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nois combine The interlocked COM
panies received over S78.000.G00 in
contracts and their officers were
paid salaries which Senator Mead
called war profiteering at its
worst"
Heard at Own Request.
Senator Mead said it was his un-
derstanding that Mr. May had re-
quested that the June 4 testimony
be made public and further that
he had 'intimated that it was TO be
his answer
The transcript of Mr. Mays teSti-
mony before the committee. made
public yesterday, showed the hear
ing concluded with these questions
and answers:
The Chairman Mr.. Chairman.
do you have anything else you want
to tell us or have YOU told us all
your connections with these COM
panies?
Mr.. May: I have told you every
thing I can remember. OF course.
/ would not claim recollection
of everything because at the age
of IL
The Chairman: Quite a young
looking man.
Mr.. May: do not remember as
we'll as I did when l was l8.
The Chairman: Anyway, you told
us all that you know about the or
gsnlzation OF this lumber company
and your connection with it. And
on one or two occasions at the most
you called the departments after
they got into production.
Explains Department Calls.
Mr.. May: That is right. while they
were engaged in the performance
of whatever contracts they had. ]
do not know what they were. I fire.
quently called the War Department
for some of my constituents or some
body else when they came in. A lot
of people come TO see me. 1t Is just
common practice, you know. All
Congressman and Senators. I sup
pose, get the same treatment.
Mr.. Meader George Meader, chief
counsel for the committee l just
thought possibly you wanted-you
told me you went out to the Army
Navy E Award celebration.
Mr.. May: l went out there. yes. as
an observer to see what induce
ments they were giving to the vet
Grams they had employed They
were putting on a considerable show
about their veterans that they had
hired, regardless of certain restric-
tions that somebody in the Govern
ment had put on it some way, l do
not know what it was.
Tells of Sons Salary.
Concerning the testimony about
the employment of Mr. MAYS son
and nephew the testimony went as
follows:
Mr.. Meader: What was your sons
salary?
Mr.. May Ny recollection is s125
l am not certain. 1t ought to show
there in some of those checks. I de
not think he worked but a little
while. Where he would get this $500
for instance, that would be for q
payroll. two weeks work or one
weeks work, whatever it was. These
| sums were payroll checks that he
would disburse on the Job.
Mr.. Meader: You would make the
payroll checks payable to your son
then he in turn would pay the men:
Mr.. May: Pay the men from the
time book.
Nephew Was Foreman.
| Mr.. Meader: So all the checks
were not necessarily money he re-
ceived himself for his own use?
Mr.. May-Very little of it himself
He did not work but about a month
and half.
Jack May, his nephew, Mr.. MAY
said, was employed as a wood fore
man. Mr. May said l.. w. Fields
/ the man in charge of the job, was
on salary of S125 a month. and
Jack May was paid 5000.
Mr.. May said he had given the
committee vouchers to show what
was done with the money in the
operation of the Cumberland Lum-
ber Co.
Did Not Know Of Contracts.
Mr.. May told the committee or
June that none of the principals
of the munitions concerns ever came
to see him about war contracts un-
til after the current inquiry got
under way, and that visit was made
to find out if there was an investi
| cation going on.
Il do not know what contracts they