Men came to his home and took him away. Ron Brown dies in plane crash, April 3, 1996. It also included thousands of inoffensive, innocent American adults. Whether Reuther's death was part of a broader agenda to decapitate and demoralize the mass movements of that day, or whether such an agenda existed at all, are questions that go beyond the scope of our inquiry. Why is, that? 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. 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 crash was a head-scratcher. too low for this hilly country. I found 31 articles on the, subject of Walter Reuthers death. 9) Robert F. Kennedy Biography. Luckily for the Reuther brothers, the sky was, clear and the pilots realized the plane was too low and the altimeter was, malfunctioning. It was horrible., It sounded like the plane exploded when it hit the ground. Does Rep. Pete Stauber know the difference between the agencies he oversees? Ernest Lundeen Memorial. On Oct. 16, 1972, a Cessna 310C with the tail number N1812H, operated by Pan Alaska Airways, disappeared somewhere between Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska. First, we were able to identify in early 2005 the genetically-unique parent material of the anthrax spores used in the mailings. He had been with the company three years. Trevor Lawrence threw four interceptions (one short of a Nathan Peterman) and the Chargers took a . The unit was exposed to 10,000 ft. pressure altitude, then the return scale error readings were recorded.". Click HERE to see this. Lundeen was an early pioneer in South Dakota, where Ernest was born and raised. in rural Alabama during the most racist era in American history. I heard a couple of small booms, In October of 1968, a year and a half before the fatal crash, Reuther and, his brother Victor were almost killed in a small private plane as it, approached Dulles Airport. Under Meany, the AFL-CIO entered into an unholy alliance with the CIA in order to bolster conservative, anticommunist unions in other countries. Lovettsville is located in the northern tip of Loudoun county, Virginia, about five miles from Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and conceded by pilots to be one of the trickiest areas on the Washington Pittsburg run. The other passenger victims included a number of government employes and minor federal officials, among them being at least three agents of the department of justice. In the former case why were the only parts you posted from the article. I'm not following you. The crash that aviation officials deemed a " senseless accident " occurred when a helicopter flew too close to inspect the landing gear of the plane carrying Heinz. MISS NAOMI COLTO, 3821 Newark St., Washington, D. C. There were three, witnesses who heard the plane before it crashed and then were subsequently, at the scene. The bodies were burned beyond recognition except for dental records. The information contained in those German files leaked anyway. 14 March 2000. http://www.americanpredidents.com/kennedy.html, 7) Malcolm X. 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. Or is there was, it had been put out immediately by the rain. Albert Eisele is founding editor of The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress. 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. Reuther was the kind of labor leader who unsettled the higher circles: militant, incorruptible, and dedicated both to the rank-and-file and a broad class agenda. with an altimeter setting 29.75 inches" This was similar to the altimeter reading uncovered after the crash of October 1964. I found it strange, that the CSM had one very brief paragraph mentioning Reuthers death, three, days after the deadly crash. I don't see a sabotage or assassination scenario, but apparently the FBI has never let go of its suspicions. 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. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover certainly never lost his violent bitter taste, stalking Walter for some forty years, using undercover informants and illegal bugging equipment. The technical part of the report was like a foreign language to me. Lundeen wasnt even doing the bulk of the work, Viereck was writing the speeches.. . The Senate threatened an investigation, for on the plane was Ernest Linden of Minnesota, the second U.S. The account posted above contains several distortions: The screw was in place up to the point the altimeter was disassembled, the suspected it might have been loosened by the fire, but a test was inconclusive: http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR71-03.pdf pg. Steven Spielbergs production company, Amblin Entertainment, has recently purchased the movie rights to Maddows podcast. One can imagine that this was not well received by the Nixon White House. Roll with it, David, instead of trying to endorse the "serious" people. 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. 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. Achievements Lundeen was recognized for his service in the state legislature, the United States Congress and the United States Senate. He tried undercover techniques to keep me from finding out how he spent it. I must also admit that after reading all of the, articles involved in my research, my feelings have not changed. ", Said Maloney: "I think the American people have been insulted. Can you point to Senate votes on aid to the allies or sanctions against the Axis where shift of 1 or 2 votes would have made a difference? 