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1 Day's Jews
j By FRANK JENKINS
PIIES1DENT TRUMAN tlili
morning vcloea tho compro
' nils OPA bill that had finally
gut lhroi(li both huusca of con
gross. The house of rcpreaonla
" livea voice almost immediately
to auataln ti la veto,
ij Since tlila ! Suturday and
s Ihe OPA law expire by llmlta
f lion t midnight Sunday, the
result ll a mrsa,
:,
ONE way out would bn a aim
, pie rcaohitlon continuing
i'Ol'A on a toniporary bosle whllu
runinusa wrestles auuln with
' the problem of wliut to do about
price control.
A to Unit. Semite Leader
llurklcv atiya thero ll no chnnco
i (or action on auch a reanlullon
today, and the senate win not
mret tomorrow.
HOT1I housoe muat act If thu
law la to be extendod.
THERE la of courae the poe
alblllty of extending- OI'A
under the wiir powera of the
Prealdent, which are wide, (Of
ficially, we are atlll In a atate
of war.)
Any way you look at It, how
aver, It la a ineaa.
houao acta with ana-
lotia speed In aualulnliiK
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the Truman veto. About the
only reaaonuble explanation of
lla action la that by (loin ao It
throwa the ineaa back Into Ida
lap.
That la certainly where It
reata at the moment.
a a a
IN vetoing the bill, Prealdent
Truman calla It a "auro form
ula for Inflation. He aaya:
"It would aturt prlcra and
cnata climbing. It would start
the value of tho dollar falling
and keep it fulling.
Commenting on the veto. Re
publican Senator Taft auya:
- "The I'realdcnt'a action lathe
moat Inflationary move which
could bo made . . . Thla tukca
the lid off . , . Tho admlnlatra
tlon already, by the encourauc
mrnt of wago Increases and
other coata, haa brought about a
aerlca of price Incrcaica .
All the (vetoed) bill doea la to
force the admlnlalratlon to
recognlie Increaacd coata In fix
Ing prlcea."
On both aldoa, you aee, tho
pot la meroly calling tho kettle
black.
TT looka very much aa If Tru
man haa been maneuvered
Into a tight corner. Even If he
gets an extension of OPA before
the deadline tomorrow night,
either by Joint resolution of
congreas or by uae of hla war
powers, he will atlll be on tho
Pot. ,
Ha can lead eonureaa back to
I line price control trouuh and
rder It to drink. But will it?
Holh houaea of congreaa. In the
face of all the preaxure the
adminlatratlon could bring to
bear, have already defied hla
wlahea aa to OPA legislation.
Suppose they go to work on
It agnln and bring in a bill sub
atantlully the same as the one
vetoed this morning. Where
will the Prealdent be then?
So far as may be Judged by
what can be seen at thla dla
tance, he will be right back in
the aame hole.
rFHE Prealdent aaya tho vclocd
1 bill la contradictory leglsla
tlon which would be impossible
to administer. Well, OPA hasn't
been any picnic to administer
and the adminlatratlon of It
lias been fur from good.
The hard, cold truth la that
only production heavy enough
to reault In real competition
can cure the Ilia that are
plaguing us. If we can mud
dlo along somehow until pro
duction finally catchea up with
demand our troubles will begin
to iron themselves out.
If wo get out of the woods,
It will bo the natural genius
of tho American people for pro
duction, rather than anything
Washington has done, that will
save Us.
a a
ABOUT tho only conclusion
Hint ntnnrla out clenrlv la
that our post-war leadership In
Washington has been stumbling,
Inefficient and timid.
New Degnan Suspect Held
CHICAGO, June 20 fP)
Slates Attorney William J.
Touhy today said "at tho present
moment" ho was "satisfied" a
17-ycar-old university student
was "the man" in the kldnup
slaying of six-year-old Suzanne
Degnan but thut he hadn't "de
duced sufficient evidence to
prove him guilty beyond a reu
sonablo doubt."
Tuohy mado tho statement
after otacrtlng "nine points of
similarity" had been established
between a fingerprint on tho
Degnan kidnap nolo and the
fingerprint of William Ilclrcns,
husky University of Chicago stu
dent seized during a burglary In
vestigation. Capt. Emmclt Evnns, head of
tho police, bureau of Identifica
tion and a veteran of 41 years
of fingerprinting, said on the
basis of tno comparisons: "I am
convinced that the two prints
were mado by the same man."
