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JUNEAU, ALASKA,'SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1951
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Walkout
On Coast
Is Threat
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1—UR—A
walkout of west coast ship cooks and
stewards today because of a condi
tion the Pacific Maritime Associa
tion put on a 6.2 percent pay raise.
The PMA said yesterday a Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union pay in
crease would not become effective
until other seamen’s increases have
been approved. (The AFL Sailors
Union of the Pacific has a 6.2 per
cent increase pending before the
Wage Stabilization Board).
Union President Hugh Bryson
last night answered that “we're not
signing on any vessel until the in
creases are put into effect.”
Bryson rejected the PMA pro
posal as “no offer at all.”
Insurance Agents
Begin Walkout
For Higher Pay
NEW-YORK, Dec. 1 — i/P) — A
coast-to-coast strike of Prudential
Insurance Company agents seeking
more pay began today.
The walkout began technically in j
33 states when a two-year union
management contract expired at
midnight last night, but there were
no outward signs because Saturday
is not a working day.
The AFL Insurance Agents Inter
national Union, claiming to repre
sent about 15,000 of the company’s
mere than 18,000 agents, has an
nounced that picketing of company
offiqes'-Vvill begin Monday.
Only then will the extent of the
strike become apparent. The com
pany has predicted that some union
members will ignore the walkout.
The company announced that it
will notify its policy holders by
mail and through newspapers and
radio that they can mail in their
premiums or take them in person
to company offices in areas where
agents are not collecting.
Federal mediation has failed to
bring about a truce in the dispute.
The agents are demanding a raise
in pay from $35 to $55 a week.
Prudential’s President, Carroll M.
Shanks said such a boost would cost
the company $35,000,000 a year. He
said the agents now average more
than $99 a week.
A union official said the average
agent’s salary was not more than
$93 and that not more than 50 per
cent of the men received that
amount.
The Washinglon
Merry - Go - Round
•CoDyrlEht, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
J'f^ASHINGTON — Meeting With
the joint chiefs of staff in Wash
ington last month, General Eisen
hower indicated that the great
est danger of war was a possible
attack on Yugoslavia by Soviet
satellites next spring.
If this happens, U. S. defense
planners .have figured the Red
armies are almost certain to strike
through the Ljubljana Gap in
northern Yugoslavia, then rush
down the Dalmatian coast to Sov
ietized Albania. This not only
would cut off most allied supplies
sent to the aid of Yugoslavia, but
would put Moscow within a few
minutes' bombing distance of Rome
and the Vatican.
Thus the entire Adriatic sea
coast of Italy from Venice to Brind
isi, would face a Red waterfront,
and the Italian population, one
third Communist, inevitably would
be subject to sabotage, upheaval
and eventual revolution.
These were some of the factors
I had in mind in urging Marshal
Tito to cut red tape and release
Archbishop Stepmac rignt away.
For this now famous churchman
had become not only a football
of politics but a symbol of perse
cution, which was seriously hurting
relations between our two ocuntries.
Actually I knew’, from having
spent two years in Yugoslavia di
recting Quaker relief work after
World War I, also from my visit
there last winter, that there is lit
tle religious discrimination in Yugo
slavia. I have served on the same
hospital boarfr with Moslems, Or
thodox and Catholics, seen them
work together and live together.
Probably there is more tolerance
there than here.
SYMBOL OF BITTERNESS
Furthermore, ithe National Catho
lic Welfare Council in cooperation
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Governor's Day
To Be Celebrated
By National Guard
A review and parade of the 208th
Infantry Battalion (Sep) of the Al
aska National Guard will mark the
observance of Governor's Day to
day.
The parade starts at the subport
at 2 p.m. Prom the subport the units
will march along Willoughby Av
enue to Franklin Street at Admiral
Way then up Front Street. Along
Front Street, the parade goes to
Main Street, down Main to Wil
loughby then return to the subporc.
The governor's review will be
held at the subport immediately
folowing the parade. It will be the
first full scale battalion review held
by the 208th Infantry Battalion
since its formation In the summer
of 1S50.
