Evening star., 1934-02-25
PUBLICITY HOUND
QUOTED BY BROWN
AS FARLEY REMARK
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Friday that the personal remark had
| been about Black.
, Farley denied vigorously in the
! hearing that he had told the former
Postmaster General he had no sympa-
= thy with political Investigations"
The listeners thought Brown would
be recalled Immediately since the
Postmaster General said he had no
objection to the relation of what I
am supposed to have said
Senator Austin, however, sought
through more than three hours to
show that the cancellation of the air
mail contracts was made on insufh-
Gent evidence; that it was i'll advised,
and that it was a mistake both from
| the poislt of law and policy.
Farley insisted:
II did what | did after due con-
sideration of all the evidence and 1
| believe I was justified
Rebuked BY Austin.
Crowley sat by him. The Postmas-
ter Generals consultation with the
, attorney brought rebuke from Austin
and clashes between the Vermonter
and Black and McCarran.
1t was shortly after one of these
exchanges that Farley said Crowley
had informed him the Post Office De-
partment had evidence bearing on the
cancellation that had not been gwen
the committee.
Wed like to have that evidence"
Austin said.
Crowley then submitted letter ad-
dressed to Chase Cove, former oe-
partment official. He said it was
written by w. Irving Glover, former
Assistant Postmaster General. The
solicitor added that the department
also had copies of contracts not in
the committees possession.
The Glover letter bore the date
July 7. 1880. This was little more
than a month after the meeting OF
air transport operators with Post
Office Department officials, including
Brown The administration based its
cancellation of the domestic contracts
on the charge that an agreement was
reached at the conference for the di-
vision of airmail contracts.
Austin Reads Letter.
In a slow voice, Austin read the
| letter. A portion of it said:
Your telegram to hand and your
letter of the 18th.
We'll, the award has been made.
Understand down here that Wadell
williams plans to bring some kind of
an action against the Postmaster
General, as Avigation Corporation
did not carry out their bargain. How
come?
Halliburton is going to make a
statement saying the Postmaster Gen
eral i right in requiring what he did
in the ads. Take it that the award
was not made to Pan American on
South American route.
DO not know what you told the
Postmaster General, but there is no
use recommending the award be made
to the high bidder and then getting
cold feet, and saying you and Earle
(Haliburtop) agreed that We should
throw out all the bids We had all
better stick together, or we'll all hang
together"
There was laughter at this but
Austin then began a series of sharp
queries in which he called attention
to the loss of life since the Army be-
gan flying the mail.
Effect Not Considered.
"In an effort to substitute hastily
thrown together service" Austin in
quired. did you take into considera-
ton that you were endangering the
lives of others?"
I'VE didn't give any consideration
to that feature of it at that time"
Farley said.
did you consider that the public
had any interest in the passenger
service that it had come to rely
upon?"
( Il thought the public had an in
terest, very great interest" Farley
said earnestly. That is the reason
acted as I did"
Austin slowly recounted the list OF
| Army fatalities and accidents in the
short space since the service took
over the airmail routes.
Farley said he regretted the fatali-
ties but that he was not familiar with
the details.
Over and over, Farley repeated in
4 response to Austin's questions:
"On the basis of the evidence be-
fore this committee and records in
our possession, I came to the conclu-
| sion that the contracts were arrived
at through collision and fraud and
| that they should be cancelled"
,,I
on the stand, there were acrimonious
passages between Chairman Black and
! McCarran on the one hand and Aus
tin On the other Senator White,
Republican, of Maine, joined in once
or twice.
Brown First on Stand.
Brown appeared first. He retold his
story of the meeting with Farley, re-
iterated that the Postmaster General
said to him he had no sympathy
with political Investigations" and that
he had made the personal remark"
1t followed, Brown said, his own
statement that he didn't know what
the investigation was all about and
that he had always treated Black
with every consideration
Farley sat few feet away and
listened until he was called He was
circled by flashes from photographers
bulbs while he took the oath. Clear
ing his throat, the Postmaster Gen
eraI eased his big frame into the wit
ness chair. Outwardly calm, he
twiddled his thumbs as he talked.
Prompted by McCarran, Farley said
Browns accounts Of some OF the cir
cumstances and conversations that
took place while the papers were