The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1935, Page 7

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1985__~ t as : Convention Calendar | CONTINUE from page one Witnesses Relate WEDNESDAY ‘Time 9:00 a. m. Meeting of Executive Committee 1:30 p. m. Representative Assembly 7:30 p. m. General Assembly Speakers: Governor Welford, President J. N. Urness of Williston | * ee Being Solicited for Place City Auditorium | City Auditorium | City Auditorium | missioner, and one of the defendants with Langer. Other defendants are and Dr. Mortimer Adler, University of Chicago. ; State Senator Oscar .E. Erickson, THURSDAY | chairman of the Republican state cen- 9:00 a. m. General Assembly City Auditorium| tral committee, and R. A. Kinzer, jpeakers: Hon, Walter L. Stockwell, Fargo; Dr. D. A. Worcester, former relief secretaty under Langer. ofessor of educational psychology and measurements, University of Nebraska, and Dr. P. J. Iverson, Agricultural college, Fargo. High points of the trial Wednesday were: 2:00 p. m. Sectional Meetings Central High Schooli Testimony by witnesses they were (Unless otherwise designated) |“‘told” that subscriptions to the 7:30 p.m. Gencral Assembly City Auditorium|Leader, Langer - inspired _ political Speakers: Hon. Asgeir Asgeirsson, Former Premier and Present i weekly, were “good job insurance.” Minister of Iceland, and President John C. West, North Dakota. Testimony by one witness, a former highway division head, that he pro- University of | FRIDAY |Vided a state automobile and fore- 9:00 a. m. General Assembly City Auditorium |man to Harold McDonald, former so- Speakers: State Superintendent Arthur E. Thompson; Dr. C, E. j|Ucitor for the Leader, for the purpose Cooper, Head of the Geography Department, Ohio University; Miss jof soliciting employes in the division. Eva K. Anglesburg, Thompson, N. Educational Adviser, Omaha. D., and Dr. D. C. Weidmann, CCC One Head Refused Introduction of a letter, purporting 2:00 p.m Sectional Meetings Central High School), trod fied 7:30 p.m “Tons of Money” City Auditorium ie show Petter Oue anes jie 9:30 p.m Convention Ball World War Memorial Bldg. had “refused” to take part in the so: * * “2 x NDEA SOCIAL CALENDAR oe mee ere We aie ay sana | The trial moved monotonously Banquet for Indian Service Teachers, Grand Pacific hotel private dining | ror ae PAbolenLe A aus room, 6 p. m. : Tea for Bismarck branch, League of American Pen Women, home of Mrs,|8!ven by the witnesses preceding Edna LaMoore Waldo, 710 Fourth St., 4 to 6 p. m. them. Thursday To each witness, Lanier put the Concordia college reunion and luncheon, Trinity Lutheran church,-noon.|@Westion “were you solicited in the Jamestown college luncheon and reunion at McCabe Methodist Episcopal |SPring of 1933 for 5 per cent of your Si church at 12:15 p. m. St. Olaf's college luncheon at the room, noon. North Dakota Agricultural college Presbyterian church parlors. Home economics supervisory and instructors’ tea at home economics de- partment, junior high school building, University of North Dakota alumni reunion and luncheon at 12:15 p. m., Grand Pacific hotel private dining roo Mayville Teachers college reunion Ellendale Normal and Industrial school reunion luncheon, noon. Dickinson Teachers college annual Valley City Teachers college reunit Minot Teachers college annual rev Chancellors’ banquet, 6:15 p. m., Patterson hotel. Lollypops’ banquet, 6 p. m., Patterson hotel dining room. Reception for Asgeir Asgeirsson, 4:00-5:30 p. m., at office of Governor Walter Welford, state capitol. Escorted tour of the capitol, 5: Pp. Friday Phi Delta Kappa and School Officers’ church, 12:15 p. m, Rese American Asso p. m. Thursday Business and Professional Wome dining room, 8-9 a. m. Tea at Bismarck Indian school tor Indian Services and other teachers, 4p.m the Inn. University of Michigan dinner, 6:30 p. m., the Inn. .. the Inn. Schoolmen’s breakfast, 7:30 a. n North Dakota vocational luncheon, Industrial arts group, breakfast, 8 a. m. “Tons of Money” to be presented by Bismarck Community Players, 7:30 p. m., city auditorium. Convention ball, World War Memorial building, immediately following evening general assembly In cases 6f