Winona Republican-Herald, The (Newspaper) - December 2, 1950, Winona, Minnesota Snow Colder Tonight and Sunday Who Is Tops In Our VOLUME 50 NO 244 FIVE CENTS PER COPY WINONA MINNESOTA SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 2 1950 SIXTEEN PAGES RED SABOTAGE IN U S Disrupt Courts Communist Party Tells Members Textbook Contains Lesson In Attacking Jury System Copyright 1950 Winona and Herald Tribune Inc By Fendall Yerxa and Ogden R Reid FLAGRANT sabotage of the courts of the United States and tional disruption of its entire judicial system are taught in minute tactical detail to Communists as a major weapon in their unrelenting offensive to destroy American institutions The very dignity and the sanctity of the courts and the law itself are deliberately defiled in Communist minds wherever it serves their corrosive purposes They are told to believe that the whole judicial establishment of the republic is nothing more than a means lof paralyzing the struggle of the workers against capitalist institutions This seditious doctrine is in the words of the basic textbook on judicial subversion Under a manual for membership in- GATES OF PYONGYANG Czechs Sentence Nine Churchmen CLERGYMEN CONVICTED OF TREASON Strange Confessions Puzzling to Outside World By William Oatis Prague Czechoslovakia struction written by the legal arm of the Catholic churchmen munist j a bishop and two ab- It contains a course of study that teaches with all law enforcement agencies on level co-operation is denounced either by direction or omission The policeman is the servant of the boss class He is your the doctrine says Stress Use of Fear All of the ingenious techniques of evasion and deviousness are in- grained and the Communist is told how to make the court your forum The club that drives the doctrine home is heavy-handed fear The master class of America calling to its aid the government and its various agencies and legislative and use every means within its power to beat down the rising tide of struggle and militancy of the workers and by terror and sion seeks to crush is the explanation for the reason Under Ar- was prepared The sorry purpose of it all is to cripple legal machinery discredit the courts and lawmakers in public eyes and strip them of authority by subversive methods akin to those the re- cent New York trial of 11 Communist leaders Once and for the booklet says it is necessary to destroy the illusions that the workers have concerning courts and court procedures generally With passage of the so-called McCarran the subversive con- trol act of 1950 these disruptive tactics will assume increasing im- portance in the future as the new law is invoked Reds Attack They are already taking effect in most insidious fashion For example the Federal Bureau of Investigation the primary federal in- agency on subversive activities is being subjected to a stepped up campaign of vilification by rumor by whispering and through the publication of outright Communist literature some of it written under the guise of objective reporting Numerous party directives have been issued on the subject A re- cent of the Illinois State Review Commission of the Com- party This governmental Gestapo represents one of the moit important agencies for the intimidation and persecution of all Americans who stand for peace and are opposed to Such a campaign picked up and carried along as it is through many channels threatens to undermine the foundations public re- gard for the and reduce its effectiveness in the battle against Communism Within a few days of the publication on November 20 of a critical new book The Federal Bureau of by Max Lowenthal the book and its material were discussed at Communist party meetings of top functionaries in New York San Francisco and Chicago during which plans were made for renewed attacks on the Under the textbook for Communist hoodlumism in the face of the courts was published by the International Labor Defense former legal arm of the Communist party The merged in 1946 with the Civil Rights Cot gress which has been cited as Communist by the attorney general But the strategy and tactics of Under still prevail The booklet was used as recently as last October 21 at a meeting Continued on Page 10 Column 2 RED SABOTAGE bots were convicted of age and high treason today in an alleged Vatican plot to overthrow Czechoslovakia's Communist The accused who had joined the prosecution in condemning the I j Santa's Sleigh at Night Eau Claire j stole Santa's sleigh Friday night The big red cutter was left on a truck on a city street overnight following Saint Nick's appearance here under Chamber of Commerce sponsorship It snowed during the night and today police said sleigh was gone Santa went on to a Marshfield Wis engagement without the conveyance Loss In Tavern Fire At Hurley i Hurley Wis W Chief of ican as a spy center for American Leo Negrini escaped through capitalism received sentences ranging from ten years to life im- prisonment A Prague state court meeting in gloomy Pankrac prison the life term on Abbot Jan of Brevnov UNDER LABOR DEFENSE addition the cleric was fined crowns about Suffragan Bishop Stanislav Zela 57 vicar general of Olomouc arch- diocese was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment and fined crowns The court decreed a year term and a crown fine for Abbot Stanislav Jarolimek 50 of the Strahov astery in Prague flames Friday as a fire at Sloppy Joe's Tavern apparently flared anew The fire caused damage to the tavern premises and two ing buildings on Hurley street Fire Chief Nick Furyk said witnesses said it started with an explosion in the chimney Hurley and Ironwood Mich fire departments fought the blaze The last truck left the scene about Jeeps Trucks And Trailers of the U S Second division move slowly along a highway north of Pyongyang as they retreat before an overwhelming number of Chinese Communists rolling down from the Manchurian border of North Wirephoto to The p.m Negrini smelled smoke as he The No Appeals nine defendants seated at The Cover from Under the Communist manual which members are instructed to read on what to do and what not to do when arrested and when in court is above It tells workers that the tortures of the third degree may be