Evening star., 1949-08-15

test air flow through protective
clothing was a memorandum
mentioning Deering Milliken. In
answer to questions he said ht
had never received such memo
from Gen. Watt before.
The witness was asked il this
memo was one of the reasons
he did not go ahead and award
the contract to any of the other
research Institutes recommended
by the Contract Evaluations Com
mittee.
why certainly" the witness
replied. Hes my boss, when he
tells me to do something, 7 dc
it," He said later, however, that
he might not have awarded the
contract at that time because
the Quartermaster Corps also
added some names to the list.
And still later he said the con-
tract was never awarded because
the money to pay for the $4,000
research project was part Of the
$85, 1000 diverted to the medical
division. He said Gen. Watt him
self ordered the money diverted.
Investigated by Civilian.
The witness testified that after
Maj. Gay visited the Chemical
Center, formerly Edgewood Ar
senal, a civilian, H. r. Smith. was
sent out to investigate the Deer
ing Milliken firm. He returned a
report on June 8, Col. MacLaugh-
lin testified, saying Deering Milli-
ken had excellent facilities for
textile research, but the person
mel appear to have no special
qualifications to recommend them
for this work"
Maj. Gay. a youthful officer
who is now taking a training
course at the University of Wis
consin, took the stand only long
enough to relate a conversation he
held with Gen. Watt in the late
winter or early spring of this year.
He said Gen. Watt mentioned
that "he was personally inter-
ested in seeing Deering Milliken
do some work for the Chemical
Corps"
The witness said he believed
Gen. Watt mentioned at that
time that Deering Milliken had
some influence in the White House
that might prove valuable to Gen
Watt later.
Gaps in Explanation.
Although the home freezers
testimony is delayed a few days
committee members, however, said
they want to fill in what they
considered big gaps in Gen
Vaughan's explanation of the
gifts.
Gen. Vaughan. in a statement
Saturday, explained that two ole
friends gave him and his friends
the home freezers four years ago
that the deep freeze units were
experimental models without COM
mercial value and that there was
nothing improper about "this
courtesy"
Gen. VAUGHAN said he kept one
for himself, had one sent to the
White Hosue staff's lunchroom anc
another sent to the Little White
House at independence, Mo.
The others, he said, were sent
to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
then Secretary of the Treasury;
to Secretary of the Treasury Sny.
der, then reconversion director
to Federal Reserve Governor
James K. Vardaman. then th'
Presidents naval aide, and t,
Presidential Secretary Matthew J
Connolly.
After Gen. Vaughan's statemen
came out, Mr.. Snyder told report
ers he never received a freezer.
"Vaughan's account Of wha
happened" commented Senate
Mundt, Republican. Of South Da
kota. leaves big gaps to be filled
We still want to know what mo
tivated Hoffman and Bennett II
make gifts valued at about $1,000
to Vaughan. We still want II
know whether they expected II
get anything out of it and whethe
they actually did"
tCivitons to Lunch Tomorro,
The Civitan Club of Washington
will hold its regular luncheon a
1880 pm. tomorrow in the May