Evening star., 1949-08-30


Got Campaign Gifts
il 1916, He Testifies
tcontinued From First Page1
u. from any of the assistance he
gave his friends. but the Senator
btded that he has asked himself
why Gen. Vaughan went to such
Nh extent to intercede for his
friends. Now, he said, he wanted
to know about the campaign con-
tributions from these friends.
Senator McCarthy's statement
was q reference to Gen. Vaughan S
admission that Mr.. Maragon
brought him more than $4,000 for
the 1916 campaign, and Gen.
Vaughan got another $4,000 to
$4,000 from Mr.. Helis, the sports
man for whom Gen. Vaughan tes-
titled he interceded with the office
OF the housing expediter.
Gen. Vaughan had said in a
prepared statement at the outset
that he made appointments at
the housing expediter's office in
connection with the Tanforan
race track at Mr.. Helis' request.
Housing Expediter Tighe Woods
previously had told the commit
tee that he granted a building
permit to the Tanforar track
when building materials were
scarce, four days after Gen.
Vaughan called him to the White
House about it and one day after
Gen. Vaughan visited Mr.. Woods
ONCE.
Although today's testimony
placed the Tanforan race track
negotiations as in 1916, the pre-
~ious testimony showed that the
race track promoters were negoti-
ating with the Housing Expedit-
er's office in the fall Of 1947 and
that the permit was actually
granted in January. 1948.
Campaign Contributors.
When Senator Mccarthy asked
the general If he ever obtained
any money from persons he
helped to make business deals
with Government agencies, Gen.
Vaughan said he had not.
Did you ever get any mouey
from John Maracon?" the Sena-
tor asked.
mo, sir"
Are you sute?"
II am sure"
"He never gave you an envelope
or any monty of any kind '?''
"Oh, yes" Gen. Vaughan cut in.
During the campaign Of 1916 he
collected some campaign money"
"A considerable amount?" Sen-
ator Mccarthy asked.
Several thousand dollars" Gen.
Vaughan replied.
'Maragon gave me some and
some came from Mr.. Helis." Gen.
Vaughan continued. Il turned the
money over to Roy Harper, State
chairman Of the Missouri COM
mittee."
From Greek-Americans.
Did Maragon collect any OF
this money from the people in
the race track deal?" Senator
Mccarthy wanted to know.
mo. I was under the impression
he Ut itfrom his ,dresksAmerican
friends" b sFT 4
did you know thsrs is a law
IN Missouri requiring that such
contributions be set forth in a
statement" Senator Mccarthy
asked.
II didn't know of such a law
Gen. Vaughan replied. But ]
doubt If 1t applies to a messenger
Or a go-between."
The witness said he had giver
the money to Mr.. Harper wher
the latter came to Washington.
The general said Mr.. Maragon'.
collection was not over $4,000 ane
that Mr.. Helis gave him money
that he personally had collected.
did Maragon ever claim h.
gave you money he had collected
from Frankie Costello for tn,
compaign fund.-" Senator Nc
CArthy asked.
Doesn't Know Costello.
81 have never heard of Frankie
Costello. don't know him"
Did Maragon give you none!
and say this came from Frankie
Costello 2"
NO"
do you mean you don't re-
member that frankie Costello
was mentioned"
mo do not. May I ask whit
Is frankie Costello and what bear
Ing he has on this hearing"
Senator Mccarthy responded
Haven't you ever heard o1
frankie Costello the rather IA
NOUS"
"Oh, you mean the New Yori
sangster," Gen. Vaughan inter.
rupted. "I'd like to know how HI
gets into this. If any contribu.
tion had come from such q mar
I certainly would have remem.
bered it"
Gen. Vaughan admitted that
the contributions were received
at about the time he had inter
y ceded for the race track repre-
sentatives in an effort Ito ex-
pedite" q decision one way OF
the other. He denied he had tried
to influence this decision, but
only sought an early answer.
Found Maragon Using Phone.