Tuohy said tho fingerprint
findings would bo sent to the
tfiHlernl bureau of Investigation
'In Washington for verification,
'Tho prosecutor's announce
enmo as tho climax of hours of
attempted questioning of tho
youth who has been strapped to
a bed in the Bridewell hospital.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Jap Bomb
May Bring
Indemnity
Investigators were understood
to be in Klumath Falle and Illy
today preparatory to making
final reports In connection with
a bill introduced In the United
Sluli-a house of reprcaentatlvca
by Hep. William Lempko of
North Dakota, In which financial
aid la aoughl for fumlllea of the
victims of the Japanese bomb ex
plosion In the Gcarhurt moun
tain country May S, 1IM3.
Five children and a minister1!
wife wero victims of the blast
which occurred during war lime
and first word of tho tragedy
eliminated the information that
(ho six deaths wero attributed to
a Jupuncse bomb which landed
In tho mountuln country.
Killed In tho explosion which
occurred while the party was on
an outing, were Mrs. Elsie
Mitchell, wife of Rev. Archie
Mitchell of My. lone survivor of
the tragedy; Jny Clifford, 12, son
of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gilford;
Eddie Engen, 13. aon of Mr. and
Mra. Elnur Engen; Sherman
Shoemaker. 12. aon of Mr. and
Mra. J. L. Shoemaker: Joan, 11,
and Dick. 13. children of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Patzke. All were
from Illy.
Oa Fishing Trip
Rev. Mitchell said at the time,
that he and his wife had taken
the children to a creek on the
Iliy Dulry creek road to fish and
he drove tho car for a distance
while the others walked In the
woods. When the bomb was
sighted, tho others called to Rev.
Mitchell but when he was about
40 feet from the group, the ex
plosion occurred.
Rep. Lempkea bill Is HB 8188
and is "for relief of Frank J.
Patzke, Archie Mltehe.ll, J. L.
Shocmnkcr, Elnar Engen and N.
L. Gilford. "It has now been re
ferred to Uie coinmluoe on
claims. Patzke will be awarded
$10,000 for the death of his
minor children, $000 funeral and
other expenser, Mitchell. $7300
for wife and unborn child and
$1300 funeral expenses; Shoe
maker, $3000 for death of son
and $1)23 funeral expenses; N.
L. Gilford, $3000 for death of
his son, Jay, and $030 for funeral
expenses.
As far as Is known, the trag
edy in the Gearhart mountain
area Is the only one In which
death or Injury occurred In con
nection with the barrage of
bomb laden balloons released by
the Japs during tho war.
Corpse Found
To Be Miner's
The body of a man found near
Lake 'o the Woods late Thurs
day and brought to Ward's Fri
day afternoon, was identified as
that of Dan II. Pcdcrson, elder
ly miner, who had a cabin about
three miles off the Dead Indian
road.
Pcderson was apparently in
the act of closing his cabin last
winter when he fell from a lad
dor and struck his head. The lad
dcr was across his body. No
relatives arc In this area. State
police aided a deputy coroner
in bringing the body here. Iden
liflcatlnn was mado through r
tides found on the man's body
ana in me cabin.
The youth was struck on tho
head and knocked unconscious
by a flower pot when he resisted
arrest by police who said they
trapped him prowling In a north
sldo apartment building Thurs
day. Tuohy said investigators "got
absolutoly nothing" lrom Heir
ens and expressed the opinion
the youth was "fuigning irration
ality." Tho questions, usually
bringing cither no replies or un
intelligible muttcring.i, ran
through tho night and until 8:30
a. m. today.
Tuohy and other investigators
left the hospital at thut hour and
Ilclrcns sank Into a deep sleep,
attendants reported.
The brutality of the kidnap
ing and slaying shocked the na
tion and threw a scare across tho
city of Chicago. The police force
was Increased by 1,000 men and
night "beats" through the resi
dential districts were reestab
lished. The girl was stolen from
her bed Jan. 7 by an abductor
who left behind a ransom note
demanding $20,000. Parts of nor
dismembered body were found
tho same night In sewers In the
neighborhood of her north sldo
home.
Hclrcns" tearful mother, Mrs.
Another Load
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Eight 32-foot Ponderoaa pin loga an rout from Jamas Mayas' logging oparatidna on BIy
mountain to th Big Lakat pond, failed to rid a truck trailer aa It .rounded th S. Bth-Walnut
cornar arly laat night. Drirar of th truck, Ervin Pool, Broad straat, aaid th tongu trailer
broke, sanding th cargo crashing to th pavamant on th Link Mobil acrvlc atation cornar.
