Carrie Denies
Spy Connection
WASHINGTON, f/P)—Lauchlin
Carrie, former assistant to Presi
dent Roosevelt, denied today that
he was connected in any way with
a communist spy ring.
The 48-year-old New Yorker
told the House un-American ac
tivities committee that Elizabeth
T. Bentley’s story linking him to
a spy ring was “hearsay three
times removed.”
Miss Bentley, who says she was
a courier for the communists, had
testified that she was told Currie
once informed a member of the
ring that the United Slates was
about to decipher a Russian code.
While no one ever accused him
of being a communist, the soft
spoken Currie testified: “I am
not and never have been a com
munist, a member of the com
munist party, a believer in the
tenets or doctrines of commun
ism.”
“I have never been affiliated
with any organization or group
sympathetic with the doctrines
of communism or engaged in fur
thering that cause. I have never
had any reason to believe that
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any friends of mine or even ac-;
quaintances or associates were
communists.”
Miss Bentley had said she did
not think Currie was a commun- (
ist, but that he was helpful to the
Soviet espionage group in the
government.
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GOP Asks What
Truman Covers Up
In Spy Hearings
WASHINGTON, <JP) —Republi
cans gave every indication today
of accepting President Truman’s
challenge to make a political is- j
sue of the Congressional hunt for
communists in the government.
Mr. Truman’s second declara
tion that the Senate and House in
vestigations are nothing but a red j
herring—with the added phrase: |
of the strongest type you can
smell—brought a burst of answer
ing fire from GOP ranks.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s cam
paign manager declared at Al
bany that the people are “shock
ed’ at what he called the Presi
dent’s attitude “in seeming to
cover up” information bearing
on communist activities.
Herbert Brownell, Jr., the cam
paign chief for the Republican
nominee, added to reporters that
nothing else that has happened in
Washington in the last three
weeks could match the “intense”
interest shown in the spy investi- ;
gations.
Rep. Mundt (R.-S. D.), who has
been acting chairman for many of
the hearings before the House
un-American activities commit- j
tee, shaped his acceptance in the |
form of a counter-dare. i
“I challenge the President*
Mundt said, “to authorize the FBI
and other government agencies to
make available the evidence sub
stantiating or disproving the ex
istence of these espionage activi
ties.”
Mr. Truman indicated by his
second jab at the Congressional
hearings he expects the Republi
cans to dwell on testimony that
some government officials gave
away secrets to Moscow agents.
His vigorous assertion that
these inquiries are nothing but a'
red herring left little doubt he
will contend in rebuttal that the
hearings were stage-managed to
take the public mind off his cost
of living battle with Congress.
BOUND TO GRAND JURY
ON DELINQUENCY CHXRGE
John Barber, employee of the
U. S. Smelting Co., was taken into
custody by the Federal officials
on a charge of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.
The man was seen entering a
small cabin near the railroad on
Third Ave., West, dragging a lit
tle girl (name withheld), by John
Strak; owner of a second hand
store nearby. He reported to the
police at once and the police ar
rived before the man had time to
injure the child.
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Two Coal-Carriers
Crash In Berlin j
BERLIN, (JP) — Two United I
States four-engined “flying coal
man” planes spanning the Soviet
blockade of Berlin crashed while
landing during a heavy rainstorm
at Tempelhof airdrome today.
One smashed through a fence
and burned but the crew of three
escaped through an emergency
hatch without serious injuries.
The other plane, coming down
through clouds, landed on a half
completed runway and was heav
ily damaged. The crew was un
hurt.
It was first reported that the
C-54 which crashed and burned
was carrying food and that the
crew was trapped. Later it was
learned that the plane carried
coal.
This plane careened through a
fence a few ya'rds short of one of
Berlin’s busiest streets. One wing
and part of the fuselage and car
go burned before firemen put out
the blaze.
It was a near miracle that the
crew was not killed. Bystanders
who usually crowd the end of the
field where the plane crashed,
narrowly escaped injury.
A few minutes earlier another
C-54 coming out of the clouds on
Wallace Won’t
Tolerate Violence
NEW YORK, (/P)—Henry Wal
lace says his Progressive party #
will not tolerate “anyone who
preaches the overthrow of the
government by force and vio- ,
lence.”
The third party Presidential
candidate made the statement last
night in an NBC network broad
cast, his first official campaign
talk.
He added, however, that “I
have not conducted—and never
intend to conduct—a purge of the
Progressive party on the basis of
past political affiliations ...” <1
“I have said that I do not be
lieve in communism, and the Pro
gressive party does not believe in
communism,” Wallace said. “No
body has tried to make the Pro
gressive party believe in com
munism.”
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instruments came down on a half
completed runway. The plane was
ripped by the rough landing but
the crew was not hurt.
This morning’s crashes brought
to five the number of crashes
since the air lift to Berlin was
started. Five Americans have been
killed in these accidents. ^
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