The case of the Soviet te a chers ia tonight a ne• angle of peril in the oriaia 01 the oold war. 0 be Red governaent at Moaco• is charaing the ~tate Vepartae t in laahington with full reaponaibility for what aoaoow calla tbe •ki4napping• of the Buaaian woaan teacher, Ira. ~oaenkioa;)and1 th• Today, ~oviet lreaa and aatbeaatica instructor ~aaaria. radio blazed with violent anti- i■ericaa propaaaoda, accuaatioaa and inaalta burled at ua b•cauae of th• -- •tidnappiaa.•- ~ - At the ■ a■• ti••• the caae of the ~oYiet school teacher• would ' •••• to have put ■olotoY on the apot. Be, peraonally, toot the lead in aaaailin& the •tidnappin1••• ~ lie aua■o••~ &aericaa A ■baaaactor tt•••H ._..Ml to the lrealin to aate the official diplo ■ atic char&• that llra. Ioaeakiaa aao ~••arin ha4 been abd•cted, •iolence ueed against the ■ b y the A■erican authoritiea, especially the E.B.I., who ■ the ~ovieta call - - the Aaerican ••••• secret police, our · veraion of the 11 OUPU. Molotov deaanded that the two ~o•iet school te a chers be released, •• ~•L tll•f ctMld ga ll'e ■e~t,.-34. turaed over to the ~oviet people to be sent back to Russia. ~OVIIJ IIACb12,_ -2 Aabaaaador Bedell ~•itb report• that Molotov•• languaa• ••• -- •roug!rf.• uur A■ Dassador•• replJ waa to dea7 that the two ~o•i•t oiti1••• bad beea •kidnapped.• ( 1n allot thia, loloto• ••••• to ha•• aona out OD a li■b.,.-.M the ti ■• the ~oviet t·orei1n llini•t• hurled hi• denanciation...,. he••• unaware that ■ra. loaen had Ju■ped ou\ of a thr••-•tor7 window of th• iuaaiaa Conaulata to ••cape tro■ tha ~oYiat people ther01or, apparentlJ, 414 he knoa, t~;•■•tica iaatructor H~~•''c ~aaarin waa 1oia1, the ·•••itt•• oa Ua-Aaerioaa aotiviti•• ia laabin1ton to te ■ tifJ that if be were •••t back to Muaaia, he and bi ■ fa ■ ilJ would be a~o\ or throwa into a o•aoentration oa■p for lit• -- anG that tbey•4 rather die than go back. ~o, one wonder• -- bow oould it be that Molotov went all out on tbia •tidnap tbeor1,• when the two auppoaed victi ■• have~• &i••n such draaatio e•idence that tb•J are fleein& t · roa b tile ~o•ieta, •••kill retua• with tne Aaericana? Uoul4 tbe ~oviet ¥oreian liniater have been ai1infor■ ed -· anG didn•t tno• tae real tact• about tbe alle&•d kidnappin17 In the •1•• of the worla, it ■ate• ■oloto• look foolish,-• Wut 1 that eleaent of the ridiculoaa doe• not diainiab thedan1•r in the criaia ot tbe oold war. ,. ,, I loloto• on the apot ■ i1bt only ■ate tbin worae •- aa& today we !ind the Soviet 1o•ernaent •till iaaiatin& on tbe •tidnap• theory, 1boutin1 that oar ~\ate• uepart■ent ia held reapoaaible, and filling tbe &uaaiaa air with anti-Aaericaa progpagaada, incittng tbe ••••iaa people to ••1■2x an1er. Tb••• ••••tan people, of oourae, are not infor■ ed of the true faota about the two tio•i•t aobool teacbera. UDe wonder• -- wben will th•J •••r learn the truth about the all•1•d •tidnappiaga7• In the capital• of •••tern ~urop• tbere•a In London, today, it••• noted that diploaatio cirolea ha•• been co n cerned a,out tbe ■ a, espionage sensation in laabington, boldiDI that this ie an unfortunate ti■• for a ~o•iet spy scare to break in the - - United Statea. The negotiations in tbe ~erlin crisis