It also included thousands of inoffensive, innocent American adults. It involved Lundeens passionate embrace of isolationism. Killed and mangled were . Maddow: The widow of Senator Ernest. . When American troops are actually in combat, virtually every member of Congress, every politician sort of makes a show of supporting the troops and even goes over to visit the trenches of the Western front and things like that, historian Bradley Hart says in the podcast. Inspection revealed charred aluminum in the brass screw threads. In the former case why were the only parts you posted from the article. The correct pivot was conical, the incorrect pivot was flat. (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.). After completing my, research, I feel that the newspapers engaged in a conspiracy of silence, while reporting on the death of Walter Reuther: they presented information, about the plane crash along with biographical data, but only one paper. refute those who believe that Walter Reuther was murdered? Airport, Pellston, Michigan, May 9, 1970, Report No. The plane refueled at Akron and went on to Detroit's City Airport, then on to Detroit's Metro Airport. The bodies of a passenger and the stewardess were flung 1,500 feet from the crash. Page of 2. 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. Further microscopic examination leads to the belief that this was due to causes other than upset by staking, due to the lack of upset material adjacent to the depression, and hole shape. Ella was born on May 14 1860, in Judson Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. Harold Stassen. Mrs. Ridgeway, who was born in the area and moved to the farm with her late husband in 1950, said they found evidence of the violent crash years later. Former Senator for Minnesota. A small plane crashed on a highway northwest of Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday morning, shutting down traffic, authorities said. Ernest Lundeen 62, Minnesota U.S. There was also a radar altimeter. With Nixon in the White House and the bombings in Indochina escalating to unprecedented levels, Reuther ran ads in the national media and appeared before congressional committees to denounce the war and call for drastic cuts in the military budget. Former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash on Aug. 31, 1940. In C. Wright Mill's words: "What people are interested in is not always what is to their interest; the troubles they are aware of are not always the ones that beset them. Roll with it, David, instead of trying to endorse the "serious" people. They asserted that Lundeens speeches were bitterly anti-British and vigorously against American preparedness.. 3) One day before the fatal crash, Walter Reuther sent a telegram to the, White House condemning the war, the invasion, and the bankruptcy of our, policy of force and violence in Vietnam.15. An even bigger problem is the complete lack of attention on what happened to the anthrax after it came from Ivins flask, if it did. D. P. JAMES, interstate commerce commission, Des Moines, Iowa. I couldnt get up, and I lay there flat, on my back for a second or two. The plane was in a 45 degree dive. Norma Lundeen: I am the widow of Ernest Lundeen, United States senator from Minnesota, who was killed in an airplane crash on August 31, 1940. R. STAIRE, PCA observer, Washington. Walter Reuther died at the age of 62 in a plane crash. newspapers: Christian Science Monitor (CSM), Detroit Free Press (DFP), Detroit News (DN), Michigan Chronicle (MC), and New York Times (NYT). He'd know something was wrong. Does Rep. Pete Stauber know the difference between the agencies he oversees? That is not what my research has, proven. None this precludes the possibility that the plane might have be sabotaged, after all Ruether had a lot of powerful enemies but light is not going to be shown on the case by the likes of Weberman, he should stick to ruffling through peoples trash. Lundeen, a South Dakota native who served in the Army during the Spanish American War, served one term in the 65th Congress as a Republican from 1917-19, and two terms as a Farmer-Laborite in the 73rd and 74th Congresses from 1933-37 before being elected to the Senate in 1936. Former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash on Aug. 31, 1940. It was, in effect, an exercise in trade union colonialism.". Capt. I'm not following you. Jonz was a military veteran with 17,000 hours of flight time, and he logged 15 years as a pilot in Alaska. Again, their story seems to support the view, that political murders are quite common in the USA. In 1937 Walter Reuther became the leader of a United Automobile Workers insurgent faction that included Communists. It certainly does and in mass marketed quantities. The assailants were caught and acquitted in a trial that. On the afternoon of August 31, 1940, Lundeen was a passenger on Flight 19 of Pennsylvania Central Airlines, flying from Washington, D.C. to Detroit. The bodies were burned beyond recognition except for dental records. This and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
, Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. Though Lundeen had begun his political career as a Republican, he had run for office as a Farmer-Labor "Democrat" since 1933. The plane was flying low . 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 took it like a man who was loyally suppressing a big secret. The plane crashed while on a flight to Iceland during WWII. He did not believe Walter Reuther's death was the result of a conspiracy, nor did he believe CIA had any motive to assassinate him. All 25 on board were killed, including US Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota. 14 March 2000. 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It is wasting our resources that we need at home and it is tarnishing our moral credentials in the world." By nature shrewd, and brilliant, he developed a fiery oratorical style that captured the, imagination of millions of supporters. In a follow-up interview with us, Victor further noted: Animosity from government had been present for some time [before the fatal crash]. Although he and his brother were from a, very wealthy and affluent family, he sought to promote social change and, justice for the victims of discrimination in this country.6, 2) Malcolm X was murdered on February 21, 1965. The story also shows how the Justice Department failed in its effort to punish most of those involved, and it was the American people at the ballot box who removed many conspirators from power. Suspicion was that Sen. Lundeen was under FBI surveillance because of his association with a known Nazi, and because of what was learned, later. As a reader who knew about the appearance of a, conspiracy in this case, I was left with more questions than I had before I, started. In 1948 Braden married the former Joan Ridley, whom he met when she was on Nelson Rockefeller's staff. 14 March 2000. http://www.webcorp.com/civilrights/malcomx.htm. Joe Karaffa, 41, was the co-pilot and had only recently joined the charter firm after his Air, Force career; both men were retired military jet pilots. In the process the perennial candidate switched party allegiances to independent, then became a member of the Minnesota Farmer Labor Party, a precursor to the DFL. They had no power to, recover. Were happy to make this story available to republish for free under anAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons licenseas long as you follow ourrepublishing guidelines. I'll say it again, on behalf of a lot of us, sorry, David, you don't get to be "that" guy. Lundeen's candidacy had as much or more to do with clearing her husband's name than in actually winning his Senate seat. 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.". Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe's son, Perry Inhofe, a Tulsa orthopedic surgeon, died Sunday in a plane crash, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed late Monday. He was a fine player of the politics of subversion until he discovered the FBI was on to him, she said. LOVETTSVILLE, VA. Paul Wellstone wasnt the first U.S. senator from Minnesota to die in a plane crash. My, grandmother was left to raise her five children alone and she never, remarried. A. HOLLOWAY, interstate commerce commission, Washington. Albert Eisele is founding editor of The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress. Had this altimeter been constructed and tested so that it would fail at a specific, critical time during the flight? Senator: Near Lovettsville, Virginia: Pennsylvania Central Airlines Douglas DC-3 NC21789 cn:2188: Flying through a thunderstorm in turbulence the plane nosed over and plunged to earth. in rural Alabama during the most racist era in American history. He could not be sure whether he had introduced Viereck to his secretary, George Hill. The removal of Hitler and Mussolini and a few of their collaborators does not mean that fascism is dead, Rogge said in a New York city speech in 1946. He was not rescued until the train had traveled for 20 miles down the track. It mentioned that Walter Reuther had died along with his wife May, his, affiliation with the UAW, and the size of its membership.10 There was no, other mention of him made during the time frame for my research. [NY Journal American 6.5.63]. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------, ###################################################OOOOOOOO##########################################++++. In 1958, at a GOP fundraiser, Senator Barry Goldwater declared that "Walter Reuther and the UAW-CIO are a more dangerous menace than . Former Minnesota senator Ernest Lundeen's story of suspected sedition is back in the headlines thanks to a new podcast. The mechanism construction isolated the unit to one of three major types, each of which had numerous variations, none of which were TSO certified. Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., October 23, 1876 . There are people with legitimate grievances as employees, taxpayers, and consumers who direct their wrath against welfare mothers but not against corporate welfarism, against the inner city poor not the outer city rich, against human services that are needed by the community rather than regressive tax systems that favor the affluent. 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. He tried undercover techniques to keep me from finding out how he spent it. JOSEPH J. PESCI, 213 W. Market St., Blairsville, proctor at Duquesne university, Pittsburgh. Among such leaders looms the great figure of Walter Reuther. Again, there was no indication from the crew over the radio that any problem, Officials at Executive Jet Aviation in Columbus, Ohio, where the jet was, based, said Evans was probably one of the most experienced Lear Jet pilots. Senator ERNEST LUNDEEN, of Minnesota. Guest Tom ScullyMay 26, 2011 in Political Conspiracies. 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." Is it such a stretch to assume that our government. 6) The wrong kind of link pin, which holds a spring clip in place at the, 7) An end stone, which supports a shaft within the mechanism, was installed, I must admit that I was extremely biased before I began my research. May 1, 1928 - New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R). If nothing, else, my beliefs have been strengthened by the total disreguard for, responsible reporting that I found. . It is hard to fathom what national security concern is involved or why the FBI and CIA still keep so many secrets about Walter Reuther's life and death. While Lundeen lost reelection, he did not stop pursuing political office, running for state Legislature, governor, Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice, U.S. Senate and other offices. with an altimeter setting 29.75 inches" This was similar to the altimeter reading uncovered after the crash of October 1964. The next evening after Victor had given, the dog to family friends, he was shot in the head while in his home. He, he sort of refuses to support the war effort. Inman, a former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was unequivocal in his assertions in pre-trial depositions that mine regulators, union officials, plaintiffs lawyers and President Obama himself harbored a secret agenda to destroy Massey, and that the large numbers of safety violations Massey received were proof of the conspiracy, according to the lawyers. On April 4, 1991, the day before Tower died in the plane crash in Georgia, Heinz was killed in a freakish mid-air crash . That afternoon a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 transport dived full speed into a field near Lovettsville, Virginia. Newspapers Snub the Specter of Assassination: In this paper I am going to discuss the death of Walter Reuther and the, suspicious way that the newspapers covered it. And we could see what had happened as soon as we got on top of the hill. If you have questions, emaileditors@minnpost.com. Jonas was born in 1856. ", From the first days of the AFL-CIO merger in 1955, irreconcilable political differences existed between Reuther and AFL-CIO president George Meany, a cold-war hawk. It is frequently swept by wind and rain driven in cross currents through the Shenandoah mountains that loom on either side. Walter Reuther is Dead and the Nation. Lundeen was not a part of the efforts to commit violence. If the screw was. . As a member of the, UAW, I now enjoy many of the same benefits that Reuther obtained for its, There are some who believe that Reuther was murdered, most especially his. 118, AF & AM, Lovettsville, Virginia, Hammonds Blacksmith Shop, Lovettsville, Virginia. The Wonderful Life and Strange Death, 5) Mollison, Andrew. Schlossberg was sent a copy of this analysis and contacted. The crash was a head-scratcher. Perhaps Ultra will expound upon such a topic as its episodes go on. This was a totally real program. Suddenly the plane--flying on visual rules, not ground, controlledwas lower than it should have been. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license. ", A two-page ad in the Wall Street Journal (9/22/58) ran an inch-high headline: "WILL YOU LET REUTHER GET AWAY WITH IT?" He was elected as a Republican to the Minnesota state House and in 1916 to represent a Hennepin County-based district in the House of Representatives. However, the Civil Aeronautics Board, created only a year earlier after Sen. Bronson Cutting of New Mexico was killed in a plane crash ironically, Lundeen pushed for the legislation that created it raised further doubts in November when it issued an 87-page report of its investigation into the accident, even while concluding that the accident probably was caused by an extraordinary lightning effect., The report noted the fact that all-metal airplanes are frequently struck by lightning with no injurious results, and that the character of the lightning discharge, as well as its effect on the airplane and crew, in the present instance must be regarded as an extremely unusual occurrence. 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