Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1948 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Fair and cool tonight. ‘Sunny and warm tomorrow.
J vass] 59th YEAR—NUMBER 122
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1948
Spy Quiz Links Aid To FDR; Indians Back Suspect Offered Atom Job
Gave Her Data,
Woman Says
‘WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) _Elizabeth T. Bentley; confessed communist spy today named former Assistant Sectetary of the Treasury Harry'D. White as a member of ‘an espionage group that fed secret information to uring the war. herd po named ‘Lauchlin Currie, - former administrative assistant to: President Roosevelt, as another who provided information which she transmitted to the Russians. Miss Bentley brought Mr. White's name into a hearing before the House un-American Activities Committee.’ She said he was part of a group of government employees headed ' by Nathan Gregory Silvermaster, who was “probably an agent of NKVD,” the Russian secret po-|.
Got Data for Her The Silvermaster group, she said, collected information for her. She made trips from New York to Washington every two weeks or so to pick up what they had to offer. Mr. White headed the monetary research division of the Treasury, and was a member of the Silvermaster group, she said. But she added: 47 don’t know whether Mr, White was a card-carrying Communist.” Miss Bentley explained that she collected information from two separate groups of government employees. The other group, she said, was headed by Victor Perlo. The committee said he had been employed in the War Production Board during the war. “He was in the position of handling aircraft production figures for me because he had ready access to those,” Miss Bentley said. “Did he supply you with those figures?” committee counsel Robert Stripling asked. ~~ Took Over in 1944 “He did.” She said that the Perlo group was “actually an ex-Communist group set up in Washington in the early 30's.’ She said that she took it over in March, 1044. When she gat. lo to Mr. Cusias
2 Communist. but one’ “ho gave ie information.” | Yesterday, the Hew ‘Englandborn former : Soviet : espionage agent "told the Sepate investigators that in 1944 a man ‘on the White House staff had informed her that this government had “about broken the Soviet code. pr Reds Get Excited She said that when she transmitted this information “the Russilans became very excited and wanted to Know which code.” Mr, Currie’s name was brought into the House hearing as Miss Bentley named person after per-
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On Inside
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Rejects Post Due To FBI Quiz
—A Commerce Department offi-| cial,’ now under investigation for alleged connections with a Soviet spy ‘ring, said today he was offered a job with the Atomic! Energy Commission last year. | He said he turned it down be-! cause the FBI was questioning! his loyalty. The statement was made to Senate investigators by William W.. Remington, 30-year-old head of the Commerce Department's export program staff. He said he rejected the Atomic Energy Commission job offer about March, 1947, because “I thought life would be uncomfortable.” Quizzed by FBI Asked why, he said “because the FBI was asking me questions . . and I was not convinced that I- was answering them satisfactorily.”
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP)
- Mr. Remington, a Dartmouth; graduate, was named by Eliza-| beth T. Bentley as one of the, government officials from whom; she got “valuable” information for Russia during the war. i Miss Bentley says she was an) “underground” Communist getting information for the Soviet Union. | Spectators attending a Senate super -investigating committee! hearing into the ‘case were amazed at the facility with which| Mr. Remington got government. jobs. “I call a few friends and tell] them I might be interested in and
said. He admitted that he associated with Communist sympathizers while he aftended college. But he said he is not now nor ever was a Communist. Mr. Remington also admitted he went to New York to testify before a grand jury looking into Communist activities but did not tell his- government superiors, He named them as Richard Bissell, staff director of the former Harriman Committee on European aid, and Gerhart Coln, secretary of the Economic Council. He said the FBI told him not to tell his superiors why he was going to New York. Later, he said he told jury i % people for somet} pened during the war. “Did you .tell them you were being : investigates for doing something during the war?” he was asked. “When I'm * asked
confidential,” Mr. Remington retorted. Didn't Tell Bissell He finally admitted, however, that he realized on iving in New York that he wag being in-
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to keep| something confidential, I keep it
REVEALS. ESPIONAGE TECHNIQUE—Elizabeth’ Bentley pauses in her testimony after telling'a congressional investigating
committee of Communist spy-ring methods of obtaining vital war-time information from contacts in key government posts.
