St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-15

a Communist smear attack BY
KRuth were fruitless. Todd held
to his stand that any labor leader
could easily be accused Of Com
munist utilization simply because
some unions have members Of that
party as members.
Council action on all applications
now must await the outcome Of
the newly proposed liquor ordi-
nance which Is to be considered by
the council committee on ordinances
and legislation which Is headed by
Desmond Pratt Of the 10th ward.
The possible death blow to the
chance Of Cassius to secure a Il
cense occurred when victory seemed
imminent. August 4, after Cassius
and his supporters had turned back
VIGOROUSLY every attempt Of Al
derman Harold Kauth to dIsqualify
him, Alderman Edwin Hendricks,
who had signed his application,
withdrew his signature.
Hendricks claimed the people
around and near Cassius had called
him and told him they didn't want
the bar there. He ignored a Pc
tition Of 81 business men, all stu
ated within a block and a half Of
the Cassius cafe, who had signed
their names to a petition in sup
port Of Cassius.
Hendricks disaffection was not
unexpected because pressure on
him from Kauth and others was
apparently extreme. Kauth was
known to be for Frank Hickman,
policeman, all along. On two oc-
casions he publicly defended the
previous practice Of having appli-
cants buy the fixtures Of bars
whose licenses have been revoked.
With the removal Of Hendricks
signature from the application,
several aldermen, who were ex-
pected to vote for Cassius, were
put in a position Of having to 90
against the old policy of alder
manic courtesy, wherein the coun-
ell seldom votes for an applicant
who does not have at least one
signature Of an alderman.
Kauth's Attack
In his attack on Cassius, Kauth
said police records indicated the
participants in a murder case were
in the Dreamland Cafe prior to the
commission Of the Faltico-Lewis
murder two years ago.
He said he was not satisfied that
Cassius was not a Communist be-
cause Of his association with per-
sons known to be Communists. He
said the police investigation Of the
Faltico-Lewis case was restrained
because Of Mayor Humphreys
friendliness towards Cassius. He
also claimed that the extensive in
vestigation Of Cassius by the police
inspector was hampered because
the officers knew Mayor Hum
phrey was interested in Cassius.
He told the council that files in the
former police department internal
security division had disappeared.
(He didn't say that practically all
Of the files had been removed by
the F. B. I.
Mayor Says He Lied
On Saturday morning follow
ing the council meeting, Mayor
Hubert Humphrey labeled
Kauth's allegations concerning
him ridiculous and said Kauth
was lying.
Meanwhile the next moves in the
"who gets the license" are not
known. Rumors were that Police
Captain Frank Hickman, q lead
ing contender, who Is backed by
Kauth, plans to withdraw but no
confirmation has been received at
press time.
The entire Cassius case was pre-
eipitated by the refusal Of Edgar |
T. Buckley, newly-elected Sixth |
ward alderman, to sign the Cassius |
application on the grounds that
he would not sign any application |
unless the applicant agreed 10 pur-
chase fixtures Of the closed bar
operated by Vincent FabeL