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2 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Wad., May 18, 1949 New York Justice Refuses To Extradite Ex-Communist On Seattle Perjury Charge NEW YORK, May 16 UP) Supreme Court Justioe Aaron J. Levy refused Thursday to extra dite George Hewitt, 42-year-old Negro iormer Communist, to Seattle, Wash., where he is wanted in connection with a per jury warrant. Justice Lew sustained a writ of habeas corpus and released Hewitt. The warrant was issued on an OIL TO BURN For prompt courteous infrar ed deliveries of high quality itove and burner oil CALL 152 MYERS OIL CO. Distributors of Hancock Petroleum Products Far Douglas County affidavit by Melvln Rader. a so ciology professor, who charged tnat Hewitt testmea iriseiy tie fore a Washington State Legisla ture's Un-American Activities Committee on July 23, 1947. Justice Levy said he was con vinced that Hewitt committed no crime. "There is nothing to warrant my sending tnis man to slaugh ter, justice Jevy said. "If I were he, I'd be very care ful about my person in view of what we've been told has hap- penea to oiners wno were simi larly situated. I am convinced that this man has commited no crime whatsoever and if perjury is the complaint against this man, it is Rader who should be the sub ject of perjury before the grand jury, ratner than this accused. Justice Levy announced his de cision after hearing testimony by Mewm ana two otner Negroes, both former Communists, as well as a review of the case by Dis trict Attorney samuel J. aley, Rader Held Untruthful Foley referred to a report by a See California . ijjjj for no extra rail fare! Sometimes a bargain is ao big people Just won't be lieve It. Like this: On a roundtrip ticket to Chicago, New York and most other eastern cities, you can includt California for no additional rail fan! See San Francisco, Loe Angeles, Hollywood, Southern Arizona, El Paso. 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Justice Levy complimented Foley as an "heroic district attor ney because of his humane atti tude and acknowledgement of Justice." f roi. Kaanr, a doctor or philoso phy at the Unlversty ot Washing ton, had charged Hewitt perjured himself In testifying that Rader attended a school conducted by Communists near Kingston, N. Y in the summers of 1938 and lMfl. The professor said he could not have attended the school, because In the summer of 1938 he taught a summer session at the Univer sity in Seattle and spent his vaca tion at canyon CreeK Lodge near that city. f oiey told the court tnat in IB years as district attorney he never brought bacK to the Bronx anyone for trial unless there had been an indictment. "Radar waited three weeks be fore he charged Mr. Hewitt with ?erjury, Foley said. "That was 0 months ago and in all that time there has been no grand Jury in dictment in that slate." PAGE 8ANTA CLAUS WASHINGTON. May 17. 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And, like them or not, It is better to have the Germans for us than against us. It must have given a comforting assurance of latent American power to the friendly governments of Europe. Most of all, it must have provided a les son which the Soviet government will ponder and remember. Cruel Purpose Fails The Russians started out with heartless, cruel purpose of starv ing the population of Berlin, if necessary, in order to force the Western Powers out of Berlin. Well, the Berliners did not starve and the Western Powers did not leave. With a determination that never flagged, they not only thwarted the cynical Soviet plot but also turned it against the Opponents of CYA Comprised Of Selfish Interests Bent on Area's Exploitation, Davidson Declares WASHINGTON, May 16 (JP) Assistant Secretary of the In terior C. Glrard Davidson said Friday a proposed Columbia Val ley Administration Is being op posed by "people who have sought to exploit the resources of the public domain for selfish Interest." Davidson, In a speech prepared for a National Resources Con ference, identified the opponents of the CVA legislation now be fore Congress: "The private utility corpora tions, the power lobbies ... op erated behind front organizations such as the development associa tions, reclamation associations and water users protective coun cils recently organized in the Northwest, . . . the railroads and Russians with a counter-blockade of their own. Here, in miniature, was World War II all over again. America started slowly and reluctantly. It started with tvo strikes against it. But once under way, the poten tial might of the nation and the resoluteness of its citizens were not to be matched. If Russia ever undertakes armed aggression, it may expect early success, as it did In the blockade. 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