BQBJIISIII In Washington today, Congreaa waa told that ato ■ ic bo ■b ■ ateriala were shipped to Baaala in lineteen Porty-three. le 1••e loacow both aranlaa , and h•••Y water, wbicb ia 10 all-i ■portant 1D aakin1 the atoa bo ■b.Tbia waa done riabt when oar ato ■ io reaearoh waa at its height; in lineteea rort7-tbree. The charge wa» ■ade by Coqr•••••• 1oba loDowell of Penaayl•anla, Chalraan of a Boa•• DD-A■ ericaa aab-coa■ lttee. Conar•••••• loDo••ll 1aid the 1hlpaent1 were ■ade tro ■ a aaall, ob1oar• airfield 1D tbia oouatry. Bow doea he know tblaY lell the PeDDl11•••1• Con1r••••a• •• , . be obtainel hia tact• fro ■ ■ oat reaponaible aouro••• -- .. o--- (Preaideat Trmaaa •~••• ttt:.. ()ta pr••• conference . . authorised the tollowiDI directi:iae quotation: •tbe7 are uala1 the 8 e bearin11 1iapl7 •• a Bed berria1, to keep fro■ doiag what they omght to do.• ) ... s o __ B_V_I_Rs __ 1_v1 ... 2 And then he went on to accuse the GO p law■ akers of 1landerin1 a lot ot people who don't deserve to be slandered, and weakenin1 the faith of the people in their goYern■ent. Al•o~e reattir■ed hi••••• order to hi• depart ■ ent heada to withhold lo7alt7 inforaation fro ■ Coa1re1sional Coaaltteea. In particular he 1poke of the caae of lllllaa Beaington, the go•ernaeat econoai1t who la aco•••4 of ahing infor■ation to • s · o•iet Sp7 Bia1) Congrua, 1aid Ir. Tru■ an, will get all the inforaatioD it la entitled to: but none ot a · ~ontideDtial nature. lhereupon Chairman Boaer rer1u1on of the Senate Co ■aittee protested, ' aayin1 that our loyalty prograa ia 10 weak that a 1p7 can atay iD th• aoveroaent for aootha wiihout anyone knowing who 11 listed by the r.B. I. •• a auapected or ••en a known aub•er1iwe. !be Ban•• Coa■ itt•• •e1n1hile que•tica••· Alger Bl ■ s, turaer higb •••kiac atate d,p•rt ■ e•~ 4 tticial, Be' ■ the ■an •1•in•t who■ batb Elia•~•\~ SDBYll§IVE - J To which Lawrence Meloy, ExecutiYe Secretary of the President's loyalty re•iew . board, replied that it waa unfair to judge the ayate■ by an isolated case. Be waa being questioned aa to why lillia■ Re ■ ington, the suspended Coa■eroe Depart ■ent official, was 1i•en his high poaitioa with aoceaa to aeoret intor■ati• right when tbe f.P..I ••• in•eatigatin1 bis loyalty. ----0--- (Tbe Bouse Co■■ittee •••••bile q■e1tioaed Alier Bi••• foraer big~ raating state departaent official. Be•a the••• a1ain1t who■ both llizabe\h Bentle7 end lbittaker Claa■b••• ■ate graYe obar1e1.) Bia• told how he firet eatered the 1overn■ent ••r•loe at the request of aeweral proainent officials, aaoa1 the ■ Supreae Court Justice Frankfurter. Be told how be entered the State ~epart ■ent in lineteen lalalJ••I Thirt7-1ix, and bow as a apecial eoonoaic and political expert he aocoapa~ied President Franklin D. liooseYelt to the Yalta Conference. lhen Con1reaa ■an Mundt asked it be had §QBJIBSUI - 4 anything to do with the Yalta decision gi•in1 iuaaia three votes in the United lations, be replied: •10, I opposed it.• ~bout Whittaker Cha■bera,/the Ti■e and Life edit.or's story that ~was a Coa■uniat, ot 1-- Che ■b-.rs trJing to••••••• per1uade hi ■ to quit the party and Bi•• buratinc into tear•,4• aaid1 I •thy, I don't know Cha■bera.• Then he added, •a, tar as I know, I hawe newer laid J■■• eyes on hi ■,•) , / lhen C9,9ai ttee ••••• ,-, Counael Striblla1 queat:loned hia ,' on hi• •••tin& with Chetrl,era, ••••• I' / , / / _,/ it ■ ight h4•• taken place in the bo■e of bia brother / Donald , Hia1, he auwered that he••• not qualified / / / to speak tor Ms brother. '11ut he did i~aiat that brother ha~ ne•er been a ■ e■ ber of the Co ■■ ua •1•• elon1ed part7. Also that he biaaelf had ne•er ■ • ■sax ■I••• ,, to an~ Co ■ aun st Front organisation, o , Part7 had an~ / Co ■auaiat t / , ,. ad■ it t,iat, as a Sate Depart■ t official, , 7 the / / , / / COD acta with Bepresentativ. sot toreigD,tCOVerz••n ,, / / ✓- ' / . ~ so ■ e of uoa were Co~nists. But said al these • SUBYERSlll - 5 The coa•ittee then went into closed session, after noting that Hiss and Whittaker Cbaabers had given contradictory evidence under oath. Probably the two will ne~t be called before the Coaaittee to confront each other. Federal Security Adainiatrator Oscar