The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-03
ARMY CONTRACTS
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CONTINUED FROM PAGh ONE holder in many Cleveland corpora tions, including the Cleveland Wor- sted Mills Company.
 "You have contracts with that mnl?"
 "Yes, but I never advised letting contract with that mill"
 How much stock have you in the min?"
 'I wouldn't care 70 state"
 "Yet your committee placed con tracts with the company" asked Sen ator McKellar
 "Yes, but I would not personally deal with them. l would always in- sist on making them coming through better thany anyone else"
 Frederick Ellington, of the supplies committee, stated that two contracts had been given the mill in which Mir Eisenman said he was a stockholder for 100000 yards of melton worsted
 "Did you know that there are laws prohibiting any agent of the govern ment dealing with himself or any company of which he is a member?" asked senator McKellar
 Yes, Very well" said Mr. Eisen- man. But I took no part in the contracts We do that sort of thing every day"
 Mr. Eisenman said his committee | bph hart.y..I .st.t. Sears Roebuck and Company of Chi cago, of which Julius Rosenwald, l chairman of the supplies committee, is president.
 Senator McKenar inquired further regarding contracts made with firms in when members of the supplies committee were stockholders o" atn- l arwise interested
 Mir Eisenman said he was pretty sure, the committee had bought wool from Jacob F. Brown. of Brown & Adams, a Boston wool firm,
 When the committee dealt with his firm, Mr Brown, a supplies commit tee member stepped asi742' asked 1 Senator McKeuar and Eisenman as sented
 A. F. Scott was another supplies committee member named by Eisen- man who was interested in a com 3any from which the committee bought cotton duck
 And Mr. Scott stepped aside when the committee let the contract?' asked Senator McKellar. "Yes, Eisenman said. He named a Mir Bailey as another committee member whose firm had similar con- tracts
 Senator NIcKellar turned temporar- fly to examine Frederick Edinetop of the supplies committee. He said he is foreign vol buyer for the Ameri- can Woolen Company, stiu receives g salary from it. and Is now deyot- ing all his time to the governments interests at s1 year.
 And your firm gets large contracts from the committee?' asked Senator McKellar
 "Yes, said Mir Ellington, "5ut the NHibtuA ldo NllIlIil@iltN alHtt tdUlF here. 1 don't think my connection has had any effect on the contracts of the American Wooleu Company.
 Brock Stevens of the United States Bunting Company another member of tisenman committee, was examined He said he was am advisor of Eisen- mans and had been asked to come to Washineton go represent the National and American Association of Woolen Manufacturers The bunting com pany from whchi he receives sal- 1 ary. Stevens said, had received con- tracts from the supplies committee.
 Why did you side-step acting on contracts with your company?' asked 1 Senator NcKollar
 "I wanted to observe the law" Mir | stevens replied
 Samuel M Kaplan, another com mittee member testified he was on q 1 $l 2 year salar and wool substitute | advisor of Eisenman He said he owned stock in the Winchester Mills | Company and that his firm owned stock in the Norwich Wool Company |