Fiery Johnstown Mayor and Counsel. Washington, D.C., March 10. Just before taking the stand before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, Mayor Daniel J. Shields (left) of Johnstown, PA., held a last-minute talk with his counsel Samuel A. King. Mayor Shields told the committee he had destroyed records concerning the payment of approximately 500 special officers sworn in during the "Little Steel" strike last summer, 3/10/38