So the poor are defined as "the poverty problem." In each of these instances, state and federal law-enforcement agencies showed themselves at best lackadaisical in their investigative efforts, suggesting the possibility of official collusion or at least tolerance for the criminal deeds. The Kollsman Report speculated that the damaged threads, and loose screw, might have been caused by heat damage: "Examination of a similar rocking shaft exposed to 1100 degrees Fahrenheit, believed to be higher than that which the subject instrument was exposed to, showed that with a thread which is unabused, and with a properly tightened screw: a) the screw did not come out due to high temperature exposure: letter b= there is an aluminum deposit on the brass screw threads under load: c) the thread in the shaft tapped hole, Photo 39, is not damaged to the extent shown on Photos 24, 25, 26 and 27.". The previous murder attempts on the life of Walter Reuther, should have been, The newspapers and our government have remained strangely silent in this, matter. That afternoon, Lundeen was killed in a Virginia . http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1941/March/0308/0309/?action=view¤t=0309-allcurbsr.jpg, For your edification heres the crash report, http://www.baesel.net/capaccidents/1940.08.31_PennsylvaniaCentralAirlinesCorp_DouglasDC-3-A.pdf, As for the part about Inman I have no idea what you were going on about and doubt David or anyone else did either. was a sham. He had been with the company three years. Inman held this post until 1981. did they consider his death to be of so little consequence? In 1961, Attorney General Robert Kennedy asked him, Victor, and Joseph Rauh, an attorney for the UAW, to investigate the ultra-Right. Rogges campaign succeeded in a way his attempts to send the seditionists to jail did not. The pilots managed a crash landing that allowed all on. 1) Dewey, James. A small plane crashed on a highway northwest of Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday morning, shutting down traffic, authorities said. The technician who assembled the altimeter had made too many mistakes in the same area, to have done so innocently. He was an extraordinarily effective proponent of socioeconomic equality and an outspoken critic of the military-industrial complex, the arms race, the CIA, the national security state, and the Vietnam war. Worse Webberman omitted that his speculation that the altimeter was untraceable and might have been switched when it was being refueled was directly contradicted by the NTSB report. 118, AF & AM, Lovettsville, Virginia, Hammonds Blacksmith Shop, Lovettsville, Virginia. Steven Aftergood has just published Robert Muellers responses to questions for the record he received from the Senate Judiciary Committee this spring. 14) Parenti, Michael and Peggy Norton. I was impressed with the honesty of the people who were doing this." Walter Reuther was first and foremost a labor organizer, with an. A Kollsman Instrument Report attempted to explain the indentation: "Examination of the shaft indicated physical damage adjacent to the questionable screw hole in the shaft. Walter Reuthers position as the president of the largest labor. one of the first jets designed and built specifically for business flying. Click HERE to see this. Ron Brown and 34 others were . Braden stated: "Victor spent the money, mostly in West Germany, to bolster labor unions there. He served from 1937 to 1940. This new facility had been designed by Oscar Stonorov and was due to be, opened to the membership within a few weeks of the crash. At the same time, Reuther was critical of right-wing radicalism. The FAA/NTSB found "no indication of sabotage." Again, their story seems to support the view, that political murders are quite common in the USA. None of the hearers, however, were able to determine whether the plane had motor trouble. A drawing of this shaft and its jeweled bearings pointed out several areas of "possible interference" with the altimeter's accuracy as a result of these mismatches. WHEN MINNESOTA SENATOR ERNEST LUNDEEN WAS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH over Virginia on August 31, 1940, the Republican governor was able, according to the rules, to appoint a fellow Republican to fill the senator's seat. Twenty minutes on the ground gave the saboteur enough time to change an altimeter. WASHINGTON When former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash in the foothills of Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains on Aug. 31, 1940, he likely knew the Justice Department was investigating his part in a Nazi-driven plot to overthrow the U.S. government. He was the dynamic, and charismatic leader of the United Auto Workers (UAW). There had been so many attempts on Walter's life. Read the recent article on a mysterious airplane crash that killed a Minn. U.S. learn about all our free newsletter options, How a U.S. It is the mainstay of the conservative reactionism of the 1980s and 1990s. Had this altimeter been constructed and tested so that it would fail at a specific, critical time during the flight? I believe that the murder, attempt in 1938 had been retribution for his union activities at Ford Motor, Company. Viereck was on trial, charged with failing to tell the State Department all about his activities. One of the defendants