DENIES CHARGES— William Remington, Commerce Department official, told reporters at a press conference that he will refute "to the last comma" charges lodged by Elizabeth Bentley that he was dues-paying Communist and her "most valuable _government contact i in 8 vast Soviet spy web. :
vestigated for his own activities, ~ others.
somebody of disloyal activities,” he said. “And you didn't tell that?” Mr. Remington said he aid not.
Bissell
ton said he learned to speak Russian in a Navy school in 1944, but only slightly, He sald that at Dartmouth,
and not as a witness wo! Orders Prisoners Held
“I realized I-was suspected by|
Until Judge Releases Them
” Home Tonight; 6Games Ahead
Faces
| Play Brews 3 Times | Over Week-End i By EDDIE ASH | Times Sports Bditer { The rampaging Indians
done about putting a halter on the galloping Tribesters., The Brewers did it once before, in’ the Cream City, but the odds|
tinue their blistering pennant pace in the Victory Field wigwam. It's = three-game series, one game tonight, a double-header tomorrow, but in baseball, “you have to catch ‘em to pass 'em.” and the Brewers can't even come close to catching the Indians over the week-end. They are six full games behind. Milwaukee is the club that went into a failspin after going allout to oust the Tribesters from the American Association lead on the night of July 20. Since that date, the Redskins regained the top spot by winning seven out of eight while the Brewers collapsed and dropped eight out of nine, the defeats coming consecutively after one victory in St, Paul. Defy Pennant Blocks Since the Indians’ home stand starting tonight calls for 15 games, they defy any club to check their pennant drive. The Tribesters have won 36 games against only 16 defeats on the home grounds and they are in fine condition to widen their
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Foiled in Mass Purse Grab Raid
+A purse grabber with a new twist invaded a card party at 3424 Central Ave, last night, attempting to gather up every purse in the house. Mrs. Esther Yates and one of
{her guests screamed when they
looked into the haliway and saw a man collecting purses neatly stacked there. Ap other guests: joined in the screaming the man fled, taking ‘a purse with him. Outside the house he stumbled and fell to the ground. Horace
3 Read, 40, of 3432 Central Ave. . “1took up the chase as the elusive
his feet, +Police Held Richard Griffin, 29, of 432 W. New York St, on rancy charges when he was - tured and returned to the house
A Die in Crash
FT. WAYNE, Ind, July (UP)—Four persons were killed today when their automobile and a truck sideswiped on U. 8. 30 just outside the Ft. Wayne city limits, The dead were identified police as Herman J. Singer, 51;
Possibility of longer periods in the city jail faced persons |his wife; Mary Dixon and Lotti
arrested after midnight tonight.
: Concerning prisoners scheduled to appear in Municipal Court | The tall, sandy-haired Reming-| 4 judge Alex M. Clark: issued an order to police officers which occurred a quarter-mile west of
| restricts the practice of releasing prisoners on their own recognizance. The order reads as follows: ° “Effective Aug. 1, and uni] charges against them were
| Dixon, all of Springfield, O. Authorities said the accident
ithe city limits near a viaduct. {The truck, owned by the Interistate Trucking Co. was driven
are all with the Redskins to con-|
Near Ft. Wayne
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Demanded by U. S.
