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U.S.A. Barred
T.A.A. Official
The deputy technical superintendent
of Trans-Australia Airlines (Mr. H. Maley)
was detained in Honolulu for 13 days last
month and barred from entering the United
States under its Internal Security Act.
In Washington yester-
day the Assistant Com-
missioner for Immigration
(Mr. Willard Kelly) said
Mr. Maley was detained in
Honolulu on the basis of
"completely reliable" in-
formation which put him
under the "excludable
classes" of the act.
In Canberra last night a
spokesman for the Department
of External Affairs said the
incident would be investigated.
Mr. Maley was on his way
to San Diego (California) as
an accredited T.A.A. represent-
tative to attend a conference of
operators of Convair and
other aircraft.
He had an Australian pass-
port and a visa issued by the
U.S. consulate in Melbourne.
Mr. Maley 's travel companion
Mr. A. Windover, also a T.A.A.
technician, was allowed to
continue the trip.
Questioned
Mr. Maley left Sydney by
B.C.P.A. aircraft on -February
16 and reached Honolulu at 3
p.m. that day.
After his passport had been
inspected he was taken by
car to immigration head-
quarters, questioned, de-
tained and subsequently
flown back to Australia.
The officer in charge of the
U.S. immigration service in
Honolulu (Mr. D. W. Brewster)
said yesterday the exact nature
of the information concerning
Mr. Maley's exclusion was con-
fidential.
Mr. Brewster added his rul-
ing had been sustained by the
headquarters of the U.S. Im-
migration Service In Washing-
ton.
During the week end Mr.
Maley stated he was not a
Communist and had no
political connections.
"I can appreciate any coun-
try's right to say to whom it
will grant entry, but I think it
intolerable that anybody should
be bailed up in mid-ocean
after being given a visa from
Melbourne," said Mr. Maley.
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