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Power Regroupings
March This Year

at the end of the road. The net
result would then be no alliance
and no accord with Russia.
Mr.. Kennedy, therefore
marched into Europe carrying the
banner Of cohesion, Of common
interest, of solidarity. He pledged
not to trade off the interests Of
one ally to purchase an agree
ment benefiting another. He Of
fered Germany the prospect Of
progress toward identification as
one possible result Of an East
West negotiation.
In a word, Mr.. Kennedy sought
and apparently won - a re-
newed vote of confidence from the
team on behalf of which he will
seek to negotiate next mon n.
Mr.. Kennedy's plea for western
cohesion was important from an
other point of view. Last De-
cember and January, before Pres
ident de Gaulle's celebrated press
conference dynamiting the grand
design" Mr.. Khrushchev seemed
to be showing real interest in an
East West reconciliation. The So
Wet dictator had given way sig
nificantly on test-ban inspection,
and there was high hope Of a
treaty.
Then came President de Gaulle's
act of sabotage, and Mr.. Khru-
shchev pulled back. The Soviet
leader clearly wanted to see
whether the western alliance sould
disintegrate of its own accord,
making 1t unnecessary for him to
purchase relief from its pressures.
Bargaining Position
Now Mr.. Kennedy has made a
major effort from initial indica-
tons, q successful effort-to WOO
Germany away from President de
Gaulle and thus largely restore
the western bargaining position.
Mr.. Khrushchev now can have lit
tie hope Of the western alliance
disintegrating spontaneously.
For Mr.. Khrushchev, fulfillment
of the grand design" would mean
a powerful, atom-arme Europe
Cincluding WeGt Germany closely
allied to the United States, ac-
lively fighting the battle to win
the under-developed countries.
and possessing strong economic
attraction for eastern Europe.
For the still more distant fu-
ture, the prospect would be a Rus
STA with formidable adversaries on
both its eastern and western from
tiers-China with the bomb. bill
lion people, and antagonisms
deeply rooted in history and ma
tional interest; the North Atlantic
community, with atomic might,
500 million people, and q deter
mination to recover Germany's
national unity.
There would be little future for
Russia down that road. Mr.. Khru-
shchev and his predecessors, dat
ing back to the Tsars, have all
tried to avoid war on two fronts.
Cold war on two fronts. over a
long period, would be almost as
forbidding a prospect.
The West can hope Mr.. Khru-
shchev will see 1t In this light.
Mr.. Kennedy has done much to
dramatic the alternatives.
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ported that a group Of checks
had been issued to various union
vice presidents and international
organizers between January and
March, 1860, under such headings
as special organizing" They were
fat checks in round numbers that
didn't look like the others. And
they came to more than $35, 1000.
The investigators questioned
the recipients of these checks but
the closest they came to an ex-
PLANTATION was a statement from
the Boston attorney for two in
ternational organizers that they
had been asked TO file false ex-
pense statements. cash the checks
they received and turn the money
back to the union.
Theory Of the Money
That was the case assigned to
Mr.. Alexander. There was the
theory: That $35,0000 had been
distracted for some reason in
1859 and returned, via kickbacks,
In 1860. And a second theory:
That the SOS 900 in 1859 had some
connection with Cross perjury
trial. The check to Olson as
"payee, Local No. 3" was drawn
on February IL and cashed on
February 10. Cross perjury trial
opened on February IS. The dates
were close, but the calendar was
hardly evidence.
Mr.. Alexander had to have
proof OF willful, unlawful, crimi-
nal intent TO make an embezzle-
ment case and he didn't have II.
The Attorney General authorized
a grand jury inquisition In July.
1862. Before the grand jury was
excused, II had heard ~ wit
nesses and accumulated enough
records TO fill so cartons. 1t had
sat for 10 months.
For the prosecutor. those ID
months began with Illustration.
The first witness subpoenaed
ducked out and went TO Canada.
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actions collected from the records.
And finally, he reached the $685.
900 question. What did Olson
know about the $4,000 check he
had caShed in 1859?
Olson looked at the check and
sighed.
That's a fake, too" he said.
Gross called us into his office on
February IL, 1859, and said, Eel
lows, / need $4,000 to fix my
perjury case"
1t was the second breakthrough.
