Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - March 31, 1950, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cloudy and warm tonight partly cloudy and cool Low tonight 35 High Saturday 40 Map on picture pare CITY FINAL SCENTS K C R G NEWS ON TOOE DIAL VOLUME 81 CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA FRIDAY MARCH 31 1950 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS BEDNASEK TESTIM Policy Lattimore Not Architect Acheson Says He's Never Met Man Accused of Being Spy WASHINGTON of Stato Acheson said Friday that Owen Lattimore Is not the architect of U S far eastern policy He said he did not think in fact that he had ever met Lattimore Acheson commented at a news conference on Senator McCarthy's fresh barrage ot Soviet charges against a Johns Hopkins university professor McCarthy blasted at Lattimore in speech Thursday He charged that has been the real director of American policy in the Far East himself has called McCarthy's charges against him pure moonshine and an gated lie Never Employed Acheson pictured contacts the slate ment as sharply limited to a few occasions He said never hnd been employed by the state de- Among other things McCarthy told the senate he can produce a witness who will swear that a member of Communist party He also said he had various to back up his charges McCarthy's office said Friday the senator has been in touch with he FBI that the agency now has all the ments The office declined to say when or how the data was supplied to Hie FBI A spokesman for McCarthy said the senator had entered the Naval hospital for ment of n sinus Condition In Thursday Carthy coupled his on a new assault large Philip Jessup He described ns a very willing stooge for Jessup already has denied charge thill he has an unusual Communist causes In doing so the sador called McCarthy sible and said his accusations showed a shocking disregard for the Interests of the country After his speech made as tators crowded the galleries Carthy did not turn his Lattimore case documents over to the air foreign relations tee which is investigating his con- tentions thai and friends have infiltrated the stale department Moreover he indicated to men thai the might nol even gel a look at his material t McCarthy had asked FBI Chief J Hoover to an agent on hand so he could turn over the material lo the FBI for study Hoover promised to do so but no agent was around when Carthy left the chamber Thursday night McCarthy said that nevertheless the FBI is going to get every scrap of evidence I have Stymied That left members of the com- i wondering what to do next about the They Flu Control Moves Made At Clarinda CLARINDA Friday stopped all new admissions and ordered influenza and grippe patients isolated at a state mental hospital where 17 inmates have of influenza or pneumonia during the last two months The moves were ordered a conference between Chairman Henry Burma and Member Robert Lappen of the Iowa board of con- trol C C Graves director of the state mental institutions and Norman Render super- intendent of the Clarinda hospital Burma and Lappen were ordered to fly to Clarinda by Gov liam S Beardsley They put restrictions on visitors and recreation activities However they said they ad the situation as under con- Truman Sets Pattern for 1950 Drive THE NOSE Jurges manager of the Cedar Rapids Indians points to the rapidly burning nose of Pat Harmon Gazette sports editor at the Indians training camp in Florida Jurges said his nose has peeled three times and he warns Harmon to expect the same to happen with against U S Attempt To Free Rutledge on Bond Strikes a Snag Rapids The proposed filing of a appeal bond to free Dr Robert C Rutledge ran into a definite hitch here Friday convicted of slaying Byron C Hattman here in ber 1948 is serving a tence in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison An appeal to the supreme court is pending A professional bondsman ert Cornett of Omaha was at the courthouse with the bond Friday but he had not filed it at p.m after centering with officials for more than two hours Cornell and R S Milner attorney were closeted most of the morning with County Attorney William W Crissman his David and Court Clerk Arthur Axmear Leave without Filing At the end of the session Cornell and Milner left office and walked out of the courthouse without filing the bond Cornell lad flown to Fort Madison day to get Rutledge's signature on the bond When asked when they planned to file it each replied I don't know If filed approval of the bond lies with Court Clerk Axmear A Sioux City widow Mrs Laura Rogers is putting up erty with a claimed value of at least to cover the bond's security Axmear has said he wanted woman to come to Cedar Rapids for examination before approving the bond Later it was learned the ty being put up for bond has an assessed valuation of cording to an affidavit from the Woodbury county clerk Mortgages against the property Treason Trial Of Catholics On at Prague PRAGUE Ten Roman Catholic abbots and monks went on trial state court charged with high spying for the Valican state activities The official news agency said three of the defendants are equivalent to the rank of bishop There had been no advance notice of the largest of Roman Catholic clergymen to made known by the Communist regime thus far Despite ments by the official news agency that foreign and were attending some Western reporters were un- able to gain The agency reported that among the defendants were Augustin abbot of the famed monastery Rise Bohumil abbot of the monastery of Central Bohemia and Frantisek Silhan provincial of the Order of Jesuits in