The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-18
Fair Enough
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER
copyright, 1915 BY King Features syndicate)

which he said ne was commissioned to
spend in this country, was devoted to propa-
eanda. Mr. Carp's accounts appeared to have
been loosely kept, in contrast to lis remark
able acumen in the gasoline business in which
he became wealthy in Bridgeport so the re-
suits were inconclusive. Recently, therefore,
the new committee summoned Mr.. Carp again
with particular view to his connection, it
any. with weekly scandal publication which
has become something Of a politial terror
in Connecticut in collaboration with Sidney
Hillman's c. /. o. communist front called the
Political Action Committee.
At the last moment, the State Department
asked the committee to conduct the exsmina-
ton in private but it may be said that Carp
denied using any of his money in any program
of Safeguarding Americans and intimidating
them to the impairment of their political free
| dom by Sensational personal scandal
| Today, pursuing the activities OF Mr.. Carp
as related in the old records OF the Dies Com
mittee, we find new matters OF peculiar in
terest
It appears that when Carp came back from
trip to Russia in 1896 to organize the Carp
Export and Import Company and buy battle
ship which would have grown to $4,000 or 60,
900 tons, he didn't know his way around. At
first he thought I'VE could 60 in and buy a
battleship the same way that you can buy a
tomato"
| AFTER a Wllile,'' he said, I found outs
| Unable to make progress, he said he engag-
ed Preston McGoodwip, of the Democratic Ma
| tional Committee vaguely described as an as
sistant to Charles Nicholson, then chief press
agent for the committee. Mr.. McGoodwin is an
Sld-time politician who once served as minis.
ter to Venezuela.
According to the testimony, Aaron Benen-
son, New York attorney, introduced Carp
IN no1i rda ,o{ 1i1n Dec
sian-born dealer in patents. Mr.. Lalinda said
he though Mr.. Carp's real worry was the diff
difficulty of getting permission from the State
Department to proceed with his battles.,ip pro.
ject.
/ Mr.. Benenson later became assistant dis
trict attorney under Tom Dewey and Frank
Hogan in New York and resigned to become
attorney for the Building Service Employees
union whose recent strike was settled abruptly
when Governor Dewey, with surgical certain
ty, touched a certain nerve. Mr.. Benenson
verifies Dalinda's statement that he brought
Carp and Dalinda together but denies state
ment by Dalinda that he received "6O0-odd'
for this favor.
Dalinda them according to the record, intro
duced Carp to McGoodwin and. still accord
ing I'd the record, McGoodwin got check
for $4,000 on June %, 1887, and $50, 900 more,
IN $1,OO0 bills. exactly one year later. He was
to be Mr.. Carp's public relations man.
MIR. Carp was not satisfied with his work,
however, and testified that McGoodwin told
him ne really needed lawyer to help him.
Therefore, the record says, McGoodwin made
Carp acquainted with Scott Ferris. of Okla
homa, member Of the democratic national
committee and former member of Congress
who knew Cordell Hull, then Secretary of
State, and President Roosevelt quite well.
1t was insisted that Mr.. Ferris's services
were strictly those of an attorney, but there
came point in his story when Dalinds, said:
You see me talking frankly all the time. If
you want to know what you have to have, it
was pull by anybody here with influence: a
man who knows the people and knows some
body personally and calls him by his first
name"
MIR. Carp said he paid Mr.. Ferris S., 600
by check and $4,000 in 1000 bills on June
"a, 1888, and at other times $1,000 additional.
i personally would make quite few dol.
lars Mr.. Carp said and, becoming more
specific, revealed that he expected to get ST.
100000 or per cent on the total expenditure
of 100000, 900 if he could deliver the goods to
Russia. He intended to be very liberal to Mr.
McGoodwln. He might pay him 100000 for
MS public relations as for Ferris, Carp said
maybe l did, tell him that he might get
100000.
Dalinda, as well as McGoodwin, appears to
nave nao some part in introducing Ferris into
me situation and he said Ferris paid him
$0,OOO In $500 bills for his part in making the
ntroouctlon and that McGoodwin paid him
$l2,5oO Tor introducing him to Carp Dalinda
sald Ferris also paid some of his $32 900 to
McGoodwin for bringing him into the play
he presumed it was So, 900. Mr.. Carp was not
supposed to know Of any division of the vari-
Gus fees.
Inasmuch as Soviet Russia, already was
represented by an efficient buying agency. the
Amtorg the Dies Committee wondered why
III was necessary to give him the 500 900 in
currency and make him commission agent
TO spend 100000 or 5000, 000, 900 in the
same field.
think I sold them the idea,' Mr.. Carp
replied Il might be a good salesman
On the same point, Dalinda said: He
the most influential parties in Russia
Carp was fully trusted His sister is one Of
incidentally, it was Carp who fixed at $100,
100000 the amount that he was to spend at a
commission Of 2 per cent and Dalinda who
said Carp told him the figure was $200, 00o-
900.
Whom were those arrangements made
with?" Mr.. Carp was asked.
His New York attorney and business part
ner, Morris Wolf, interrupted to answer: "Ro-
senglotz"
He was purchasing agent tor the whole
Russian government Mr.. Carp said.
There was no contract. Just asked him
to give me chance to buy In America. Just
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