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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

the Eastland subcommittee. or
any other agency outside this
ofnce, to determine in any way
the policies Of this newspaper.
It seems to US quite obvious that
the Eastland investigation has
been aimed with particular en-
lphasis at the New York Times.
This is evident from several
facts: From the heavy concen-
tration Of subpoenas served on
employees of this newspaper.
from the nature Of the exarnina-
ton conducted at earlier hear
ingS by the subcommittee
counsel. Mr.. Sourwine, and from
that counSel's effort, at those
hearings, to demonstrate some
connection between a witness
Ione-time association with the
Communist Party and the char
iacter of the news published in
this paper.
1t seems to US to be a further
obvious conclusion that the
Times has been singled out for
this attack precisely because Of
the vigor of It's opposition to
many of the things for which
Mr. Eastland. his colleague Mr..
IJenner and the subcommittee's
counsel stand-that is. because
we have condemned segregation
in the Southern schools: because
we have challenged the high
handed and abusive methods en-
ployed by various congressional
committees; because we have
denounced McCarthyism and all
its works; because we have at
tackled the narrow and bigoted
restrictions of the McCarran
immigration Act; because we
have criticized a security sys-
tenn" which conceals the accuser
from his victim: because we have
insisted that the true spirit of
American democracy demands a
lscrupulous respect for the rights
of even the lowliest individual
and a high standard of fair play.
Won't Be Swayed
| If this is the tactic of any
member Of the Eastland sub
committee, and if further evil
dence reveals that the real pur-
pose of the present inquiry is
to demonstrate that a free news
papers policies can be swayed
by congressional pressure, then
I'VE say to Mr.. Eastland and his
counsel that they are wasting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Officials Tell of Veto Controls
On WiIdIife Refugees Drilling

ThlS commission, Mr.. Kar-
stem said, was set up for the
purpose Of acquiring land for
sanctuaries which Mr.. McKay's
order might have the effect of
destroying"
1T is time for Congress to
take a look at the whole pro-
gram"
Several conservationists spoke
out to say that regardless of
the LOCALITIES involved they OBJ
jected to the philosophy that
the Interior Department was
publicly announcing that oil and
gas drilling could be conducted
on most of the refugees.
These critics included Ernest
F. Swift, who resigned as an
assistant director Of the Fish
and Wildlife Service last year
to become executive director of
the National Wildlife Fedora
ton. and Albert M. Day. a for
mer director of the service now
with the Arctic Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

In executive hearings held re-
Gently in this city. in public hear
Iings held last summer in Wash
lington and now again in public
hearings held in Washington, a
Senate subcommittee headed by
Senator James o. Eastland of
Mississippi has been looking for
evidence Of what it considers to
be subversive infiltration of the
press.
We do not question the right
or the propriety of any investi-
cation Of the press by any agency
of Congress. The press is not
Sacrosanct. 1t is as properly
subject to congressional inquiry
as any other institution in Amer
lean life. 1t is the unacceptable
responsibility of Congress, how
ever. to make certain that any
such inquiry be conducted in good
faith and not motivated by ul-
terror purpose.
Policy on Communists
A few employees of this news
paper who have appeared before
the Eastland subcommittee have
pleaded the Fifth Amendment
A few others have testified to
membership in the Communist
Party over periods terminating at
various dates in the past. So far
as we are aware, no present men,
Der OF the Communist Party has
been found among the more than
1000 employees on our rolls.
The policy Of this newspaper
with regard to the employment
OF Communist Party members
has been stated many times, and
may be stated again. We would
not knowingly employ a Com
munist Party member in the
news or editorial departments
OF this paper. because we would
not trust his ability to report
the news effectively or to COM
ment on it honestly, and the
discovery Of present Communist
Party membership on the part OF
such an employee would lead tc
his immediate dismissal.
J In the case Of these employees
, who have testified to some Com
|; munist association in the past
or who have pleaded the Fifth
Amendment for reasons Of their
own. 1t will be our policy tc
Judge each case on its owr
merits, in the light of each in.
dividual's responsibilities in oul
Organization and of the degree
ITO which his relations with this
, newspaper entitle him to pos
sess our confidence.
/ We say this, however. We
do not believe in the doctrine
of irredeemable sin. We think
it possible to atone through good
performance for past error, and
we have tried to supply the Sc.
'curity and the favorable work
ing conditions which should ex.
list in a democracy and which
should encourage men who were
once misled to reconsider anc
to reshape their political think
ing.
Investigation Assailed
We have judged these men
and we shall continue to judge
them, by theAouality of their
work and by OR confidence in
their ability to perform that
work satisfactorily. It is our own
business to decide whom we shall
employ and not employ. We do
not propose to hand over that
function to the Eastland SUBJ
committee.
( Nor do we propose to permit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
BY the Associated Press

