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Racketeering in
Labor Probe Just
Begun, Says Sen.
NEW YORK, UP)—Sen. John L.
McClellan (D-Ark) says Senate
probers have turned up evidence
of racketeering in labor and in
dustry which could lead to “a
gangsterism economy.”
The chairman of the bipartisan
Senate Rackets Committee spoke
last night before the annual din
ner of the Bureau of Advertising
of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers Association (ANPA).
McClellan said the work of his
committee, after a year-long in
vestigation, has “barely begun.”
“Racketeering,” he said, “is a
threat to liberty. It is criminal,
and it has no place in our civil
ized society. . .
“If left alone, unchecked and
unrestrained, with the momentum
it has already gained, we could
be heading for a gangsterism
economy in America. That must
not occur. The responsibility rests
upon all of us to prevent it.”
McClellan said the committee
will continue its exposure of
wrongdoing in both labor and in
management until Congress has
enough information to “clean up
the mess.”
Evidence thus far, he said, has
revealed a “close pattern” of
graft, corruption and ties to the
underworld. »
Prince and Pauper
Brothers Come To
Parting of the Ways
LOS ANGELES, UP)—'This is a
prince and pauper tale of two
brothers—one a millionaire, the
other a door-to-door flower ped
dler.
Their story came to light yes
terday at a hearing in which the
flower vendor was ordered to
quit demanding money from his
wealthy brother and to stop
.shouting insults at him in public
—or go to jail.
Haig Prince, 56, is a wealthy
Los Angeles real estate investor.
Anthony Prince, 49, sells flowers
from a tray. He claims Haig re
fuses to support him.
“He should help me,” Anthony
said Thursday. “Haig went to
college. I only had a year of
school.”
Haig said he brought Anthony
to America from their native
Turkey 12 years ago, and until
last year gave him a $150-a
month pension.
“In this land of opportunity,”
said Haig, “a man can make much
of himself. The money I gave
only encouraged idleness.”
The city attorney warned An
thony to stay away from Haig or
be prosecuted.
“I will stay away if he desires
so,” said Anthony.
“I desire so,” said Haig. He left,
refusing to shake hands with An
thony. v
Anthony' picked up his tray of
flowers, stared at them and re
marked: “The Bible says brothers
should be brothers.”
U.S. Agrees
To Suez Plan
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP—
The United States agreed today
to accept Egypt’s Suez plan on a
provisional basis, but reserved its
final acceptance until the plan
has been put to trial.
The U.S. position was laid be
fore the U.N. Security Council by
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge,
who said the plan announced by
the Egyptian government earlier
this week left much to be desired.
Lodge announced that, pending
a final settlement, U.S. vessels
will be authorized to pay tolls to
Egypt only under protest, as has
been the case since President
Nasser nationalized the 103-mile
waterway last July.
The Egyptian plan calls for
collection of tolls and operation
of the canal by Egypt. Egypt,
however, pledged itself to submit
disputes to international arbitra
tion and to agree to abide by de
cisions of the International Court
of Justice on disputes over inter
pretation of the Convention of
1888, which provides for the free
ptassage of all vessels through the
canal.
DEW Line Nears
Completion
CHICAGO (#>—The nation’s ra
dar alarm system which stretches
3,000 miles across the frigid arctic
is near completion.
Hardy G. Ross, project mana
ger of the Western Electric Co.
defense projects division, said last
night tests of all main and auxili
ary stations of the defense line
will be made this summer.
Ross said establishment of the
Distant Early Warning Line is
“unparalleled in military con
struction history.”
Ross said some 396,600 tons of!
material have been sent to the
DEW sites, which extend from
the northwest tip of Alaska to the
Baffin Island coast off northeast
ern Canada.
Canadian and American expen
ditures for the project thus far
total $334 million, and the value I
of spare parts alone is estimated
at $34 million, Ross said.