Guests of Gov. Ernest Omening
at the review will be Lt. Gen Wil
liam E. Kepner, commander-in
chief of the Alaska Command; Ma
jor Gen. William D. Old, command
ing general of the Alaska Air Com
mand; and Brigadier Gen. Richard
Pence, deputy commanding general
of the U. S. Army ill Alaska. The
top-ranking military guests arrive
via special plane from Elmendorf
Air Force Base.
At Reviewing Stand
Representing the U. S. Coast
Guard on the reviewing stand will
be Rear Admiral Joseph Greerispun,
17th District Commander. Col. L.
Lars Johnson, adjutant general of
Alaska National Guard, will conduct,
the review for Gov. Gruening, com
mander-in-chief of the Territory’s
guard organization.
Arriving by special plane for the
review is the 43rd Army band from
Ft. Richardson. Troops participat
ing in the review will include units
irom Juneau, Ketchikan, Angoon,
Hconah, Sitka and Metlakatla. Bat
talion Commander Lt. Col. Dwight
W. Dean of Juneau will direct the
order of the formation.
Eisenhower Trophy
Due for special attention during
the ceremony is Company B of
Sitka, which will receive the Eis
enhower Trophy, awarded for the
| first time to a National Guard
I unit in Alaska. .
The award is presented to out
! standing company units on the bas
is of loyalty, enthusiasm, participa
[ tion in training and recruiting and
soldierly conduct. The company re
ceived federal recognition in May,
1949 and consists mainly of men
from the Mt. Edgecumbe Vocation
al School.
Following presentation of awards
an announcement of commissions
will be made by order of Col. John
son.
Observors Here
Included In the review will be
members of the First and Second
Scout Battalions from the Nome
and Bethel areas who are attend
ing the two week encampment as
observors.
The 43rd Army band, with its full
! complement of 34 pieces, is sched
juled to play at the dance at the
Moose Hall tonight at 9 o’clock.
Special entertainment will start at
9:43 o’clock.
A highlight of the evening will
be the presentation of an award
to the winning guard drill team.
The winning team will also give
a short exhibition drill.
Admission to the dance ,1s free
and open to the public. Many of the
guardsmen will be without partners.
It is hoped that: all of Juneau, and
particularly its young ladies, will
be on hand at the dance to extend
a welcome worthy of the Capital
City and its military guests.
Visitors Day at Camp
Sunday will be observed at the
guard encampment as visitor’s day,
beginning at 1 p.m., Col. Johnson
announced today.
Two free busses will leave from
the Yellow Cab stand opposite
the Baranof Hotel at 12:30 p.m.
Visitors will be given an opportun- |
ity to inspect the campsite.
Early visitors may attend Catho
lic and Protestant services to be
held in the field at 11 a.m. Regular
visiting hours are from 1 to 5 pjn.
WEATHER REPORT
(U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
Temperatures tor 24-Hour Period
At Airport: Maximum, 29;
Minimum, 21.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Mostly fair tonight. Low
temperature around 25 de
grees in town, colder in out
lying areas. Increasing
cloudiness Sunday with some
light snow, lightly. High
temperature near 30 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours endina 7:30 a m. today
At Airport — None;
since July 1—17.65 Inches.
Polity Hade on
Fisheries
Destruction
The Alaska Fisheries Board took
a peek into the future yesterday
and established a broad long range,
over all policy regarding the com
pensating methods for the des
truction of a fish producing poten
tial.
In a resolution passed by the
board, now in session here, the
policy stated was that “any destruc
tion of fish producing potential shall
be compensated for by the develop
ment of at least an equal produc
tion potential in an unproductive
nearby area or by other compensat
ing methods by the responsible
party or parties.”
The action was taken as a result
of a survey and report by the water
shed management division of the
Alaska Department of Fisheries, of
the Ward Cove area—site of a new
pulp mill near Ketchikan. The Ward
Cove Basin has and is producing
valuable salmon runs tha* will be
destroyed by the pulp mill con
struction there.
