Braden gave Walter Reuther the money in $50 bills. Second, in the years before the fatal crash there had been assassination attempts against Walter and Victor. 14 March 2000. http://www.americanpredidents.com/kennedy.html, 7) Malcolm X. Many of the released documents, are well over forty years old, and the pages were totally inked out!16 Is, there some matter of national security involved where our FBI and CIA would, still want to keep so many secrets about the life and death of Walter, Reuther? He died in a plane crash, just west of Washington D.C. near Lovettsville, Virginia, before his term expired in the United States Senate. . U.S. army investigators approach the wreckage of a Air Force T-43 plane on April 6, 1996, near the Dubrovnik airport. I didn't come here to be insulted. 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. In recent decades, organized labor has endured a serious battering from conservative interests in both government and the corporate world. A. MOCK, Washington, D. C. Many thanks to Stu Beitler athttp://www3.gendisasters.com/virginia/2406/lovettsville-va-air-disaster-aug-1940?page=0,0, Copyright 2023 Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum. The file documented Reuther's leadership role in progressive and antiwar organizations. Senate probe Heinz food fortune. The technical part of the report was like a foreign language to me. A man who had been courted and, consulted by the politically powerful and the corporate worlds elite? facts? No matter, in 1936, Lundeen won a special election to the Senate. He served from 1937 to 1940. political enemies and bents toward social justice who have preceded him. Rogges campaign succeeded in a way his attempts to send the seditionists to jail did not. (WTC 7 collapse comes to mind as a similar official determinationunprecedented event). The Wonderful Life and Strange, ###################################OOOOOOOO###############################++++, The Wonderful Life and Strange Death of Walter Reuther, THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND STRANGE DEATH OF WALTER REUTHER. The Communist Party of the United States of America had tried to recruit Walter Reuther, but was unsuccessful. J. Edgar Hoovers FBI doctored a letter that Victor, Reuther sent back to the United States to make it seem as if they were, communists. This was why it popped out. The plots also included plans for a violent overthrow of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to impose a fascist dictatorship in the United States. I relied on the then-General Counsel of the United Automobile Workers, Steve Schlossberg, who I know from later experience was not too eager to make the investigation terribly thoroughHe was more interested in passing the reigns of power to the new president, Leonard Woodcock, and getting the Reuther years behind him, so I felt he was too quick to accept the findingshe is now in Washington as the official representative of the ILO [international Labor Organization]", Schlossberg had made reference to a faulty altimeter in his report: "This possibility is discounted because there were two altimeters in this particular Lear Jet, but the instrumentation is still being checked." The screw was tightened prior to the drilling-out of its base threads, so that the screw left the proper mark on the shaft. He and his brother Victor had not made things easy for themselves when they, went to Russia in 1932. I was impressed with the honesty of the people who were doing this." Sort By. News accounts at the time reported that it was the worst disaster in U.S. commercial aviation history. One of the dinner guests managed to escape, and call for help. No test was conducted to determine if the set screw, sitting in a drilled-out thread, would leave a similar mark; with the threads torn, it could not have left a bright spot or stain on the shaft, since there would have been a total absence of tension. . 4) A ring jewel within the mechanism was installed off center. to spur local or national attention nor any debate in the other newspapers? Like so many on the Left then and now, he did not realize that those who fight for social change on behalf of the less-privileged elements of society are abhorred by conservative elites whether they be communists or not. The full story was not told. All passengers and crew on the plane perished. The MSM is already handling that assignment, and they're doing a heck of a job. The altimeter was sent to Barfield Instruments, and then to James W. Angus at Kollsman Instruments for examination. ED BATEMAN, son of MRS. MARY H. BATEMAN, of 948 Adair Avenue, has been a pilot with Pennsylvania-Central for some time. See our full republication guidelines for more information. In a follow-up interview with us, Victor further noted: Animosity from government had been present for some time [before the fatal crash]. Third, like the suspicious near-crash that occurred the previous year, the fatal crash also involved a faulty altimeter in a small plane. Why were the newspapers so unwilling to give it to them? The same, author of the previous article, Edwin Pip, covered the ruling. 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. The Lear Company maintained that it was impossible for anyone but trusted officials of their firm to have known who was to use the plane" Steven I. Schlossberg, who conducted the investigation of the crash for the United Automobile Workers, reported: "In view of the fact that almost no one outside of top officials of Executive Jet could have known the identity of the passengers and there was little, if any, chance for ground tampering of this airplane, it appears to me that further investigation on a private basis is unwarranted." I found no trace of the supposed Kollsman or Barfield reports on the Net. WASHINGTON When former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains on Aug. 31, 1940, he likely knew the Justice. He felt the United States had become a great power because it maintained its independence and wasnt constrained by alliances, said Ostermeier. The forward jewel for this shaft was damaged (oval recess) but not cracked. This and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
, Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. His failure to mention that there had been previous problems with the exact same altimeter and that there were problems with other altimeters repaired by the same company were intolerable omissions by a dishonest crank with an agenda. Those which were still whole were so badly mangled I dont see how they could ever be recognized.. 12 May 1970. in rural Alabama during the most racist era in American history. Read the recent article on a mysterious airplane crash that killed a Minn. U.S. Its wings flew off. The link pin of the same rocking shaft was incorrect. Former Minnesota senator Ernest Lundeen's story of suspected sedition is back in the headlines thanks to a new podcast. Victor Reuther conceded that this was true. While Lundeen lost reelection, he did not stop pursuing political office, running for state Legislature, governor, Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice, U.S. Senate and other offices. It was only three sentences long. First, we were able to identify in early 2005 the genetically-unique parent material of the anthrax spores used in the mailings. http://www.google.com/search?q=secretary+lundeen+weeping&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a#q=secretary+lundeen+weeping&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wp&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7694d34fae9de011&biw=790&bih=476, Treason: the story of disloyalty and betrayal in American history, Nathaniel Weyl - 1950 - 491 pages - Snippet view. . The plane hit . Lend-Lease for example passed 60 31, with Lundeens successor voting in favor so it would have gone 59 32 if he lived. ", Said Maloney: "I think the American people have been insulted. Inspection revealed charred aluminum in the brass screw threads. . It is a shame that the political and, social atmosphere of the time would allow such a thing to happen. Its engines burst from theirnacelles. I wanted to know more about him and, this paper gave me the opportunity to do just that. Some, 1) In April 1938, two masked gunmen forced their way into Walter Reuthers, home and tried to abduct him. Lundeen, a South Dakota native who served in the Army during the Spanish American War, served one term in the 65th Congress as a Republican from 1917-19, and two terms as a Farmer-Laborite in the 73rd and 74th Congresses from 1933-37 before being elected to the Senate in 1936. Experienced pilot with a spotless record. Suffice it to say that Victor's belief, shared by Walter's daughter Elizabeth Reuther Dickmeyer and other members of the family, that the crash was no accident sounds disturbingly plausible. They were first put on the market in 1965, but during the first few years. Ella was born on May 14 1860, in Judson Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. Viereck provided moral and financial support to a range of virulently anti-Semitic and racist organizations across the United States. Because he had once denied knowing Agent Viereck, Hill himself was tried for perjury a few weeks ago, had been sentenced to two-to-six years in jail. 1940 Airplane Crash Killed U.S. This article originally appeared on St. He added that he believed the altimeter had been tampered with during the earlier plane crash, and that the two accidents were related. Among the 21 passengers on the capacity filled plane was Senator ERNEST LUNDEEN, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota. Apr 4, 2021 Thirty years ago, Republican Sen. John Heinz then Pennsylvania's most popular public figure died in a midair collision in Lower Merion. The fact that were two FBI agents on the plane with him when it hit the ground full speed at 300 mph gave some credence to the reports. J. P. MOORE, co-pilot, Washington, D. C. 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? His father, Valentine, a socialist, trained. 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. The doomed plane reported all well at 2:31 p.m., then headed into a squall. I am not insinuating anything related Hoover or FDR involvement in The Lundeen crash, Len. The information contained in those German files leaked anyway. However, he had to temporarily step aside because his appointment expired the day of the election rather than at the end of Lundeens term. Lundeen's candidacy had as much or more to do with clearing her husband's name than in actually winning his Senate seat. One can imagine that this was not well received by the Nixon White House. (Jim White gave me a ton of scientific help with this, but the errors surely result from my own misunderstanding.). But five years earlier, a question: was the 1940 plane crash and the death of Senator Lundeen linked to the creation of the atomic bomb? The Wonderful Life and Strange Death, 5) Mollison, Andrew. his home. Theme by AcademiaThemes, Formation of the Lovettsville Historical Society, Lovettsville Historic District Listed On the National Register of Historic Places, The History of Lovettsvilles Oktoberfest Celebration, History of the