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For 1952 Presiden
(DITOR’S NOTE: Preston Grover accompanied General Eisen
hower on his January inspection swing around the North Atlantie
Pact capitals. As chief of the AP Bureau in Paris, Grover has since
watched the defense buildup and its ramifications, He discusses
the Eisenhower-for-President pressures in the following dispatch.)
BY PRESTON GROVER
PARIS, Aug. 4. — (AP) — Persons close to General
Dwight D, Eisenhower believe he will not make up his
mind about running for the Presidency in 1952 until the
very last hour possible,
['hey believe that if he runs at all it will be only under
very gpecial eircumstances. e
Wilson Requests
(onfinuafion Of
Forfv-Hour Week
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON Aug. 4— (AP)
Mobilization Director Charles E.
wilson today called for a contin
vance of the 40-hour week, with
premium pay for overtime. He
pictured it as an aid to worker
morale and to bigger defense pro
duction.
The wage-hour law provides
that time and a half must be paid
tor work in excess of 40 hours in
intcrstate industries, There have
been suggestions that defense pro
duction would be spurred if the
pasic 40-hour week were length
encd, wtihout premium pay.
But Wilson issued a statement
declaring it is the policy of gov
ernment agencies to support the
principle of overtime pay beyond
40 hours.
“The major consequence of sus
pending premium pay for over
time in the present defense emer
gency would be to disrupt the
wage stabilization program and
industrial relations generally,”
Wilson said.
Wilson Opinion
He expressed the opinion that
labor unions would agitate for
higher basic rates if overtime pay
was taken away from them. This,
he said, would be more unstabiliz
ing than overtime pay. |
He also said:
“Experience in World War II
demonstrated that excessively
long work hours caused so much
waste in the form of spoilage, ab
senteelsm, and inefficient work
performance that little benefit to
the war effort was derived from
attempting to maintain these sche
dules for extended periocs.” I
Generally, he stated, 2 maxi
mum eight-hour day and 40 hour
week has been found best for effi
cient produection,
Increased Hour Needs |
“Need for increased hours in
certain industries, plants and oc
cupations, however, does not justi
fy the lengthening of hours for all
industries nor does need for limit
ed increase in working hours ne
cessarily eall for a 48 hour week,”
he said. -
“Manpower shortages in one la
bor market area will not justify
lengthening the work week in an
other area where available re- !
serves of labor still exist.” !
Wilson recommended that plants
which have to extend their work
week beyond 40 hours make a
close study of output and time
lost because of absenteeism, acci
dents, iliness, and fatigue so as to
determine the effectiveness for the
added work hours. : :
Athens Police
A plaque in recognition of the
Superior work and national stand
ng of Athens Police Department
Wwill be presented to Chief Clar
énce Roberts by the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce at a meet
ing here tomorrow night at 7
O'clock in Georgian Hotel, it was
announced today.
Members of Athens Civil Service
Commission and Captain J. R.
Porterfield, head of the police de-
Partment tratfic division, will also
be in attendance at the dinner
eeting,
Long Non-Stop ,
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Arctic Flight
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trainin rogram,
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flights are op tap.
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o Alaska via the no"th‘f” its re
day, Engine trouble held up
turn flight,
.TO SPEAK AT EMORY
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ATLANTA, Aug. 4. — on
Ellis Arnall'y scheduled Apessh at
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Emory University umd"whm
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Not in a long time has a man
been put under such pressure to
declare himself. Close friends, im
portant political figures and high
level newspapermen have shot the
Presidential question at him 80 of
ten that his assistants at supreme
headquarters of the Allied forces
in Europe (SHAFE) are becoming
fearful of making new appoint
| ments for him.
| Tke Is Silent
; Thq hart fact is that Eisenhower
1s saying nothing.
| ~ An additional hard fact is that,
| if Eisenhower were to declare
himself a candidate for the Presi
dency at this time, it would rock
the 12-nation Atlantic pact organi=-
zation to its foundations. In a very
large sense, he is the Atlantic pact
so far as Europeans are concerned.,
He is the one concrete reality. No
European, or American, whom I
have talked with ever has been
able to point to any person, Am
erican or other, who could take his
! place,
At a news conference this week
in Washington, President Truman
said the General’s duties in Europe
would permit him to return to
the United States to become a
candidate in 1952 if he was in that
frame of mind.