Interior Department officials
told conservationists yesterday
that new regulations give the
Fish and Wildlife Service veto
power over any gas and oil drill
ing in wildlife refugees.
However. reassuring state
ments by Director John L. Far
ley of the Wildlife Service and
Harry Donohue, an Interior De-
partment chief. apparently did
not satisfy some of the conser-
walton representatives gathered
here to discuss the situation.
Mr.. Farley and Mr.. Donohue
said the regulations announced
last month give the service con-
troll over all drilling operations
under Federal leases in any
refuge, and that it had no such
power before.
The new regulations have been
widely criticized by conserva-
tionists Representative Karsten,
Democrat of Montana, asked the
House yesterday to create
special committee to investigate
the service. particularly the new
regulations.
Mr.. Karsten is a member Of
the Migratory Bird Conserva-
ton Commission. Other men,
bers are Secretary of the In
terror Mckay, Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson, Secretary Of
Commerce Weeks, Senators
Robertson Democrat of Vir-
ginia. and Bricker, Republican
of Ohio, and Representative
Andersen. Republican of Mime
sofa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

up on his typewriter. He was
very much offended"
Mr.. CHASER ordered the story
killed. But he was reproved by
tGerhart Eisler known to him
as Edwards who was the papers
Moscow representative. The
story. 1t appears. was entirely in
keeping with the then current
main danger" line being put
out by Moscow. Mr.. Eisler told
him that in six months his ac-
ton might be "unforgivable."
Then there was a time during
the Ethiopian War when the
Worker enjoyed a great rise in
circulation. Moscow had decided
that the colored peoples of
Ethiopia shoVld win peoples
victory over the invading Ital-
ians, even though Russia was
selling oil to Italy.
KapefS Torn Up
The Worker faithfully re-
ported triumph after triumph on
the part Of the brave native de-
tenders. Circulation rose in
Harlem. However. when the day
came to announce that the Ital-
ians had indeed won, outraged
subscribers stoned the local
party Office and snatched the
papers of Harlem newsstands
and tore them to shreds.
p. Mr.. Chaser told OF many tus-
sells" with the Moscow represent.
alive. One of the worst calme
when party lady came in and
told him she was running a
bazaar for something like the
Scottsboro boys and insisted that
the story was front-page news.
Mr.. Chaser, his professional in
stincts at work, differed. So the
lady went upstairs to see the
representative from Moscow, and
sure enough the next day the
bazaar was not only on page one
news but rated an eight column
banner headline.
Such occurrences, convinced
Mr.. Chaser he was not adapted
to conspirational work" He was
told that he could be disci-
plined."
"Disillusioned, disappointed and
disguised" as he put it, Mr.. Ola
ser soon after left the paper and
left the party.
And not surprisingly, his mys-
ferrous aches and pains all
left him almost Immediately
thereafter. and have not bothered
him during the almost 20-year
period that has ELAPSED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Exploding Bullets Act
As Family Fire Alarm

ABBEV1LLE, S. C. P.-Ex-
ploding bullets served as the fire
alarm which saved Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Able and their three children
when their home caught fire.
The explosion of the bullets
stored in a closet awakened Mrs.
Able and she reused the others.
The fire of undetermined ORR
gin did an estimated $4,000
damage to the five-room frame
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Row-House Fire Kills
PITTSBURGH Women

PITTSBURGH. Jan. S (P).-
Fire roared through a row of
seven frame houses in suburban
West End early today. and a 81
year-old woman died in the blaze
Twenty-four other persons were
left homeless.
The body of Mrs. Anna Stork,
an accounting clerk, was found
by firemen in her second floor
bedroom. She lived with Mrs,
Florence Burkhardt.
Fire Chief Stephen P. Adley
said the blaze apparently started
in the kitchen of the Burkhardt
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05


