Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1938 — Page 5
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1938
HARLAN CASE IS INTRASTATE,
~ Speaker
SAY OPERATORS
U. S. Exceeding Its Jurisdiction, Some Claim: Others Won't Testify.
LONDON, Ky. June 15 (U. P.).— Harlan County mine operators contended today that the Federal Goverrment has transgressed its jurisdiction in imprison them for conspiracy to vioLabor
its attempt
late the Wagner
Act Some of them stood on their constitutional rights and declined to testifv. Others swore that they lost control of their coal as soon as it was ripped from the rich Harlan vein and placed aboard railroad cars at the mouths of the mines.
was that the Government had indicted them on an intrastate matter and therefore the case should be thrown out of court. Testimony veered abruptly away from alleged violence, Kkidnaping and murder toward a discussion of just when coal moves into the stream of national commerce. For its witnesses, the Government was forced to depend upon officials of corporations under indictment here
in the trial of 19 coal companies |
and 44 persons on charges of con-
spiring to violate the Wagner Act. |
Sudden Defense Move The Government had planned to close its case vesterday but the defense suddenly decided it would make Department of Justice lawyers prove that every one of the 19 corporations involved was engaged in interstate commerce rather than stipulating that Harlan coal crossed state lines while it still was their property, Only one company Blue Diamond Coal
so far—the Co., has ad-
mitted that it engaged in interstate |
was A. F
commerce, The first to resist the Clover Fork Coal Co. Whitfield Jr, who is not a defendant, that he had no control over his fuel after it was loaded on cars of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. He sold it, he said, to a wholesale distributor who might or might not have taken it out of Kentucky.
Another line of defense was more |
direct. Late yesterday R. H. Cornett, secretary-ireasurer of the Harlan-Wallin Coal Co., was called to the stand. His company is a defendant, but he is not. a conference of defense and Government lawyers at the judge's bench as soon as Mr. Cornett was sworn, later it was learned that he had declined to testify on the grounds that he might incriminate his company and himself. The net result of his appearance on the
stand was that he produced a con-
tract with the agent who took over
all coal mined by the Harlan-Wal- | lins Co. and agreed to dispose of it.
A long line of witnesses remained to be called today. It was assumed that all of them either would stand on their constitutional rights or would contend the coal passed out
of their control at the mine mouths. |
LEGAL ADVISOR OF MNUTT RETURNS
Leo Gardner Home Here From Philippine Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Gardner had returned to Indiana today from the Philippine Islands where he was legal adviser to High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. Mr. Gardner said he still is on official business and will not be relieved until Aug. 15. He said he will go on to Washington in two days. Mr. Gardner said he and his famfly are happy to be back in Indiana, and that although they enjoved the experience in the Philippines, they have no desire to live there. He said Commissioner McNutt's administration of the Islands was “going fine—everyone thinks his is the best administration ever had and evervone likes him.”
HOOSIER NAMED BY BRETHREN CHURCH
LAWRENCE. Kan, June 15 (U P)-Dr. DD W. Kurtz, Laverne Cal, a former president of McPherson College, McPherson, Kan., was the new moderator today of the Church of the Brethren He was elected at the annual business meeting at the University of Kansas, Dr. Otho Winger, president of Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind., and W. Newton Long, Baltimore, were named members of the general mission board.
NAMES NEW JAMAICA HEAD
LONDON, June 15 (U. P.).—Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, high commissioner for the Western Pacific, has been named Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica, British West Indies, it was announced today. Sir Arthur succeeds the late Sir Edward Denham.
What | all of them were attempting to prove |
secretary-treasurer, | contended |
There was |
to fine and’
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OLD-AGE AID LIMIT DROPS 70.65 JULY 1
35,000 to 45,000 in State To Become Eligible.
An estimated 35,000 to 45,000 per- | | sons in Indiana between 65 and 69 | vears old will apply for state oldage assistance when this age group becomes eligible for aid July 1, the State Welfare Board predicted today. Under the provisions of an amendment to the Social Security Act, the age limit of persons eligible for assistance was lowered from 70 to 65, effective July 1. More than 42,000 in the state now are receiving assistance in the age group above 70. A “complete study” of every applicant to determine his or her eligibility has been ordered by the Board.
Resource Study Required
“The welfare act is very explicit in requiring that every resource of the applicant be ascertained, to determine whether or not his total income is sufficient to meet his needs,” the Board stated. “Social, religious or political status cannot possibly make an applicant eligible or keep him eligible, {even though he may become a recipient of public assistance tem- | porarily.” ili | If eligible, however, the recipient | of aid should receive “a reasonable | | subsistence compatible with decency | and health,” Board members said.
FIREMAN IS INJURED SLIDING DOWN POLE
A City fireman who fell from the | “sliding” pole as he hurried to an- | | swer an alarm and two other per- | | sons injured in other mishaps were | recovering today. : | Elmer Bontrager, 35, of 2010] Koehne St. received an abdominal | injury when he fell at Fire Station | | 7 early today. He was treated at | | City Hospital and released. | Mrs. Pearl Rummett, 45, of 2314 N. Sherman Drive, was taken to City Hospital after breaking her leg in a fall down steps at her home. Falling from a swing while playing at Brookside Park, Roslane Sherron, 12 ,of 2149 N. Gale St, received a fractured right arm. She was taken to City Hospital.
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