are at a critical •tage, and look aoae too hopeful -- aad any new aource ot ani ■oaity i• likely to ■ate• ■ettle■ent e•en ■ore diffic•lt.o/-o■, ad4ed to the 1py iDYestiga\lon, co ■ea a new audden flare of biiter th• ~o•i•t aobool teaoh•r~ •1th the aoaaenaioal Moacow talk of ki4aappiaa. Mat it•• daa1eroaa aoa1enae. All er •hiob put• a focu• ot iateraaiioaal iatere■t o■'tho■pital roo■ ia le• ror1',where a fift7-two 7ear old Bua1iaa •o■ an 11•• with ■ultiple fraotur••• T-• dootora at Boo1eYelt Moapital •aJ that Mra. la■■tt■■ loaenkiaa will reoower. In ber juap fro ■ a tu■ tbr••- atory wiado• at the ~owlet Voa1ulate ia ••• lori, her life••• aawed by io•• eleowic wirin& which broke her fall. »ut •h• will~• int~• hoapital !■sax tor ao ■ e twel•• •••k1, and it aaJ be 1lx ■oath• before 1be u• baa full7 recowered;-- ao ••1 the ph7aiciana. Today the ~oYiet ~onsular Officala aaae deaperate effort• to get Ira. ~o•entina. They deaandeG to be allowed to take her to another hoapital, where ah• could be tre a ted by Ru ■■ 1an doctor• anG our•••· That reque•t ••• ••t •1th icy silence at the bo•pital. Tb•J tried to a•~ i~o ■ peak . s ~ ~ refua•d, r•peatin& oyer " to the injured •o■ an, • wbo • anG OTer tnat •h• •a• afr~ad Soviet ~o•aul Loaakia wanted to 1•t to b•r, dr.~- but •h• said -- ao, •he •a• afraid~ ¥ina!ly, tb•y allowed the tioTie~ Vic• Consul into the aick roo■• ie talk•d to h•r. What tranapir•d i• a •att•r of diaput•. Upon e■•r1ia1 th• Vice ~onaul tola •••••••• •1 •••t to ~•r roo■, I aa• b•r for on• ■iaas■ ••••*•• ■ inut•. M•r •1•• ••r• cloaed. ~be told•• in Buaaian, •1 doa•t •aat to apeak to anyone. I do••twant to ••e anyone.• A different ator7 ia told by••• lork police•an uyzzto •ho kao•• Muaaiaa ana ia aaaiaaed to the aick roo ■ of Mada ■• loaentina. Me aaya the Vioe•Uonaul aaked her, - if ahe •ould like to go to anoth•r boapital. To which•• the injured •o ■an replied: •10, you k• kept •• a priaoner. You woulG not let•• go.• Patrol ■ an V711to adda that, while the ~oviat Vice Vonaul waa there, Ira. loaankiaa refuaed to look at hia, keeping her •1•• cloaed. But now aad then, for~ brief aoaent, ••• did open her •1•• to loot, not at the ~o•i•t Vice Conaul but at tbe Muaaian-•p•a~iaa ••• rork poJiceaaa - •• ir to be aure that he••• atill t~ere. When the Vice ~ona~l •••raed, be••• obYioual7 diatreaaed - aa wby wouldn•t ha, with tba caae of the luaaian aohool teacher• takin& aucb a tura. la triad to &1•• ao ■ e iapreaaion that Ira. loaaakiaa ••• aot right ia her aiad -· Juat •• Soviet Coaaul Loaakla • did in th fa ca•• of aatheaatica teaoAer ~aaaria, ••1••1 aa7in1 that h• bad been wouadad ia tbe bead duriaa tae war and •••A•a• not reaponaible for •bat be aaiu. Tb• Vice ~onaul today put the idea rather aor• 1ia1erl1 i4 the caae ot Kra. loaeakina: •1ben the plice talk to her in the hoapital,• aaid he, •they will••• abe ia a atrana• woaan. ~h• i• not quite ri&ht. l aoa•t say abe ia crazy, bu~ unuaual.• lber ~ upon the Vice Consul broouea in a aouraful wa7. Be •aid he had ~eea aoheduled to lea•• for •u••i• •e•eral day• ago, but bad dela7ed to take another 1hip. ••ow,• ■ t aaid he, •1 wtab l baa 1• a•••• There baa beea •• ■ uob troubl••• ' I• waa •I aa&ed - •uid be taiak tbat Coaaul Weaeral Lo■akin ••• ia trouble? •• replied: •t doa•t know. TAin1• haYe not 1one well. Po1aibl7 we ■aae ao ■e aiatakea.