Mr.. GlaSer's detailing Of IA
miliar Illustrations: The copy boy
was out to lunch; the library I'M
fathomably had filed the picture
of William Green not under &c"
for Green, but under "P" fol-
Prominent labor figures" The
staff didn't show UP one day. and
an oVerbearing woman came in
and demanded that her story
about a bazaar be put on the
front page. Nobody ever lis
tened to his traditional plant
that he was only trying to put
out a newspaper" and he never
could cut down overtime in the
composing room.
Other Problems Cited
But Mr.. Chaser, who now
works for the New York Post,
and who testified under protest
but volubly, had other problems
In his two years as a Communist
editor. He left capitalist pa
per, the New York Times. joined
the Communist Party and went
to the Daily Worker. because the
party leaders made me feel as
though I was somebody" That
was in 1884.
1t was, he discovered. no
workers paradise. He took a Is
per cent reduction in pay, and
was expected to kick in 10 per
cent as party dues. On the Times
he worked a five-day week. but
on the Worker, he was expected
to work six days. because he was
told. we can't suspend the
revolution for a day" In his
free time. he had to give party
lectures for nothing.
His long-ago troubles began
before he even got to the Office.
He demanded and got the right
to write his own announcement
of his decision to leave the Times
to take over the managing
editorship of the Worker. But
he was ruthlessly rewritten. His
three-paragraph account was
transformed into a sensational
story announcing that he was
about to write a series on, graft
and corruption in the New York
Times"
Mr.. CHASER who was often
scolded for his bourgeois ten
denotes" by his superiors told
the Senators that he never wrote
the series.
Although no acrobat, Mr..
CHASER, a little, sflvery-haired
man, was constantly expected to
fly in the face of facts and to
balance himself on the high
wire of the party line.
He Was Stunned
There was for instance the
time the foreign editor wrote a
story about France, in which
he said that France was about
to launch an attack on Soviet
Russia. The French. the foreign
editor revealed, were buying huge
stores Of arms from the Skoda
In Czechoslovakia in preparation
for the invasion.
Il was stunned" said Mr.
Chaser. Il told the foreign
editor he had inst dreamed thi,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
.kanliin Cleared
0fConterl1ptin
Red Quiz.Case

BOS1ON, Jan. D tHo.-Leon j
Kamin. 81. former research as
J sistant at Harvard University
was acquitted today by Fedora
Judge Bailey Aldrich Of contemp
of Congress for refusing to an
swer questions about Communis
Affiliations.
| At a public hearing here twt
years ago, Mr.. Kamin. now con
nected with Queens University
Kingston. Ont, refused to an
swer questions Of Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican of Wiscon'
sin, sitting as a one-man sub
committee of the Senate Per
manent Investigations Subcom'
mittee.
Mr.. Kamin had admitted be-
ing a Communist Party member
between 1945 and 1850, but re-
fused to answer questions abou
his associates.
Exceeds Authority, He Rules
Judge Aldrich, brushing aside
Mr.. Kamin's contentious that
his constitutional rights hao
been violated, ruled that Senator
McCarthy's subcommittee Of the
Senate Committee on Govern
ment Operations went beyond
the scope of its granted author
iity." He said Government
operation meant operation OF
Government departments, not
private operation of private in
.dustry, even though under Gov
'ertment contract.
1.-The slender, dark-haired de-
fendsnt was standing in the
middle of the crowded courtroom
when Judge Aldrich announced
his acquittal on all six charges
of an indictment under which
he had been indicted.
Mr.. Kamin Immediately rushed
to a pay station in the corridor
outside and telephoned his wife
the verdict.
In a summary Of his 25-page
decision Judge Aldrich said:
The court agreed that the pres
ence of Communists in defense
plants could be matter of
legitimate congressional con-
Germ" but added, the investi-
CATION sought to be carried on
by this committee was beyond
the scope of its granted author
:ty."
Threw Out 4 Counts
Last November 2. Judge Al
drich threw out four OF six
counts of the indictment. The
Judge acquitted Mr.. Kamin on
two counts and dismissed two
others.
At the time Judge Aldrich
gave an opinion asserting that
Senator Mccarthy had no right
to engage in a general fishing
expedition while holding the
earlier hearing.
/ Judge Aldrich held the trial
without jury. after a previous
mistrial.
/ In refusing to name his Com
munist Party associates. Mr.
Kamin had invoked the free
speech provisions of the Fifth
Amendment and asserted HI
would not become "a politica
informant.
For these refusals. six in mum
Der. he was cited for contempt
Although it may have beer
entirely proper to indict on al
six counts" Judge Aldrich sale
in the November opinion. Il d.
not think it appropriate. to thu
extent that they involve tn,
same question, that the defend
ant should be convicted separate.
ly on each of them. All doub'
as to the coincidence of the ques
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lions should be resolved in the
defendants favor.
The defendant had no right
to withhold pertinent informa-
ton. Equally, the subcommit-
tee had no right to require him
to reveal obviously impertinent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Ex-Red Editor Relates
His Daily Worker Woes
BY MARY McGRORY

