FRIDAY. JANUARY 6. 1956
McCarthy Probe Ruled
'Outside Jurisdiction'
BOSTON! Jan. 5 (/P) —A federal judge ruled today that
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) acted outside the juris
diction of his committee two years ago in a one-man probe of
subversion in defense plants.
In handing down his lengthy opinion, Judge Bailey Al
drich acquitted Leon J. Kamin, 28. former research assistant
at Harvard, of charges of con
tempt of Congress.
Aldrich said the Senate Com
mittee on Government Operations
—of which the Senate Permanent
Investigations subcommittee is a
part—had no powers to investi
gate the general subject of com
munism; that government opera
tion meant the operation of gov
ernment departments, not private
operation of private industry, even
though under government con
tract.
Acquittal 'Ridiculous*
Sen. McCarthy called the. ac
quittal of Kamin on contempt of
Congress charges a “ridiculous”
decision by a judge who, he said,
“should have disqualified him
self.”
“It is ridiculous to the point of
being ludicrous,” McCarthy told
reporters in Washington. He said
Judge Aldrich “should have dis
qualified himself since he was a
member of the Board of Over
seers of Harvard University and
Kamin was a Harvard professor.”
“The decision," McCarthy said,
“was a foregone conclusion when
the judge kicked out the jury
when they heard some spectator
in the hall cheering me.”
Voices Disagreement
He voiced vigorous disagree
ment with Aldrich’s finding that
McCarthy had exceeded the Sen
ate’s Investigations subcommit
tee’s authority in questioning
Kamin in a search for evidence of
subversion and espionage in pri
vately owned defense plants. Mc-
Carthy said the subcommittee had
“not only the right but the obli
gation" to conduct the inquiry.
Kamin, now connected with
Queens University, Kingston,
Ont., refused to answer Sen. Mc-
Carthy—in the same building
Where today’s opinion was hand
ed down—as to whether he knew
any Communists in defense plants.
Party Member
Kamin had admitted being a
member of the Communist party
at times between 1945 and 1950.
Evidence had been introduced
that Kamin worked in Harvard’s
project at Beavertail Point, James
town, R. 1., on radar equipment.
And a Harvard official had testi
fied Kamin did not have “author
ized access” to classified material
or contracts.
“It seems to me,” Judge Ald
rich’s opinion said, “that as a pure
matter of language private opera
tion of private industry is not
‘activity performed by the gov
ernment’ on an operational level’,
and that the general economy and
efficiency of such private opera
tion is beyond the scope of the
committee. I cannot believe that
Congress intended otherwise.”
Pacts Denounced
By Tito, Nasser
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 5 (/P) —
President Tito and Prime Minis
ter Gamal Abdel Nasser today
jointly denounced military pacts
and blocs as “suicidal and increas
ing world tension.”
A statement agreed on by Nas
ser and the visiting Yugoslav
leader during their Nile River
trip to the Cairo Dam was re
leased by Yugoslav Minister of
State Koca Popovic during a news
conference.
Tito and Nasser emphasized
what they called the “policy of
nonalignment” practiced by both
their countries as making a vital
contribution to world peace.
They declared their nonalign
ment with the major power blocs
is “not passive, but a positive, ac
tive and constructive policy seek
ing to lead to worldwide collec
tive security and to a substan
tial extension of the area of peace
in the world.”
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PARIS, Jan. 5 (Jf) —European
economic planners today received
assurance of continued American
aid which probably will prevent
any “dollar gap” for the next 2Vi
years, despite an over-all aid cut
of one billion dollars.
U.S. representatives gave these
assurances to a special committee
of the 17-nation Organization for
European Economic Cooperation
which is drafting an annual report
on the progress and prospects of
member countries to be published
at the end of this month.
The OEEC, originally founded
to help distribute Marshall Plan
funds, now acts as the coordinat
ing agency among European na
tions in breaking down trade bar
riers and promoting economic in
tegration. One of the key factors
in any OEEC estimate of the Eu
ropean situation is the sum of
U.S. dollars available.
The U.S. representatives, who
attend most ■ OEEC sessions as
observers, outlined probable dol
lar expenditures in OEEC coun
tries and their dependent over
seas territories for the fiscal years
of 1956-57 and 1957-58—that is,
up to June 30, 1958.
The Americans told the OEEC,
reliable sources said, that Ameri
can expenditures will be at an an
nual rate of roughly $1,600,000,000
by June of 1958, barring some un
expected change in plans. This is
much more than the current Euro
pean trade deficit with the dollar
area.
GOP Praises Message,
Democrats Find Fault
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (/P) —A chorus of praise for Presi
dent Eisenhower’s State of the Union message rose from the
Republican side of Congress today. Democrats heard “politi
cal overtones” in it and found fault on many other counts.
Thet President’s emphasis on a balanced budget won
widespread applause but some legislators in both parties
still spoke hopefully of a tax cut
this year.
“I am still hopeful that the
budget will be balanced in 1956
and will justify some reductions
in lower and middle income brack
ets,” said Sen: George of-Georgia,
a Democratic leader.
“There may be a possibility of
reducing individual income tax
es,” commented Sen. Flanders (R-
Vt.), while another leading Re
publican, Sen. Dirksen of Illinois,
said he considers Eisenhpwer has
left the question of taxes "open
pretty much for what action Con
gress may decide.”
Democratic criticism of the
President’s report was concen
trated mainly on what party
members called its vagueness and
overly optimistic tone.
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'Copter Falls,
Two Men Die
SWEDESBORO, N.J., Jan. 5 (JP)
—Two men were burned to death
today in the crash of an experi
mental-type U.S. Air Force heli
copter in a field near the New
Jersey Turnpike.
