SATURDAY. MAY•I'. 1954 McCoarthy%t.- Aide Gets : Photo Blame WASHINGTON, April 30 (W) A 'lVlc . 2.arthy subcommittee aide took full respon sibility today for a hotly controversial cut- down photograph in the McCarthy-Pentagon hearings. Climaxing a week-long row, before television cameras, over the picture, Investigator James N. Juliana teStified: 1. He supplied the inquiry with a Nov. 17, 1953, photograph'of Secretary of the Army Stevens side by side with Pvt. G. David Schine—after ordering the deletion of an Air Force col onel who was in the.picture as originally taken. 2. He did so because he under stood the man running the hearings, Special Counsel Ray R. Jenkins. and McCarthy aide - Roy M. Cohn, wanted a picture of Schine and Stevens only. Hotly, Juliana, a former FBI agent, de nied any mention to "deceive" or "trick" the Senate investigators. In the wake of this testimony about a photo which the Army side denounced as "doctored," Secretary Stevens returned, to the witness stand for more- cross-ex amination on .one of the major points at issue: Did he try to squelch Mc- Carthy's investigation of al leged subversives at Ft. Mon mouth, N.J.? Stevens acknowledged he once sounded out McCarthy on the pos sibility of removing Maj. Gen. Kirke Lawton as commander of Ft. Monmouth—specifically, that he asked Army Counsel. John G. Adams to find out if the senator would make a "public issue" of Lawton's removal. The Army secretary said the answer he got from Adams was that "Sen. McCarthy would not be pleased." McCarthy. contends Stevens "threatened reprisals" against Lawton because the general had cooperated with the McCarthy in-. vestigation and praised its work. Stevens repeated a denial of this. Additional. Developments There were these other develop ments as the hearings recessed for the weekend: 1. RepOrts circulated that the White House was trying quietly to get the hearings ended quickly. 2. McCarthy sharply protested calling witnesses "out of order"— that is; quizzing his subcommittee staff members about the photo be fore cross-examination of Stevens 'was• completed. 3. Some sort of conflict appar ently developed between McCar thy and Sen. Dworshak (R-Ida.), who succeeded McCarthy on the subcommittee—for this inquiry only. FHA Officials Suspended From Philadelphia Posts WASHINGTON, April 30 VP)—Two , Philadelphia officials of the Federal Housing Administration were suspended today in a widening investigation of scandals in the government's housing program. They were alleged to have failed to answer questions' about "acceptance of gratuities." William F McKenna, deputy ad ministrator, of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, announced that John P McGrath, a chief appraiser for FHA, and Wilmer Russell, an inspector, have been relieved of their duties in Phila delphia. McKenna also disclosed that other investigations of irregular practices are under way in major cities. He• did not name the cities or say how many officials are involved. Last week Albert M. Cole, chief of Housing and Home Finance, asked Congress for $250,000 to probe and clean up housing scan dals. It i' alleged that abuses occurred under the Truman ad ministration and that some of them have continued under the Eisenhower administration. McGrath and Russell have been given five days from today in which "to show cause, personally, and in writing, why they should not be removed fr o m federal service." The FHA shakeup began April 12 with the resignation, reportedly at the request of the White House, of FHA Chief Guy T. Hollyday. RailrOad Union Delays Strike SYRACUSE, April 30 (IP) —The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen today postponed, pend.- ing mediation efforts, a strike called for Monday against the New York Central east of Buffalo. James Anderson, vice president of the Brotherhood, notified a general membership committee this afternoon that the scheduled walkout of 6000 trainmen an d yard workers would be postponed "for a- reasonable time." He said the postponement was ordered when it, was learned the U.S. Mediation Board was send ing a mediator. Ross Mbran, here Monday or Tuesday. At U n i'o n headquarters in Cleveland, a BRT spokesman said the dispute hinged on what it termed the Central's replacing of regular crews with younger men without regard for seniority on four New York-Buffalo passenger trains. 3 Union Heads Hit Unemployment Policy WASHINGTON, April, 30,(M—Heads of unions in the coal, steer, and trucking industries today' formed a loose alliance to push for federal spending to combat unemployment. They also plan to act together in seeking other legislat That was the announced resu Dickenson Seen As Informer, Charge Victim WASHINGTON, April 30 (W)— Cpl. Edward S: Dickenson was pictured alternately today as a man Nho informed on fellow pris oners of war in Korea and as a victim of "contemptible," base less charges. Final arguments in Dickenson's court-martial trial on charges of collaborating with the enemy were made by defense and prose cution and the case will go to a "jury" of eight Army officers Monday. Defense Atty. Guy Emery said the Army used Dickenson as a "Judas goat" to lure back POWs who refused repatriation last Jan ilary. He recalled that Dickenson was arrested on Jan. 22, the same day the Allied repatriation offer expired, and said: "The Judas goat had outlived its usefulness." Emery denounced the Army's case against the 23-year-old vet eran from Cracker's Neck,. Va., as a "garbage can" of suspicion, in nuendo, rumor and hearsay. During the trial, Dickenson waived his' right to testify in his own defense. He was told this would not be counted against him. A two-thirds vote is required to convict, and the court may delib erate for weeks. Life imprison ment is the maximum possible. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA ion they favor. It of a luncheon meeting between Presidents John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, Dave Beck of the AFL• Teamsters, and David J. McDonald of the CIO Steel workers. Lewis. acting as spokesman at a news conference afterward, pointed out that the three unions have rich treasuries and a com bined membership of about three million members. The trio denied advance rumors that they planned to form a third labor- federation to compete with the AFL and CIO, or that Beck had invited Lewis and McDonald into the AFL. Instead, the three union bosses said they had mutual problems and intended to meet often in the future to try to tackle them. 440,000 Unemployed The 74-year-old Lewis said there are about 190,000 unemployed- in steel, 150,000. in trucking, and 100,000 in coal, a total of 440,000. Lewis said that the three unions agreed to support outright repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and would cooperate on mutually-sought leg islation, national, state, and local. Mediators Try To Stop► Strike PITTSBURGH, April 30 (4))— Federal and state mediators, and labor and civic leaders 'raced against the clock tonight in ef forts to avert a midnight strike against the city's mass transpor tation system. It would be the first major transportation tieup in the steel city in 30 years. Back in 1948, an independent union of Duquesne Light Co. struck for 18 days and trolley and bus operators refused to cross pidket lines. Some 2700 trolley and bus oper ators of Pittsburgh Railways Co. threaten to walk off the job at midnight unless a new contract is reached. They demand a 30-cent an hour pay increase. 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Dulles and Molotov will meet in accord with a decision taken at Tuesday!s . conference on Presi dent Eisenhower's atomic pool proposal. There is nothing to pre vent the two men from broaden in g tomorrow's discussions; to include other matters. • Hold Luncheon Session Molotov, Britain's Anthony Eden and Red China's Premier-Foreign Minister Chou En-lai had a long lunch session in Molotov's villa today. Presumably the • three talked over both the Korean and Indochinese problems. After the French had obtained the approval of •Viet Nam's Chief of State Bao Dai for the Geneva meeting with Vietminh represen tatives, the principal obstacle was agreement on the composition of the Conference. French Are Optimistic The French appeared to be op timistic tonight that Molotov would not press his earlier re quest that India be included. This was not acceptable to the United States. A 'cautious French spokesman said tonight that Bao Dai's agree ment to send representatives to Geneva still was not official since they had not received his formal, written approval. HoweVer, they have his unofficial agreement, given in talks with Marc Jacquet, French minister for relations with the Associated States. India Donates to Reds NEW DELHI, India, April 30 (W) --As ,1 "friendly gesture," India has decided to make a present of its holdings in Tibet to Red China, a foreign ministry source said to day. U.S. Secretary of State John F. Crisis Seen In Return Of Dulles WASHINGTON, April 30 (W)— Secretary of State John F. - Dulles' imminent return from the Geneva conference probably will bring to a head a crisis inside the govern ment over how strong a policy the United States should have toward Indochina. Dulles has been at the Geneva conference, where Indochina peace negotiations are the critical issue, only a week. Before returning to Washing ton, he will fly to Milan Monday for a brief meeting with Italian Premier, Mario \ Scelba. The Ital ians suggested the conference to discuss "international questions and matters of interest" to both Dulles and Scelba. When the secretary comes back to Washington his chair at Geneva will be taken over by Undersecre tary of State Walter Bedell Smith. Diplomatic informants concede that Dulles is coming home to a government divided in its coun cils and frustrated, for the mo ment at least, in some of its major purposes regarding the conflict with communism in Southeast Asia. Atnerican leadership on the is sue is regarded as much less deci sive than when Dulles went to Geneva. There are behind scenes fears here that the Russians may score successes in their drive to weaken the Western alliance, with result ing setbacks not only in the pro tec;:ion of Southeast Asia against communism but also in the organ ization of Western Europe for its own security. PAGE THREE
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