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Su reme Court | : . Principals in‘Smouldering High Tribunal Feud - U on TT 2 House Up

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Case Bill Veto

‘War 'May Bring Impeachments

Coirational Tooeuiaghon Such as The Staid Old Court Never Has Experienced Is Hinted.

(Read an editorial, “Echoes of Court Packing,” Page 10; other stories about supreme court feud, Page 5.) WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P.).—The unprecedented | spectacle of open warfare between two members of the U.]

By Close Vote

Chief Says Plan Would Cause M WAGE SECRET a Strife. Vee gure Mar

WAR AGAINST Of His Entire Program.

(Read an editorial, “Case Bill Veto,” Page 10)

~ GAMING HERE WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P.).—The house today killed the Case strike-control bill by sustaining President

ruman's veto of the measure, which he said would promote Chief McMurtry Identifies rather thdh prevent industrial strife. ; Mysterious ‘Mr. X' as The house doomed the measure by a close vote immedi- * ately after hearing Mr. Truman's 5000-word veto message. City Detective. A two-thirds majority vote of both the house and senIndianapolis tavern operators are ate would have been required to override the veto and make . jittery over the uncharted eas ~ the bill law, derings 2 3 mysterious My. X ard] DEMOCRATS 10 | The vote was 255 in favor a we /ices with cas- lof overriding the veto and 135 {against overriding. On the basis

S. supreme court today hurled congress into a feud involv-| ing Justices Robert H. Jackson and Hugo L. Black. It raised possibility of a congressional investigation and public linen-washing such as the staid old court never has experienced since it was founded in 1789. The ramifications conceivably could include impeach- | ment proceedings against one or both of the brawling mem.- | bers of the nation’s highest tribunal. It could stall the pending nomination of Fred M. Vinson to be chief justice. The feud between Justices Jackson and Black had been emouldering with unofficial congressional cognizance for more than a year. | An angry blast by Justice Jackson, questioning his

iate’s judici Hal ' . aL ual abandon. associate s judicial policy if not his honor, brought it force His patronage, it seems, isn't oo) of the total vote cast, 260 votes fully into the open. : preciated because he happens to be would have been needed to override. Justice Black received the news with stony silence. So a plainclothesman, working out of The house action automatically the detective division of the police : killes J e controversial legislation

did members of President Truman's official family. But congress, despite stunned incredulity that a su-|

de a senate vote unecessary.

department. His presence among and tavern and pool hall crowds was Evpected t to Name Campbell It came amid sharply divided re-

preme court justice would shatter the traditional serenity revealed today by Chief Jesse Mc- For Senator. notion to the Presidents s veto. Sup1 i r i » 7. | Murtry : | porters of the enounced Mr. with public charges against a colleague, reacted vocally Dapper and debonair, “Mr. X' By ROBERT® BLOEM | Truman's action as “a national ca-

| lamity.” Opponents hailed the Pres-

the past month has made “buys” ya,,ier Democrats, fresh from a : ident’s veto.

Faith in Court Threatened There were demands for an investigation into the entire from pool ticket and lottery agents ,....o.. meetin 3 g with national ; in more than 40 establishments. He ..... jeaders, today appeared ready Seek to Revive Bill

3 1 n New A v 1v ” gi 2 oe 4 AR 1 ; & 2 7 a x RG 8 y I'S, ) factional strife between Ne Dealers and conservatives on} likewise has quietly reaped a wealth long last to begin molding a! Supporters of the Case bill began

the high bench along with the personal vendetta between | Acme Telephoto | "Lo mation concerning under- a move to try to revive it in the - Ji ic the ¢ lect cam-! : : Justice Robert H. Jackson of the United States supreme court (left) late Monday issued unprecedented | cover gambling operations. Beker for the coming election form of a rider to Mr. Truman's

