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Tueidsy, June 12, 1951
Paul Robeson Faces
Charges of Contempt
Washington (U.fi) The
House Un-American Activities
Committee voted unanimously
today to cite Negro Singer Paul
Robeson for contempt of Con
gress. The action came momenta af
ter Robeson refused to say
whether he is a Communist. He
shouted at committee members:
"You are the nonpatriot and
you are the un-Americans and
you ought to be ashamed of
yourse'ves."
Hearing Adjourned
Committee Chairman Francis
E. Walter (D-Pa.) immediately
banged his gavel and announced
the hearing adjourned.
"I think it should be," Robe
son commented.
"I've stood just about as much
of this as I can," Walter said.
"You should adjourn this for
ever." Robeson snapped over his
shoulder as he left the witness
stand
Walter huddled with other
members and they voted unani
mously to recommend that
Robeson be cited for contempt.
The Negro singer was the first
witness as the committee re
sumed hearings into charges
that Communists have obtained
American pas5ports to travel
abroad to promote Soviet propa
ganda.
Robeson has made many trips
to Russia and other places
abroad. The last time he sought
a passport, however, it was de
nied after he refused to tell the
State Department if he was a
Red.
Gag Attempt Charged
To the committee today, he
protested in a series of angry
exchanges that the government
is trying , to "gag me here and
abroad."
"It's none of your business
what I think," he said.
"Are you now a member of
the Communist party?" asked
Richard Arens, committee staff
director.
"What do you mean by Com
munist party?" Robeson replied.
Hermann, Noel Field
Cleared of Treachery
Vienna, Austria (U.R) The
Communist "new look" at Sta
lin-era purge cases has cleared
two American brothers, Her
mann and Noel Field, of treach
ery against Czechoslovakia.
Prague radio said Monday
night that party First Secretary
Antonin Novotny told the Czech
party Congress that the Field
brothers were wrongfully a c-
cused of collaboration with the
"traitor" Rudolf Slansky.
Slansky was arrested, tried
and executed in 1951 for
"treacherous activities" against
the state. The Fields were ac
cused of helping him and were
jailed.
Novotny said the Communists
still consider Slansky guilty,
however. ,
As far as I know it is like the
Republican and Democratic par
ty .. . Would you like to come
to the ballot box and look at my
ballot when I vote?"
When Walter directed him to
answer, Robeson invoked the
Fifth Amendment against giving
testimony which might be self
incriminating.
The contempt citation was
voted by Walter and by Reps.
Bernard W. Kearney (R-N.Y.).
Gordon H. Sherer (R-Ohio), and
Clyde Doyle (D-CaJif.). The
members did not challenge
Robeson's right to refuse to an
swer questions but based their
action on his "abuse" of the committee.
Recovery Period ,
For Eisenhower Noted
Cambridge. Mass. (U.R)
President Eisenhower may need
two to three months to recover
from his ileitis operation, ac
cording to Harvard Medical
School Professor David D. Rut
stein. The expected six-week con
valescence period is the abso
lute minimum and "too optimis
tic," Rutstein told a local tele
vision audience Monday night.
Rutstein, a doctor of preven
tive medicine, said there was
less than a 50-50 chance that the
ileitis, a thickening of the intes
tinal wall which causes an ob
struction, would not return.
"He's going to continue to
have it for a long time because
it's a chronic disease," he said.
Rutstein said it was a "major
achievement of modern medi
cine that a man 65 years old,
with a coronary, could have
such surgery and come out of it
without untoward results as the
President has."
ROK Moving Troops
To Offset Commies
Seoul, Korea (U.R) The
Republic of Korea's top military
man said today the South Kor
ean Army is moving more troops
to the front lines to offset grow
ing Communist strength.
Gen. Lee Kyung Keuh, chair
man of the ROK chiefs of staff,
told United Press correspond
ent Jack Boyer the United Na
tions should raise the armed
strength in South Korea to the
1953 cease fire level.
"We still have room under the
armistice agreement to bring in
additional fire power," he said.
"What we need most now is
more iron than men."
Molofov Successor
To Visit in Athens
Athens, Greece (J,R) Sov
iet Foreign Minister Dmitri
Shepilov w411 visit Athens short
ly during a diplomatic tour of
the Middle East, it was announc
ed today.
The announcement indicated
Shepilov's forthcoming trip to
Cairo has developed into a ma
jor shakedown cruise for the
new diplomat who succeeded V.
M. Molotov as foreign minister
a week ago.
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