Evening star., 1947-11-22

ord of the hearings to date is being
referred Immediately to the Attorne!
General and United States Attorne!
Fay, and also to the Internal Reve
nue. Bureau, for such action a!
they believe necessary
There is another matter we fee
we must comment on before closing
this phase of the hearings" Senator
Ferguson said. That is this prob.
lem of perjury.
mo court, no committee, no natlor
can survive if perjury is the common
thing in hearings. 1t is to be re-
gretted that there are not more
actions against perjury. 1t is be-
coming common that willful falst
statements are made at hearings.
IF this committee or any othel
committee is properly to function
the public must feel that witnesse:
who raise their right hand to Coo
do really tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth"
Declaring again that the subcom.
mittee can do no more than uncover
evidence and refer it to the othel
agencies for further Investigation
and prosecution, Senator Ferguson
added:
This subcommittee, of course, ha!
the power to recommend action fol
contempt of the Senate. But con.
tempt of the Senate would not result
in adequate punishment"
Fay Awaits Record.
District Attorney Fay said he
could not comment on the subcom.
mittee announcement. but first
wanted a chance to look over the
record. He said he did not expect
the record to arrive at his office
before Monday.
From a Justice Department source
it was explained that the District
Attorneys Office probably would fig
ure in any charges of perjury against
Gen. Meyers.
The Justice Department., after the
record has been studied, is expected
TO submit to a grand jury the income
tax transactions of Gen. Meyers, il
was said. 1t has not yet been de-
termined in what jurisdiction this
would fall.
Name Calling Fling.
The subcommitte hearings ended
after Gen. Meyers and Bleriot H
Lamarre took final name-calling
filings at each other yesterday about
the reasons and relationships be.
hind the Aviation Electric Corp.
The session yesterday ended in 6
dramatic hush as Lamarre, his
voice icy with anger, accused the
former Air Force officer of having
smeared him and his wife in at.
tempting to defend himself against
testimony that he proflted by a,
least $150,000 from the company
Il hope this committee will make
Gen. Meyers crawl out of this room
on his belly like the snake he is,
the former president of the Daytor
(Onio) concern said.
This was a retort to Meyers tes.
tinony that he had set up Lamarre
in business with the Aviation Elec.
trio Corp. in 1941 because Mrs. La.
MARE had ben his girl friend with
her husbands "acquiescence."
Briefly on Stand.
Lamarre returned to the stand latt
in the afternoon for a brief but
whitening denunciation of Gen
Meyers. A short time earlier Gen
Meyers finished almost two days a.
a witness by declaring he welcomed
any further investigation or prose.
cution before any forum"
The 52-year-old Gen. Meyers de.
MED he asked Lamarre or anyone
else to tell a "concocted story" tt
defend him before the committee
This had been testified by La
MARIE and his brother-in-law
Thomas E. Readnower, self-de.
scribed dummy" vice-president e1
the Dayton company.
Lamarre flew home to Dayton to-
day. He declined to comment fur
ther on the hearings. He arrived
alone at his house and there was no
indication any one met him.
Since November when it re-
opened hearings into the Howard
Hughes war contracts "phase" of
Air Force procurement practices,
the subcommittee has had one
climax and spectacular outburst
after another almost every day.
Spectacular Statements.
Yesterdays statement by Lamarre
was every bit as spectacular as as
sertions the previous day by Gen.
Meyers about Mr.. Lamarre and his
wife. Committee staff officials said
they knew of no similar testimony
ever before given at such hearings.
Meyers has called me and Read
a liar" Lamarre began slowly
and coldly. 1--WE have told the truth
in every respect, and the truth is
documented. Meyers took great
pains to indicate to this committee
that he was man of phenomenal
and extreme integrity;
that he was a great officer in the
Air Force and that he was a gentle
man.
"He said he had chivalry in him,
and he also said he was going to
sink to low level in testifying.
don't believe there are words in the
English language to say how low he
went. Instead, he tried to conduct
o smear campaign against me and
my wife and also against Readnower
and his wife.
1T is my sincere hope that this
committee will make Gen. Meyers
crawl out of this room on his belly
like the snake that he is. That is
all I have to say"
Silence Follows.
There was a heavy silence for a
moment. Finally, Senator Ferguson
tapped his gavel and announced it
would be an appropriate time to re-
cess until today.
While this was happening here,
Mrs. Mildred Readnower, mother of
Mrs. Lamarre, declared in Cincin-
natl, Ohio, that "the things Gen.
Meyers is saying are lies" and that
"he's just saying them to get even
because my son -in-law told the truth
against him" Mrs. Readnower said