Thar war no ln)urli. Thla la th cond load loat har within 10 day.
.
Rodeo Parade
Entries Swell
With entrlca for the 4th of
July parade pouring in, a meet
ing of the parade committee
haa been called for 7:30 Mon
day night at Rodeo headquart
ers. Final plans will be laid
for the formation and conduct
of the parade.
Brady Narey reports seven
entries from the fraternal sec
tion, and Nick Long has seven
entries from tho commercial
section. John Ashley, with the
help of Dorrell Miller and Mel
Henry, haa developed, an In
teresting automotive section,
using the old and new cars
for the purpose.
The mounted aectlon, under
the direction of Lou Scrruya,
will have five organized bodies,,
Including a group from the Jun
ior Council -Sif the Klamath
Agency. The harness section,
under the direction of Chct
Barton, will have several en
tries, led by Barton's Portland
prize winning team of leopard
spotted horses.
The Junior Council will also
enter a float in the parade, as
well as the mounted group.
Dave Hoss reports that the vets
organizations will be fully rep
resented. Two special prizes of
$23 have been offered, one by
Elmer Balsiger for the oldwt
car which traveled the greatest
distance for the parade, and
the other by Bill Serruys for
the best float in the parade.
Music is still somewhat of a
problem, according to parade
officials, but there Is still some
hope that the high school band
may get together again for the
occasion.
Klamath Falls Singer
Signs Band Contract
Darleno Knowlcs, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Knowlcs of
Altamont drive, has signed a
contract as vocalist for the sum
mer with Bob Glcason's dance
band of Fresno, Calif. She left
Saturday morning and will sing
nightly except Mondays at
Huntington lake and Shaver
lake resorts north of Fresno.
Darleno Is well known
amongst the riders of Klamath
Falls. Although she is only 13
years of ago she has broken
and trained her own horse and
has won several events and
races at the fairgrounds the
past few years.
Margaret Hcirens, 40, visited
him at the hospital lust night.
She said he had suffered a severe
head bump when he was eight
months old, falling from a high
chair and down four or five
cement steps.
Meanwhile, a police physi
cian's report, Tuohy said, show
ed an X-ray examination had
disclosed no evidence of skull
fracture resulting from the
flower Dot blow. Police nhvsl-
clans also reported tho youth's
pulse was normal.
Police Capt. Michael Ahem of
tnc Hogers 1'nrK district said
Hcirens "violent efforts" to re
sist capture led to the detailed
investigation that was mado of
his case. Tho youth was pummel
lng one detective when another
knocked him out.
The new turn In the Investi
gation of tho slaying of the Deg
nan child after she was kidnaped
from hor north side home last
Jan. 7 camo yesterdny shortly
after Richard Russell Thomas,
42, an cx-convlct held In Phoe
nix. Ariz., repudiated a story he
told there that he was the kid-nap-slayer.
Chicago polite offi
cials, who have questioned some
2,000 persons In efforts to solve
the crlmo, had flown to Phoenix
to interrogate him.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 29. 1946
Of Logs Dumped By Swerving Truck
i
Dog Ordinance
Off Tomorrow
City ordinance 3371, the local
law which forbids dogs running
at largo In town during the gar
dening months. May and June,
goes out of effect at midnight
bunday, June 30.
Drury H. McCurdy. 2263 S.
8th, and Joe Mora, 2221 Union,
each paid $3 yesterday for viola
tions of the dog ordinance,
bringing the total $3 assess
ments paid during the two
montha to 30. Ninety-nine stray
dogs were picked up during the
period.
Flyers Object
To Field Rates
Commercial operators at the
municipal BlrI!d have .moved
10 cease iiying aa oz Monday,
awaiting the outcome of a pe
tition sent to the city council
asking lower rates at the field.
The proposed rates, to go into
effect on July 1, have been
branded as too high by the op
erators who claim that approxi
mately 12 per cent of their
gross Income will be taken
under the suggested set-up.
Rates would include a $1000
fee for licenses to operate
schools. Such as the GI schools
now operating at the field, a
2 H per cent tax on sales, and a
$300 fee for commercial planes.
If the operators stop flying,
which will include the GI
schools now In progress, the
only planes to leave the field
will be privately owned ships
flown for pleasure.
