Evening star., 1951-09-13
Senate Votes $4,000
For Investigation Of
|Crime in District
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the crime committee had strongly
recommended the new investiga-
|tion.
He said it was also thought that
the investigation would aid the
District Committee in acting on
the House-passed Davis crime
curb bill.
Crime Bill to Be Delayed.
Senator Johnston, Democrat, of
South Carolina chairman Of the
Judiciary Subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee has
ANNOUNCED he will recommend
holding up the big crime bill until
after the new investigation is
completed. Senator Johnston's
subcommittee held a one-day
hearing on the bill recently.
Chairman Nicely of the full Dis
trict committee said he would call
a meeting of the Special Crime
Committee, which he heads
probably Monday to discuss the
new investigation.
1t was thought likely that the
chore Of directing the crime
probe would be offered to Downey
Rice, Washington attorney, for
mer FBI agent and associate coun-
sci Of the Senate Crime Com
mittee who first made public the
Nelson story.
Nelson, his wife, his daughter
and son-in-law have all appeared
before the grand jury. Mr..
Fihelly said efforts have been
made for weeks to serve a SUBJ
|poena on Charles E. Nelson, jr.,
son, but even Leo Rover, attor-
ney for the Nelson's, says he has no
information on where Buddy
Nelson is or where he can be To-
Gated.
Daughter, on-in-Law Called.
Mr.. Rover told the United
States Attorneys Office yesterday
that he could not produce young
Nelson.
Mr.. Rover said young Nelson,
who is 10 or 20 years old. was
neither at home nor away at
school. He said the : youth had
been attending college in the win
ters and working during the sum-
mers for his father at the North
Beach Amusement Co., one of
Nelson's far-flung enterprises. Mr..
Rover added that the publicity
about the senior Nelson had bro
ken up the young mans college
plans.
Nelson's son-in-law and daugh-
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
Williams. appeared before the
grand jury today. They left the
grand jury room several times
during their separate appearance
to confer in the courthouse cor
ridor with their attorney, Edward
Bennett Williams, and Govern
ment attorneyS-presumably over
what questions they should an
Swer.
High School Youth SubpOenaed.
Also called today was an 18-
Calvert County High
School youth. Charles w. Hooper,
who said he was summoned to the
school principals Office yesterday
and handed a subpoena. The
youths uncle. Marvin Hooper. said
the boy was surprised and scared
to DEATH"
Hes just a plain country farm
boy who wouldn't know Nelson if
he saw him." Mr.. Hooper said of
his nephew. THE only thing he's
ever done is go to school and work
on a farm"
Two men who refused to identify
themselves to reporters spent 80
and As minutes, respectively, be-
fore the grand jury. One volun-
teered he was from Washington,
but when asked his occupation
he replied nothing"
Discouraged by Democrats.
Nationally, the Republican
spanked move to start up another
Senate crime investigation was
discouraged by the Democrats
Senator Capehart, Republican. oi
Indiana and four other Repub-
lican members of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee
yesterday introduced a resolution
to provide $150.000 for a new
Nation wide crime hunt.
Senate Democratic Leader Nc
Farland, without commenting di-
rectly on the Capehart resolution
told newsmen the important thing
now is to work on the % bills
recommended by the now defunct
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee.
"A good way to kill of legisla-