The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 21, 1938, Page 1, Image 1

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    Softball 'Tourney
First compVie report cf
State softball tournament
games next week will be
carried as usual la The
Oregon Statesman.
The Weather
dear today and Monday
with fogs on coast. Cooler
Monday. Mar. Temp. Sat. 87.
Min. 48. Hirer -3.7 feet.
Northwest wind. '
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EiGHTY-ElGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 21, 1933
Price 8c; Newsstands 5c
No. 128
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mmo mists Exploit Famomis
avs
O
Martin Grants
Pardon to Boy
Shotgun Killer
Youth 'VFlio Shot Woman
When He Was 15 Said
- Rehabilitated
Dale Lawson to Continue
Study of Dentistry
After Release
Considered by prison officials
and the state parole board to be
completely rehabilitated, Dale
Law son, who at age IS committed
a murder, will leave the Oregon
penitentiary September 1, under
pardon granted by Governor
Charles II. Martin in order that
the young man may continue, bis
education In dental mechanics
with the aim of becoming a den
tal technician. ,
Although granted a full par
don Lawson. now 23, will be un
' der ! supervision of Dr. Floyd H,
Utter, , member of the parole
board, and E. M. Duffy, parole of
ficer.. Dr. Utter has taken the re
sponsibility of seeing that the
young man enters a school in
which he may obtain the courses
essential to his professional aims.
Shot Employer
' paring Quarrel
It was on April 30, 1930, that
Dale Lawson, employed on the
farm of Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Dickinson near Independence, in
the course of an altercation with
Mrs. Dickinson picked up a shot
gun and shot her fatally. Mr.
Dickinson discovered her body
shortly afterward on entering the
house. The Lawson boy and the
family car were missing. Later the
same day Dal gave himself up to
Portland police, and told conflict
ing stories of the tragedy. A Polk
county grand Jury temporarily ac
cepted his story that it was an
accident, but further evidence
pieced together by relatives of the
-wman caused a reopening -of the
case and finally a confession. .
gegrtsated" Prom -
Other Convicts . . 4
Circuit Jndge Arlie G. Walker
sentenced the boy to a life term
In the penitentiary but joined
with the sheriff and district attor
ney In a request that the youthful
prisoner be segregated from old
er convicts, with a view to reha
bilitation and -ventual release. In
accordance with this recommen
dation be was given special super
vision by Warden James Lewis
and Immediately placed In the
prison hospital as an employe.
There he developed unusual in
terest in dental and medical prac
tice and studies, and has also tak
en extension courses providing
him with aw general education,
physicians brought in from the
outside have reported that he Is
an exceptionally able assistant at
operations, but his principal in
terest was In dental mechanics
and It Is in that field that be will
work following his release.
British Officer
Departs Germany
BERLIN1, Aug. 20-,!P)-Capt.
Thomas Kendrick. the British
passport officer in Vienna whose
arrest stirred the British govern
ment to make diplomatic repre
sentations, I waa "arrested be
cause there were proofs of his
conducting; espionage," it was of
ficially announced today.
Simultaneously it was announc
ed be had been released and re
quested to leave the country Im
mediately. This afternoon, accom
panied by his wife and chauffeur,
Kendrick left Vienna and beaded
for the nearest border, that of
Hungary. 40 miles away.
The German press said the
British officer was convicted on
his own confession of misusing
official prerogatives to. obtain
military information. The press
said Kendrick was spared "direr
consequences" only because Ger-
many desired British friendship.
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Those Cave Girls
Are Loose Again
GRANTS "PASS, Aug. tO-JP-It
looks like cold weather will be
the only solution of Grants Pass's
" clothing problem. The WCTU has
called the attention of the city
' council to "scanty" clothing worn
by women on downtown streets.
The council also received an an
onymous letter of protest but po
lice hinted that they thought a
change in weather would be about
the only effective cure.
Fire Bursts out
Near Grants Pass
.'""
GRANTS PASS, Aug. 20-CPhL
forest fire one -mile northwest of
here sprang up late Saturday and
spread over 10 acres in less than
two hours, threatening several
homes. i
Fire flgMers hoped that a pre
vious burn between- the houses
sand the roaring flames would
' save the threatened dwCliass.
.
