THE HONGKONG TELÉGRAPH,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1948.
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Alleged Spy Leader Refuses To Answer Congress Committee
New York, Aug. 30.-J. Peters, described as the hend of the Communist underground in the United States, today refused to answer questions on his alleged Communist affiliations before a House of.
Un-American Representatives committee.
The witness cited the First and Fifth Amendments to the United
States Constitution dealing with civic rights-in his refusals to answer.
W. Chambers, senior editor of Tine, who has been a key witness in the Committee's probe of alleged Communist intration in the Government, tony identified Peters As "director of an underground spy apparatus" operating in the Govern- ment since 1934,
swer
A Committee member, Represen tative Robert Nixon, said that Peters should be cited for contempt of Congrens for refusing to questions about hin allged Com- munist affiliations.
This was approved
by Repre sentative John McDowell, chairm
the Sub-committee. of the
Chambers,
Communist, testified
munist influence,
former he had ubtained a $6,000 yenr Govern
through ment job in 1937
within 24
avowed
that
Com-
after applying for it.
louri
IMPORTANT
BURMA TOWN RECAPTURED
30.
The Rangoon, Aug. Government announced today the recapture of Thayetmyo, cement centre held by rebel forces since August 10,
of
Members
Burma · Rifles baitalions had routinied, seized the
about 200
of miles north town. Rangoon, BR then advanced southwards in an attempt to over.
run Rangoon and establish military
rule.
Government forcer, with air sup pur!, launched their all out effort to recapture Thoyetinyo on Saturday.
Red Fort, in which the rebels had established headquarters,
planes, Airnfed by casualties were reported.
and
arc
Government forces stood to be preparing to recapture Prome, communications centre 100 miles northwest of Rungoon.
NAVY IN ACTION
Activities
Sub-
Ils story of the Job had not been told publicly before, but was given to the committee in closed hearings at Washington.-Reuter,
JOB AS COVER
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New York, Aug. 30-Whittaker self-confessed former Chambers, Communist agent, today named two former Governmental oficials members of the Red network which he said operated within the Govern- ment and helped to "lide other Cominunista" into Federal jobs.
The two men, Chambers said, got him a job in 1937 within 24 hours after he had told them he needed it Communisl n "cover" for his NG [activities.
Testifying at n hearing of the
Time
In
Sub-committee group of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Chambers, now senlor editor of magazine, klentined benefactors 35 Abraham George Silverman, then no oficial on the Railroad Retirement Board, Driti Teving Kaplan, who was also nected with the Board.
con-
to
Chambers ##A be appeated Silverman for a job, and Silverman sent him to Kaplan. Within a day, he noted, he was pul to work making a railroad Inbour Index for as Ferloral research project.
While one man comforts 10-year-old Bobby Wetrus another bandages his feet after the youngster was knocked down and injured seriously by a truck (foreground)
as he alighted from a trolley in Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y.-AP Picture.
Rioting Near Two American Seamen
Bombay
Dombay. Aug. 30. The Bombay Government reported tonight that armed police were patrolling Shirlyardhan, about 60 miles south of Bombay,
which
"It was
afier a spectacular example of the case with which Communists could alle other Communists into Federal Jobs," said Chambers.
The Cominitter counsel, Robert Stripling interjected to point out that Kaplan later became a mem- ber of the War Production Board and Silverman during the war be came economic adviser for a branch of the Army Air Force.
HEAD OF UNDERGROUND Before Chambers took the stand, the Sub-committee, composed ol Representative Richard Nixon and Representative John McDowell, at- tempted to question "J. Peters" or Alexander Stevens, who, Chambers had named ns hend of the Com- munist underground in the United States.
Calm but defant. Stevens FO- question on fused to answer any
Peters," an
54
A
rieling in people were injured.
The town
under was curfew, and assembly of more Lin five people
pro- hibited. the Government said.
Twenty-four people have been arrested, the Government malo,
The trouble occurred ότι Saturday (Tindu religions Gokul
Ashlami
when Day) rioters used stones, brickbats, spears and guns and set fire to shops and houses. The police fired on the crowd, the Govern- ment sald-Reuter.
