The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-25
BY PETER EDSOk
Monitor-leoder Washington
Covyexoondept


Somewhere today, Mr.. james
George Fuller is probably
laughing till his sides ache. 1t
may be ia Mexico, where flow
ers bloom, the birds sing
sweetIy, The sun shines briehr-
- and worry is unknown. Thot
is where he wos heord from
lost. True, Mr.. Fuller may be
living under some other name
now, which is somewhat Of O
pity, for under the proud
ncme Of James George Fuller,
or slight variations thereof,
Mr.. Fuller built up for himself
quite on omozir9 criminal
record.
1t began in 1925 at Schen-
ectody, N. T., and ended just
recently in q bIoze Of glory in
Washington, D. C., where he
worked several con games thot
took in some Of the biggest
and the shorpest and the
shrewdest men in the country.
That's what Mr.. Fuller is prob
ably laughing about todoy,
even though he had to toke it
on the lam.
At the top Of Mr. FulIer's
list Of victims wos thot stoI-
wort son Of South Boston, ex-
Gov James 6. Curley Of
Massachusetts, and ex-moyor
Of Boston. To Jim's credit, he
told the story on himself, un-
der oath and before the Tru-
man committee Of the United
Stotes Senate, investigating
national defense.
That took courage, for its
hard for an ex-governor 70
confess thdf Ne hos been taken
in. But Jin's sod experience is
O good moral lesson 10 other
big shots who listen 10 the
siren songs Of promoters with
fancy schemes for even such
noble motives as helping the
war effort while getting rich at
the same time.
HANDY WITH TALK
But as the governor tells il,
Fuller wos q charming man,
who could talk on any subject
music or the orts. He must
have been slick. He toIked
CurIey into becoming presi-
dent Of q company to develop
q koIunite mine in Utah, to
serve without poy, TO put no
money in-just to lend his
name, Of CurIey, TO the letter.
head. KoIunite isn't in the die
tiOnories, but its supposed to
be stuff that aluminium could
be made Of, end purely from
patriotic motives, Fuller wos
interested in helping the gov
eminent in wartime.
For decoration 70 his firms
Ietterheod, Fuller got Donald
Wakefield Smith, former Ma
tionoI Labor Relations Board
member, and he filled up his
directorate with hot shots from
Reynolds Metals, Bonn Alum
mum, Trons-lux, and similar
firstIine companies. For ottor-
neY, he retained, but never
used, no less q legal light than
the Washington representative
Of WHY'S Overland, General
Electric and Pan American
Airlines.
Fuller got out Of the District
Of Columbia joiI in June,
l94l, where he had been re-
siding since February on two
chorees involving foIse pre-
lenses and bad checks. In
July he met Curley at WASH
ington's swonk MoyfIower no.
tel. The KoIunite company
which Fuller then formed was
apparently just q front to es-
tobIish his character and as
sociotes-oII Leading citizens.
With that backing, Fuller
formed another company, En-
gineers Group, Inc, which
really did business. II set up os
q kind Of agency which offer
ed TO help building contractors
get FILA loans for housing de-
VeIopments to be built as de-
tense housing projects. Fuller
talked several building firms
into giving him O contract,
which wos signed lote in Sep
TENDER. The private building
firms advanced Fuller some