Two Admit Communist Party Affiliations at Seattle1
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By JIM HUTCHESOV
aSEATTLE In a quiet ses
sion contrasting sharply with the
previous day's tumult, a Seattle
contractor testified Thursday to
former Communist Party member
ship and a drugstore owner told of
having contributed to one V the
defendants during, the 1953 trial of
state Communist leaders.
They were the only two witness
es during the fourth afternoon of
the House Un-American Activities
Committee hearing.
Both drew reprimands from one
or more of the congressmen for re
peated replies that they couldn't
remember names or details.
Owned 2 Drug Stores
They were Phillip L. Ceis, 47-year-old
contractor and president
of the Alki Community Club in
West Seattle, and Henry Shain, 42.
who said he had been the owner of
two Seattle drug stores until re
cently. Ceis frankly acknowledged hav
ing joined the Communist Party in
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MARIETTA, Ga. F. L. Morgan, 39-year-old Lockheed Aircraft flight
liae mechanic at Marietta, Gau, is comforted by his wife a few
hours after he was socked into a jet engine of a B -47 Strstojet
bomber. Morgan, who went in head first to his waist, considers him
self lucky to be alive. Not many people get socked into a jet en
gine and. live to tell about it. He suffered severe braises of the
arm and head. (AP Wirephoto)
Andorans Ignore Freedoms,
Keep the Peace, Live Cheap
ANDORRA, bfl When someone
dies of an unknown cause in the
tiny principality of Andorra,
sandwiched between France and
Spain, in the lofty Pyrenees, the,
coroner cries three times:
"Dead one, get up! The law
commands you!"
Getting no answer, he shouts
again, "Dead one, who killed
you?"
Finally, the coroner observes
solemnly, "This dead one is dead
because he doesn't get up, and he
doesn't answer.'
Half-way through the 20th cen
tury, the Andorrans are still liv
ing largely in the past as shewn
by this curious questioning of the
dead, a hangover from the Mid
dle Ages.
Another 1 ancient custom to
which the fewer than 7,000 inhab
itants of this pocket-handkerchief
country cling to is that of being
governed by someone else.
Dual Role
Since 1278 A.D. they have been
content to let the Spanish Bishop
of Urgel and the French Comte
de Foix, or their successors, rule
their lives. This hereditary rule
has, on the French side, passed
from the Comte de Foix to the
presidents of France!.
A strong-willed, hard-headed
people, the "Andorrans say that
right will triumph over might.
This conviction, they add, has
helped them live in comparative
peace in a warring world for the
past seven centuries.
Andorra pays an annual tribute
to 'its co-princes for governing its
191 square miles, the last feudal
state in the world about $11 to
the bishop, and $2.90 to the presi
dent of France. Andorra dispenses
with the complexities and finan
cial burdens of self-government.
She wouldn't have it otherwise.
, Freedom Rejected
Once, during the French revo
lution she gained partial free
dom.' But the spectacle of the
guillotine in France and the ex
cesses which followed the revolu
tion nearly frightened her out of
her wits. By 1806, she was peti
tioning Napoleon to re-establish
the ancient fiefdom.
There are virtually no taxes to
pay, no military service, practic
ally nothing to pay on imports
from Spain or France. Life, as a
consequence, is remarkably cheap.
A liter of gasoline for example,
costs only 42 francs a liter com
pared to 63 in France.
There are no railroads or air-
HEAVIER CATSUP
WITH REAl
CHIU H?f OS
! lines into Andorra. The only con
! nection with the outside world
is a ribbon dusty road which must
be the worst main highway in
Europe. But about 300,000 tour
ists brave these discomforts in
one year.
The church functions largely
as it did in the Middle Ages
throughout Europe. It takes the
place of a civil admainistration,
recording and presiding over the
birth, marriage and death of all
Andorrans.
Under an ancient honor system,
no one bothers to register prop
erty, a man's word being consid
ered his bond. Strangely enough,
there have been only rare abuses.
Smoking at Desks
Okayed for Gals
CHICAGO (INS A Chicago
insurance company has struck an
other blow at discrimination
against the working woman.
The firm also stands to save a
lot of "woman hours."
From now on, the 500 women
employes of the Zurich-American
Insurance Co. need not slip out to
the lady's lounge to smoke. They
can puff away right at their desks
just like the men do.
I Neville Pilling, United States
! manager of the firm, said in an
, nouncing the new policy that "it
jwas high time for our woman em
I plyes to get the same rights as
: men."
! Then, in a little less righteous
tones, he added:
"Besides, we want to see if we
can't get the girls to spend less
time smoking in lounges and on
their coffee breaks."
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the 1930's at the University of
Washington but said he left it after
disagreements in 1947 or 1948. He
estimated he had contributed $200
to $300 to the party during his
membership.
Shain, who was on the stand for
more than two hours, said he has
been "sympathetit" with some of
the Communist Party aims and had
been "a sucker for pleas" and "a
muddled fool."
Denies Joining Party
He denied, however, ever having
joined the party or contributed di
rectly to it to his knowledge.
Mrs. Barbara Hartle, former
Communist Party functionary who
is under sentence for conspiracy
to advocate the overthrow of the
government by force, had testified
to having received small contri
butions from Shain over several
years in the 1940's in behalf of the
Communist Party. j
She had estimated that Ceis had i
contributed possibly as much as I
$2,000 to the party.
