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Kaiser Charges Eaton
Tried to Force Him to
Cancel Sale of Stock
ly th« Associated Press
Henry J. Kaiser contended yes
teraay that Cyrus Eaton, Cleveland
financier, "threatened and threat
ened and threatened" in an effort to
cancel an agreement to sell Kaiser
Fraber stock.
The wartime shipbuilder was a
witness before the Securities and
Exchange Commission investigation
into the collapse, February 9, of a
banking contract to issue common
stock of the motor company Mr.
Kaiser now heads as board chair
map.
Two banking firms withdrew from
a contract to sell 900,000 shares pub
licly at $13 a share. They are Otis
& Co. of Cleveland, headed by Mr.
Eaton, and the First California Co.
of San Francisco. Mr. Eaton and
other representatives of the bank
ing firms are due to be heard later.
Says Eaton Advised Move.
Mr. Kaiser said his motor com
pany—on Mr. Eaton’s advice—tried
to stabilize the Kaiser-Frazer stock
on the New York Curb Exchange at
$13.50 a share on February 3. The
company bought 186,000 shares at a
cost of around $2,500,000.
Mr. Kaiser testified the company
had to increase its purchases on that
dav from an originally agreed-on
amount of 15,000 shares because
some one was ‘ throwing the shares
at us.’’
The next day, he said, Mr. Eaton
visited him in his New York office
and told him the underwriting
agreement could not be carried out.
Mr. Kaiser continued: “Eaton de
manded we relieve him of his con
tract. We said we could not do so.
We had spent a great deal of money
on his recommendation. He became
very angry. He got red in the face.
“He said, ‘I warn you all hell will
break loose and the stock will be
driven down to $5.' He said there
would be public investigations—that
the SEC would put in a stop order
and we would be in all kinds of hot
water.
“He threatened and threatened
and threatened.” ^
“I said I would lose every dollar I
had in the world rather than break
a contract,” Mr. Kaiser went on.
"Then Eaton walked out. He was
alone.^
Joseph W. Frazer, president of
Kaiser-Frazer, said there had been
a "love feast” between the Kaiser
interests and the bankers when the
contract for sale of the stock was
signed.
Otis Firm Asks Investigation.
“I thought the thing was in the
bag and was quite delighted,” he
added.
Later, when the deal fell through,
he said, he talked with H. T. Birr,
president of the First California Co.
The witness said Mr. Birr told
him "there must be some skull
duggery” and that it would be
necessary to "get some flat-foots.”
Frazer did not explain this testi
mony.
Otis & Co., got in the first punch
yesterday with a motion asking the
SEC to broaden its inquiry. The
banking firm wanted a determi
nation whether < a) there was
false and misleading information”
in Kaiser-Frazer's registration
statement on the stock issue, and
ib) there was “manipulation of the
market by Kaiser-Frazer.”
Father of 12 Sent to Jail
For Threats to Family
A 32-year-old father of 12 today Is
in jail for threatening his wife and
children.
The testimony of the mother,
Mrs. Mary Hough. 34, colored, led
to the conviction of her husband,
Ward, in a trial before Judge Ellen
K. Raedy, who imposed a 30-day
sentence as an alternative to his
posting a $300 peace bond.
Mrs. Hough, joined by one of her
six daughters, Betty, 11, told the
court that Hough, on his last pay
day, April 5, svas drunk when he
reached their home in the 4900
block of C street S.E.
“He waved a small knife at me
and said he would take care of me,
then cut off the children's heads,”
Mrs. Hough declared. Betty added
her father actually “slammed” one
of her brothers to the floor. She
said he "always does things like
that” when he's drunk.
Hough denied everything, except
that he had had "two beers" before
coming home that night.
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California Jackson Day Dinner
Cheers Eisenhower's Name
iy fh» Aiioeiatad Frtii
LOS ANGELES, April 13—The
name of Gen. Eisenhower had polit
ical tongues wagging among Cali
fornia Democrats today.
A letter the general sent express
ing regrets at inability to attend
last night’s Jackson Day dinner
brought cheers when it was read by
State Chairman James Roosevelt,
who failed to mention President
Truman by name.
Senator Pepper of Florida told
the gathering of nearly 1,200 that:
"I don't know who will be our
candidate in November. It may be
President Truman or it may be
Eisenhower or some one else, but
the thing is that principle is far
more important than personality.”
Mr. Roosevelt, amid evening-long
tributes to his father, the late Pres
ident Roosevelt, on the third anni
versary of the President’s death,
obliquely complimented Gen. Eisen
hower when he said:
“A great party worthy of election
will find such leaders on all political
levels from the precinct to the pres
idency. A lieutenant colonel of 1938
became the supreme Allied com
mander in 1943 by exactly that
process.
"I say to you with all the earnest
ness I have, that equal determi
nation to select the best will win
the peace and, incidentally, vic
tory for the Democratic Party.”
James Roosevelt’s mother, Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, cabled a mes
sage to him from London where
yesterday a statue of President
Roosevelt was unveiled. She said
”1 send you my best wishes and I
hope the Democrats of California
will live up to the highest ideals of
democracy.”
National Chairman J. Howard
McGrath spoke strongly for Presi
dent Truman, declaring that the
President has been attacked, as
was Mr. Roosevelt, “because they
were and are symbols of the liberal
progressive policies of the Demo
cratic Party.” he added:
3 Czech Leaders Arrive
Here, Say Communists
Are Worse Than Nazis
By th* Associated Press
Three refugee Czech leaders
reached Washington yesterday and
reported that the Communist op
pression in Czechoslovakia is "worse
than under the Nazis.”
