Evening star., 1947-11-20
Meyers
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"oulu pe given all the time he
needed.
At one point, Gen. Meyers COM
planned he had not been furnished
daily with copy of the transcript
Of the preceding days testimony
He said he had noticed Aircraft
Manufacturer Howard Hughes had
such copy in his hands each day
when before the subcommittee.
Senator Ferguson pointed out
Mr.. Hughes had bought the tran
scripts from the official reporting
firm, to which Gen. Meyers re-
joined that it appeared you have
to have a lot of money to find out
what had taken place.
Excerpts From Letters.
Gen. Meyers read excerpts from a
number of commendatory letters re-
ceived by him, including communi-
cations from Gen. Arnold and Rob-
ert Lovett, then Assistant Secretary
of War for Air. He also pointed
out he had won a scholarship
offered the Air Force by Economist
Roger Babson and bad gotten no
mark less than "a" in any of the
courses he studied under the schol-
arship.
He declared his record was SO good
that Mr.. Babson established a new
honor designation to recognize him
on his graduation.
Now retired on a $461 monthly
pension, the balding Army officer
took the witness chair against this
background of Immediately preced-
ing developments:
l. Robert Cuse, president of the
Vimalert Co., Jersey City, testified
he received his first air forces war
contract less than two weeks after
he made a $25,0 900 personal loan to
Gen. Meyers in 1914. He said that
before making the loan he had tried
unsuccessfully to sell materials to
the air forces.
Lamarre Sticks to Story.
2. Mr.. Lamarre, under a barrage
of questioning from Gen. Meyers
counsel, stuck to his story Of the
generals relations with Aviation
Electric. He also said Gen. Meyers
asked him to give perjured testimony
and promised they would make some
real money" after the Senate hear
ings if Mr. Lamarre would lie and
cover up the generals relations with
Aviation Electric.
3. Attorney General Clark said
the Justice Department will seek
an indictment against Gen. Meyers
for income tax law violations as
soon as the Senate committee COM
pletes its hearings.
Amplifying Mr.. Clark's announce
ment, Justice Department officials
said today "all of the activities"
of Gen. Meyers are under depart
ment investigation, and the depart
ment 'is also inquiring into others
who were engaged with him in the
various transactions"
When Gen. Meyers was called
back to the witness stand, Senator
Ferguson first required him to
again take the oath ito tell the
WllOlC u Atll
Then the chairman asked If be-
fore the committee began ques-
tions, Gen. Meyers had ANY facts"
to present.
Replies i'm Loud Voice.
Eyes, sir, I have" Gen. Meyers
replied in a loud, firm voice. "As
you know have been sitting here
for about 10 days listening to many
charges made against me Of per-
jury, corruption, fraud and that
was contracting officer and pur-
chasing officer holding stocks with
the airplane companies"
Gen. Meyers then said he be-
lieved ut pertinent to matters
brought up here" to present some
background.
There were some people-a great
many people-who thought my serv-
ice was Of some value during the
war" Gen. Meyers said.
He then began quoting from
numerous citations and awards he
received for his wartime service.
He read a letter from Gen. Arnold
addressed to Dear Benny"
In the letter, Gen. Arnold ex-
pressed sincere appreciation for the
work you have done for the Army
Air Force" and for Gen. Meyers
"tireless study and readiness toI
assume responsibility.
He read a letter of June %, 1945,
from 1t. Gen. Ira Eaker, written to
him when he was in the convalescent
hospital at Coral Gables, Fla.
The letter said in part, I'VE long
since discovered the tremendous load
you were carrying I do not
know of any one in the Air Force
whose absence would be so keenly
felt.
Mr.. Cuse declared he had been
repaid only $1,000 Of the $25, 900 loan
he made to Gen. Meyer.
Mr.. Cuse said the general told
him the loan would be settled
II Mr.. Cuse would return $25, 900 In