applied but warns to sign nothing no matter how innocent it pears It contains a passage from the Declaration of Independence snd the suggestion that Communists use it to prove their right to revolution first with each sandwiched be- tween two Khaki-clad policemen rose to hear their sentence They faced the tribunal slightly bowed and gave no outward signs of emo- tion The sentencing over the ed clerics were asked whether they planned to appeal The nine con- ferred briefly with their attorneys Then each defendant took the ness stand to say that he accepted the judgment All nine had co-operated with the prosecution They confessed to the charges against them and declared their serting that the church hierarchy had led them into antistate Bishop Zela told his judges that die trial had demonstrated to him the espionage activity of the Holy See Abbot blamed his actions on inciting directives of the Vatican He took occasion during his testimony to urge church leaders to work for the country Made to Attack Capitalism Abbot Jarolimek drew applause from the audience in the court room yesterday when called capitalism an anti- j Christ teaching The prosecutors insisted that both treason and espionage counts had been proven against each de- fendant in the course of the six-day trial They demanded severe ishment though not specifically death Defense lawyers conceded their clients guilt but stresses j ating circumstances The six other churchmen today Father Joseph Cihak prelate archdeacon of the metro- chapter at St Vitus dral in years and 150.000 crowns or one extra year in prison in lieu of the fine Father Jaroslav Kulac head of the missionary Federation of Clergy 17 years and crowns Father Antonin Mandl 37 for- mer secretary of the Catholic tion group here 25 years and crowns Monsignor Jan Boukal 44 first secretary to Prague Archbishop Joseph Beran 18 years and 000 crowns Father Vaclav Mrtvy 43 ian priest 15 years and crowns Father Otakar Svec Pope's pre- late and metropolitan years and crowns AH -nine men in addition were deprived of their citizens rights for ten years Confiscation of their property was decreed by the court which stipulated however that impounded valuables not listed should be for church purposes walked past the tavern a few utes later He put in a fire alarm and went up to the gutted second floor apartment to investigate Smoke was coming from the walls He said he opened a window to I take a hose line through then j ed and saw that the room was in flames j The chief dashed through a ing doorway and groped down the stairway Both Hurley and Ironwood fire departments returned to the scene One truck remained of the blaze until 3 ii Stassen Opposes China Cleveland Harold E sen president of the University of Pennsylvania ind a noted Baptist layman Friday said the atom bomb should not be dropped on China But he told a Protestant church gathering it might be justified for use in getting American troops out of a North Korean trap or if the Russians start World War III It is my judgment on moral grounds and on other grounds that the United States should not carry an atomic war to the people in Stassen said in a prepared speech The former Minnesota governor addressed the general assembly of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States said Stassen thur should attack opposing forces in North Korea by air and sea Truman Picks Civil Defense Director Washington Without waiting for Congress to grease the wheels President Truman has pressed the starter on civil defense machinery geared to go in the event of an attack on the United States Just 24 hours after handing the lawmakers a plan to put civil de- fense under a single powerful administrator responsible only to himself Mr Truman yesterday issued an executive order 1 Set up a new federal civil defense administration 2 Named former Florida governor Millard F Caldwell Jr as its a year ad- ministrator The President acted while makers maneuvered for control of the he proposed Thursday to create an and give its ad- ministrator far more power than now is available Mr Truman's move was inter- in some informed quarters as an effort to get an ent civil defense agency set up and staffed as a going concern to meet dny emergency pending con- gressional action There was no im- mediate congressional comment Uses World War II Law The President used a No Dratt taw Changes Chairman son of the House armed services committee said today he saw no reason for any change in the draft law this year to speed up expansion of the armed forces Norwood Man Killed In Crossing Crash Norwood Minn Jake Krauss about 68 Norwood nessman was killed today in a grade crossing accident above five miles east of Norwood Krauss car and a Milwaukee Road passenger train collided on a county road crossing He was the owner of Company the Krauss Chemical Road Collision Near Eau Claire Kills One Eau Claire Wis Robert Hanson 30 of St Paul was killed today when his car and a semi- War II law to accomplish his ob- He first removed the present civil defense ment from the National Security Resources Board Then he set it up as a virtually independent agency in the Office for cy Management in the executive office of the President The OEM was established in 1940 under the first war powers act primarily to provide a framework for establishment of various civilian war agencies within the office The President said the basic purpose of the new administration will be to promote and facilitate the civil defense of the United trailer truck collided on highway States in co-operation with the 12 five miles east of Eau Claire I eral states Peerless Gain Gift Boosts Good Fellows Fund The contributions which have come to The ald office in the last few days have greatly helped the ning of purchases Good lows workers said today In response to yesterday's re- quest for early contributions one of Winona's largest tries the Peerless Chain com- pany and its employes today contributed to help the Fellows in their task of Winona's needy dren with the warm winter clothing they need so much Good Fellows purchasers ex- pressed the hope that other nona businesses and their em- ployes who intend to contribute to the Good Fellows will do so soon The Good Fellows buyers have started their