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Weather Forecast
Cloudy and windy today, with showers:
high in low 60’s; colder tonight. Tomor
row, some cloudiness, windy and colder.
(Full report no Page A-2.)
Noon —55 6 pm-. 55 n p.m.__4B
2 p.m.__s7 8 p.m...53 12 p.m...47
4 p.m.—57 lo p.m.__49 1 a.m—4s
100th Year. No. 83.
New Tornadoes Threaten South;
208 Killed As Storms Spread
Havoc Across Six-State Region
Toll of Damage
Runs in Millions;
Debris Is Sifted
•y tht Associated frets
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Mar. 22.
The dark threat of new tornadoes
kept the Southeast on the alert
tonight as dazed and stricken
communities, recording a dreadful
toll of storm dead, found a meas
ure of relief on two counts.
Casualty figures revised by the
American Red Cross lowered the
Photographs of Tornado Scenes on Pages
A-4 and A-5.
RFC Terms 5 State Disaster Area,
Opening Way for Loans. Page A-4.
Truman Directs Foley to Make Storm
Damage Survey. Page A-4.
Lilt of Tornado Dead on Page A-5.
cost in human life of storms that
scourged a six-state area yesterday
and today to 208. An earlier count
neared 250.
President Truman ordered a
Federal survey of tornado damage
with a view of bringing relief to
those hurt and made homeless by
the storms and of providing Fed
eral funds to aid the heavily
damaged communities.
The President at his vacation
White House at Key West, Fla.,
kept in close touch with the flurry
of deadly tornadoes and floods
which also injured more than a
thousand and left other thou
sands. bewildered and homeless, j
Damage Estimate Impossible.
The Red Cross said it was im
possible to set a figure for the
damage done to widespread sec
tions of Arkansas, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Missouri and
Alabama.
Estimates, however, already had
overspread the multimillion-dollar
mark as quick umeeys were made
of leveled homes |md other struc
tures, damaged buildings and i
equipment, ravaged crops and the ]
loss of livestock. ]
While the latest death toll of M
208 brought § sharp revision '
downward of earlier counts, gome
rescue workers feared that addl- •
tional dead might be found amid i
wreckage and twisted debris. •
The possibility of additional 1
misery for the South came in a <
special bulletin issued by the i
Weather Bureau at Atlanta at
8:15 p.m. (EST). i
The bulletin noted that showers
and heavy thunderstorms were !
occurring in parts of Alabama and
Georgia, and added the ominous :
note: ‘There is a possibility of
some tornadoes developing tonight 1
in Georgia, extreme Eastern Ala- :
bama, and Western South Caro
lina.”
Floods Add to Hazards.
An earlier weather advisory is
sued at Washington carried the ;
threat that tornadoes might
plunge anew in Tennessee and •
Alabama and spill over in Ken- ;
tucky—already damaged by ram- ]
pant flood waters—Virginia and
West Virginia.
The latest addition to the
frightful list of the storm dead
eame from Alabama, where three
storms within a few hours late
.today killed four persons, demol
ished homes, and added to the
wretched group of the homeless.
The dead were reported at
Hartselle in the Northwestern
quarter of the State, and in the :
Winton community. Also hit in
(See TORNADO. Page A-5.)
Batista Loses Voice,
Runs Fever of 102
By Hit Associated Press
HAVANA, Mar. 22.—Fulgencio
Batista, head of Cuba’s new revo
lutionary government, has tem
porarily lost his voice due to a
heavy cold, lack of rest and too
much talking.
A friend said yesterday Gen.
Batista had a severe attack of
grippe, with a fever of 102. An in
dication that his condition was :
not improving came in an an
nouncement that a cabinet meet
ing originally set for yesterday,
and then for Monday, had been
postponed indefinitely.
i
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Complete Index, Page A-2
tadip-TV Programs, Pages C-8-9
Unions Seek Court Showdown
On U. S. Seizure of Railroads
Challenge Legality and Ask Impounding
Os Profits if Army Operation Is Upheld
By James Y. Newton
Three rail unions moved yes
terday for a full court showdown
on the Government’s authority to
seize the Nation’s railroads and its
methods of "token” operation of
: the carriers.