events where the time and place are not listed, convention guests dnd others interested may make reservations at special booths to be nrovided at the registration hall. The finest grades of tobacco are grown in Massachusetts and Connecti- | cut. Longer Wear... Greater Comfort! vations being taken by Mrs. Paul H. Henry (1846-J) Trinity Lutheran church, noon, English group luncheon, Trinity Lutheran church, noon, i ation of Universi sical club tea for mus can Legion Auxiliary room, World War Memorial building, 4 to 6 p. m, Administrative women in education, breakfast meeting, 7:30 a. m., at alary?” Each time he asked the question, Chief Defense Counsel Francis Mur- reunion luncheon at 12:15 p. m., First|Phy objected on the grounds it was irrelevant on the theory the em- ployees were state employees, and that solicitation of them was not within the indictment. jm. Over-Ruled by Judge end luncheon. Each time, Murphy was over-ruled by Federal Judge A. Lee Wyman, presiding. McDonald and Oscar A. Chaput, who were tried and convicted with Langer, Vogel and Kinzer in July, 1933, and who received a new trial when the circuit court overthrew the conviction, have since pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentence. Erickson was not tried at that time because of illness. George E. Hepner, Minot, now em- ployed by the federal biological sur- ty Women banquet, Patterson hotel| Ye, but empolyed as division en- gineer at Minot in 1933, testified he ic supervisors and instructors, Ameri-|Was approached by McDonald in the “spring of that year.” “During the time you were in charge at Minot, did he (McDonald) ;come to you and talk about solicita- tions?” Lanier asked. Murphy objected but | ruled. “Yes—three different times,” plied Hepner. Conferred With Vogel Prior to becoming division head at Minot, Hepner said he conferred with Vogel. “At that time, did he say anything about 5 per cent solicitations?” asked Lanier. “He mentioned something about 5 eee —____ | per cent, but said it would be handled . by someone else,” Hepner explained. V.F.W. Installation Later, at Minot, McDonald appear- . ed, Hepner said, and “presented the Slated for Tonig! ht|$ per cent proposition. Hesmentioned i |it as good job insurance, after I 1 Installation of newly-elected officers | srotested, eayiae I had other ane by Pevariment comaander P. G-|like insurance to take care of. I said Hoe redatterns pre Lea ney I wasn’t a politician, that I had un- i cine tive ronnie esing at The [certaken to handle the job profession- Gilbert N. Nelson post No. 1326, vet- | °U¥ and that I could not see why I erans of Foreign Wars, called for g {DOW be assessed anaes ie at the War eel He did not subscribe, Hepner testi- 4 Q , fied. Announcement of all committee ap- | 1 pointments will be made. Plans for|,, McDonald told him, Hepner said, ‘ ss that “I was supposed to furnish him civic service projects will be announced | with transportation and take him World War Memorial building dining 4 p.m. reunion luncheon at noon, ion luncheon at noon. union duncheon, noon. m. luncheon, First Presbyterian | n’s club breakfast, Patterson hotel! was over- re- noon, | the state highway department at-Bis- | marck, J. C, Stark of Mandan told of | being solicited similarly by McDonald. | Several were present at the time, {he declared. “We asked him if it ‘had any bearing on our jobs, and he | said it was good job insurance,” Stark. 5 Per Cent of Wage testified. Stark said he gave several. checks {for subscriptions, but paid only one. |Later, he stated, he received a letter |from Vogel;.; reminding him of his |“pledge,” and ‘notifying him that Vo- ‘gel would expect the pledge to be carried out. Gave 4 Post-Dated Checks Harold Pike of Bismarck, a PWA jemployee, but working in the high- way department in the spring of |1933, said he was solicited by Chaput, jand gave four post-dated checks rep- resenting 5 per cent of his annual salary. On cross-examination, he said Chaput explained the purpose of the imewspaper was to “promote the poli- cies of the administration.” Although he protested against pay- ment of the money, Charles Rohrer, highway department blue printer, said he contributed 5 per cent of his annual