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War Profits
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He said that when he advised
Carson that he was not interested
Carson told him that he needed
$5 900, and asked if Mr.. Walker
would lend it to him.
When l showed some hesitation
about it, Mr.. Walker went on, "ht
asked me whether I would be willing
to make the loan on the note o.
Mr.. Andrew J. May"
Mr. Walker said he had never
met Mr. May, but he knew of hin
by reputation. and agreed to make
the loan.
A short time later, he went on
Carson came to his office anc
handed him promisory note fol
$4,000 signed by Mr. May, The note
he said, was dated April 2, 194l, ano
was payable August 2, 1941.
Mr.. Carson asked me to deliver
to him the check for the amount
OF the loan, made out to the orde,
of Mr.. May" Mr.. Walker said. 81
told him that I would have to have
Mr., Mays approval of this pro.
cedure.
"At Mr. Garssons suggestion.
telephoned to Mr.. May in Washing
ton and he confirmed that Mr.
Carson was authorized to deliver
the note and receive the check"
Sent Renewal Later.
At the maturity of the note, he
went on, Mr.. May sent him a re-
newal note, payable September %
1941.
Before this note matured, Mr.
Walker said, he wrote Mr.. MAY
asking whether he should put i
through for collection or whether
Mr.. May would take care of it.
He replied that he was inclos.
ing a second renewal note, du,
November n, 194I, that he hae
given the original note as an ac.
commodation to Mr.. Carson ane
that Mr.. Carson advised him tina
such renewal note would be paie
in few days." Mr.. Walker con.
tinued. I'm view of Mr.. Mays state
ment, took up with Mr.. Carson
the matter OF paying that note. Ur
to the present time, however, i,
has not been paid"
Mr.. Walker emphasized that the
loan was made by him personally
and not by his firm. He said he
had reported the fact to Senator
Mead to show the previous rela-
tionship between Mr.. May and Mr.
Carson"
Representative May, who has been
invited and subpoenaed to appear
before the committee, is confined
to his home by illness.
A broader inquiry into war profits
was indicated when Chairman Mead
said. on the eve of today's session
that the committee will soon look
into wartime spending in the
aluminium, automotive. aircraft and
shipbuilding industries.
The widened phases OF the COM
mittee's work, it is understood, woulo
start with preliminary examinations
These might eventually result ir
hearings if evidence of fraud or ex.
cessive war profits is found.
Senator Mead and other commit.
tee sources, 1t was recalled, have
explained that the drafting of a re.
port and recommendation to the
Senate will be possible only after 6
study of many major aspects of the
war profits problem.
Veterans Offer Help.
The committee had before Il
offers from battlefront veterans tt
help the committee investigators ir
their hunts for the munition.
makers who produced the defective
4.2-inch mortar shells.
At the same time. Senator Know.
land, Republican, of California sale
the committee would insist" that
the Chemical Warfare Servic,
search its records thoroughly ane
produce "all'' the reports on defec.
tive mortar shell casualties.
Once we get these, plus the first.
hand accounts from those in tn,
field" Senator Knowland said, 81
should be an easy matter to pir
down the responsibility for theil
production.
Five additional letters made pub.
lie late yesterday by Chairman
Mead told of the experiences o.
former servicemen with defective
shells in Belgium, italy, Bougain.
Vile and at Fort Bragg, N. c., be.
tween 1943 and l945.
ITO be killed in combat was bac
enough former Chemical War.
fare Service corporal wrote Senator
Mead, but when American soldiers
were literally murdered as a re.
suit of some ones carelessness anc
greed, then myself and millions ol
others hope your investigating com.
mlttee really follows through anc
brings to justice the war criminals
responsible"
The newly released letters are
among more than so which the com
mittee said 1t received since testi-
mony about defective shells was
given at recent hearings. Names OF
the writer's are not disclosed.
Parts of Fuse Missing.
The former corporal who set ur
record system of inspecting and
rebuildig 4.2-inch shells in Belgium,
In the spring OF 1945, wrote:
Il kept a record of all shells in
spected and the record showed a dis
graceful number of defective fuses
although some aerials were OK. ]
never ceased to marvel at what ]
saw: Component parts Of the fuse
missing entirely, which would make
the shell a dud or downright dan.
gerous, cross threads on both shell
and fuse, loose detonators, and
thousands of shells with loose boost
er and buster tubes.
THE AZ shell was cleverly de-
signed, but simple, and in order fol
1t to be effective the component
parts had to be machined to close
tolerances, but in some patches OF