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“By WESTBROOK PEGLER . HAVE received from the Sicrey Hill: we n Foundstion Inc, cf Union Square, (00 “ .Y¥.. a “condensed? iedress to the as- po \ = fs @ « vero ef Rochester, N.Y. by JcLa Ceaies. president of the 'Minrcapolis Star anc Tribune, described - ry as a “distinguished publisher.” That * cen. ument is ambiguous. Tf the Hillman Foundation means that *+ ee Cowles is distinguished for learning, wen wice a op enceler. Fournalism F eould ar a pul up a strong dissent on any and all . bd counts, The brochure Luills down to a- © « - typice! ciher-handed o.xtion by a lead 5 we mah * ing member of thar cult of Well-heeled owners of publica- tions who presume to oracular status without publie cre- dentinls. Cowles speaks only for himself and everything he savs fn Wiis cmanation is compromised or gainsaid by some- thing soon ensuing. J: is ai! about Russia, recognition of ~. Red China with “a substantial and proved quid pro quo,” the biame “for the less of Nationalist China to the com- munists” and the pos-inte loss ef India 10 Soviet Fussia, as the thet feet were oid in the future, The speech is not worth the good white paper print it. The Hulman Foundation was created in 1947 in honor of a profcssional unionccr trom Russia who had collaborated closely with the Soviet government. He was named under oath as a member of the Communist Party by Maurice “Slatkin, an old collcugve in polities who admits that he Was a parly member for some years. aliDerGeYr s2hd x TUNE fal. . * WITEDS the last year and after he had been relieved of ceTitin duties in connection with the Catholic Youth ~~ » g-. Pe Cowles" Speech Isn't Worth -——! Sood White Paper to Print It Organization, Bisho Bornard“Shell, of Chicago, was awarded $1000; and ay CH Horror asthe recognition implied, by the Jlijl!man Foundation for services which the Founda- tion admired. He acce the money for charity. In 1953 William O* Douglas, associate justice of the Su- preme Cotitt was awarded the samé amount for conduct adinirable in the eyes of the Foundation. He gets $25,000 a year for a job involving easy hours and permitting long periods of absehce from his chambers. On one earlier occasion he wrote articles for the Cowles magazine “Look,” presumably for pay. He maintains that his extra-curricular activities are not inhibited by ob- ligations of office. The $1000 from the Hillman Foundation would have been tax-free as being a giit. 1 wrote Douglas asking whether he kept the money and got no answer, He likewise had failed to answer how much “Look” paid him. “Look,” however, replied that Douglas had In fact received pay for his writing but held that the amount was private to those concerned. . Even eailier, but while he was a Supreme Court justice, Douptas made a friendly speech to the national convertion of the CIO of which Hillman was a founder and his union remains a pillar, A fee is customary here. oe ~ ~ He, TE other wir elude Sen rs of the “award” for public service Jn- hman of New York: ex-Sen,Frank P. «Graham of North Carolina and OQscar“Ev ing, former Se- curity Administrator, all Reosevelt-Truman ideologians and political activists. - . The “advisory trustees'Lef the Foundation, Jisted In 2952, included Fdvatd tx"Robinsen, Elesror Rooseveit, Dr. Channing <r. of the National Ass6ciatie¢ntor the Ae Sancement of’Colored People, Harlow-Snapley of her vard and Lehman aforesaid. — ee we ~_—T eo be ‘Wash. Post and Times Herald TS Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror 100-9/6950-/ wets Date: x eae eng