Red Rising In Korea Predicted
Heavily Fined
On Traffic Charges
The story of a traffic accident in Shamshuipo in which a Government Chinese pensioner, aged 62, was seriously injured and an American merchant seaman was rendered unconscious was told by Inspector Apps at Kowloon Court this morning when two American seamen were charged
before Mr Wicks. Both were from the ss Cedar Breaks.
Joseph Crowley, aged 23, faced charges of dangerous
.
driving, careless driving (alter PC REFUSED
native); taking a vehicle with- out the owner's permission, and driving without a licence.
Carlton L. Crook, 27, was charged with aiding and abeiting in driving
BRIBE
A Chinese constable was com-
a vehlele nway without the owner's mended by Mr d'Almada at Cen- permission.
stated
came ashore from
tral Court this morning for re- Inspector Apps
that at 3.40 p.m. on August 15 defendants fusing to accept a bribe of $2 their ship offered to him by Wong Oi, 42- berthed at the Socony installation year-old rickshaw puller, in wharf, Laichikak. They went to the Pedder Street on August 28. office to telephone for a taxi but the phone was out of order. Coming
Wong, who was fined $100 or six
the constitutional ground that it would tend to "Incriminate and de-
remained silent grade" him.
face to face was even when brought
with his heavy
accuser, Chambers. Chamberà, said there Was no under-doubt Stevens was the
out of the office they saw a motor weeks, claimed that he only gave with mon
van and Crowley took the driver's the money to the constable when the whom he had worked closely in the
sent with Crook next to him. They Intter
asked for it. Communist Fing in Washington be-
PC 1142 said he arrested defen- fore the war and with whom
Fairfield, Calif., Aug. 30. drove down Castle Peak Road to
rickshaw without conferred on party work in
In auto "Communist forces in North Talpo Road, and at the Junction of dant for pulling
Fook Wah Street they knocked a licence. On the way to the Police mats in New York City. He said Korea may start guerilla war-
***
down Leung Shu-un, 02-year-old Station, defendant asked him for a he knew Stevens as "J. Peters." and
pensioner who was
chance, but when he did not pay any An official communique announced said they talked of such matters as are with South Korea as 80on Government
attention to him, defendant offered today that units of the Burmese "disciplining" other party members as American troops pull out crossing the road.
The van then swerved to the him $2 for "tea". He did not ask who were inx in their work and of or maybe sooner," Lieutenant-right and hit the left side of an defendant for the money, strengthening the Communist move- General John R. Hodge said to- oncoming bus. It then bounced off The $2 was confiscated to the ment in the field of agriculture. day.
and hit
verandah A
pillar in Police Welfare Fund. The encounter between Chambers
Maple Street and came to a stop, and Stevens recalled the dramatic meeting before the full Committee in Washington earlier this month be mer State Department official whom tween Chambers and Alger Hiss, for- was taken Chambers had named as having against a village near Dalla, on the
bren а fellow Communist bank of the river directly opposite
SHO | Washington in the mid-thirties. Rangoon, ere there pre
Navy were in action
הם
Sunday
ngainst the Communists hiding in the Irrawaddy della districts of Myaungmya and Bassein, cradle of Burmese rice industry.
Detalls are at present not avall able, but the communique said that mary Communist camps along the river banks were wiped out and that Government nction
owner
where
sawmills
and
formerly belonging to the
British- dockyards,
British
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.
WITNESS IGNORED
In
His sald Chambers was a llar, but the reformed Communist
re-
Fifty insurgenis attacked a mill-plied that it was Hiss who was tary outpost there but were beaten lying off, the communique said.
According
situation
was
Today there was no such clash.
occupation forces
The former Commander of U.S. told newsmen
in South Korea on his arrival here evacuating the U.S.-troops have not from Honolulu that plans for been completed.
"Actual operations are dependent on the situntion," he said.