Mr.. Alexander had the evidence
to implicate Cross. He had more.
Olson told him he had pressured
Cross to put the $35, 900 back be-
fore the auditors discovered the
shortage, that Cross had called
together his faction of the Gen.
eral Executive Board and had
worked out with his buddies the
plan TO falsify expense accounts
and kickback the proceeds TO cover
the 1853 embezzlement.
The Missing Link
But Mr.. Alexander still had a
missing link in his chain OF evil
dence. What had happened TO the
$4,000 in 1859? Olson told him
that Cross had directed him TO do
with II whatever James Landris-
Gina, a vice president. instructed.
Olson said the day Landriscina got
the money-the fateful Friday
the Thirteenth OF February
Olson met Landriscina on the
street with a stranger who had his
overcoat collar half-concealing his
face and turned away when Olson
approached.
Olson didn't know the identity
Of the stranger but Mr.. Alexan-
der had a bunch. In the course
OF studying the records. he had
come upon a Sl7,500 bill from At
torney Milton Levin for profess
sional services rendered through
February %. 1850" That was the
month the S35. 900 changed hands.
II was also the month Of Cross
perjury trial.
Nobody seemed 10 know what
services Levin had rendered.
The same Levin had become gen.
eral counsel when Landriscina
succeeded Cross as president. He
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Francisco beatings but the judge
directed a verdict of acquittal in
1859 on the ground that the ques-
ton which led to Cross denial
was not material to the legisla-
tive purposes Of the investigation.
Officers of five bakery union
locals had filed suit in 1860
charging that Cross had system
atically plundered the union treas
ury and asking for a thorough
accounting of union funds. Cross
had offered to resign as presi-
dent II the suit were dropped
and II he were given $250,000 to
liquidate his pension rights.
That offer had prompted an in
vestigation by the Bureau of Lab
enhancement Reports.
Mr.. Alexander studied the re-
suits Of the Bureau investigation.
The compliance officers had found
in the unions 1860 report to the
Bureau that $4,000 had been re-
corded as a refund on a strike
donation TO Local No. 3 In 1859.
The compliance officers had asked
10 see the 1859 books. but the
unions general counsel, Milton
Levin, had refused.
The Check in Question
The compliance officers, how
ever. had seen the February, 1869.
check. II had been made out to
Peter II. Olson as "payee. Local
No. g." Olson was secretary
treasurer Of Cross international
union. Bank teller sheets showed
Olson had cashed the check on
Friday, February 10.
When officials OF Local No. 3
denied they had ever asked for
or received the $4,000 strike do
nation. the compliance officers
went TO Olson and Cross. Both said
the money had been withdrawn
and put In the safe as a pre-
caution In case dissidents man.
aged TO tie UP union funds.
The compliance officers also re-
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to say many times to other pros
pective witnesses. Lutz would
have to take his chances with the
grand jury. No immunity from
prosecution.
Lutz decided to talk. He told
the prosecutor that Olson had
met him in Milwaukee with a
request. Lutz was to file a false
statement for organizing expenses,
cash the 50, 500 expense check and
kick it back to Olson. Lutz said
Olson told him that the inter-
national had to replace $500
and "the other fellows are
helping, too"
Conspiracy Chorsed
Lutz was the 2Otn witness to
appear before the grand jury. He
provided the first evidence to
prove a conspiracy existed to
embezzle funds in 1860. And he
was the first to show a direct
link between the 1859 disappear
ance of $685. 900 and the 1860 re-
placement of the money.
The next break was a long time
coming. Lutz had appeared before
the grand jury on Sept. /, 1861.
1t was now January, 1862, and
Mr.. Alexander still didn't have a
witness to implicate Cross whom
he was sure had masterminded
the whole conspiracy.
Cross had quit under fire as
president but his regime was still
in power. And Transfers Union
Chief James r. Hoffa, long
time friend Of Cross, was wooing
the remnants of the old union
to join the Transfers. Hoffa told
delegates to the January, 1862,
convention: Brothers, we have a
Joint problem and our house is
big come with US"
BY that time, however. word had
gotten around that the Govern
ment had plenty on the old Cross
administration. At the convention,
the Hoffa offer was rebuffed and
the delegates elected an anti
Cross slate.