Operators hove stated that If
satisfactory rates are not estab
lished they will be forced to
leave the field and seek other
ouartcrs. One operator states
that he, and most of the others,
are willing to pay a reasonable
rental based on gross income,
or will pay a flat rate in direct
prooortlon to the rates now
paid by Main street business
men roc their businesses. A flat
rate rental basis would be paid
on the basis of riaying for only
the physical facilities needed by
the operotors.
Representatives of the groun
will go before the city council
Monday niqht to ask a lower
rate than that now proposed.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
R
H E
8 1
4 0
Grove,
Cleveland 2
Chicago 0
Feller and Hcgan;
Caldwell (8) and Trcsh.
RUE
Philadelphia 2 7 1
New York 0 6 1
Christopher, Flores (6) and Ro
sar; Ruffing, Gumpcrt (5), Queen
(0) Aiurpny (H and Robinson.
R H E
Washington 8 14 1
Boston 12 12 1
Mastcrson, Lamucchia (3). Tor
res (3), Curtis (7) and Early;
Hughson, Kllngcr (6) and H.
Wagner.
NATIONAL
R H E
New York 10 12" 0
Philadelphia 8 16 0
Voisclle, Carpenter (2), Thomp
son (3), Fischer (3), Schumacher
(8) and Lombard!; Stanccu,
Humphries (3), Karl (4), Schanz
(8), Raffcnsbcrgcr (8) and Hcm
slcy, ' R II E
Boston 3 7 3
Brooklyn 12 12 1
Wright, Roser (5), Posedel (6),
Slnoleton (6). Lee (7) and Masl,
Padgett (7); Hlgbe and Edwards.
Arriving In U. S.
Bjr Ths AMopiated Prrit
Charlta I.. Bmllh. Tl, KUmilh
Fslli, arrlvrd an Eufaula Victory In
N.w York Jun as.
Illram It. Thranh, Sal., Klamath
FalU, arrlvfd an Kafaala Vlolorr In
N.w York jana IB.
(Telephone
Load Of Logs
Dumped Again
For the second time in a little
over one week, a logging truck
has dumped a load of logs within
the city. Last night, shortly after
7 o'clock, eight 32-foot Ponde-
rosa pine logs slipped from a
trailer at the corner of 6th and
Walnut, the heavy load' landing
partly on the sidewalk of the
Link Mobile service station. For
tunatcly there were no pedes
trians on the walk and the street
was clear of moving traffic in
that section aa the ponderous
load left the trailer.
The truck, an International
K-7, was operated by Ervin Pool,
21, who was bringing the load
from James Mayes' logging oper
ations in the Bly mountain area
to be dumped at Big Lakes pond.
Pool said he was making a left
hand.turioff P. 6th on to Walnut
when htatrailer Aongue brokd,
also breaking the air hose. The
load crashed to the pavement
but the chain held.
City police responded imme
diately and cleared Pool, saying
it was purely accidental but
Assistant Chief Leigh Ackerman
remarked that "something would
have to be done about this log
hauling in the city." A similar
accident occurred at Oregon and
Biehn a week ago Tuesday.
A crane was brought to the
scene late last night and the logs
removed to Big Lakes. Pool is
an etf-army man and has been
logging for two years, the past
two months with Mayes.
Police Identify
Escaped Tons'
Klamath Falls state police late
yesterday identified two men
held at Yreka as members of
a trio which escaped June 25
from a prison gang at work near
the Oregon state penitentiary
annex east of Salem. The pair
wos arrested late Friday morn
ing at Tulelake.
The two men are said to be
Frederick E. Cleveland, 21, serv
ing one year for larceny, from
Linn county, and Alfred W.
Strain, 28, serving three years
for possession of stolen property,
also from Linn.
Still at large is Lavern F. Kel
ler, 21, serving three years from
Jackson county for contributing
to the delinquency of a minor.
Early this afternoon the two
were transferred to the Siskiyou
county jail at Yreka, California,
jail but it is understood they
have advised officers there that
they will fight extradition.
Police said the two men were
in Tulelake Friday morning and
asked to see a paper while in a
restaurant ordering their break
fast. They left the cafe where
they had aroused suspicion and
walked toward the intersection
of the highway and the main
street of Tulelake. There they
caught a ride with Bill Welcn
of Merrill, police said.
Pursuit Begun
In the meantime Chief of Po
lice Frank Rhodes of Tulelake
(CenllDuta oa ls Calaurn 4?
Bulletin
PARIS, Jun 29 W) Th
foreign ministers council mtt
for four hour and mrgd
tonight with no decision on
holding a European peac con
ference or on settling th prob
lem of Trieste.