Air Force to Try
Bailout at 92,000 Feet
BALTIMORE, UP)—A preview
of the Air Force’s next high-alti
tude bail-out attempt will be
staged next week at New Brigh
ton, Minn., with a balloon flight
to 92,000 feet.
But instead of men, the gondola
will carry an anthropomorphic
dummy—a manikin whose joints
are made to simulate the joints
of the human skeleton.
If next week’s test is successful
the gondola will be manned for
actual bail-out experiments this
summer. The current bail-out rec
ord is 45,200 feet.
The gondola is tear-shaped, and
about seven feet in height. Its
skin is reinforced inside with up
right aluminum-alloy beams that
enable the gondola to withstand
pressure twice as great as that
expected at 92,000 feet.
State Dept.
Helping in
Jordan Crisis
WASHINGTON, UP>—The United
States was reported using every
resource of its diplomacy today
to prevent the Jordanian crisis
from exploding into a new Middle
East war.
The possibility that American
forces would become directly in
volved in the crisis under present
circumstances was generally dis
counted here.
But no official could say when
these circumstances might change
radically, creating a need for new
decisions by President Eisenhow
er.
State Department informants
were extremely reluctant to talk
about secret diplomatic efforts in
Middle Eastern capitals,' but it
was understood that American
representatives were under in
structions to emphasize to all the
governments there the extreme
seriousness with which Washing
ton views the situation and to
urge that they do nothing to
“rock the boat.”
That phrase was used by Sen
ate GOP Leader Knowland yes
terday after he and Sen. Mans
field (D-Mont) had conferred for
40 minutes with Secretary of
State Dulles. Knowland told
newsmen that “everyone in that
area of the world would be well
advised not to rock the boat.”
Another Soviet
Spy Pleads
Guilty
NEW YORK, UP)—Jacob Albam,
accused member of a Soviet spy
ring, today pleaded guilty to con
spiring with Russians to obtain
U.S. defense data for transmis
sion to Russia.
Albam, 64, was the third mem
ber of an espionage ring, seized
by the FBI early this year, to
confess his guilt.
His action came 16 days after
two cohorts in the plot, Jack So
ble, 53, and Soble’s wife, Myra,
52, entered similar pleas, and
threw themselves on the mercy
of the court. By so doing, they
apparently sought to escape the
death penalty.
Next Friday was set for sen
tencing them. Each could get up
to 10 years in prison and a fine
qf $10,000 or both.
The trio, all three of them ref
ugees from the iron curtain, were
charged on a six-count indictment
which detailed spy activties here
and abroad.
Earthquake in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine tPi—A strong
local earthquake shook sections of
New England early today—most
heavily along its rocky coastline
—but there were no reports of
injury or damage.
There were thousands of re
ports of rattling windows and
dishes in greater Portland arid
Boston, as far south as Braintree,
on the Massachusetts south shore
—and even inland to western
Massachusetts.
i Tulsa Police Chief
Suspended in Plot
; To Bootleg
j TULSA, Okla., UP)—Tulsa Police
I Commissioner Jay L. Jones, sus
; pended Police Chief Paul J. Liv
| ington, and 14 other men were
| convicted early today of plotting
j to break a federal law against
bringing liquor into legally dry
Oklahoma.
A U.S. district court jury also
adjudged two of the defendants—
both longtime bootleggers—guilty
of conspiring to sell the whiskey
wholesale and retail without pay
ing special taxes.
Six of the convicted are sus
pended policemen, all former
members of the vice raiding
squad.
Doctor Acquitted of
Murder Charge Must
Appear in Court Again
LONDON, (jP)—Dr. John Bodkin
Adams, who was acquitted of
murder April 9, will he brought
into court May 20 to face 16 less
er charges, his lawyers disclosed
today.
The 58-year-old physician who
was found innocent of drugging
81-year-old Mrs. Edith Morrell to
death for profit, must still face
charges under cremation, danger
ous drug and forgery acts.
