Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-07 | Page 7 | Senator Asks Inquiry into Charges Against Woman Contractor

I Senator Se r Asks Inquiry Into Charges Against Against Woman Contractor WASHINGTON April 7 pi- pi I Senator Reed R. R Kan called Friday for a senate investigation into allegations of unpatriotic conduct against Miss V Vivien ivien Kellems Kellems Kel- Kel lems year old Westport Conn war plant operator and also into her he- countercharges that her mall mail had been tampered with Reed announced he would ask that the inquiry be made by the senate post office committee of which he is the ranking Republican can member Referring to charges made on 1 the house hOUS floor by Representative Coffee D. D Wash that Miss Kellems Kellems Kel Kel- lems had made s seditious e d i 1 t i o 0 U n a 15 speeches criticizing federal tax policies and had carried on a a. correspondence correspondence correspondence cor cor- with Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz whom Coffee I called a a. nazi agent in Argentina I Reeds Reed's statement said There has been much in the II public press recently about allegations allegations allegations allega allega- of unpatriotic conduct on the part of Miss Kellems a manu manu- f of Connecticut of-Connecticut Connecticut whose plant is largely engaged in production production production pro pro- of war material In turn Miss Kellems alleges that her private mall mail has been tampered with Censorship of communications between citizens or of this country and citizens or non non- citizens of foreign countries is not only desirable but necessary in n wartime No possible criticism is being made of proper censorship Violation of the integrity of the mail to citizens not having any lany relation I to the war effort is quite another thing There is no warrant in law anywhere anywhere any any- where for such violation of the mail mall of private citizens Representative Coffee read on the house floor a week ago excerpts excerpts ex ex- from letters he said were written by Miss Kellems to Count von Zedlitz at Buenos Aires In describing the count as a nazi agent Coffee said Miss Kellems had been in constant contact with him