Th minister! out over un
til Monday a decision on call
ing a 21-nation peace confer
ence thi summer, aa demanded
by Secretary of Stat Byrnes.
A new proposal for th Trl
it question was discussed
but its terms war not
divulged. Senator Tom Con
nally of th American dele
gation aaid "aom prograaa haa
been mad."
WEATHER NEWS
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Anti-Terror
Drive Begun
In Holy Land
JERUSALEM, June 29 UP)
Britain began large scale mili
tary operations in Palestine In
the Jewish Sabbath at dawn to
day in what one official called
a drive to wipe out "a state of
anarchy."
Troops and police occupied
buildings in Jerusalem and Tel
Aviv used by the Jewish agen
cy, long recognized by the Brit
ish and the Palestine govern
ment as the official representa
tive of Jews in Palestine. The
British clamped a curfew on
wide areas of the troubled Holy
Land.
Many, if not all, members of
the Jewish agency's executive
committee were arrested. Sir
Alan Cunningham, British high
commissioner, declared in a
proclamation he had evidence
the agency was cooperating in
a recent reign of "violence
against the government." .
Raiding police and troops,
protected overhead by low fly
ing planes, conducted wide
spread search for arms in Jeru
salem, Tel Aviv and at least
seven other communities. Haifa
also was reported under cur
few.
Communications Cut
The troops and police cut
telephone lines isolating the
areas to be searched. Intercity
telephone communication was
disrupted.
Unaware of a ban on outgo
ing cables, newspaper corre
spondents were unable to file
their first accounts of the op
erations until 10 a. m., nearly
six hours after they began.
Later the government an
nounced that a "rudimentary
form" of press censorship had
been placed on all outgoing
press cables for 24 hours. . .
Starting wtly after : secret
preparation, the operations were
described by Sir John Shaw,
chief secretary of the Palestine
government, as an "effort to
end the state of anarchy exist
ing in Palestine and to enable
law abiding citizens to pursue
their normal avocations with
out fear of kidnapping, murder
or being blown up."
Bikini Readied
For Bomb Drop
ABOARD USS APPALACH
IAN AT BIKINI, June 29
All hands concerned with "Op
eration Crossroads" made ready
today to evacuate Bikini lagoon,
leaving only a ghost fleet of 50
old warships as guinea pigs for
the world's fourth atomic bomb
explosion.
Vice Adm. W. H. Blandy,
commander of the atomic task
force, is expected to announce
tomorrow morning whether the
bomb will be "dropped as sched
uled about 9:30 a. m., Monday,
Bikini time. That is 2:30 p. m.,
Sunday, PST.
Blandy told foreign and
scientific observers today that
"we can have the test any day
when the sky is not more than
half covered with clouds." He
expressed confidence that con
ditions would be favorable
either on Monday or "within
the succeeding three or four
days."
Everything is ready. If the
decision is affirmative more
than 30,000 military personnel,
scientists, correspondents and
observers will start for areas of
safety, leaving only skeleton
crews in the lagoon and on the
islands of the atoll to make
last-minute adjustments on in
struments, cameras and record
ing equipment.
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Stat police yesterday identified two of th above trio as escaped convicts from th state peni
tentiary at Salem. Left to right, Frederick E. Cleveland. Alfred W. Strain, held at Yreka, and
Lavern Frank Keller, still at large. Cleveland and Strain deny they are wanted and told Tula
lak police they would fight xtraditlon. They wer picked up at Tulelake late Friday morning.
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House Sustains
Truman's Sf and
On Price Curbs
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Jun 29 (AP) Th sonar ad-
journed lote today until Monday an action which will 11
permit OPA to past out of axiitenca tomorrow midnight. .'
WASHINGTON, June 29 UP) The house upheld Prealdent
Truman's veto of the amendment-laden OPA extension bill today,
thus killing the bill.
Voting to sustain Mr. Truman's veto of a bill which he called
"a sure formula for inflation" were 142 house members.
Voting to override were 173 3B short of the necessary two
thirds of those present.
Following this decision, a house democratic leader who wltn
held the use of his name, said that it will be Impossible for com
gress to pass any sort of OPA continuing legislation in the time;
that remains of OPA's present life.
Democratic leaders worked frantically to get the machinery
In motion to get some OPA ac-
tlon today
Those voting to sustain the
veto included an odd combina
tion of the members most vio
1 e n 1 1 y opposed to OPA and
those favoring strict controls.