Seizure has been used as a de
- vice to prevent strike action and,
( supported by court injunctions, to
. end strikes once they are started.
, The Government seized the
. railroads in August, 1950, to pre
i vent a strike, and since then they
. have been under technical opera
. tion of the Army. Actually, how
. ever, the owners have continued
to operate the railroads for their
own profit.
„ The three unions—the Locomo
tive Engineers, Firemen and En
ginemen and the conductors—
asked the Federal District Court
in Cleveland to declare Govern
ment seizure illegal. The seizure
was made under a World War I
law designed to assure operation
of the railroads in wartime.
If the seizure is held to be legal,
Bolich to Face Quiz
In Closed Session of
Tax Probe Tomorrow
Ex-Official Expected to
Be Asked About How
Klein Case Was Handled
By Cecil Holland
Daniel A. Bolich, former as
sistant commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has been scheduled by
House investigators of tax scandals
for questioning in a closed ses
sion tomorrpw.
The House Ways and Means
subcommittee headed by Repre
sentative King, Democrat, of Cali
fornia, also listed a public hear
ing to continue its investigation
of the activities of Washington’s
mystery man Henry W. Grune
wald and others in the multi
million dollar tax case of Hyman
Harvey Klein, Baltimore whole
sale liquor dealer and importer.
Mr. Klein was called as the wit
ness for the hearing starting at
10 a.m. as the subcommittee
delved further into what some of
its members described as one of
the major phases of the group’s
year-long inquiry into corruption
and irregularities in the Govern
ment’s tax collecting system.
Members of the subcommittee
refused yesterday to comment on
Mr. Bolich’s scheduled appearance
in a closed session or on what
matters would be discussed with
him.
Faces Quiz on Klein Case.
From information obtained
from bureau sources, however, it
was indicated that Mr. Bolich
will be questioned about the
Klein case as well as other mat
ters. The inquiry into this case
thus far has involved Senator
Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire, and Wfiliam Power
Maloney, Mr. Grunewald’s attor
ney and a former special assist
ant in the Justice Department.
The Klein case at present in
volves a jeopardy assessment
against the Baltimore business
man said to total about $5 mil
lion in connection with liquor
dealings in the mid-1940’s and
foreign corporations set up in
Panama and Cuba.
Bureau officials confirmed in
dications in the subcommittee’s
testimony last week that fraud
charges were originally consid
ered against Mr. Klein. This
phase of the letter, it was learned,
was handled by the bureau’s in
telligence unit in New York when
that office was headed by Mr.
Bolich.
Originated In OPA.
The <?ase originated with the
war-time Office of Price Adminis
tration, bureau officials said, and
was taken over by Mr. Bolich’s
office.
Bureau officials also disclosed
that Mr. Bolich’s office closed out
the fraud case in March, 1948, and
turned the case over to the bu
reau’s technical staff, now known
as the appellate staff, for handling
as a civil matter.
The jeopardy assessment, de
signed to protect the Govern
ment’s tax claim, was placed
against Mr. Klein, it was said, in
September, 1948. The case is still
pending.
Last December, the subcom
mittee received testimony from
Charles Oliphant, former general
counsel of the bureau, that some
“bureau people” obtained the
jeopardy assessment after seeing
Mr. Klein purchase a ticket for
Bermuda.
Told of Intervention.,,
Mr. Oliphant also testified that
Senator Bridges and Mr. Grune
wald intervened with him in
efforts to have the assessment
lifted. Mr. Maloney told the sub
committee last week that he asked
(See REVENUE. Page A-4.)
Sunday Mas
the unions then ask the court to
impound all profits and income
received during the period of sei
zures.
Net profits of the railroads since
August 1950 were estimated by
union officials as more than $1.6
billion.
Part of this sum, the unions
said, should be used to compen
sate the rail workers “fairly and
justly” for service performed as
employes of the United States.
The remainder should be turned
over to the Federal Treasury.
