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Hetnl Radio News Service
7/2/47
nI therefore strongly urge that your committee ask the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make a very careful study of the full facts and circumstances surrounding Mr. Jones* connections with the notorious Black Legion as well as a study of the affili¬ ations and connections Jones maintained with the notorious rabblerouser Geralk L. K. Smith. The Senate which is now being called upon to vote twenty-five million dollars for loyalty investigations owes it t o the nation to spend a few hundred dollars on the study of a man whose hands will be given a grasp over millions of dollars worth of utilities and the priceless heritage of our free speech,
"Evidence already placed before your subcommittee con¬ sidering the Jones appointment discloses that one convicted seditionist, W illiara Dudley pelley, and two indicted alleged seditionists found Mr. Jones* consistent isolationish speeches and voting record both before and after pearl Harbor so attuned to their own views that the Congressman was quoted frequently and enthusiastically by the se merchants of hate.
"In view of the aforementioned, I respectfully submit that the Senate of the United States would be derelict in its duty if it failed to give the most careful consideration to the character and background of Mr. Jones before voting his confirmation to a Commis¬ sion which safeguards our basic freedoms on the nation* s airwaves. **
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SON OF BOND GEDDES, RMA VICE-PRESIDENT, KILLED IN AUTO CRASH
Gail G. Geddes, 3 2 years old, a member of the staff of the National Association of Manufacturers in New York, and son of Bond P. Geddes, Executive Vice-President of the Radio Manufacturers* Associ¬ ation in Washington, was killed Saturday afternoon when two cars collided about 8 miles from Doylestown, Pa. His two daughters,
Carol 4, and Olivia 3, were seriously injured in the crash. Three passengers in the car of Mr. Geddes, John F. Morgan, of Salem, N. J. , and his two sons were also taken to Doylestown Emergency Hospital.
Elmer Frederick, 47, of New Hope, Pa., driver of the other car, and his wife, Dorothy, were treated for minor hurts. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter but released on bail.
Mr. Geddes, who was born in Washington and received his early education here, was graduated with honors from Amos Tuck School of Economics at Dartmouth College, where he was elected to phi Beta Kappa. As a Navy Lieutenant, junior grade, he served in the pacific on the escort carrier Saginaw Bay, participating in five major battles from Coral Sea to Iwo Jima.
In 1940, he married Miss Lucille Carr in Washington. He is also survived by a brother Bruce Geddes, who is with the Columbia Broadcasting System in Washington.
The funeral was held at St. .Albans Episcopal Church in Washington Tuesday, and burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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