Ewing, one ot Ir. lz■ a■ Truaan's top adviaera, ••• today accused by a Senate aub-oaaaittee ot •borrowina• tor bis personal use, a three tbouaaad two hundred dollar a year coot - on the payr.oll of a governaent mental hospital. The obar1e1, wbicb Ewing denies, were ■ ade at a clo ed heari•I• The coot, Jaaes Ielly, told aa appropriation coaaittee aeaber that be is responsible for prepar.iDI the •••••l aeals for two thousand patients at a hospital in addition he said he had been ordered to work five hours daily preparing meals tor Ewing in his private kitchen at the Federal Securities Administration o 'fice. A further hint of ■yatery was adGed to the 1•••t spy atory in Washington tonight, when actin& Chairaan 4.ff1 Mundt oi· the House un-Aaerican activitiea co ■aittee, announced that his co ■aittee baa uncovered a ayatery witness, •hoee teatiaony will •break i opea the whole coa■ uniat apy inveatiaatio~.• ~ •4 ~MunGt has appointed a apecial aub-oo-itt ~ ..L ••••**•••• = · ~l"a leavtaa •ashington iaaediately, to queatioa ~ ~ unidentified witness in an unidentified city. Thia wita•••• be ••Y•• i• a ■an whose na■e haa not fi&ured ia "lSw"t- •1111 the Bed apy i••••ti&ation until now. •He is N»f A definitely in a position to substantiate wbat be ia talkia& aboutt • A_ HJ■~ ~ • ............... ~ 4 ' Z , g l . . . - , na-ae was ll••n to the J_!) ■■ it,ee by an inveatiaator who arrived in laallington this at·ternoon by plan · •; adding that this aystery witness•s teati ■ ony •ill lead to another i■portant witn•••• and••••••••••• tha~ the whole case will shortly, as he puta it, be broken wide open • . · • Meanwhile, tro ■ behind the Iron Curtain cow• word of food riots and hunger i::illill}i 0 n• A by the starving Geraana in the Ruaaian sone. A atory on this appeared today in British and French n•apapera in Berlin, tellina ot ar■ ed guards protecting food train• overwhelaed by hungry aoba. And, of ■artial la• in the Soviet zone. • • Ia laxon,, the luuian · ■ ilitary pelioe are reported to be uaing fierce police dogs to drive the peaaanta fro■ fields which they are coabin1 tor the laat re ■nanta of the harveat, the har•eat •• they ••r• not allowed to keep. In other aeotiona, banda of•••• attacking Ruaeian oftioiala, deaanding too4. The atory aaya that to counteract all the fury and anger the Reda have i ■ ported Mongol troopa - the aost ruthleas in the Bed Aray, ■ en who are used to police trouble1oae area• withi~the Soviet borders. Tbe newa wire fro ■ loacow tonight tella of General Bedell Saith standing by hia l ■baaay waiting for a telephone call to 1aa■ on hi ■ and the other western envoys for a new talk with JoYiet foreign liniat•r Molotov; and perhaps with Stalin. Fro ■ London, we hear that the stage 11 all aet for the next stage in the negotiation, between th• weatern power• and the lrealin; whlob ■ ay reault in a big tour conference on Geraaay. After a aerl•• of lengthy talk•, Britiab ror•l1• Secretary Bevin ; A■ericaa A ■ba ■■ ador Doa1laa, and the French Aabaaaador, apparently decided to draw up a three power ■ e ■ orandua tor preaentatioa to Molotov. Meanwhile fro■ Berlin we bear of what are described as conciliatory gestures by the Soviets. Saall concessions. Today ten Allied barges were released f r • the Berlin zone, allowed to go on to Haaburg. Also, the Reda in Berlin agreed to a free circulation of Russian marks. •• BIBLIN (eubstitute) - 2 lhicb apparently is good newa for Berli• wage earners. They have been without funds tor the laat ten daye: being paid aeYenty-fiYe percent of their wages in Ruaaian currency. That under the western powera aaree ■ eat. So wtien the Ruaaiaa1 forbade the bank• to i•••• any of their ■ art,, the wort••• ••r• practically peaaileaa. Aa a re1ijlt toalgbt •• bear there 11 a waye of opti ■ i1 ■ in · Berlia. All of which ia faiatl7 eoboed by Preai4ea\ Tru■aa who told newa ■ ea that he hopes the •••t•ra power• talk with Stalin will . lay th• foundattoa tor a per ■ aaeat peace. Mr. Tru■ an today took atepa to insure tbat "«. u.~. rorei&n Policy will be carried on ~ • bi-partiaan ba•i• at the forthco ■ ing General Aaae ■ Dly of t~e I Uni hd lationa - Rklt-ope . . -!.;- Parh 1 1:iepte■ber Twaat.J / I t · irat. Be naaed Joha roeter Dullea -- ...,.,. 