Evening star., 1939-06-17
Notab|es Of Movies
May Be Called in
Buckner Case
Packed Gallery Expected
Monday When Trial
Is Resumed
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 17.-Spectators
who jammed the corridors in ex-
pectation of hearing spicy testimony
at the mail fraud trial of William
P. Buckner, jr., and then had to be
content with lot of stuffy politics,
held higher hopes today for the fu-
ture.
Buckner and four co-defendants
are accused in connection with an
effort to win redemption of default
ed Philippine railroad bonds. The
first two days of the trial were
marked by testimony of young wom-
en- concerning alleged beauty lobby
junkets to Washington.
Yesterday, the Federal Govern
ment read into the record a letter
from Buckner which claimed he had
an approach" to President Manuel
Quezon Of the Philippines and that
Philippine Commissioner Paul V.
McNutt had consented to let him
read certain confidential reports of
the United States Army relating to
personalities of certain Philippine
officials as we'll as a study of general
Philippine psychology.
A packed galley was anticipated
Monday, however, in the belief thai
various motion picture notables with
whom the 31-year-old playboy Buck
ner associated might be called to the
witness stand.
On trial with Buckner are Felipe
Buencamino, member of the Philip
pine Legislature; William j. Giles
pie, broker; C. Wesley Turner, for
mer broker, and Capt. John Stuart
Hyde, former British Army officer.
Letter From Buckner.
Buckner's letter read, in part:
In accordance with the instruc-
tlons of the committee, the chair
man proceeded to Manila for the
purpose of meeting Senator Harry
B. Hawes, and with him effecting a
settlement of the railroad bondhold-
ers' problem.
"On arrival there, your chairman
was able, through the courtesy of
his excellency, Paul McNutt, the
high commissioner of the Philippines,
to obtain access to various confiden-
tial reports of the United States
Army relating to personalities of
certain Philippine officials as we'll
as study of the general Philippine
psychology.
"Parenthetically. it should be said
that the cooperation and consider
alton shown by Mr.. McNutt came
as a result of his personal esteem
for the committee counsel, George
Schein, who arranged the introduce
ton to Mr.. McNutt.
"A study of the situation and an
appraisal of Senator Halves physical
condition forced the reluctant con-
clusion that however willing Sem
ator Hawes might be to intercede
for our bondholders, his interces-
sion would be fruitless, and there
fore contact was made with Capt.
Thomas ]. Dugan, chief of the di-
vision of investigation of the De-
partment of Justice of the Common
wealth, and his aid enlisted.
by reason of his confidential po-
sition Capt. Dugan enjoys the i'm
plicit trust of the leaders of the
Philippine government, and through
him an approach to President Que
zon and Felipe Buencamino, chair
man of the Nationalist party and
acting Speaker of the Legislature,
was made possible.
Both of these men have been
convinced of the merits of our con-
tention and have, therefore, agreed
that the bonds must be purchased
by the Philippine government. Ac-
cordingly, the chairman of the Rail-
road Committee has received a sug-
gestion and in response thereto
written a letter to your chairman.
"The letter rejects our Offering Of
the bonds at par l0O as too high,
but it indicates the willingness of
the Legislature to pass bill provid-
1Ile 1OI pdyIucuI dt %, II I1lcT COM.
mittee aSSentS. = ="
In connection with the ascertain
that President Quezon had agreed"
that the Philippine government
should buy in the bonds, United
States Attorney John T. Cahill has
asserted that on the contrary Presi-
dent Quezon had publicly declared
on one occasion his government had
no Sllch intention.