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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Constontine Brown
Some Union Members FIeeced
Why Did Labor Organizations Pay Thousands in Advance
And SIGHT Unseen for Books of Left-Wne Publisher?

countries outside the Iron Cur
tain.
Orthodox" publishers as a
rule advance royalties to au-
thors from their own re-
sources Cameron and Kahn
apparently rely on the sup
port of certain types of labor
unions which buy pigs in a
poke" for the education of
their members out of dues and
apparently without consulting
the members beforehand.
The eagerness of the Smell
ter Workers Union is under
standable in the case of Ma
tusow's book False Witness"
Matusow claims that until he
recently got religion" he had
been a liar who perjured him
self every time he testified be-
fore congressional committees
or Federal courts. The Smelter
Union had reason to hope that
this self-denunciation might
help quash the conviction of
Clinton E. Jencks, one of the
bosses of the union. Thus a
preliminary expense of $3.50
to help save Jencks from a s.
year term in Jail would be more
than worth while.
But. Mr.. Kahn's examiners
could not quite see why the
rank and file of the other two
unions should be forced to pay
for books containing Red
propaganda.
The color" of the Cameron
and Kahn firm has been es-
tablished by the Internal Sc
curity Committee not so much
because Mr.. Kahn took refuge
behind the Fifth Amendment
but because of his statements
that he is bitterly anti-Fascist
and anti-Nazi while politically
and philosophically he is a
"left-winger" strongly in SYM
pathy with the Communist
policies.
Fascism and Nazism are
nothing but another version
of communism. Hitler and
Mussolini, when they first Or
ganized their following in Italy
and Germany. took leaves out
of Lenin's book. They relied on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

he got along with the movie
maker. the writer-playwright
replied;
ut was no good at all. All
he wanted to talk about was
art and all I wanted to talk
about was money"
One reason the inquiry has
not struck pay dirt is that so
far it has listened to the man
agerial side of Wall Street
rather than the actual opera
tors. The burnt child of
depreSsion-era hearings, the
stock exchanges learned at
least the lesson of their public
relations.
For example, the lead-off
witness of the new investiga-
ton, Keith Funston, president
of the New York Stock Ex-
change which handles about
IS per cent of security trans
actions. is neither a big mar
ket operator nor a tycoon. At
tractive and reputable, Mr..
Funston was president of Trim
ity College in Hartford, Conn,
when the exchange chose him
their spokeman in 1851.
The same year the New
York Curb Exchange (now the
American Exchange) drew it's
president, Edward Mccormick,
the second witness, from a
purely governmental career.
At %, Mr.. Mccormick began
work with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Dorothy Thompson
The Letting Of Blood in GAIA
Israel Kills 38 Arabs as Revenge for Eight Israeli,
Arguing That 'RePrsoF Policy Will Bring Peace

deliberate plan to force the
Arabs to the peace table. Some
call it realistic others Gym
ical-but it promises to be
effective"
The eye-for-an-eye argu-
mentor rather four eyes for
one eye-is that Arabs respond
only to force and that Israel
will get peace when continue
alton of the frontier incidents
costs the Arabs more than it
costs the Jews.
This is the real Israeli Cease"
for the attack on Kibya, and
for the attack during the last
days on the Egyptian military
camp in GAIA.
Israel claims that an Egyp-
tian force had ambushed an
Israel patrol and that a run
ming fight in which eight Is
raeli were killed and Is
wounded led to- the Israel
counterattack in GAIA.
The VI Armistice Com
mission found no evidence of
such a fight but declared the
Israel attack to have been
prearranged and planned on
order of the Israel authorities
and carried out by a unit Of
the Israel regular army with
rifles, submachine guns, NOR
tars, bazookas and grenades,
resulting in 80 Egyptians
killed and 81 wounded.
Yet it undoubtedly was a re-
taliation for something. For
eight Israeli killed somewhere,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Secretary of State Dulles report his
trip Democrats used from crisis crisis Republicans
settled They're satisfied keep
President Eisenhower Prime Minister Churchill
ceor Adenaue all have the usual the French
mier is missing Nobody is going to get Frenchman into
crowd where everybody else is footing his own horn too
British Foreign Secretary Eden Red Chna entry in the
U. NJ might follow Formosa Thank
tary. And if get microphone We'll
Senator Knowland just
old one
The House Agriculture Committee high
farm supports The only thing the Democrats love
than the farmer is his vote
The Central Intelligence Agency plans to build big
quarters in Virginia The idea all the big of
from the other Government intelligence
Republican Senator capehar wants another Investigation Of
the housing scandals Capehar thought his
baance-10 Democratic culprts for every Republican.
Soviet Author Ehrenberg two three bombs could
wipe out Britain The comrades hope neutraize Brtan-and
then neutronize the rest of us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Constantine Brown

