However, he had to temporarily step aside because his appointment expired the day of the election rather than at the end of Lundeens term. I believe that the murder, attempt in 1938 had been retribution for his union activities at Ford Motor, Company. J. P. MOORE, co-pilot, Washington, D. C. The set screw was put back in place. After switching to the Democratic Farmer-Labor party, he was elected again from 1933 to 1937 in the Roosevelt landslide. The senator would not say why. That isolationist view did not cause much of a stir before the United States entered the war, but Lundeens refusal to support the U.S. war effort in any way when Americas young men were fighting overseas eventually did not bode well with Minnesota voters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Ray_Inman. His last major position was as the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a post he held from February 12, 1981 to June 10, 1982. Death of senator from Minnesota still shrouded in mystery, By Albert Eisele | Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Chuck Todd told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to go back on his "partisan cable cocoon" during a heated interview after the Republican railed about Hunter Biden on Sunday (You can watch the two go back-and-forth below).. Johnson diverted the discussion from the discovery of President Joe Biden's classified documents to a familiar GOP talking point about investigating Hunter Biden's laptop . It was more likely caused by high heat and pressure of a part laying in contact. All passengers and crew on the plane perished. Mrs. Ridgeway, who was born in the area and moved to the farm with her late husband in 1950, said they found evidence of the violent crash years later. time (of the crash). A man who had been courted and, consulted by the politically powerful and the corporate worlds elite? The plane crashed while on a flight to Iceland during WWII. He was previously the representative for Minnesota 's 3 rd congressional district as a Farmer-Labor from 1935 to 1936; the representative for Minnesota 's at-large district as a Farmer-Labor from 1933 to 1934; and the . Lundeen doesnt do any of these things. Probably something wonderful. The report seemed to focus on the, altimeter found in the wreckage. They shot through the both the regular, window and the storm window in the kitchen, and I just lay there on the, floor until they came and took me to the hospital. He suffered chest and, arm wounds that never allowed him to recover the full use of his right arm, 3) Victor Reuther was almost killed in 1949 by what appeared to be law, enforcement officials. Its cabin split like a dried pod. At 2:41 it crashed at top speed into a field of alfalfa, ricocheted 50 yards into a cornfield. It also included thousands of inoffensive, innocent American adults. Lovettsville is located in the northern tip of Loudoun county, Virginia, about five miles from Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and conceded by pilots to be one of the trickiest areas on the Washington Pittsburg run. He served from 1937 to 1940. Were happy to make this story available to republish for free under anAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons licenseas long as you follow ourrepublishing guidelines. Under Meany, the AFL-CIO entered into an unholy alliance with the CIA in order to bolster conservative, anticommunist unions in other countries. JOSEPH J. PESCI, 213 W. Market St., Blairsville, proctor at Duquesne university, Pittsburgh. The screw hole shaft had its threads "torn," or drilled out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------, ###################################################OOOOOOOO##########################################++++. For this he earned the wrath of powerful corporate and political interests. He was the dynamic, and charismatic leader of the United Auto Workers (UAW). He leaned forward, shouted: "The man who made that statement lies." The Senate threatened an investigation, for on the plane was Ernest Linden of Minnesota, the second U.S. Memo: Biden has document troubles, House GOP on the march with its agenda, A primer on the marijuana legalization proposal that could become law in Minnesota, My reflections on running for Congress to represent southern Minnesota. . 1) Dewey, James. I found this to be true. Among such leaders looms the great figure of Walter Reuther. 