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quiry" to MIR. Hunt about th'
retirement bill, but added III
needed no introduction to Mr.
johnson because he was &C
quainted with him.
The general answered many o1
the committees questions before
they were asked, on the basis o1
the testimony aired before he tool
the stand yesterday.
Discussing a cablegram which
was prepared in Mr.. Hunts Office
and was sent by Gen. Feldman
to clear the way for two busi-
nessmen to 60 to Tokyo. Gen
Feldman said that he had in
structed another officer to modify
the proposed draft Of the cable
gram If necessary. He argued that
it was proper for the businessmen
to go to Japan because he was
anxious to keep them interested
in the Quartermaster Corps plan
for the milk reconstruction project
in the Far East.
This milk programme convert
powdered milk into fluid milk for
the soldiers-was described by
Gen. Feldman as the only case
in which he dealt informally with
MIR. Hunt on a contract matter.
On Informal Basis.
Gen. Feldman related in detail
the efforts made by the Quarter
master Corps to interest con-
tractors in the milk program and
he said he had informal dis
cussion with all the potential con-
tractors. The successful contractor
not Mr.. Hunts client-"prac-
tically lived in my Office while
negotiations were underway
Gen. Feldman said. -.
The same informality was the
basis of Gen. Feldman's explana-
ton of the fact that the original
of a Quartermaster Corps inter-
Office memo wound up in Mr..
Hunts file. Gen. Feldman said
If negotiations had been formal,
he would have Transcribed infor-
nation in the memo and sent it
out over his own signature, but
because of the informality of the
negotiation he sent the original
to Mr.. Hunt and kept copy in
his own file.
Gen. Feldman also anticipated
questions about the DDT bomb
deal by which Mr.. Hunt saved a
client nearly 100000 and earned
himself a $4,000 fee. Gen. Field
man said the Army for months
had been trying to withdraw from
surplus millions Of DDT bombs
and succeeded in doing so because
of the default of the purchaser of
the bombs at the time Mr.. Hunt
was interested in getting out of
the obligation to purchase the
bombs.
Could Have Saved Money.
"This was an accomplished fact
long before Hunt came into the
picture" Gen. Feldman said.
Senator Mccarthy, Republican
of Wisconsin wanted to know why
it was necessary for the Cyclic
Chemical Co. to hire Mr.. Hunt to
get out of purchasing the surplus
bombs.
Gen. Feldman said he was sorry
the company had not come to him
eff this had come to my atten-
tion," Gen. Feldman told the Sen.
ators, there is no question that
Cyclic could have saved theil
$4,000 and all their grief"
Gen. Feldman said the first he
knew that the Army's program tt
Withdraw the surplus bombs from
the War Assets Administration
was not successful was when he
read an advertisement in the Sun
day Star of August 8. 1947, tina,
the bombs were being sold com.
mercially.
It was testified yesterday thai
the one-day negotiation through
which Mr.. Hunt relieved his ellen
of the necessity to buy the bomb
occurred on August %. 1947.
Fluid in Character"
Gen. Feldman was questione,
repeatedly about why he furnishe,
MIR. Hunt with a revised list o
the Army's proposed clothing AM
equipment purchases with tn
notation that while the list wa
not secret Mr.. Hunt should keel
1t confidential.
The general kept repeating tina
the list was fluid in character,
that its tentative nature woul'
lead to numerous inquiries an
misimpressions and that Nj
Hunt understood this because Z
his long experience as a liaisol
officer in the Quartermaster Corps
Senator Mundt, Republican. Q
South Dakota pointing to Ger
Feldman's own directive instruct
ing his procurement officers TO bio
oIlt anv Stl bicion of favoritiSn