Witnesses told police the craft
plunged to earth after the tail sec
tion broke off.'
The pilot, identified by police
as Harold Peterson, 34, of Media,
Pa., and co-pilot George Callahan,
36, of Chester, Pa., were trapped
in the forward section of the heli
copter, which burst into flames
after the crash.
The fliers were employes of the
Piasecki Helicopter Co., Philadel
phia.
They had left International Air
port, Philadelphia, on a test flight
in the U.S. Air Force helicopter
type YHI6-a at 2:45 p.m.
The airport control tower said
it lost contact with the helicopter
at 3:15 p.m. The crash occurred at
3:50 p.m. in Woolwich Twp., Glou
cester County, about 8 miles north
of the Deepwater terminus of the
turnpike.
Bits of the wreckage were found
as much as a mile from the scene,
state police said.
Pope Studying Russian
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 5 (fP)—
Pope Pius XII, who speaks seven
languages fluently and has a
smattering of a dozen more, is
now studying Russian. His intent,
Vatican sources said, is to achieve
a passing acquaintance with it.
The Democratic leader in the
Senate, " Sen. Lyndon Johnson of
Texas, - expressed “deep disap
pointment and great- regret” at
the “political overtones.”
“Most Americans know that the
domestic situation is not as rosy
as it has been pictured and that
the international situation is not
as rosy as it has been pictured and
that the international situation is
of deep concern,” Johnson also
said in a statement approved by
the Democratic party committee
in the Senate.
“It is obvious that this adminis
tration has become frantic about
the farm situation. The deep con
cern—which somehow did not
find expression until an election
year—is welcome even though it
is tardy.”
80th BF
Konrad Adenauer
World Joins Celebration
Of Adenauer's Birthday
BONN ; Germany, Jan. 5 (#*)—Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer was 80 today—and his countrymen gave him his biggest
birthday party.
Tributes and gifts by the thousands' flowed in to the
“grand old man” of Germany from his people and world
statesmen on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Flip of Coin
Decides Contest
Between Judges
MERCER, Pa., Jan. 5 iff) —A
Hip of the coin and a lucky draw,
of the highest of 20 numbers has]
made Herman M. Rodgers presi
dent judge of Mercer County.
The Pennsylvania Supreme
Court yesterday ordered Judge
Rodgers and Judge Leo H. Mc-
Cay to cast lots for presiding
judge after they were unable to
decide between them who should
hold the senior office.
Both jurists had been appoint
ed by former Gov. John S. Fine
and started their terms on the
same day, Dec. 31, 1953. The court
originally had only one judge but
the Legislature passed a bill pro
viding for the second jurist.
Unable to decide who should
hold the senior office, the two
judges asked the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court to rule on the is
sue. The high court told them to
cast lots. After winning the coin
too Judge Rodgers on the first
pick drew No. 20.
Grace Kelly Plans Marriage
To Prince Ranier of Monaco
Grace Kelly, blonde, beautiful and elegant star of the
movies, today announced her betrothal to Prince Rainier of
Monaco and said the wedding date will be soon after Easter.
Announcement of the engagement, which came after a
courtship on the Riviera, was made jointly in Monte Carlo
and by Miss Kelly’s parents in
Philadelphia.
Plans for the actual marriage
were disclosed later in the day at
a-news conference in the Kelly
home—an event which sent
hundreds of newsmen and photog
raphers, film cameramen and tele
vision technicians to the scene,
Grace’s father, John B. Kelly,
millionaire builder, gazed with a
slight touch of dismay at the big
crowd and said:
“It’s a good thing that I built
this house my
self or there’d be r
no place for a:
of them."
The humor
his voice and
his demean
generally
ed plainly that
was to be a jol
occasion.
Both Miss Ki
ly and the prim
head of the tii..
European princi
pality and COn- Gr»« Kelly
sidered one of the most eligible
bachelors in the world, were in
high spirits, j indeed.
Someone asked the star if she
planned a large family.
She laughed, nodded a blithe
yes. Then her mother, herself a
decidedly attractive woman, cut
in:
“Why certainly she’ll have a
large family. I’m a grandmother
and I like a lot of grandchildren.”
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The Bonn Republic’s leaders and
foreign -diplomats trooped to the
white Chancellery on the Rhine
to wish him “herzliche glueck
wuensche” (hearty good wishes).
Throughout the nation, news
papers printed pictures of Aden
auer and praise of his statesman
ship.
Paid Respects
Hundreds of Germans paid their
respects by standing throughout
the day in raw winter chill at the
entrance to the Chancellery. All
mail delivered in Bonn bore a
postmark of roses in his honor.
Adenauer is a famous rose grower.
It was a great day for the iron
willed man who in six years has
piloted West Germany from ruin
to recovery and a position of hon
or in the free world. And Aden
auer, despite a head cold, enjoyed
every minute of his all-day birth
day celebration.
Ik* Sends Greetings
There were congratulatory mes
sages from President Eisenhower,
Prime Minister Eden, Soviet Pre
mier Bulganin, Sir Winston Chur
chill and Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles. From Pope Pius
XII he received the Vatican’s sec
ond highest award—the Order of
the Golden Spur.
A book and three paintings
were sent by President and Mrs.
t Eisenhower.
The prince, all in blue except
of shoes, told the gathering
that his bride-to-be will be known
in Monaco as, “Her Serene High
ness, Princess of Monaco.”
Miss Kelly said the actual wed
ding date has not been set, nor
has it been decided where the
ceremony will be performed. She
added it doubtless will be either
in Philadelphia or Monaco.
“I am leaving for the West
Coast this weekend,” she went' on,
“to start work on one of two pic
tures I’m contracted for.
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