12) Pip, Edwin G. Reuther plane had a flame out. Detroit News. The Rev. My parents explained that there was nowhere for their families, to go for justice, because they feared reprisals from whites. I'm not following you. . I excerpted portions of the 1940 crash article I thought showed that the investigating panel contradicted its own findings as to the cause of the crash, in that they admitted their determination, a lightening strike, was a low probability event, or possibly unprecedented. Rogges campaign succeeded in a way his attempts to send the seditionists to jail did not. He was very confident in his talent as a public speaker, Ostermeier said. The Wonderful Life and Strange, 15) Parenti, Michael and Peggy Norton. ", NIXON called Walter Reuther's death "a deep loss." One of the pilots radioed that, they had the airport in sight. Walter Reuther's jet had been cleared for an instrument landing and broke through scattered clouds at 400 feet. He was very much a hawk. 11) Pip, Edwin G. What caused the crash of Reuthers jet? Detroit News. Fish could still shout. Why is, that? There are people with legitimate grievances as employees, taxpayers, and consumers who direct their wrath against welfare mothers but not against corporate welfarism, against the inner city poor not the outer city rich, against human services that are needed by the community rather than regressive tax systems that favor the affluent. Eight months before his death, Reuther reflected on the broader dimensions of labor's struggle: "The labor movement is about changing society . Lundeen was carrying these pages when he died, and they were found near the scene of the plane crash. The National Transportation Safety Board report in the plane crash that killed Senator Paul Wellstone last October says the Chief pilot initially decided not to fly after receiving a weather briefing that morning. What would be the motive? In the former case why were the only parts you posted from the article. Both incidents are amazingly similar; the altimeter in the fatal crash was believed to have malfunctioned. The plane crashed near Lovettsville, Virginia, and all 25 persons on board were killed. WILLIAM GARBOSE, department of justice, Washington. The four members of the crew killed included Pilot LOWELL SCROGGINS, the Airlines oldest pilot in point of service, who was at the controls of the first ship dispatched from Washington by the company thirteen years ago. The Kollsman Report speculated that the damaged threads, and loose screw, might have been caused by heat damage: "Examination of a similar rocking shaft exposed to 1100 degrees Fahrenheit, believed to be higher than that which the subject instrument was exposed to, showed that with a thread which is unabused, and with a properly tightened screw: a) the screw did not come out due to high temperature exposure: letter b= there is an aluminum deposit on the brass screw threads under load: c) the thread in the shaft tapped hole, Photo 39, is not damaged to the extent shown on Photos 24, 25, 26 and 27.". Although he switched party affiliations several times, Lundeen remain an isolationist and opposed U.S. involvement in World War II. The cause of the mysterious crash was never resolved. There were five editorials, one, obituary, one article on the National Transportation Safety Boards initial, report. It is a shame that the political and, social atmosphere of the time would allow such a thing to happen. Lundeen was a senator from Minnesota and was a Farmer-Labor. I am not insinuating anything related Hoover or FDR involvement in The Lundeen crash, Len. So just what are you insinuating, that FDR and/or Hoover killed a planeload of people just to eliminate the senator? The Kollsman Instrument's report stated: "No identification was present to trace the specific instrument type and date of manufacture. The plane hit . He stated that as he understood it, the cause of the crash was a faulty altimeter. Thats just part of the story that MSNBCs Rachel Maddow tells in an eight-part podcast called Ultra that uncovers a series of seditious plots to sow discord in the United States 80 years ago. Photographs of the set screw revealed normal threading. All of these types were essentially military. . As the court documents allege, the parent material of the anthrax spores used in the attacks was a single flask of spores, known as RMR-1029, that was created and solely maintained by Dr. Ivins at USAMRIID. Lundeen's husband, who had been tragically killed in a plane crash near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia two years earlier, was reportedly under investigation by the FBI at the time of his death. This article was printed on May 11, 1970. Walter Reuther died at the age of 62 in a plane crash. So the poor are defined as "the poverty problem." In 1961, Attorney General Robert Kennedy asked him, Victor, and Joseph Rauh, an attorney for the UAW, to investigate the ultra-Right. He felt the United States had become a great power because it maintained its independence and wasnt constrained by alliances, said Ostermeier. The podcast describes an event in which angry constituents pushed Lundeen into a refrigerated rail car. While the AFL-CIO was proclaiming its support for Nixon's escalation of the war and his anti-ballistic missile program, the ALA was lobbying hard against both. did they consider his death to be of so little consequence? Lend-Lease for example passed 60 31, with Lundeens successor voting in favor so it