Evening star., 1947-05-10
Eisenhower Call
In Trial Of May
Appears Certain
Patterson and RoyoII
Scheduled to Take
Stond Next Week
By Robert K. Welsh

by koDerf K. Wolsh
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
appearance as a witness in tn,
May-Garsson trial in Distric-
Court seemed certain today.
But whether-he would take tn,
stand next week as a Govern.
ment witness or later as a de.
tense witness was unsettled.
Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pat.
terson and Undersecretary Kenneth
C. Royal were scheduled to testif,
early next week as Government wit.
nesses in the war fraud CONSPIRACY
trial of former Representative An.
drew j. May, Henry and Murray
Carson and Joseph F. Freeman
Washington agent for the SIS, ,000, ,00(
Carson munitions chain.
Charles j. Margiotti, chief counsel
for the Garssons, declared he would
call the Army Chief of Staff Il
attorneys for May or the Govern
ment did not. He said he would ask
him "a few other questions" in
addition to those relating to a letter
May wrote the then Supreme Allied
Commander in 1945. In that letter
May sought an investigation OF
court-martial proceedings against
Murray Garsson's son, Capt. JOSEPH
Carson.
Matter of Convenience.
Government prosecutors told JUS
tice Henry A. Schweinhaut and the
jury that as matter of convenience
to Gen. Eisenhower, they hoped he
would not have to take the stand
But they left no doubt later that
they would summon him If defense
objections prevent them from other
wise identifying the May letter.
A former Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice personnel officer, Col. Herrold
Brooks, testified yesterday that, al
Mays request, the letter was per-
sonally taken to Europe by Maj. Gen
Alden H. Watt, CWS chief.
Earlier yesterday, Warren E. Ma
gee, counsel for May, disclosed he
had subpoenaed Gen. Eisenhower
If called as a defense witness, the
Chief of Staff would not take the
stand until the defense presents its
case.
The Government already has pre-
sented 81 witnesses and expects to
complete its case by the end of next
week. Most of the remaining wit.
nesses, it is understood, will be asked
about alleged favors May did for the
Garssons while he was chairman of
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee. The prosecution charges May
took more than $4,000 from the
Garssons in return for such services.
Recess Until Monday.
Before the trial was recessed until
Monday morning. the Government
late yesterday had three New York
City bankers describe check trans
actions involving May and the
GarsSons.
John H. Squires of the Bank OF
Manhattan and Robert j. Bolson ot
the Chase National Bank told how
$4,000 was transferred from New
York 20 Mays account in the Ma.
tional Bank of Washington.
Their records showed, they said
that a $4,000 check from MURRAY
Carson early in June. 1912, tt
Mays account here bounced" be-
cause of an insufficient balance in
Murray Garsson's account in one
Of the New York banks. A few days
later, Henry Carson sent a $2,5OC
check which was deposited to Mays
account.
No evidence has yet been intro
duced to indicate the reason for this
payment from the Garssons to May
$1,000 Check Identified.
Antonio Maffeo of the National
City Bank of New York identified
records of a $1,000 cashiers check
drawn on the Julius Raynes Realty
Corp. in May, 1943, and made pay
able to the Mineral Development Co.
of Philadelphia. The Mineral De-
velopment Co. originally owned tim
berland purchased by the Cumber-
land Lumber Co.. a Kentucky con-
Germ which, the Government
charges, was used by the Garssons
to make payments to May.
Harry M. Kurtz, secretary-treas-
urer of the Philadelphia concern
testified May paid the company
1000 for an option on the land in
May, 1943.
Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, re-
tired ARMY Service Forces COM
mander, and Maj. Gen. Eugene Rey-
bold, former Chief of Army Engi-
neers, were among witnesses yester-
day. They said May called them
about Carson war contracts. Gen
Somervell said he could not remem-
ber that May ever called him about
any other war contractors.