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Caudle, Connelly " To Seek Reversal 01 Convictions St. Louis, Mo. U.R Attor neys for T. Lamar Caudle and Matthew J. Connelly said today they will demand a new trial to reverse their conviction oh charges of defrauding the gov ernment while holding top posi tions in the Truman administra tion. The attorneys also said they will ask for a judgment of ac quittal, despite a jury of rural Missourians' verdict Thursday that Caudle and Connelly con spired to "fix" a tax evader's case. Charges Uphald The toderal jury of four wom en and eight men upheld the government's charges against Caudle, head of the Justice De partment's tax division in the Truman administration, and Con nelly, former President Truman's White House appointments sec retary. They were accused of conspir ing with Attorney Harry I. Schwimmer and "divers other persons unknown" to "fix" the tax evasion case of St. Louis shoe broker, Irving Sachs. Schwimmer was granted a mistrial earlier after he suffered a heart seizure in the court room. He was named with the other two defendants in the fed eral grand jury's indictment. Federal Judge Rubey M. Hulen set July 19 for both sentencing and for arguments on defense motions. Judge Hulen already has under consideration a mo tion for a judgment of acquittal, on which he withheld action pending the jury's decision. Government attorneys said they would bring Schwimmer to trial as quickly as his health per mits. Both men face penalties of up to five years in prison and fines of $10,000 each. Connelly Conviction May Provide Boost for Stevenson Nomination Friday June 15, 19S MEDTORD (OHKOOW) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington . (U.R) The Missouri jury which convicted Matthew J. Connelly on charges o of conspirator- Itz 1 lai l n 1 1 uence peaaiing may have given Ad lai E. Steven son a boost to il ward the Demo- 'A cratic p r e s 1- dential nomi nation. Connelly was Ltic c iviiwo iormer presi dent Trumans White House ap pointments secretary, his closest official associate barring, per haps, Maj. Gen. Harry S. Vaughn. He started with Mr. Truman as a Senate committee investigator, rose to be his sec retary and continued in that in timate relationship through his chief's vice presidency and presi dency. With T. Lamar Caudle, Con nelly was convicted in federal court of conspiring to defraud the government in an income tax case. Caudle was a Truman admini stration chief of the Justice De partment's tax division. Just how the gentle Caudle happen ed to be chosen for that spot with its requirement for tough-minded decisions remains one of the questions which never has been answered fully. Will Aid GOP Connelly and Caudle will ap peal, of course, or take other legal action. The conviction of these two high ranking Truman administration officials on such charges in a campaign year, how ever, scarcely can fail to aid the Republicans in their effort to win the White House and new Congress. The effect on the Democratic party may depend very much on Mr. Truman's reaction to the jury's findings. Loyalty has been among Mr. Truman's most not able virtues, so much so that some persons have thought he might be carrying his loyalties to a fault. It apparently was party loyalty, for example, which caused Mr. Truman to try to laugh off the early exposure of Alger Hiss. There could be no suggestion that Mr. Truman was aware or even suspected that his White House friend was a crook, as the jury found him to be, sub ject, of course, to further legal review. But Connelly was Mr. Truman's man, a fair example of his skill in picking men. On this eve of the Democratic national convention, that may be of considerable political signifi- i cance. The United Press Thurs-, day reported under a Washing ton dateline the belief among ' some well-informed persons that ; Mr. Truman was maneuvering, to prevent Stevenson's nomina- tion next August in Chicago. HST's man is widely reported to be Gov. Averell Hajriman, of New York, a 100 per cent Fair Dealer. The closer Mr. Truman is associated with the 1 1956 Democratic - presidential cam paign ,the more effective should be the Republican attack on the man and the party which put Connelly and Caudle in respon- i sible office. ! Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington Dr. Bella Dodd, former Communist party leader, j on the dangers of Communism as she sees them: "People known to me as Communists are mounting to import-! ant policy positions in industrial, governmental and academic fields." Hollywood Two-ton Tony Galento, ex-priiefighter and saloon keeper, on announcing he will become a full-time actor: - "I was always an actor in the boxing game, and since I quit the ring I learnt a lotta woids, I ain't no dummy no more." St. Louis T. Lamar Caudle, former Truman adihistration offi cial, on his conviction on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States in the handling of a tax case: I "My conscience is so clear and so open I can face my God, my j sweet children and my friends. I have no apologies for anything I have done." Washington Treror Gardner, former Air Force research chief, on why he disagrees with administration defense policies: "There are things we have to do, we must do regardless of the cost. We cannot afford to lose time in a really critical race. You have to buy time with money." Columbus, Ohio Dr. Charles A. Doan, who injected live can cer cells into -the bodies of 14 Ohio penitentiary inmates, on dan gers that the "human guinea pigs" may encounter: "We don't think that we are endangering the lives of these men." Southern Congressmen Take Dim View of Democratic Walkout Plan Washington (U.R) South erners in Congress generally took an apathetic, wary, or hos tile attitude today toward a South Carolina plan .which could trigger a southern Demo cratic walkout from the national party. This proposal originated in the South Carolina Democratic con vention and came to southern members of Congress this week in a letter from Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr. It called for a caucus of south ern national convention dele gates to agree on a program of united action on issues, such as racial segregation, of deep con cern to the South. It also pro posed that southern state con ventions keep a door open to permit reconvening of southern delegates after the national con vention. Want Greater Influence Timmerman and Sen. Thomas A. Wofford (D-S.C.) both insist ed that the plan was not aimed at formation of a third party in the South but rather at avoid ing any such move. They said southern unity would give the South greater influence at the national convention. Sen. W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C), who called the proposal "Dixi- crat sugarcoating" earlier this week, commented Thursday that it was "mighty good news" that Timmerman and Wofford intend ed to remain in the Democratic party. Most southerners In Congress appeared to feel that the pro posal would increase the likeli hood of a party split. Chofiner SeWks Suit lor Libel Beverly Hills. Calif. U.R) Attorney Murray M. Chotiner has settled a $1 million libel suit against a magazine which in its March, 1956, issued called him "Nixon's secret link to the un derworld." Noted criminal lawyer Jerry Giesler disclosed Thursday night that under the terms of the set tlement the "behind the scene" magazine is running a retrac tion and apology in its Septem ber issue which will be on the newsstands June 25. Chotiner, 1952 campaign manager of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, filed the suit against the maga zine, J. B. Publishing Corp., and 14 other defendants. Giesler said -a sum of money is being paid Chotiner by the defendants to cover counsel fees and other costs. He said an affi davit also is being furnished from the publisher. J. B. Musac chia, disclosing the complete sources of the article which ap peared in the issue. Some of them suggested that a prs-convention caucus of south ern delegates would tend to harden the southern position, leaving less room for maneuver and compromise on the civil rights issue. It might invite simi lar caucuses forcing northern Democrats into a no-compromise position. Members of Congress also saw no purpose in reconvened state conventions except to threaten a third party if the presidential nominee or Democratic platform should be offensive to the South. Don't Want plan Southern leaders in Congress were in no mood to buy the plan. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson only last month won control of the 56-vote Texas delegation in a battle to insure that Texas Democrats will stick with the national party. Other powerful southerners have made clear that they do not want to start an internal party fight now. Some of them, how ever, have not ruled out the possibility that the Democrats can lose part of the South in the November election to a third party nominee or to President Eisenhower. In 1948, a fight over the civil rights plank of the Democratic platform led to formation of a states' rights party in the South. It cost President Truman the electoral votes of South Caro lina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. 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