The three included Dr. Joseph
Lettrich, president of the Slovak
Council and the Slovak Democratic
Party. They flew here from Eng
land, where they had fled after
escaping a Communist guard in
their homeland.
The others are Dr. Jan Ambrus,
a general in the Slovak air force
and a member of the Slovak Coun
cil, and Dr. Lettrich’s brother, Ju
lius Lettrich, an army captain.
The future of Czechoslovakia, Dr.
Lettrich told reporters, "depends on
the governments of your democrat
ic nations.”
All three refused to tell how
their flight was managed.
3,500 Czechs Have Fled.
• They estimated that 3,500 Czechs
have fled the country, including 22
members of Parliament and the
secretaries-general of four of the
non-Communist political parties.
These are the Social Nationalists,
the People's Party, the Slovak Dem
ocratic Party and the Social Dem
ocrats. The latter have since
merged with the Communists.
Dr. Lettrich said it is impossible
to say whether a government in
exile would be formed.
“Our first goal now is to help our
people who have escaped,” he added.
The three agreed the reason for
the death plunge of former Premier
Jan Masaryk was “Communist op
pression.”
No Other Way Out.
There was no other way for him
to be faithful to his democratic
principles,” Dr. Ambrus added.
The Lettrichs plan to continue to
Chicago to the home of their sister,
Mrs. Anna Sharova. Dr. Ambrus
plans to go to New York, but all
hoped to confer here first with for
mer Czech Ambassador Juraj Slavik,
"Reactionaries still hate Roose
velt. They hate Truman just as
much. So do the Communists.
Thus we see the far right and the
extreme left united in a GOP-Wal
nace line which follows in effect
the same pattern of appeasement
for Russia, whether it is the ap
peasement of abject weakness or
the appeasement of wilful isola
tion.”
Senator McGrath said Mr. Tru
man in his recent address to Con
gress "outlined the goals of decent
liberal America: he offered a prac
tical, orderly program for reaching
those goals.”
When Senator McGrath said he
believed Mr. Truman was trying to
perform his duties "as he thinks
Pranklin Delano Roosevelt from
above is calling for him to perform
them,” then asked, "Can you ask
foi anything more,” some listeners
shouted "yes.”
“You can bring that about if you
think you are serving your country
by so doing; you are Democrats,”
Senator McGrath retorted.
John B. Elliott* Los Angeles party
leader, quipped: "These walls might
well be Inscribed by the sign in the
old Western saloon: ’Don't shoot the
piano player; he’s doing his best.' ”
The text of Gen. Eisenhower's let
ter to James Roosevelt, dated March
29, was: "I sincerely regret that cir
cumstances make it impossible for
me to accept your cordial invitation
to address guests at the annual
Jackson Day dinner in California
April 12, for I know Mrs. Eisen
hower and I would greatly enjoy
the trip.
"However, we nave long planned
on an uninterrupted period of rest
and relaxation before moving to
New York, and we expect to be on
vacation throughout the greater
part of April. Thank you very much
for thinking about me. I realize
this reply may be disappointing, but
I am left with no alternative. With
best wishes to all, sincerely, Dwight
D. Eisenhower.”
who resigned after the Communist
coup.
Their Pan American plane came
to Washington after bad weather
blocked a scheduled landing at
New York City.
Czech Election Delayed
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, April
13 (JP).—'The Prague radio announced
today that Czechoslovakia’s single
ticket election will be held May 30
instead of May 23. The cabinet
decision this morning was taken at
the suggestion of Premier Klement
Gottwald, the radio said.
Kharaifi Ram Samras
Funeral Tomorrow;
Federal Historian
Funeral services for Kharaltl
Ram Samras, 43, State Department
historian who died early Sunday at
the Naval Medical Center after an
illness of two weeks, will be held
at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Cham
bers Funeral Home, 1400 Chapin
street N.W.
Mr. Samras Joined the State De
partment in August, 1944, and had
worked in the foreign relations
branch of the Division of Historical
Policy Research since that time.
Born in Manko, in the province
of Punjab, India, Mr. Samras came
to America in 1923. He worked with
the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit be
fore entering the State College at
Fresno, Calif., from which he was
graduated in 1930. He had attended
a government high school in India.
Studied Hindu-German Actlvitiea.
Mr. Samras subsequently received
a master's degree and degrees of
Doctor in Philosophy at the Uni
versity of California, which he left
in 1934 to do historical research on
secret Hindu-German activities of
World War I, with the Works Prog
ress Administration.
From 1934 to 1941, Mr. Samras
lectured extensively and was said
to have had some writings published
on Hindu philosophy.
He entered the Army in 1941 and
served in domestic military intelli
gence until 1943. He was discharged
with the rank of sergeant. Mr.
Samras became a naturalized citi
zen during his Army service.
Served With FCC.
In 1943, Mr. Samras came to
Washington as a monitor and
analyst of Indian broadcasts with
the Federal Communications Com
mission.
He and Mrs. Samras, the Amer
ican-born former Evelyn Kluge,
whom he married in 1944, made
their home here at 1303 Saratoga
avenue N.E. Mrs. Kluge was an in
structor in District nursery schools
here before her marriage. The cou
ple had two children, Susan, 3, and
Rai, who was 1 year old yesterday.
In addition to his widow and
children, Mr. Samras is survived by
his father, two brothers and three
sisters, who are in India.
Mr. Samras’ ashes will be returned
to India after cremation tomorrow.
Stuhr to Address Dinner
Robert L. Stuhr, executive secre
ttfry of the Drake University (Des
Moines, Iowa) National Alumni As
sociation, will speak at a dinner at
6:30 pm. tomorrow of the Wash
ington Chapter of the association in
the Roger Smith Hotel.
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