Japanese Troop
jrw-i S w
1 o Advance a . arigtze
Waters Slowly Recede
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Troops Mass Along Provincial Border to East of
Hankow Ready to Move Forward on 115'
. T Mile Trek When Flood Ends ' -
': SHANGHAI, Aug. 21 (Sunday) (AP)-With Yang
tze flood waters , slowly, receding in the battle zone east of
Hankow, Japanese troops today were reported concentrating
on the north bank for an overland thrust against the pro
visional Chinese capital t !,
The fresh troops were said by Chinese military advices
TTfc " 1 I
icans
Work Relief Plan
Committee Says System
Is Most Expensive in.
the World
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-(JP)
The republican national commit
tee charged today the Roosevelt
administration's work, relief sys
tem was the most expensive in
the world.
The average cost of each relief
ease has "sky-rocketed," the com
mittee said, from $15.15 a month
in May. 11933. to $30.66 in 1935
and current under the works prog
ress administration to $82. a
month. .';
The committee reported the na
tional administration had spent
over $16,000,000,000 for relief
and public works in little more
than five years. At the end of
six years, relit' and attempted
"pump-primi-t" of business will
have increased the figure to over
$20,000,000,000. It said.
If to this "staggering total" is
added federal loans through the
reconstruction corporation, the
public works administration and
other ! agencies, the , committee
said, "the Roosevelt ipenditures
and loans have totaled at 'least
$47,000,000,000 up to March 4.
it is. i -
The committee made its anal
ysis in the "Republican Reporter, '
a publication, t
Condemning, "wasteful pomp
priming," It said: .
"This! theory Imported from
an economist in England where it
never was accepted has proved
a tragic, fallacy In light of the
1937-38 Indices of declining pro
duction and prices and rising un
employment which have prac
tically taken us back to the eco
nomic situation existing in
1933." I
Insurgents Focus
Attacks on Ebro
HENDATE. France (At the
Spanish Frontier), Aug. 20.(JPy
The Spanish insurgent command
today focused its Ebro river
counter offensive on Villalba de
Los Arcos, hoping that It . was
the weak spot in the- government's
south Catalonia line.
Fifty tanks and 100 planes sup
ported by furiously attacking in
fantry, pounded at the town, now
little more than a mass of debris
seamed with trenches, about five
miles north of Gandesa..
The attack was shifted to the
north of Gandesa after Insurgent
failure to break through the gov
ernment tine in the Pandoa moun
tains on' Gandesa's sonth.
A government air fleet was re
ported to - have surprised an In
surgent squadron today over the
Ebro valley. - Dispatches from
Barcelona said seven new Insur
gent craft were shot down and
that all ;governm planes re
turned to their base.
Safety Pin Taken
From Child's Lung
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2Q-(JF)
-An open safety pin was removed
from the lung of the six-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
McClure. Merrill, Ore., last night
at Doerabecher hospital.
Dr. Paul Balely, Portland, em
ployed the bronchoscope to effect
the removal.
nepuDii
American Soldiers May Again
Be Hailed as "Boys in Blue"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-V
The army soon may march in
winter-time in slate blue uni
forms. Instead of the familiar
olive drab. i The war department
announced today that woolen
uniforms of1 the new color, de
scribed by some officers as "like
faded blue denim," were under
consideration.
Troops at five scattered posts
will make field tests for a year,
before officials decide finally
whether to adopt the new shade
for winter field wear . by the
nearly half million men in the
regular army and national guard.
Th : slate blue annarently
would be more nearly Invisible
eady
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preaching Shanghai to be massing
between Hwangmel and Susung,
along the Hupeh-Anbwei provin
cial border about 115 miles east
southeast of Hankow. ! t .
Repeated -Chinese counterat
tacks had failed to dislodge the
Japanese from these two towns
won in the six - week - offensive
from Hofel in mld-Anhwei. : ;
The . Chinese quit their coun
terattacks and started digging
in to defend Kwangtsl. 20 miles
west of Hwangbei. FromJKwang
tsl the Japanese would-be in po
sition to carry on westward or
wheel 15 miles south to attack
Wusueh on the north: shore of
the Yangtze.
Wusueh is about 25 miles up
river from Kiukiang, i principal
base of the Japanese Yangtze
campaign, where the United
States gunboat Monacacy has
been on patrol duty. It helped
protect foreigners when the Ja
panese captured Kiukiang ' July
25.
