Evening star., 1946-12-19

Wllcli liC was 1OfC1dOI VI MAocloS
sippi he dreamed Of building the
church and parsonage as memo
rial to his father.
He said he always intended and
still intends that the parsonage and
adjoining structures will be the
property of the church. He said
he expects to finish the work by
next month. In his efforts to raise
| funds for the parsonage he ad-
mitted sending letters not only to
contractors, but to bankers, law
yers, doctors, merchants, and I have
received funds from Methodists,
Baptists, Catholics, Jews, Presby-
terians, Episcopalians, saints and
sinners" !"
"The people who contributed" he
added, "had faith in me and believed
the money would be honestly spent
and I resent more than anything
else connected with this campaign
that Ross Collins has made against
me that I would touch dollar Of
money that was given and dedi-
Gated to the cause Of the Christian
religion"
Construction of the parsonage has
been rushed as fast as possible, y
but there were unavoidable delays,
the Senator said.
"I deny that at any time / ever
said or had thought of delaying the
job to keep the present pastor from
occupancy he said. 1T made no
difference to me whom the people
called as pastor"
Answers Bring Laughter.
Although Senator Bilbo answered
the charges in a serious vein in his
prepared statement, he frequently
threw the crowded committee room
into laughter by his answers to
committee questions.
Senator Ferguson asked him If,
as Mr.. Terry testified, he covered
his eyes with his hand when the
Cadillac automNbile was brought to
him at Christmas in 1941, because
he didn't want to see 1t until he got
the keys off the Christmas tree, say
ing the car was from Santa Claus.
81 may have facetiously made such
remark" Senator Bilbo replied.
you know damn well / looked at
the car"
Another snappy exchange ensued
when Senator Ferguson began to
ask about the day Mr.. Newton gave
him checks totaling s25, 600 for MFR.
Doxey's 1912 campaign.
Senator Bilbo said he may have
suggested to his manager, Mr..
Friend, that they get some of the
boys in for a pep" meeting to help
the Doxey campaign. but denied he
mentioned any particular in
dividuals.
did you make a talk at the pep
rally?" asked Senator Ferguson.
Eyes, and it was a hot one,' Sena-
tor Bilbo replied.
"They Don't Cool Off,"
How long after your pep talk
did you go back to get the checks
you didn't give them time to cool
of, did you?" Senator Ferguson
pursued.
''They don't cool off after I get
through" came the ready answer.
Sometime during the day, Senator
Bilbo said, Mr.. Newton said he was
making money, that he liked Mr..
Doxey, and would give $25, 900.
What did you say when you
heard ,that?" asked Senator Fergu-
son.
II expect I said hanelujah!"
Senator Bilbo responded, and the
crowd laughed.
Asked by Senator Ferguson how
the money was distributed for use
in the campaign, Senator Biibo
repeated the assertion he made early
in the hearings that he got none
Wiiier Senator Bilbos statement
and subsequent testimony are ex-
pected to bring the hearings to a
spectacular close today. Mr.. Terry
still holds major part of the sub
committees attention.
Clark to Get Transcript.
The subcommittee announced
it Is turning over q transcript OF
Mr.. Terry's testimony to Attorney
General Clark for determination of
possible perjury charges.
The investigators had moved to
cite the 51-year-old former sena-
torial secretary for contempt after
he refused to disclose names of
persons to who whom he gave the
$4,000 he said he obtained from
Mr.. Liberman.
Mr.. Liberman-s son, Alexander
Liberman, said in New York last
night that he knew of no Sis, 900
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