• A• a ooa■eatar1 on thia, •• ha•• a re■ arl fro■ Louia Budenz, for■er editor ~f the ~o ■■uai•~lilJ • lorter, who repudiated the Bed• and Joined tbe ~atholio oburoh. Today, h• said, •1 would na~• to be ia Lo ■akin'• aho••• Thi• probabl7 will ■ean toe firia& 1quaa . for hi ■.• »ut, in her boapital rooa today, •r•. loaentina had otber •i•i~ora. One••• tbe attorney for the oreanization MCo■■on Cauae• which went to oourt ia an ~ffort to 1et her out of the ~o•iet Uonaulate. I• The other, Vladi■ ir ienzinov - the anti ~o ■■ uniat iuaaian who toot her to a refu&e near Myack, ••• rort, a far■ fro ■ wbicb ~oYiet ~onaul Lo ■ akin too& her. Goin& to tbe hoapital today, ~•nsiaoY ••• aooo■panied by Iaaac ~on L••ine, ••11-kaown writer and Editor of the la&a&lae, •Plain Talk.• A couple of . •••k• aao oa tbia progra■, •• had ao■e iaaid• i■1fa•■aat■k infor■ ation troa Pl•• ~on ~•Tine about a draaatic anal• in the •PY inyeati1ation ia waabin1ton. ~o tni• afternoon I phoned hi ■ and aaked hia what bappeae4 wbea h• and Zensino• ••at to the hoa · pi t-.1. Me replied ~bat tbeJ ••r• conduced to the aiok roo■, aad there ~•naiaoY ••at in -- while ~ ~ LeYiD waited out•i4•• Th• corriuor •a• 1uardea by••• York policeaen. In Ira. · 1osenkina•1 rooa •a• a police woaaa who looked like a kind, elderly ■otaerl7 t Iriah a ■atron. IDen ~ensiDOY ••at to tbe aick baa, tbe injured luaaian wo■an eabraced and kiaaad hia. TbeJ apoke for so ■• ■ inutes, and •!rat abe told ~enzinoY ••••• to indicate the t·ollowin& atory •• Iaaac J.Jon LeYid.4 interpret• the aatter. Mra. Ila Ioaenkina was at toe farm run by - 9 anti-Coa■uniat Huaaiaaa near IJact, wben ~oYiet ~oaaul Lo■akin appeared •1th •••eral of bis benchaen. tbe wo■aa achool te cber i■■ediately unueratood that there••• aotbin& to be done. toe far■ i• a baYen for olu people - wo ■en and children ■oatlJ, a aort of relief hoae run b7 ~ount••• Tolato7, dau1hter or tbe great Tolatoy. There••• no kiad of protection. and ■ra. lo1enkina aaw that they coulua•t keep her fro ■ b•i•I takea ~~, awa7. •o •h• put tb• beat face on · tne ■ atter,aad ;, aooo ■panie4 Lo ■ akia,-- 4eter■ iae4 to••~• ao ■• effort \o eaoape wbeneYer ahe oould • ..1, lept in tbe Soviet ~onaula~e, abe, •i~a ao■e other Muaaiana, were liatenin1 to th radio which told about proceedi•&• ia a le• York ~ourt to 1•t her fr••• Jud&• ~a■ ual vickateia iaaue4 a writ 01 habea• corpua. But now the radio ator7 told bow, after a•••*•* proteat fro ■ Moacow, Judge Uickatein · bad _,.. decieled to det · er proceedin&• -- because of in\ernatioaal preaaure. Tben it •a• that abe went iatt*-otbe1 · roo■ and Ju■ped out d /) tbe wiadow -- fiaurin& that tbd' waa her on l y cbance to ••cape . - ~ ~ ~ ~ , ijOVIII TiiACJUilM - 10 liuch, in any caae, 1• ta, inference to be drawa after Mra. ~oaenkina•a talk with vla4i ■ ir ~•nziao• 1F, ~ . today. I1aac Don Le•i•~told •• about ~enziaoT. Me 1• th• •••• 10a ot · a wealthy ■erohan~ cla•• fa■ i.ly ot ' olCl Buaeia -- hie father ha•i•g built tae Czari1t Palace waiaa otalia occupiea today a1 hi• couatr7 