1t is wonder that the former managing editor Of the
Daily Worker afflicted by certain mysterious aches and
pains for which his doctor could nd In addition to the
routine headaches to all employed daily
James CHASER had special problems that nonrevoutonar
newsmen never have to face.
His large audience of derived considerable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
New York Times AssoiIs
Senate Probe in Editorial

Following the tert of editorial in the New York
Times today criticizg the Senate internal Security Sub
committee headed bu Senator Eastland:
Evening star., 1956-12-31
NEWS OF MUSIC
Genuine Talent HELPS
In Hungarian Benefit

construction, and there are sew
leral orchestral passages which
might have been originally con-
Iceived for the instrument alone.
The second movement. fast and
vigorous, is catchy but some
what less distinctive.
Concerts Still Has Test
LISTS E fiat piano concerto,
a cyclical tone-poem for the solo
instrument and orchestra, is now
not the revolutionary work it
was in the days of its youth, but
it still has the zest, the pianistic
bravura. and the timing and
grandeur to keep it one of the
most popular in the modern rep
ertoire. 1t is perhaps to be ex-
Ipected that in a quickly organ
lied and under -rehearSed con-
cert the pianist was not in his
best form. Mr.. Foldes played con
amore, but with some roughness
in passage work and occasionally
bad ensemble.
After the National Symphony
went home. Victor Borge enter
tanned the gathering with ramb-
Ilings old and new, and after Mr..
Borge. Louis Armstrong and his
All Stars combined trumpet,
trombone, slap-bass and piano
into the jazz concoction that has
made Armstrong a household
word,
Evening star., 1956-12-31

Society Attends Concert for Hungarian
Benefit. See Betty BeoIe Pose B-4
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Suit Charges
Fulton Lewis
With SIunder

BALTIMORE, Dec. 81 (Spe-
cialJ.-Fulton Lewis. jr., radio
commentator for the Mutual
Broadcasting System, Inc, and
three Maryland radio stations
today we're sued in Federal Court
by a State of Washington edu-
Gator and her husband on SIAN
der claims totaling $500.000.
The stations are Baltimore
|Broadcasting Corp. (WCBM OF
Baltimore, Peninsula Broadcast
ing Co. (WBOC) of Salisbury
and Hagerstown Broadcasting
Co. tWJEJD Of Hagerstown.
Mrs. Pearl A. Wannamakei
Iof Seattle, State superintendent
Id public instruction, sued foi
100000 on a claim she was
slandered by broadcast made
last January 6. She charged Mr.
Lewis gave false information con.
icerning alleged Communist as
Sociations OF her relatives in dis
cussing her part in the White
House Conference on Education
Mrs. Wannamaker claimed the
broadcast exposed her to public
Ihatred and ridicule," deprived
her Of public confidence, ano
embarrassed and Inundated her
Lemul Wannamaker, her hus-
band, claimed 100000 on the
ground that he suffered loss from
his wife's humiliation.
A jury trial was asked.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Veterans Home
Loans Decline

Government home loans tc
war veterans dropped % pei
cent this year as compared with
1855, the Veterans Administra-
tion reported today.
Despite the decline from the
1855 peak year. 505.O00 veterans
of World War II and of the
Korean conflict received G1
home loans totaling $5.8 billion
1t was the third highest year
for loans since the program
nearly 13 years ago.
Last year, 649,6O0 home loans
totaling ST. billion were guaran-
Iteed $4,000 home loans.
The report showed that
veterans are paying more fol
new homes. The average price oi
such houses bought in 1856 was
l$13.400 compared with $12,47s
in 1855. :
Applications for GI home loans
decreased sharply. During 1856
$4,000 such applications were
received-a drop of "a per cent
compared with the 1855 RECORD
total of $4,000.
Percentage Guaranteed.
CT loans are made by private
lenders with a portion of the
loans insured or guaranteed by
VA. On home loans, VA may
guarantee so per cent Of the
loan with a maximum guarantee
of $500.
About 20 per cent of the G]
home loans closed during 1856
were made without down pay
ment. This was half of the 1856
total.
A two per cent down payment
was required Of all homes fol
which VA received appraisal re-
quests after July 81, 1855.
Sixty-two per cent of the vet
Grams who obtained home loans
in 1856 bought new houses. This
was about the same percentage
as 1855.
On existing homes, the 1856
average purchase price was UP
$3.50 over 1855 with the figures
at $1,000 and $11,350 respec-
lively.
The VA attributed the in
crease in price to trend toward
larger homes and more needed
equipment in the package
price"
$2S.6 Billion Outstanding
VA estimates that $28.6 billion
of the 1898 billion original
principal amount of all CT
home loans still is outstanding.
Veterans had repaid in full
975.000 CT home loans, or about
one out of every five guaranteed,
by the end of 1856. The original
Evening star., 1956-12-31