Potomac River Crossing at Berlin/Brunswick, Street Names of Lovettsville and Their Meanings, African-American Methodist Episcopal Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church from WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1938, Providence Primitive Baptist Church (former site of Old Presbyterian Church), Lovettsville, Virginia, Reformed Church (now St. James United Church of Christ), Lovettsville, Virginia, St. James Reformed Church from WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1938, Brown Funeral Home, Lovettsville, Virginia, Freedom Masonic Lodge No. The pilot had his engines wide open. Passengers: The captain's altimeter showed a reading of 1400 feet M.S.L. He is based at Detroit, and flies regularly in the companys northern division, from Detroit to Minneapolis and St. Paul, and to Cleveland, Akron and Pittsburgh. That only says that whoever prepared the (probable) two separate batches of anthrax may have started with anthrax obtained at some point from that flask. This means that the spores used in the attacks were taken from that specific flask, regrown, purified, dried and loaded into the letters. What good is a dollar an hour more in wages if your neighborhood is burning down? It sliced off the top of a. newspapers: Christian Science Monitor (CSM), Detroit Free Press (DFP), Detroit News (DN), Michigan Chronicle (MC), and New York Times (NYT). MISS NAOMI COLTO, 3821 Newark St., Washington, D. C. 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. E. G. BOWER, department of internal revenue, Washington, D. C. The news U.S. air-transport men have been dreading finally came in August 31, 1940. The FBI still refuses to turn over nearly 200 pages of documents regarding Reuther's death, including the copious correspondence between field offices and Hoover. At one point he does try to visit the troops and is turned away by the military because hes seen as a, an almost unpatriotic figure.. A plane crash has killed at least 68 people, according to Nepal's . In 1938 he severed this association and some years later, after gaining control of the UAW board, he launched a purge of dedicated UAW organizers who were communists or close to the party. How could the public, understand the ramifications of Walter Reuthers death without all of the. E. W. CHAMBERS, 17 Craighead St., Pittsburgh. You don't file with just one clue. After completing my, research, I feel that the newspapers engaged in a conspiracy of silence, while reporting on the death of Walter Reuther: they presented information, about the plane crash along with biographical data, but only one paper. Cloud Times: How a U.S. This was a totally real program. U.S. Sen. Ernest P. Lundeen died 69 years ago this week in a crash that remains shrouded in mystery. FDR had a strong majority in both houses of congress. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover certainly never lost his violent bitter taste, stalking Walter for some forty years, using undercover informants and illegal bugging equipment. The effects of the problem are taken as the problem itself. I'll say it again, on behalf of a lot of us, sorry, David, you don't get to be "that" guy. On August 31, 1940, his secretary found him near collapse. The technician who assembled the altimeter had made too many mistakes in the same area, to have done so innocently. This second son of, a German immigrant couple was born on September 1, 1907, in Wheeling, West, Virginia. 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. It was suggested to the FBI by one of its informants that Walter Reuther's anti-communism was insincere, and merely a self-serving ruse in his quest for power. Dorothy M. Beer 24 Feb 1913 - 31 Aug 1940. The ad warned: "Walter Reuther is already within reach of controlling your Congress. Senator to be killed in an airline crash within five years. The cause of the mysterious crash was never resolved. So the poor are defined as "the poverty problem." Reuther was the kind of labor leader who unsettled the higher circles: militant, incorruptible, and dedicated both to the rank-and-file and a broad class agenda. Heinz, 52, was in his third term in the U.S. Senate. All 25 on board were killed, including US Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota. Lundeen's father, C.H. There were three, witnesses who heard the plane before it crashed and then were subsequently, at the scene. On Aug. 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane carrying Sen. Ernest Lundeen, along with 20 other passengers and four crew members, went down in a heavy rainstorm near Lovettsville, Virginia. loose, it would have left the high by 200-300 feet. Senator Ernest Lundeen from Minnesota killed. The DNs Aerospace Writer, Edwin Pip, wanted to, know how a time-proven airplane, flown by an experienced pilot in reasonable, weather, could suddenly plunge to the ground. 10) The News in Brief. Christian Science Monitor. The previous murder attempts on the life of Walter Reuther, should have been, The newspapers and our government have remained strangely silent in this, matter. He notes that witnesses saw the planes, bright landing lights wink on as it approached the field. What I found were newspapers that were very selective about what, version of truth they wished to reveal to the public. The crash occurred because the pilot thought he was flying higher than was indicated by the altimeter readings. . Why is, that? in the world. Investigators said after that, the pilots were only passengers aboard the plane. The mechanism construction isolated the unit to one of three major types, each of which had numerous variations, none of which were TSO certified. 