Announcement of the several
court actions was made here by
the brotherhood chiefs.
The suits were in answer to the
Government’s request for a per
manent injunction against the
unions not to strike. Federal at
torneys on March 11 obtained a
restraining order in the Cleve
land court to end a strike of the
three unions against the New
York Central Railroad. A hear
ing on the request for an injunc
(See RAILROADS, Page A-4.)
Dulles Cutting His Ties
With Administration
For Role in Campaign
Acheson's Republican
Aide Wants Free Hand
To Criticize Policies
By John M. Hightower
(Associated Press foreign Affairs Writer.)
John Foster Dulles, top Repub
lican foreign affairs expert and
the man who put over the Jap
anese peace treaty for President
Truman, is cutting his ties with
the Truman administration this
week end.
Wjth the presidential campaign
heating up, Mr. Dulles reportedly
wants a completely free hand to
attack the administration’s foreign
policies, where he disagrees with
them, and to influence as far as
he can the shaping of Republican
Party proposals in this field.
He is an advocate of an ulti
matum policy toward Russia—of
warning the Kremlin that if it
starts any more Korea-type wars,
it will face conflict with the
United States.
Final Obstacle Cleared.
Mr. Dulles is understood to have
advised Mr. Truman and Secre
tary of State Acheson last week
of his decision to break off any
fixed official links with the ad
ministration. Senate approval on
Thursday of the Japanese peace
treaty, which the President is ex
pected to ratify formally this
week, cleared away the final ob
stacle to Mr. Dulles’ action.
An official announcement on
Mr. Dulles’ status, probably in the
form of an exchange of corre
spondence, is expected in the next
few days.
In the future Mr. Dulles will be
available to Secretary Acheson
and other officials for occasional
consultation and probably will be
in touch with the State Depart
ment about once a week.
Long Linked With Dewey.
In his own party, Mr. Dulles has
not yet declared for any candidate
for the nomination. He has long
been closely associated with New
York’s Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,
who is a supporter of Gen. Eisen
hower. Had Mr. Dewey been
q|ected President four or eight
years ago it was understood Mr.
Dulles would have become his
Secretary of State.
Mr. Dulles has been a key figure,
along with the late Senator Van
denburg, Republican of Michigan,
in bipartisan foreign policy de
velopment. About two years ago
he became closely associated with
Mr. Acheson as an adviser. In
September of 1950 Mr. Acheson,
under authority of the President,
assigned him to begin talks with
other countries on the Japanese
peace problem.
In January 1951 the President
formally designated Mr. Dulles
as ambassador to negotiate with
the Japanese and other Govern
ments on the treaty. Mr. Dulles
engineered, not only the peace
pact, but a series of related Pa
cific security treaties and the Jap
anese peace conference in Sep
tember 1951 at San Francisco
where Mr. Acheson and he defeat
ed every Russian move to wreck
the project.
No More Vienna Music Halls
VIENNA; Mar. 22 (iP).— Vienna,
once the home of light music,
today closed its last musical
comedy theater due to “lack of
public interest.” Classical oper
attas like Johann Strauss’
“Fledermaus” still will be per
formed in the government-oper
ated People’s Opera House.
WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 23, 1962—170 PAGES.
Truman Getting
U.S.SefforWar,
MacArthur Says
Sees Present Regime
Leading Nation to >
Communist State
By the Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss., Mar. 22.
Gen. MacArthur declared today
that the National administration
“is preparing us for a war in Eu
rope” after plunging the country,
unprepared, into the Korean con
flict.
He lashed the present leadership
and said it was “leading us toward
Toft Gambles in'Nebraska; Eisenhower
Forces Confident. Page A-12.
Symington to Oppose Pendargast Mon
in Missouri Senate Run. Page A-12.
a Communist state with as dread
ful certainty as though the lead
ers of the Kremlin themselves
were charting our course.”
The 71-year-old former Far
Eastern commander loosed his
most critical blast thus far at the
Truman administration as he ad
dressed a joint session of the Mis
sissippi Legislature from the steps
of the State capitol building.
Urges Recharting of Nation.
