WEDNESDAY. MAY 19. 1954
Ike
On
WASHINGTON, May 18 (2?)—The White House stood pat for the
time being today on a presidential order that left the McCarthy-Army
hearings dangling somewhere between temporary and permanent
eclipSe.
The order instructed high administration officials not to talk
New Teial
Is Ordered
For Jelke
NEW YORK. May 18 (P)—Minot
F. (Mickey) Jelke's vice convic
tion was upset today - in one. of
New York's most far-reaching de
cisions of the centurybearing on
freedom of the Press. A new trial
was ordered.
The Appelate DiviSion of the
State Supreme. Courtin a 3-2 ,de
cision flatly rebuked trial Judge
Francis L. Valente for' barring
press and public during the state's
case against Jelke.
"We conceive it to be no part
of the work of the judiciary," the
appeals court said, "upon the facts
here presented to decide what a.
newspaper prints or to what por
tion of the people it caters to sell
its papers."
Fair, Impartial Trial
The. court added that Valente's
ban denied Jelke a "fair and im
partial trial." It did not rule di
rectly on the issue of press free
dom. But its decisio'n was a strong,
new bulwark for the state's news
papers.
The majority opinion said, in
effect, that the jury . justly con
victed Jelke of cafe society pan
dering but that Valente bungled
the case. The ruling was on a
question of law, rather than fact.
Jelke was sentenced March 27,
1953, to .three to six years in pri
son as a cafe society procurer of
young women who peddled their
charms for as much as $5OO a
night.
Had seen Convicted
He had been convicted one
month earlier on a charge of com
pulsory prostitution after one of
the most sensational trials New
York had seen in years.
He also was sentenced to eight
months in the city's workhouse
on charges of illegal possession "of
guns. He was fre , ed. last Oct. 6.
Ike Supports
Armed FQrces,
• CHARLOTTE, IST.C., May 18 (AP)
_ - _president Eisenhower today re
affirmed his faith in the nation's
armed forces with the declaration
that "we are still confident" in
them "from their secretaries and
their high commanders on down
to the last private in the ranks."
With Secretary of the . Army
Stevens seated behind him, the
President made no reference to
the Army-McCarthy - hearingS in
a brief, informal address to a po
lice-estimated crowd of 30,000 in
Charlotte's Freedom Park. But
the reference to the civilian chiefs
in Stevens' presence seemed to
indicate the President's continued
faith in his Army secretary in his
dispute with Sen. McCarthy (R.-
Wis.).
Eisenhower, accompanied by
Stevens on his flight from Wash
ington. came here to help Meck
lenburg Charlotte County corn:.
memorate the 179th anniversary
of the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence.
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Stands Pat
A F fiiir .-. .- . Row
to Senate investigators about their
discUssions of the blazing contro
versy between Sen. Joseph Mc-
Carthy, (R-Wis.) and top men in
the Army.
The White House made it rather
clear there are slim chances, if
any, that President Eisenhower
will alter the instructions.
Sets Conference •
Under' instructions from the
Senate Investigations subcommit
tee, Acting Chairman Mundt (R
-SD) set up a conference with Atty.
- Gen. Brownell, to explore the
possibility of getting the presi
dential order modified. But this
was put off for a while. Mundt
said Brownell wanted more time
to study hearing transcripts.
Mundt did huddle with .mem
bers of the Senate Republican
Policy Committee. Nothing defi
nite came of that, although the
senator said the hearings are not
necessarily at an end.
What the subcommittee is try
ing to find out is vvho , lied and
who told the truth in an exchange
of conflicting charges between
McCarthy and Secretary of the
Army Stevens and some of their
lieutenants.
The Army charge is that Mc-
Carthy and two of the subcommit
tee staff, Roy M. Cohn and Fran
cis P. Carr. turned on improper
pressure to try to win special
treatment for Pvt. G. David
Schine. McCarthy normally is
chairman of the subcommittee but
turned the gavel over to Mundt
during the course of the hearings.
Other Sides Charge
The charge froM the other side
is that Stevens and Army Coun
selor John Adams used Schine as
a hostage and tried to blackmail
McCarthy into halting a hunt for
alleged Communists and Commu
nist coddlers in the Army.
CIO Contract
Presented t
PITTSBURGH, May 18 (W) The CIO United Steelworkers
spelled out 1954 contract demands today for U.S. Steel Corp. In a
brief meeting marking the opening' of negotiations with the basic
steel industry.
Vice president John A. Stephens, who is heading the corpora
tion's negotiating team, said his
firm will study the demands be
fore a second meeting with the
union tomorrow at 10 a.m.
David T. McDonald, president
of the union which is seeking new
contracts for 600,000 workers in
the basic steel industry, said: "We
have met with the company and
presented the issues. I have noth
ing more to say at this time •"
Benjamin F. Fairless, chairman
of the board for U.S. Steel, in an
unprecedented move, attended the
opening session and addressed the
union and company,negotiators.
He left before the session ended,
Neither the union. nor the com
pany would comment on the de
mands presented except tq say_
they are the same as those ap
proved by the union's powerful
170-member Wage Policy Com
mittee.
The committee approved a four
point program which included de
mands for higher wages, a guar
anteed annual wage, improve
ments in the pension and hospi-
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French Save
18 Wounded
From Fort
HANOI, Indochina, May 18 (IP)
French high command
spokesman said tonight a lone
helicopter had shuttled 18 more
seriously wounded French sol
diers from Dien Bien Phu to Lu
ang Prabang, Laos' royal capital.
Earlier• French planes • resumed
their heavy bombing of key routes
from the fallen fortress.
