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Washington - fUPD - Charles
Van Doren made a "soul
searching confession" today,
all his TV quiz appearances
were rigged from beginning
to end.
The 33-year-old English in
structor who won fame and
$129,000 on the now defunct
show "21," made a clean
breast of his "deception" dur
ing 90 minutes of sometimes
emotional testimony before a
House subcommittee.
I Changing his previous story
of innocence because "1 could
Jio longer lie," Van Doren ad
mitted under oath that he
followed a script written in
advance and that he didn't
Jeven tell the truth to his
lawyer or a grand jury.
'Van Doren was dry - eyed
and somber as he read a pre
pared statement to the sub
committee but tears welled in
his eyes when he was ques
tioned by members.
Deeply Involved' ,
Van Doren, whose brow-
mopping gestures in the quiz
ghow's isolation booth were
known to millions of TV
viewers, said "I was involved,
deeply involved in a decep
tion."
"I have deceived my friends,
and I had millions of them,"
he added.
The quiz whiz said that
Producer Albert Freedman
supplied him with questions
and with some of the answers,
before each of his 14 appear
ances. He said that Freedman
and Co-Producer Dan Enright
were the only persons who
knew his appearances were
tehearsed. '
Van Doren said that he
asked Freedman to "let me go
on the program honestly,
without receiving help" but
was told "that was impossi
ble." . He said he was "deeply
troubled by the arrangement"
but as time went on the show
ballooned beyond his "wildest
expectations" and "to a cer
tain extent this went to my
head."
" He said that in his "folly"
he did not tell his attorney the
truth and. that his testimony
before a New York grand jury
was "not in accord with the
facts." ..
In response to subcommit
tee questions, Van Doren
testified that he:.
Has heard he probably will
be fired from his job as Eng
lish instructor at Columbia
University, although this de
cision hasn't yet been made
Realizes he faces possible
prosecution for perjury for
denying under oath to a New
York grand jury that he was
coached on the quiz show
"21." Van Doren,. who con
ferred last week with District
Attorney Frank Hogan, said
he had no understanding with
Hogan on this point.
r Still held a $50,000 contract
as TV commentator with NBC
when the hearing began, but
he doesn't know whether he's
still on the payroll. NBC sus
pended him, with pay, four
weeks ago until questions
raised by the Congressional
Admitted that "money" was
one of the reasons he par
ticipated in the quiz show
"deception," but insisted "that
was not the only reason."
Maurice T. Moore, chair
man of the Columbia Univer
sity Board of Trustees, said in
New York that Van Dor en's
resignation was not on the
agenda for a board meeting
set this afternoon.
"I just don't know whether
we will take it up or not," he
said.
Van Doren .was excused
after about 90 minutes on the
witness stand.
Van Doren Commended
Subcommittee Chairm a n
Oren Harris (D-Ark.) dismiss
ed him with a "God bless you.
The committee thanks you."
Harris and several other
members, commended Van
Doren for revealing "the
truth." Rep. Walter Rogers (D
Tex.) a former prosecutor
called it "The most soul
searching confession I've
heard in a long time."
Major Subjects
On Western Agenda
Washington - (UPD - U. S.
officials said today President
Eisenhower believes Berlin
and disarmament will be the
major subjects at the Paris
meeting of Western leaders
starting Dec. 19.
They acknowledged that the
United States and Britain
must convince German" Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer and
French President Charles de
Gaulle it is worthwhile get
ting ready for another round
on Berlin with Soviet Premier
N i k i t a Khrushchev at the
East-West summit next year.
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Lawyer To File
Chessman Appeal
Before High Court
Los Angeles -flJPD- Attorney
George Davis left here Sun
day night for Washington to
file an appeal today in the
lengthy case of convict-author
Caryl Chessman before the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Davis said the appeal would
raise 14 points, including that
the original record of Chess
man's 1948 trial was inade
quate and that Chessman's de
tention for the past HVz years
on San Quentin's Death Row
amounted to, "cruel and un
usual punishment."
The high tribunal recently
set aside Chessman's seventh
execution date to allow Davis
time to file the latest appeal,
A. L. Wirin, counsel for the
Southern California branch of
the American Civil Liberties
Union, said his- organization
also would file a brief before
the court supporting Chess
man's appeal.
Davis said he also planned
to file a pauper's oath before
the Supreme Court to show
that Chessman is "absolutely
broke."
Chessman, convicted of 17
felony counts including rob
bery, kidnaping and rape, has
written four books since his
commitment in Death Row.
But he claims to have spent
more than $75,000 in royalties
for legal fees.
Davis estimated it would
take at least about two
months for the Supreme
Court to make a ruling in the
case.
Versailles. France - (UPD -
Roger Bouvet, 29, confessed to
police today he had made up a
story about being roDDed or.
70,000 francs ($140) because
he was having financial argu
ments with his wife. The con
fession caused him double
pain. He had hit himself on
the head with a rock to make
the robbery look realistic.
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gives promise of being the
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year, says the Value Line in
vestment survey.
The boost in sales will come
partly from demand held over
from 1958-59, but it could also
borrow in part from 1961,
Value Line points out.
"Response to the showing
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it saw - and scrambled to
buy," it notes.
"While there is an old say
ing about not selling on strike
news, business cycle litera
ture points out that if indus
trial disputes are major, they
can take on the character of
an originating cause of a
cycle," says Joseph E. Gran
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Gersen of Wall Street says
the present steel strike could
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come, as automation becomes
more prevalent and fewer
workers will be required.
"The unions are aware of this
and that such a condition
means potentially fewer mem
bers. Thus," he points out,
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for position."
