Evening star., 1934-01-19
A|RMA|L INQUIRY
WILL Be W|DENED
Committee Reaches Out for
Testimony of All Identi-
fled With Service.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate airmail Investigators today dug
further into the mass of information
they have compiled on the awarding OF
contracts under the McNary- Watres act
in preparation for the resumption Of
hearings Tuesday.
Committee members said the teSti-
mony presented thus far was only a
small part of what they intended to
present with the aid Of $25.000 addi-
tional funds which Chairman Black
sought in q Senate resolution We'd
nesday.
The resolution also would broaden
the scope Of the inquiry to include any
persons or companies even remotely
connected with an aviation enterprise
or contract.
Reports that Department Of Justice
agents and Post Office inspectors had
been assigned to watch the course of
the inquiry were met by statements
from committee members that they
knew nothing Of such plans and were
not concerned with them.
Deeds Data Turned Over.
II income-tax discrepancies are dis
covered by the Investigators. however
they are to be referred to the Treasury
Department. Data on tax reports Of
Charles w. Deeds. who made millions
from a $40 investment in the Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft Corporation, was
turned over to income-tax officials.
The testimony to date has been OF
dual interest. 1t largely has concerned
accounts Of non-competitive airmail
contract awards and huge profits bios
soming from tiny seeds of capital.
The story of an Independent airline
that couldn't get mail contract, even
though II agreed to q consolidation
allegedly suggested by former Post
master General walter E Brown. was
unfolded yesterday.
The investigators heard William
Sacks, q former member Of the Re-
publican National Committee from
Missouri, tell how he interceded with
Brown to assist the Robertson Airlines,
but deny the implication that he was
employed because of his political con-
nections. The line was seeking q
contract to carry mail from ST. Louis
to New Orleans, along which route
Frank Robertson said 1t started the
first regular service.
Favor" Letter IS Read.
Read into the records was letter
from Frank Robertson to his brother
w. B. Robertson, informing him that
the former understood the Post Office
Department wanted to do Sacks favor
to insure his support Of Herbert Hoo
yer In the 1882 Republican Conven-
ton.
Chairman Black developed that
Sacks had been q member of the Mis-
souri, delegation that had voted for
Frank M. Lowden Of Illinois in the
convention in 1928.
The golden thread Of millions made
in United Aircraft & Transport stock
from small investments in the Pratt
g. Whitney Aircraft Co. was spun
further George j. Mead, one Of the
organizers, testified he got nearly So
100000 cash from an investment OF
s207 and still had $4,000 shares Of
United Aircraft stock, quoted around
$35 a share.
The testimony of Sacks and the two
Robertsons who with the late Philip
De Catesby Ball and others. owned
the Robertson Air Lines Of st. Louis
differed materially as to the exact part
Sacks played in the mail contract
negotiations.
Describes Trip Here.
Sacks testified he came to Washing
ton initially at their request, and that