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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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