Evening star., 1951-02-27
Printer Charges
Intimidation by
Butler Backer
Baltimore Man Tells
Senators Of Night Ride
With Mccarthy Aide
By w. H. Shippen

Senators investigating the Butler
Tydings campaign in Maryland
that he was coerced and intimi-
dated by an employe of Senator
Mccarthy and others during an
all-night ride which ended early
on the morning of November S.
In a long prepared statement,
William H. Fedder declared the
alleged coercion occurred in an
attempt to force him to return a
letter from Republican Senator
Butler in which the successful
candidate guaranteed a final pay
ment of about $4,000 on his bill
for services amounting to approxi-
mately $4,000.
Before a packed hearing room,
Mr.. Fedder declared that one of
the men who took him for the
ride was Don Surine, a member
of the staff of Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin.
The witness said the all-night
ride occurred during a frantic last
minute attempt on the part OF
Mr.. Buffers hackers to get as
much campaign literature into the
mails as possible.
To Give Record of Transactions.
Mr.. Tydings precipitated a full
inquiry into the November elec-
tion last Tuesday when he charged
false statements were issued
against him and asked that those
responsible be prosecuted for
criminal libel If the statements
are substantiated.
Mr.. Fedder was to return to
the stand this afternoon to bring
his bank records and answer ques-
tions as to his financial transac-
tions with the campaign. After
reading a prepared statement OF
about 1000 words, Mr.. Fedder was
asked how many election tabloids
he helped to distribute. He an
swered that there were 303 ,206
in all. 10000 of which were
handed out and 134,206 of which
were mailed.
What happened to the rest of
the tabloidS," Committee Counsel
Edward A. McDermott asked.
The witness replied he could not
be sure, but believed they were
either burned in an incinerator
or sent to city dump. He added
that 200 copies were sent to the
Butler campaign headquarters.
Mr.. Fedder said that at one
time Mr.. Surine "got very gentle
and practically begged me" to
allow him to put into a state
ment Of the printing accounts an
assertion that IT had to over
charge because Of the large sums
Of money I had to kick back to
Mr.. Jonkel and Mrs. Van Dyke.
The witness was referring to
John M. Jonkel. Chicago public
relations counsel, who managed
the Butler campaign, and Mrs
Katherine Van Dyke of the But
ler headquarters staff.
The printer declared that he
had never kicked back" any
money and added:
"The rest of the statement Is
also not true, and I could disprove
it with post Office receipts which
I had already delivered to Sena-
tor Butler" He was referring to
the campaign literature he al
ready had addressed and mailed.
Threatened to Call Butler.
II did not understand the rea-
son for the statement and was toe
sick anC scared to care. When he
(still referring to Mr.. Surine) told
me to sign on the first page, I did
on the margin, and he continued
to write a second page.
IT begged Surine to finish this
thing and let me go home, but he
continued to write. I told him.
Look, Don, I'm going to call Mr..
Butler about this and don't think
he's going to like it one bit He
laughed at me and said;
Listen, we sweat blood getting
all of this money together. You'll
never get to talk to him because
he won't answer your CALI"
Mr.. Fedder said that this oc-
cured about o'clock in the morn
ing while they were making the
rounds, over his protests, to gather
campaign literature which had
been addressed and placed in en-
velopes by his employees working
at their homes.
Mr.. Tydings had charged that
the principal libels were printed
in a 4-page tabloid, From The
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