Evening star., 1948-11-15

msnt. the witness said, "Oh, 4 day
or two" The Investigators wanted
to know why 1t would take longer
than = half hour and the witnes,
said he would have to collect them
Mr.. Manuel said he had been
getting tips AL my life," even in
cluding the period before the war
When the question Of income tax
returns first came up, Mr.. Manuel
asked must I answer that?" Mr.
Reddan said "yes. unless you feel
you would incriminate yourself"
Weuldnt Call S5ee Lot Of Money
The witness then said he had not
yet started to work on his 194s
tax return and that he did not
remember about 1o47.
would you be surprised II the
return showed you reported only
what the Kearney company paid
your" Mr.. Reddan asked.
The witness replied he wouldn't
know.
At one point, in answer to Z
question, the witness said he had
not told Mr.. Kearney ABOUT taking
tips because he was afraid "he
might fire me-"
He said he had been taking tips
for years, adding I'm only 4 sales
man." He said he thought sales
men were doing 1t all over the
country.
Representative Larcade, Democrat,
Of Louisiana ask him II he thought
. $500 extra payment was . tip
and Mr.. Manuel replied II don't
think $500 is q lot Of money"
Harry Snider, restaurant operator
at sl3 Eleventh street Sc, testified
he had bought . car from the Kear-
ney company for m invoice price OF
$2,944 and, when asked II anymore
was said. thought there was and
recalled saving $500 in cash.
Didn't Ask Any Questions.
Mr.. Snider testified he had paid
this to Mr.. Manuel. He said so fa1
as he was concerned 1t was in the
price Of the car and was for parts
Il didn't ask any questions.
When the subcommittee questioned
him about what were the extrs
parts, he recalled there was one
spotlight and one "bumperette" each
for the front and the back OF the
car. He said he got no itemized
statement on these extras.
Mr.. Reddan reminded Mr.. Snider
he was under oath and that to vio-
late this or to be evasive III you
should do 30, might have an effect
on your well being"
The witness said he understood
that.
He said he got no receipt for the
$500. Mr.. Reddan then read to Mr.,
Snider excerpts from an executive
hearing Of the subcommittee re-
gardins another car Mr.. Snider had
bought from the Kearney firm in
September of last year. This indi-
Gated that Mr.. Snider had got some
$500 less than what he might have
gotten for his traded-in l941 Buick
When the subcommittee counsel
read . quotation putting this writ
ten down trade-in value rs
amounting to . $500 bonus" the
witness said he didn't remember
Didn't Estimate Price.
He insisted, however, he had MOI
estimated how much he might hav.
gotten for the 194l car.
Under insistent questioning from
the subcommittee, Mr.. Snider re-
peatedly denied he had talked with
any of the Kearney company people
since the subcommittee investiga.
ton began.
Earlier, Ben Cohn, 2so2 Pennsyl.
vania avenue Sc, who identified
himself as 4 book maker" told the
committee that acting for a friend
who wanted an Oldsmobile. he
turned over $500 in cash to Mr..
Manuel as "a little present" to help
his friend buy the car.
The purchaser, Mr.. Cohn testified,
was Carl Mehrstedt. .......,
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