He called on the people to “re
chart the Nation’s course” under
constitutional . processes, appar
ently referring to the next Presi
dential election.
Gen. MacArthur, who is re
garded as supporting the presi
dential bid of Senator Taft, Re
publican, of Ohio, did not refer
to President Truman by name,
but pictured his administration
and policies as a path to the ruin
of the country.
The general arrived by plane
from New York two hours behind
schedule because the pilot had to
fly off course to miss the tomadic
weather centered over mid-
Southem States. 9
After a rough flight that made
a number of the general’s party
airsick, Gen. MacArthur was
paraded through the city and
then taken to the capitol for his
address. A scheduled luncheon at
the Governor’s mansion was post
poned until after the speech.
Crowd Applauds Generously.
A crowd of several thousand
spread over the capitol grounds
and applauded generously as the
general charged the administra
tion with implementing “the blue
prints of Marx and Lenin with
unerring accuracy” and give the
stark warning that, "unless the
American people stem the present
tide human liberty will inevitably
perish from our land.”
The speech struck a responsive
chord from this anti-Truman
States’ Rights stronghold.
The general also touched on the
off-shore tideland oil issue and on
the States’ Rights theme, saying:
“Os possibly most Immediate
concern to the South has been
the manner in which this Federal
autocracy has sought by the un
constitutional assumption of au
thority and power of inordinate
taxation to seize or suppress the
sovereign powers expressly re
served to the States.
Cites Recent Incidents.
“Efforts to sequester their tide
land resources or to regulate their
purely social problems are among
the many recent incidents.”
Gen. MacArthur termed the Na
tion’s leadership “fundamentally
lacking in capacity and spirit to
chart a course which will bring
true and lasting peace.”
“Just as it plunged us unpre
pared Into the Korean war, it now
is preparing us for a war in Eu
rope. It tears down our structure
of constitutional liberty, it rears
the threat of converting us into
a military state,” Gen. MacArthur
said.
Margaret Truman Writes,
'I Like Ike’—For a Laugh
Margaret Truman joined the “I
Like Ike” ranks last night for a
laugh.
Appearing on Jimmy Durante’s
television show from Hollywood,
Picture on Page A-3.
Calif., Miss Truman went through
a mock quiz program in which she
was blindfolded, led to a black
board and told to mark in con
necting lines with some already
on the board.
The result came out like this:
"I Like Ike.”
Washington's Neglected Children
* "For 100 years or so, now, the District has been just about to
get around' to doing something drastic about its problem of insti
tutional child welfare. How ore things progressing? How, today,
does this city core for its juyenile wards—the homeless depend
ents, the delinquents ond the mental defectives? ..
In words ond pictures The Star's editorial section leader today
gives the answer to this question. It is a shocking onswer. It should,
however, be known to every Washingtonian—and to anyone, any
where, who cares about children in trouble. Read it, on Page C-1.
OH<sE£_OHGOSH! .\\V -gSsSI \ 1 I,|l | I
Nearby Maryland Area Pupils
Tested for Fluoride's Effects
U. S. Public Health Service Now Making
Long-Range Study of Its Value in Water
By James E. Roper
The United States Public Health
Service is quietly testing many
Prince Georges and Montgomery
County children to see how they
react to fluoridated water.
Most persons in th« two Mary
land counties have been getting
fluoridated water since December
27. After a flurry of public in
terest at that time, most citizens
have forgotten the issue. And
Public Health has moved into the
area to make long-range studies
that should yield unusual medical
and dental data.
The Washington Suburban Sani
tary Commission is adding sodium
silocofluoride to the water it sup
plies to about 300,000 persons in
Speeding Auto
Strikes Women
Killing One
A speeding auto plunged into
a group of five women on Eleventh
street SB. about midnight last
night, killed one instantly, criti
cally injured another and caused
minor injury to two.
All were colored employes of
th* Naval Gun Factory and had
just left their jobs and were cross
ing Eleventh at M street. Police
said they were standing at the
white center line, waiting for
traffic to pass when the car
struck.
