WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER'II, 195?
Un-American Committee
Serves Truman Subpoena
HST Meets
Court Order
With Silence
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (JP)
—Former President Harry S.
Truman was subpoenaed by
the House Un-American Ac
tivities Committee today, for
questioning Friday abdut the
late Harry Dexter White, former
Treasury official accused of So
viet espionage.
A committee official served the
subpoena in New York, where
Truman has several speaking an
gagementsl The ex-President was
silent on whether he; would obey
the summons.
The committee also issued a
subpoena for former Secretary of
State Janies F. Byrnes, who dif
fers with Truman on whether the
former chief executive saw FBI
reports on White. The Byrnes’
subpoena is for Thursday.'
And 'out of the papers former
Communist agent Whittaker
Chambers once hid in a pumpkin, j
the committee produced copies of
documents certified by an expert
to be in White’s ■ handwriting, j
Chambers testified in 1948 that
White fed him secret information
for use of a Soviet spy ring. The
documents given out by the com
mittee today were notes on inti
mate government affairs.
White Denied-
White denied under oath that he
was guilty of espionage and died
suddenly a few days later.
Byrnes has backed up Atty.
Gen. Brownell’s charge that Tru
man promoted White from assis
tant Treasury secretary to U.S.
representative in the International
Monetary Fund in 1946 in the face 1
of FBI -reports that White spied
for Russia. In effect, if not in so
many words, Byrnes accused Tru
man of lying about the White
case, since Truman had disclaimed
any knowledge of the reports.
Brownell said today the White
case is just the start of an expose
of alleged Democratic coddling of
Reds. He said on a television pro
gram that the Eisenhower admin
istration intends to purge the fed
eral payroll of every employe
who is “disloyal to the United
States.”
J HST Has No Immunity
Truman has no immunity from
a 'subpoena now that he is out of
office. Anyone who ignores a sub
poena runs the risk of a trial for
contempt of Congress, fine and
imprisonment. '
House officials and authorities
of the Library of Congress said
that so far as they can determine
a former president never has been
subpoenaed before a congression
al committee, although some have
testified voluntarily. Former Pres
ident Hoover, for example, has
been a witness before congression
al committees on numerous occa
sions."
There was some doubt the
Burnes’ subpoena could be en
forced, in view of Byrnes’ offi
cial position as a member of the
tT.S. delegation to the United Na
tions. He also is governor now of
South Carolina.
Mamie's Inaugural Gown
To Go to Smithsonian
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (JP)—
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower is
sending her inaugural ball gown
to the Smithsonian Institution af
ter wearing it tonight at the
White House diplomatic recep
tion.
The reception marked the sec
ond time she has worn the beau
tiful gown of peau de soie—a soft
shimmering taffeta-like material
—in Renoir pink, a soft color with
a mauve tone.
The gown will be displayed
among the clothes worn by other
of the nation’s first ladies. •
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Will He Appear?
Military Court
k Challenged
By. Mossadegh
j TEHRAN,- Iran, Nov. 10 (JP)—
Mohammed Mossadegh challenged
a military tribunal today to “kill
me,” reviled and punched the
colonel named by the court to de
fend him and tried to walk out.
Restrained, the ex-P remier
fidgeted on the prisoner’s bench
while the colonel, Jalil Bozorg
mehr, launched his defense with
a sharp attack on the court’s
competence.
Bozargmshr contended that the
•Nationalist former dictator —ac-
cused of defying Shah Mohammed
Reza Pahlevi, trying to overthrow
the monarchy, and illegally dis
solving Parliament’s lower house,
the. Majlis—should be tried byi
Iran’s Supreme Court, a civilian!
agency. j
“Even before that,” he said,
“the Majlis should rule whether
Mossadegh is still Iran’s prime
minister. Political charges must
be tried before a civilian jury.”
The question before the five
man tribunal, headed by Gen.
Nasrollah Moghbeli, is whether
the tribunal has the authority to
try Mossadegh, who was thrown
out of the premiership by the
royalist revolt of Aug. 19. But
Mossadegh has refused to be con
fined to that question.
Mossadegh’s efforts to discover
Bozorgmehr led to the fireworks
today, the third day of the trial.
He stumbled past three court
officers and was nearly 20 feet up
the aisle to the exit before they
stopped him.
Union Refuses
Red Questions
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10 <7P)
Top Pittsburgh and international
representatives of the United Elec
trical Workers Union (Ind.) re
fused to tell a Senate internal se
curity subcommittee today if they
ever belonged to the Community
party. .
Sen. John M. Butler' (R.-Md.)
and his task force probing com
munism in certain labor unions
repeatedly asked the questions:
“Do you know any Communist?
Are you or were you a member
of the Communist party?
He got the stamped answer:
“I refuse to answer under the
provisions of the Fifth and First
Amendments.”
Only a former shop steward
told the committee he never be
longed to the Communist party.
Butler and his aides fired their
questions at a parade of witnesses
after three FBI former under
cover agents —Matt Cvetic and
Joseph and Mary Mazzei—testi
fied the UE is “Communist in
fested.” In 1949, the CIO expelled
the UE for what it termed Com
munist domination.
Big Three Leaders Set
Date for Bermuda Talks
'WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (JP) —
Leaders of the Big Three powers
have a date in Bermuda Dec. 4 to
study global' issues, including the
West’s relations with Russia.