He added that Koreans are taking over the government of Southern Kores "Just as fast as we put it into their hands."
|
ON DANGER LIST
un
Carried Excess Passengers
For carrying excess passengers and having insuficient Are-fighting
the
brasions, and internal injuries were The pensioner sustained a broken concussion, bruises and
also Buspected. AI Kowloon placed on the Hospital, he was
now donger fist but was
out of danger and would remain in hos pital for two more months,
| equipment on board his cargo boat, Crowley was rendered
Kwok Tim, master of junk M15T, conscious for two days, his head was this morning fined $250 by Mr having gone through the windscreen, Cairns at the Marine Court. He broke his nose, while Crook Sub-Inspector Nippard sat to the communique the When the Government witness was
He said that "lo comment on the
suffered superacinl cuts on dis- brought into the court house hearing Korean situation at any given mo- forehead, face and right wrist. His
carry the decused was not allowed to Irrawaddy in the
When any passengers.
the junk combined room, Stevens simply Ignored him iricis is improving, but
ment is difficult. Everything changes
Water Police Government force
right knee was scathed.. Crowicy was stopped by the ambushed and refused to say whether he had
so fast. The place to get the real had an operation on his nose and off Teikoo Docks yesterday there by rebels. six miles from the oil-even seen him before.
comments is in Koren itself."
was dis
hospital discharged from His defiance so angered the field town of Minbu. The rebels
two
on were 13 passengers and 15 members was still having of the crew on board. Instead of retired into the June when the Committee members that they on- Earlier today the US. Army In August 27 but
now (nounced they would ask
extinguishers neces-- troops returned fire, and are
the four fire the full Seoul said it had intercepted a North treatment. being rounded up, the communique Committee to cite Stevens for con- Korean broadcast in which the Damage to the van amounted to sary, the junk had only three.
Kwok plended that the passengers sald Associated Press,
tempt of Congress.
Russian-controlled northern, regime $2,300 and would be settled between
were the owners of the cargo on the Stevens had been brought before
ployers
cxtin- the hearing by the
strategy of serving a subpoena on him when he
pillar guishers had been sent for repairs. ed earlier in the day at the appeared
Sub-Inspector Nippard added that Immigration Department Investiga
his Kwok had a previous conviction for tion into whether be should be de-
"carrying excess fuel and on April his ported.—United Press.
20; us a result of a collision. licence was suspended. He was re- 14 after an May licensed 012 examination of the junk.
Prewar Coins For China
Shanghai. Aug. 31-A Chine- owned Liberly ship has sailed for Japan to bring back some 500 tons of prewar Chinese coins, valued at US$4,000,000, seized by the Japanese
occupation forces during the China, it learned today.
was The coins will be taken over the Central Bank of China reissued as part of the new currency as the majority are of the design and weight as the new sub-
sidiary money.
while
מ
of
by
and
same
threatened to "destroy" the elected the Texneo Company (indirect em-
of the defendants) and junk and one of the fre
government of Southern Koya.
Socony, Damage to the General Hodge plons to By cast to amounted to $30,
to visit his The pensioner augmented Carbondale, Ilinois,
for $200 mother wh is ill there. Associated pension by working Press,
month.
THREE-MONTH BAN ON
YARN & OIL EXPORTS
Shanghai, Aug. 31-A strict ban on the export of from colton yarn and cloth and edible oils and oilseeds China for three months from August 30 was announced by the Shanghal Economic Supervisory Office last night.
HEAVY FINES Insp. Apps sald that the hospital authorities declared that if it was not Leung's fault then they would waive the medical expenses other- Wise
he
be charged fees. would The defendants agreed to settle compensation with Leung
out of
OUTWARD MAILS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 Closing Times By Air Court. If the Court should award Swatow, Foochow, Shanghal, Nanking. compensation to Leung. the hos-ankow, Tsingtao, Pelping. Hoihow & pital authorities would accept such sum as part payment for medical fees.
tively few notes will be put out Board shall be prohibited. the Shanghai, Aug. 31.-Beginning to the piilar.
not ex-
by the Central Bank.
The half-dollar coln is ,pected to make its appearance in
announcement sald,
V15
carning
Amoy 3.30 p.m.
Cloking Times By Bea & Trala Sandakan (Rea) 3 p.m.
Macan & Tinchan (Sea) 4 p.m.
Kangmoon (via Canton) (Train) 3p.m. Canton (Parcels & 2nd Class (Sex) 5 pm.
U.S.A., Canada, Central & America via San Francisco (No Parcela for Canndal (Real 2 1.m.
Mall)
South'
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Crowley Bald he In future, the export of cot-lo the export of edible oil (peanut US$230 a month and sent $80 to According to Chinese elretes here, tan yarn and cloth without the bean oil, sesame oil and oll- his family in America.
