Evening star., 1949-08-17

favor to friend OF Gen. Vaughan
operating as fixer for a fat fee. u
Told to Ignore Maragon.
Senator Mundt added that he
used to regard Gen. Vaughan. as
a "fumbling bungler," but the tes-
timony clearly indicates he was a
f1nagling bargainer and perhaps
I have been unduly charitable to
his extra curicular activities"
After Senator Hoey chided Sen
ator Mundt, Mr.. Elvove took the
stand to say he received a tele-
phone call from Gen. Vaughan in
November. 1916, and the next day
received a call from Secretary
Anderson's Office asking him to
give an interview to "a Mr.. John
Maragon, who was associated with
Gen. Vaughan"
Mr.. Elvove said that later he
was told by the Secretary's Office
that Mr.. Maragon had no White
House status and his unWarranted
Intervention should be ignoSed"
In describing his meeting with
Mr.. Maragon Mr.. Poland said it
was in Milwaukee at a party for
Gen. Vaughan. which he thought
was given by a brewery.
He said he sought Mr.. Mara
CONS help for the molasses COM
pany because he was impressed
by the man.
A member of the subcommittee
wanted to know whether Mr.. Pol
land was impressed by Mr.. Mara
CONS Importance, because he was
with Gen. Vaughan or because he
was talkative." The witness re-
piled he, was impressed because
Mr.. Maragon was talkative.
Problem Getting Rid of Him.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith,
Republican of Maine, drew from
Mr.. POLAND the statement that.a
brewery gave the party for Gen.
Vaughan in Milwaukee.
WAS Gen. Vaughan in uni
form?" Mrs. Smith asked.
II believe so." Mr.. Poland re-
piled.
Mr.. Poland had said earlier that
it was a custom IN Milwaukee to
have social gatherings for irnpor-
tant visitors.
Are you accustomed to giving
cash to people who do favors for
you in business?" Mrs. Smith
asked.
mo. I'm not Mr.. Poland an
swered.
Mrs. Smith observed that if she
had met any one like Mr.. Mara
gon who made such a great i'm
preston as Maragon apparently
made on you" she shouldn't be
handing out money without know
ing it.
Asked where he had first met
Mr.. Maragon, Mr.. Poland said:
IF you gentlemen of the COM
mittee know John Maragon, you
know it is not a question of meet
ing him, but of getting rid of him
after you have met him."
That got a big laugh.
Tells of Kronheim Query.
In one of his answers to Mr..
Rogers during the secret testi-
mony July %, which was read
today in connection with the al
legged payments to him, Mr.. Mara
gon testified that he went to FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover and to
Jess Larson, then war assets ad-
ministrator, to assure them he had
done no business with the Gov
ernment.
Mr.. Maragon testified that he
visited these officials after a very
substantial citizen, Milton S.
Kronheim, told him he had heard
on the streets of Philadelphia
about Mr.. Maragon's getting $780,
900 on a Government deal.
Mr.. Kronheim is a prominent
liquor dealer here. His son is q
Municipal Court Judge.
It was after Mr.. POLAND had
replied to a cross fire of questions
and had acknowledged that he
did pay Mr.. Maragon $1,000, that
Senator Mccarthy said:
II think we should ask the JUS
tice Department to take this mat
ter over and ask that an indict-
ment for perjury be returned
against Maragon."
Gen. Vaughan's name has
cropped up every day in the "flve-
percenter" inquiry and Mr.. Mara
gon has been mentioned almost as