4) A ring jewel within the mechanism was installed off center. I was impressed with the honesty of the people who were doing this." I believe. The UAW and those in the world who sought social change, lost an incredible, voice for their causes when Walter Reuther was silenced on May 9, 1970. MARGARET CARSON, hostess, Pittsburgh. Muellers answers make it clear the FBI wasand is stilltrying to cover up details about its investigation of the anthrax attack. http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/05/25/the-circumstantial-case-against-bruce-ivins-gets-weaker/, The Circumstantial Case against Bruce Ivins Gets Weaker, By: emptywheel Wednesday May 25, 2011 2:12 pm, So heres my summary of the circumstantial case against Bruce Ivins. This ruled out heat damage as being responsible for the threads being torn out. Ron Brown and 34 others were . One of the dinner guests managed to escape, and call for help. Because he had once denied knowing Agent Viereck, Hill himself was tried for perjury a few weeks ago, had been sentenced to two-to-six years in jail. The ad warned: "Walter Reuther is already within reach of controlling your Congress. It was more likely caused by high heat and pressure of a part laying in contact. It is wasting our resources that we need at home and it is tarnishing our moral credentials in the world." During World War II, Hoover made preparations to put all three Reuther brothers in custodial detention. The FAA/NTSB found "no indication of sabotage." 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. They said it appeared the big ship was in trouble and the pilot had been trying to find a field large and flat enough for a forced landing. 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. A National Assembly information official declined to comment on the possible meeting. facts? Walter Reuther's jet had been cleared for an instrument landing and broke through scattered clouds at 400 feet. A plane crash has killed at least 68 people, according to Nepal's . ..Indication that the pilot. . WILLIAM GARBOSE, department of justice, Washington. The plane crashed while on a flight to Iceland during WWII. 13) National Transportation Safety Board, Aircraft Accident Report, Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. Lear Jet L23A N434EJ Near the Emmet County. That only says that whoever prepared the (probable) two separate batches of anthrax may have started with anthrax obtained at some point from that flask. ", 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?" That afternoon, Lundeen was killed in a Virginia . The plane was in a 45 degree dive. The plane was flying low . We thoroughly investigated every other person who could have had access to the flask and we were able to rule out all but Dr. Ivins. . Walter Reuther is Dead and the Nation. However, he had to temporarily step aside because his appointment expired the day of the election rather than at the end of Lundeens term. Thats just part of the story that MSNBCs Rachel Maddow tells in an eight-part podcast called Ultra that uncovers a series of seditious plots to sow discord in the United States 80 years ago. Not so lucky was Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz III, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that investigated Iran-contra and one of Tower's supporters in the confirmation vote for Secretary of Defense. My grandmother was left to raise her six, children alone and never remarried. Experienced pilot with a spotless record. None of the hearers, however, were able to determine whether the plane had motor trouble. This allegation angered former CIA Staffer Thomas Braden and he revealed that in 1967, that some time between 1950, and 1954, he gave the Reuther brothers $50,000 of CIA funds. The speech written for Sen. Ernest Lundeen by a paid Nazi agent. W. M. BURLESON, 57 Lock Lane, Richmond, Va. The proper hole was located, and the threads were drilled out. and that this was the question that faced them. It was, in effect, an exercise in trade union colonialism.". The article suggests that the two incidents in 1948 and 1949, were, similar because they had been committed by hidden assailants who stood, behind house-side bushes, and fired shotgun blasts through a window. . anything Soviet Russia might do to America. 10) The News in Brief. Christian Science Monitor. It was explained to Victor Reuther that an intelligence agency was often involved in sabotage of a sophisticated nature. Twenty minutes on the ground gave the saboteur enough time to change an altimeter. addressed the possibility that he may have been murdered. BBC Radio 5 Live. Former Minnesota senator Ernest Lundeen's story of suspected sedition is back in the headlines thanks to a new podcast. The set screw, which was missing from the rocking shaft, was recovered from within the case. Who do you think now seems more reasonable and attractive to the MSM, David, you, Fetzer, or Adm. Inman. It was a dark and rainy night on May 9, 1970 near Pellston, Michigan. His father, Valentine, a socialist, trained. He could not be sure whether he had introduced Viereck to his secretary, George Hill. She also said that parallels could be drawn between the attempts of Nazi Germany to undermine American democracy and in the 1930s and 1940s and the efforts of Russia and other nations to sow discord in the U.S. political system now. Page 1. He took it like a man who was loyally suppressing a big secret. Senate probe Schlossberg was sent a copy of this analysis and contacted. 