principal amout of these repaid
loans was $5.7 billion.
Another $4.3 billion has been
paid off in installments by vet
Grams whose loans still are out
standing. it was estimated.
The VA has paid claims to
lenders on an estimated 29,300
defaulted home loans-slightly
higher than one-half of one per
cent Of the 4.760,0O0 home loans
guaranteed. The net less too
IVA has been about $22 million
but this amount is subject to
further recovery from the vet
Ieran or from liquidation of tan
Igible securities.
The number of farm and busi-
ness loans guaranteed or insured
by VA during 1856 dropped from
1855 levels. About 1900 farm
loans were made to veterans in
1856 compared to 1877 in 1855.
Business loans during 1856
totaled 5000 as against COLT in
1855.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
FomiIy Of Seven
Left Homeless by
Alexandra Fire

A family with five children
was left homeless yesterday
when fire destroyed their home
on Edsall road near Alexandria,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Anthony
were forced from the two-story
frame house at about 3 am. by
the blaze. 1t was believed to
have started from fireplace
sparks.
Capt. Claude Shoop, jr., of
the Annandale Rescue Squad
was treated at Alexandria Hos
pital for smoke inhalation and
heat prostration while fighting
the fire.
Members of the Anthony fam
lily ran to their automobile for
shelter and later went to the
home Of a relative.
The Franconia and Alexan-
driS Fire Departments also
fought the FIRE.
Evening star., 1956-12-31

pared to 70 last year. The best
record is 56, made in 1854.
Several Victims in Hospital
Police said several persons in.
jured in traffic accidents in re-
cent weeks still are hospitalized
with injuries received in those
accidents, If any of these per.
sons die before midnight. their
deaths will be added to this
years traffic toll. All such deaths
after midnight go on next years
traffic toll.
Meanwhile, Maryland ap-
preached New Years eve only
one death away from a postwar
traffic fatality high. The 1866
death toll stood at SAC as COM
pared to SAT set in 1851. The
traffic toll in 1855 was SCI.
Virginia's death toll for the
year stood at 800 as compared
to 878 for December 81. last
year.
Deputy Chief John Agnew. in
charge of traffic here. said two
extra squads would be placed on
the streets tonight to watch for
drunken drivers.
Evening star., 1956-12-31

mishaps since 6 pm. Friday, the
time from which the Associated
Press began the holiday accident
death toll count.
Killed in the accident here was
Mrs. Roberta Clatterbuck, A, o1
229 E street NV. Six other per-
sons in the auto driven by Mrs
Clatterbuck's nephew. Ray Louis
Saffell, 80. of 1921 Oak Lane, OK
on Hill. also were injured.
List of Injured
Mrs. GuSsie Shears, 81, Mrs
Clatterbuck's sister, suffered Z
fractured right ankle; Bonnie
Lee Kerwood, IA, Mrs. Sheare's
granddaughter, fractured left leg
and Betty Lou Windle, 7. Mrs
Clatterbuck's grand d aug h tie r
fractured skull. ALI were taker
to Casualty Hospital and were
reported in fair condition AL
lived at the E street address.
Mr.. Saffell, his mother. Mrs
Gertrude Saffell, so, and a friend
of the family, Ferdinand Bien.
nan. 81, of $40 Third street NV.
suffered minor injuries.
Police said the Saffell car was
Ieastbound on Virginia avenue al
South Capitol street when a cal
driven by Toler Griggs Burks, 21
of Lusby, Md, went through a
red light and struck the Saffell
car. Police said the impact oi
the crash showed the Saffell cal
against a support for the Penn
sylvania Railroad overpass
where Mrs. Clatterbuck was
thrown from the auto.
Accident investigation unit Of
ficers charged Mr.. Burks with
passing a red light and ordered
him held for a coroner's inquest
Mr.. Saffell said he and men,
bers of the family were en- route
to his house for Sunday dinner
Mrs. Clatterbuck's death was
the 57th here this year as COM