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Show STUNTSIIOOTING BAREDAT PROBE WASHINGTON, March I UB-Th UB-Th sonata Ctrl! UbartJea committee heard today a charge that former munition agent In California ahot a kingahorenian during the weet coast maritime strike of 1934 "for tho benefit of motion picture cameramen. cam-eramen. " Tho affidavit was written by Jama W. Dugger, a former cameraman. cam-eraman. It described the wounding of James Engl. Identified aa a member of the International Longshoremen's Long-shoremen's association, with gas projectile fired by J. M. Roush. then an agent for Federal Laboratories, Inc. Duggsr charged then was no disturbance dis-turbance at tha Urns. Hs said the shooting was "unjustified." He expressed ex-pressed the belief "the whole thing was staged for the benefit of motion Eloture cameramen who kept crank-ig crank-ig away throughout the Job." A hospital report showed that Kngle did not die, but recovered. Duffer's affidavit aald It was absurd" ab-surd" to call Engls a communist. La folletU asked Barker, on the stand. If ha reprimanded Roush for abootlng Kngle. "Ha has boon out of tho basin for a long Urns by request," Barker aald. "Was this tho reason for his dls-harger" dls-harger" . "One of many reasons. . . |