Eisenhower’s associates insist
they have seen nothing and heard
nothing to indicate he is in that
frame of mind—and they rub their
luck tokens to ward off any such
development. ¢
They share the comment of Ber
nard Baruch, American financier
an advisor to Presidents, that to
draw Eisenhower into politics
would be a “great disservice” to
Western defense.
What might make Eisenhower
seek the Presidency, some of his
interviewers believe, is discovery
that something on the horizon was
threatening United States support
of the Atlantic pact. It might be
that some isolationist candidate
was getting too close to nomina
tion, or that isolationism itself
was rising.
Preference Unknown i
The General has seen both De
mocratic and Republican figures.
If anyone of them has learned
whether he would prefer to be a
Republican, or & Demperat, it is
unknown te his military associates.
A number of people who have
talked with him have come ouf
either baffled or somewhat starry
eyed about his position. He holds
the United States’ great mission
right now is to give the free peo
peoples of the world a chance to
find themselvas again. After they
have found themselves—and he
doesn’t expect this to take too
long—he expects them to combat
Communism by other means than
war. ]
He expects the Atlantic pact to
bring about a situation of armed
balance. During that period of
balance the free mnations of the
world, as he sees it, must demon=
strate that Communism is no solu=-
tion.
He says they must be shown, by
help and example, that the free
way of life of the free nations is
better. Backward nations must be
helped, he adds, so they will not
become the prey of Communist
programs.
Nearly everbody who drifts over
here from the United Sattes agrees
Eisenhower could be elected as the
nominee of either party.
But Eisenhower has said repeat
edly that he has no political am=-
bitions. He talks to his interview
ers ecstatically about getting back
to a life of quiet fishing and farm
ing—evidently every soldier’s
dream.
TRUCKER KILLED
ATLANTA, Aug. 4 — (AP) —
A heavily loaded fuel truck,
plunging out of control, overturn=-
ed on the Buford Highway north
of Atlanta today, killing Thomas
Alvin Hinesley, 47, of Doraville,
the driver.
DeKalb county police reported
the truck loaded with 1,000 gal
lons of kerosene apparently went
out of control when the driver ap=-
plied the brakes on a steep hill.
Hinesley was pinned under the
cab.
The Brookhaven fire depart
ment was called when spilled
keroséne poured over the highway,
but the fuel did not catch fire.
ALLIES WON'T BE PUSHED
Break - Off Of Armistice Talks Is
Interpreted As Warning To Reds
-
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—(AP)
—{zeneral Matthew B. Rid
way’s suspension of the Kaesong
truce talks because of the presence
of Red troops in the city is regard
ed here as a stern warning to the
Communistg that the Allies do not
intend to be pushed around.
Ridgway’s action was worked
out in consultation with Washing
ton. The joint Chiefs of Staff ap<
proved it.
Diplomatic authorities suggested
that if the Allled rosiflm tad not
been made cleae nt once, the com=
pany of armed Communist soldiers
which masched past U. N. head=
quarters during the last truce
meeting might have been followed
by batallions during the next
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Vol. CXIX, No. 172. Associated Press Service
Ridgwav.."reaks Off Armistice
Talks With Korean Communists
Solons Demand
Investigation
At West Point
BY WILMOT HERCHER
WASHINGTON, Aug, 4—(AP)
—Denrands for a full investiga
tion of West Point echoed through
Congress today, with the possibils
ity that football may be “de-em
phasized” as a result of yesterday’s
ouster of 90 cadets for'cheating in
exams. x
The unexpected house cleaning
at the United States Military
Academy, involving a majority of
its famous football team and other
athletes, left members of Con
gress shocked and indignant.
“An investigation is in order,”
said Senator Young (R.-N.D.), a
member of the congressional board
of visitors which inspects the
Academy annually. He urged Con
gress to probe the possibility that
over-emphasis on football brought
about the violations of West
Point’s proud honor system.
Doyle Recommendation
Rep. Doyle (D.-Calif.), another
member of the board of visitors,
said he thought the Army had
made a thorough investigation, but
that he was considering recom
mending that the House Armed
Services Committee study the
question of over-emphasis on ath
letics.