He was fined $850 and ordered Jorge quantity of the, rub
REDUCING INTEREST
to pay $30 compensation for damage
Closing Times By Air sidiary notes will be issued rela-approval of the Export-Import seeds) Reuter
Canton (Kowloon CPO) 730 am. 10 September 1, all banks and financial Crook was fined $500, the Magis-am. 17.30 pm, 3 pm. (OPO) 7 am. 030 institutions, both
make a.m. Noon, 230 p.in. Government trate remarking he would
between the two However, in order to meet legi-operated and private,
will be re-little difference timate needs of South China, the quired to comply with the officialment at Crook was not driving.
of Shanghat and
to the chance that was not South Chine may apply for allot-regulations supplementary
financial reform measure setting the MURRAY ROAD CASE ments for yarn and cloth from the Export-Import Board, and the ship-rate of interest on loans at 10 por- mont
uf cargo from designated cent effective for 15 days.
Arthur Foster Kemp, aged 41, of
Shell According to the announcement, the
Petroleum customs houses shall be permitted
Company, The Peak, only after approval has been given the present rate of Interest-15 per- residing Board,
the near future--Reuter.
Newsprint Offer To Britain
the
manufacturers
at 502
was
Shanghai 9 a.m. (reg); 0.30 am. (ord). Manis, 1.1. Honolulu, U.S.A, & Canada Shangtal, Nanking. Hankow, Tsingtao Peiping, Amoy, Foochow & Swatow 330
10 am
p.
Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi. Bahrein, Calro (Nairobi, Johannesburg & Marseilles via Cairo) Itome & London (Kowloon CTO) 4.30 p.m. (OPO) 8 pm, Japan (Ord. Letters & Cardi only) 8
and export licences issued by the cent on bank loana will be pro charged before Mr d'Almada at P.m. Closing Times ny Ben & Train
Such
in-
MacDo & Tainalian (801) 7.30 am, Australia & New Zealand, via Sydney (9) Noon.
Awatow (ex) 2 pm. Macao & Tinshan (Bea) 2 pm. Shanghai (868) 2 p.m..
2 pm.
Canton (2nd Clan Mail only) (Train) Macao & Tinshan_(Res) 4 pm. Kongmoon. (Sea) 5 pm. Canton (Parcels & 2nd Class
for gressively reduced until it is brought Central Court this morning New York, Aug. Aug. 30.-The
When the cotton yarn and cloth within the maximum limit of two driving a vehicle under the New York Times would be prepared
alcohol Auence, of.
and driving to give up a percentage of Its news-s been transported to seaports of percent by October
From September 16 onwards, the without due care and attention. print to relieve the British newsprint Kwangtung and Fuklen Provinces,
** | consigners shall produce their ex-rnte will be reduced to the maxl- It was alleged that at. 10.45 pm. shortage if "other American publl-
mum of five per cent until the end on August 30, defendant drove ear shers will do the same and if the port licences for examination.
yarn and cloth shall be of the month, Beginning October 1, No. 1030 in Murray Road while British Government will allocate dollard," Mr Arthur Hays Sulz- only at places in China but the Ministry of Finance will act to under the Influence of drink so as
will not be allowed to be reshipped enforce a further reduction
of the to be incapable of having proper publisher of berger, president and
abroad. the New York Times, told the Now
The announcement said that on-rate to the maximum of two per- control of the vehicle. It was also (80) 5 paver Carthago ·
alleged that defendant drove with- Associationplicanis in cities other than Shang- York. State Publishers
These rules shall also apply to bank out due care and attention. hal, such as Tientsin, Taingtao, and today.
Defendant pleaded guilty to the He said that the British Govan Hankow, for the purchase or ship-deposits with a corresponding, rate second charge and not guilty to them: (res.) September 3, 9am.; (d)
At the request of ment, "Is, risking the fundamentalment of cotton yarn and cloth to of interest. Violators will be pre-first charge. democracy of its people by rationing South China shall also observe secuted under the General' Mobilisa- the prosecution, he was remanded (re) September 30 9.30 am. their information."-Reuter.
these regulations, which also apply tion Act--Reuter.
cent.
for a wook.
atoll)
The outward mall to United Kingdom Kowloon CFO -(Parcels) September Per Carthage will close as follows
Hentember 3, 9.30 m.z71.
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