place. But ~••1iaoY •a• a r••olutioaary 7out•, wbo reYolte4 agaiaat C1ari1■ ~-16_~/:., aao1;•• •en\ repeatedl7 to Hiberia. ~o■e 7ear1 a10 ~~~-uoa Le•i•• oolla•ora\ed with hi ■ 6• a boot deaoribiDI ~enziao••• experience• at a plaoe of ... SiMriaa exile in tbe Artie, aa area of ta• 1reate1t ool• on thia earth. Tb• pref.ace of tbe · •oot ••• written b7 the ta■oua arctic explorer VilhJalaur Stefaaaon. After the o•erthro• of tae Csar, ■aax ~enzinov beca■• a aeaber of the ~erea1k7 1o•era■ ent of Republic, atill fil figbtiaa a1ainat out when tbe iolabeTika took oYer. tae aoderate M•••ian 7~~ ~zari••• ~ 1ot out Ia tbia couatry, ~•n•l••• baa been a1aociateG witb Count••• Tolatoy 1• wort• of cbair.,.,for •••47 anti-l:oaauniat iuaaia••· Iaaac !Jon A•z• LeTini-t.ol• ■e ~QJllT IIA~YI§ - 11 tbat Coant••• Tolatoy at one ti ■• worked for tb• SoYieta, and ••r•ed tb• cauae of Coaauaiat Buaa1a. Taea ahe turned aaainat the ratble•• dictatorahip, 1oin1 o•er to the aide of freedoa -- auch, in a ••1• •• tae acbool teacher, Ira. ~oaentina, ha• done . . . ~ . . . - ~ C The late t developm e nt concerns the u e stion of possible prosecution. This afternoon, Mayor O'Dwy r of New York intiaated that penalties of the law might be envok e d on the ground of a state■ ent by Mrs. Kosenkina that she was kept a prisoner in the Soviet consulate for six days. Such action, Mayor O'Dwyer pointed out would constitute an oftenae under American law. He stated that the New York police had investigated and have made their report and this report was being sent to the proper law entorce ■ent agencies -- like the Hew York District Attorney and the Federal Attorney for the Hew York area. The latest-- the arrival in Rew York z ■ fro ■ Washington of izaaaa Earnest A. Gross, legal adviser of the State Department. Be went into iamediate conference with local' la ' enforcement agencies, and made a statement on one all important u stion in the legal asp cts of the case suppos th e New York polio r e port shows Sovi t Con s ul Lomakin and his p e o p le h ld Ure. Kosenkina a d S ~ h e ch a.rg Sa -'Qr~iil\ll i pr i SOD e r f Or S i X ay ' /'- ~ ,A [Q~OW SO!llLUAm!E!lli_ - 2 be immune fro ,u leg a 1 pro s ecution, or would the7 be subj e ct to penalties under the law? In other words what is their standing under the principle of diploaatic ia ■ unity1 ~ To this questio . n State Departaent Adviser ~ Ernest Gro o s replie~in the following words: •the diplomatic iamunity of consular officials does not mean a crime cannot be punished•. I •••• ~ ~ O W \ . . . , cm::. •consular official~ 'perfora govern■ental :,t duties and are accorded a sort of immunity but l;t-ci.u. Do genera£ iaaunity attaches to them ••~to an Aabassador or me m be 1 ·s of hie official staff.• - All of which point s · to the fa further possibility of pro s ecution proaeedings perhaps against th e Soviet consular officials in New York. That, in addition to the refusal of the U. S. government to hand over th 1.; · fugitive Soviat school A.c ~ b •"4-A-4A4, (! teachers too,.tb ~ Ruasisnsl\ lie• 'j•••:n~trial in court of ,_. Soviet consul ' •oald-P~-&t cap ' / \ /I the cliaax in this already ' cli ■ atic affair. _ .. -- - In the espionage ia•e•tigation, the parade c•ntinued toaay -- one-tiae ••• Veal official• dea7in1 that they cooperated with the ~oviet api••• tAe two principal charaotera ••r• foraer aeaber·o, \Ae ■ hit• liou1e 1taff Lauoblia ~urrie, aad ex-aaa1ataat ~eoretar7 of the trea1ur7 •arr7 uezttr IDite. Moth tola ai ■ ilar 1torie1. 