Walter Reuther's jet had been cleared for an instrument landing and broke through scattered clouds at 400 feet. It was, in effect, an exercise in trade union colonialism.". It was pointed out to Victor Reuther that no mafia figures had offered valid information on the plane crash. Over the years, Reuther denounced communism at every opportunity, seeking thereby to legitimate his own status as a loyal American. And many of the released documents-some of them forty years old-are totally inked out. It carries a crew of two and six passengers at nearly 600 miles per hour. 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. The certainty of this claim was seriously challenged by both the National Academy of Sciences report and subsequent reporting on several grounds. Cemetery Visibility: Public. At 2:41 it crashed at top speed into a field of alfalfa, ricocheted 50 yards into a cornfield. The full story was not told. Lawyer ; Judge, Missouri St. Louis Court of Appeals, 1916-40; defeated, 1940; mayor of St. Louis, Mo., 1941-43; died in office 1943. He leaned forward, shouted: "The man who made that statement lies." The speech extolled the great contributions of German culture to American life, and argued that Americans had more in common with the fascist German government than it did with the democracies Germany was busy invading. MISS MILDRED CHESSER, 1738 M. St., NW., Washington, D. C. Walter Reuthers position as the president of the largest labor. It was coming down so thick then you couldnt see more than a quarter of a mile. . 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. In 1958, at a GOP fundraiser, Senator Barry Goldwater declared that "Walter Reuther and the UAW-CIO are a more dangerous menace than . Because of the heavy rain that drove local residents indoors, no actual eye-witnesses of the catastrophe could be found immediately. The technician who assembled the altimeter had made too many mistakes in the same area, to have done so innocently. AFC Wild Card Playoffs - Los Angeles Chargers v Jacksonville Jaguars | Douglas P. DeFelice/GettyImages The Jacksonville Jaguars had a nightmare first half against the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL Wild Card round. By Albert Eisele Sept. 3, 2009 Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Ernest. ", NIXON called Walter Reuther's death "a deep loss." E. W. CHAMBERS, 17 Craighead St., Pittsburgh. The bodies were burned beyond recognition except for dental records. Many of the released documents, are well over forty years old, and the pages were totally inked out!16 Is, there some matter of national security involved where our FBI and CIA would, still want to keep so many secrets about the life and death of Walter, Reuther? 5) A second rocking shaft rear support pivot was incorrect. Lundeen doesnt do any of these things. The spores in the attack came from RMR-1029 and Ivins controlled access to that flask. You're going up against an instrument pilot who's been through partial panel training, where you have a failure of half your critical instruments. heads, and rival unionists to prove that they were communist sympathizers. In 1937 Walter Reuther became the leader of a United Automobile Workers insurgent faction that included Communists. When we plowed our garden, we found pieces of the airplane and even a human tooth, she said. 8) Martin Luther King-A Historical Examination. lundeen, ernest, 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 Lundeen was an early pioneer in South Dakota, where Ernest was born and raised. "AIRPLANE CRACK-UP, WORST CRASH IN HISTORY, KILLS SENATOR LUNDEEN" The news U.S. air-transport men have been dreading finally came in August 31, 1940. Eight investigators from the. Mr. MISS C. POST, 1739 Kilborn Place, NW., Washington. Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., October 23, 1876 . LUNDEEN NOTED AS ISOLATIONIST; WRECKAGE AND TWO OF VICTIMS IN AIR CRASH Times Wide World Wired Photo Sept. 1, 1940 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from. In recent decades, organized labor has endured a serious battering from conservative interests in both government and the corporate world. 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. Third, like the suspicious near-crash that occurred the previous year, the fatal crash also involved a faulty altimeter in a small plane. On Oct. 16, 1972, a Cessna 310C with the tail number N1812H, operated by Pan Alaska Airways, disappeared somewhere between Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska. 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. But I had my own undercover techniques." U.S. Sen. Ernest P. Lundeen died 69 years ago this week in a crash that remains shrouded in mystery. in Episode one, features Senator Lundeen, the plane crash, and more. loose, it would have left the high by 200-300 feet. The cause of the mysterious crash was never resolved. In fact, the FBI has never officially closed the books on its investigation into the possibility that sabotage might have caused what was then the nations worst aviation disaster. 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 Republican. 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. The forward jewel for this shaft was damaged (oval recess) but not cracked. The reason is that Lundeen, an isolationist who had, as a member of the U.S. House 23 years earlier, voted against the declaration of war against Germany, was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer who was reportedly under investigation by the FBI. NIXON called this "submission to blackmail.". ED BATEMAN, son of MRS. MARY H. BATEMAN, of 948 Adair Avenue, has been a pilot with Pennsylvania-Central for some time. The altimeter looked intact, even though it had been tampered with. 6) Kennedy, John F. American Presidents. You don't file with just one clue. There were three, witnesses who heard the plane before it crashed and then were subsequently, at the scene. As the rocking arm rotated, erroneous information would be transmitted to the dials from the altimeter's pressure capsule. Ernest Lundeen Memorial. In fact, the FBI has never officially closed the books on its investigation into the possibility that sabotage might have caused what was then the nation's worst aviation disaster. No test was conducted to determine if the set screw, sitting in a drilled-out thread, would leave a similar mark; with the threads torn, it could not have left a bright spot or stain on the shaft, since there would have been a total absence of tension. A. MOCK, Washington, D. C. Many thanks to Stu Beitler athttp://www3.gendisasters.com/virginia/2406/lovettsville-va-air-disaster-aug-1940?page=0,0, Copyright 2023 Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum. WITNESS SAYS HILL USED LUNDEEN FRANK; Mrs. Spielman Testifies Viereck Wrote Speeches for Senator, HILL LINKS FISH WITH VIERECK ACTS; Convicted Secretary Reverses Testimony in Telling of His Introduction to Nazi Agent MAILED SPEECH ON 'FRANK' Witness Says 125,000 Copies Were Sent Out and He Got 'Tip' of $100 From Defendant, SAYS MRS. 