vakia The had re- ported previously by Catholic eludes seven buildings one them Pierce Uptown hotel in Sioux City willing to examine the McCarthy documents carefully hear his mystery witness it the warrants it But they are tied unless McCarthy comes across is returning to ington from a United Nations sion in Afghanistan He is director of the Walter Mines Page school of international relations at Johns Hopkins university is due at New York international airport Saturday morning His plane was scheduled to leave Shannon Ireland at H CST Friday The Inquiry committee has public hearing scheduled for next Tuesday to permit to make a formal reply to McCarthy Reaction Senator member jit the subcommittee Continued on Page 8 Col 6 The agency account said the public prosecutor told the man court that the defendants as faithful servants of the Vatican have worked its espionage service carried on subversive against the republic for the Vatican a power which is to us and tried to overthrow the government Abbot Michalka was said to have pled guilty to all the charges against him and to have testified that shortly after the Communist seizure of government power in February 1948 he started an campaign involving the trol as much as possible and said no outside help needed at present 40 Cases Friday Hospital records Friday ing listed 20 men and 20 women inmates as having influenza grippe or heavy colds They were being isolated in separate wards with close medical tion Graves said Graves said the 51 inmates who have died of all causes at the institution since Feb 1 in- cluded 17 whose deaths were attributed to influenza or monia The latest death curred Thursday night he said All but the 17 were erly persons who already were in a debilitated condition he said The lone exception was a old patient whose condition also was Graves said he regarded the 17 deaths as due primarily to the condition of the patients and not to any violence of the influenza and pneumonia He said none of the hospital em- ployes Clarinda residents and who have con- during the break has died 230 Cases Altogether there have been about 230 cases of grippe heavy colds influenza or pneumonia at the since Feb 1 records indicated Deaths of the other 34 in- mates who have died since Feb 1 were due to heart ailments and other diseases common to old age Graves said Penicillin and other drugs were being used to combat the out- break Graves said He said inmates did not appear alarmed Charges Senators Attempting To Wreck Foreign Policy KEY WEST President Truman's bitter dec- that senate cans are endangering world peace by trying to torpedo the bipartisan foreign policy set the pattern Friday for the 1950 Democratic campaign The President unleashed fury on Senator McCarthy whom he described as the Kremlin's greatest asset in this country and on and Wherry whom he named as McCarthy's associates At a news conference in the peaceful setting of this tropical naval submarine man stung by attacks on Secretary of State Acheson and McCarthy's charges of Communist influences in the state department declared with The greatest asset that the Kremlin has is the partisan at- ProES SENATOR MCCARTHY OF WISCONSIN wiped his forehead upon leaving the senate floor Thursday after a long speech in which he said he had documents to show that Owen Lattimore Soviet agent and is or has been a Communist party member Lattimore is a Johns Hopkins university professor who has been a state department consultant ia at- tempt In the senate to sabotage i the bipartisan foreign policy of j Suppresses Bomb Story the United States Seated in a wicker chair on the palm-shaded lawn of winter White-House in the the late the shirt-sleeved chief executive did not mince words as he sailed into Acheson's accusers stride effort to torpedo the bi- partisan foreign policy he de- clared is just as bad in this stage of the cold war as shooting our soldiers in the back in a hot war Warming to his subject the President declared that McCarthy Bridges Wherry and others en- by the senate Republican policy committee are a fiasco in their attempt to find a political issue to win control over the 1950 congressional elections He said he will carry the issue to the people in the months ahead In measured language he said he thinks the greatest asset the NEW YORK American said Friday it stopped its presses already in print and melted down Quick Approval Likely for Both Pace Symington WASHINGTON senate approval AP seemed likely Friday for President Truman's appointments to two key defense Secretary of Air W Stuart and were taking it in their Kremlin has is McCarthy the type of a new article on the j Symington to become chairman of hydrogen at the gallon of the Atomic Energy The century-old magazine said the incident raises the question whether the is thus suppressing information which the American people need in order to form intelligent judgments on this major problem The article was by Dr Hans Bethe Cornell physicist and for- mer theoretical physics chief at Los Alamos All but a small part of the the National Security Resources Board Budget Director Frank Pace jr to become secretary of the army Both Republicans and crats on the senate armed ices committee were loud in their praise of the nominees This was particularly significant in the case of Symington since the committee previously had The institution in southwestern I went on The Kremlin the President inal article ultimately was Iowa houses mental patients and has 312 employes Others Not Affected Graves said he knew of no un- usual outbreaks at other state in- there were a cases al the kee slate hospital when he Lit II i I 1 -t i