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. Fish replied: "I am referring to you. Instrument Landing System, ILS, is a separate instrument you are viewing that had the cross-hairs. there were a number of fatal accidents. It is wasting our resources that we need at home and it is tarnishing our moral credentials in the world." Photographs of the set screw revealed normal threading. The Kollsman Instrument's report stated: "No identification was present to trace the specific instrument type and date of manufacture. Among such leaders looms the great figure of Walter Reuther. Victor Reuther wrote: "Like others, I have been haunted continually by the question, 'Was the crash accidental?' Pennsylvania Central flies between Norfolk, Virginia and Milwaukee. 50-foot elm tree, and slammed into the ground in a ball of flame. They don't put them in Lear Jets. For instance, theres the story of Charles Edward Coughlin, a Catholic priest based in Detroit. Will you help us keep it this way by supporting our nonprofit newsroom with a tax-deductible donation today? M. P. MAHAN, 1788 Lender Place, Washington, D. C. However, a bright spot on the arm in the area indicated (ref D) was in position in line with the set screw hole at the time the mechanism was removed from the case.". Can you point to Senate votes on aid to the allies or sanctions against the Axis where shift of 1 or 2 votes would have made a difference? Develle Coates, 20, was the only one among 14 defendants who took his case to trial and the jury in November found him guilty of first-degree gang assault. An examination of the reports by Barfield and Kollsman Instruments, on which the National Transportation Safety Board based their findings, told a different story. One of the defendants provided security for Ford Motor Company. Walter Reuther admitted having taken the money, and said that Braden had tried to recruit his brother Victor as a CIA agent: "Victor was contacted by Tom Braden at the U.S. Embassy in Paris and asked to become a CIA agent, using as a 'front' his position [with the CIO]." The fatal plane crash of Walter Reuther, a liberal who was head of the United Automobile Workers union on May 9, 1970, also raised questions. He had recently announced his candidacy for, president on March 16, 1968 and had just finished giving a speech to his, All of these men were heavily involved in civil rights and the move toward, social justice for all Americans. Ron Brown dies in plane crash, April 3, 1996. W. M. BURLESON, 57 Lock Lane, Richmond, Va. A Yonkers gang member who set off a vicious attack by more than a dozen people when he knocked a man unconscious with a tequila bottle was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in state prison. In early 1968 the UAW withdrew from the AFL-CIO and joined forces with the Teamsters and two smaller unions to form the Alliance for Labor Action (ALA), with a membership totaling over four million. Other seditionists blew up weapon plants in the United States, killing and maiming scores of workers. One victim was a NASA astronaut and another was the president-elect of a large physicians' group. H. J. HOLLERITH, Chicago. At Pittsburgh, headquarters of the Pennsylvania Central, http://www2.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/cdp-lifestyles/2009/mar/01/1940_air_crash_took_a_toll_not_soon_forgotten-ar-67718/, http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/11/01/fbis-robert-mueller-still-engaging-in-an-anthrax-cover-up/, http://www.webcorp.com/civilrights/malcomx.htm, http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR71-03.pdf, http://karws.gso.uri.edu/Marsh/Bay_of_Pigs/nodule23.htm. He was an extraordinarily effective proponent of socioeconomic equality and an outspoken critic of the military-industrial complex, the arms race, the CIA, the national security state, and the Vietnam war. His role was to use his talents as an orator in 1905 he was University of Minnesotas champion of debate and oratory to help the German government. You suspect "the MSM has not shown the integrity or accuracy in its reporting and choices of what to cover" re:the crash (among other incidents) but I see no signs you looked at more than 1 or 2 articles. Willy Phillips Jr was 13 years old when he survived a plane crash that killed his father in 2010. The loose set screw could not be explained. The plane should, have been flying at about 130 miles per hour, only seconds away from, touchdown, but two and three quarter miles short of the airport something, happened. Former Senator for Minnesota. The screw had not fallen out due to worn out or damaged threads. Many of us believe that our media is, the last bastion of truth and freedom. MISS MILDRED CHESSER, 1738 M. St., NW., Washington, D. C. WITNESS SAYS HILL USED LUNDEEN FRANK; Mrs. Spielman Testifies Viereck Wrote Speeches for Senator, HILL LINKS FISH WITH VIERECK ACTS; Convicted Secretary Reverses Testimony in Telling of His Introduction to Nazi Agent MAILED SPEECH ON 'FRANK' Witness Says 125,000 Copies Were Sent Out and He Got 'Tip' of $100 From Defendant, SAYS MRS. LUNDEEN TOOK VIERECK DATA; Former Secretary to Senator Testifies That Widow "Stripped' Files of Records TELLS OF SPEECH-WRITING Witness Asserts Joint Effort Produced Anti-British Attack -- Viereck Paid by Nazi, http://query.nytimes.com/beta/search/query&submit=sub, One implicated legislator was the late Senator Ernest Lundeen, Minnesota isolationist, who, it was said, had inserted speeches prepared by Mr. Viereck into March 8, 1942, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/,773070,00.html. NAS