Senator Fulbright (D.-Ark.),
former president- of the Univer
sity of Arkansas, agreed that the
Academy’s struggle to build win
ning football teams might have
been the root of the trouble. Arnry
has fielded a succession of bril
liant teams since the end of World
War 11.
Nine Republican members of the
House Armed Services Committee
issued a statement saying that in
stead of a congressional investiga
tion of “moral conditions” at West
Point, an inquiry could be more
pmperlivu;‘directed at the seat of
the malady.”
_ “If the Military Academy’s re
nowned code of honor were ap
plied to the executive branch of
our government, officials would be
dismissed in wholesale lots, with
White House associates heading
the lot,” their statement said.
GOP Statement
“The American people will not
be satisfied by making West Point
cadets the scapegoats of a congres
sional inquiry while the real
scoundrels—the appeasers, fellow
travelers, influence peddlers, the
fixers and the 5 percenters—not
only have free rein in Washing
ton but are defended and protect
ed by the White House.”
A group of discharged cadets
held an indignation meeting
around reporters at West Point to
day, and one of them, who declin
ed to give his name, declared:
“At least 200 corps cadets did
the same thing.”
Bob Blaik, star quarterback on
Army’s football team and son of
Coach Earl H. Blaik, was in the
group which talked to reporters.
He declined to say whether he
was among the ousted cadets, al
though he used the pronoun “we”
when discussing them,
Young Blaik bitterly criticized
the manner in which the cadets
were discharged. “We are not al
lowed to notify our parents all
over the country in advance,” he
said, “First notice they got was
from the newspapers and over the
radio.”
Cadet Demands
One boy in the group said, “we
are going to demand honorable
discharges.”
Army officials said they propos
ed to issue discharges which would
not be labelled either honorable or
dishonorable. All ousted cadets
would be subject to the draft.
Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) said, “I
am opposed to giving these men
anything that relates to an honoy—
able discharge, which would be in
the " nature of condoning an out
rageaus offense,” Byrd said.
“These men have violated a sacred
pledge of honor and there should
be no commendation for them. In
stead they should be severely cen
sured.”
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Compliance Expected
Officials here expect that the
Communist leaders will comply
with Ridgway’s demand for as
surance agaist any more truce vio
‘lations. It ig felt that the Reds
would not like’ to be very long in
the position of causing the disrup
tion of the negotiations.
The basic belief of authorities
here continues to be that the Com~
munists really want to get the Ko~
rean war ended eventually.
Meantime officials expressed in
terest in a disclosure at Allied
henda.unrterl in Takyo that the U,
N. delegation has proposed m
mistie line in Korea to the
of the present batile line. |
Superficially this sppeared so be.
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cused of impersonating a heu
tenant in the Women's Air
Force, Mrs. Madelo Frances
Evans is now lodged in the
Austin, Texas, jail awaiting ac
tion on the hoax. She was arrest
ed after hitch-hiking rides in
military aircraft and being ex
tended the courtesies of Berg
strom Air Base, including quar
ters in the nurses’ barracks.—
(NEA Telephoto.)
John E. Griffin
Named Cashier
Of Hubert Bank
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Board of Directors of the
Hubert State Bank Thursday John
E. Griffin was elected Cashier,
Mr, Griffin, known to many of
his friends as “Buck” is a native
of Hazlehurst, Georgia. After
graduating from high school there
he attended South Georgia College.
in Douglas, Georgia, and William
and Mary College in Virginia
where he majored in accounting
and business.
Before entering the Armed
Services during World War Two
Mr, Griffin worked with the U. S.
Government in the allocation of
war contracts. He then served
three years in the Army, fourteen
months of which were spent in
the European Theater of Opera
tions.
After being discharged from the
Army Mr. Griffin returned to
work for the Government for a
short time before entering the
Lumpkin Law School at the Uni=
versity of Georgia. After gradu=-
ating from the University of Geor
gia Law School he entered into
the practice of law here in Athens
where he continues to practice.
Since coming to Athens he
has been very active in Civic af
fairs and the affairs of the com=
munity. He is Secretary of the
Athens Exchange Club and is also
Secretary of the Athens Junior
Chamber of Commerce. He is also
interested in Boy Scout Work and
is a Scoutmaster for the Explorer
Troop. He has served on the Clarke
County Board of Registrars for
the past year.
- Mr, Griffin is a member of the
First Presbyterian Church here in
Athens. In 1948 he married Miss
Gwen West of Statesboro.