Clay Outlines Basis | For 4-Power Talks | BERLIN, July 31 (UP)—Gen.{ Lucius D. Clay said today that the United States insists on the] complete economic and Poulton], unity of Germany, “with all f cilities
many,” a= a general condition for a four-power conference. Gen, Clay said the three western powers would not delay the creation “responsible self-govern-ment for western Germany” in a bid to obtain Russian agreement to a discussion of the Berlin crisis or German issues generally. | Hope for Agreement t The U. 8. military governor's comment at a press conference was the first official American Indication of conditions for agreement to a four-power conference with Russia. ! Asked if his statement meant the establishment cf a “séparate wept German state, Gen. Clay sa “A wést German governmental structure of specific powers will be created, with certain powers reserved to the occupying nations as provided by the London*agreement. What it will be called will be left to the Germans.” Ready to Negotiate He reiterated that the western {powers were willing to negotiate on currency reform to get the Berlin blockade raised. He sald the westerners originally offered to accept Soviet marks as cur-
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as the only currency for Berlin {under those conditions,” Gen. Clay said. e 7oiced the hope that "men of a will can find a solution to the Berlin crisis.” But he in-| “cated that the western powers: were prepared to weather a long |slege to obtain that od,
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Boy, 7, Critical Hurt In Auto-Bike Mishap
Billy Wiedenhaupt, 7. of 3716 E. 35th St, was in critical condition in General Hospital today after an auto-bicycle accident in . Station st. near E. 35th St. oe He received a head injury ® when his bicycle and a car col{lided. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Wiedenhaupt.
Estimate 15,000
Unity in Germany
Hine Stik ars ered to Rvcime/ny
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Over-all Rate’ of
Center Twp. ew Tax
$4. 65 Per $100
Valuation Estimated in '49
TAXPAYERS IN CENTER TOWNSHIP fice a 63
{cent increase in their overall
tax rate next year.
Estimates of city, county and school units of governs
iment indicate an overall rite The current rate is $4.03.
of $4.65 per $100 valuation,
Biggest single jump is in City Hall's budget. It will need a 25 cent increase to finance police and fire salary raises and
| operating increases.
Second largest increase is in county welfare, up 20% cents available to all of a} on the basis of estimates. Schools are up 51% cents and poor relief
will ‘jump 5 to 10 cents. Sunnya inc
ide Hospital is asking 1% cents
crease. Other county operations are also expected to cost more,
Some taxpayers o tions are beginning to grumble. One of their targets Is poor re« Hef. One tax organization spokesman wants to finvestigate the methods trustees use to investigate clients, This won't be easy because of the ban on snooping now set up by the trustees and the county auditor. They contend the law prohibits: them from revealing names and addresses of recipients to outside investigators. The tax organization said it wanted to know specifically why relief grants rose from $18,873.83 in April, 1947, to $34,634.88 in April, 1948, the month before primary election. The number of recipients nearly doubled, too, ” » nu
Tab on Flying Discs THOSE FLYING discs and rocket ships may be mass hallucinations to some skeptics, but not to U. 8. Air Defense Command. In a restricted letter to all Air Force generals, the ADC ordered: ONE: Commanding officers ofl} all air force installations will re-
THREE: All regolta will be classified as confidential
port all information on fying
That's the reason two Stout Field officers investigated local flying disc Teporta hare this week.
Withhold Retords : THIS WILL embarrass the State Health Board and the City Health Department. Both refuse newspapers access to their vital statistics records, on the > round
By paying a fee to “Someona® however, it is possible for i concerns to compile from City vital statistics ng Tuts One out-of-state firm representa~ tive ‘informs Our Fair City ‘he gets access to these records at the State level. Sra) mri n
Probe Finance Firm’ ONE OF Indiana's’ wagut. fle nance companies is being investis gated for “bad practices.” Deals ers doing business: with the coms
mation.
Washington Calling—
it'll be murder for us.
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GOP Plan fo Stall Inflati Called ‘Murder for Us’
Congressmen Take Crack af Democrats - High Prices, Seek an ‘In’ With Homefolk WASHINGTON, July 3}—It may not hurt Dewey, tut
That's way many Republicans size up “Dans of their party's House and Senate leaders to do nothing about. ine flation, adjourn in week or so.
