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War Profits
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mobilizer, which, he said, also ap.
pears in the files still classified q,
secret.
isn't something wrong here tl1i'
morning." Senator Ferguson asked
1t developed that the Joint Chiefs
had authorized Admiral King tx
make use of certain material.
Senator Ferguson remarked that
the material was still CLASSIFIED a
secret so far as the committee wal
concerned.
Chairman Mead commented:
I'VE cannot proceei under thu
disadvantage we have here. Om
committee is not able to use tht
information publicly and yet some o.
the witnesses are using information
which we are denied"
Senator Mead asked that Col
Mcfarland request the Joint Chief.
to authorize public use of the filel
given the committee and also permit
committee representatives to max.
a search of other files to determine
whether there is material in then
pertinent to the Canol inquiry.
The committee recessed at
o'clock this afternoon for a hearing
on complaints about delays in re.
turning surplus property from over.
seas to this country.
The committees annual report
criticized Admiral King and Gen
Brehon Somervell, former Chief ol
the Army Service Forces, for having
given no reason other than the claim
of military secrecy for continu-
ing the project contrary to the
recommendation of many other
Government officials.
The report referred to the project
as a costly blunder" and asserted
the waste in manpower and mate
rials was greater than any act OF
sabotage by the enemy which has
been disclosed"
Housing Inquiry Proposed.
Senator Ferguson said earlier
he also would ask his COM
mittee colleagues to make q
thorough study Of the housing sit
uation. He described the admin
istration's housing program as "a
fraud upon the American people
and urged sweeping inquiry to
determine the cause of home build
ing delays.
Committee officials saw little like
hhood that Representative May,
Democrat, of Kentucky would ap-
pear at the current hearings. His
Washington attorney, Daniel j.
Andersen, said he understands Mr..
Mays improving health will en-
able him to come here soon.
Early this month the chairman of
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee offered to testify for short
periods before the committee, be-
ginning this week, under condi-
tions specified by his physician.
The committee, which wishes to
question Mr.. May about his asso-
ciation with the Carson munitions
combine, replied that it would ar
range q hearing when assured he
could testify without injury to his
health.
The hearing on the Canol matter
started schedule of public as well
as closed sessions in which the COM
mittee will hear Senator Mead's
suggestions for future programs,
discuss the feasibility of an immedi-
ate inquiry into American military
government activities in Germany
and to. tie up loose ends of two
earlier Investigations.
Figures Will BE Asked.
The committee expects to ask War
Mobilization Director John r. Steel
man and five other high-ranking
ofncials for exact figures on the
amount of civilian-type surplus
property returned from overseas.
Return Of such surpluses apparently
was stopped last July, committee
officials said.
During today's hearing they ex-
planned, they will try to obtain a
detailed authoritative statement OF
present status, shipping conditions
and future policy concerning over
seas construction machinery and
building materials which the COM
mittee believes should be brought
back to meet critical needs in this
country.
Tomorrow the committee hopes to
complete its record ION certain
phases of the defense aspects OF
the Inter-American Highway" A
subcommittee headed by Senator
Mitchell, Democrat, of Washington
held hearings at Los Angeles early
this month and with COMMITTEES
Counsel George Meader, rode over
625 miles of the highway in Central
America.
Officials of the State Department
Public Roads Administration, Wal
Department and Export Import
Bank have been called as witnesses
here. A committee official said
principal questions will deal with
the cost of the highway, terms OF
agreements between the United
States and Central American coun-
tries, the Importance of the project
for national defense, and the reason
for location of some stretches oi
the highway.
Sibley Nurse in Richmond
Miss Bertha Bryan, of Wayside
Md, who has been attached to the
Sibley Hospital, is among the II