1,oyeraor Vewe1•• forei&n affaira adYiaer - •• one of t~e four o.~. Dele1atea, and be aent the appoint■enta to Coaar••• for confir■ ation. A fifth dele&ate ie Jet to be aaaed. The word is tbat thia will be ~ecretarJ of ~tat• Mar1hall. wbo will head the United ~tat•• MepreaeatatiY.ea The General Aaaeably open• aeYen wee&• before our Preaidential eleotio••• aad it i• expected to be still aittin& •hen tbe yotera 10 to the poll~. Meanwhile, ~on1r••• •oted it• appro•al -tbt of a bill authoriiin& the United ~tatea to aake ~ loan of aixty-five ■ illioa a■ll•• dollars to the Uaited lations, to build it• world headquar t ers in •e• ror~ City. ~ ~ . or the things Mr. Truaan aeked ot· this special aeaaion. AITI-llfLA!IOI The Houae today pa11ed the Rep blioan anti-inflation b i l l • to curb inatall ■ ent bu7ing. A renewal of the wartiae restriction calling tor oooau■ ers to pay one tbir4 down. Thea the balanae to be paid oYer a ■axi ■u ■ of eighteea ■ onthe. The bill alao will hold down band leadln1. I r C President Tra■ an tonight appointed Barley Bise of San Praociaco •• Chairaan ot the Board ot Directors of the Reconatruction finance Corporation. Bise had already beea contir■ed bf the Senate•• a aeaber of the R r C board. So, hie appoint■ ent •• chair ■an requires ao conttr■atloa. QLXlfikL There waa a dra ■ atic scene at th• le■bl7 Pool in London today, during the four hundred ■eter Olyapic woaen'a 1wi ■■ in1 race. Greta &nd~r,ea, the Daniah atar who won the hundred ■ eter chupioa1bip earlier tbia week• aaddenl7 cru ■pled ap aa ab• waa co■ iag in, well in the lead. 11th a ory of paia, 1he doubled up, and aaat i ■aediatel7. learby lancy Lee, of Portland, Ore1oa waa watchiDI th• race on a tel••iaioa 1or•••- laaor OO■tdd atill ia her ••1• auit, ba•ing Ja1t •••• N la the pre•iou1 beat. She, and a Baaaariaa aaa, do•• to the reaoae. And pulled her out. And then, 10 a1 aot to upset the other co ■petitora, tber held the I ■ Daai1b awi ■aer up abo•e the aurface ot the water, until the race wa1 o•e~. The Danish atnr · is reported to be out of the Oly ■pica. lo per ■anent injury. But enou1h to keep her out. Today*• by the war, was the first day for our athletes to tail to win a gold ■edal. linte ot Jamaica won the tour hundred meter dash, thus 0LXNPJcs - 2 apoilin1 Mal lhittield'a chance to winning what sports expert• call •the i ■ poaaible Oly ■ pio double•, both the four hundred ■ etera and the eight hundred ■ etera. Three Swedes claiaed . tiret, 1econd and third in the three thouaaad aeter ateepleobaae. The only notable &aerican aucc••• to••1 la track and tt■ l■ field eYenta ••• when Aud r ey Peter1oa of laah•ille, Teaneaaee, won her heat in the two hundred meter daah, tbaa qualityln1 tor to■ orro••• finala. liere•s a warning to lovers, which comes to us all the way froa tibanghai. Miss Hu - Chi, a pretty Chinese girl, had a N'ltpeJ""IH>e tiff wit.b her boy friend, a ~hanghai policeman. ~o she went ho ■ e to write a letter, ~ to c~lling it all off. lier lover being a ~ peraiatent I ~ - ~ she wanted to say aoaetbing that wouln give tbe letter an air of finality. ~o what did sbe do? ~be wrote to policeaan ~ban that sbe wa ■ a ~oaauniat, aau therefore not a proper peraon for bia to associate with. Policeaan ~bad turned the letter over to hia chief. 11th the reaul~ that pretty tiu-~bi ••• sentenced to a year in Mt Co ■auniat, althouah -t£.t jail for ~ sh•~••Ja adaittin& that abe •a• a abe was not, abe Ju•t thouaht l=t up to get rid of policeaan ~ban. A But there•• a bapp7 enning in ai&bt. If Hug-Chi ia willin&, the ~banghai Uendarae says be A ~~~ c-ua1-4 wait for her. fASliIOli From Paris a fashion note, which may be encouraging to those conservative American women who have kept their hem-lines up, at the old look length. Christian Dior, the high arbiter of style, as he is called in Paris, show d his new collection of fall dresses - ith skirts, in some cases, only two inches below the kawwx knee. The audience of five hundred fashion experts, so we are told, burst into cheers. So, it you haven't let yours down - why botherY ~ O i l V " \ ~ ~ • J - ~ ~ , LTP.1948.08.05i.pdf LTP.1948.08.05ii.pdf