The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-10
BY Georae {. sokoIskY

Eugene Carey was forced out OF
the Fec investigation because he
had touched the raw spot OF New
Deal business Vaccinations which
some congressman are now calling
by a much shorter and uglier name.
state categorically that Eugene
Garey's resignation from the con-
gressional committee investigating
the FEC was forced by a coercive
process unparalleled in this coun-
try.
The theory was that Carey would
be silenced on the WMCA deal In
New York, which involved the sale
of radio station by an owner who
did not wish to sell. to an ex-offici.
al OF the administration who insist
ed upon buying through Tommy
Corcoran who put on the pressure.
A suit concerning this transaction
Is now pending in the New York
Supreme Court. Referring to this
matter, Representative Louis E.
Miller OF st. Louis said:
THE indefinite postponement OF
the WMCA case is not only most
unusual. quite aside from the way
and manner in whiC the postpone
ment was considered and acted
upon. but is without a parallel in
legislative history.
&c. There is no record OF any
case where the mere tendency OF a
civil action has been made the
pretext for stopping hearings once
commenced on matter between
private persons, and II there
could possibly be any merit to the
contention that continued hearings
by the committee conuld prejudice
either party to the Flamm'NoDle
suit. then Flamm has already been
in iured by the disclosures which
he has been compelled to make ana
the postponement obviously mas
benefited Noble and possibly inJur-
ed Flamm. But in the final an
alvsis. the full facts of this deal
have been denied the Congress IL
must be remembered that the COM
mittee's investigation OF WMCA
had been completed before Flamm
6Ied his suit against Noble (regard.
ing the WMCA sale.
Silencing Carey does not end the
case. II is too smelly to elude the
keen nostrils both OF those I'M
selfish interested in clean gov
eminent and those selishly inter
Gated in New Deal foibles. Both
will no after the foul odor as lons
an II is unventilated. The greater
the effort to hide the facts. the
Stronger the curiosity concerning
them will be.
Tommy Corcoran appears
throughout this particular investl'
cation. For instance, as recently
as June 1913. one Charles 5. Gutn'
RE was subpoenaed by the commit
tee to produce his income tax re-
turns. Let Representative Miller
continue the story: :,
-. When Mr.. Guthrie appeared
at those hearings he was accom-
panied by his counsel, Mr.. Corcor'
an. who. with the committee per
mission, was allowed to make
statements supporting Guthrie
opposition against the furnishings
of his records and income taS-te'
turns. Mr.. Corcoran Is the same
gentleman who, but for the post
ponement OF hearings in the W MA
matter would have been asked pup
licly to give additional evidence
concerning the sale and transfer
of WMCA. At the time OF the
postponement, Mr.. Corcoran was
under subpoena for that purpose
At the executive sessions men
toned. Mr.. Corcoran's support OF
Mr. Guthrie's claim of immunity
from furnishing the committee with
his. Guthrie's income tax returns
was based solely on the ground
that they would disclose a partner
ship in the practice Of law to have
existed between Corcoran and
Guthrie. testimony given few
years ago by Mr.. Corcoran before
the Truman Cor.mittee OF the Sen
ate reflects that he had received
large sums in attorney fees within
a short space OF time after he left