Now, Justice officials had no
choice. They came to the Velde
committee with pleading and
conciliatory expressions as to the
Importance Of the bill. They
gave assurances that the G. o. r.
leadership had enough votes to
pass it and urged that the I'm
American Activities Committee
report it out quickly.
This was satisfaction enough
for Chairman Velde. He called
q meeting Of his committee Nom
Evening star., 1954-08-11

SHIRTS
we're $5.o5 to $40 e5
now $3.50 to Sc. 90
Fomous nokes IN cotton
Broodeloth, Botiste, Doeron,
NyIon and orlon-Iona and
short sleeves.
At r st. Only
Evening star., 1954-08-11
cCarlly Hearings
May Last = Weeks,
Says Probe Member
BY Cecil Holland

- l-- 4
Public hearings Oh proposals
to cenSure Senator Mccarthy
may be completed ins two or
three weeks. 3 member ~ the
special investigating committee
said today.
The Senator, VINO declined to
be quoted by name. said every
effort would be made during the
hearings to keep the investiga-
ton within q framework Of set
issues.
II hope we will be able To do
this. " the Senator said. And
think we win be-
just what specific issues that
will be taken up during the hear
ings starting August so viii be
culled from 46 allegations made
against the Wisconsin Republic
can in support Of tie resolution
OF censure introduced by SEN
ator Flanders. Republican, Of
Vermont.
VIII Eliminate Many.
The six members Of the spe-
cial committee three Republi-
cans and three Democrats are
making q detailed study Of the
charges, some of which are over
tapping. It is understood they
plan to eliminate many of them
as being Of a fringe nature and
leave a hard core Of 10 to is on
which the hearings will be based,
Senator Mccarthy himself in
dicated he would like.to see the
inquiry speeded up and said his
examination of witnesses
win be kept to a minimum. !"
The committee has decided to
give him or his attorney the
right Of croSs-examinirg any
witnesses that may be called.
The Senator consumed days in
cross-examining Army Secretary
Stevens and other Army wit
nesses. in the Army-McCa
hearings.
The Wisconsin Republican
also said he was having the
Library Of Congress make a
study Of the question of whether
the Senate should pay for his
attorney in the forthcoming in
quiry. He pointed out that
Americans for Democratic Ac-
ton and the Committee for an
Effective Congress have been
aiding Senator Flanders In the
cer1sure move, and added:
Wants Senate to Pay.
II think / should have q law
yer and I'd like to. have the
Senate pay for an attorney for
me. But I don't think I will
get a lawyer unless the Senate
agrees to supply one.
The committee also was study
ing the same question In the light
Of Senate action In past cases
involving election contests.
Senator Mccarthy declined to
indicate whom he would en-
ploy as his attorney. In the
past, Edward B., Williams, Wash.
ington attorney, has represented
the Wisconsin Senator, in soma
legal matters, S
Members Of the coflfait$6e
appeared to be relying ons y
trimming down of the. mary
SPECIFIC charges and stFict aiE
hefence to court rules regardifig
the relevancy and anateriality 81
testimony and the competency
,ofn illnesses to speed the public
hearings along. @
Such charges, as Senator Nc
Evening star., 1954-08-11
Alcoholics Treuted

Northern Ireland has decided
to pay the cost Of hospital treat
ment for alcoholics. Only pa
tientsl who are personally anx-
ious to be cured will be admitted,
the Hospitals Authority stated.
Evening star., 1954-08-11
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EYEGLASSES, found at 21 st. and q
on AUGUST 5. IA. 10000.
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EN-. 2-0680.
TERRIER black, female, found ia
Bethesda bus. district. Call JU. 5-61SS,
$3.50 to 5, or OIL. 2-233g any time.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Father Not Notified
Of Nelson Hearinu

The father of two young boys
struck last month by Municipal
Judge George D. Nelson's car,
said today he was not notified
by police that a hearing had
been scheduled in the case.
Judge Nelson was cleared of
blame Wednesday by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Clark King,
who said he was told at a barbe-
cue that day by Police Pvt.
Francis T. Moran that the boys
were responsible for the accident
by dashing in front of the judges
car.
Today Arthur Dunn of ZIG
Wooten avenue, Friendship
Heights, Md, father of the boys,
Michael, II, and Roger, 8, said
he was never informed of the
date Of an informal hearing set
earlier by Pvt. Moran for May 81.
Pvt. Morgan explained that,
after realizing that day was a
holiday, he did not send out
notices Of the hearing to either
Judge Nelson or Mr.. Dunn.
MIR. King said his decision
would have been the same had
all parties, including the slightly
injured children, appeared for a
hearing, since Judge Nelson
clearly was not at fault.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Grants by foundations to IPR
Aided China Reds, Probe Told