The Government still didn't
have a case against Cross him
self but Mr.. Alexander had an
idea. He had been studying the
personalities of the key figures
in the union. Olson, he had be-
come convinced. would not have
misused union money for himself
but would do Cross bidding.
Prosecutors Theory
The prosecutor theorized that
Olson's loyalty would not extend
TO being a fall guy" AS a mat
ter OF strategy, he proposed the
indictment Of Olson alone.
The Justice Department APP
proved the strategy - and II
worked. Indicted on % counts
and facing a maximum penalty
Of SO years In prison and $4,000
in fines, Olson decided 10 Coop
crate. He was allowed to plead
guilty 10 the felony count Of con-
spring TO embezzle $4,000 In
1860 and said he was ready TO
answer questions. BY then. the
grand jury had been in session
IL months.
Mr.. Alexander questioned Olson
for days before he went before
the grand jury. He took him
through all the suspicious trans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
THE DYNASTY STILL STRIVING
A New Long Race in Louisiana
BY BILL order
Associated Press Staff Writer

NEW ORLEANS new power
struggle is on in the Long family,
Louisiana's No. / political clan.
Two young cousins of the dy-
nasty's famous founders, king
fish" Huey and OF Earl, are
battling for the gubernatorial
nomination.
The tussle will be decided De-
cember Z in the Democratic Party
primary, a balloting usually re-
garded as tantamount to election.
Seeking the nomination are
State Senator Speedy o. Long, "a,
and United States Representative
ellis Long, 80. Comparatively
new on the Statewide stage, both
are bland breed of Long college
types like Russell Long, now the
clans political senior with IA
years in the United States Senate.
The picture is complicated by
another gubernatorial aspirant,
John McKeithen, As, a member of
the family in all but name. Now
a public service commissioner, he
is running with the blessings of
some of the clan, including Earl's
widow.
The FobIed Cousins
It was inevitable that the two
young Longs would be compared
with their tabled cousins, the late
Earl Kemp (OP EarD Long, three
time Governor, and his brother,
Huey P. (Kingfish) Long, who had
Louisiana in his hip pocket until
he was assassinated in 1885.
But there's quite a difference
in personalities between the old
and new Longs.
OF Earl put his finger on the
coming change some years back.
He mulled over the potential of
youngsters crowding up from be-
hind and rasped:
I'm the last Of the red hot
papas in politics. When I'm gone
there won't be any more"
Nobody disputed him. Even
Louisiana could hardly be ex-
pected to produce another poll
tician who packed as much color
and enjoyed as many fights and
frolicS as Earl Long.
Speedy studied under the old
master and expects to benefit
from it.
Orator at Seven
He boasts that he made his
first stump speech at age z for
Cousin Earl and was the last man
to speak for him before the old
champion died in 1860, soon after
winning the congressional race in
the 9th district.
Earl was big, often rowdy, a
born politician. Speedy is short,
freckled, earnest and born pre-
maturely, which Is how he got his
odd name.
Speedy, elected clan president at
the last family reunion, can line
out campaign speech. But even
his long association with the
stump could not give him the
platform presence to match that
of his late cousin.
Earl could hitch UP his sus-
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a lot of young men of my age
looking for a new face on the
Louisiana political front. 80"
In his first bid for political Of
flee, ellis showed considerable
promise. unseating Representative
H. B. McSween in the 9th district,
a largely rural section in Prot
estant Central Louisiana.
But even in triumph, the shadow
Of OF Earl had smoothed the way.
Earl had left McSween a virtual
lame duck by whacking him in the
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race this year. I am eliminating
that confusion and fear. ..."
ellis, a stocky Alexandria law
yer, made his debut after a care
full buildup that included a tour
of the State.
His political assets include COM
bat service in World War II, the
Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Equally important, he can rasp
off a fair imitation Of the late
Earl and even looks somewhat
like him.
ellis said his tour turned up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
BY WILLIAM r.. FRYE
Star Special Writer

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.-The
summer Of 1868 is time Of
pause in the cold war. It may
also be a time of decision.
