Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1942, Page 20

LN German, Arrested InNew YorkbyF.B.1., Linked to Spy Ring Failure to Register as Foreign Agent Laid To Naturalized Citizen Bv the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24~The Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation an- nounced today the arrest of Richard Ernst Weber, 55, a naturalized Ger- man, on a charge of failure to reg- ister as a foreign agent. P. E. Foxworth, assistant director of the F. B. I, said Weber, also krown as Richard Dick, was man- | ager of an aircraft parts company | at Babylon, Long Island, for a year prior to last Labor Day. Since then he had been a fugitive. Mr. Foxworth said the arrest was linked to a recent spy case which resulted in penitentiary sentences for 33 men and women convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court of espionage on behalf of the German govern- ment Weber Arrested Friday. ‘Weber was arrested yesterday in & hideout at Three Bridges, N. J. He was held in $25,000 bail for a hearing February 17 when arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court today. Conviction would carry a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine or both. A former member of the German Army avho came to this country in 1908 and was naturalized in 1928, Weber was arrested during the World War as an enemy alien and was interned at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. For much of the time since his re- lease in May, 1919, he had worked | as & mechanic in radio and airplane parts plants in this country. Returned to United States. In 1938, the F. B. L. said, Weber | went to Germany and worked in a Berlin magneto factory. During the Text of Welles Address Pan-American Agreement Called Severe Blow to Axis By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 24— The text of Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles' address Jrom the conference of American Joreign ministers today follows: At a time of the greatest crisis that has ever confronted the Amer- ican republics, the American foreign ministers have been meeting here in this great capital of Brazil during | the past 10 days. As you all know, the purpose of the meeting has been to determine what steps should be taken to the common defense and to the safeguarding of the best in- terests of the peoples of the 21 nations. ‘The closing session of our meeting will take place on Monday next. I can now say, however, without a shadow of a doubt that every one of my associates will agree with me when I state that we have already met with the utmost success in at- taining the objectives which we sought. As our great chairman, Oswaldo Aranha, the Foreign Minister of Brazil, has said, this is a meeting of deeds and not of words. Yester- day the governments of the 21 American republics officially and unanimously proclaimed that they Jjointly recommended the severance of diplomatic relations between all of the American republics and the governments of Japan, Germany and Italy, because of the aggression committed by a member of the tripartite pact against one of the American family of nations, namely, | the United “States. First Time in History. This means that the diplomatic and consular agents of the Axis powers within the American repub- lics will no longer be able to use territory within the Western Hem- isphere as their bases of activities against us and our American allies. For the first time in the history of our hemisphere joint action of the highest political character has been taken by all of the American nations, acting together without dissent and without reservation. It 15 true that we have not all seen eye to eye as to the exact details of the agreement which has been reached, but the objectives which all of us had in mind have been completely attained and what is everlastingly important, the com- plete unity and solidarity of the 21 American republics has been pre- served. The economic resolutions of the meeting have reached a degree of importance and immediacy not at- tained by those of earlier con- ferences. Most significant, of course, is the | resolu_tion calling for the immediate breaking off of all commercial and financial intercourse, direct or in- | direct, with the Axis nations and | with the suspension of any other commercial or financial activities prejudicial to the welfare and se- curity of the American republics. Halts Subversive Activities. In accordance with this resolu- tion, not only will all direct eco- nomic relations with the Axis be terminated but Axis nationals and other persons inimical to the Amer- icas will not be permitted through control of corporations and other enterprises or by means of the profits arising out of business activities within or without the American re- publics to enter into any activities | subversive to the welfare and de- fense of the continent. The resolution also provides for the control, supervision, reorganiza- tlon, or seizure of such enterprises in order that they may be operated under Government auspices or otherwise in the interest of the economy of the particular American | Measures are | republic involved. also to be taken to alleviate any injuries to the economies of the American republics which may arise out of the application of these meas- ures for restriction and control. The meeting has also adopted other measures of great significance to our own war and defense effort. Among these is a strong resolution calling for the most complete co-op- eration of all the nations of the hemisphere in increasing by all pos- sible means the production of the strategic materials essential to the conduct of the war for the defense of our countries and recommending mechanisms and measures for at- taining this objective: Transport Plan Formed. Recognizing that the production of materials is of little avail unless adequate transportation is provided, the meeting has also recommended A RICHARD ERNST WEBER. —A. P. Wirephoto. | 1lollowing year, Mr. Foxworth said, | Weber made several trips to the United States for the alleged pur- pose of obtaining radio manufactur- ing machinery. One