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situation which Meyer should be
obliged to clear up for the record,
Mr.. Roosevelt declared heatedly
Il deny with my whole heart and
soul such an allegation"
Mr.. Meyer was called to a chair
next to Mr.. Roosevelt. He seemed
fiustered and fidigeted as he ex-
planned that he had no recollection
of the names of girls who attended
the various parties.
While members of the subcom-
mittee sat silent, Mr.. Roosevelt
angrily took over the questioning.
I'VE Were All Together"
Meyer" he demanded, were any
OF those girls procured for my enter
tainment?"
It don't like the word procured
the publicity man said. You can
give a girl a present at party and
not make a bad girl out of her"
Use any word you like" Mr..
Roosevelt shouted. Were any of
them for me?"
no" Mr.. Meyer replied. 1--WE
were all together
DO you mean" Mr.. Roosevelt
shot back with irony in his voice,
that their scintillating conversa-
ton was designed to influence me?"
NO" Mr.. Meyer responded. You
spent most of your time with Miss
Emerson"
Mr.. Meyer referred to Actress
Faye Emerson, now Mrs. Elliott
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt turned angrily at
the publicity man and exclaimed:
Meyer, I resent any effort to in
sinuate anything about my assocla-
ton with Miss Emerson"
That happens to be the last thing
on my mind" Mr.. Meyer said.
Meyer Complains of Quiz.
MIR. Roosevelt paused, as if to calm
himself, and then asked the COM
mittee's permission to quote "a brief
proverb" which he said applied to
Mr.. Meyer. The proverb was: He
who digs a grave for another always
falls in it himself"
II think the colonel is questioning
my veracity," Mr.. Meyer complained
The committee is lnquiring into
the $40,O00,000 wartime contracts
given Mr.. Hughes. 1t received last
week the expense accounts OF Mr..
Meyer, publicity man for Mr.. Hughes,
These showed some $4,000 pur-
portedly spent during war years in
entertaining various people, 1nclud-
ing some high Government officials.
There were payments to young
women listed for entertaining Mr..
Meyers guests.
The accounts showed over $4,000
spent on entertainment for Mr..
Roosevelt and his friends.
On the night Mr.. Roosevelt said
he was at the White House, Mr..
Never had listed a $76 dinner with
Mr.. Roosevelt. then an Army Air
Forces colonel, and $50 charge
for girls.
May Have Been Another Colonel.
THESE could have been two girls
I had dinner with" Mr.. Meyer said.
Their names aren't here. If their
names were here, it would help"
Later he said sit may have been
Col. Edison" at the hotel with him,
referring to Col. Harry Edison, who
was member of RooSevelt-headed
mission which recommended that
the Government buy Mr.. Hughes
photo reconnaissance plane.
A s22,oOO,000 contract for this
plane was let after Mr.. Roosevelt's
recommendation Earlier, Army Air
forces experts had ruled against the
plane. mo plane was delivered be-
fore the wars endD.
Mr.. Meyer said that when making
out expense accounts it was his Gus
tom to put down the most impor-
tant name" and sometimes the most
important person was not there"
And the most important person
was not there,'I MIR. Roosevelt
shouted.
Challenged Meyer in Hotel.
The late Presidents son said, in
reply to a question from Senator
Ferguson that he met Mr.. Meyer
in a hotel night before last and first
challenged Mr.. Meyers listing of
the $50 expense for girls there.
We'll he says he had girls present
that I was present, and that it was
a legitimate charge to me?" MIR.
Roosevelt asked.
II suppose he'll say there weren't
girls with us at the jungle Room, y
Mr.. Meyer said, referring to the spot
where they had dinner.
When Mr.. Meyer started to tell
how many people the $76 dinner
covered, Mr.. Roosevelt said, Lets
clear up my moral record"
Mr.. Roosevelt said Mr.. Hughes
was not the only manufacturer who
entertained him.
He read off a long list of a score
or more firms which he said enter
tanned him during the war, includ-
ing Lockheed, Douglas, Fairchild,
Glenn L. Martin, Consolidated, the
Aluminium Corp, of America, Rey-
nolds Metals, General Motors, Ford,
Chrysler, Victor Emmanuel and
others.
Coming to Pan American A1rways
he said, excuse me for bringing
that in"
Senator Ferguson wanted to know
why.
There have been a lot of efforts
to bring them into this case. and I
don't think it's relevant" Roosevelt
said.