For Nikita Khurshchev, who is
about to face down the Red
Chinese, it clearly is a time of
decision. For the grand alliance"
as President Kennedy said in
Bonn, this summer is a crucial
period which could well be deci-
sive.
And for relations between the
two great power blocs Of the
world - the Sino-Soviet empire
and the North Atlantic COM
munity- 1868 seems almost GER
tain to be major turning point.
There is this summer an oppor-
tunity to redraft the power map
Of the globe.
That is, Of course, what Presi-
dent Kennedy's trip to Europe
was essentially about.
The Red Chinese arrive in
Moscow this week in an atmos-
phere of maximum Sino-Soviet
hostility. There were even re-
ports of armed revolution against
Peiping in Sinkiang province,
with supplies and encouragement
coming to the rebels from across
the Soviet frontier.
It seems difficult to believe that
Sino-Soviet antagonism has really
gone that far. But no one has
read Peiping's most recent SO, 1000
word excoriation Of Moscow and
of Khrushchev personally can
doubt the depth and intensity of
their antagonism.
Reaction to Speech
This peak of hostility came i'm
mediately after Mr.. Khr !Shchev
gave a relatively warm reception
to President Kennedy's American
University speech June 10. That
speech was a yelled invitation to
Mr.. Khrushchev to switch ALI
ances-to join with the West
against a common Chinese peril.
Mr.. Khrushchev's response was,
in effect, promise to think 1t
over.
He did more than think. For
the first time in more than dec
ade, he cut down on Russia's jam
ming Of the Voice Of America. He
ordered the full text Of the Ken
nedy speech published in Soviet
papers. He moderated the tone
of some-not all-of his cold-war
utterances.
With Mr.. Kennedy reckoning to
Mr.. Khrushchev. the Premier Civ
ing at least the appearance of
against a common Chinese peril.
receptivity, and Peiping furious,
the President set out for Europe.
His purpose: To underline the APP
proach to Mr.. Khrushchev and
to rally the alliance as much
of it as possible behind the pol
icy of a major new effort at
reconciliation with Russia.
Bonner Of Solidarity
The peril in negotiations with
Moscow is that the effort to agree
will split the West without pro-
ducing a satisfactory agreement
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penders, shamble to a microphone
and transfix hicks or slickers with
a mixture of common sense, nom
sense, mischievous asides and I'M
abashed effrontery.
True to his nature, Speedy was
first to Jump into the Governors
race.
MANY will say my announce
ment is premature" he an
nounced, but find there is con-
fusion and fear among many that
there will not be a Long in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-30
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

In the fall of 1856, James @.
Cross, president of the mterna-
tional Union of Bakery and Con-
fectionery Workers, was accused
of invading three San Francisco
hotels with a strong arm squad to
terrorize the opposition to his
union dictatorship.
The San Francisco grand jury,
although failing to indict, called
the case rampant with perjury"
Cross himself insisted that he
hadn't been in on the beatings.
1T was asleep in my ROOM" he
told the Senate Rackets Commit
tee during its 1857 investigation
of corruption in the venerable and
once respected bakers union.
This month, the last Of seven
men was sentenced for the last
crime in the web Of crimes spun
around the 1856 incident In San
Francisco. Caught in the web
along with former President Cross
were four former union vice presi-
dents, the former secretary treas
urer and a former general coun-
sci. A fifth former vice president
was indicted but died before trial.
The man most responsible for
unravelling the web Of lies and
crimes to cover lies is a 38-year-
old Negro prosecutor, Harry T.
Alexander. 1t took him two years.
The Backgrounds
The union boss and the prose-
cutor had something In common
their humble origins. Cross had
started with the union as q pan
greaser and fruit cook. Mr.. Alex
ander had earned his way as a boot
black, delivery boy. cobbler. mail
clerk. disc Jockey, insurance agent
and research assistant.
Cross had risen to absolute
power in the union, sweeping away
the last vestiges of democratic
process at that 1855 convention
in San Francisco. He controlled
the salaries. the jobs, and thus
the loyalties Of his board.