The non-Communist men,
bers of certain labor unions
which have been expelled from
the CLIO because of Commu-
mist Affiliations are getting
gypped.
Albert E. Kahn, a partner
in Cameron & Kahn. a pub
fishing house engaged in dis
tribution of books with strong
leftist tendencies and which
is now bringing out Harvey
Matusow's False Witness"
was examined this week by
the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee.
Mr.. Kahn admitted under
cross-examination that the
United Electrical Workers
Union; Mine, Mill and Smelter
Union and the Fur Workers
Union have all at one time or
another bought and paid for
books sight unseen" before
publication, and before know
ing the contents.
Mr.. Kahn said the United
Electrical Workers purchased
10000 copies each of two
books published by Cameron
and Kahn and paid $4,000 in
advance. The. Fur Workers
bought 1000 unbound volumes
of one book and paid $1,000
sight unseen. And the Smelter
Union advanced $3.50 for
$500 copies of MatuSow's mod
ern version of Baron MUNICH
hausen's tales before they
were actually written.
Publisher Kahn, a Suave and
dapper gentleman who availed
himself of the Fifth Amend
ment several times during his
examination by the commit
tee, considered these transac-
lions as natural operations of
a firm which has to obtain
loans to publish books which
it sells not only in this coun-
try but all over the world. He
also explained that the USSR,
which purchases his produc-
tions, is generous enough to
pay for them although it is
not a member of the Geneva
copyright convention and can
pirate" anything printed in
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security analyst and had
worked up to assistant SEC
director before he left for the
private post.
Indisputably, the new sys-
TEN has worked out we'll from
the standpoint of public rela-
tons and neither of the ex-
change presidents made any
headline catching mistakes
such as the politically inexpe-
rienced Defense Secretary, Mr..
Wilson, is so prone to.
On the other hand. Senators
are privately complaining that
as economic guides they were
something less than impress
sive. The uneasiness in the
Banking and Currency Com
mittee which led to the in
quiry has not, in short, been
lessened by anything said so
far even despite the lack of
drama.
Senator Fulbright is not
likely to import a midget in
order to improve his hearings;
in fact, one reason for his high
standing is the sober manner
in which he conducted the
RFC investigation which so
embarrassed the Truman ad-
ministration. But he and his
colleague, Senator Douglas of
Illinois, an economics profess
sor, are not happy about mar
ket conditions and they will
not quietly bury the present
inquiry either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
UIImun Sentenced for Refusinq
To estify Despite immunity

the first under a law passed by
the last session of Congress.
The statute promises freedom
from prosecution to a witness
who llcriminates himself in
matters of national security.
However, he may be sentenced
for contempt of court if he fails
to answer questions.
Ullman, former Air Force ma
jor and Treasury Department
official, has been named by Eliz-
abeth Bentley, one-time Com
munist courier, as a member of
a spy ring which Nathan Greg
DRY Silvermaster allegedly
headed.
Ullman appeared before the
Federal grand jury last Deem
Der. Because he refused to an
swer questions, the Government
obtained a court order to compel
him to testify with immunity
The application was granted
last month, but yesterday Ullman
again remained silent, citing the
Fifth Amendment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Doris FIeeson-
Market Probe Not Quite Bu||ish
Senator Fubight's Friendly Study Yowns Along,
Without Aid of Circus Midget to Lend Drama

