Evening star., 1946-07-12

sought war contracts before Henry,
but it was Henry's idea that clicked.
Erie Basin Metal Products finally
was incorporated and got the con-
tracts.
Origin of Erie Basin Name.
! Henry got the name from his
work with the Segal Lock and Hard
ware Co Mr.. Segal testified that
his company has an Erie Basin
branch in Brooklyn. The name
Erie Basin is applied to a section of
the East River.
! According to Mr.. Segal, his COM
pany considered organizing an Erie
Basin Metal Products Co." but
dropped the idea.
! Although the letter attributed to
Henry Carson stated that the
plants of the Segal company would
be available for manufacture of war
goods, he never used them. Instead
the Carson brothers tied up with
Illinois firms.
Murray Carson now Is reported to
be living in luxury in Havana, Cuba.
Henry moved two days ago from the
Carlton to the Statler Hotel. To re-
porters, he is an elusive figure. Even
Menry Paynter could not be located
after he testified Tuesday that he
was employed as public relations
counsel for the Carson interest.
This is not the usual sort of pub
licity account" remarked an Office
employe when asked why press
agent was not giving information to
the press.
The story of the Garssons begins
when Joseph H. and Eva Carson
brought their family to America in
1892 from London, England. They
had five boys: Murray. Henry. David
Lew and Irving. They lived quietly
The earliest record of them in this
country is that Murray, at the age
of IS. in 1917, became a captain OF
the special service division of the
New York City Police Department
according to Who's Who in Ameri-
can Jewry, The next year the New
York City police arrested him as a
material witness in murder case
and then discharged him.
Lost Job in Tax Bureau.
Henry's biogI'a phical sketch states
that he graduated from New York
University and received higher de-
grees there and at ST. Louis Univer-
sity. 1t doesn't mention the fact that
in 1926 ne was discharged from his
| Job with the Bureau of Internal
Revenue after facing charges OF
irregularities.
/ A District Court jury found him
not guilty of charges brought by
| special agents of the bureau.
| The report of the bureau placed
| in the record of the Senate Com
mittee says that Luther L. Blake
president of the Standard Statistics
Co., Inc, told them in 1926 that an
employe to whom he had intrusted
income tax returns had informed
him that the company was in seri-
Gus trouble with the Government"
, This employe advised Mr.. Blake
ne believed it would be necessary to
pay Carson S. 900 to keep him from
examining the books the report
continued.
| Working with the special agents
Mr. Blake arranged a meeting with
Carson. When Carson left Spe-
cial agent stopped him and in the
struggle to escape he threw off his
overcoat." the report said. 1t added
that Carson at first denied owning
the coat but later admitted it was
his. In the outside pocket, the
agents said. they found $1,000, but
Carson denied knowing it was
there
In 1923 and again in 1897 Carson
sought to have his removal
changed to resignation" but the
request was denied.
Obtained Steel Heating Patent.
Without giving dates, Carson de-
scribed himself as an engineer for
the American Smelling & Refining
Co, the Erie Railroad Co and the
Atlantic Basin Iron Works About
1885 he got job as an ANALYST
for the select committee of the
| United States House of Representa-