The strategy meeting, following
close on Soviet rejection of a bid
to a Four Power foreign minis
ters’ conference in Switzerland,
will bring together President Ei
senhower, Prime Minister Church
ill of Great Britain and Premier
Laniel of France.
They will be accompanied by
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, Anthony Eden, Britain’s
foreign secretary, and Georges
Bidault, the foreign minister of
France.
The White House disclosed the
Big Three chiefs plan to take only
small staffs with them, apparently
to preserve the intimate nature of
the island conference.
An agenda still has to be worked
out. The White House has said
only that “various matters of
common concern” will be discus
sed at the meeting, which is ex
pected to run through Dec. 8.
. But informed officials here re
ported the parley will be devoted
mainly to deciding what course
the West should follow in the
face of Russia’s stiffening attitude
toward the free world.
After the Kremlin’s rebuff of
Verdun Was Scene
Of Biggest Battle
In World War I
VERDUN, France, Nov. 10 (JP)
—Nearly 2090 ? ears ago, Verdun
was a busy Roman city. Thirty
seven years ago it was the scene
of the biggest battle of World
War I. Today, Armistice Day,
1953, in an area ten miles square,
it looks-like the ruin of an
atomic era.
In this little area in, 1916 more
men were killed in a single sus
tained battle than ever before
were killed in such a battle in
history—nearly 400,000 men.
It represents, as nearly as
anything can represent, what
might happen to such an area
under, the first hydrogen bomb.
The Verdun fortress area was
never thickly inhabited in the
ordinary sense of the word. But
in 1916. the German general
staff decided that, by a hard
and sustained attack, it could
cause such losses to the French
army that surrender of France
would be inevitable. At that
time the Germans could see no.
other way of bringing a favor
able end to the war. For, just
as in World War 11, they knew
they couldn't blot out Britain.
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caused the illegality of the elec
tions three weeks ago. Cherwin
ski claims to have gone ahead on
the elections through the “green
light” of his adviser, whom he
identified as Harold W. Perkins,
assistant dean of .men.
Fielding approved the elections
at first. He later explained that
this was due to his “lack of fa
miliarity with the constitution.”
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the proposed Big Four foreign
ministers’ conference in Switzer
land—a meeting which was to
have begun yesterday—Eisen
hower declared the Communist
leadership “manifests no inten
tion to get together, but an in
tention to create as many diffi
culties as possible.”
Western Germany’s future un
doubtedly will be discussed at
Bermuda, but American officials
said no firm decisions involving
German welfare will be taken
without full consultation with
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s
government.
Members of the leading political
parties in West Germany called
today for German representation
at the Big Three conference.
In Washington, however, it was
considered unlikely that Germany
or any other nation would be in
vited to participate or even send
observers.
One official said German parti
cipation would certainly bring de
mand from Italy and other West
ern Allies for representation, and
that if every one came the con
ference would be unwieldly.
In London, Churchill refused to
commit himself on a suggestion
that he use the conference to pave
the way for a Ir' ~■ '"g with
Soviet Premier Malenkov.
Cooper Urges
Ike TV Series
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (A 5 ) —
Sen. John S. Cooper (R.-Ky.) to
day urged President Eisenhower
to launch a series of radio and
television reports to give the peo
ple “the straight facts” about the
Republican administration’s poli
cies.
Cooper, who may be opposed
for reelection next year by former
Vice President Alben W. Barkley,
said he told Eisenhower at a White
House conference that .“there is
general failure on the part of the
people to understand what is be
ing done in Washington.” "
“The people have confidence in
the Fi'esident’s purposes and ih
what he says,” Cooper said in an
interview. “But in going about
Kentucky I have found that the
people are confused about what is
going on. I urged the President
to make a few short, simple re
ports on radio and television, giv
ing the straight facts about con
ditions as they are.”'
Cooper said he suggested that
Eisenhower talk particularly on
farm, fiscal and defense issues. He
said that while there was no pres
idential commitment, Cooper felt
his suggestions were well re
ceived.
No Break.
Seen Yet
In Trieste
ROME, Nov. 10 (£>)—The United
States tackled the Trieste deaid
-1o c k diplomatically, politically
and militarily today. Biit there
'was no break in sight.
On the diplomatic front, U.S.
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce
and Premier Giuseppe Pella
talked for 70 minutes.
On the political side, House
.Speaker Joseph W. Martin (R.-
Mass.) met with Pella for a first
hand briefing on Italy’s views
which he might carry back to
Congress.
Militarily, Adm. Arthur W. Rad
ford, chairman of the U.S. Joint
Chiefs of Staff, flew into Trieste
and held hush-hush .conferences
with British and American mili
tary leaders there. Then he flew
down to Rome to see Mrs. Luce
and confer with Pella briefly.
Britain and the United States
still say they plan to carry out
their Oct. 8 pledge to turn over
Zone A of the strategic Free Ter
ritory to Italy—but avoid any
date for withdrawal of the 7000-
man Allied garrison.
Yugoslavia, which occupies
Zone B, still says she will use
force to prevent any Italian troops
from entering 'Zone A.
Unofficial Belgrade reports told
of a Yugoslav compromise plan—
a plebiscite in the port city of
Trieste to decide whether it will
be Italian, Yugoslav or inter
national, with an international
conference to split the remaining
area between Yugoslavia and
Italy. But confirmation was lack
ing here.
“I know of no new Yugoslav
proposal and jf Pella has heard
of it he did not mention it,” Mrs.
Luce said.
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