Evening star., 1947-07-30

five aircraft manufacturers get to-
gether and go to Washington to
demand mass production of flying
boats.
Mr.. Martin in August, 1912, got
a call from the Office of War Produc-
ton Board Chairman Donald M
Nelson asking him to join commit
tee to go to Los Angeles to appraise
new plans to be submitted by Mr.
Kaiser. He said the committee met
in Los Angeles and conferred while
WPB representative telephoned
Washington.
Mr.. Martin denied the committee
had kept Mr.. Kaiser and his staff
cooling their heels for about II
hours" as charged by previous wit
nesses for Mr.. Kaiser. He said the
committee met at 1890 am. and
called in Mr.. Kaiser at 1890 pm
but that the shipbuilder had nc
specific plans to offer.
The witness said that morning he
read an account in the Los Angeles
papers that Mr.. Kaiser and Mr.
Hughes had formed a corporation tc
turn out superairplanes on a fast
scale. He read a dispatch from a
Washington paper of that date, Mr.
Martin said, but the West Coast
papers carried the same dispatch in
effect but under vastly bigger head
lines"
Plans for calling Hollywood beau
ties to the witness stand appeared te
be undecided today, as word came
from the West Coast that Martha
| Goldthwaite, brunette model anc
entertainer, one of the girls under
subpoena, had been instructed te
await further orders before coming
to Washington.
No Change in Plans.
William P. Rogers, committee
counsel who sent the message, saio
he was waiting ito see how the
inquiry shapes up" before deciding
whether the girls should be called
1t has been assumed they were sub
poenaed because of information
given the committee in preliminary
closed sessions about parties and
entertainments for Government Of
ficials during the war.
Mr.. Rogers indicated, however, the
sending of the new message to Hol-
lywood does not reflect any change
in the committees plans. He said
the intention all along was merely
to have the girls available if they
should be wanted as the inquiry
develops. He explained that a
subpoena must carry specific date
when it is served, and pointed out
that the committee did not make
any announcement in the first in
stance that the girls would be asked
to testify.
Double Cross" Charged.
Mr.. Kaiser had told a stormy
session yesterday. marked by
charges of "cross and double cross, -
that he was sure that Mr. Martin
approved his proposal to turn out
flying boats on a scale sufficient to
overcome the submarine menace.
1t was after the meeting in Cali
fornia, Mr. Kaiser charged, that he
was double by a WPB
representative. Later, Grover Loen-
ing, former WPB aircraft production
consultant, declared on the stand
it was Mr.. Kaiser who had in fact
tried "to double-cross the American
public"
Another development yesterday
was testimony that Admiral William
D. Leahy, presidential chief of staff
and the late President Roosevelt's
top adviser on military affairs, had
a hand in negotiations for the flying
boat contract.
The subcommittee heard testi-
mony from Mr. Kaiser that he went
to the White House at suggestion of
Mr.. Nelson, then chairman of the
War Production Board. He con-
ferred for short time with Admiral
Leahy he said.
Says Leahy Approved.
Chad F. Calhoun, Washington
representative for Mr.. Kaiser, who
sat beside him at the hearing. told