Referring to social and political
studies in general. whether or
not aided by foundation grants,
he deplored what he called an
increasing tendency in this coun-
try to accept ideas such as eco
nornic determinisfn and other
theories he said were the very
heart of Marxism." He added
that 1--WE ought to be a bit
alarmed by the direction in
which we are going because of
the increasingly wide extent of
acceptance Of those ideas in cer-
tain fields.
The comrnittee-or rather Rep
resentative Hays, Democrat. OF
Ohio-plans next to question
Thomas M. McNiece. the COM
mittee's assistant director of re-
search.
Mr.. McNiece was grilled for
more than two hours late yeSter-
day after devoting the entire
morning session to presentation
Of q report he compiled on "re-
lationships between foundations
and education" Mr.. Hays took
exception to numerous state
ments in the report. Mr.. McNiece
insisted he was merely report
ing documentary and other evil
dence and was offering no con-
cluSionS.
Evening star., 1954-06-04

all information in the Depart
ment Of Defense. The Depart
ment's existing and regular pro-
cedures will be followed in deal
ing with the cases of all in
dlviduals. and the Department
will take the responsibility for
any and all information which
is released regarding any of the
individuals. 1t is possible that the
Department of Defense has al
ready begun action regarding
some of the individuals included
in your list"
Mr.. Seaton's letter apparently
mad one effect-it answered the
day-long criticism of the three
Democratic members of the SUBJ
committee concerning the De-
partment's apparent reluctance
to accept the names. After hear
ing Senator McCarthy's version.
Senators Mcclellan, Symington
and Jackson of Washington had
denounced the departments fail
ure to make contact. Mr.. Seaton's
letter explained why it hadn't
been able to.
But it did not satisfy Senator
Mccarthy. The Senator told re-
porters at a press conference
later that he would still have
to have the Departments assur-
ance that the names would not
be made public until the individ-
uals had been permitted to ap-
pear in public-before his SUBJ
committeeman testify.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
Hearing
Continued From First Page.)

just accept two facts in order to
save a great deal of time," Mr..
Welch declared.
Earlier Senator Symington,
Republican, of Missouri, got into
a heated exchange with Senator
Mccarthy, whom he managed to
outshout while Senator Mundt
pounded for order, without avail.
The explosion was touched off
when Senator Symington said
that a call he received from Mr..
Stevens should not go in the rec
ord unless calls by Senator Nc
Carthy and his associates also
went in.
"The minute you put your calls
in I will be glad to put mine in, F."
he shouted.
Il am ready to accept that
proposition" returned Senator
Mccarthy.
Senator Symington then
amended his statements.
The minute you, Cohn and
Carr put your calls in I'm ready
to put mine in." he said.
Nov you are qualifying it a
bit," said Senator Mccarthy. IT
am going to accept the original
proposition"
Welch-McCarthy Confer.
But shortly after that Mr..
TWelch left the room apparently
to make telephone call and
then returned to confer with
Senator Mccarthy.
Shortly before the hearing re-
cessed for lunch, Mr.. Welch
grilled MIR. Cohn, the witness of
the day, about the. employment
Evening star., 1954-06-04

by the committee of it's former
consultant, Pvt. G. David Schine.
Mr.. Cohn said Pvt. Schine was
employed specifically to work on
an investigation Of the overseas
information program.
why didn't you pay him?"
Mr.. Welch asked.
"He had financial means of
his own" Mr.. Cohn replied. "He
said he didn't need or want the
money and we didn't wish to
force it on him.
"You have financial means of
your own," Mr.. WEIGH remarked.
"Yet you are paid"
Mccarthy Interrupts.
Maybe I'm not so unselfish
as Mr.. Schine," Mr.. Cohn an
Swered.
us the reason you didn't pay
Mr.. Schine because he would
not be subject to discipline?"
asked the Army counsel.
At this point Senator Nc
Carthy broke in for a point Of
order.
II just wanted to ask the
lawyer from the small town, as
he calls himself" Senator Nc
ICarthy said, whether he is get
Ting paid for this job" II
You have got me there" Mr..
EWelch answered with a smile,
$50 far as know, get no COM
pensation."
my hat is off to both to you
and Mr.. Schine," broke in Mr..
Cohn amid laughter.
"Touche for the Senator" re-
marked Mr.. Welch, smilingly.
Most OF the morning session.
however, was devoted to other
matters than questioning Mr..
Cohn.
These included:
/. A motion by Senator Sy-
mington, that all members of the
subcommittee's investigating staff
be instructed to turn over to the
Justice Department the names
of any suspected SubverSives
anywhere in the Federal Gov
ernment." This motion was left
hanging because of the absence
of two members-Senator Dirk
sen, Republican, of Illinois, and
Senator Dworshak, Republican,
of Idaho.
2. Mr.. Welch asked Mr.. Cohn
to get his files so that he could
testify as to his draft status dur
ing World War II and to his
"West Point connections" Mr..
Cohn has been reported to have
received three appointments to
West Point. He failed the physi-
cal examination. The attorney
now is a National Guard officer.
3. Ray, H. jenkins, special
counsel for the investigation of
the dispute, again asked Mr..
Cohn to produce papers showing
the amount of work Pvt. Schine
did for the subcommittee. Mr..
Cohn replied that Pvt. Schine
worked on the papers himself
last night and that before they
were submitted they would have
to be shown to Senator Nc
Carthy.
Senator Symington, in moving
to direct staff members to turn
over to the Justice Department
Evening star., 1954-06-04