Mr.. Alexander, after war service
In the Pacific and graduation
from Georgetown Law School, had
gone into the United States At
torney's Office here in 1858. He
worked his way up from the busy
counter" In Municipal Court to
the studious confines Of the appel
late division. Assistant Attor-
ney General Herbert j. Miller.
jr., In charge OF the crimi-
nal division, invited him 10
join the Justice Departments Or
ganized Crime and Racketeering
Section. His first case was sus-
pected embezzlement In the bak-
ers' union.
II wasn't much OF q case-then.
The union had been expelled from
the AFL-CIO in 1857 for failure
10 clean house and rid itself OF
Cross as president. A rival union
had been chartered In the ALL
CLIO and about half Of the dis
enchanted members Of the Cross
union had Joined the new one.
Cross had been indicted on
charges Of lying TO the Senate
Rackets Committee when he de-
MED he was present at the San
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Ais Well .

Let things work themselves out.
The same order Of nature that
provides for fleas and for moles
will provide also for men who
have as much patience as fleas
and moles to put themselves under
its governance.-Michel De Mon
taigne, Essays.
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election two years earlier. NC
Sween stayed in office when the
district executive com mittee
chose him as the Democratic NOM
inee after Earl's death. Next time
out he lost in all eight parishes.
Though Speedy was first, ellis
looms larger In pre-campaign CAL
culations because he is backed by
Senator Long, who is Huey's a.
year-old son.
Like Russell, ellis was q CAM
pus wheel at Louisiana State.
Both served terms as LSU stu
dent body president. Also like
Russell, he seems as familiar with
Washington as he is with Lou
isiana. r
Worked at CopitoI
Before contracting the political
itch, ellis worked as legal counsel
for various congressional commit
tees. He slipped smoothly into his
role as Representative.
However. the Governors seat
remains the throne Of power In
the State. For assured success, one
should either hold the office or
control It.
Those rendered fearful and con-
fused by the prospect Of q Long
less campaign really wanted Rus
sell to run for Governor. But he
likes being a Senator.
AS forerunner of the bland
Longs, Russell has been O quiet
success.
Joins the Club
In the Senate he was diligent
and properly respectful. Soon he
was accepted as true member
of the worlds most exclusive club.
1t would be hard to imagine q
more direct contrast between
father Huey and son Russell, de-
spite their marked physical re-
semblance.
A4uCy was IOuolCQ-lldlA GU 44uAhl-
boyant. irrepressible. He touched
off a teapot tempest while Gov
ernor by receiving a visitor of
state while clad in naught but
underwear.
AS a Senate freshman, Huey ir-
ritated so many old hands it was
common for q dozen Senators to
rise, wearing expressions of dis
taste, and head for the exits
whenever Huey popped up to pop
off.
The Kingfish, a virtual dictator
in his home State, was gunned
down in the State Capitol in 1885.
But he had shaped the States
politics for the coming decades.
Earl carried on. Now it's UP to
the new Longs to keep things in
hand-if they can.
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Records were missing. Friendly
witnesses-those who opposed the
Cross machine-had only hear
say. Those in a position to know
something either refused to talk
or told half-truths.
BY now, Mr.. Alexander had
three bureau compliance officers
assigned full-time to analysing
and charting expense accounts,
travel vouchers. telephone calls,
financial transactions, records
dealing with expenditures. min
utes of the general executive
board, work papers Of the unions
former accounting firm, conven-
ton reports, even the hearings Of
the Senate Rackets Committee.
Officials Whereabouts
From these charts, he could put
his finger on which union Off
Gals were in the same city on
the same day. He knew the tele-
phone calls they made, where they
went, how long they stayed. He
traced their working lives, as re-
Elected in the records, from 1857
through 1860 What he sought
were connecting links between
President Cross, Secretary
Treasurer Olson and the union
officials who had received and
cashed those fat checks in 1860.
His homework led TO the first
breakthrough. The records showed
that Olson had made several calls
TO Charles Lutz, the unions inter-
national representative in Madi-
son, Wis, early in 1860: that Oh
son and Lutz had stayed in the
same Milwaukee hotel at the same
time; that they had met again
a week later and that between
the first and second meetings., Lutz
had received and cashed one Of
the questioned checks.
When Lutz was subpoenaed.
his attorney asked Mr.. Alexander
II Lutz could have immunity in
exchange for information. The
prosecutor said then what he was