Despite representations i from
the American Asiatic fleet and
from Washington, the Jlonacacy
is likely to remain near Kiukiang
at least another week, f
Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, com
mander of the Japanese third
fleet,, was reported in a dispatch
from Hankow to have advised
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, com
mander of the American Asiatic
fleet, not to order the Monacacy
back .to Shanghai.,
Mussolini, Church
Iron Differences
New Accord Announced by
Fascist Party Ends
Controversy
ROME. Aug. a0-()-Thnrtigh
the good offices of a 77-year-old
Jesuit priest, Pietro TaccTi Ven
turl, Premier Benito Mussolini
and Pope Plus XI have again
smoothed over the differences be
tween the Catholic church of the
fascist party.;
A new accord was announced
today by the fascist party. It
called a halt to the renewed con
troversy between the church and
the party over . activities of the
Catholic action, a lay society.
Both clerical and lay sides pri
vately expressed hopes that this
limited agreement also . would
have : a pacifying effect on an
other point of difference the new
fascist race policy. j -j
The agreement was reached by
Achilla Staraee, secretary of the
fascist party, and Marchese Lara
berto Vignoli, head of the Cath
olic action in Italy, following ne
gotiations between Mjissolinl and
the pope in which the venerable
Jesuit Venturi, : who was go-between
In the church-state recon
ciliation of 1929, assumed his old
peacemaker's role.
Penland to Head
Vet Association
PORTLAND, Aug. 20-()-The-odore
Penland, GAR depart
ment commander, was elected
president of the Oregon Veterans
association of the Grand Army
of the Republic at the state or
ganization's picnic today. !
Ida Demich became first vice
president; Rose Garrison, sec
ond vice president; T. M. -Kellogg.'
flagbearer; J. A. McKee,
assistant flag bearer; Rachel
Halleck, secretary and Gail Dib
el treasurer.
to enemy airmen, it m was said,
and is easier to produce uni
formly In woolens. During the
world, war olive drab shades of
wool were found to vary ; with
virtually every order. f .
Though the new color was de
scribed officially as "pleasing In
appearance to the eye," the opin
ion of those who have seen it
was far from unanimous. They
reported it little resembled the
French army's horizon bine.
Some privately described It as
"terrible and "like a prison uni
form." .-...- - "
The present cotton khaki uni
form is to 2 retained for: sum
mer wear.
Yes Senators
HitinMcNary
Talk at Home
Senator Says 'One Man
Rule. Major Issue ...
Before Country . :c
Alarmed Oyer Roosevelt
Thrust for - Powers
x Over Congress 7 .-
Before several hundred republi
cans gathered on his lawn at Fir
cone Senator Charles L. McNary
called - for a senate not packed
with "coattallers and yesmen,"
condemned 'the "purgists, , and
declared - the republican program
for farm relief offered In the last
congress was far superior to that
proposed by ' the administration.
His remarks were punctuated fre
quently with applause from the
audience, and Alex Barry, nomi
nee for the senate short term, who
appeared later on the program,
called for McNary's elevation to
the White House.
One Man Rule x
Seen as Issue - .':
Speaking fn formally in welcom
ing the guests who came at the
invitation of Pro America,
women's republican organization,
Sen. McNary said the main issue
today, was whether we were to
have government of the people or
one-man rule. He said he had
supported Pres. Roosevelt In the
beginning because he wanted to
get the country out of the depres
sion but that he was alarmed at
the thrust for power over the
judiciary and the congress. The
minority leader said he did not
believe Mr. Roosevelt watted to
be a dictator, but "If we give him
unwarranted powers the danger
is we get accustomed to the ab
dication of the constitution and
some one will arise to gather
reins of power in his hands and
become a dictator. i
SpeaklngMt the farm : problem.
McNary, who said he preferred to
be regarded as a farmer himself,
scored the policy of scarcity,
pointed out how the curtailment
of 70 million acres .would deprive
men of jobs, and said the repub
lican farm policies would give
market for crops, provide jobs
and reduce expenses of govern
ment. He criticized the ' unprece
dented policy of the president In
promoting the purge of party
members, and said in his own
case, serving under five presidents
he bad never had a republican
president to Interfere with his
election, although he had some
times opposed his policies.
. Others who spoke were Rufus
Iloiman and Alex Barry, sena
torial nominees. Homer Angell
and TJ. S. Ballentlne, candidates
for congress, Charles A. Spr gne.
candidate for governor, C A. Rice,
candidate for s' te superintend
ent. Kern Crandall, republican
state chairman, presided.
Persons 'were In attendance
from all parts of the state, as
far east as LaGrande and from as
far south, as Ashland. Musical
umbers were given. Two years
ago a similar picnic was held at
the McNary home.