Industry unopposed
Members of the board emphasized
that they did not oppose industry
coming into Alaska and instructed
the Alaska Department of Fisher
ies to cooperate in establishment of
any new industry affecting the
fisheries.
However they felt that if in
dustries, such as pulp mills, des
troyed a fishery like a salmon run,
it would only be fair for the com
pany to develop another potential
fishery area, nearby, if possible.
In that way industrial development
and Alaska’s long-time asset of
fisheries could thrive together to
the advantage of the Territory.
The discussion concerned mea
sures of a broad nature.
1952 Regulations Discussed
Yesterday morning was taken up
with a discussion of recommends- |
tions for 1952 commercial fishing
regulations with officials of the J
Fish and Wildlife Service.
There was a discussion on how
I ■cooperation between the Alaska
I Department of Fisheries and the
' FWS could best be carried out,
Lutii ill liS* rfiid fi.fil
ing.
Sports Fishing Program
A report was given regarding the
sports fishing rehabilitation pro
gram being carried on in the Fair
! banks area at Lost Lake where
rainbow trout are to be planted next
spring. Due to the' heavy fishing
pressure near population centers,
restocking will have to be carried
1 on; periodically. It was brought out
i that at present it would be cheap
i er to bring “eyed-eggs” from one of
' the many fish hatcheries in the
States than to build a hatchery
for this purpose in Alaska.
Every effort will be made to re
tain access to all areas where work
is carried on by the department.
Hair Seal Control
A report was given on the depart
ment's work on hair seal control.
| Fishermen said that there was re
I duction in damage to fish in the
' gill net fishery on the Stikine River
where this work had been carried
on.
Dynamite bombing of hair seal
concentrations on the Copper River
flats proved highly successful and
the suggestion was made that a
conference be held with officials
of the Air Force, FWS, and Delegate
E. L. Bartlett regarding bombing
of .seals from the air.
The board continued its meetings
today after a lengthy night ses
sion which was given over to fu
ture work programs for the coming
year.
This morning Attorney General
J. Gerald Williams met with the
board regarding legal questions.
Joe McLean Will Be
Speaker at Elks
Memorial Service
i
Joseph McLean, local attorney,
will deliver the eulogy at the annual
B.P.O.E. memorial service to be
held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday after
noon, Exalted Ruler LeRoy West
announced today.
With Mrs. Jane McMullin as di
rector and Mrs. Ruth Popejoy as
accompanist, the Methodist church
choir will provide musical selections.
While this is a yearly ritual of
the Elks lodges everywhere, the
public is invited to attend, West
said.
FROM SEATTLE
L. C. Hansen of Seattle is register
ed at the Baranof Hotel.
Ship Movements
Alaska scheduled to arrive south
bound Sunday at 11 p.m.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle today.
UN Insists
Reds Curtail
Air Power
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 1—(*>—
The United Nations Command to
day disclosed anxiety over mounting
Communist air power in Korea. It
insisted In the Panmunjom truce
talks that construction or repair
of air bases in North Korea be
banned during an armistice.
The Reds promptly accused the
United Nations of trying "to deprive
our side forever of the right to de
fend ourselves.”
The air base issue was raised
during a stormy Saturday session
in which Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy,
chief U.N. negotiator, underscored
in forceful language the Allied posi
tion that there be no military
buildup and that joint observation
teams be given free access to all
Korea to police the truce.
North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam I!
insisted it was “necessary” to
strengthen air bases.
“. . . I cannot but point out that
the real objective of your proposal
of allowing no increase of so-called
military facilities is merely to de
prive our side forever of the right
to defend ourselves,” he said.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols
said the purpose of Joy's statement
opening Saturday’s session was to
make the Allied position on enforce
ment of the armistice “crystal
clear.”
Nuckols emphasized, however,
that the statement was "not consid
ered an ultimatum.”
fwo Heroes Are
Revealed, Result
Of Plane Crash
CLK ELUM, Wash., Dec. 1—tfl—
A young minister who walked bare
footed 14 miles through snow and
help after ©«**
cades plane crash called ariotlier
man a hero today.