In announcing the election of
Mr. Griffin both the Officers and
the Board of Directors expressed
themselves as being very pleased
with their choice and feel that his
legal and accounting experience
will be of much benefit to the bank
and its patrons.
at variance with information pre
!viously given out here. This was
|to the effect that Ridgway was
seeking a bufser aome on the pre
| sent battle line.
| The appearance of a difference
| between the Washington and the
| Tokyo versions has been further
| pointed tip by Cmmunist radio
claires that the U. N. negotiators
| have been demanding a line deep
| inside North Korea—which would
. g;mu‘o .z cqnsiderable retreat of
munist forces,
Comprete Distortion
Actually offieisls in Washington
say that Red radio claims are a
fnplete distortion of what the Al
lies have proposed. Their proposal
is in fact based on the present bat
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGCIA OVER A CENTURY.
Construction Of 205,000-Bushel
Facility To Begin September 1
Construction of a grain elevator for this section of Geor
gia will probably begin about September 1, according to
Howell C. Erwin, jr., secretary-treasurer of Georgia Grain
Growers, Incorporated.
To be erected at a cost of $250,~
000, the elevator is to be located
off the Jefferson road back of
Stanley Lumber Company.
~ $35,000 Needed
To begin construction of the
elevator the Grain Growers need
$125,000. A total of $75,000 has
been subscribed by formers of
this area, and an additional sum
of $15,000 was solicited from bus
inessmen here during a one-day
campaign held recently, An ad
ditional sum of $35,000 must be
raised before actual construction
can begin, Mr. Erwin states, the
combined subscriptions of farmers
and businessmen at this time to
talling only $90,000.
The proposed elevator is to have
a 205,000-bushel capacity, accord=
ing to officials of the grain grow
ers group, and it is estimated that
business resulting from the erec
tion of the elevator here will be
equal to that produced by a
$1,000,000 payroll. Prospective
benefits to the grain growers of
this vicinity are unlimited. An
overall increase in business here
will be the direct result, it is be
lieved.
The committee members who
canvassed businessmen here re
cently were Morton Hodgson, A.
P. Winston, Coile F. Brown, John
Hunnicutt, 111, E. F, Griffith, jr.,
Henry Compton, Floyd Adams and
Howell C. Erwin. This group so
licited subscriptions totalfing
$15,000 in a single day of canvass
ing. As the ultimate goal of the
group was originaily set at $50,000,
$35,000 remains to be pledged. An
intensive campaign to secure this
amount is underway at the pre
sent moment, Mr. Erwin stated
Saturday. .
Athens business and profession
al men who, as farmers, previously
have subscribed to stock in the
elevator are George Strother, A.
P. Winston, Malcom Rowe, W. H.
Cabiness, Howell C. Erwin, jr.,
Jake Bernstein, B. B. Meyer, Troy
Porterfield, Thomas M. Tillman,
Gordon Dudley, John J. Wilkins,
jr., John Hunnicutt, 111, J. Swan
ton Ivy Inc., Downs Motors, Ine.,
Silvey Motor Co., Ine¢., Athens
¥arm Equipment Co., Inc.
Russell Daniel, Inec., C. A. Trus
sell Motor Co., Earnest C. Crymes,
Co., Athens Truck and Tractor
Co., Mathis Construction Co.,
Hodgson’s, Inc., The Citizens and
Southern National Bank, Radio
Athens, Inc., Talmadge Wholesale
Co., Inc., Athens Hardware Co.
L. M. Leathers’ Sons, Hunnicutt
and Redwine, Inec., Erwin, Nix,
Birchmore and Epting, J. B. Alex
ander, R. M. Snow, M. P. Morris,
Ton Gallis, H. P. Williams, L. H.
Bailey, Felton Christian, and Jack
R. Wells.
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Get-Acheson
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Drive Lamented
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 4—
(AP)—Senator Kefauver (D-
Tenn.) said tonight he has been
“terribly disturbed in the past
montks by the irresponsibility
shown by some men in both houses
of Congress.”
He referred specifically to the
“Get Acheson” drive which he
said has been based on “slan
derous attacks that would confuse
the issues,” and to criticisms of
this country’s moves in Korea.”
Kefauver set out his views in
an address prepared for the an
nual banquet of the press club of
Oregon.