The dead woman was Addle
Rdbertson, 33, of 612 Va N street!
N.W., who was dragged 99 feet
before her torn body was thrown
to the side, police said.
Critically injured was Grace
Williams, 27, of a Twentieth street
N.W. address. She was dragged
109 feet and was taken to Gal
linger Hospital with a leg fracture
and severe head injuries.
The other two injured were:
Mrs. Willie M. Steele, 29, of
2527 Twelfth street N.W., and
Miss Mamie H. Adams, 29, of 524
Kenyon street N.W., both of whom
were treated and released at Cas
ualty Hospital.
The fifth woman, Miss Mildred
Henderson, sister of the dead
woman, leaped aside before the
car struck the group.
The car pulled to the curbing,
stopped briefly and then drove on
across the Eleventh street bridge.
Agents Smash Big Still
Os 200-Gallon Output
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.. Mar.
22.—Revenue agents smashed a
monster moonshine whisky still
today near the Fort Knox mili
tary reservation.
They said the 800-gallon opera
tion, the biggest uncovered in
Kentucky in 18 years, was capable
of turning out 200 gallons of
whisky a day.
Joseph G. Yates of the Bureau
of Internal Revenue said the
agents found in a shack 3,000 gal
lons of sour mash, 265 gallons of
whisky, 4,000 pounds of sugar and
1,600 pounds at grain.
He said the operators were
evading about S3JOO in Federal
taxes each day they operated.
Louis A. Masterson. 35; his wife,
Mrs. Beatrice Masterson, 26. and
Fenton Scamahom, 40, were
arrested. - *'
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties.
This will help prevent tooth
decay among children who drink
the water for several years. The
Public Health Service is trying
to find out exactly how flourides
fight tooth decay, and how they
react in some other parts of the
body. Public Health authorities
; agree that flourides will not harm
the average person, but they want
more information to support their
conclusions.
For the first time, Public Health
is selecting individual children
whose teeth will be examined
annually for a number of years—
(See FLUORIDE, Page A-2.)
Mrs. Michaud Planned
$1.5 Million Robbery
At Reno, She Declares
Directed Whole Job to
'Help Needy People/ She
Tells Flagstaff Editor
By th« Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Mar. 22.
Mrs. Marie Jeanne D’Arc Mi
chaud, 36, said today she had
planned and made all arrange
ments for the $1.5 million rob
bery of the home of La Verre
Redfleld at Reno, Nev.
j Mri Michaud made her state
ment to Platt Cline, editor of the
Flagstaff Daily Sun, in an inter
view at the Coconino County jail
just before she started back to
Rena in custody of Sheriff J.
Perry Francis and Mrs. G. F.
Neuman, matron.
Ordered No Anns.
Mr. Cline said Mrs. Michaud, in
the presence of Mrs. Neuman and
sheriff’s deputies, told him she
| had made it clear that the men
were not to be armed and that
they were not to harm Mr. Red
field’s “friendly dog,” but to feed
the dog and “be nice to him.”
Mrs. Michaud also said she had
arranged to have no one in the
Redfleld mansion at the time jf
the robbery on February 29, so
as to be sure no one would be
hurt.
Wanted to “Help Needy."
“My parents taught me to be
generous and to help needy peo
ple,” Mrs. Michaud said. “I in
tended to use the money fee good
purposes.
“That old miser had a couple of
million dollars laying around the
house, besides many other mil
lions. I decided this money should
be placed In circulation.”
She said she had “personal
reasons for my desire for re
venge” against Mr. Redfleld, but
refused to go into details.
Mrs. Michaud said Mr. Red
field had shown her the safe
and that he used to take the
money out “and fondle it, saying,
‘it’s dll mine.’ ”
Refuses to Name Other*.
She refused to name any of her
accomplices or associates in the
robbery. She said she had given
about $36,000 of the loot to the
elderly handyman at the ranch
in Reno where she lived at times.
Hie handyman, Benton Henry
Robinson. 75. was arrested by i
Federal Bureau of Investigation i
agents. Tuesday, when they found i
$36,731 of the Redfleld loot hid
den in a pillowcase.
