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Scientist Confesses
Giving Information
To Russia
LONDON, (/P) — Klaus Fuchs,
brilliant German-born Bri t i s h
| atom scientist, confessed that
since 1942 he knowingly and con
tinuously passed on to Soviet Rus
sia vital British-American atomic
secrets, the prosecution told a Bri
tish court today.
Conceivably this could have in
cluded information not only on
the atom bomb but also the hy
drogen bomb.
The Bow Street court ordered
38-year-old Fuchs held for for
mal trial in Old Bailey criminal
court at the session beginning
Feb. 28 on two charges of violat
ing the official secrets acts. He
faced a maximum of 14' years in
prison if convicted,
i Fuchs, a reportedly self-admitted
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” among
the master minds of the atom, ac
cepted £100 (then $400) in 1-946
“as a symbolic payment signify
ing his subservience to the cause
“of world communism,” a Crown
witness told the court.
The mild-mannered Fuchs, a
wartime refugee from the nazis,
' merely blinked his eyes behind
his thick spectacles as the prose
cutor, Christmas Humphreys, la
belled him a “political fanatic on
the payroll of a foreign pow’er.”
In the statement, Fuchs was
said to have asserted that when
he learned the kind of work he
was to do in Britain, “I decided
to inform Russia and I establish
ed through another member of
the communist party.”
“Since that time I have had con
itinuous contact with persons com
pletely unknown to me except
that they would give information
to the Russians,” the statement
l said.
Officer Strikes
(IIP) Newsman
TOKYO, (#*)—Peter Kalischer,
United Press correspondent, was
struck today by Capt. Walter Pen
nino of Boston, a public informa
tion officer on General MacAr
thur’s staff.
The blows were struck in an
argument over a story the news
man sent from Kyoto where three
news service correspondents were
left behind by a plane carrying
the joint chiefs of staff.
Pennino said he pulled off Kal
ischer’s glasses and struck him
several times.
The army captain had express
ed irritation earlier at correspond
ents’ stories from Kyoto. He said
they falsely implied General Mac
Arthur’s headquarters did not fa
vor the newsmen accompanying
the joint chiefs of staff.
Pennino said later he apolo
gized to Kalischer for striking
him but added: ‘I am not apolo
gizing for getting that angry.”
Robert Baker, fish and wildlife
agent for this section is here en
routc to Anchorage to attend a
conference of his department.
Garnet Martin, representative for
Second Division for fish and
wildlife also plans to attend the
conference.
Lewis’ Contract
Demands Illegal
n
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A court
decision cast doubt today on the
legality of John L. Lewis’ con
tract demands, and a top official
expressed hope this might speed
an agreement ending the soft coal
strike.
NLRB general counsel Robert
N. Denham said the ruling by
federal judge Richmond B. Keech
might narrow the area of dis
agreement between the United
Mine Workers president and the
nation’s soft coal operators—thus
finally clearing the way to settle
ment of their long dispute.
Some sources suggested, how
ever, that by stiffening the min
ers’ resistance it might have just
the opposite effect.
It was at Denham’s request that
Judge Keech agreed late yester
day to issue an injunction against
union contract demands which
mine owners complained were il
legal.
All four of the contract terms
involved were contained in the
coal agreements which expired
last June 30—setting off the dis
pute which culminated this week
in the walkout of 370,000 UMW
members.
A three-man Presidential board
is due to report to the White
House, possibly tomorrow, on the
facts of the dispute, thus clearing
the way for President Truman to
seek an emergency Taft-Hartley
Act injunction, aimed at sending
the miners back ot work for at
least 80 days. Mr. Truman told
his news conference yesterday he
j doesn’t have, and doesn’t want,
power to seize the coal mines.
Coal Parley Col
lapses; Cutbacks
Come In Industry
w
(Continued from Page One*
2. Republic Steel Corporation
said it will close one of its Youngs
town* Ohio* district blast furnaces
immediately. The firm previously
had announced shutting down
two furnaces in Cleveland.
3. The coal shortage started to
hit small schools. At Delphi, Ind.,
which has a population of about
2,500, schools were closed.
Industries which use coal kept
a close watch on developments. In
Detroit, General Motors Corpo
ration cancelled all plans for Sat
urday work and any scheduled
overtime because of what it call
ed "the emergency in the coal sit
uation.”
Ford Motor Company reported
no change in its overtime plans
but a spokesman said “we are
keeping a day to day watch on the
situation.”
The railroad industry didn't
have to watch the situation. It
knew it faced a crisis. A Pennsyl
vania Railroad spokesman said
his road had “about 11 days” sup
ply of coal on hand.
The interstate commerce com
mission ordered that railroads
make 25 per cent cut in their
coal-burning freight services. And
they were told to cut coal-burn
ing passenger services to 50 per
cent of the services operated last
December 1.
Labor LommissY
Draws Four Filings
JUNEAU </P)—Four candidates i
were in the field for Territorial J
labor commissioner at the close |
of filings Wednesday night.
Two filings for the office in
each party guaranteed a lively !
1950 election race.
Only one filed in each party
for Congressional Delegate and
Treasurer Henry Roden is with
out opposition in either party.
Democratic candidates for labor j
commissioner are Rep. Alfred
Owen, Jr., Anchorage, and Ross
E. Kimball; Republicans arc
Henry Benson, the incumbent,
and Ray Beach, both of Juneau.
E. L. Bartlett is without Demo
cratic competition for re-election
as Congressional Delegate. Aimer
Peterson, Anchorage, filed as a
Republican.
Nearly 30 candidaes filed for
First Division seats in the Legis- j
lature.
Mr. and Mrs. George Miller are
the parents of a baby girl bom
last evening at the MMM Hospi
tal.
Railroads Slash
Ser\ ire I oni^ht
PITTSBURGH, (/P) — The na
tion’s coal-burning railroads rush
ed to comply with interstate com
merce commission orders to slash
service tonight because of dwind
ling coal stockpiles.
Hundreds of train will be taken
out of service at 11:50 p.m.
That will mean unemployment
to an unestimated number of rail
roaders.
Several thousand railroad em
ployees already have been fur
loughed.
Unemployment in other indus
tries will skyrocket within the
next three weeks unless John L.
Lewis’ striking coal miners go
back to the pits.
In addition to the 370,000 soft
coal diggers who are striking at
least 35,000 other workers in al
lied industries have been laid off
because of coal shortages.
The Covenant Ladies Aid will
meet Saturday, Feb. 11th at 2:00
p.m., at the home of Mrs. Paul
Carlson. Everybody wel come
whether or not they are members
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