i ju v v 1.11C total The properly in- gathering firearms the Reluctant difficulty Friday 1 This is the last day to pay your state income tax without penalty 2 Boy Scout paper drive in Cedar Rapids tomorrow Have paper securely wrapped and on parking before 8 3 The time of the musical festival at the coliseum tonight is not 8 o'clock as printed on your ticket due the reluctance of Cornell arid Milner to have the woman do so They asked that a Linn county go to Sioux Cily to do the checking be- cause Mrs Rogers health would not allow her to travel During the course of Friday morning's conference A O stad of the Iowa Title and Ab- stract Company was called in pre- in connection with erty being offered for the bond the the bution of illegal leaflets PRESSROOM FIRE LOS ANGELES fire Thursday night in the plant of the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express caused damage to two presses that may run as high as A hospital breakdown showed three of the 51 inmates who died since 1 were between 40 and 50 years old one between 50 and between 60 and 70 20 be- tween 70 and 80 16 between 80 and 90 and one over 90 The death rate at the hospital ordinarily runs somewhat higher than 11 per month Burma said In Des Moines Beardsley said he was glad to learn that the board of control was doing thing possible in the situation MASKED BANDITS masked up two west side CHICAGO bandits held parcel delivery companies day and drove away with two trucks loaded with women's ing valued at Eight and employes of the two firms were forced to lie on the floor for 30 minutes while the gunmen loaded the trucks dedicated me control the world has broken magazine said is clear virtually every agreement it has made with this country The Russian government he said is not really Communist but totalitarian like Hitler's Germany and Franco's Spain Asserting he had driven Com- munist sympathizers out by institution of the 1947 loyalty program he said cans such as cal purposes have been trying to stir up a Communist issue to seize control of congress in 1950 Having lost out on the welfare state and statism issues in New York he went on they are now trying to ride a dead horse called isolationism being perfectly willing to sabotage the bipartisan foreign policy in the hope of winning an election Praises Acheson that the AEC did not object to facts in the article but to Dr Bethe's stating them The commission has directed all persons now or formerly em- ployed by it to refrain from lic discussion of matters The energy alt gives the commission wide powers to de- clare atomic secret Auto Accidents Kill in Two Months CHICAGO AP were persons killed in automobile accidents in the first two months of 1950 an increase of six percent over the same period last year The toll included in ruary a jump of nine percent over February 1949 The Safety permitted more travel this year The President in one of his rare more accidents vacation press conferences camel sharply to the defense of Dean Acheson whom he described as one of the country's greatest of- state Just as sharply he defended Philip C Jessup special assistant and adviser to Acheson and Owen blocked Mr Truman's effort appoint his old friend Mon C Wallgren to the resources board chairmanship a former St Louis executive will get a pay cut of a year in his new job from the now paid taries of the air force army and navy The President declined to reply to questions as tp whether as K Finletter former ECA chief in London will succeed ton as air force secretary Pace from Arkansas will ceed Gordon Gray jr who will become president of the sity of North tember Carolina in Sep- The Pace had never held a government job when he was discharged from the air force as a major in 1946 He served briefly as special assistant to the U S attorney general then as executive assistant to the general before becoming budget Frederick J Lawton 49 who succeeds Pace as director of the budget has been in government service for 30 years Both State And Defense Rest Cases Jury To Be Segregated When Final Arguments Starr Monday BULLETIN Introduction of completed Friday noon In the murder trial of Robert sek Both the and state rested when court vened at 2 p.m Judge James P Gaffney excused the jury until Monday at At that time the judge told the eight men and four women the Jury will go Into segregation until it returns Its verdict ar- will begin Monday morning By Loyal Meek Stiff Writer IOWA state day Robert story that garet Ann Jackson fainted after he playfully placed his hands on her throat With expert rebuttal witnesses a con- from East Lansing Mich the state moved to block a sible defense contention that Miss Jackson had hypersensitive nerve centers in her neck Bednasek Thursday testified lie playfully placed his hands on her throat that Gee-Gee got a very surprised and strange that she threw up her arms to break his hold lie danced with her a moment gasped staggered and fell hitting her face or neck on chair back These were the taken by the state after the de- fense finished with its and last witness at 1 Called Dr der the East Lansing legal consultant who termed the account of death an Bednasek gave it extremely unlikely 2 Recalled Bednasek to the stand for further nation He was asked If he and playfully put their hands on each other's many times before the last timo on II Bednasek said they had 3 Called Dr H M Corns Iowa City who testified that less than one percent of a group of persons is likely to have hypersensitive nerve centers In the neck Dr Snyder the expert from Michigan was vigorously examined by Defense Attorney Glair Hamilton Hamilton asked Snyder what his fee would