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Monica, Calf, he said, and his
wife joined him there about June,
1899.
When Gen. Meyers persuaded him
to return to Dayton to work for
Aviation Electric, he said, a part
of the understanding was that Mrs.
La Marie could have her old job
back as Gen. Meyers secretary.
Social Contacts Mentioned.
Under questioning by Senator
Ferguson and Mr.. Rogers, Mr.
La Marie testified that:
1. Gen. Meyers had given him
the impression the company might
succeed owing to the general S
social contacts" and wide acquaint-
ance throughout the country.
2. Gen. Meyers had mentioned the
following contractors whom he knew
quite well: "Mr. Kindelberger of
North American, Mr.. Bell OF Bell
Aircraft and Guy Vaughn OF Curtis
Aircraft"
8 He (Mr. Lamarre) understood
Gen. Myers was quite wealthy" but
had suffered heavy losses in the de-
preston because ha had helped a
brother in Los Angeles.
4. Gen. Myers sent Mr.. Lamarre
and his wife $135 after they had
wired him they were short of funds
for their return by automobile from
the West Coast.
Generals Name Removed.
Arriving in Dayton to take the
Job, Mr.. LaMarre said, he found
2,224 shares of the stock were In
the name of Miss June Ballou, a
personnel division employe at
Wright Field, where Gen. Meyers
was stationed.
The shares of stock subsequently
were transferred to his own name,
Mr.. LaMarre said.
Mr.. LaMarre's testimony before
the committee investigating war
time plane contracts became in
creasingly dramatic as he told how
in 1943, at the direction Of Gen
Meyers to tx out" the name "B. E.
Meyers" which in 1910 had been
entered in company records and
incorporation papers. The only
record on which the name "B. E.
Myers" was left was under the
entry 1oans," he added.
"He told me he did not want any
evidence of association with the
company and he told me to strike
out all evidence" the witness re-
lated.
Dictated minutes"
Gen. Meyers also dictated min
utes" of a company meeting that
never took place, Mr.. LaMarre testi-
fed.
The entry in the records stated
that on January II, 1910, David
Johnson was elected president and
Mr.. LaMarre secretary, and that
Miss June Ballou resigned" as
treasurer and a director.
Gen. Meyers dictated that in his
Office" the witness said, mo meeting
was ever held"
Officer QuiZZed on Letter.
Before calling Mr.. LaMarre to its
witness chair, the committee raised
briefly again the fact that the Wal
Department received an anonymous
letter in 1945 accusing Gen. Meyers
of profiting personally from knowl-
edge of what firms were to receive
| Air Force contracts.
The committee developed testi-
mony last week that the War De-
partment took no action except to
put the letter in its files.
| Col. Jacob E. Smart, former sec
retary Of the Army Air Staff, whose
initials were on the notation to put
the letter in the files, testified he
had no recollection of ever seeing 1t.
Col. Smart, in his testimony con-
cerning the anonymous letter max
ing charges against Gen. Meyers
said warrant officer at Air Force
headquarters suggested the initials
"J. E. S." on the file order might
have been forgery"
IT think it improbable" Col. Smart
said. But I have no recollection of
having initiated the letter for filing.
Forwarded BY FBI in 1945.
This letter, according to earlier
testimony, was received in 1915 by
the FBI and forwarded to the Army
Intelligence. Previous witnesses
testified it was not investigated, but
went directly to the Air Force front
office" 1t was ordered filed and not
disclosed until the Senate subcom-
mittee discovered it last May. ,
The letter, sent from Kansas City
by a person who identified himself
only as an Air Force officer who
feared "vindictiveness' if he signed
his name, asserted Gen. Meyers
made immense profits" while q
procurement official dealing with
war contracts.
Col. Smart explained that In 194s
he was not in the Office of Gen. H