purchasing taking advantage of bargain prices on good sturdy Be a Good Fellow Previously listed 792.00 J C Penney Com- pany 25.00 Meat Market 10.00 A friend from neapolis 5.00 Mr and Mrs William 10.00 Germaine Lauer 5.00 Heidi Lauer 5.00 Lauer 5.00 Miss Louise E Sutherland Robert Richard Philip and Peerless Chain Com- pany and employes 500.00 Archie and Charlotte McGill 2.00 Marlene ing All the clothing is bought from Winona stores who give discounts to the organization The school children who need clothing are selected by their teachers who have first-hand information on what the dren need They are sent in groups from each school in- parochial schools to the Good Fellows ters where they are fitted with clothing Each child receives clothes fit properly if clothing articles at hand at the quarters do not fit the child is taken to a store All shoes and overshoes are fitted in the shoe stores The first school groups will arrive at Good Fellows quarters Monday Won't you help see that no Winona child has to face the winter with inadequate Send or bring your con- to THE GOOD LOWS in care of The Allies Moving Noncombatants Out of City No Thought of Surrendering Without a Fight Reds ed forth tonight for an attack on Allied rear echelon un- its and refugees streamed south out of the former Korean nist capital ahead the new Red wave A spokesman said the Eighth ar- my trying desperately to hold a defense line 30 miles to the north will not withdraw from any tion or from anywhere until forced to do so by enemy action If forced to do so he added the Army will destroy things of military value to the enemy This military policy will apply if it becomes necessary to ate Pyongyang Inside the city of tion Communist leaflets appeared proclaiming You shall be free from the enemy soon Koreans in Pyongyang were ex- to break down tion and communications systems the trains and warehouses Fifth Column Active Korean Allied sympathizers warned that a column had infiltrated Pyongyang Rigid con- were set up at the city gates Powerful Chinese columns from a force thrown into the Korean campaign were rolling southward in a thrust at the Allies j exposed right flank Red vanguards had thrust into but American foot ers were fighting desperately to re- capture the town and shore it up as the eastern anchor to the new Allied defense line In north central Korea the U.S Tenth corps said Seventh division units trapped on the east side of Changjin reservoir have fought their way back to woo with heavy losses of nel and equipment Field dispatches did not say how the Chinese had Redi Reinforced Massive Red forces were moving down from the Manchurian border to mighty Communist bludgeon hammering the Eighth Army General MacArthur said the nese had thrown a half million well armed troops into Korea About half were arrayed against United Nations troops in battle and the other half were reported moving to the front A state of undeclared war now exists between the Chinese Com- and the United Nations Berlin Guards Against Riots In City Voting By Daniel De B e r I j r West Berlin's strongly armed police force went on a special alert today to guard against threatened Communist lence in the city election beginning at midnight Police Chief Johannes Stumm with men under his com- mand ordered motorized riot squads concentrated at key tions in the Allied sectors as West Berliners prepared to elect a government for the next four years Officials forecast scattered sance demonstrations by small groups of Red agents Police riot squads were ready to handle them with night sticks and if necessary tear gas and fire hoses Thirty more Red agitators were arrested during the night raising the week's haul to 240 Meanwhile the Allies ordered their personnel to stay away from the polls tomorrow or face stiff penalties American British and French MacArthur said in a officials agreed that the polls lie statement answering questions should be off limits to their submitted by war correspondents pie to demonstrate by the absence j Chinese generals were spending men lavishly to destroy the U N force before the issue of peace or total war is clarified completely Besides the blows against Allied forces in the northwest Chinese were massing in north central rea for a drive on the east coast Its aim is to isolate U N troops in the northeast With the Chinese buildup rolling swiftly the Eighth army faced the prospect of finding itself bered soon six or seven divisions of Allied civilians or soldiers that West Berlin has a genuinely free election They sought also to fore- stall any outcry by the eastern Communists that the Western ers were being coerced A special polling station in each of West Berlin's 12 districts will be open from midnight until 7 Sunday because the Communists are forcing nearly West Berliners to work an extra shift in eastern industries during the regular voting hours from 8 a m to 6 p m Sunday Western officials also will vide extra ballots to West ers who have been ordered by their Red employers to hand over their ballots as proof they ted the polls The East German Reds with Russian support are demanding that Berliners refuse to vote day or be branded followers of American war Since President Truman's dec- Friday tht Communists have stepped up denunciation of the atom bomb election This will be the first election in Berlin to be conducted entirely by the Germans under their own rules since the war WEATHER Federal Forecast Winona and ries and colder tonight and day A low of 15 degrees ID the city and 12 in the country is pre- for tonight with a high of 22 degrees Sunday LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m Maximum 31 minimum 16 noon 31 precipitation 30 one inch of snow sleet sun sets night at sun risers tomorrow at to one Retreat The winter-clad Chinese have rolled back the U N troops 40 miles in the northwest and ped Marines and doughboys in the Changjin reservoir area of north central Korea New threats by swarming Com- munist forces were mounting ly They surged toward the right flank in the same tactic that lier this week crushed MacArthur's drive toward the Manchurian border and churned U N troops into a strom retreat on the northwest STORES OPEN UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