the two members criticism of his eollea, i i N 5. G be y S gue, Justice Hugo L. Black (right) in a cablegram from Nuernberg, Germany, to the | i : : : : a : per Lee! low ergency bill aimed at banJustice Black, acting chief justice, heads the New Deal senate and house judiciary committees. Justice Jackson's charges, firing a smouldering high tribunal feud, FO raion Ou} hay of this Fs Sanayi expected to be wt Ee init Ti government. : : . base b t p mination wa ? bloc. Justice Jackson often votes the conservative line. were based un assertions Justice Black participated in decisions Afiecung his former. faw pares, anonymous investigator, some pool EE oil 3 A itor. The outlook for such maneuvering Some congressmen expressed fears unless the matter i operators re How ery ot ney for the Northern Indiana dis- was UocalR, wil as’ ? . ; 3 rr . . ealing wi str \ | bad . 8. ator. | T is solved swiftly and completely it may jeopardize public Reveal =lrm Printed 100, 000 BOSTON SLAYER a a eer ict. presumably for U. 8. Senator. |p y Sispassion orl RN — es faith in the court set up in the Constitution as the model of | certain quartets and his effective- tain | the bill does not meet the standards three-way struggle for senatorial : of labor-management equality and

voy deny I his time, is dwindling. impartial jurisprudence. '500 I k By Hess, by Us _ nomination, Democrats have per J " : 2: ottery IC ets ere E UDES » But Chief McMurtry warns: “I've sistently avoided pushing any one, vigilance for the public welfare.

Chairman Pat McCarran (D. Nev.) of the senate judi- | got other unknown men I gun] real candidates mentioned. Hence, he said he felt he “would throw out on the same assignment. | not be properly discharging the du-

ciary committee said Justice Jackson's charges against Jus-! Investigator Charles Russell today queried a local businessman who , — n 5 Mr. Campbell, whose home is in hh Hp - : “ : i : 'said he printed 100,000 tickets for a lottery on the Speedway race. We just took on 20 new officers. Alo, = wove came to Indiana is | Hes” of his office if he were to sign tice Black “naturally will be looked into.” | The businessman, Arthur D. Pratt of the Pratt Printing Co, 225 Myriad of Clues Surrounds lot of our returned veterans are| y ea Re Mon apo lS it. He saw no reason, however, why the committee n. New Jersey st. said his firm produced 100.000 lottery tickets, 500. virtual strangers to the gamblers, uona] representatives before they | Mr. Truman, declaring the Cuse shouldn't act as ‘schéduled this week on the Vinson nomina- | Books of receipts and 4500 “win sheets”. containing the names ant! Whitcomb Killing. too.” ; He for Illinois, hext stop on the Pill attacks the’ symptoms rather ti | addresses of lottery winners. . The “win sheets,” . be said, were printed | “Mr. X's” special assignment 1s | tine : than the underlying causes of 100, meses "after the race.” i BOSTON, June 11 (U. P.).—Amid| part of & subdued put steady anti | ot Biliott Declines | strikes. suggested congress make

\ 8 A § . gator s, - | gambling v naug g 3 ; the another approach to the problem Justice Jackson loosed his blast against Justice Black for Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, also manhunt began today for a de-| Chief McMurtry. Findings of the jE. Spear ace Same oe, he heels because: from Neurnberg, Germany, where he has been serving as aid several lottery winners had ranged job-seeker suspected of slay- anonymous agent are catalogued in “ et - Peace ra, “Strikes against private employers ) : 7 ASSET ing Hoosier-born millionaire Wil-| ____ y, : . : ’ ’ been‘ quizzed. He asserted present N8 C had declined an invitation to place cannot be ended by legislative de

war crimes prosecutor. He cabled copies to the senate and | information indicates the pool was liam A. Whitcomb, 73, in the office Fireworks broke out again to- | = "WHE Fo He Democratic, C6: Men cannot be forced in a operated by “two men” who paid Where he directed an empire of| gay in the administration of the | peace-time démocracy to work for a

