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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednosdar, July 13. 1955 Mrs. Kreitzer Turns To Prayer; Accepts $32,000 on TV Program New York U.R) Mrs. Ca therine E. Kreitzer turned to prayer for guidance on whether to keep $32,000 won answering Bible questions on a television quiz, or risk losing it in trying Cross-Examination Of Harry Bridges Continues in Court San Francisco U.R Harry Bridges was to take the stand for more cross-examination to day as the government presses its fourth attempt to have the fiery left-wing labor leader stripped of his United States citi zenship. " Bridges, Australian born presi dent of the International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, is charged with falsely denying ever being affiliated with the Communist Party when he was granted U.S. citizenship. The 54-year-old labor leader has steadfastly denied having any connection with the Com munist Party, although he made no secret that he had met with known Communists in his union work. Not Improper U.S. Atty. Lynn J. Gillard drew a blast from Bridges yes terday when he asked the labor leader a number of questions about these meetings with Communists. Bridges shouted that immi gration officials told him it was not improper "to talk with Communists." . "It appears now that they were kidding me," Bridges said bitterly. "I don't care, I am going to talk with whom I please." Earlier Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman made it quite clear - that Bridges' activities ' since 1945 had nothing to do with the present case. The ILWU chief was grantetf his citizenship in 1945. Makes Views' Known Goodman made his' views known when government and defense attorneys tangled over whether Bridges' activities since that time were an issue in the case. .; Gillard argued that the de fense was wasting time by pre senting testimony covering the years after 1945, but Telford Taylor, chief defense counsel, in sisted that government wit nesses had linked his client to the Communists during that period and Bridges had a right to refute the charge. "I'll find against the govern ment right now," Goodman said, cutting off the debate. "I will assume for the purposes of de termining this case that Bridges rcc guou American citi zen since 1945." to double it on a final question. "I prayed for guidance twice, a few days ago," she said, "and the answer seemed to me to be take the $32,000 and quit." Tuesday night she did just that. Early today she drove with her husband, James, 55, a car penter, to their farm home in Possum Hollow, near Harrisburg, Pa. James Kreitzer had the check for $32,000- in his inside coat pocket, and it will be deposited- in the Lemoyne, Pa., Trust Co. Mrs. Kreitzer, 54, a grandmo ther who became nationally fa- CATHERINE KREITZER Follows Prayer Guidance Central Point I00F Lodge To Install Central Point Officers of Central Point IOOF Lodge 192 will be installed Monday, July 18 at 8 p.m. in the Oddfellows hall over the Alexander hard ware jtore, corner of Third and Pine sts. - District Deputy Grand Master Harry Smith and staff from Gold Hill IOOF lodge will be the in stalling officers. Those to be in stalled include Neil Glenn, noble grand, with -Forest -Thomason and Frank Genn as supporters; Elwood Robinson, vice-grand, with Gerald Kime and Marshal Wideman as supporters; A. C. Smith, recording secretary; Har old Wilson, financial secretary; C. J. Thomason, treasurer; Clark McDowell, chaplain; Francis Marshal, warden; Andrew Glenn, conductor; Al Troutman, inside guardian, and Vera Kyte, outside guardian. Refreshments will be served and all visiting Oddfellows are welcome. mous in answering questions on the CBS show "The $64,000 Question," had won the largest cash prize in radio-television his tory, according to the network. . What will- she do with the money? "Put it away against the time my husband and I aren't able to work," she said. "We aren't going out on any wild spending spree. We've never lived that way and we don't intend to start now." ' Mrs. Kreitzer, who is some thing of a Pennsylvania pixie in her own 'way, stood the tele vision audience on its ear for about three seconds when she made it appear she would plunge for the $64,000. . ' She had said before the pro gram that 'she was having "a lotta fun." When Master of Cer emonies Hal March asked her if .she had made up her mind whether to go for $64,000, she said, "I have, sir." He asked the decision. Mrs. Kreitzer looked pleased. People had been pestering her by phone for a week, from as far as Los Angeles (she even got mail from Formosa), about what she was going to do. Now it was her turn to drag out her answer. She rocked back on her heels. "Well," she said, "when I went on the show I was very confident." - She said she had been confi dent on the $8,000 question, the $16,000 question, the $32,000 question and she detailed the answers she had given and then she said: Audience Yells Wowr "And I'm confident, that I can answer the $64,000 question. "Wow!" jelled the studio .aud ience, and broke into wild ap plause. Mrs. Kreitzer let them finish, and then added: "But I am bal ancing this confidence with a quotation, from Ephesians 4:5, which is, "Let your moderation be known unto all men.' "So ... I'm going to let my moderation be known and ac cept the $32,000." The whole speech was carried off with a showman's timing. Ed Sullivan lost no time in call ing her after the show to appear on his TV variety show next Sunday. She said she thought she'd accept. Mrs. Kreitzer in declining to go further made a Bible error. Her quotation was from Philip pians 4:5, not Ephesians. She corrected herself backstage aft er the show. When reporters asked when she had decided to take $32,000, she sighed and said: I'll tell you, I had my mind made up a couple of days ago, fellows." She said she expected to pay about $12,000 in federal taxes. According to accountants that will be about right for a joint return with her .'husband. 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