Salesman Believes
He Has 6 Wives
CHICAGO, (#>—A 47-year-old
machine salesman, who believes
he has six wives, and planned to
make it seven, was in jail today
facing a charge of bigamy.
Two of the wives Warren L.
Yemm has been living with met
for the first time yesterday when
they identified him in a police
station as their husband. The two
women exchanged no words.
One of the two current wives,
a 31-year-old typist, said she still
loved Yemm and would remain
at his side. But the other, a 48
year-old clerical worker, said she
wants a divorce and the late mod
el auto she bought for Yemm.
Violent Weather
Shows No Letup
In Plains States
(By The Associated Press)
A week of violent weather in
Texas and other sections of the
plains states showed no letup to
day as damaging wind and rain
struck many of the storm battered
areas.
More tornadoes and severe |
thunderstorms were indicated for
southwest Missouri, extreme east
ern Oklahoma, most of north
western Arkansas, western parts
of southwestern Arkansas and
extreme northeast Texas.
Tornadoes ripped across areas
again yesterday in Texas, Okla
homa and Nebraska. At least four
tornadoes struck water - soaked
Texas, causing considerable prop
erty damage.
One man was killed and 18
persons were hurt, and from 75
to 100 homes were damaged in a
tornado that hit Milford, Neb.
A tornado also smashed thru
three blocks of the business dis
trict of Holdenville, Okla.
King Hussein
Blames Reds for
Jordan Crisis
AMMAN, Jordan, (jP>—The fu
ture of Jordan hung in the bal
ance today.
Defense Minister Suleiman Tou
kan was appointed military gov
ernor of all Jordan as King Hus
sein’s kingdbm passed through its
second day of martial law.
Toukan as military governor
will wield tremendous power in
the seething country.
King Hussein declared his in
tention to fight out the crisis. He
blamed international Communism
for bringing it on.
The United States voiced sup
port anew for the independence
and integrity of Jordan—and or
dered its 6th Fleet back into the
eastern Mediterranean.
Yesterday a total curfew was
imposed on the capital city of
Amman, the Old City of Jerusa
lem, Nablus, Ramallah and Irbid.
Under the decree of martial
law, police were put under con
trol of the army, whose tough core
Bedouin fighters are loyal to King
Hussein.
The country’s 10 political par
ties were abolished yesterday.
Ibrahim Hashem, 83, -was chos- m
en to head a seven-man Cabinet
of moderates. His government to
day banned all public prayer ser
vices for the Moslem sabbath, the
idea being to prevent large gath
erings which extreme groups, in
cluding the Communists, might
turn into violent demonstrations.
King Hussein insisted in talk
with American reporters yester
day that he did not need outside
assistance. He said he would de
cide “with other Arab states”
whether they would accept the
Eisenhower program.
The American stand supporting
Jordan’s integrity and calling it
vital to U.S. interests and world
peace, was a restatement of the
Eisenhower doctrine. Britain also
joined in proclaiming Jordan’s in
dependence essential to Middle
East peace.
King Hussein spoke out against
Communists, calling them “spies
behind our lines.”
In a low, solemn voice, the 21
year-old King sought to identify
the forces which he blamed for
the government crisis that has
rocked Jordan for more than two
weeks.
Neighboring Syria and Egypt,
meanwhile, were reported faced
with a demand from Hussein that
Syria pull out the 5,000 troops it
has in northern Jordan. They are
there ostensibly to protect Jordan
against Israel, but Western gov
ernments have feared they might
be used to annex part of Jordan
for Syria as a result of the king
dom’s unsettled condition.
NASSER MAKES FIRST
APPEARANCE SINCE JAN.
CAIRO, Egypt, t/P)—President
Nasser, making his first appear
ance in public since January,
prayed in the ancient Al Azhar
mosque today—the Moslem Good
Friday in the holy month of Ram
adan.