Politicians are blamed regu-
larly for not being more con-
structive in their Investigations
but the present friendly" Sem
ate stock market study indi-
Gates their public prefers the
destructive style.
In the historic caucus room
only a miscellaneous handful
Of spectators are listening to
the experts dissect the bull
market and often only one
Senator. Chairman Fulbright.
Upon Senator Fulbright falls
the burden of Frightening the
news. He does it well, consid-
ering his material, with the
aid Of his generally quizzical
look. his horn trimmed spec
tacles and his quick wit.
Nor has there yet been a
real meeting of minds on what
the study ought to show. The
Senators are still fumbling for
the reasons why this particu-
lar thermometer of economic
health is soaring to such
heights. The spokesman for
the various exchanges pass
over that aspect in favor of
the inequities of the capital
gains tax.
Their cross purposes re-
minded John Hartman, A.
nancial editor of the Boston
Globe, of the famous exchange
between the late George Ber-
nard Shaw and Samuel Gold
wyn of Hollywood. Asked how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

38 Egyptians paid. That Israeli
were ambushed by Egyptian
soldiers is unsubstantiated.
But dispossessed Palestinian
Arabs do maraud upon "our
own land"
Peace is made by a state
with other states. But the
Israel problem is to make
peace with Palestinian Arabs,
who give allegiance to no
country but Palestine, recog-
nize no external disciplines,
and whose cause has the SYM
pathy of all Arabs,
Altogether they are a popu-
lation as large as that Of the
Arab state of Lebanon.
Many factors restrain open
war between the Arab states
and Israel. But nothing re-
strains desperate individuals
from conducting a guerrilla
resistance movement" on and
over Israels frontiers.
Even if the Arab states
should make peace. these
Palestinians would not accept
it, and this knowledge makes
it politically impossible for any
Arab state to do so, no matter
how many eyes are taken for
one.
Even the eyeless can have
strength. 1t was in GAIA that
the eyeless Samson lifted the
temple from its pillars in
suicidal blind rage. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

ket letters every week sug-
costing that this or that stock
is a good buy? Is this to be
taboo also?
And what about the Sena-
tors themselves who today are
influencing the market and in
a way causing losses to in
vestors?
Anybody who has been read
ing the financial pages of the
newspapers or the press asso-
citation reports during the day
has noticed for the last sew
eral days the direct effect on
the stock market caused by
reports of the investigationsbe-
ing conducted by the Senate
Subcommittee on Banking.
Here are some excerpts:
Wednesday, March 3.-"The
stock market turned cautious
today when Senator j. William
Fulbright, Democrat, of Ar
kansas, limited at increased
Securities and Exchange Com
mission regulation of the stock
exchange. Prices slipped off
from early highs"
Later the same day-"Later
he Senator Fulbright) clari-
fed his own statement and the
market turned up again. There
was no hasty selling, however,
and the market appeared
braced to absorb the testi-
mony on it's sharp rise"
March ga selling drive
drove stocks down sharply in
the last half hour of trading.
=. The break came suddenly
and without warning after
moderate recovery movement
had set in from an earlier de-
cline. Losses ranged be-
yond five points. The most
potent reason for the drop was
a suggestion by a Harvard
professor that margins be
hiked to 100 per cent. The
wide publicity which this sug-
gestion received-made before
the Senate committee investi-
eating the stock market-ac-
CELEBRATED the dumping"
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the proletariat to put into
force their political-economic
relationships. When they
achieved political power big
business" Joined the ranks,
thinking that it might save
itself by cushioning the blows.
Freedom disappeared in Ger.
many and Italy as soon as the
dlctators were firmly in the
saddle.
The advent of Communist
power at a time when Russia
was disrupted by chaotic con-
ditions due to World War I
was easier. But Russia is to-
day much more under the
domination of a ruthless die
tatorship than was Germany
or Italy until the disasters Of
World War II crushed Hitler
and Mussolini and all they
stood for. There is no differ.
ence whatever between Com
munist, Nazi and Fascist ide-
ologies. A handful of men, I'M
der the pretext that they rep
resent the interests of the
masses, established a complete
dictatorship, backed by state
police. over the people.
Neither is there any differ
ence in their endeavors for
territorial expansion and am.
billions for world domination.
The Nazis and Fascists showed
this to be true; the Commu-
niStS in the USSR and China
are going their colleagues one
better and keeping the world
in continuous turmoil, which
serves their designs.
Open or concealed Commu-
nistS in all free countries are
helping their Kremlin mas
tiers.
The workers are the victims
and unwilling tool. The con-
tributions of the members Of
the three American unions to
the Cameron and Kahn pub
fishing house, insignificant as
they appear, show how the
flock is being f1eeced by its
shepherds to propagate Mos
cows ambitions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
The Right to Lose Your Money
Senators Criticized for Conducting Investigation
Of Stock Market While Exchanges Are Open

