Evening star., 1951-03-23
Tydings 10 Testify
Again Next Week in
Probe's S Final Phase
By W. n. Shippen

W. -" SuFPSu
Rebuttal witnesses, including
Millard E. Tydings, will be called
next week. as the Senate inquiry
into the Butler campaign in Mary
land last November moves into its
final phase.
The lineup for Tuesday was de-
cided upon last night at a closed
session Of the subcommittee, called
after Senator Smith. Republican.
Of Maine, declared it was obvious
that perjury had been committed
during the inquiry.
The direct conflict, aside from
less obvious discrepancies, oc-
CURED over the story OF William
II. Fedder, Baltimore printer. that
employees of Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin, and
others took him for a ride" in
Baltimore on the night Of Novem-
ber SIS.
The first witness Tuesday, after
the weekend recess, is to be
George Miles, Arlington (Va.)
real estate man, one of three ac-
cused by Mr.. Fedder Of intimidat-
ing him while he accompanied
them to collect Butler campaign
postcards. which Mr.. Fedder had
undertaken to process.
Fedder May Follow.
Mr.. Miles probably will be fol-
lowed to the stand by Mr.. Fedder,
whose account of his treatment
on the night in question resulted
in charge by Mr.. Tydings that
Chicago gangland" tactics had
been imported into Maryland to
bring about his defeat.
Charges that Mr.. Fedder lied
before the subcommittee on many
points were made by Donald A..
Surine, an investigator in the
office of Senator Mccarthy and
Attorney Ewell Moore of Arlington,
former part-time employe of Sen
ator Mccarthy.
The two men said they and Mr..
Miles accompanied Mr.. Fedder on
the all-night ride after the printer
lied to them about the number
Of cards he had processed and
admitted he had tried to defraud
the Butler headquarters on an
other account. Their sole pur-
pose, they said, was to collect the
cards and unused stamps.
Mr.. Fedder charged they in
timiated him in an effort to obtain
a letter he had received from
Mr.. Butler, guaranteeing payment
on bill for services. Mr.. Tydings
had contended the amount due
on the bill at the time was in
excess of $4,000 allowed under the
law for contributions by a can
didate to his own campaign.
Other Witnesses.
Other witnesses will include
Charles Friedenberk, the Balti-
more businessman who accompa-
MED Mr.. Fedder when he went to
see Mr.. Tydings to tell his story
last December. and Louis H. Fried,
investigator for the subcommittee.
Mr.. Fried, a business acquaint-
ance of Mr.. Fedder's, was said to-
have heard the printers story of
intimidation on the ride before
his appointment as subcommit-
tee investigator in January.
Mr.. Moore told the committee
that, in his opinion, Mr.. Fedder
had perjured himself on several
points and that Mr.. Tydings was
guilty of subornation of perjury
for repeating parts of Mr.. Fedder's
story from the witness stand.
Senator Smith asked her fellow
members on the subcommittee to
investigate the perjury charges
and to recall Senator Tydings and
Mr.. Fedder. She, also asked that
Mr.. Fried be placed on the stand
to testify under oath.
Mr.. Tydings recently returned
from Europe. He took the busi-
ness trip after testifying at the
opening sessions. Before leaving
the stand, Mr.. Tydings said heE
would be back in time to hold
himself in readiness, should the
Senators desire to recall him for
questioning.
Jonkel Questioned Again.
The committee yesterday re-
called Jon M. Jonkel. Mr.. Buffers
campaign manager, and former
Chicago public relations counsel,
who was questioned again atI
length about his handling of $27,-I
600 in contributions not reported
through the campaign treasurer,
Cornelius P. Mundy, Baltimore at
torney.
Another witness yesterday was
Mrs. Catherine Van Dyke, a for
n1er school teacher and retired
department store buyer, who
served as a volunteer Office man
ager in the Butler headquarters
and now is Senator Buffers Sec
retary.
Mrs. Van Dyke denied, as did
Mr.. Mundy, that she knew any,
thing of Mr.. Jonkel's financial
transactions, except those turned
over to the treasurer.