The Rev. Harold W. Borhauer, 29.
a Presbyterian minister from Wil
bur, Wash., said skillful piloting by
Paul Gemberling, 34, Spokane con
tractor, probably saved the three
occupants of their plane when it
crashed in the mountain wilds late
Wednesday.
Borhauer said the plane was in
a spin but Gemberling managed
to straighten it out and bring it
in “fairly level” Just before the
crash.
Gemberling was critically injured
when the plane struck the ground.
The Rev. Borhauer suffered broken
ribs and an injured arm. Harold
Lanphere, also of Wilbur, the third
passenger, received a broken arm,
head injuries and lost some teeth.
Rescue parties came 'out of the
Cascade wilderness late last night
with Gemberling and Danphere.
The Rev. Borhauer had left them
behind on the (rail because of their
injuries while he stumbled through
deep snow and icy streams to find
help.
State patrolmen, forestry men
and loggers in the rescue party
said they reached the injured
men just in time. They had spent
one night in the open and another
might have proved fatal.
Half-frozen and with his feet
badly cut and bruised, the Rev
Borhauer stumbled Into a logging
camp near Easton late yesterday. He
had lost his shoes after he left the
plane and his stockings wore out
as he dragged himself across the
rugged'terrain in search of help.
BENSON RETURNS
Henry A. Benson, Territorial
Commissioner of Labor, has returned
from the Interior where he had been
cn hearings for a safety code for
the construction industry. He re
ported conditions good in Anchorage
and Fairbanks with little unemploy
ment. He is living at the Gastineau
Hotel temporarily.
Mrs. Robert Sadler of Sitka is at
the Baranof Hotel.
TIDE TABLES
DECEMBER 2
High tide 4:20 a.m.t 16.1 ft.
Low tide 10:00 a.m., 3.7 ft.
High tide 3:58 p.m., 18.6 ft.
Low tide 10:44 p.m., -2.0 ft.
DECEMBER 3
High tide 5:13 a.m., 15.7 ft.
Low tide 10:58 a.m., 4.3 ft.
High tide 4:53 p.m., 17.3 ft.
Low tide 11:37 p.m., -0.3 ft.
Little Action
For Infantry
On (old Front
SEOUL. Korea, Dec. 1—Wt—Uni
ted Nations foxhole Infantrymen
today battled the bitterest cold wave
)f the winter and for the most part
fired at Communists only when the
Reds probM near their positions.
A U.S. Eighth Army communique
;aid a U.N. unit yielded advance po
sitions northwest of Yonchon on the
western front to a grenade-tossing
?roup of Reds.
Other U.N. troops threw back a
platoon-sized Communist probing
attack after a three-hour fight
southeast of Kumsong.
The mercury plummeted to five
degrees above zero in the moun
tainous eastern sector Friday. An
Eighth Army briefing officer said
;lie low temperature had no “ad
verse effect” on Allied operations.
There were no reports of ground
action from that front or from the
western front Friday.
Six NG Squads to
Play Basketball
On Sunday P. M.
Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock
the Alaska National Guard will
hold its first basketball tournament
at the Juneau High School gym,
and the results may be a preview of
the 1952 Gold Medal Tournament.
Six teams are lined up to give
Channel residents their first op
portunity of the season to see out
of town players in action.
Teams participating include the
Hti. and Service Co. team which is
composed mainly of players on the
local Columbia Lumber team. The
Co. A team is composed of players
from both Ketchikan and Metla
krlla and features the stellar play
of Jeff David and Harry Johannson,
Isffe experienced Oold Medal play
ers.
The Angoon ANB is playing prac
tically as a unit under the C Com
pany banner, while other members
of the same Company have formed
an additional team. Company D
has two teams composed of play
ers from Mt. Edgecumbe, Sheldon|
Jackson and Sitka High School.