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, http://query.nytimes.com/beta/search/query&submit=sub, One implicated legislator was the late Senator Ernest Lundeen, Minnesota isolationist, who, it was said, had inserted speeches prepared by Mr. Viereck into March 8, 1942, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/,773070,00.html. I decided to focus my research on May 9, 1970 (the day of Reuthers death), through the end of that month. This second son of, a German immigrant couple was born on September 1, 1907, in Wheeling, West, Virginia. German ancestry. M. P. MAHAN, 1788 Lender Place, Washington, D. C. 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. 4) There was an attempt in 1949 to bomb the UAWs headquarters in Detroit. I've now shared with you, everything I know about this incident. 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. 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 The file documented Reuther's leadership role in progressive and antiwar organizations. Steven Spielbergs production company, Amblin Entertainment, has recently purchased the movie rights to Maddows podcast. 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. He was on his way to address an all-state picnic of Minnesota Townsend Clubs when his career ended abruptly in an airplane crash near Lovettsville, Virginia, in August 1940. TOM, YES I agree with your ideas presented in your post and add this in context. Its 22 passengers, two pilots and stewardess were all killed. On Aug. 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane carrying Sen. Ernest Lundeen, along with 20 other passengers and four crew members, went down in a heavy rainstorm near Lovettsville, Virginia. He tried undercover techniques to keep me from finding out how he spent it. U.S. army investigators approach the wreckage of a Air Force T-43 plane on April 6, 1996, near the Dubrovnik airport. Maddow: The widow of Senator Ernest. Nancy Beck Young, a historian specializing in 20th century American politics at the University of Houston who is featured in the podcast, said Viereck was on the lookout for members of Congress who were susceptible to his pitch, which included splitting the money Berlin was paying for the operation. Member donations are crucial to the work of our nonprofit newsroom. That dubious distinction belongs to Ernest P. Lundeen, who was killed along with 24 other people 69 years ago this week on Aug. 31, 1940 when his commercial airliner plunged into an alfalfa field near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains during a violent thunderstorm as he was returning to Minnesota from the nations Capital for the Labor Day recess. (Many thanks to Judy Virts-Beard Fox, Lovettsville Historical Society Board member, for donating this copy of LIFE Magazine to the LHS Museum. Victor Reuther: "My brother came out against it and that opposition persisted through the Johnson years. This and is republished here under a Creative Commons license., Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. FDR had a strong majority in both houses of congress. JOHN. The Wonderful Life and Strange, 16) Parenti, Michael and Peggy Norton. The senator would not say why. 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. 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 served from 1937 to 1940. The four members of the crew killed included Pilot LOWELL SCROGGINS, the Airlines oldest pilot in point of service, who was at the controls of the first ship dispatched from Washington by the company thirteen years ago. Here are some things to consider: First, as president of the largest union in the country, Reuther had the resources for advancing his causes on the national scene as did few others. He and his brother Victor had not made things easy for themselves when they, went to Russia in 1932. The plane hit . Nixon's invasion of Cambodia and the killing of four students at Kent State University prompted Reuther-the day before his death-to send a telegram to the White House condemning the war, the invasion, and "the bankruptcy of our policy of force and violence in Vietnam?' Sweet is killed in an airplane accident in Broome County, New York . Among the 21 passengers on the capacity filled plane was Senator ERNEST LUNDEEN, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota. It concentrates on, the murder attempts that occurred in 1948 and 1949, the investigation, and, the reward for information raised by the union. Without it, those at the top, who profess a devotion to our interests while serving themselves, would be in serious trouble indeed. He'd know something was wrong. He was Johnson's biggest supporter. He was labeled a radical, black civil rights activist with ties to the Nation of Islam. in rural Alabama during the most racist era in American history. The screw had not fallen out due to worn out or damaged threads. His father, Valentine, a socialist, trained. You will be able to leave a comment after signing in, 1) A brass screw was found loose in the instrument case. Fish replied: "I am referring to you. There it disintegrated completely. Senator Ernest Lundeen Plane Crash 1940. A Yonkers gang member who set off a vicious attack by more than a dozen people when he knocked a man unconscious with a tequila bottle was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in state prison. The link pin of the same rocking shaft was incorrect. union in America provided him with many resources to promote his agenda. In 1933 Victor and Walter Reuther had lived and worked in the Soviet Union. 