She testified Shain's name was
on the party membership rolls and
that she was sure he must have
been aware that in giving her
money it was for the party.
She also added about 85 more
Linguistics
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Help Decipher
Passport
HONG KONG (.P When 73-year-old
Yugoslav priest. Francis Alexis
Ranioar i; n c vrhtfkl1H f mm China 1
recently he presented a problem
to American priest, Paul J. Du
chesne, who met him at the Hong
Kong border.
There was a bit of difficulty
about Father Benigar's ancient
passport. He went into China 30
years ago and has been there ever
since. His Yugoslav passport, is
sued by King Alexander I (1921
34), was so out-of-date and bat
tered the customs guards were
suspicious. Suspicion was allayed
after lingual detours.
Father Benigar speaks seven
languages Yugoslav, Polish, Rus
sian, German, Chinese, Mandarin,
Italian and Latin. Father Du
chesne speaks four, English,
French, Chinese Cantonese (which
has no similarity to Chinese Man
darin) and Latin.
The old passport was explained
in the language of the Caesars to
Duchesne and in English to the
border guards.
Father Benigar is now in a
Hong Kong hospital recovering
from general exhaustion.
names to the long list of persons
she has named as having been in
the party during her career in it.
' Shain contended that he did not
recall ever having donated to Mrs.
Hartle, but that he might have on
the assumption that she needed
help personally or that it was going
to the Pension Union or some other
"left wing" cause that he consid
ered "worthwhile." He said he fre
quently made donations at his
store. He said he knew Mrs. Hartle
to be a Communist.
Makes Small Donations
He said if his name got on the
Communist rolls as a paying mem
ber it must have been because of
donations he thought he was mak
ing for other purposes.
He testified, however, that he
made several small donations to
John Daschbach after he was in
dicted on the Communist conspira
cy case with Mrs. Hartle. Dasch
bach was convicted in that case.
He said he spurned Daschbach,
an acquaintance of about three
years and a customer in his stores,
when Daschbach recently came to
his home "to tell me how to fight
when I was called before this com
mittee. I summarily closed the
door and sent him awav."
Scared'
Shain, who told the committee he
was "scared" in his appearance
as a witness, declared: "I'd like
to state I've been under strain;
I was possibly sympathetic to the
party, but unalterably opposed to
the doctrine of the party for over- j
throw of the government."
Shain acknowledged having sub- !
scribed to the People's World and ;
the Sunday Worker, and contribut- i
ed cash to the former, but didn't i
view them as Communist organs.
The statement brought a euft re
joinder from Chairman Velde (It
Ill): "Now let's not be ridiculous."
Rep. Jackson (R-Calif) said:
"This witness has been culpable
Taipeh Life
Said Austere
TAIPEH CfV-More than 3,000 for
eigners now live in Formosa, the
majority in Taipeh. giving this city
of Nationalist China some of the
cosmopolitan attmosphere which
once prevailed in Shanghai and
other former treaty ports on the
mainland.
There is no chance, however, of
Taipeh ever becoming the Paris
of the east as was Shanghai. The
government's austerity program
prevents that. Most entertaining is
done in private homes. There are
no western-type night clubs.
and conspiratorial or naive and
fantastically gullible."
Gives Daschbach Money
Shain estimated he had given
Daschbach, over a period of about
three years, an estimated $600 or
$700. Daschbach ha? headed the
Civil Rights Congress here, an or
ganization listed by the attorney
general as subversive.
The druggist said he attended
from to 10 Communist Party
meetings because of an interest in
its theories, but he said he didn't
learn much or take away any liter
ature. He said he was sure they
were open meetings and that once
his wife went with him without
any question being raised.
Mrs. Hartle had testified to see
ing Shain at a meeting that was
for Communists only.
Ceis, the, contractor, irked Rep.
Jackson (R-Calif) with his repeated
replies that he could not remember
the names even of the officers in
Communist groups to which he be
longed. Ex-Chairman of Branch
He said he was chairman of the
Alki branch at one time but could
not remember who preceded or fol
lowed him.
"That is fantastic," Jackson ad
monished. After Ceis finished, he
added: "I'm far from satisfied
with his testimony."
Ceis had named Daschbach as
the man who recruited him into
the party. He also named Mrs.
Hartle and one or two others as
persons he knew in. the party. .
Rep. Scherer asked:
"Have you broken ideologically
with the party?"
"I think I'm ideologically apart
from the party today," he replied.
"I don't know where the party
stands; I haven't read of it or
talked with members."
'American Citizen'
wnen scnerer pressed for a
more specific answer, Ceis added:
"I wouldn't say I'm Commu
nist as described here. I'm an
American citizen and loyal to my
country."
The scheduled appearance of at
torney John Caughlan under sub
poena was postponed until Friday.
He was called Wednesday after
Mrs. Hartle named him as a party
member, but was granted a delay
when he argued hotly with the com
mittee that he had been unable to
obtain an attorney for his counsel.
The committee announced Thurs
day that the Seattle Bar Assn. was
providing Alfred J. Schweppe,
prominent attorney and former
University of Washington Law
School dean, as Caughlan's counseL
Four members of the committee
will continue the hearing for an
extra day here Friday while two
open a hearing at Portland.
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