be First he said he had Questions and answers on testimony may be found on page 15 former ment associate state Mrs Rogers has posted property with the clerk of Woodbury county court He has appraised the property and ruled it worth But Court Clerk Axmear has said here that 1 am going to be satisfied that this is the first and only her property arid that the property is worth Loss of I In Fire at Camp Hood Texas AP dollars of war materiel burned Thursday as billowing flames consumed two gigantic North Camp Hood Guns bedding and crate On crate of other quartermaster goods were lost as fire leveled the two Buildings each about two- city blocks Officials said the loss might run as low as or as high as There no in j Three Republican Senators Strike Back at President WASHINGTON AP Three Republican senators back angrily Friday at President man's assertion that their attacks are sabotaging American foreign policy and Kremlin Senator McCarthy sa id he Senator Wherry the floor leader who has criticized tary Acheson challenged the President to open the FBI and other loyalty files to a senate foreign relations subcommittee in- would be plead guilty to McCarthy's sabotaging th e administration's have influenced Far Eastern policies adding department foreign policies ho anv they couldn't be balling average is If someone can disrupt the plans for turning the rest of the East over to Russia it would be a good told reporters I wish somebody had sabotaged that policy earlier Senator Bridges bristled that the only thing he is trying to do is to sabotage sub- and security so that they will be thrown key posts in the government The New senator told the senate earlier in the week that a master spy must have crammed the state department security risks The best way to show who are of the Kremlin is to open t these files the duly con- senate committee and let the people decide who is ing subversives and verts in high places in Wherry told reporters President mighty bold in accusing others After he has put the loyalty files under lock and key he cries thief The President has balked at subcommittee see the files but has directed the civil service loyalty appeal board headed by Republican Seth ardson to review M c C a r t And he had words of praise for Republicans such as Senators Vandenberg of Michigan and Saltsonstall of Massachusetts and former Secretary of War Henry L Stimson He promised also that he is considering naming an ing Republican to succeed Jessup as and on a world policy scale He said he asked Acheson to consult with Vandenberg and other a choice Mr Truman also declared he did nof have slightest belief that United States defenses have fallen below the safety point is General has contended Fundamentally he said he and Eisenhower agreement on and not blame a military man in striving military perfection Truman Special Privilege Practices Assailed by Talle Today's A politician said to Horace Greeley one I am a self-made man That replied relieves of a rible responsibility By Dillon Graham WASHINGTON AP Rep Henry O Talle told the house Friday President man is the all-time of special privilege The Second district from Decorah Has any ad- ministration in our political tory been so clothed with The 11 em an from Missouri has put new ing into the very special lege Talle made in prep ar ed speech ing Democrats for not paying eral admission taxes on their Jackson day here some weeks ago He The bureau of internal enue must have tongue In cheek after from taxation the festival held in honor of Jefferson and Jackson This U the same bureau that assessed a 20 percent tax on each fl admission the Lincoln day box supper held by the Re- publicans Both of these functions were political in nature both included professional entertainment re- and political speeches The Democrats enriched their party coffers by more than half million dollars without paying one cent of taxes The cans on the other hand paid a 20 percent tax on their admission and contributed all of the profit to charity Talle said he doubted that in the history of our republic there is a like example of political favoritism in taxation But this is only one aspect Mr Truman and his group have re- all attempts made by the Republicans in congress to en the tax burden upon our ple They the so-called Fair ers not object to taxes on baby lotions wedding rings cases telegrams railroad tickets and a thousand other items of every day they refuse to pay an admission tax on their lavish feasts Is this equality un- der the law? Is it Or is it a display of corrupt Talle said the lax crats dinner would have ed to no idea what it would be but later told the jury I will charge at least and expenses When asked who employed Dr Snyder replied The tor County Attorney Jack C White On direct examination Dr Snyder was asked by Special Prosecutor Edward F Rate if ha thought the finger nail marks underneath Miss Jackson's jaw could have been caused by the hands of the deceased I think it is extremely un- likely that they could have been caused by the hands of the Dr Snyder said He said he had never observed puncture wounds caused by the hands of the victim Asked by Rale whether Misi Jackson's injuries were probably caused by a fall across the of a chair Dr Snydor I hink that it is extremely unlikely these injuries were caused by falling and striking the back of a chair Dr Snyder author of a book Homicide Investigation said that when people faint their Continued on Page 8 Col 3 Today's Index Comics 23 g Crossword 13 Daily Record g Deaths g Editorial Features 6 Farm 24 7 Inez Robb 10 Marion 14 Movies 14 Talk t 28 Sports State 18 Want Ads Women's Features 20 21