provided security for Ford Motor Company. David O. Norris, a private detective hired by Elizabeth Reuther Dickmeyer, youngest daughter of Walter Reuther, discovered evidence to the contrary: "Just hours after the crash a reporter from the Detroit News talked to the night dispatcher at Butler Aviation who said he knew that Walter Reuther was on the plane." The last communication from the plain's captain or co-pilot was their report of reaching 6,000 ft. . The struggles of Walter Reuther's life should cause us to give more than cursory attention to the questionable circumstances of his death. Braden was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on February 22, 1918. The ad warned: "Walter Reuther is already within reach of controlling your Congress. A staked depression would deform the adjacent holes and shaft as noted in Photo 45 which was purposely done on an equivalent shaft at room temperature." This finding was based on a test during which the rocking shaft "calibration arm set screw was loosened. A recent government report found it to be "outmoded" and "overloaded.". My son put it under his pillow, she said. Another webpage written by Webberman* has what purports to be links to images of the Kollsman Report but they are dead and there is no trace of them on the Internet Archive (as if they never existed). 4) A ring jewel within the mechanism was installed off center. Certainly, the fact is mentioned that before, during, and after 1940, Herr H*tler ran Nazi operations on US soil. Senator Ernest Lundeen from Minnesota killed. The Detroit Police claimed that neighbors had been, complaining about his barking dog. (Mondales loss gave him the unhappy distinction as the only person ever to lose a statewide election in all 50 states, after having lost all but Minnesota to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election.). Achievements Lundeen was recognized for his service in the state legislature, the United States Congress and the United States Senate. Jonas was born in 1856. addressed the possibility that he may have been murdered. The Kollsman Report stated: "Examination of the calibration arm, Photo 31, and 32, and the end of the questionable screw show discolorations whose shapes tend to confirm that this screw was in position at the time of exposure to high temperature. If Walter Reuther was indeed murdered or assassinated, there are others with. Who do you think now seems more reasonable and attractive to the MSM, David, you, Fetzer, or Adm. Inman. Lundeen's husband, who had been tragically killed in a plane crash near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia two years earlier, was reportedly under investigation by the FBI at the time of his death. Inspection revealed charred aluminum in the brass screw threads. When recovered, the rocking shaft was bent, so the screw must have changed position. Just as I started to look out the window I heard a terrific noise., We ran outside without even thinking of raincoats. They don't put them in Lear Jets. His last major position was as the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a post he held from February 12, 1981 to June 10, 1982. Death of senator from Minnesota still shrouded in mystery, By Albert Eisele | Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. 25 memorials. [NY Journal American 6.5.63]. His father, Valentine, a socialist, trained. ernest lundeen, a representative and a senator from minnesota; born near beresford, union county, s.dak., august 4, 1878; attended the common schools; served in company b, twelfth minnesota volunteers, during the spanish-american war; graduated from carleton college, northfield, minn., in 1901; studied law at the university of minnesota at [7] Also on board were "a Special Agent of the FBI, a second FBI employee, and a prosecutor from Criminal . In 1937 Walter Reuther became the leader of a United Automobile Workers insurgent faction that included Communists. 14 May. Although he switched party affiliations several times, Lundeen remain an isolationist and opposed U.S. involvement in World War II. It involved Lundeens passionate embrace of isolationism. Ham Fish had introduced him to Viereck, after Fish had held a long conference with the Nazi agent in Fish's private office. He took the technicians' word there was no evidence of sabotage. A Born Battler for Labors Causes. Detroit Free Press. Why would a regional paper totally ignore the president of the, largest labor union in the country? Their murders were just as, politically motivated as the others. 