Why should it be necessary
for the Senate Banking Com
mittee to conduct its investi-
cation in such an exhibitionist
manner and during market
hours? Originally some of the
Democrats piously announced
that they wouldn't think of
carrying on an investigation"
in the ordinary sense. For
theirs was to be a study" But
there are other Democrats in
Congress who think that a
study can be handled by a 12-
member commission sitting in
executive session, as, for ex-
ample, on personnel problems
of the Government. All the
facts necessary to reach legis-
lative conclusions, if any, can
be gathered in an ordinary way
without causing the stock
market itself to be affected
each day, bringing losses and
gains not through any intrin-
sic changes in the values of
the securities themselves but
because of psychological fac
tors created by the Senators.
Anyway, the broadcasters
who feel they have an equal
right with Senators or financial
writer's to discuss the ups and
downs of the market will be
justified now in calling the
kettle black. For unquestion-
ably the Senate committee in
quiry is having an almost daily
impact on the market, and the
citizen who knows the names
of future witnesses and the
trend of their testimony based
on past writings, or who has
advance information as to
whether the CLIO is going to
stop motor car production soon
with a strike, aean make some
money for himself But maybe
printing this-itSelf a kind of
prophecy or "tip"-will soon be
taboo in this strange era of
attempted conformity of
thought.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
7 Bills Offered 10 Outlaw
Wiretap Dafa in Courts
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, March O. A
second measure to outlaw wire
tap evidence in Maryland courts
was before the General Assembly
today.
Senate President Goldstein is
author of the new proposal
which sets down a fine of not
less than $1,000 for conviction of
overlapping and a prison term
of not less than a year for a
second conviction.
Earlier Delegate Robinson,
Democrat, of Baltimore, intro
duced a bill that would outlaw
wiretap evidence in the courts as
is the practice now. His pro-
posal would set up a system
whereby the courts would au-
thorize wire taps much as they
now issue search warrants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

Violence in GAIA would sur
prise no one who has visited
1t since the partition Of Pal
estine.
Previous to partition GAIA
was an administrative unit
of Palestine, subdivided into
GAIA -Beersheba. The territory
was almost wholly Arab and
was largely awarded to the
Arabs in the U. N. partition
scheme. But the Arab Israeli
war put into Israeli hands all
but the narrow GAIA strip"
where the inhabitants of the
whole territory are crowded on
less than 8 per cent Of the
land they formerly owned.
their numbers augmented by
refugees from other parts Of
Palestine.
Visitors, even the most SYM
pathetic, are not infrequently
threatened by mob violence.
I was, myself, over three years
ago. and emotions have not
subsidized since.
The strip" is poiiced by
units of the Egyptian army,
there at the armistice. But the
people in GAIA have little love
for Egypt. or the U. N. relief
administration that feeds the
refugees among them 100 cal
cries a day-or for anyone.
Those who are natives and not
encamped cannot easily be
controlled. The land they and
their ancestors owned or
worked for hundreds Of years
lies all around them, and to
them that land is theirs, never
transferred by any title. So,
as opportunity offers, they raid
It, to carry of crops II they
can. or leave upon 1t the bod
les OF a few dead Israeli, or
their own dead bodies, killing
being a vengeful pleasure and
dying a matter Of indifference.
For such raids, across every
land frontier on all of which
dispossessed populations are
encamped, Israel has an off,
cial policy Of reprisals. The
current isue Of Harpers con-
tains an apologize for this pol
icy by Moshe Brilliant. "The
bloody border Incidents are
seldom accidental. They
are part retaliation, part o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
David Lowrehce-