would have gone 59 32 if he lived. All such details had faded into a fog. Rising from the ranks to spearhead the creation of the United Auto Workers (UAW), Reuther brought a special blend of unfaltering progressivism and efficacy to the U.S. political scene. (Many thanks to Judy Virts-Beard Fox, Lovettsville Historical Society Board member, for donating this copy of LIFE Magazine to the LHS Museum. As the rocking arm rotated, erroneous information would be transmitted to the dials from the altimeter's pressure capsule. A. H. ELLIOT, 5757 McKinley St., Washington, D. C. Considering the fact that the DFP and the DN operate within the sphere of, the UAWs World Headquarters, you would expect for them to have the most. MinnPost | P.O. William Dee Becker (1876-1943) also known as William D. Becker of St. Louis, Mo. .The report noted "the fact that all-metal airplanes are frequently struck by lightning with no injurious results, and that the character of the lightning discharge, as well as its effect on the airplane and crew, in the present instance must be regarded as an extremely unusual occurrence." 1940 Airplane Crash Killed U.S. Although he and his brother were from a, very wealthy and affluent family, he sought to promote social change and, justice for the victims of discrimination in this country.6, 2) Malcolm X was murdered on February 21, 1965. My grandfathers lived. Maddow: The widow of Senator Ernest. Some were due to aircraft failures, but most by pilot inexperience. If Walter Reuther was indeed murdered or assassinated, there are others with. After Rogge made public appearances to discuss those findings, he was fired. With all of, this information being public knowledge and not to mention a sensational, story, why did only one of the newspapers (DFP), provide any in-depth, reporting into the possibility of assassination? Viereck provided moral and financial support to a range of virulently anti-Semitic and racist organizations across the United States. The plots also included plans for a violent overthrow of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to impose a fascist dictatorship in the United States. . On the evening of May 9, 1970, Reuther, along with his wife. Ham Fish strode in with majestic dignity. Our reporters are only able to do their work thanks to support at all levels. Here are some things to consider: First, as president of the largest union in the country, Reuther had the resources for advancing his causes on the national scene as did few others. 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", Where you "not insinuating" the plane was sabotaged" Or only "not insinuating" FDR or Hoover were responsible? and other parties may have been involved in Walter Reuthers death? U.S. That afternoon, Lundeen was killed in a Virginia . It sliced off the top of a. But his memory was in bad shape. Don Blankenship, Masseys former chief executive officer, and Chairman Bobby Ray Inman, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, made clear in sworn testimony that they firmly believed the company was being targeted by the government, lawyers for Massey investors who are suing the companys directors said in filings unsealed today in state court in Delaware. Both pilots and three other passengers, including the Senator's first wife, were killed in the crash. 2) An incorrect pivot was installed in one end of a rocking shaft. Taxing telephone facilities and narrow roads around the little upcountry hamlet here, swarms of police, federal inspectors and curious quickly threw the countryside into confusion. Others residents in the district and the tiny town five miles from the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers said they had heard the plane circling for a time before the crash. The next evening after Victor had given, the dog to family friends, he was shot in the head while in his home. One of the defendants provided security for Ford Motor Company. A. HOLLOWAY, interstate commerce commission, Washington. What I found were newspapers that were very selective about what, version of truth they wished to reveal to the public. Former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash on Aug. 31, 1940. 36 miles west of Washington, something happened. Senator: Near Lovettsville, Virginia: Pennsylvania Central Airlines Douglas DC-3 NC21789 cn:2188: Flying through a thunderstorm in turbulence the plane nosed over and plunged to earth. M. P. MAHAN, 1788 Lender Place, Washington, D. C. Victor Reuther named CIA labor operatives and CIA-founded unions. The crew was experienced: Captain Evans with 7760 flight hours and his copilot, Karaffa, with 6533. Ernest Frank Lundeen was born on month day 1900, at birth place, Iowa, to Jonas ( aka Jonas Michelsson) Lundeen and Ella Fidelia Lundeen (born Johnson). WHEN MINNESOTA SENATOR ERNEST LUNDEEN WAS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH over Virginia on August 31, 1940, the Republican governor