Show I MALONE AL 0 E PAlO PAID FOR FORGIVING MR GIVING GI I G HELP TO TOREO REO ARMY Soviet Ambassador He Paid Former Collector Colley CoHee tor Thousand Dollars NEW EW YORK Nov Iov 26 Ludwig Ludwig C CA C. C A AK K Martens who calls himself ambassador ambassador am am- ami i of the soviet government of off I Russia Russa Russia admitted late yesterday esterday that Iho I 1 ho he paid Dudley Field Malone former forme collector of the port ot or yew New York 1000 on September 12 for help in a commercial transaction He told the Joint legislative committee Investigating invest gat In ing radical activities that It tt was for tor advice in to trying to arrange a shipment of boots meats and chemIcals chemIcals chemicals chem chem- to be paid for on delivery in Pe Pe- d. d KNOWS LITTLE Martens Martens denied that he hp knew that tha Malone had formed or was forming a corporation to do business wit with soviet Russia and declared that his I embassy was not specifically Interested interested interested inter Inter- ested in such an organization He Ile did not know that Malone nad bet been n speaking in behalf of the soviet govI government government gov gov- of Russia either before or I after he paid him 1000 he s said ld and anda a denied that h he and Malone had spoken from the same platform In Madison n Square Garden here last June Malone was not regular counsel for forthe forthe the tho soviet Martens said but was employed cm em- solely as special agent In plans to bu buy and ship to Russia worth of boots and worth o ot of other supplies Martens asserted in reply to questions ques ques questions I volleyed at him by Attorney General General Gen Gen- n- n eral Newton that 25 per cent of his activities here are devoted propaganda for recognition of the Russian soviet sovie government by the United States o or publicity work to Impress upon the American people that me the Russian soviet form of government is desirable desIrable desir desIr- able BRANCH IN DETROIT Inquiries based based on the committees committee's R announced efforts to find out if Martens Martens Mar Mar- tens is or is not in reality chief o ot of the communist radicals trying t to spread revolution throughout th the United States brought no definite ar results Martens admitted having having-a a branch office in Detroit In charge fo a a. Dr Rovin which has been established for the past five the months with a small force of workers The reason for this Martens Martens l Mar Mar- tens said was because of plans lookIng looking look- look Ing ng towards the purchase of motorcars and tractors for the soviet lie had negotiated with the Ford Motor company com com- company pan pany but had not actually bought anything anything any- any thing there he said He lie admitted he knew all the time th that t he could not nol ship anything in large quantities to Russia I |