The first round pairings finds the
Juneau aggregation pitted against
the Angoon ANB squad. The sec
ond game will be between Sitka
No. 1 and the other team from
Company C. The third game will ]
be played between the Ketchikan-!
Metlakatla combine and the Sitka
No. 2 squad. Both Company C and
Company D were allowed to enter
two teams from their members to
allow as many players to partici
pate as possible.
A nominal admission fee will be
c barged and the money raised from
this will be put into the company
funds of the participating units.
No admission will be charged to
National Guardsmen.
Brothers Saved
From Gallows for
Indefinite Time
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 1
—M—Utah and Turman Wilson,
were saved from the gallows only
a few hours before the trap was
to have sprung, but it was uncer
tain whether it would be for days
or weeks.
A stay of execution granted by
a federal judge in San Francisco
saved the Camas, Wash., brothers
Thursday night, only eight hours
before they were to have been
hanged for the 1950 kldnap-slay
ing of 18-year-old Jo Ann Dewey
of Vancouver, Wash.
The order, signed by Judge Wil
liam Healy of the U.S. Ninth Cir
cuit Court of Appeals, directed that
;he execution be delayed until mid
night Dec. 3 or “to such time that
the Supreme Court of the United
States, or a Justice thereof, shall
direct.”
The stay raised the question of
whether the state could proceed
with the double execution Dec. 3 if
the Supreme Court should decide
not to intervene.
Under Washington state law, per
ons not hanged on the day set by
the courts are required to be re
turned-to the courts for re-sentcnc
tng.
Turman’s cellmate In the peni
tentiary here said that when the
condemned men, heard the news
over his cell radio he declared:
“This gives us a chance. A little
more time. Now if we can only get
an honest investigation,"
Recapture 'Tiger
Woman’ Slayer
01 Juneau Women
PHOENIX, Aria., Dec. 1 — —
Winnie Ruth Judd, the one-time
'Tiger Woman” who killed two girl
friends 20 years ago, was recaptured
here last night, and went back to
the state hospital for the insane
as meekly as a frightened kitten.
Her fourth escape from the asylum
gave her slightly less than 24 hours
sf harried freedom.
Two police officers picked up the
48-year-old trunk murderess three
blocks from the apartment court in
which two former women attend
ants of the hospital lived.
Mrs. Judd, wearing a fur coat she
had taken from one of the apart
ments during the occupant’s ab-|
sence, offered no resistance, but
pleaded with patrolmen George
Sanders and Harold DeWitt to
turn her lose.
"Why did you have to pick me
up?” she asked. “I’ve served 20
years out there (the hospital) and
I think it should be turned loose.
I had a tragedy 20 years ago that
I wasn’t wholly responsible for.”
It was iu October, 19J1, that Mrs.
Judd shot, her roommates, Agness
Anna Le Roe and Hedvig Samuel
son, to death here. They were from
Juneau, Alaska. She shipped their
dismembered bodies to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Judd was convicted and sent
enced to hang. Within 72 hours of
the execution time she was found
insane and was committed to the
hospital.
Mrs. Judd, still an attractive wo
man with tinted red hair, escaped
Thursday night by prying open a
second story screen window and
sliding to the ground on a ladder
fashioned of rags, yarn and an I
electric iron cord.
Truman, Wilson
Talk Priority of
Guns and Butter
KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 1—(*—'
President Truman set aside this af-j
ternoon for a full-scale review of |
military production with Defense)
Mobilization Director Charles E.,
Wilson.
Wilson'j flying visit here from I
Washington follows complaints by
the Senate Preparedness subcom
mittee that rearmament is lagging
dangerously behind schedule be
cause “guns” have not received
priority over “butter.”
Mr. Truman told a news confer
ence Thursday that the very best
effort is being put forward to meet
defense requirements. If military
production is lagging, he said, he
will soon find out about it and do
something about it.
He added that the defense pro
gram is under eonstant review by
the Cabinet, the national security
council and Wilson, and that what
ever is necessary will be done.
In Washington yesterday, Wilson
said that the effect of the nation’s
rearmament program will hit home
more and more in the months ahead
as defense production picks up
speed.