They're Congressmen from ‘districts where rs Demos : always put up strong fight-—many of them from
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re- {by Harvey Rowe, Sheridan Cen- S % E hibi trial areas. When they went home they found -ileased on their own recognizance | ter, 0., who was uninjured. ee rain’ X it rices are the issue. 1939, “I was definitely associated| further notice, all persons ar Ju p
f their names appeared in the city | Approximately 15,000 ! If Truman keeps hammering on cost of yingand he. "rested and slated to appear in| ppT! y 15, persons wills munis tht ven? Mona Cou wil be hit In| USS 1 1 moi) Predict “Cherie? |wireeximaid ody to have ld Lig So Sondre WAR Lo be able sho thr id eet But he was not, he added. the city prison until their court) through the Freedom Train dur-
{could otherwise prove residence! leaders—Martin, Taber, a {trial unless released by Judge! Hin the city. ‘Weather Today ing its two-day visit here. Train on
~ ” » Coch ran among first Olym- {Alex M. Clark. eck, Knutson, Wolcott—get 2s pic - Gold Medal win- [Kennedy Leads 1-Up “The captains of police willl Judge Clark was out of the city, LOCAL TEMPERATURES officials counted 7553 visitors on| reelected on what amounts to Pp P {today but it was believed in police | am.. 68 10a m..78
are up too. 4 the first day. . RN ners ,,.....:.-...Page 7/In - Teen Golf Tourney |not release any prisoner regard-| i oq that some prisoners faced! 7 am... 64 . 11a. m.. 18 Montford Mead, assistant scout free ticket in safe Republican oe split in Contes. Dick Kennedy ied at the half-|1ess of the charges filed and n0\y no pours in jail if they bap-! 8a m.. . 68 12 (noom) 78
. | {executive of the Indiana Council! tricts, say rank-and-filers. They| Other Inside Features way mark in the 36-hole final Dail bonds will be accepted’ |pened to be arrested after the! 9g m...72 1p m.. 80 {of Boy Scouts, said that more| don't have to worry about Demo- RANK-AND-FILERS \round of the teen-age golf tour-| Judge Clark plans to check 40e made his daily check. | than 100 Boy Scouts checked! crats. Agreement on what Amusemen{s. 6, Mrs. Manners 5iney at Coffin this afternoon, fir- {each evening and on Sunday’ They also pointed out that the! Sunny and pleasant weather cars and pedestrians entering the, To make thing worse, all big should do. Some think «ssess BIMovies %...6, 9) ing a 74 to go one-up over Gerald With police headquarters to de-| policy of release may have been! was the Weather Bureau's cheery|Indiana State Fairgrounds. Their labor groups have opened drives Ank gre _ Classified 12, 13{ Radio ...... 8| Williams. {termine prisoners eligible, in hisgitered because too many of those | prediction for Indianapolis today.itally for the two days, he said, { for action on high costs, are conComics. ..... 14|Side Glances.10, The buttle was nip and tuck | estimation, for release. freed did not appear in court on| Tonight is expected to be ideal{was approximately 24,000 per- centrathg on Congress. They Editorials ...10|Society ..... 3ithroughout the 1%-hole round. { No Order From Howard schedule. + for sleeping, with fair weather sons. However, hc pointed out, quote corporate profit figures for «=vss+10| Sports + T/Williams fired a 75 just one stroke| No Corresponding order had| After gaining their freedom, and a cool 60 degree temperature.inot all of the visitors saw the! first half of 1948, out this week. vials Eity Hansen SU. 8. Affairs. 10 more than the pacemaker. Each been received by police today] {prisoners were ordered to appear] Little change was forecast for the display of documents. {General Foods up from $8.1iJ Hollywood .. 9{Washington .10of the boys had a pair of birdies. | from Judge Joseph M. Howard, in court the following day, or week-end. The mercury may, The streamlined train left the| to $138 millions. . Continental Commas so Inside Indpls. 8] Weather Map 11] {They teed off again at 1:10 p. m. Municipal Court 3. on the following Monday if ar-|climb to 84 today and reach S88{Indiana State Fairgrounds last; Baking from $2.5 to $3.2 millon! 1 Labor ..,...10, World Afr. ..10{for the final 18 holes. | Previously, persons with minor rested on Saturday and Sunday. tomorrow. night for Louisville, Ky . { Beech-Nut Packing from $1.9 to’ (Continued on gy 2-Col. 8)
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