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given a S per cent interest in the
merged T. w. A., was "a Mellon owned
corporation" but the witness said he
didn't know.
Shaeffer said the stock was given to
the Pittsburgh company because OF an
airport 1t controlled.
"You mean because of its political
influence in Pennsylvania" Black
asked
mo" the witness replied.
Black asked If H. Bixby, one Of the
directors of T. A. T., had contributed
$4,000 to the Republican National Com
mittee during. the 1928 campaign.
Shaeffer said he did not know.
H. Frankhouser, a Post once Depart
ment employe, testified he saw an asso-
ciate take Browns files out to burn
them just before the Republican ad-
ministration ended.
Did Not See Burning.
He said that although James Maher,
the stenographer who took them out,
told him at the time they were burned,
he did not actually see them destroyed
Maher testified yesterday.
Frankhouser testified that none of
Browns files remained in the Post
master Generals office after the Demo-
cratic administration took off1ce.
Earlier Sheaffer had read to the COM
mittee a letter from C. M. Keyes, then
president of T. A. T., to Charles A.
Lindbergh, May %. 1928, explaining how
stock was being transferred to him.
1t follows, in part:
Carrying out the memorandum Of
agreement. have tied up for your
account $4,000 shares of stock Of
T. A. T. at $40 per share and will de-
liver to you a check of the T. A. T.
for s25o00o cash upon your request.
Legal Check Suggested.
"In order that all the records shall
be clear for income tax purposes, please
consult Col. Breckinridge Henry
Breckenridge, Lindbergh attorney and
see If he agrees with the full procedure. >"
Reyes then explained he would de-
liver check for s25o,Oo0 and a GER
tifcate for $4,000 shares and Lindbe,&h
would then return EITHER the T. A. T.
check Endorsed, or your own personal
check"
He advised Lindbergh also not to put
all the stock in his own name because
when he sold it the procedure would
unnecessary"
Building Search Begun.
Meanwhile, the Post Office Depart
ment was being searched anew from
basement to tower for the missing air
master General Brown despite yester-
days testimony that his files had been
burned.
Postal inspectors and agents for the
Senate Committee poked into every
nook and Granny of the building. Their
search was actuated by denial from
the Hoover administrations postal
chief of testimony by Maher, Browns
former stenographer, that he personally
had supervised the burning just before
last March 4.
Although no formal decision had been
made by the committee, the possibility
remained that Brown himself might be
called to the stand unless the mystery
is cleared up.
Members Of the committee said they
had another witness who was ready to
testify to the burning of the CORE
spondence. They added, however, he
probably would not be called in view
Of the direct testimony by Maher that
he had tossed the files INTO the depart
ments furnace.
Maher said in testifying about the
incident that one of his fellow Office
workers also knew of the burning and
they discussed it together at the time.
Justice Department officials said infor-
mally that the destruction OF ofncial
records could be classed as q criminal
Brown, in New York, declared all
ofI1cial correspondence in my files' was
left intact and added that mo activi-
ties Of the Port once Department dur
ing my four years as its head warrant
any criticism"
When informed Of Browns denial,
Chairman Black replied that maybe
those denying it will now turn the
papers over to us"
The names OF other prominent Re-
publicans, including Patrick J. Hurley,
former Secretary Of Wer; Mabel Walker