Evening star., 1947-08-06
Hughes Reaches D. {.
In 0ne-Stop Flight
From Coast for Inquiry
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VIII Appear Promptly.
AS he stepped from the plane h
wore a tan sports coat, light gre
trousers and brown snap-brin
hat. His white shirt was open a
the neck. He needed a shave an,
looked tired but said that afte
"freshening UP" he would be read
for the hearing.
Il don't expect I will testify righ
away" he remarked. 7 understan,
there are some other witnesses be
fore me-" He added that he ha,
not known that Mr.. Roosevelt com
pleted testimony late yesterday.
In addition to Mr.. Hughes ther
were four other persons in tn
plane. They refused to identif
themselves, but one was Earl Mar
tyn, an engineer for the Hughe
organization.
Will Be Accompanied by Attorney
Mr.. Hughes said he would be &C
companied to the hearing by hi
attorney. who has been here sine
the sessions started 10 days ago.
The departure of Mr.. Hughe
from California, at 5:32 pm. yes.
terday. was clouded in some secrecy
Mr.. Hughes announced last weel
he would appear before the Senate
subcommittee today. Efforts of tn,
subcommittee to serve a subpoena
on him were unsuccessful.
Mr.. Hughes offered no comment
this morning on his whereabout.
during the last few days.
When Mr.. Hughes does arrive al
the hearing he will be faced with
a Hollywood-like atmosphere. HI
will walk into the binding glare oi
the newsreel flood lights. He will
find his path blocked at the dool
by a semicircle of still" camera
men, waiting to pop their flash bulbs
In his face.
Over in corner he will see radio
engineers with headsets on thei,
ears ignoring the hub-bub of excite
ment around them and trying only
to get the right volume on thei,
microphones.
Many Police on Hand.
1t took a sizable contingent oil
police to form into lines the crowd
that wanted to see the biggest show
on Capitol Hill in this or many
seasons.
When Mr.. Meyer returned to the
stand, Senator Ferguson began ask.
ing him about expense vouchers
indicating he entertained Col. Hall
who succeeded Mr.. Roosevelt in 1943
why were you entertaining Col
Hall at that time?" Senator Fergu.
son asked.
Here we go again." Mr.. Meyer
quipped. 1T was business"
What do you mean by business?'
Because I'm a public relation.
man." the witness replied.
And" Senator Ferguson inter.
jected, because he was doing busi.
ness with the Hughes Aircraft Co? 2
That's right" Mr.. Meyer nodded
One Item Listed at S551.42.
The entertainment expense vouch.
ers read by Senator Ferguson and
for the most part, verified by Mr.
Meyer, ran from late in l943 te
early in 1945. One of the totals
listed in general as entertainment
for Col. Hall" was as high as $551 AZ
One OF the smallest was for $1(
for "jewelry set from the May Co
for Col. Hall"
Il never knew the May Co. sole
Jewelry," Mr.. Meyer remarked as h,
wrinkled his brow in an apparen
effort to recall the item.
Whose handwriting is it on thu
bill?" Senator Ferguson wanted t.
know. TITS mine," the witness said
Mr.. Meyer questioned some aspect
Of New York hotel bill which wa
marked paid by him and bore tn,
typewriter notation: do not ALLOW
Col. Hall to pay this bill; charg
everything to Mr.. John Meyer" tn
bill was dated in January. 1914.
Denies Typing Notation.
II didn't type that" Mr.. Meye
said.
But" Senator Ferguson prompted
'You instructed somebody t.
type it?"
Il don't think so" Mr.. Meyer re
sponded. II would have been NOR
naive"
Mr.. Meyer explained that, as il
the case of entertainment expens
items under the. general heading O
"Col. Roosevelt" not all of the item
included under entertainment TO
Col. Hall meant that Col. Hall wa
the only one entertained.
you head these items with Col
Halls name Doesn't that indicat
he was there?"
A. Not necessarily. just read hi
name first.
@. But they are all listed as enter
tainment provided for him. Was h
always there?
A. I can't remember.
@. Wouldn't you indicate it if tn
entertainment was for others?
A. No. AS I testified before,
kept my accounts loosely and tn
dates and money to the best of m
knowledge.
Met Col. Hail in 1s4s
Mr.. Meyer said he met Col. Hal
when the officer visited the Hughe
plant in California in October, 1874:
He added that he did not remembe
having entertained Col. Hall befor
he became head of the office wher
Mr.. Roosevelt had been in charg
earlier in 1943.
The subcommittee records Shove,
that the expense items listed by MI
Meyer as having provided entertain
ment involving Col. Hall totale
$3,7s2.77.
Senator O'Conor, Democrat, @
Maryland asked the witness how h
arranged to have enough money OF
hand at one time for the bills h
said he paid for such entertain
ment.
"It's hard to say, Senator" MI
Meyer answered. II often carried
lot of cash with me. And I some
times paid by check, and you cal
see that some of the items wer
charged and paid later. If needle