Evening star., 1949-08-16
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said he was aware that Mr.. Hunt
knew many people in high places
but he was not counting on Mr..
Hunt to get him the Job as his
own successor.
Questioned about his numerous
conversations with Mr.. Hunt dur
ing this period, Gen. Watt ex-
planned that he could talk freely
to Mr.. Hunt and could not talk to
fellow officers because most of
them were interested parties.
Quizxed on Carson Case.
When the committee started
questioning Gen. Watt about the
May-Garsson case, which led to
the. conviction Of the Carson
brothers and former Representa-
tive Andrew j. May, Gen. Watt
protested:
Il think it is cruel to bring in
the Carson case here. was an
innocent bystander If anybody
ever was"
Gen. Watt came in for consider
able criticism on Capitol Hill dur
ing the Carson investigation for
having attended the wedding Of
a member of the Carson family
and for having delivered letter
from Representative May to Gen.
Eisenhower concerning the court
martial Of a Carson son.
Gen Watt was suspended at the
same time as Maj. Gen. Herman
Feldman, the quartermaster gen.
eral, In suspending them, Secre-
tary' of the Army Gray said the
evidence indicated they failed to
exhibit the judgement expected
Of men in their positions.
Not Questioned Further.
Col. Evans, under questioning
said Mr.. Hunt didn't say how he
Influenced the appointments he
claimed to have been responsible
for.
Hunt liked to put himself in
the position that he knew q lot
of important people," said Col.
Evans.
Col. Evans said people who knew
Mr.. Hunt didn't question him fur
ther at the social gathering when
he made the appointment claims.
Normally" Col. Evans added.
these people didn't believe he had
the influence he said he did. They
regarded it as a statement to i'm
press other people"
Asked whether he had talked
with Mr.. Hunt about the appoint
ment of Gen. Feldman as Quar-
termaster General, Col. Evans said
Mr.. Hunt told him he could fol-
low the appointment through after
it left the White House and see
that 1t made progress on through
to Senate confirmation.
This was about the time of Gen.
Reldman's appointment. Col.
Evans said.
Before Col. Evans took the
stand, and Gen. Watt waited to
testify. 1t. Col. Robert L. May.
chief Of the general officers
branch, personnel administration
division Of the Army, outlined how
officers are selected for such jobs
as those held by Gems. Watt and
Feldman.
Three Quizzed on Freezers.
The subcommittee continued the
main line of its inquiry after
spending two hours in its closed
session yesterday afternoon ques-
toned three witnesses who figured
in the 1945 shipment Of the home
freezers to Mrs. Truman and
other Washington notables.
After that session Chairman
Hoey said it would take the COM
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the testimony and no more in
formation about the freezers
would be available until then.
One of the witnesses, however,
told reporters the freezers were
"the best we could make at that
time, and people were buying
them"
The witness, Albert ]. Gross OF
Milwaukee, who assembled the
units for shipment to Washing
ton, made the statement after re-
fusing to comment directly on
Gen. vaughan's statement Of last
Saturday that the freezers he OBJ
tanned for himself and his friends
were experimental models OF no
commercial value.
Despite committee efforts to