In Geneva, Hoang Van Hoan,
Vietminh ambassador to Red Chi
na, said Fren. c h bombers had
killed 15 Fre n c h prisoners in
strikes last night along provincial
Route 41, main route east from
Dien Bien Phu. Hoang blamed the
French for breakdown of plans to
evacuate the wounded.
As the French resumed their air
strikes, the high command spokes
man said Vietminh units moving
east from Dien- Bien Phu were
only about 50 miles from the
south-western rim of the Red
River delta's defenses.
The spokesman said the planes
had bombed. strafed, and de
stroyed rebel tru ck convoys
around Mocchau, on Provincial
Route 41 about 65 miles southeast
of Son La and 50 miles west of
Ho al3 i nh.
• A group of 'l4 -French bombers
made heavy attacks on Vietminh
troops in -battalion strength.
Giant Balloon Soars
More Than 22 Miles
MINNEAPOLIS, -May 18 (IP)-- .
A giant plastic balloon, nearly as
tall as an 18-story office building,
soared more than 22 miles into
the sky today—higher than ever
before for a balloon of its type.
The "super skyhook," which
stretched to about the length of a
football field before its inflation,
bore a cargo of scientific instru
ments to study mysteries -of the
upper atmosphere.
The previous altitude record for
a nlastic balloon was 111,000 feet,
a little more than 21 miles.
Pemands
U.S. Steel
talization program and other
changes. The - contracts expire
June 30.
The union has not said how
much of a dollars-and-cents pack
age the demands represent. The
basic steel workers are now earn
ing an average hourly wage of
between $2.14 and $2.24.
Stephens said the company
planned a meeting of its negotiat
ing team after the joint session
•
to study the demands.
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Social Security Span
May Be Extended
WASHINGTON, May 18 (JP)—The House Ways and Means Com
mittee decided tentatively today to extend social security coverage
to more than half a million domestic workers, ministers and federal
employes who are now excluded.
This' was the first congressional action on President,Dwight D.
Eisenhower's far-reaching propos
als to expand coverage and boost
social security benefits and taxes.
The committee, taking up the
bill by Chairman Daniel A. Reed
(R-NY) section-by-section, is ex
pected to approve the program
pretty much as urged by Eisen
hower, although many features
are controversial.
Professional People
The committee didn't reach sec
tions which would bring social se
curity tax and benefit coverage
also to about half a million doc
tors, lawyers and other profes
sional people, and 3 1 / 2 million state
and local government employees
—although it is generally expected
to approve them, too.
Under present law, - domestic
workers are covered only if they
receive $5O from a single ,em
ployer and work 24 days for him
in any three month period. The
new ,proposal removes the re
quirements as to the number of
days . and covers all domestic
workers who receive $5O a quar
ter from any one employer.
Move Expands Coverage
Officials estimated this would
bring a b out 200,000 domestic
workers into the system and
would expand coverage for others
where only part of their work is
covered now
Another
_move approved today
extends coverage to ministers
where both the minister and their
employers agree to come under
the system. Officials said this
would make about 200,000 to 250,-
000 ministers eligible.
Churches would have to waive
their federal tax exemption to
make the employer's contribution
required under the system.
Senate Votes
Fireworks Ban
WASHINGTON, May 18 (M
A bill to restrict shipments of fire
arms with the aim of reducing
casualties passed the Senate today,
73-3.
It would forbid shipments into
states which ban fireworks and in
instances in which manufacturers
know the fireworks would be used
illegally
The bill was sent to a Senate-
House Conference Committee to
work out minor differences. The
House passed the bill last. July in
a somewhat different form.
By voice vote, the Senate wrote
into the measure an - amendment
to put the restrictions into effect
July I—a date by which most
fireworks for next July 4 prob
ably will have been shipped.
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Testifies in
Moon Trial
WARREN, Pa., May 18 (W)—A
state policeman testified today
that Norman W. Moon had mark
ed) Judge Allison D. Wade for
death before the judge was slain
in court last Jan. 'l3.
Sgt. Charles C. Naddio told the
court that 28-year-old Moon twice
admitted that he intended killing
Judge Wade and Atty. Harold
Hampson, a lawyer for Moon's
estranged wife.
Naddio testified - before a packed
courtroom at Moon's murder trial
on charges he shot and killed the
51-year-old judge. 'Moon, a Con
nellsville construction worker, is
on trial in the same courtroom in
which the judge was killed.
Non-Support Payments
Moon had been summoned be
fore Judge Wade to explain his
failure to keep up non-support
payments to his estranged wife.
Sgt. Naddio told the jury of ten
men and two women that Moon
was questioned on two occasions
after the slaying while he was a
patient in Warren General Hospi
tal. The sergeant said Moon could
not talk the first time because of
a self-inflicted bullet wound of
the neck. He said Moon answered
questions by shaking his head
"yes" or "no. '
Intended to Kill 2
Naddio said Moon was asked
"how many people did you intend
to kill?"
He said Moon replied by holding
up two fingers.
The sergeant said Moon was
then asked were they Judge Wade
and Atty. Hampson. He said Moon
nodded 'yes.",
Irish Vote Proceeds
In Orderly Manner
DUBLIN. May 18 (JP)—lrish vot
ers balloted in orderly fashion to
day in a parliamentary election
that will decide whether Prime
Minister Eamon de Valera will
continue to lead the country.
The election _followed a cam
paign regarded as the quietest
since the foundation of the state
more than 30 years ago. The in
dependent Irish Republic cut its
last constitutional ties with Brit
ain in 1949.
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