Mrs. Michaud was arrested by \
the FBI aboard a Chicago-bound ,
train here last Sunday. She had (
with her $50,000 in cash, jewelry
identified as part of the Redfleld '
loot. |
Held under a SIOO,OOO bond for <
transporting stolen goods across i
state lines, the woman swallowed i
an overdose of sleeping pills Sun- <
day night. Sheriff Francis said '
she attempted to commit suicide, i
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Key Officials Reported
Fearful of Steel Pay
Inflationary Effect
• Wilson and Aides Meet,
But Take No Action on
WSB's Proposals
By the Associated Press
Some highy-plaeed officials yes
’ terday were said to be alarmed
( over t,he possibility that wage
; board recommendations for settle
-1 ment Os the crucial steel wage
| dispute might injure the anti-ln
; flation program.
Defense Mobilizer Charles E.
Wilson. Economic Stabilizer Roger
1 L. Putnam and Price Director
) BUte Arnall met to consider the
1 recommendations-
Informed sources said some of
those at the meeting brought up
■ the idea of issuing a statement
■ questioning possible -inflationary
I aspects of the proposals by the
1 Wage Stabilization Board.
. Itbrad decided, however,, botasue
f no statement but to wait until
President Truman ;has had $
chance to study the board’s pro
| posals. . •
The wage board yesterday made
public the full text of the recom
mended settlement and a copy
was dispatched immediately to the
President at Key West, Fla.
Proposals Not Binding.
The WSB’s recommendations
. %rfe not binding on either the
. producers or the union.
[ The proposal calls for a three
. installment pay boost totaling
. 17 Va cents an hour for 650,000
; CIO steelworkers, other wage!
benefits which the board said
would amount to 5 cents an hour,
’ and the union shop, which would
compel workers to belong to the
’ union.
As soon as the recommendations
were announced, the. union post
• poned a strike threatened for
■ midnight tgnight.
Nathan P. Feinsinger, board
chairman, called the recommenda
-1 tions “in all respects fair and
' equitable and not unstabilizing.”
He said they are “well within
1 the board’s regulations and poli
; cies, supported by board action in
previous cases and moderate as to
! amount."
Disagreement on Cost.
One high stabilization official
; told a reporter the package pro
posal was the largest Government
recommended increase on record.
He noted that the cost of living
went down last month for the
first time since last summer but
that the proposals call for a 2Mi
cent increase for the steelworkers
in July and a similar boost next
January.
Industry members of the 18-
'Utnan board, who voted against
most of the recommendations sup
ported by the public-labor mem
ber majority, said they would have
a “major inflationary impact on
■the economy.”
They said the recommendations
went “beyond the amounts per
mitted by existing board regula
tions and policies.”
Major steel producers said the
proposed settlement would “com- 1
pletely wreck the Government’s
stabilization program.”
They estimated the total cost
of the package proposal, direct
and indirect, at about 60 cents for .
each employe-hour and said to
meet the’cost they would have to
increase the price of steel about i
sl2 a ton.
Mr. Feinsinger, using figures (
which he said were supplied by ;
the industry, put the direct labor (
costs at less than 25 cents per
employe-hour.
Bargaining to Start |
Separate bargaining, negotia- (
tions between the union and \
companies start this week in vari- ]
ous cities.
In Pittsburgh, John A. Stephens, i
vice president and chief negotia- \
tor for United States Steel Corp., *
wired Philip Murray, union presi- j
dent, that the company will begin j
negotiations Wednesday if it re
ceives official notification of ''the .
WSB’s recommendations by to
morrow.
An Associated Press Newspaper
Young Requests
Probers to Hear
Police Defense
Says Undercover Men
Should Be Quizzed on
Dope Bribe Stories
By John V. Horner
Commissioner John Russell
Young last night called on the
Senate District Crime Investigat
ing Committee to hear the story
of undercover agents and high
.ranking police officers before ac
l cepting the word of dope peddlers
that they bought police protection
with bribes.