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. My parents explained that there was nowhere for their families, to go for justice, because they feared reprisals from whites. African-Americans could not seek justice in a society dominated by whites. Eight months before his death, Reuther reflected on the broader dimensions of labor's struggle: "The labor movement is about changing society . The fatal plane crash of Walter Reuther, a liberal who was head of the United Automobile Workers union on May 9, 1970, also raised questions. He was a black civil, rights activist who advocated change through non-violent means.8, 4) Senator Robert Francis Kennedy former Attorney General under JFKs, administration died on June 6, 1968, one day after he was shot at point, blank range to the head. Because of the heavy rain that drove local residents indoors, no actual eye-witnesses of the catastrophe could be found immediately. 1A+. LOVETTSVILLE, VA. Paul Wellstone wasnt the first U.S. senator from Minnesota to die in a plane crash. 36 miles west of Washington, something happened. He was previously the representative for Minnesota 's 3 rd congressional district as a Farmer-Labor from 1935 to 1936; the representative for Minnesota 's at-large district as a Farmer-Labor from 1933 to 1934; and the . 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. 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. Ham Fish had introduced him to Viereck, after Fish had held a long conference with the Nazi agent in Fish's private office. The lack of a distress call is interesting but fits with what many pilots said about the Wellstone crash, that the pilots would have prioritized saving the plane over making a radio call. You don't file with just one clue. Memo: Biden has document troubles, House GOP on the march with its agenda, A primer on the marijuana legalization proposal that could become law in Minnesota, My reflections on running for Congress to represent southern Minnesota. The investigators at Kollsman agreed with those at Barfield that the set screw was in place during the crash. On May 9, 1970, Walter and May Reuther, Oskar Stronorov, William Wolfman, George Evans and Joseph Karrafa were killed when their Executive Jet Aviation M43EJ Lear Jet crashed at Emmet County Airport in Pellston, Michigan. The DNs Aerospace Writer, Edwin Pip, wanted to, know how a time-proven airplane, flown by an experienced pilot in reasonable, weather, could suddenly plunge to the ground. When recovered, the rocking shaft was bent, so the screw must have changed position. Heinz, 52, was in his third term in the U.S. Senate. Im confused Tom because Evan, another moderator, asked us to keep out posts on this thread on the topic of the assassination but shortly after that you post irrelevant stuff like this you guys need to get your signals straight. The jet Walter Reuther was on had been initially assigned a ferry job from Columbus to Akron, Ohio. Donations made by check can be made out to MinnPost and mailed to us at PO Box 18438, Minneapolis, MN 55418. A. H. ELLIOT, 5757 McKinley St., Washington, D. C. By Albert Eisele Sept. 3, 2009 Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Ernest. The screw had not fallen out due to worn out or damaged threads. My grandfathers lived. When Senator Ernest Lundeen, an isolationist, was killed in a plane crash, Stassen appointed Ball to fill the remaining two years of Lundeen's term. his home. 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? In each instance, Hoover successfully blocked Reuther's appointment by secretly circulating disinformation packets to the White House and members of Congress, featuring the doctored "For a Soviet America" letter and testimony by individuals falsely accusing Walter of communist affiliations. The podcast describes an event in which angry constituents pushed Lundeen into a refrigerated rail car. Cemetery Visibility: Public. It was on page two and it appeared in a. regular section called The News-Briefly. I am not insinuating anything related Hoover or FDR involvement in The Lundeen crash, Len. That afternoon a Pennsylvania CentralAirlines DC-3 transport dived full speed into a field near Lovettsville, Virginia. (Victor believes the attempt against him was intended as a message to Walter.) The Fatal Crash: Some Disturbing Evidence. Among such leaders looms the great figure of Walter Reuther. 4) There was an attempt in 1949 to bomb the UAWs headquarters in Detroit. Had an untraceable altimeter been substituted for the original? Both incidents are amazingly similar; the altimeter in the fatal crash was believed to have malfunctioned. JOHN. The Kollsman Report stated: "The link from shaft A to the capsule is the unit which had the improper link pin in the spring clip on the capsule.". Both pilots and three other passengers, including the Senator's first wife, were killed in the crash. As the court documents allege, the parent material of the anthrax spores used in the attacks was a single flask of spores, known as RMR-1029, that was created and solely maintained by Dr. Ivins at USAMRIID. The Civil Aeronautics Board had the last word in the matter, and it came up with a different theory. 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