118, AF & AM, Lovettsville, Virginia, Hammonds Blacksmith Shop, Lovettsville, Virginia. For this he earned the wrath of powerful corporate and political interests. By Odd that if the NTSB based their findings on the reports by Barfield and Kollsman Instruments that not only is there no independent confirmation of their existence but the safety boards report made no mention of the them or the first company and the second was only mentioned in passing. Mr. There were several other problems with the construction of this altimeter: According to a Kollsman Instrument report, the same rocking shaft that contained the missing set screw "has the improper pivot on the forward end." These powerful men were able to use their political influence to prod the Justice Department to remove a competent, ambitious prosecutor from investigating Vierecks operation and the slew of other Nazi-promoted plots to destabilize the U.S. government. CRASH KILLING 25 LAID TO LIGHTNING; CAA Reports Bolt Disabled Pilots of Plane Carrying Senator Lundeen DISCOUNTS TURBULENT AIR Jump-Seat Occupant, Thrown Into Control Cockpit, Might Have Disrupted . "I was deeply saddened to learn that . I am not insinuating anything related Hoover or FDR involvement in The Lundeen crash, Len. But when he did come around, it was great, and who knows what he would have developed into. It was the first fatal accident in the airlines history and it shattered the proud safety mark set by the nations Commercial Airlines which had flown one and a quarter billion miles since March 26, 1939 without a single passenger fatality. One of the youngest persons ever to become a U.S. senator, Ball, at thirty-five, was also the first senator to be required to register for conscription. They had no power to, recover. The fact that were two FBI agents on the plane with him when it hit the ground full speed at 300 mph gave some credence to the reports. MISS M. TURNER, Huddleston, Va., bound for Cleveland. It added, "Nothing within the ordinary range of experience and no combination of events of which the occurrence could be regarded as at all likely, would have sufficed to have produced this accident.". I didn't come here to be insulted. Even if there were tension, the screw would have left traces of movement on the shaft. refute those who believe that Walter Reuther was murdered? The jet engines were immediately stopped by the branches. My interest in Walter, Reuther arose in part from my experiences as a member of the United Auto, Workers. I had just made that step and the dish in, my hand just flew into a thousand pieces. Lovettsville Game Protective Association, Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville High School (1910), Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Library, Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Post Office (1937-1961), Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Town Hall, Lovettsville, Virginia, McClains Grocery, Lovettsville, Virginia, Historical Photographs of Lovettsville, Virginia, 1940 Lovettsville Airline Disaster Archive, Revolutionary War Veterans of Lovettsville. But it was not an obsession with communism that caused them to hate and fear Reuther but an obsession with maintaining their privileged place in the politico-economic status quo. (Victor believes the attempt against him was intended as a message to Walter.) Lundeen was carrying these pages when he died, and they were found near the scene of the plane crash. The communist label was used in attempts to smear and delegitimate Reuther. After Rogge made public appearances to discuss those findings, he was fired. Pennsylvania Central flies between Norfolk, Virginia and Milwaukee. Steve Schlossberg told this researcher: "It's not my field. Lundeens secretary, who was tasked with driving the senator to the airport for that ill-fated trip, testified to the FBI that she found Lundeen in his Capitol Hill office crying inconsolably. Because of the remoteness of the district and lack of communication, news of the tragedy did not even reach Lovettsville for nearly an hour. And we could see what had happened as soon as we got on top of the hill. 2) Delisle, Tom and James Dewey. Former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, died in a single-engine plane crash in southwest Alaska that killed four other people, including one of his former congressional aides, officials said Tuesday. 2) An incorrect pivot was installed in one end of a rocking shaft. Click HERE to see this. Among the 21 passengers on the capacity filled plane was Senator ERNEST LUNDEEN, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota. When the United States entered the war, he served in the OSS. It certainly does and in mass marketed quantities. LUNDEEN TOOK VIERECK DATA; Former Secretary to Senator Testifies That Widow "Stripped' Files of Records TELLS OF SPEECH-WRITING Witness Asserts Joint Effort Produced Anti-British Attack -- Viereck Paid by Nazi February 25, 1942, Wednesday http://query.nytimes.com/beta/search/query.&submit=sub SIDELIGHTS OF THE WEEK He'd know something was wrong. Pittsburgh, Aug. 31 (INS) The 25 persons aboard the Pennsylvania-Central Airlines transport which crashed in Virginia tonight killing all on board were, according to PCA: LOWELL SCROGGINS, pilot, Washington, D. C. ), The sensational charges against Lundeen, which were never proven or disproven were first raised by muckracking syndicated columnists Drew Pearson and Robert Allen, who reported two weeks later that the rabid pro-German isolationist was under investigation at the time of his death., According to the columnists, Suspicion had been directed in Senator Lundeens direction after many mysterious visits to his office on the part of George Sylvester Viereck, famous German propagandist and a self-avowed friend of Adolph Hitlers Germany. This letter was distributed to political leaders, corporate. From what little was left of the plane it was hard to tell what had happened. Sort By. You can also learn about all our free newsletter options. 12) Pip, Edwin G. Reuther plane had a flame out. Detroit News. 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