holds out the possibility the anthrax producer may have gotten it from somewhere else, that it was possible to get similar genetic results from other means (that is, suggesting thats not the only way to have produced the samples found in the letter). What good is another week's vacation if the lake you used to go to, where you've got a cottage, is polluted and you can't swim in it and the kids can't play in it? He was very confident in his talent as a public speaker, Ostermeier said. He elaborated: "Walter Reuther became a dove in the middle of the Hubert Humphrey - NIXON election. He did not believe Walter Reuther's death was the result of a conspiracy, nor did he believe CIA had any motive to assassinate him. Click HERE to see this. http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/Lisa_Simpson/1941/March/0308/0309/?action=view¤t=0309-allcurbsr.jpg, For your edification heres the crash report, http://www.baesel.net/capaccidents/1940.08.31_PennsylvaniaCentralAirlinesCorp_DouglasDC-3-A.pdf, As for the part about Inman I have no idea what you were going on about and doubt David or anyone else did either. It was pointed out to Victor Reuther that no mafia figures had offered valid information on the plane crash. History rhymes again . He was ultimately dissuaded from doing so by John Bugas, chief FBI agent in Detroit. By The seditious lawmakers said the Justice Department and the FBI were embarked on politically motivated prosecutions. The Barfield Report never addressed itself to where the drill mark came from, or how the threads had been torn out. Lovettsville Game Protective Association, Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville High School (1910), Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Library, Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Post Office (1937-1961), Lovettsville, Virginia, Lovettsville Town Hall, Lovettsville, Virginia, McClains Grocery, Lovettsville, Virginia, Historical Photographs of Lovettsville, Virginia, 1940 Lovettsville Airline Disaster Archive, Revolutionary War Veterans of Lovettsville. Maddow: The widow of Senator Ernest. Both papers had many details about his life and the plane crash that killed. But Rogges continued warnings of the fascist threat to the United States had an impact. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in the 1922 election and the 1923 special election. 2) An incorrect pivot was installed in one end of a rocking shaft. "Pin installed was a P/N 371-80 (should be 1357-37)." The Barfield Report, which was based on the primary examination of the unit, agreed: "One of the set screws was out of the rocking shaft, allowing the calibration arm assembly to be loose in the shaft. The American Labor movement has now become a political movement with the objective of establishing a socialist labor government in control of the economic and social life of this nation.". THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 1, 1940 * Lovettsville, Virginia Air Disaster * Douglas DC-3 airplane crash (1st report) This 30+ page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "25 PERSONS KILLED IN PLANE WRECK" with subheads that include: "SENATOR LUNDEEN ON PASSENGER LIST AND BELIEVED LOST" and more. That high-profile stance drew Vierecks attention. He was not rescued until the train had traveled for 20 miles down the track. Newspapers Snub the Specter of Assassination: In this paper I am going to discuss the death of Walter Reuther and the, suspicious way that the newspapers covered it. . It was the first fatal airline accident in 17 months and the worst in all U.S. airline history. I find it hard to believe that the FBI still refuses to turn over, nearly 200 pages of documents involving Reuthers death, and correspondence, between field offices and J. Edgar Hoover. MISS M. TURNER, Huddleston, Va., bound for Cleveland. The assailants were caught and acquitted in a trial that. You can also learn about all our free newsletter options. These powerful men were able to use their political influence to prod the Justice Department to remove a competent, ambitious prosecutor from investigating Vierecks operation and the slew of other Nazi-promoted plots to destabilize the U.S. government. 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 One can also assume that this was not well received by any of the, corporations providing material for the American war machine. Albert Eisele is founding editor of The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress. ), Copyright 2023 Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum. Were happy to make this story available to republish for free under anAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons licenseas long as you follow ourrepublishing guidelines. Not so lucky was Pennsylvania Senator John Heinz III, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that investigated Iran-contra and one of Tower's supporters in the confirmation vote for Secretary of Defense. Whether certain foreign agents figured that they were about to be exposed, whether G-men on the plane tangled with Lundeen on the flight, or whether it was an act of God and the weather may never be known, they declared. I'm convinced there was tampering with the altimeter and, although the plane was on the ground for only a short time, it was time enough. That is not what my research has, proven. Viereck then instructed him to mail out, under frank of Minnesota's late Senator Ernest Lundeen, copies of an isolationist speech Lundeen made in the Senate. 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