Puge 10-SECTION II
, THE capital, juuknal, saiem, Oregon
Monday, June 21, 1954
Some Witnesses in Red Hearings May Be Cited ?um
PORTLAND (UP) Rep. Harold1
Velde (R-lll.) and hi subcommit
tee on un-American activities left
Portland (or Washington. D.C. Sun
day afternoon alter completing two
days of hearings into Oregon Com
munist activities here Saturday.
Velde, head of the full committee
and director of the Portland hear
ings, said action on the commit
tees findings will bo taken later.
He indicated that contempt pro
ceedings appear likely against
three or (our of the witnesses
questioned. The proceedings would
have to be Instituted by the lull
Conflict in Testimony
In Red Hearing Noted
SEATTLE (fl Conflicts In testi
mony given by Barbara Hartle
end former labor leader Karly
Larsen at last week's House Un
American Activities Committee
hearing here probably will be re
ferred to the U. S. attorney gen
era! for action.
Acting Chairman Jackson 'R.
Calif.) wound up the committee's
weeklong investigation of Com
munist Party activities here with
this prediction late Saturday and
Uhn forecasl (he F.uast Rid hunt
ers will return here for another
session. ;' '
Testimony before the committee
leads to an "inescapable conclu
sion" of the "existence of a wide
spread Communist . infiltration in
to almost every activity in this
area," Jackson declared.
It Is "quite apparent the com
mittee, may have to come back
after tho first of the year," he
sid.
Conflicts in testimony between
Mrs. Hartle, star witness at the
weeklong Inquiry, and Larsen, co
defendant with Mrs. Hartle and
five others at the last year's
Smith Act trial here, developed
during Saturday's overtime ses
sion. Mrs. Hartle, who renounced Com
munism aftr sh was convicted
of conspiring to advocate violent
overtoro at the government,
listed Larsen. former official of
the CIO International Woodwork
ers Union, among some 300 per
sons sne said were active in the
Communist Party in the North
wel.
She said she met Larsen on the
Party's underground business in
1950, and also tola the committee
Larsen was elected unrlpr cn as-
suintu noma to the party's district
committee at a secret party con
vention the same year.
Larsen, only defendant acquitted
at the conspiracy trial last sum
mer, denied the testimony under
oath.
Appearing with his attorney,
John F. Walthew, Larsen admitted
he once was a Communist but
said he left the party in 1946.
Larsen said, however, it was
possible his name was carried on
party membership roles after 1946
without his knowledge.
Asked about Mrs. Hartle' testi
mony they had discussed party
matters in an automobile in 1950,
Larsen said:
"I have no recollection of ever
meeting Barbara Hartle in my
car, or anywhere, in 1950."
committee and decided by congress.
Other results of the hearings.
Velde said, may be to provide the
basis (or investigation by the FBI
of the 14 witnesses who refused
to answer questions on constitu
tional grounds.
Saturday's closing session fea
tured 11 out of the 12 witnesses
called refusing to answer commit
tee questions on the grounds that
they might tend to be self-incriminating.
Most vciicuiuJ. of ibe ulent wit
nesses was Don Wollam, Portland,
who shouted that he did not intend
to join what he called the sub
committee's "stable of stool pi
geons" and had to be gaveled into
silence when he tried to launch a
tirade against the investigation.
Committee Counsel Robert L.
Kunzig asked Wollam if he had
ever been engaged in espionage,
the only witness to whom the ques
tion was put. Wollam refused to
answer, citing tho constitutional
and legal basis for his refusal.
Wr.Matrt u-,1.0 tl.u mU fen-UK.
when he was asked if it were not
true that at that very minute he
was a section organizer for Dis
trict 11 of the Oregon's Commu
nist Party.
Other hostile witnesses appear
ing Saturday afternoon were
Prof. Lloyd Reynolds, professor
of graphic arts at Reed college in
Portland: Leonard Marsak, in
structor of history and humanities
at Reed; Spencer J. Gill, Portland
freelance writer; Sam Markson, a
Portland painter; David Lapham,
social worker for the Multnomah
County public welfare commission
uonnelly David uregg, unem
ployed railroad laborer, and Wil
liam E. Lewis, office worker for
a trucking firm.
AU the above witness invoked
the fifth amendment in refusing to
answer questions, and all had been
identified by friendly witnesses as
having had connections with the
Communist party in Portland in
the past. Lapham departed (rom
the usual line of answers to say
no" when asked if he was now
a member of the John Reed Club
of the Communist party. He con
tinued his negative answers to
questions dating back to Jan. 1,
1950, but when asked if he was a
member of the club on Dec. 31,
1949, he refused to answer..
