Evening star., 1938-05-25

pocrisy and Misrepresentation in an
attempt to make me appear unduly
Influenced by utility interests. and also
shows an attitude of dictation. inter-
ference and surveillance over the
chairman on the part Of other men,
bers."
1t was at this point that he said
Mr.. Lilienthal controlled" the vote
of DR.. Harcourt Morgan.
Denies Improperly.
'Dr Harcourt Morgan" the former
chairman said, invariably voted with
Mr.. Lilienthal on power matters ano
Mr.. Lilienthal invariably voted with
Dr. Morgan on fertilizer
At that time, the chairman was In
charge of T. v. A. engineering activi-
ties, Mr.. Lilienthal of power and H. A
Morgan of fertilizer development.
Dr. Morgan denied there was any
improperly in his consultations with
Mr.. Hamilton. declaring his only pur.
pose was to prepare himself to dis
cuss power pooling intelligently with
Mr.. Roosevelt
Mr.. Lilienthal, he said, brought ir
his own engineer, Dr. Martin G. Glae-
ser, so he could retain control of prep
arations for the power pooling discus
sion.
Mr. Lilienthal." he declared, was,
in fact. hostile to a power pool ano
hoped to see it fail"
Hypocrisy Charged.
Mr.. Lilienthal, according to DR..
Morgan, after criticizing him for con-
ferring with the former insult engi-
neer, himself employed former insult
propaganda" agent, w. l. Nichols,
and placed him in charge Of T. v. A.
sales promotion.
The employment Of Mr. Nichols, he
said, demonstrates the "insincerity and
hypocrisy" Of Mr.. Lilienthal in con-
nection with his complaint against
Mr. Hamilton.
AS the party bald. despectacled DR..
Morgan took the witness stand he
laughed and joked with members of
the 10-man investigating committee,
while newsreel cameras ground and
flash bulbs exploded by the dozen.
Walter Kahoe, former assistant tc
Dr. Morgan in the T. v. A. and his
former assistant at Antioch College
sat on DR.. Morgan's left. consulting a
small red notebook.
Lilienthal Mildly Interested.
DR.. Morgan, wearing a conservative
blue suit, spoke into twin micropkones
set into shiny mahogany witness
table. He bent forward toward the
committee to emphasize his words.
Mr.. Lilienthal appeared only mildly
interested.
The former chairman read his tes-
timony from a series of short, pre-
pared statements.
Committee members listened intent
ly Senator Davis, Republican, Of
Pennsylvania left his seat at one end
Of the committee table to take a chair
closer to Morgan.
DR.. Morgan distributed to commit
tee members copies of table show
ing electricity sales in various years.
Committeeman studied these carefully,
but, under previously adopted rule,
there was no interruption for ques-
tioning.
Some of DR.. Morgan's charges were
first made public more than year ago
After the bitter controversy had
fiared into the open through press
statements and public addresses,
President Roosevelt called the war
ring directors to the White House fol-
a "fact-finding" inquiry to ascertain
what charges, If any, had factual sup.
port. This inquiry collapsed, how.
ever, when the chairman on three oc.
casions refused to submit any evidence
to the President. Stating he did not
believe he would receive an impartial
hearing, DIR. Morgan declared he
would submit his facts only to a Con.
gressional committee.
As a result, the President adjudged