‘‘From now on,” he said, “it will
not be so much a case of guns and
butter, but of guns and less butter
—or guns and margarine."
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McGrath Offers
To Talk Publicly
En Tax Probe
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 — W —
Attorney General J. Howard Mc
Grath says he would be “delighted”
to testify publicly before a House
Ways and Means subcommittee
probing reports of corruption and
i: regularities in the nation's tax
collection system.
This was his answer last night
to demands by two Republican
members of the investigating group
that he be called for questioning
about the Justice Department's
policy in prosecuting tax fraud
cases.
Reps. Kean of New Jersey and
Byrnes of Wisconsin also said thej
wanted to ask McGrath about testi
mony given by T. Lamar Caudle,
recently ousted Assistant Attorney
General who directed the Justice
Department's tax fraud prosecu
tions.
The subcommittee's hearings, re
cessed unexpectedly yesterday, are
to be resumed Monday with Caudle
| scheduled to return for further
questioning. He had been in the
witness chair all week until yes
terday.
FROM HOONAH
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Douglas of
Hoonah are stopping at the Gastin
ieau Hotel,
Un-American Activities Group
Says 'Ernest Gruening' Not
Listed in Garland Fund File
Delegate E. L. Bartlett today re-H
leased a letter from the cleric of the
House of Representatives commu
te on un-American Activities stating
that “no reference to Ernest Omen
ing” appeals in the Committee files.
The letter was in response to one
written by Delegate Bartlett after
reproduction of pages by California
investigating committee appeared
in the Empire last wepk. The repro
duced pages showed information
about the Garland Fund, said to be
a fund giving money grants to Com
munist enterprises. Among other
names of well-known men, that of
Ernest Gruening was listed as hav
| ing served as an official or director
of the Garland Fund.
Delegate Bartlett wrote the fol
lowing letter to the Empire. The
letter from John W. Carrington,
clerk of the un-American Activities
committee follows, along with in
formation from the files of the
committee sent to Delegate Bartlett
by Carrington follows.
After outlining the history of the
Garland Fund, the memorandum
states, “No reference whatever ap
pears in public records, files and
publications of the Committee con
cerning Ernest Gruening.
The following explains Itself:
The Editor:—Following publica- ,
tion in the Empire of certain ma- J
terial originating from California;
and having to do with the so-called [
Garland Fund I thought it advis
able to check with the Committee
on Un-American Activities of the
United States House of Representa
tives. This committee, as you know,
is commonly and properly regarded
on account of its official status;
and the tremendous volume of re- i
search work it has done, as the
most authentic agency of the legis
lative branch of government deal
ing with communistic activities.
You will be interested to know
that the memorandum furnished
me by fttr. Jotyn W, Partington,
clerk of the committee, discloses
that the committee's files contain
no reference whatsoever to Gover
nor Gruening in connection with
the Garland Fund. Copy of Mr.
Carrington's letter to me dated Nov- .
Wage Increases
Given Local Light
Company Workers
SEATTLE, Dec. 1—WT—The Re
gional Wage Stabilization Board an
nounces approval of'a general wage
increase of 30 cents an hour for
22 employes of the Alaska Electric
Light and Power Company of Ju
neau, Alaska.
The increase was unanimously
approved by the 12 man board as
being in line with permissible in
crases under wage regulations.
The petition for the increase was
presented by the company and the ;
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.
Tacoma Official
Says Army Asked
Red-Light Area
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 1——
Public Safety Commissioner James
T. Kerr testified today that an
Army Major requested that certain
houses of prostution in Tacoma be
left open for soldiers at military
bases in this area.
The silver-haired bespectacled
commissioner told members of the
legislative crime investigating com
mittee that the request was a verbal
one made at a public meeting.
Kerr made the statement when
Oeorge Kahin, attorney for the
committee, asked if the Tacoma
Public Safety Department had an
understanding with the armed
forces disciplinary board regarding
prostitution.