was able, according to the rules, to appoint a fellow Republican to fill the senator's seat. The captain's altimeter showed a reading of 1400 feet M.S.L. The investigators recovered an altimeter believed to be the pilot, s and took it back to Washington, DC for analysis.12, The DFR, DN, MC, and NYT all printed the initial findings of the National, Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), but the final report that was released, on December 22, 1970 was totally ignored. United States Senator. They asserted that Lundeens speeches were bitterly anti-British and vigorously against American preparedness.. "I was deeply saddened to learn that . Farmers attracted by a crash found the plane strewn over a clearing into which it had apparently plunged full tilt. It was the first fatal airline accident in 17 months and the worst in all U.S. airline history. I, believe that Walter Reuther was murdered. A driver's dashcam footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the . I, found it strange that only one of the five newspapers discussed the murder, attempts. J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI would plague Walter Reuther for almost forty, years. From what little was left of the plane it was hard to tell what had happened. The plane refueled at Akron and went on to Detroit's City Airport, then on to Detroit's Metro Airport. Lundeen was adamantly opposed to the United States involvement in World War I and campaigned on that stance. It was pointed out to Victor Reuther that no mafia figures had offered valid information on the plane crash. Senate probe In 1937 Walter Reuther became the leader of a United Automobile Workers insurgent faction that included Communists. programs that he advocated for the poor did not endear him to his enemies. 14 March 2000. http://pages.prodigy.net/kpmcclave/RFKbio.htm. Heinz, 52, was in his third term in the U.S. Senate. I couldnt get up, and I lay there flat, on my back for a second or two. WASHINGTON When former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash in the foothills of Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains on Aug. 31, 1940, he likely knew the Justice Department was investigating his part in a Nazi-driven plot to overthrow the U.S. government. "I can't talk about it. I've gone too far to turn back," he said. THE DEAD (Reuther was a close friend and advisor to the Kennedys.) lundeen, ernest, a representative and a senator from minnesota; born near beresford, union county, s.dak., august 4, 1878; attended the common schools; served in company b, twelfth minnesota volunteers, during the spanish-american war; graduated from carleton college, northfield, minn., in 1901; studied law at the university of minnesota at Victor Reuther wrote: "Like others, I have been haunted continually by the question, 'Was the crash accidental?' He was Johnson's biggest supporter. A wonderful guy, but he was for the war. Lovettsville Elementary School, Lovettsville, Virginia. The sensational charges prompted the Senate to order an investigation into the crash a month later, even though FBI director J. Edgar Hoover denied that the two agents killed in the crash had Lundeen under surveillance, and a coroners inquest in the county where the crash occurred concluded it was the result of a violent thunderstorm, a possible lightning strike on the plane, and possibly pilot error. It certainly does and in mass marketed quantities. The Senator's head was buried in his hands and he was weeping. Who knows what evidence may have been found to either support or. A . Who do you think now seems more reasonable and attractive to the MSM, David, you, Fetzer, or Adm. Inman. The podcast said President Harry Truman was involved in that decision. (WTC 7 collapse comes to mind as a similar official determinationunprecedented event). Lundeen was also enlisted by German agent George Sylvester Viereck, because of his status as a senator and the perks that came with the job. Lundeen's husband, who had been tragically killed in a plane crash near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia two years earlier, was reportedly under investigation by the FBI at the time of his death. The Communist Party of the United States of America had tried to recruit Walter Reuther, but was unsuccessful. MISS C. POST, 1739 Kilborn Place, NW., Washington. The plane crashed near Lovettsville, Virginia, and all 25 persons on board were killed. R. STAIRE, PCA observer, Washington. 14) Parenti, Michael and Peggy Norton. . The $50,000 was obviously an attempt to silence us", In 1960 NIXON called Walter Reuther "a labor leader-turned- radical politician." It was a dark and rainy night on May 9, 1970 near Pellston, Michigan. The gangling, trumpet-tongued Congressman was on the witness stand in Washington, called there to explain his relations with George Sylvester Viereck, veteran Nazi propaganda agent. 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