house judiciary committees. | | J ry ; ie .. 8 ie winners in cash. paper and pulp. state liquor laws in Marion Fille CuveR tion June %. h Mr. | private employer under compulsion.” His complaint was based principally on the fact Justice | octets Supeniled Perhaps no Van Dine “whodunit” county Noble Reed's story | wg oe si w in > EP De achacwietued: strikes : : 2 : e ar Black participated in a court Says Willis Will s Wil Get Some” Meanwhile, two policemen, al-|& provided a more dramatic mur-| on Page 3. a on Ste a and 8nd lockouts are “the greatest s 4 ; 3 : ‘ ; yy Efe der or provided police with a more ng, national vice cha ’ handicaps” to the increased producdecision in 1945—involving| Is Marriage egedly involved in the $75.000 lot-| Richard R. Nacy, executive vice . : varied collection of clues—all of| t ies inserted in| tion that is nece to t ; y A otes for Senate Post. tery, were suspended by Chief Jesse police files, with cop |chairman of th tional Demo- a ecessary avert a the famed Jewell Ridge, Va.,| A War Victim? | McMurtry. ! which pointed to the Millinocket-|g thick, loose-leaf binder compiled | C0 1 I hee nation "7 “ruinous inflation.” But he said Coal Co. “portal to portal” on Statter... Noble By DANIEL M. KIDNEY | They are. Patroimen. Philip | Madison area of Maine. by Safety Board President Will H.|™ 1 0 oy") vo leaders point out ‘the Case bill does not do the job, i + case TE A buoyant and boyish “Bill” Jen- | (Tony) DeBarr and Frank Delatore! 11 this backwoods region of pine pemy. His information also is for-| Lin; ove to beat |. While rejecting the Case bill, Mr. A . 8 s | : : : . yt e a vast web of paper : , v mine pay Reed has written a series | i" his Claypool hotel cam-|who admitted possession of lottery] RY, ihe center of a vast eb of PAPer | warded to the state alcoholic bev-|‘NeY Are making no MOVE 10 b°"| Truman ‘renewed his appeal for Justice Jackson felt Justice Black of articles on the alarming | ooo ™) 0 40 ters this morning 1 J passes : "¥land power holdings which MT. erage commission in the form of po- delegates to the draw In Selecting .,.o,gssional approval of his own should have disqualified himself divoree Fate in lndianapolis completely confident that he will be iy op whieh tickets were 50/0 whitcomb ruled as president of the jjce record duplicates. party candidates, it was admitted emergency legislative program to since the United Mine Workers | and Mesien oournty de I inated for the 1. 8. senste on f La Or rte sl the ‘pair Great Northern Paper Co. Arrests Already Made they were bresyine for Sertam = ban strikes against governmentUnion, successful litigants in ¥he/ wie e reveals the seri- |the first ballot -at the Republican would be brought before the safety There, city detectives with Police | «Quite a few” arrests already v EN seized properties. He said this re case, was represented by Justice oushess of one of the som [ate convention Thursday. board “at one of the next two meet-| Chie] Alle Picard of Millinocket jaye been made on the basis of evi- ¥ Fehel (vem ( the state Ouest was not inconsistent with the Black's former law partner, Cramp- SHY oP StiSaniing Post. Earlier in the day his campaign | ings.” hunted the middle-aged maniac| dence gathered by the undercover Carefu parang of the stale | veto ton Harris of ‘Alabama. . PrODIGNIS, Leer Leo M. Kinman, had pre-| Fire Chief Harry Fulmer said a|%h® Sousht to insure his future by | | investigator, Chief McMurtry said. (Continued on “Page 8—Column 3) He also renewed his recommendaPrinciple of Thing Read what is happen- |qisted 1675 Jenner votes for sur | demanding. that Mr. Whitcomb give | He added warrants are now in the iment ett |tion for creation of a joint conP Ir sure fireman, also alleged to have par-

{him a job as superintendent of the | process of being served against pool | gressional committee to study the

ing to marriage today. | (Continued on Page 7—Column 1) Great Northern mills in Maine. The | ticket salesmen patronized by “Mr. REAL SCORCHERS {wis subject of labor relations

Justice Jackson did not charge and only 1065 are needed to) the result would have been different Turn to Page 9. nominate.