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BUILDINGS DESTROYED A 2500-acre
forest fire east of Auburn, Calif., forced a
thousand persons to flee their homes and
destroyed 20 buildings. This home, a show
place of the area, belonged to Capt. and
Mrs. Frank Hicker. (UPI Telephdto)
ree Maior Forest Fires Out
Of Control in North California
By United Press International
Nearly 3,000 firemen fought
today to control three major
forest fires - the last of a ser
ies of blazes that destroyed an
estimated 80,000 acres of va
luable timber and watershed
in northern California during
the week end.
The three uncontrolled blaz
es have destroyed nearly 40,-
000 acres or 400-million board
feet of timber - enough to
build 25,000 standard homes.
Two other fires were con
trolled Sunday, but not until
they had consumed another
40,000 acres.
Winds to Decrease
Don Porter, information of
ficer for the U.S. Forestry ser
vice at Sonora, said the high
winds that whipped the flam
es during the week end were
expected to decrease.
"There is no danger of prop
erty damage or loss of life at
the moment," Porter said. "If
the weather forecast holds
true, we should be able to con
trol the fires today."
The largest of the fires still
burning was a 14,000-acre
blaze near the community of
Comptonville. It already has
destroyed a forest service
lookout station and several ca
bins near the community of
Pike.
Railroads Propose
Rule Overhaul To
Cut Featherbedding
Chicago-OJPD-The railroads
today handed five big operat
ing brotherhoods proposals
a full overhaul of work rules
to wipe out "featherbedding"
and strengthen the industry in
its battle for economic sur-
vivial.
Union leaders said counter
proposals would be formula
ted at meetings of individual
brotherhood committees in
Chicago starting Nov. 11.
The railroad move, coming
close on expiration of a three-
year moratorium against work
rule changes, signaled the
start of what is expected to
be long and bitter bargain
ing.
The specific proposals for
re-writing rules governing
job assignments . and pay
methods for 210,000 operat
ing employees the men who
run the trains were being
served today by 113 individ
ual railroads upon local broth
erhood officials throughout
the nation.
Aimed at Firemen .
The work rules changes pro
posed by the railroads would
hit hardest at firemen. If
eventually put into effect,
they would eliminate up to
35,000 firemen's jobs on diesel
and other non-steam locomo
tives in freight and and yard
service. The railroads esti
mate they could save about
S230 million a year by elim
inating "firemen who fire no
fires."
The railroads want to
establish the right ... for
management to determine
when firemen should be used
on diesel and other non-steam
locomoties in freight and yard
service." Fireman jobs on pas
senger trains would not be
affected, the carriers' an
nouncement said.
Other proposed rule changes
would:
-Revise pay standards so
that engine and train crews,
which now may receive a
basic day's pay for covering
100 miles, could be required
to make 160-mile runs.
-Open the way for crews
to operate through present
crew-change points, "so as to
end multiple changes on short
train runs."
"Wipe out the " arbitrary
lines now drawn between the
work that may be performed
by crews and yard crews . . ."
Wage Talks Under Way
. -Eliminate all provisions
which stipulate the number
of crew members required,
and drop rules requiring idle
standby operating workers
when self-propelled equip
ment is used.
Brass-tacks at the national
level were not expected to
get under way here before
late November or early De
cember, and ahead stretched
a long trek through the pro
cedural forest provided by
Railway Labor Act.
Wage talks involving the
railroads and three operating
unions the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers,
Switchmen's Union of North
America and Order of Rail
way Conductors and Brake-men-are
going on in Chicago
now under the guidance of
the National Railway Media
tion Board.
The unions seek a 12 per
cent increase, which the rail
roads say would be about 36
cents an hour. The railroads
have called for a 15-cent-an-hour
pay cut. - -
A 10,000-acre blaze i t Jay
bird and a 15,000-acre fire at
Icehouse - both in the Placer
ville area - also were out of
control.
500 Indians Join Lines
Nearly 500 Indians from
Arizona and New Mexico
were expected on the fire lin
es today to join crews which
already include Army, Air
Force and National Guard
personnel.
One of the fires controlled
Sunday was the 2,500 acre
blaze that blocked U.S. high
way 40 and drove a . thousand
people from their homes in
the area of Auburn.
State foresters said about
20 buildings - including a half
dozen homes were destroyed
before the fire was contained.
However, most of the resi
dents of the area have return
ed to their homes in the moun
tain communitites of Monte
Vista, Gold Run, Poverty Flat,
Dutch Flat and Alta. .
Also controlled was the
smaller Bear River blaze
along state highway 88 in Am
ador county.
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Taft, Ore. (UPD Two em
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Towing Company were miss-j
:ng and feared drowned today
after a 22 -foot bar tender
overturned in the treacherous
breakers of Siletz Bay.
Henry Sause Jr., president
of the firm, was recuperating
in a motel.
Police here said the craft
tipped over in the breakers
while checking markers to
figure out a course for the
Columbia Queen, the ocean
going tug that was beached
Oct. 24. The tug had been
pulled free of the spit, -but
salvage crews were unable to
get her back to sea.
Missing were Ralph Hunt,
skipper of "the Columbia
Queen and Mel Jorgenson, her
engineer. An air-sea rescue
search was under way.
A recent survey found that
36 per . cent of all Austrians
between the ages of 18 and 29
play at least one musical instrument.'
Concrete mixed witn iron
?re instead of .stone is used in
Sweden's atomic research sta
tion at Stusvik, south of Stockholm.
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the labor bill passed by the
last Congress "the most vi
cious piece of anti-union legis
lation in history," and said he
will offer a series of amend
ments at the netft session.
Morse, in an interview here
Sunday, also said he will cam
paign against Sen. John Ken
nedy of Massachusetts if Ken
nedy should win the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
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