Grand jury "killed" union-sponsored program in Harlan County, Ky. Washington, D.C., April 27. Appearing before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, former Rep. John Young Brown related how a union-sponsored radio program, designed to give publicity to the conditions in "Bloody Harlan" County

Before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., April 15. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County, Ky., Coal Operators Association, said his organiziation had doubled its assessment on member coal companies three times i

Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "turned back" $75 of his $200 per month salary, Henry M. Lewis former Deputy Sheriff in Harlan County, Ky., told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee as it resumed its investigation of alleged terrorism in connection with Harlan Co

Assails plan to consolidate Federal Conservation. Washington, D.C., July 6. Appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee today, Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky, assailed the Administration's proposed Seven-Authority Bill to consolidate Federal Conservation, Flood Control, and Power Efforts, as "

Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton Cowherd, of Birmingham, Ala. testified today before La Follette's Committee on Civil Liberties that he was retained as Chairman of a "Special Americanization Committee" of the American Legion. He also testified that Walter J. Hanna

Admits destroying records. Washington, D.C., March 10. Mayor Daniel J. Shields, of Johnstown, PA., today told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee he had destroyed the records concerning the payment of approximately 500 special officers sworn in during the "Little Steel" strike last summer. Asked wh

UMW worker before Civil Liberties. Washington, D.C., April 21. James Westmoreland from Harlan County, Ky., appeared before the Civil Liberties Committee at the Capitol and told how the Harlan County Coal Company had discharged men, approximately 75 men, for union activity. Westmoreland also said com

At Civil Liberties hearing. Washington, D.C. Jan. 14. Borden Burr, Counsel for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad, testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties hearing into labor disputes and flogging cases in Alabama, charged that failure of law enforcement in their district made it imperative f

Poor memory. Washington, D.C., April 30. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County (Ky.) Coal Operators Association, said he had been "very careful" not to know what his "chief deputy" did with the association's expense money. The "c