Justice Black had disqualified | ————m—— The 38-year-old, one-time, short- price—$25,000-a-year for life, X" in the past two weeks. “and to suggest permanent long- ' Ru a {term senator, previously had esti- STASSEN “GETS TEST Plenty of Clues The alcoholic beverage commis- range legislation.” It was the principle of “the thing. BYRNES IS PRAYING | {mated that he had more than 1800 | IN NEBRASKA TODAY These facts were carried by po-|sion, which recently adopted a rul- HEADED THIS WA He said if legislators acted If Justice Black had not sat in {of the 2129 delegates. Today he was | lice as an aid in tracking down the |fhg automatically revoking ljcenses promptly, a report covering the the case the decision would have| in a magnanimous mood. He even, OMAHA, Neb. June 11 (UTP). — Killer: lof any taverns involved in gaming renin {entire labor field could be subbeen 4 to 4, and the miners would| FOR BIG 4 SUCCESS said that he now is “tossing some Harold E. Stassen's political] ONE The man was about 45 and | convictions, reported that so far no ! mitted to congress before the end delegates to Senator Raymond E. strength in the cornbelt states gets |five feet nine: inches tall. He was| convictions have been referred. to Bureau Forecasts Sticky of 1946

have won anyway since they won in the lower court. With hay

Other Actions Asked Mr. Truman also used his veto " | message as a vehicle for urging LOCAL TEMP ERATURES | congressional action on previous % 10am. 84 recommendations yet to be acted . 71 1am ... 86 |,50n adequate unemployment in-

Willis,” the 72-year-old incumbent its first test today when Nebraska |gray-haired, wore spectacles. He them. tice Black sitting, the actual count : who is trying for a second term. | Republicans vote on whether to pe Probably was left-handed Since that | City officials have renewed Weather Today, Tomorrow. was. 3 to 4. Says Seton Failure Would “This convention isn't bossed ” represented in the U.S. senate by a| Was the hand he used in firing the | charges that gambling convictions i i (the young man who has almost| conservative or an internationalist pistol that killed Mr. Whitcomb.|in Marion county are virtually unThe deep-seated diftereice be- Be Defeat for Mankind. complete Republican organization| The state's voters ballot in pre- He wore a conservative blue-gray | obtainable because of Mx prosecu- | tween the tWo associate Jusuices Was | support asserted. dominately Republican primaris to pencil-striped suit and panama hat. | tjon,

