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er a a a mR | rae Saiede - ert mens ore . ——— _ re | ne tg I A Ly STANDARD FORM NO, 64 OFice Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT | TO » Sac (80-239) . DATE: 4/4/56 FROM : ASAC ‘“ 7 suBject: PHILIP KLEIN a j u On the afternoon of 4/3/56, EDWARD A. DAVIES called at the woe office with regard to the appointment or PMITIP KLEIN as the Ex- cane ecutive Director of the Civil Defense Council of Philadelphia. j ‘i DAVIES stated that he wes a major in the first World War and main- a tained his reserve status. At the outbreak of World War II, he Qe was called to active duty in 1940 and in 1942 was discharged when t “ he failed to pass a physical examination. He was then appointed as aoa G-2 for the stete of Pennsylivenia in the State Guard by the then Governor MARTIN, he said. MN He also said he wes vice-president of the Gimbel Broadcast- | ing Company for 20 years and has now retired. He is presently the eae head of EDWARD A. DAVIES Associates, Radio Television, 1714 Chest- 4 nut Street, Philadelohis 3, telephone LO-7-6554. ° t DAVIES, who refers to himself as Col fDAVIES, said he was { | instrumental in the establishment of the Long Beach, Island. Founda - | tion for the Arts and,Sciences. The idea behind the establishment of this organization was to heve a colony in New Jersey which would Nee attract artists and sculptors similar to those attracted to Cape OF Cod. He was the first president of this foundation in 1948 and 1949. Ne 1K MS NAAT. One of the first projects of the foundation was to establish a memorial to the war dead of Ocean County, New Jersey. BORIS BLAI, 2 sculptor, who is dean of the Tyler School of Temple University, was invited to join the foundation because of his BERL hed aon the Shee, Ale e Fi Ae Tyler School and his reputation as a sculptor. BLATI had fe son KROUSE (ph.) who was an Army captain stationed at staging camp, ~ Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, and it was concerning OIE BLT that Col. DAVIES first became aware of a Communist int: » into the foundation when he was interviewed by agents of the Newark Office about 1948 or 1949. The foundation is at Harvey Cedars, New ersey v3 yA NATHAN GREGORY SILVERMASTER and LUDWIG ULLMAN both remoy, Ry co . to Harvey Cedars after they had been exposed in Washington by ¥ ELIZABETH BENTLEY and were ostensibly property builders. \ af ( Pay Aude opens 0 4 [0 Yowsine Partre ff (aed) vag Another Harvey Cedars resident, H. C. PORTNAUF (ph.) had 3 a house at Harvey Cedars which was used as headquarters for ALGER HISS, WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, HARRY DEXTER WHITE, WALTBR-R SILVERMASTER, ULLMAN, and BLAI. 1 - 80-239(Civil Defense) A lm) 1 - 100-23217 (P.Klein) K) EEB:hts FO-22°-264 ¥