He called on the free press to
rise to obligations which he said
are increasing steadily as dictators
cut down the areas in which it is
free, He praised the sense of re
sponsibility which he said the
press has shown, citing as ex=
amples the reporting of the con
troversy over the firing of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, and of the
disclosures by the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee which
Kefauver formerly headed.
WEATHER
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| Mostly fair today and contin
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GEORGIA—MostIy fair today.
Continued hot in north portions
and very hot in south portions,
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Total since January 1 .. ..29.83
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« « » Grain Growers Official
Dr. M. H. Soule,
Great Scientist,
Commits Suicide
ANNE ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 4=
(AP)—The University of Michi
gan told today of the faked ex
pense accounts which led to the
melodramatic suicide by snake
genom df Professor Malcolm H.
oule,
The renowned scientist, head of
the University’s Department of
bacteriology for 16 years, killed
himself with an injection of snake
venom and morphine Friday eve
ning after being fired by the uni
versity and threatened with pros
ecution. He was 54 years old.
University Announcement
A prepared announcement from
the university said that last March
and April Dr. Soule submitted tra
vel vouchers for two men who had
supposedly visited the university
to be interviewed for jobs. The
university signed the vouchers and
issued checks to Dr. Soule, who
said he would deliver them to the
men.
“Later it was learned that the
men had not visited Ann Arbor
and had not received the checks,”
the university declared.
Finding the vouchers end signa
tures forged, the university con
fronted the famous bacteriologist
with the evidence. He admitted
mishandling of funds, the an
nouncement added, and paid back
a total of $487.05.
The university’s announcement
made clear, however, that there
had been previous reports of “al
leged misuse of university proper=
ty and funds by Dr. Soule.”
Investigation
It was these reports that led to
the investigation.
After admitting the deals, Dr.
Soule submitted ‘ his resignation
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PRELUDE TO JUDGESHIP BATTLE — Senator Paul
Douglas (center), Democrat of Illinois, talks in Wash
ington with two judges appointed by President Truman
to beriches in Illinois federal courts. At left is Judge Cor
neliug J. Harrington who is opposed by Douglas. How
ever, the senator agrees with the President’s appoini
ment of Judge Joseph Sam Perry. Douglas and Truman
disagreed on the appointment of a third judge. A Sen
ate Judiciary Committee in Washington began hearings
on the appointments. Friday (AP Wirephoto) . crensnns
Reds Asked To Explain Presence
0f Troops At U. N. Headquarters
TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. s.—(AP)—General Matthew B.
Ridgway broke off Korean armistice talks with the Reds
today.
They will be resumed only if the Communists can give. 3,
“satisfactory explanation” of the presence of Red troops
near the Allied staff house in the truce town of Kamr}?
and promise it will never happen again, the Supreme U, N,
Commander declared.
The troop incident occurred Sat
urday afternoon and was verified
by eyewitnesses and still and mo
vie photographers, Ridgway said.
His sharp radio message, ad
dressed to the Chinese and North
Korean Communist commander,
Peng Teh-Huai and Kim Il Sung,
was made public at 6 a. m. today
(3 p. m. Saturday EST).
It followed a six-hour confer
ence in Allied headquarters in
Tokyo, during which Ridgway was
in communication with the Penta
gon in Washington.
The break-off came as U. N.
and Communist truce teams still
were deadlocked — as they have
been for nine meetings—on the
issue of where to draw a cease
fire buffer zone.
150 Red Soldiers
The presence of some 100 to
150 Red infantrymen near the U.
N. conference house was reported
by the Allied delegation that re
turned from the 19th armistice
meeting Saturday. |
Today’s meeting—now cancelled
—had been scheduled for 11 a. m.
(8 p. m,, EST, Saturday.)
Ridgway broke off the talks
once before, partly because armed
Reds were in and around Kaesong.
Communist troops on July 12
barred 20 war correspondents from
traveling to Kaesong with an Al
lied convoy. The entire cenvoy
turned back.
Ridgway then informed the
Reds he would not permit a re
newal of the talks until they bar
‘red Communist troops, excepting
police, from the Kaesong area, and
agreed to let him choose mem
bers of the U. N. truce party in
cluding newspapermen,
Ridgway then informed the Reds
he would not permit a renewal of
the talks until they barred Com
munist troops, excepting police,
from the Kaesong area, and agreed
to let him choose menibers of the
U. N. truce party including news
papermen.