Four Point Plan
For Forests Set
. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20-ff)
A four-point program for con
serving the greatest possible ben
efits of the northwest's forest re
sources was agreed upon today by
representatives of the Western
pine and Douglas fir industries,
state and regional planning com
missions, state foresters and the
US forest service.
The meeting was preliminary to
a Joint congressional inquiry into
forest resources.
The committee agreed to seek
unification on cooperative sus
tained units for public and pri
vate timber, an Increase of funds
for forest fire protection, an ap
propriation to combat timber In
sects and diseases and an Increase
of money for forest research.
Autoist Unblamed
In Youth's Death
OREGON CITY, Aug. lO-JPr-Testimony
of witnesses that Wil
liam F. Irely, 13, suddenly turned
his bicycle In front of the auto
mobile of George P. Thoming.
Portland, and that Thoming made
every effort to avoid the boy re
sulted In exoneration of the driv
er by a coroner's jury Investigat
ing Irely's death last Sunday.
Sun Blinds Driver,
Tourist Is Killed
THE DALLES, Aug. 10-ifrV
Blinded by the sun, the driver of
a truck sides wiped an automobile
today, killing F. A. Kerr, Ontario,
Canada. Kerr's wife escaped with
bruises. Elmer Atkins, of Park
dale, the truck driver said the ac
cident occurred near Demoss
Springs south of Wasco when the
sun obscured his vision.
INAUGURATE SEATTLE-ALASKA AIRWAY
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Repnlar air service between Seattle and Jnneao, Alaska, is Inaugurated with this Pan-American "baby
; Clipper transport plane. Crew members are shown below, left to right, Radio Officer E. E. Martin,
Plight Engineer John D. Donnely, First Officer JT. N. Gentry . and Commander John M. Slattis.
: The SeatUe-J nnean ran completes the last link in the Chile-to-Abvska aerial routes.
Doctor Charged
With Kidnapping
Olympia Physician Under
Arrest for Alleged
Kidnap of Baker
0tYMPIA, Aug; 2q-ia)-Firit
degree kidnap Charges coupled
with charges of first degree as
sault were filed late tonight in
superior court against i Dr. K.
W. Berry, prominent physician
and surgeon who was arrested
late Friday night in connection
with the alleged kidnap-beaUng
of Irving fiaker, Olympia auto
mobile dealer.
The charges were filed by
Prosecutor Smith Troy with
Court commissioner A. C. Baker
(no relation) in the absence of
a superior court judge.
Bail was set at $10,000, Troy
said. Dr. Berry's previous bail
had been set at $2,500, on which
he furnished bond and had sub
sequently been released.
The second suspect arrested W
connection with the case late
this afternoon and released on
$2,500, bail was not' charged fn
the new action. Troy refused to
divulge the nam of the suspect.
Kidnap charges and first de
gree - assault warrants were also
issued to three "John Doe" war
rants, Troy said. ry
List Gominittees
For Reservists
EUGENE. Aug. 20-JP)-Com-mlttee
heads to carry out the work
of the Reserve Officers association
for the next year were appointed
today by Capt. Herbert R. Laslett,
CorvalliB, president of the Oregon
department. ',:-e- vv ;- - . -
Among them' were Col. Carle
W. Abrams, Salem, CMTC com
mittee, Capt. Melwood W. Van
Scoyoc, Salem,.; pistol : and rifle,
Capt. Norman K. Raymond,' Sa
lem, membership. ; "
Late Sports
WICHITA, Kas., Aug. I0.-flV
Teams from Baltimore, Md.,
Baton Rouge, La., and Wichita
advanced in the national semi-pro
baseball tournament by one-sided
third-round victories tonight that
eliminated Trenton, N. J.r and
Flagstaff, Ariz., T. and shoved
Yoangstown, Ohio, a notch downward.-
' ' (:. - ; ' . '
Pat Flanagan, 2 7-year-old
Baton Rouge righthander was the
night's star, fanning 15. Youngs
town batters Is a 10 to S tri
umph. Wichita ousted Flagstaff,
1 1 to 1 In seven - Innings in the
final contest for . the night, , and
Baltimore overwhelmed, Trenton.
16 to i S, in the seven-inning
opener. H :-.'v;-''-.