salary after Chaput had so- licited him, and to him it was “job insurance.” He said he gave four checks of $18 each, and paid two, but the others “were not returned.” minding employes of their pledges, Rehrer said “it was the same” as one received by him, * Others Testify Others who testified to similar transactions were A. E. LaDue of Bismarck, employe of the depart- ment, Giles Personius and James F. Hall, Of Personius, Murphy asked on cross-examination, “You aided the in- vestigators in the last trial of this case, didn’t you.” ~- “Well—I assisted them,” he said, “Well—that’s aiding them, isn’t it?” pursued Murphy. Personius had testified he was dis- charged by Vogel. “You entertained some considerable feeling against Mr. Vogel because of your discharge, didn’t you?” asked Murphy. “Yes—naturally,” replied Person- jus, | “—and you do now?” insisted Mur- | phy. | “yes”, said Personius LaDue declared he had been splicit- ed by Chaput but heard of the solici- tation being made before he saw Cha- ut. Tuesday, the government called a , Series of 10 highway employes who told of being solicited by Chaput in the \ highway department in May, 1933. A | total of 24 employes in the highway | Gepartment who, Lanier claims, paid 5 |per cent of their annual salaries as workers on federal aid road projects, have been listed as potential witnesses by Lanier. Promised Salary Raise Testimony of a government witness regarding a salary raise in order that he could meet solicitations marked the record Wednesday in the Langer trial. Purnishing some of the first direct reference to federal funds solicita- tions, was the testimony of John Flagg, highway department drafts- man. Flagg testified Tuesday he was soli- cited by Chaput, and afterward was promised a raise by Vogel. ceived the salary promise from Vogel. Under questioning by Lanier, Flagg testified Vogel telephoned him, say- ing: Asked Why He Didn't Pay “You haven't been paying your 2 jand 5 per cent. Why not?” “I said I wasn‘vable to afford it.” “Well.” Flagg said Vogel replied, “Fil raise your salary to $75 and that will be enough to take care of the 5 per cent.” Shown a letter’ from Vogel re-! Unable, Flagg testified, to subscribe | to Chaput’s solicitations, he later re- | ploye under Vogel in the highway de- partment in 1933, declared Chaput came to the highway department about. May 1, 1933—“he stated he was. mak- ing collections for the Leader, and that state employees were to be soli- | cited: for 5 per cent of their salaries. T asked him how and if we had to pay it.” ' Inquires About Cor “Did you'‘ask him any compulsion?” Lanter questioned. “Chaput said something about job insurance,” McCready .answered, McCready said he waa present at a conference between other state high- way employes and Chaput at which {the latter was asked to subscribe sub- scriptions for advertising credit in the Leader. “Chaput said he'd have to get that okayed,” McOready testified, “and that he'd see about it. That after- noon he returned and said ‘I've seen the governor and your proposition is okay.’” McCready said that after he had failed to pay two of four checks he lgave for subscriptions, he received a \letter signed by Vogel, which stated jhe was expected to make the pay- ‘ments, A copy of the etter was identified by McCready, and introduced in evi- dence. ‘ Solicited by Mail é | Earlier, another witness, Gilbert C. lunderson of Dickinson, now an FERA employe, employed in 1933 in the highway department, said he had been solicited by mail, and subse- sion ‘about quently received a letter similar to engineering highway department, testified he had yen solicited in May, 1938, by Cha- ‘put. § Referring to conversations with Chaput, Larier asked Leonhard: “Was, anything safd about insur- ance?” ‘ “Well, in the conversation it was sort of intimated that’s. what it amounted to,” Leonhard replied. , “=—What did Chaput say?” Couldn't Guarantee Job “Chaput said if we didn’t pay we wouldn’t have @ job and he couldn't guarantee a job if we did pay,” said Leonhard. _ - Previously, J. L. Clifford, also an employe of the department at that time, testified to conversations with Chaput, and that he had sub- scribed 5 per cent of his salary in four postdated checks, ‘Frank E. Cave, structural designer of the highway department; Ernest Boyd, now a PWA engineer, but a highway employe at Valléy City in 1933; Oscar Becker, Dickinson WPA employe, and former highway depart- ment worker in 1933, William Bar- neck, and Walter Brophy, Bismarck, all told of being solicited in the high- way department and of giving checks for subscriptions to the Leader. Leonhard was still under cross-ex- amination by Murphy when court ad- journed pruesday. 