?.ooort Canon, - lormer dean of
students and director of admis
sions at Reed, told the subcommit
tee that he had given the FBI the
same information he gave the
Velde group. He said he left the
party in 1948. He said he believed
the John Reed club a tthe Port
land campus had ceased to oper
ate. During the course of the hear
ings, only three of the 17 witnesses
appearing cooperated with the sub
committee. Velde indicated that
what testimony was prejenied to
the subcommittee was enough to
outline the nature and extent of
Communist activity in the state.
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BELLIGERANT SQUIRREL
INDIANAPOLIS tft-It took two
policemen flailing , heartily with
night sticks to dispatch a belliger
ent squirrel here yesterday.
The squirrel had attacked Mrs.
Bessie Wilson of Indianapolis in
her yard, biting her on the leg.
Then it routed a dog that walked
by.
tllut. , .V 4
Dorothy Rowand, 23, of Brad
ford, Pa., presents enticing in
vitation to "get in the swim of
things." She was chosen in
New York as the 1954. Nation
al Swim for Health Queen.
Statistics: 35-25-35. (UP Tele-photo)
AFL Lists N.W.
Solon's Record
WASHINGTON I - A new
srnreboard released by the Amer
ican Federation of Labor's politi
cal league shows how Pacific
Northwest members of Congress
were divided on issues considered
by the union to be significant to
labor.
The league said 15 senators
'iciiii'i Jackson of Washington.
a Democrat voted consistently
"right on the issues used in the
study.
Sen. Welker (R-Ida) was listed
among 17 senators whom the AFL
said consistently voted "wrong."
Among the representatives
whom the study showed with no
"right votes were the Oregon Re
publicans, Coon and tuswortn,
A summary of other Pacific
Northwest members of Congress
showed (with the "right" total be
ing the first figure given:
.".sati'if--
Dworjtriak H-Ids V2J: Cordon R-Ore
3-33: Hone Ind-Ore 29-3, and Uatnuson
D-Waih SS-1.
Representative!-
Budce R-Ida 1-1,: Pfoat D-Ida 10-1:
AnieU R-Ore l-. Norblad R-Ore e-33;
Holmei R-Waih 10-80; Horan R-Waih
3-37: Mack R-Waib 1-31; Mainmort D
Waah 10-1; Pellr H-Wah 3-7; Tollelion
R-Waih 30-9 and Weatland -R-Waah 1-10.
Rival Natural Gas Firm
To Appeal FPC Ruling
PRES. BEN-ZV1 ILL
JERUSALEM m President
fzhak Ben - Zvi of Israel under
went an operation at the Shaare
Zedek hospital in Jerusalem Mon
day. '
vivrvuivrn B r. Uh West
coast Transmission Co. announced
Monday it will appeal a decision
of the U. S. reocrai rower .m
mission refusing the company a
permit to supply Peace River Gas
to the Pacific Northwest United
States.
n v MrrvmaM enmtjHriv vice-
president, said in a statement is
sued here that the FPC ruling will
be appealed to the Third Circuit
Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
I The FPC in a decision an
nounced Friday granted the Pa
cific Northwest ripenne i.orp. or
llguston, Texas, the right to pipe
eas from natural gas fields in
New Mexico and Colorado to
Washington and Oregon states.
McDonald said the appeal will
be handled by the legal firm of
Wheat, May and Shnnon of Wash
iPA'tan, D. C.
In an accompanying statement,
George L. McMahon, president of
Utin Polrnlfllimc T.trf. . SDOnSOr
of Westcoast, said his company
will continue exploration ano oe
velopment of the Peace River
natural gas areas.
The FPC ruling "does not alter
the fact that Peace River gas is
500 miles closer to the market
.M. in Waehinplnn and Oregon
than the New Mexico gas, and
can be delivered at a nxeo price
for 20 years in ever-increasing
volume," the statement said.
, McMahon said there is "no as
surance " of similar delivery or.
New Mexico gas to the Pacific
Northwest area.
Meanwhile in Victoria, a New
York oil man, Ceorgc Meschi
called on the Canadian govern
m.ni in ActnhlUli a federal aas
authority with full powers to deal
or. a top sevct.naeis wtin me cor
responding U. S. authority.
Ur snid a hnsic reason for re
jection of Westcoast's application
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to lane uanaaian gas into ine v.
S. "was the ruling recently issued
hv tho II S. SuDreme Court that
the V. S. Federal Power Commis
sion must exercise control over
the production of natural gas as
well as over its distribution."
Bible School Opens
WOODBURN" -- The annual
West Woodburn Daily Vacation
Bible school, sponsored by the
Hopewell Mennonite church, will
begin Tuesday, June 22, at the
old West Woodburn school
Classes will be held for 10 days
fmm g In 11:3(1 a.m. TransDor-
tation will be provided if needed
by calling Woodburn 2-422U or
Needy 7F3.
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