4aaclllia Uarrie, •• &d■iaiatratiYa Aide to the late Eranklia u. Mooaew~lt, took part ia tbe roraatioa of tue United •atioaa, and••• on \he Preaidaatial ~t•ff at th• lalta Uoafaraaca. todaJ • ~ aaid be••• an old acquaintaace of lathan Gre1or7 Silweraaater, foraer aea,er of the Board of ~ooaoaio ■ artare, acca1ed bJ llisabetb Bentley of hawin& Deea the bead of a Bed eapionage 1roap bi&h in the Eeaeral Gowern ■ent -- the Silweraaeter group. Currie adaitted today taat ne had aelpe4 •••• ~ilweraaater•6 job, when tbat official of the Board of £cono ■ ic Warfare waa accuaea both by tae lavy ana b. civil service officials -- charged w tb being · a Med spy, and ••en auapected of be1n1 a •••ber of tDe 11,u, tne ~o•i•t ~eoret Police, tne 4rea4 U~PU. ~i!Yeraaater, appearin& before the ~oaaittee on un-Aaerican &otiwitl••• aa one of thoae •ho ha•• refuae4 to aa•••r 1•••tiona conoerniD& Coaauaia ■ , oa conatitut1onal arounua of ••1f incriaination. ~aucblin Currie stated to4ay tnat le ae•er ••••• read t • report■ accu■iDI tiil er■a■ter1 ~ A all he d i d • • • • refer t~e ca•• to the• r ~epartaent. Be said he alao kaew l1lliaa Uil ■an, aaother le• ueal aSfita official acc~••d or b•1a1 a aeaber of the Bed aetwort ia tne ao•eraaent. &ccordiaa to &lizabetb Beatley'• teatiaon7 · -- Ullaan, who liTed in SilTeraaater•• ho••• photoaraphed secret doouaenta la •il•eraaater•s baaeaeat. laa•in ~urrie todaJ declared be had been ia the ~ilTeraaater baaeaent, but did not reaeaber a ein& any photoara~bic equipaent there. He likewise ad ■ itted that be knew Anatol• Groao•, ~ecretarJ at tne ~o•iet Eabaasy •no, according to Elizabeth ~entley, ••• an espionage operator an4 pay-off aan. Currie declare~ that all these ••r• ,t;tH'IOIAGli - 3 social ac q uaintance■• tiefenied be bad ewer g1wen out secret infor■ ation rejecting, especially, the charge that he had tipped the ~ilYer■ a1ter apy rin& otr \o tn• fact tbat Aaerioan intelligence bad broken tae ~owiet co~ Tnia teati■oay to4&J led Coa1reaa ■an luadt, a ■eaber ot · tne Coa■ i ttee, to expn1a tbe opiaioa t.Jaat lhite louae •••1•taat Lav~blia Currie ••1 na•• been fooled b7 tbe So•iet e1pioaa1e ria1 -- ta, Bed apie• uain1 hi■•• an uawittiaa tool. lar1ely dup7ed aecretarl f tAe Moarcl o / / to l ■, bo ■e. Be, telling ✓ ✓ to, around• at of bein1 a that . ~il•er■ aater denie<l being a the Assistant ~•cretary of tbe treasury, h?A, intervened in bis behalf. how The fact ia tbat today•• teatiaony ~Y two high ""' . ranking n•• dealera oont'ir•• .t;lizabetb - - · A Bentley•• teatiaony to a larae •* extent. Her atory ia, that she••• told by the SoYiet eapioaag• people that the adainiatratiYe aaaiatant to Prea1deat BooaeYelt aa4 tbe Aaaiatant tiecretary of tbe Treaaury were cooperatia1 with the Coa■ uniat uader1roaad in tAe &•••ra■ eat. Currie and •bite today ad ■ itted aaaociation, but denied any cooperation in eapiona ~ e.