Someone Is always taking
the joy out Of hfe-and now
it's those members of Con-
gress who would abolish the
art Of prophecy and the Gus
tom Of picking the winner"
in all sorts Of things, from
baseball or horse racing to the
ups and downs Of the stock
market.
For it seems that when Wal
ter Winchell told a Nation
wide television audience that
he thought certain stocks were
worth buying. he involuntarily
prompted some Senators to
come forth with the usual
solution to almost everything
which is that there ought
to be a law"
Now it so happens that ma
tional political campaigns are
the subject of some lively bet
ting just before election, and
many of us for years have
tried to pick the winner ahead
of time. The national cam
paign managers do a lot of
predicting, too. Maybe all this
will be taboo now.
Also every Friday on the
sports pages in the football
season the editors give their
list Of prospective winners of
Saturdays games. and a good
deal of betting enSues. Already
the baseball writer's are pre-
dieting that the Giants and
the Indians will be pennant
winners. Maybe all this will
come under the ban now-for
fear somebody might lose
money.
There are two fundamental
rights involved-one is the
right to speak freely and the
other is the right to lose ones
own money. If the man who
gives the tip turns out to be
wrong, he will find himself in
disfavor. This provides the
best corrective for the future.
But what about the broker
age houses that send out mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Representation Bills
Due Hearings Soon,
Trade Group Told

Bills, to give District residents
a vote in presidential elections
and representation in Congress
will be scheduled for hearings
by a House Judiciary Subcom-
mittee Every soon," a Washing
ton Board of Trade committee
was told yesterday.
Representative Broyhill. Re-
publican, of Virginia. author of
the bills which require constitu-
tional amendments. said Repre-
sentative Walter, Democrat, OF
Pennsylvania, the subcommittee
chairman, assured him the hear
ings will be held very soon.
Addressing the Trade Boards
Committee on National Repre-
sentation and D. c. Form of
Government at the Ambassador
Hotel, Mr.. Broyhill urged that
his bills not be confused with
proposals for giving the District
complete home rule.
Careful Distinction Made.
1--WE must not confuse the
problem of home rule with the
right to vote in presidential cleo
tions and to have representation
in Congress-" he said.
THAT presidential election
vote and congressional repre-
sentation) is subject which is
noncontroversial. I have never
heard any member Of Congress
disagree with giving the people
of the District these rights"
Mr.. Broyhill said the question
Of home rule legislation is highly
controversial"
Il don't think there is much
chance of even getting hearings
in the House on home rule in
this Congress" he declared.
Sees Better Chance in Division.
He assured members Of the
committee separation of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Republican Convention
May Be Te|eyised in Color
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. O.
The television coverage of the
Republican national convention
here in August, 1856, may be in
color.
The Cow palace, where the
convention will be held, was sur
veyed yesterday by technicians
from five networks-NBC, CHS,
ABC. Mutual and Dumon. They
said they liked the setup.
David Taylor, NBC vice presi-
dent in charge Of public affairs,
told reporters that network would
like to cover the big event in
color, and said it might be a
pool colorcast" with all net
works participating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

three parts of the home-rule
question would give the support
ers of the move for the presiden-
tial vote and representation in
Congress their best chance for
securing these rights.
The Trade Board committee
Endorsed Mr.. Broyhill's two bills
and urged the boards directors
to support them.
Mr.. Broyhill said the District.
according to its population,
would be entitled to four cleo
toral votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

NEW YORK, Mar. ga wit
ness who refused to answer
questions before the Federal
Grand Jury probing espionage
and subversion despite a promise
of immunity was sentenced to
six months for contempt yester-
day.
The Ease, involving William
Ludwig Ullman At, of Harvey
Cedars. N. j., is believed to be
Evening star., 1955-02-06
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