Evening star., 1946-07-08

had with the War Department" Mr..
May said. Il had nothing to do with
procuring them or executing them,
or anything connected with the
management"
You never aided them in their
contracts with the War Department
or made contacts for them over
there?' Mr.. Meader pressed the
point.
Il may have called somebody for
them at some time for an engage
ment to see somebody with respect
to some of their business after they
had been manufacturing the goods -
Mr.. May replied. Il do not know.
NJ recollection is that l did on
one or two occasions"
Felt Responsible"
With reference to how it came
about that he was indorsed on
more than $4,000 in checks from
the munitions concern to the Cum
berland Lumber Co. which was
organized for the timber deal. Mr..
May told the committee:
Il felt responsible for getting
strangers into position where
they might lose money, and in
order to prevent that I assumed
responsibility for the management
OF the lumber business and opened
an account in the name of the
Cumberland Lumber Co, the owner.
in my home town bank, in which
l deposited all checks received to
the credit Of the lumber company.
except my recollection is that I
deposited to my personal account
one of the checks for around $4,000,
This 1 did for the reason that
the bank required me to guarantee
payment OF the check by nv per
sonal Endorsement on the check
which was Immediately used for and
every dollar paid out on obligations
Of the lumber company"
Acquaintance With Freeman.
1t was brought out in the trans
script that Mr. May appeared at
his own request Mr.. Meader said
Mr. May was not under oath when
he testified.
Mr.. May requested that the tran
script be made public in connection
with open hearing testimony last
week in which witnesses described
him as ''insistent" in assisting the
munitions makers with contract
making. Testimony about May-in-
dorsed lumber deal checks also went
into the. record.
Mr.. May told the Mead committee
he had had "a casual acquaintance
with Joe Freeman and MURRAY
Carson for several years, and for a
somewhat shorter time l have
known Henry Carson"
Henry Carson has been described
In testimony as the brains" of the
munitions combine which centers
around Erie Basin Metal Products
Inc, and Batavia Metal Products
Inc. Murray Carson is another
principal stockholder and Mr.. Free
man is Washington agent for the
group.
Il am not and never have been
financially interested in the said
lumber company" Mr.. May testi-
fed, or any other company owned
by Freeman and Carson. nor have
ever received any sum or amount
from either of them for services O,
any other purposes"
Points to Own knowledge.
Mr.. May related that Mr.. Free
man came TO him-about three
weeks ago. he believed-and wanted
help to buy timber for war work
The Representative explained that
he had been in the timber business
for years and was logical man tc
see about such proposition.
He said he obtained an option on
a Kentucky tract owned by the
Mineral Development Co. of Phila-
delphia, and turned it over to Free
man and Carson Presuma bly,
this was Henry Carson who. Mr.
May said he believed, was the real
owner in the Cumberland Co. Or
ganized for the timber deal. Mr.
May said he was named Kentucky
agent for the company. on whom
legal processes could be served, only
on the principals insistence that
they must have somebody. It's man
ager began to sell the output on the
open market, only Shipping small
quantities to Carson, and this re-
suited in a suit by the owners of
the property and the sale of the
property to Mr.. Brown, the new op-
orator There was no further
Identification of Mr.. Brown in the
record.
Mr.. May said he was induced to
act nr0ceSS anar,t fo,