- Lefty Wails, Wichita,, let the
Arlzonans down with five hits,
while host city batsmen hit safe
ly seven time, and combined fre
quent base thefts w i t h eight
Flagstaff errors In their mldnigii
victory. " -
On Sunday's schedule,- Balti
more, Md., plays Silverton, Ore.,
at t p. m. CST. '
PORTLAND, Aug. 20H!P)-Ro-sini
wine softballers defeated Ro
tary Bread team tonight, 5-3, won
the Portland district class A
championship and ; qualified for
the state tournament at Salem.
Nob Hill Artisans beat Mont
gomery Ward, S-2, for the class
B title. , : f .i li . ' -
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Seattle - Juneau
Air Service Is
Started by PAA
JUNEAU, Alaska. Aug. 20-UP)
The Pan American Airways 10-
ton "Baby Clipper arrived at
the Auk Bay seaplane base at
4:58 p. m.PST) after a short
flight from Ketchikan. .; - '
Th4f - hlp thelkt took off -and
landed at the PAA airport at
5:47 p.m., after circling the city.
The Clipper inaugurated air
express flights from Seattle on
the trip,, and will return. Mon
day, PAA officials said.
Hughes Predicts
New Era in Air
Says Commercial Flying
to Be. Done 30,000
Feet Over Earth
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.
Resting after his speedy, trans
continental flight to test a. new
type of oxygen, mask, Howard
Hughes, breaker of air records.
predicted tonight that transport
flying was about to enter a new
era, . '-
The lanky flier, who set a new
record today for flying across the
country in a transport type plane.
expressed belief that all commer
cial flying will be done In the
substratosphere height of 30,000
feet as soon as proper oxygen
masks and other equipment are
manufactured. -
"A good oxygen mask, permit
ting the pilot of the transport to
breathe oxygen and air of the
same density as that at sea level
Is going to do much toward mak
ing high altitude flying easy and
efficient,' be said. Passengers
would not be required to use the
masks, breathing oxygen-infused
air In the cabins. -.
Hughes averaged 238 miles an
hour in making the flight from
Glendale, Calif., in 10. hours 34
minutes. He was accompanied by
Harry Connors, navigator; Glenn
Odekirk, superintendent of the
Hughes plane plant in Los An
geles, and Charles Perrlne, radio
engineer. : ;
Claims Vet Gave
; His Dog Hotseat
PORTLAND, - Aug. 2Q-(Pr
Geofge Chute wants $5,950 i be
cause his ; racing greyhound got
burned in the seat of the pants.
Chute says It ruined the dog for
racing.
Lido Thinks Barbara Making
Up With Haugwilz - Revehtlow
VENICE. Italy, Aug. 2Q.-(JP)
It looked to Lido society tonight
at though Count Court Haugwitz-
Reventlow was trying to woo back
the former Barbara Hutton, . his
American heiress wife.
' Less than a month ago they
agreed to a deed of separation
ending a bitter family wrangle
"amicably" and on August 10 the
way was cleared for their ultimate
divorce in Danish courts. ;,
r : Today the couple went swim
ming together.
There was no sign that bitter
ness had lingered from their court
battle and separation.- Members of
the Venice society wondered whe
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Treasury Studies
Tax Consolidation
Would Raise Barrier to
Avoidance of Higher
: pTax Brackets
WA3HINGVoW ug.
The- treasury' ' is 'studying; ' a - Pro
posal' to consolidate the federal
gift and estate taxes and thus
raise a more positive- barrier to
avoidance of the higher tax brack
ets. Under the proposal to combine
the gift tax and the two federal
estate taxes into a single "trans
fer tax," all gifts, whether made
during the donor's life-time or
passed on as estates, would be
taxed the same.
Successive Sifts, whether effec
tive before death or afterward,
would be lumped together to de
termine the tax bracket applic
able" to them, and thus they
would come under a higher
bracket than if they were taxed
separately, part as gifts and part
as estates.
The system of taxing a series
of gifts the same as a lump gift
of the same aggregate amount
already is Imposed by the gift
tax, and the government at
tempts by litigation to prevent
reduction Of estates for tax pur
poses by rifts made "in antici
pation of death."
OS&eial. envision elimination
of this litigation as one resalt
that might be expected from adop
tion of a single "transfer tax."
Another they are taking into ac
count Is the elimination of dupli
cate forms and procedure.
Naval Committee
lArrives
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 2HJPr
Admlrai Hepburn, in a message
today, to Rep. Mott (R, Ore.),
said a naval committee beaded by
him would arrive here Thursday
to inspect the Tongue Point site
tor a naval base, center of a long
standing dispute over feasibility
of its development.