The breakdown on the vote
was: 68 democrats and 105 re
publicans for overriding; 20
democrats, 50 republicans and
two minor party members
against overriding.
Across the capitol, Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) told a reporter
he was informed that opponents
of OPA will raise a series of
objections in the senate which
would prevent consideration
there of any temporary con
tinuing resolution until July 4,
at the earliest.
Because of that Taft said he
thinks OPA will die without
recourse Sunday midnight,
when the present OPA law ex
pires. He added, "it will be al
most impoible to revive it if
it lapses for a week."
Earlier, Democratic Leader
Barkley cast doubt that the sen
ate can get through a continu
ing resolution before the dead
line. He said the senate would
not meet tomorrow.
President's Stand
Of his action, Mr. Truman
said:
"It i. a choice between infla
tion with, a statute and infla
tion without one. The bill con
tinues the government's respon-
ihilitv to stabilize tne economy
and at the same time it destroys
the government's power to do
so
Tt'watilrl -nrovide- us with noipn -the-U. S. navy a-new design
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start prices and costs climbing
and keep them climbing. It
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Truman Signs
New Draft Act
WASHINGTON. June 29 iP)
President Truman signed Into
law today legislation extending
the draft act until next March
31 and prohibiting the induction
of 18 year olds.
Th npw law does not change
the existing requirement for 18-
year olds to register; h simpijr
nmniuiu li it... av.ua iin.uwv.H
Major provisions of the new
law, which replaces a stop-gap
bill expiring at midnight June
30: -
Ages of liability for induction:
19 through 44, both inclusive.
Limit of compulsory service:
18 months for men inducted
after October 1, 1946; men in
ducted prior to October 1 may
obtain their release upon re
quest upon completion of 18
months of service. A service per
iod of longer than 18 months
may be ordered by the president
if congress declares that "the
national interest is imperiled."
Statutory exemptions: All
fathers, unless they volunteer.
Fathers now in service may ob
tain their discharge upon request
after August 1. 1946. In addi
tion, local draft boards retain
their power to grant occupa
tional deferments as in the past.
Reinduction: No man shall be
inducted if he already has served
in the armed forces abroad or
at home for at least six months
since September 16, 1940.
Size of the armed forces: By
July 1, 1947 Army, 1,070,000;
Navy, 558,000; Marine Corps,
108,000.
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BULLETIN
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Government
Loses Redin
Trial Point
SEATTLE, June 29 (JP Tho
government suffered a distinct
setback during today's slow ses
sion of the espionage-conspiracy
trial of Russian Naval Lt. Nico
iai Gregorovich Redin, when
Judge Lloyd L. Black rejected
as evidence, a copy of naval
regulations 76 and 77, defining
confidential information and the
way it should be handled by tho
navy.. . . . .. . ;
Judge Black ruled it waa Im
material to the case in which the
30-year-old former Soviet purs
chasing commission attache ; it
charged, in two indictments,
with obtaining confidential data
destroyer tender Yellowstone
and with inducing and attempt
ing to induce Herbert Kennedy,
69-year-old Seattle shipyard
trial engineer, to obtain the in
formation for him.
Apparent intention of District
Attorney Victor E.- Anderson, of
St. Paul, Minn., assisting the
prosecution, was to use the
naval regulation to define the
meaning of the term "restrict
ed," which appeared on the face
of the government's contract
with the Todd Pacific shipyard,
covering the Yellowstone con
struction here. -
Defense Contention
The defense battled introduc
tion of all evidence or testimony
relating to the confidential na
ture of the ship data, on the
gound that its secrecy Is a mat
ter of law for the jury to deter
mine, not a matter of witnesses'
or documentary terminology.
- At one point during today's)
lethargic hearing, in which even
the defendant frankly drowsed,
it appeared that the government
might lose even the opportunity
of placing the shipbuilding con
tract before the jury. This waa
when Judge Black observed that
the contract on which the gov
ernment stated it was basing its
case was dated this past March
after the dates of the acts al
leged against Redin.
This contract, containing lone;
clauses relating to the confiden
tial nature of the ship data, was
one of a series of three, each
replacing the earlier ones, and it
finally was brought out the ear
lier ones part of the same ex
hibit were dated in July and
October, 1944, sufficiently early
to cover the case against the
lieutenant.
"The government has the job
of producing a contract in effect
at the time these alleged acts
transpired," Judge Black ob
served, in the jury's absence.
"Nobody is going to go to jail
on any 'as-of arrangements."