Evening star., 1948-04-21
Reuther
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three neighbors Of Mr.. Reuther told
him a single man fed on foot to a
red sedan idling near the curb at
the time of the shooting. The car
jerked into motion and sped away.
Detective Chief Jack Harvill said
a sawed off shotgun may have been
the weapon used in the attack. 1t
was fired about to 10 feet away
from the lighted window.
Mr.. Reuther's physicians said that
only the fact that Mr.. Reuther
turned toward his wife at the mo-
ment the gun was fired saved him
from receiving the slugs in the
chest. That sudden unplanned move
saved the union leaders life, in
their opinion.
Detroit's City Council posted the
$4,000 reward for the attacker, and
Mr.. Reuther's old local, Amalga-
mated 174, on Detroit's West Side,
Immediately placed its own $1,000
reward.
Commissioner Toy ordered the
Canadian border between Detroit
and Windsor sealed against any
escape attempt by the driver Of the
red sedan.
Roundup Ordered.
He ordered a roundup Of all
known Communists in the city, all
Mr. Reuther's friends and enemies
and his neighbors in the quiet
northwest area where he lives All
will be questioned.
I'VE are leaving no one out OF
this investigation. Commissioner
Toy told newsmen, "and that in
cludes management"
Mr.. Reuther, himself, blamed
management, Communists or q
screwball" for the attack.
The commissioner said he still
was in doubt as to whether one or
two men carried out the attack.
The UAW-CIO's Executive Board
met in special session, pledged by
Secretary Treasurer Emil Macy to
spend any amount OF money to
clear this up
We'll get the guy who did 1t If
we have to turn the whole town up
side down." he said
Governor Promises Aid.
Gov Kim Sigler promised that the
State would do everything we can
to assist in finding the perpetrators
of this crime and bringing them to
the bar of justice"
Communist Party Detroit head
quarters in a statement said the
shooting was "despicable and
depraved act which could only have
been ordered and executed by a
cowardly enemy Of the labor move
ment."
The Communist Party" it con-
tinued, "denounces this attack upon
Mr.. Reuther's life as the most
.. desperate of a number of Fascist
assaults against the security and
civil liberties of the American peo-
pie which have been mounting in
recent weeks"
The 40-year-old red-haired, ag-
gressive UAW leader has long been
an avowed foe of communism.
Currently his big auto union,
which speaks for nearly 1,000,000
workers of the automobile plants, is
pressing its new spring wage in
crease demand on the industry.
The injury to the JAWS chief
left in question meanwhile the ex-
tent to which he can take part in
his unions wage drive. Doctors said
he would be hospitalized perhaps for
weeks.
Mr.. Reuther was shot few min
utes after returning home from a
meeting of the UAW international
Executive Board.
One Slug Penetrates Chest.
AS he stood at q refrigerator ir
the breakfast nook of his home or
the Northwest Side, blast wal
fred through a window or 8 fee
from him.
Mr.. Reuther's wife. Mae, who hac
helped him prepare a snack before
they were to retire, was out Of the
line of fire.
She and friends sped Mr.. Reuthel
to a hospital where he spent twt
and q half hours on an operating
table. Doctors said there wer'
seven wounds IN his arm and ont
In his chest.
It was the second attack on Mr
Reuther since he became prominen
in organized labor. In 1888, In tn
course Of sr'''u''F'' stormy Pc