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Commission
In Turnpike
HARRISBURG, Oct. 8 (/P) —A $9,425,981 countersuit, one
of the largest in state history, was filed today against a firm
that did engineering work on the Northeastern Extension of
the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The Pennsylvania Turnp
Prof Says
Election
Laws Poor
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3 (4>i—A
political scientist testified today
that election laws have failed to
prevent business and labor groups
from pouring millions of dollars
into political campaigns.
Prof. Alexander Heard of the
University of North Carolina told
senators policing the 1956 election
campaign that about 140 million
dollars was spent on campaign- 1
ing in 1952 and the total will be
much higher this year.
Although the federal govern
ment and most states ban direct
campaign contributions from corp
orations and unions, Heard said
large amounts of money are made
available indirectly from these
sources.
Various Techniques
■“Various techniques are used.”
he testified adding that he ob
tained his information by inter
viewing some 500 persons in 3
study of political campaign funds.
Heard said that among the tech
niques are buying large blocs of
tickets to campaign fund dinners,
providing stamps and free print
ing. furnishing free office space
and equipment, and providing
“free rides” on airplanes.
Extra Bonuses
Some corporations. Heard said,
apparently provided extra bon
uses or salaries in the 1952 cam
paign with the understanding that
part of it would be for an indi
vidual political contribution. 1
A stack of charts produced bv!
Heard showed that most of the'
big contributions four years ago
—from S5OO to more than $lO,OOO
—went to Republicans except for
funds reported bv labor groups.
UMW Hears
Miners' Gripes
CINCINNATI. Oct. 3 lAN—Com
plaints c-cr technological unem
ployment in the coal field despite
the industry's growing prosperity
were voiced today at the United
Mine Workers Union convention.
Delegates voted to boost union
dues by 25 cents a month but
acted only after considerable
grumbling that the increase,
though small, would fall heavily
on unemployed and pensioned |
members. i
The debate underscored the
problem that while new machin
ery has enabled coal producers
to cut costs and pay higher wages
and other benefits, the machines
also have reduced the number of
available jobs in the industry.
Adlai Proposes Program
To Guarantee Medical Care
CHICAGO, Oct. 8 (/l*! —Adlai E. ■ tw'o long-distance telephone
Stevenson tonight proposed a* "conference calls," saying the
four-point national health pro-1 D are winning the
. , , _ * campaign and must not run out
gram calling lor federal aid toi 0 f gas *'
l U I ra ,o aU A°^rielns ~d The first call at noon went to
Amer CJnS ’ j - .'chairmen in 23 states and the
The Democratic presidential District of Columbia in the East,
nominee s proposals embraced tliirtv minutes later he repeated
federal loans and grants to under-: the C ai] to 2 5 state chairmen in'
write full medical and health care the West
through private plans regardless Steyenson said th e concera o{
of ability to pay. j the Democrat i c parly W £ th the
Stevenson emphasised that j nation's, health is not “an elec
admuustraiion of the program i tiort year phenomenon" but a
should rest with the states. ■ long standing one. He added:
m^ri^ SlUOn *° 1 “I am glad to say that most of
sociah-ed I the measures adopted by the Dem-
Stevenson made public nis goals ocratic Congress last year were
in a statement of about 4,100 recornmenc j cc j by President Eisen
words issued from his farm home hower and enjoved bipartisan
at nearby Libertyville. It came, support> though it is fair to add
out a. few hours after he proddedj that the President and his ad-!
Democratic party fund raisers for j ministration had opposed needed
more money to help him keep actions on several important fronts'
“hitting the Republicans hard.’ if or three years, reversing them-j
The nominee made his plea in 'selves only in this election year.”l
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Files Suit
'Conspiracy'
ike Commission charged
lawful, wicked and malicious con
spiracy" in the action filed with!
Dauphin County Court against
Manu-Mine Research and De-|
velopment Co., Reading.
The suit named T. J. Evans, for
mer commission chairman of the
j turnpike when it was under Re
publican control, and his nephew,!
Charles W. Stickler, Manu-Mine'
president as co-conspirators.
The suit .asked that $9,425,981
be refunded by Manu-Mine to the
(Commission and that Manu-Mine!
jbe held responsible for punitive
( dam.ages in an unspecified
'amount.
Of that figure, the commission
said. 7 million dollars was paid to
the firm for what it said wasi
“work totally unnecessary.” The
countersuit was an answer to a
demand made last April by Manu-
Mine for lh* million dollars in
work the firm claimed it did in
flushing mine voids under the
Northeastern Extension.
Governor Leader
j The new action was part of a
I series of moves by Governor
[George M. Leader's administration
' against commission operations un
!der former Republican control.
A Dauphin County grand jury
will open an investigation Oct. 22
into what Leader has described as
“one of the greatest public swin
dles of all time.”
Evans and Manu-Mine have re
peatedly denied wrongdoing.
The suit identified Stickler and
his wife, Nellie, as nephew and
niece of Evans whose son, the late
Richard H. Evans, also was an
officer of Manu-Mine.
Defraud Commission
These persons and others, the
suit said, “entered upon and have
since . . . continued in operation]
an unlawful, wicked and malic-]
ious conspiracy of which . . . the!
actual accomplishment was to de-'
traud the Pennsylvania Turnpike,
Commission of millions of dol-j
lars, inflicting tremendous lossi
and injury, not only on the com
mission itself but also on the citi-;
zens of the commonwealth inj
whose interest the commission
was created and functions.”
Contracts Illegal
The 35-page countersuit repeat-]
ed a host of charges originally]
made in the Justice Department’s
petition for a grand jury probe.!
Contracts between Manu-M in e!
and the commission were illegal,
the suit said, because they were
not approved by the State High
ways Department as required by
law.
The contracts did not conform
with the state engineering code
which requires that a firm doing
-engineering with a state agency
must have among its officers a
professional licensed engineer, the
suit added.
The suit said the Manu-Mine
firm's mine flushing filling of
voids -work was unnecessary and
that it was done at exorbitant
1 rales.
Ike to Explain
Misstatements
By Democrats
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 W
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
will fly to Pittsburgh tomorrow
for a major address described in
advance as dealing with cam
paign “misstatements” by the
Democrats.
The speech will be broadcast
and televised nationally (NBC)
from Pittsburgh's Hunt Armory,
beginning at 8 p.m. EST and last
ing half an hour.
Mrs. Eisenhower, who has a
cold, will not accompany the
President.
Press secretary James C. Hag
erty was asked at his news con
ference this afternoon what Ei
renhower's Pittsburgh topic would
be.
I “I would say,” he replied, “that
the President will take up some]
] of the misstatements that have
been made in this campaign"— j
"By which side?” a questioner
broke in, setting off guffaws.
“ —By the opposition, and an-;
swer them factually,’.’ Hagerty
[Concluded.
| Asked whether Eisenhower
would “take the high road, or the!
low road," Hagerty adopted much
the same words Eisenhower had
used in this connection at his!
own news conference last week. 1
I Hagerty said Eisenhower would
[take “the road of truth.” !
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Contracts for Missiles
Awarded to Chrysler
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (A*) —
Chrysler Corporation has received
$18,859,591 worth of guided mis
sile contracts from the Army,
aides of Sen. Potter (R-Mich) said
today.
They said the contracts are for
work at Chrysler’s plant in War
ren, Mich.
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Hetzel Union Building.
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