The naval committee . will in
spect facilities at Coos Bay on
Wednesday and after the atop
here, it will proceed to Seattle on
Friday. . ."
Crushed by Logs
EUGENE, Aug. 20-(-Los
skidding off a trailer as it was
being unloaded crushed Douglas
Castle, 20, of Lorane, to death
last night. -
ther they would forgive and for
get. - ,.
On the beach, where they swam
and sun-bathed together. Others
noted what appeared to be cordi
ality. Later the couple lunched
together, seemingly on the friend
liest terms.
It was their third meeting on
successive days. Last night the
countess passed a table where her
husband was sitting with friends
on her hotel veranda and accept
ed his invitation to join the par
ty. The night before they talked
for an hour in a quiet corner of
the hotel bar and were reported
to have danced together. ' '
Thursday
Mrs. Roosevelt
Named as One
id
Charges YoutK Congress
Is Red United Front
Organization
Relates How Communisf
Front Croups Formed
by Organizers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2
The house committee on "un-
American" activities assigned a
bodyguard to accompany Dr. J. B.
Matthews, writer and educator.
when he left the committee room
today after telling how com
munists "exploited" the names xf
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
other prominent Americans.
The plainclothes guard was as
signed after Matthews had report
ed receiving threats by telephone
of bodily harm if he persisted la
his testimony regarding the pur--
ported inner workings of the com
munist party.
More Testimony
Dne Monday
He is scheduled to return to
the witness stand Monday with
testimony which committee mem
bers said i would be even more
startling than that he unfolded
today.;
He charged the world youth
congress now- meeting at Vassar,
which was addressed by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt this week,
was "nothing more nor less than
one of the 'united front' maneu
vers dedicated to forwarding the
aim of the foreign policy of the
aoviet union."
At least 35 of the 50 American
delegates belonged to communist
front organizations, he said.
In response to direct question
ing, Matthews, who said he .had
made five trips to the soviet union
since 1928, said the communists
exploited the publicity value ,ef
such a speaker as Mrs. Roosevelt,
who could thus Innocently be j aid
ing the work of the party. - j
The witness said he waa organ
izer and first secretary of I the
American League for Peace and
Democracy, an organization to
which several . government ioffi-
cials belong.
Waa Organizer
Of Front Groups
Relating that he had been an
active participant in the organiza
tion or work of about 20 organ
izations which he said formed part
of the communist front, Matthew
told the committee many intimate
details of his link with the com
munist party. He said he did net
belong to the party but worked
with H as a "fellow traveler.
That was' the name given com
munist sympathizers who, for
strategic reasons, did not carry
party cards, he testified.
As a "fellow traveler," he said,
he was identified with the stu
dents' congress against war, the
American student union, the
American youth congress, the un
employed council, various groups
to aid or free Tom Mooney, the
international labor defense, the
federated press, and other organ
izations. "The American youth congress '
is an excellent example of the
methods and purpose of the com
munist party's united fronts," he
said. "Among .the organization
which have been persuaded to
endorse the youth congress and -to
participate In its communist
guided work we find numerous
groups of Christian youth people,
such as the national council cf
Methodist youth and the Christian
youth conference of North Amer
ica. .
Big Names Appear
As Advisors
"Among the individuals spon
soring the youth congress, as
members of Its so-called national
advisory committee, we find, in
addition to the usual left wingers,
who appear frequently on united
front committees, the name cf
Ralph S. Cushman, bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Har
old G. Hoffman, former governor
of New Jersey, and Henry N.
MacCracken, president of Vassar."
"Ostensibly, these organiza
tions and Individuals are associ
ated with a youth organization
which Is dedicated to peace as one
of its major goals. Actually they
are being - made the innocent
dupes of a carefully contrived
communist maneuver. By peace,
as the communists understand and
work for it, is meant a breathing
spell during which the world rev
olution of the proletariat may be
prepared." -
Among others he named on the
advisory committee list were Sen
ator Frazier of North Dakota,
Jeremiah T. Mahoney, president
of the Amateur Athletic unicn;
William F. Quflllan, general sec
retary of the general board for
Christian education of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, south; Wil
liam Allen White, famous editor
of Emporia, Kan.; Gov. Elmer
Benson of Minnesota, and mar y
teachers, professors, and others. ,v
Innocent A