evident at the time. WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P.).| TWO: He a tly had ri-{ 76 12 (noon) .. 87 “My being chosen is just a natural. nominate senatorial and guberna-| pparently had no se ' | surance, compulsory health insurBut a newspaper column peseny —Secretary of State James Byrnes |1 have worked hard at being a Re- torial candidates. The election was 0us police record. Twice he was in! : 1p m 89 ance, “a fair minimum wage,” and ly on President Truman's problem \ sald today on the eve of his de-|. ian All the sniping is com- attracting the attention of leading Whitcomb's offices. He was seen | 20 TRIP T0 CHAIR 5 pe €Xtension of price control and stain filling the chief justiceship was|parture for the Big Four erelgn) ing from the same sources. They are potential Republican Presidensial there by possibly a score of em- Mild weather tomorrow wi bilization laws “in effective form.” | ministers’ meeting in Paris that an-| —— followed by some real scorchers, ; Continued on “Pave 8—Column 4)! .| bi-partisan. That I'll never be | candidates. ’ " Mr. Truman said the Case bill, ( 3 (other Janre to glad i | “1 served in the senate with Sen-| It is regarded as a test of Mi (Continued op. Page Y~Column 3 we WEBI SUICH) Sa toda. win Dad it been law during the recent TERMINAL PAY PLAN | | ress” 1d o J defeat 1 bE} ator Willis. He is a fine gentleman | Stassen’s role as a national political SENATOR ASKS TEST b = y gl 1 t thi y rn- | Ajo strikes “which have so se‘peace wou 3 Celeal for ma leader. He campaigned actively for a 3 suc y he. ha h 3 Hy riously damaged our economy.” APPROVED BY HOUSE kina. (Continued on Page 1—Column 8) Governor Dwight Griswold tn the ON REMOVAL OF OPA Court to H a ments on ing included “warm and humig, would have “failed completely” to WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P.,| Mr. Birnes made his Watemeli: , gl To ASH ECTON. Tent ro 0 heal Arguments o The Wmpelive 16 Jens Ive prevent or shorten them. f iTON, | ) ; SW v e “ —The house today passed and sent |** his last news con’erente incumbent Omaha millionaire. | Senator Arthur -H Vandenberg Case at That Time. ays wil average BTE€S Rather, he said, “each of these {his departure on Thursday for re- above normal, and about One- gi jie would have had the full 10 the senate 3 bill to give an aver- f the foreign ministers’ CAI Tp : [(R. Mich.) proposed today the : uarter inch of rain is predicted 250 terminal leave pay to | sumption 9 satan EVANSVILLE MAN , 4 v WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P) a \ 5D - sanction of the bill” age of $25 p negotiations on peace treaties. government remove price controls RB FLUN, Jun Thunderstorms are predicted in the he Case bill confronted Mr. Tru-~ each of about 15000000 enlisted |“ 0 FL Ct oT on riey ended in APPROVAL OF CLARK DIES IN AIR CRASH on one gig industry in an “experi- The supreme court today postponed c¢outh portion of the state and bill contr ; men and women who served in the) dare. ment” t8 see if OPA regulations can at least until next fall a second Saturday in the northern sector. (Continued on Page $—Column 1) armed forces during the war. 1 try. M ROCKPORT, Ind, June 11 (U, safely Wl eliminated without run- trip to the electric chair for Willie . he bill, offered by Rep. Dwigh As he prepared for a new ha r. > e bi ) oe : y bep. | wig | Byrnes was asked: P.).—Indiana’'s airplane fatalities! away inflation, Francis d d . Rogers (D. Fla) wou retro- | °°, mounted ‘today with the death of He stepped into the opening sen-| The court announced yesterday Ne active for service since Sept. 8, 1939. | ‘Before your ‘departure for Paris Senators Told General Is . PY ol 8s it would refuse to consider the case : : last time, you said you were not Marion R. ‘Berry, 35 Evansville ate debate on the restricted OPA 1g 1g S Oo essa e It would give enlisted persons pay pessimistic but that you stood in| ‘Unfit’ for Command. - whose Piper Cub hit high tension extension bill to suggest it would of ihe convicted Negro Louisiana Jor Shised I the need of prayer. Do you care, ol wires and burst into flames last be worthwhile to make the tes} ip electric chalr failed to| WASHINGTON, June 11 (U.P). “The bill 8 actually a collection would be paid in a song to_descrive your. feelings now and| WASHINGTON, June 11 (U. P.).|DIgAL since the government sooner Or|... “Tolan the originally — Highlights of President Truman's of separate unrelated measures and oye be p P sum, tell us what it is you think you —Col. H. Miller Ainsworth, rt Mr. Berry was burned fatally and jater “must take a chance” on a re- scheduled death date, May 3 | message to congress vetoing the'is not an over-all solution of this HEDY LAMARR HAS FLU may need this time?” |dent of the 36th (Texas) division & companion, Joe H. Miller, 26, EV~ | {yrn to a free economy: | He appealed on grounds that to Case anti-strike bill: most important problem. We must " Mr. Byrnes replied quickly, “more association said today Lt. Gen. ansville, was treated on the spot or “We must have production, or not make a false start. We must

HOLLYWOOD, June 11 (U. P.).— prayer.’ Mark W. Clark, formerly of .Indi- Severe cuts on head and body. (Earlier ‘story, Page 3 |carry out the death penalty later | Movie Star Hedy Lamarr was under | “I do not say that in jest” he anapolis, was “unworthy” for major| Smts————— - | would place him in double jeopardy

a doctor's care today with an at-|aqded. “I did sa . {for a single crime and inflict a| y it originally (in|army commands because his h tack of intestinal flu. jest) but afterward came to be-| “blunders” cost the 36th needless rac ers A e to rocers'

‘cruel and unusual punishment.” lieve that we did stand in need of | bloodshed in Italy.

| The official orders of the court,| issued at the end of its term yesprayer and I hope those prayers] Col. Ainsworth and a group of i Li + f Sh } vital productidn.” ' 6 d 2 W “deTIMES INDEX will continue—I mean more pray-|other former officers of the division rowing IS Oo or Ages ie urine the one ward f de qa 8 8 i ideal h to sate asked the senate military affairs | view of his case. : “In the determination of the Re vrs nh And de committee to withhold approval of (Another Food Story, Page 2) = |apolis branch, 1015 E. Michigan st.,| , chokesman for the court an. | question of whether or not the great sire, in Beech Grove, where life

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