March 16, 1949

Sen Knowland plan to impose closure on measure, motion or any other matter, except on closure rule amendment, by 2/3 vote of Sen membership offered as substitute for Wherry-Hayden bipartisan plan calling for 2/3 vote of Sens voting; Knowland plan backed by 22 Repubs and 30 Dems; filibuster ends after Sen Robertson speaks for over 6 hrs and Sen Johnston for over 4; Sen approves motion, 78-0, to consider Lucas Feb 28 motion to change rule; Lucas sees civil rights program doomed under Knowland formula; Sens Humphrey, Douglas and Morse score Knowland plan; map opposition

Amer Overseas Constellation down, London, on Ireland-NYC flight; none hurt

BERLIN, March 15 -- Britain announced tonight that she was lifting immediately all production restrictions on a wide range of restricted German engineering industries and disclosed that the United States already had done so.

Wiretapping plot probe continues; O'Dwyer accuses fusion movement; former City Hall detective C H Stoffers demotion linked to case; City Hall phone operator Mrs S Z Lipton transferred; C J Ryan silent after grand jury appearance; denies link to Stoffers; City Hall wires rechecked; C L Sabisky, camera technician for Ryan atty J G Broady, tells press of filming of unidentified bldg near East River Drive and its entrants; E M Jones questioned further; Broady aides Mrs R Coughlin and Mrs E Quirk to appear before grand jury

Sen com votes to table M C Wallgren nomination as chmn, virtually rejecting, thereby, Truman choice; Wallgren statement