‘ I thought we did, but it didn't
work out,’’ Kess said.
Q—“What happened?"
A “The army made a request
which I didn’t answer.”
Q—“What was the request?”
A—“To leave certain houses of
prostitution open for soldiers.”
Continuing, the witness said the
request was made so the soldiers
could have some relaxation.”
Kahin asked the commissioner if
he had a list of the places the army
requested him to leave open.
“No.” Kerr replied, “it was a
verbal request. They just said it
would be nice if certain places
were left open. That the army would
like that,"
►
ember 26, 1951 and copy of the mem
orandum referred to are enclosed
for your Information and. I trust,
for publication in the Empire. The
original letter and memorandum
are in my possession and are avail
able for Inspection.
Sincerely Yours.
E. L. BARTLETT, Delegate
Here is further Information:
Honorable E. L. Bartlett
House Office Building
Washington. D. C.
Dear Mr. Bartlett:—In response
to your request of today, we are
enclosing a memorandum of Infor
mation from public records, files
and publications of this Commlt
te concerning the Oarland Fund
(also known as American Fund for
Public Service); no reference to
Ernest Gruening appears in Commit
tee files. ,
Sincerely Yours,
(Signed) JOHN W. CARRINOTON
Clerk of Committee
Information from the files of the
Committee on Un-American Activ
ities.
Date; Nov. 26, 1951
Tor:—Honorable E. L. Bartlett.
Subject:—Garland Fund (also la
known as American Fund for Pub
lic Service); and Ernest Omening.
Public records, files and publica
tions of this Committee contain tijpe
following Information concerning
the Garland Fund:
"The American Fund for Public
Service was established by Charles
Garland, son of the wealthy James
A. Oarland. Young Oarland, con
ditioned against wealth through
radical acquaintances at Harvard,
declined to accept his lnherltage
for his own personal use. Instead,
he established. In 1932, the Ameri
can Fund for Public Service with the
sum of $900,000 which consisted
largely of conservative securities.
During the lush twenties, the fund
grew to some $2,000,000.
"A self-perpetuating board of di
rectors was set up for the purpose
of handing out this easy money.
Sidney. Hillman was among them.
Associated with Hillman as direct
ors were Roger N. Baldwin, William
Z. Foster, Lewis Qannett, James
Weldon Johnson, Robert Morss Lov
ett, 8cott Nearing, Mary E. Mc
Dowell, Judah L. Magnes, Norman
Thomas, Harry F. Ward, Morris
Ernst, and Walter Nelles. William
Z. Foster has been the national
chairman of the Communist Party
for many years. Scott Nearing was
for a long time one of the leading
writers for the Communist Party.
Robert Morss Lovett, recently the
secretary of the Virgin Islands, has
an extraordinarily long record of
affiliation with Communist front
organizations. Harry F. Ward was
naitongl chairman of the American
League for Peace and Democracy.
“A tabulation of some of the bene
factlfins of the American Fund for
Public Service reveals the extent
to which It was a major source for
the financing of Communist Party
enterprises. The ‘Daily Worker,’
official organ of the party, received
$57,000. The ‘New Masses,' Com*
munlst publication whose ownership
was vested In the American Fund
for Public Service, received $M,5Q0.
The Vanguard Press was established
by the fund with a donation of cap
ital amounting to $139,000. A series
of propoganda books on Russia,
edited by Jerome Davis, was one of
the first large publishing projects
of the Vanguard Press. The Feder
ated Press got $76,000 from, the
fund. The Russian Reconstruction
Farms, under the direction of Har
old Wore (son of Ella Reeve Bloor),
received $34,000. The International
Labor Defense was the fund's bene
ficiary in the sum of at least $54,000.
Commonwealth College got a little
less than $25,000, and Brookwood
Labor College benefited to the ex
tent of at least $115,000. . .” •Re
port 1311 of the Special Commit
tee on Un-American Activities dat
ed March 29, 19441.
No reference whatever appears
in public records, files and publi
catlons of the Committee concern
ing Ernest Greuning.
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