Virginia, to tighten loopholes to
prevent Irregularities in connec-
ton with housing loans. Senator
Byrd left out his provision to
concentrate all authority and re-
SponSibility over various housing
agencies in Albert M. Cole, the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency head. He said this would
be submitted later by the admin
istration as reorganization pro-
pOSal.
The most important Byrd
amendment would enable the
Controller General of the United
States to audit the books on pub
lie housing projects.
The only other change the
Senate made was to adopt an
amendment by Senator Mon
roney, Democrat, of Oklahoma
authorizing insured mortgages
up to a limit of $100 million on
Small-farm houses.
Major Features Listed.
Chairman Capehart of the
Banking Committee called this
the most, liberal housing bill
passed by the Senate. Some of
its major features include:
/. Lower down payment and
longer payment periods for
homes bought with FHA-insured
mortgages. w
2. Continuation of present lin
its on home e-repair loans, which
the House voted to expand.
p 3.1Continuation of the Federal
National Mortgage Association,
the Governments big secondary
market for home mortgages.
4. A slum-clearance and urban
redevelopment program, with
special mortgage terms on low
cost housing erected in con-
nection with slum clearance.
The surprising cooperation
which passed the housing bill
in less than one day, despite
the unlimited debate permitted
by Senate rules, encouraged lead
ers in their hope to complete
the legislative program by July
81.
Evening star., 1954-06-04
By Robert K. Welsh

Prof. David N. Rowe Of Yale
University told a House commit
tee today that grants from tax
exempt foundations to the In
stitute Of Pacific Relations helped
"a lot of people who did not have
the best interests of this country
at heart" and thereby aided Chi
nese Communists.
The witness, who resigned from
the IPR board in protest against
its operations in 1850. reported
that several large foundations
still contributed to the organiza-
ton until about two years ago
despite disclosures that Commu-
nists had inflltrated the group
DR.. Rowe. an expert on
political science as well as Far
Eastern affairs. was the only
witness today before the House
Committee trying to determine
whether tax exempt founda-
tions strayed beyond their stipu-
lated purposes and made grants
for un-American, propaganda.
or political activities.
He explained that as a stu
dent and professor he himself
was "a product of foundation
help" He defended the opera
tions Of foundations in general
but declared that some have at
tempted to "rationalize educa-
ton in the United States along
their own ways Of thinking on
efficiency and economy"
AS for the IPR, DIR. Rowe said
the possible damage resulting
from the institutes use Of foun-
dation grants in the 193O's
should not be judged merely by
the size Of the grants. which to-
tailed only about So million. He
said it seemed incredible that
80 few people in the IPR had
so much influence in seeing how
the money was used"
DR.. Rowe's testimony went
considerably beyond the IPR.
Evening star., 1954-06-04

the names Of alleged Commu-
niStS, commented:
II do not propose to stand by
one hour as long as there are
Communists in defense plants in
this country. I do not believe
the names should remain in our
files any longer"
The Defense Department,
meanwhile, has made plain it is
anxious to have the names of
1873 alleged subversives Senator
Mccarthy says are active in
defense plantS-but it wants
them without any strings at
tached.
This was clear following
a confused exchange of tele-
phone calls, public statements
and formal letters which yes
terday took the spotlight of the
main ring in the hearings.
Seaton Releases Letter.
Yesterday morning Senator
Mccarthy said he had tried
without success to get in touch
with Assistant Defense Secretary
Fred Seaton and give him the
names, but had been unable to
make any contact. He let this
impression stand with the
Investigations Subcommittee and
the radio-television audience
until the afternoon session.
Late in the afternoon Mr..
Seaton released a three-page let
ter at the Pentagon in which he
related his repeated, unsuccess-
full attempts to reach the Sen
ator Wednesday night and
Thursday morning through the
Senator's personal secretary,
Mrs. Mary Driscoll. Each time
he said, Mrs. Driscoll advised
him that Mccarthy was mot
available" Finally, Mr.. Seaton
said, Mrs. Driscoll told him the
Senator would release the names
on two conditions: that an off,
cial stenographer be present
when the Senator handed the
names to Mr.. Seaton, and that
the Defense Department agree
70 keep the names secret.
To this Mr.. Seaton replied by
letter.
Mr.. Seaton advised the Sem
ator in his letter that the first
condition was entirely agreeable
AS to the second, he said, the
department cannot make any
advance commitment" And he
added:
1T must be free to take any
and all actions deemed by it ap-
propriate in the interests of the
national security. For instance,
if, in the interests Of national
security, it is deemed desirable
by the Department. in accord
ance with the regulations. forth
with to direct the suspension of
the clearance of any of the
named individuals, the Depart
ment must be free to act without
consulting you.
"The names will be checked
thoroughly and promptly with
the FBI and also checked against