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. They had no power to, recover. Inman held this post until 1981. On the afternoon of August 31, 1940, Lundeen was a p*enger on Flight 19 of Pennsylvania Central Airlines, flying from Washington, D.C. to Detroit. The investigators also noted that the Lear Jet hit, trees on a knoll that was 200 feet higher than the airport near Pellston, MI, and a little more than two miles from the runway. Maddows podcast reveals some of those plots Viereck and Hitlers government fomented. The plane should, have been flying at about 130 miles per hour, only seconds away from, touchdown, but two and three quarter miles short of the airport something, happened. H. J. HOLLERITH, Chicago. Senator ERNEST LUNDEEN, of Minnesota. By 1970, Reuther was seen more than ever as a threat to the dominant political agenda, earning him top place on Nixon's enemy list. Mourns. Detroit Free Press. . Our newspapers seem to have. Airline with no accidents in its history. Lundeen was a senator from Minnesota and was a Farmer-Labor. The plane was in a 45 degree dive. There was an indentation adjacent to the missing set screw hole. You assert your main cred. you're a CT who believes you had success in "breaking through" with your particular theory, and now, you want to define (restrict) where the boundaries are. 25 memorials. But unlike the Wellstone tragedy, the cause of the crash that killed the first-term Farmer-Labor senator remains shrouded in mystery nearly three quarters of a century later. Page 1. Jonas was born in 1856. It was on page two and it appeared in a. regular section called The News-Briefly. 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." Considering the fact that the DFP and the DN operate within the sphere of, the UAWs World Headquarters, you would expect for them to have the most. The crew member composing and dropping a "note", vs. no radio distress call, indicates there was possibly a three minute window before the crash when the crew member put pen to paper, composed the distress note, and figured out how to drop it out of the rapidly descending, doomed airliner. Those which were still whole were so badly mangled I dont see how they could ever be recognized.. Senator, and two FBI agents, because it is not what you think. Sharon Bonter, said I saw a huge light from our house. 14 March 2000. http://www.americanpredidents.com/kennedy.html, 7) Malcolm X. In the future he probably would have, he was a wonderful guy and it's too bad he didn't come around earlier. Cloud Times: How a U.S. So just what are you insinuating, that FDR and/or Hoover killed a planeload of people just to eliminate the senator? 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 plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air A100, was apparently in good condition when it hit the ground and exploded into flames about two miles from the Eveleth-Virginia airport in the. Their murders were just as, politically motivated as the others. The assailants were caught and acquitted in a trial that. At one point he does try to visit the troops and is turned away by the military because hes seen as a, an almost unpatriotic figure.. The news U.S. air-transport men have been dreading finally came in August 31, 1940. Airport, Pellston, Michigan, May 9, 1970, Report No. First, we were able to identify in early 2005 the genetically-unique parent material of the anthrax spores used in the mailings. 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. The only report mentioned was the boards own preliminary one of the crash. Reuther, developed his passion for social justice from his father. 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He was a fine player of the politics of subversion until he discovered the FBI was on to him, she said. The aircraft was part of the 228th Squadron RAF. There was a natural path that took Lundeen from a progressive Midwestern politician to a key player in Hitlers propaganda war. Pennsylvania Central flies between Norfolk, Virginia and Milwaukee. The crew was experienced: Captain Evans with 7760 flight hours and his copilot, Karaffa, with 6533. For these, things he earned the enmity of people in high places. ", 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?" The rest involved, biographies, details of the crash, and how the UAW was effected before and, after Reuthers death. . It was more likely caused by high heat and pressure of a part laying in contact. The Wonderful Life and Strange Death, 5) Mollison, Andrew. The jury was packed with Ford supporters and the lawyer for the defense, claimed that Ruether had staged the event.4, 2) In April 1948, they tried to kill Walter Reuther with shotgun blasts in. 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 Wonderful Life and Strange, ###################################OOOOOOOO###############################++++, The Wonderful Life and Strange Death of Walter Reuther, THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND STRANGE DEATH OF WALTER REUTHER. Had an untraceable altimeter been substituted for the original? Arthur Nelson, who won a special election to fill the remaining two months of Lundeens term, filled the seat until Ball took office again as a freshman on Jan. 3, 1943, Even though Ball opposed President Franklin Roosevelts New Deal, unlike Lundeen, he supported FDRs foreign policy, voting for the Lend Lease program as a way of helping Great Britain serve as a barrier between us and whatever designs Hitler and his allies may have on this continent.. He. I found the actual NTSB crash report of the Ruether crash. A recent government report found it to be "outmoded" and "overloaded.". Probably something wonderful. 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. political enemies and bents toward social justice who have preceded him. 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