In a letter to Chairman Neely,
Commissioner Young declared both
Text of Commissioner Young’s Statement.
Page A-13.
the crime committee and the pub
lic should get the testimony of
agents who “associated intimate
;ly” with the dope peddlers and
would “know whether there existed
improper relations” between the
racketeers and enforcement offi
cers. •
The proposals were a part of his
reply to recent criticism by the
crime committee chairman.
Fat Payoffs Charged,
i Commissioner Young was one of
| three leading officials and former
I officials castigated by Senator
Neely last week when the com*
1 mittee heard testimony charging
fat payoffs to Lt. H. H. Carper shd
Detective Sergt. William L. Taylor,
top men on the narcotic squad, by
two Washington dope rings. Both
policemen were suspended imme
diately.
In addition to Commissioner
Young. Senator Neely criticized
ex-Police Chief Robert J. Barrett
and former United States Attorney
George Morris Fay. The Senator
challenged them to explain how
they could have failed to detect
graft and asked why they had
l done nothing to clean up the sit
-1 uation.
| Commissioner Young has super
■ vision over the Metropolitan po
' lice. As Mr. Fay did Thursday, ha
defended his record in the reply
•to Senator Neely. Former Chief
’ Barrett, who was reported to b«
r out of town, has not replied.
Brewster Assails “Machine."
r In related developments yester
, day:
j* 1. Senator Brewster, Republican,
of Maine, described crime condi
[ tions in Washington as “the most
scandalous in the country” and
blamed the situation on the Dem
- ocratlc “machine.” He praised the
1 Neely subcommittee and said its
1 work should be followed up by a ■
■ Senate Commerce Committee In
quiry.
s 2. Senator Neely—who had not
' received Commissioner Young’e>
r letter—had more uncomplimen
s tary things to say about Mr. Fay.
3. United States Attorney
Charles M. Irelan said the special
i rackets grand jury would call ad
> ditional witnesses this week and
could be expected to return more
indictments within ten days. Last
. week the jury indicted 14 persons
i on narcotics charges. It named
, jno policemen.
| Three Witnesses Guarded.
4. Mr. Irelan confirmed reports
| that a continuous guard now haa
, been provided three of his wit
nesses to protect them against
bodily harm. The prosecutor would
not name the witnesses.
5. The United States Attorney
again proposed the appointment
of two or three special Investiga
tors, attached to his office. He said
he will request the Justice Depart
ment to make such appointments.
6. Commissioner F. Joseph Don
ohue said in his weekly radio
broadcast that the community
owes thaftks to the Neely com
mittee for its work and said ha
was sure the United States at
torney would bring to justice any
persons who have been faithless
to their obligations. He urged
the public not to lose confidence
in the rank and file of policemen.
Commissioner Young wrote Sen
ator Neely that he never has heard
even a hint of irregularity In the
police narcotics squad. On the
other hand, he said, the Washing
ton squad has been commended
for its work by the Federal Bu
reau of Narcotics.
Ready to Testify.
He said he is ready to testify
before the crime committee at
any time. He said he has in
structed Maj. Robert V. Murray,
the police chief; Inspector Robert
S. Bryant and Inspector Edgar E.
Scott, all of whom have super
vised the narcotics work, to be
prepared to appear with him and
that “they are anxious so to do."
Then he urged that the nar
cotic undercover men be called.
Mr. Young’s letter, which wae
made public by his attorney, Dan
iel B. Maher, came as the Neely
committee prepared for further
study of the dope situation. The
public hearings in Room 457 of
the Senate Office Building will be
resumed at 10 a.m. Tuesday and
will continue for two or three
days. They will be televised and
recorded for night radio broad
casts.
Neely Unimpressed.
The crime probers expect to ob
tain corroboration of the stories
that dope peddlers operated here
under the protection of bribed po
licemen.
From his home at Fairmont, W.
Va., Senator Neely declared he
was unimpressed by Mr. Fay’s
“self-serving declaration” in de
fense of his work as United States
Attorney.
“Mr. Fay’s letter is not im
pressive to me,” he commented.
(See CRIME, Page A-4.)