trip was made on a German passport because American citizens were not per- | mitted to travel on ships in the war zone. He returned to the United States on‘domber 30, 1940, the F. B. I said. Mr. Foxworth said Weber was an associate of Gustav Wilhelm Kaer- | cher and other persons convicted in the Brooklyn trial and bought a radio set later delivered to Kaercher, and found in the apartment of Felix lJa}encke, another Brooklyn defend- | ant. the most rapid development of es- | sential means of transportation, | with particular emphasis on the closest co-ordination of shipping | services in order to give preference | to the speedy delivery of those | strategic materials without whlch| war cannot be waged, adequate de- fenses prepared and the economies of our nations maintained. In accordance with this resolution the Axis merchant vessels im- mobilized in ports of the hemis- phere which have already been ac- quired by the governments of the respective nations will now be placed immediately into efficlent and closely co-ordinated service along with the merchant fleets of all the American nations. To this end the maritime authorities of all of the republics will work closely to- gether in scheduling and routing the vessels under their control. In preparing these measures of economic solidarity looking to- wards the defense of the continent and resistance against the aggressor nations, the meeting has now ed up the necessity of assuring con- sideration by the exporting nations of the minimum import require- ments of commodities essential to the maintenante of the economic life of all of them. 2 In accordance with this resolu- tion, appropriate mechanisms will §| be set up in each country to present accurate statements of the import requirements of each, export quotas | | will be determined wherever pos- | | sible, and in a measure consistent | with exigencies of war and defense, | mechanisms for equitable distribu- tion will be established in im- ! porting countries. | Equal and Proportionate. All of these measures were plan- | ned closely with the priority and allocations procedures already es- | | tablished in the United States, and | on its part the United States has already announced that it would give to the civilian needs of the other American republics, consider- ation equal and proportionate to that given to its own civilian needs. And in connection with these problems of supply and commodities essential to the maintenance of | economic activity, the meeting has | | also considered questions of fair and | equitable prices both for imported | |and exported products. In this field it has recommended that undue price increases be | avoided, that domestic price ceilings be extended to cover exports with | due regard for the additional costs involved in exporting, that import- | ing countries prevent any runaway | price increases in scarce imported commodities and that every effort be made to assure a fair relationship | between the prices of exports and | imports of agricultural and mineral | raw materials, and manufactured | products. In addition to the financial and economic measures of control to | which, I have just referred, the foreign ministers of the American | republics have reached unanimous | agreement on a number of other practical measures for assuring the security of our hemisphere. Enemy Under Control. All subversive activities directed by the Axis powers or states sub- servient to them are brought under | rigid control. Communications, whether by telephone, telegraph or | radio, are likewise brought under strict control, in order that (.hey' When Peter Pain Muffles you with Sniffles, Rub in Ben-Gay...Quick! Read why Ben-Gay gives you such amazingly fast relief ® There are two long-tested, tried and true ‘agents doctor e e S e g sy ‘Well, by actual THE SUNDAY BSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 25 1942. may not be used by or for the bene- it of the aggressor nations, and na- tionals or companies of the Axis powers are prevented from operat- ing civilian or commercial aircraft and procedures have been estab- lished for co-ordinating the activi- ties of all the American republics in all matters relating to their na- tional security. As all of us delegates of the 21 governments near the closing ses- sion of our meeting Monday, I think we will all of us leave with the con- viction deep in our hearts that there exists today a more practical, a more solid and a more real Pan-Ameri- canism than has ever existed before in the history of our hemisphe{e. Red Cross Urged To Put Humble Folk on Boards B3 the Assoclated Press, [ Norman H. Davis, chairman of | | the American Red Cross, has called | | on local chapters to give working- | men and farmers representation on | their administrative boards, as well | as society people. | A suggestion to this effect was | sent to all chapters January 16. Mr. Davis made it public last night after Willlam M. Jeffers, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, had made public in Omaha a letter to Mr. Davis urging that the folks who “eat in the kitchen” be given an opportunity to take the -bows along with the socialites. Mr. Jeffers wrote that the ap~ pointment of “so-called society peo- ple or those with big names to im- | portant posts in the Red Cross doesn't impress the rank and file. Rather, it only irritates them.” Mr. Davis said he had received Mr. Jef- | fers’ letter Wednesday and had re- plied Friday that he agreed with him, While the local chapters “are autonomous and free to select the membership of their boards and also the officers;’ Mr. Davis wrote, he had “for some time strongly rec- ommended board representation.” Believer in Dreams Hopes Last One Wrong By the Assoclated Press. BECKLEY, W. Va—Navy Re- &ruiting Officer John Anthony, jr., became a firm bellever in dreams when several came true, but he hopes the one he had not long ago was all a mistake. His faith in dreams was estab- lished & number of years ago when he dreamed he saw a certain horse ‘win & race. He bet on that nag next day, and it paid off 3-to-1. 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