The Reds agreed.
Like the jury ultimatum, Ridg
way’s newest message was broad
cast to the Communists.
Both sides refused to budge Sat
urday on their demands for a
cease-fire buffer zone across the
mountainous peninsula.
Ridgeway’s secret huddle with
his top aides at general headquar=
ters—to which Chinese interpre=
ters were summoned hurriedly—
followed a new statement about
Allied wishes for a buffer zone in
North Korea between the present
battle line and Manck ria.
The statement threw the armis
tice drama into a state of con
fusion. It came from an unex
pected quarter—the Civil Infor
mation and Education section of
Allied Occupation Headquarters in
Tokyo. This outfit usually con
cerns itself with picturing to Jap
anese the American way of life.
It could not be learned whether
the information and education sec~
tion’s announcement-—made in the
form of a press release to Japanese
newspapers—had full official ap
proval for publication or was in
| tended merely as background ma
terial,
‘ UN Demands
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Denies R. F.C
eniés K. I. L.
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — (AP)
Democratic National Chairman
William M. Boyle, jr., denied in a
formal statement tonight that he
had any connection with a $565,-
000 RFC loan made to a St. Louis
printing firm.
Boyle said in a statement is
sued through the national eom
mittee that while he represented
the American Lithofold Corpora
tion for two and a half months in
1949 he had no connection with a
loan the company obtained from
the Reconstruction Finance Cor=
poration in November of that year.
Byrd Challenge
Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) previ
ously had challenged President
Truman to defend Boyle on “influ
ence peddling” charges made
against him or get the national
chairman fired by his party eom
mittee. Byrd said he wants to
study Boyle's denial before re
plying.
.~ Senator Hoey (D.-N.C.) told a
reportér Boyle's denial also will
be studied later by a Senate ex
penditures subcommittee, He said
the subcommittee had gathered
“preliminary information” about
what Senator Williams }R.-Del.)
told the Senate were “vigorous
efforts” by James P. Finnegan,
former St. Louis collector of in
ternal revenue, to get approval of
the $565,000 RFC loan for Ameri=-
can Lithofold. :
Williams said Finnegam, now
under investigation by a St. Louis
grand jury, is a close friend and
associate of Boyle.
Boyle said in his statement that
he was engaged by American
Lithofold in February, 1949, as
counsel at a monthly retainer of
SSOO.
Boyle Stand
Assertinf that he had stg=
pended all law practice at the
time, Boyle said his services as
counsel for the company eovered
a period of two and a half months
“and the payments which I re
ceiveg”from the company tetaled
$1,250,
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
charged that Boyle had received
SB,OOO from American Lithofold,
It quoted a company official as
saying Boyle never had a chance
to give any legal services because
he suspended practice when he be
came a paid official of the national
committee,
Boyle added:
“The effort to distort them or
to suggest by innuendo that there
was something wrong about my
connection with the Americsn
Lithofold Corporation will fail to
convince anyone except those who
are always eager to believe the
worst about any man in publie
life.”
Seven Killed |
By the Associated Press
Flash floods left seven persons
l dead or missing in Colorado Satur
day, and cool air from. Canada
spread across nearly two thirds of
the United States.
A cloudburst Friday night sent
a six-foot wall of water racing
down big Thompson river in Colo
rado. Motorists and householders
had to scramblle for high ground.
Some climbed high into trees.
An automobile carrying a Dene
ver family on the big Thompson
road West of Loveland was swaept
away by the floodwaters. A wo
man and her three daughters were
feared drowned. The girls’ father
managed to reach high ground.
| An aged man drowned eight
miles northwest of Fort Colling
when flood waters from Bugkhorn
creek struck his house.
An extensive mass of cool Cana~
dian air extended from the at
plains eastward to the Afi::uc
coast, South to Southern North
Carolina, Northern Alabama and
Mississippi and Westward into
Northeastern New Mexico, Park
Falls, Wis., was one of the coalest
spots with a morning reading of
36 degrees.
‘ Warm and Humid Weather &-‘
| tinued South of the cooler i
|~ A tropieal storm in the Atlantie
; passed 225 miles east of Bermuda
and was expected to blow itgelf
out iR e Mid=ALRNLIC o sam s