19 FEDERAL TURKEY GRADERS APPOINTED Selected by Examination, Group , Will Commence Work in State at Once ° Minet, N. D., Nov. 6.—(?)—Appoint- ment of 19 federal turkey graders to positions throughout the state was @nnounced here V’ednesday by Frank E. Moore, agricultural college poultry expert of Fargo, who is federal super- visor of North Dakota turkey grad- ing. The 19 graders were selectéd by examinations that were part of a state turkey grading school held here Monday and Tuesday under the su- Ppervision of Thomas Heitz, poultry marketing specialist of the U. 8. De- partment of Agriculture. Ten or 12 additional men will be selected imme- diately from the 70 candidates at the school, Moore said. Nearly all of the turkey graders will be used by the Farmers Union Poul- try Marketing organizations. To Begin Work at Once Newly appointed graders will begin work at once in prepatation for Thanksgiving marketing of turkeys and will probably receive the same —— appointments for the eng mar- keting season, Moore sald. t een men were appointed Oe ant supervising graders and will stationed as follows: Z ‘Martin Brock, Valiey City, to Mi- not; Knute Bondelie, Devils Lake; Williston; to Dickinson; brit) bes Ray Brannon, Zahl, ‘Arthur Lanz, Alexander, H, J. Lees, Buchanan, to Mandan; Lee Herring, Edgeley, to Jamestown, and Oscar Halgren, Dev- ils Lake, to Casselton. Territorial Graders ‘The 12 appointed to territories as aders are: O peter Peterson, Antler, W. J. Scha- fer, Minot, and William Johansen, Ryder, to Minot. Vernon White, Minot, to Devils Lake; J. M. Olson, Devils Lake, to Maddock; W. K. Bolton, Zahl, to Williston; Safford Johnson, Appam, to Dickinson; Donald Dunphy, Man- dan, and J. C. Woeste, Harvey, to Jamestown; H. L. Peterson, James- town, and G. W. 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Flagg said he had been solicited by Chaput in May, 1933, H. C. McCready, now a soil conser- vation service employe, but an em- Lanier Reads Letter The letier was identified and read by Lanier to the jury, after the court over-ruled objections by the defense. The letter addressed to Hepner, on highway department stationery, dated June 17, 1933, said: “Enclosed here- with an application for your consid- eration. “My suggestion is that when a rep- resentative of the organization calls, as one did recently, that you give him better cooperation than was evidenced by the reception he received when there. I might state that all divisions have done their part in full, at least the division engineers.” The letter was signed “Frank A, Vogel,” bear- ing his title as highway commissioner. On cross -examination Murphy brought the admission from Hepner that he had “objections to activities of Dave Hamilton,” then superintend- ent of equipment in the department. Asked Him to Go Easy Hepner said Hamilton attempted to. make some changes in personnel. “I urged him to go easy, because I was; responsible in the division.” | “Well, you did object, didn't you?”! When Dan Cupid and Schilling Coffee work hand in hand— a mere man has no chance. He surrenders—and likes it! Men like Schilling Coffee for its sturdy quality. Handle it with reasonable care (but not kid gloves) and it's always fragrant and full flavored. | "ne ‘Well—indirectly, yes.” | He said he “thought the letter came Schilling before Hamilton came up to the di- re) f f There are two Schilling Coffees. One for percolator. One for drip. On re-direct examination he re- Plied the letter arrived between the first and second visits of McDonald. On his second visit, McDonald was given a car and the maintenance foreman was assigned to go with him, Hepner said. 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