Evening star., 1949-08-04
Hunt Says He Saved Client $500, 600

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their rights to build at q track
in California.
Gen. Vaughan said it bothered
him that fellows I spoke so highly
of at housing had treated his
friends like schoolboys. I told
him I would be at housing in a
day or two and I'd talk to them
about 1t but I didn't think they
pushed people around because
they had been so courteous to me,
when I went down there I
asked man named Maher about
the thing and he called in two
or three others who had been
present at the other meeting and
they discussed it with me fully
and frankly and went over their
conversation.
II told Gen. Vaughan l
thought his friends had been ac-
corded courtesy and proper treat
ment and offered to show him a
memo had written about it. I
got no fee. just didn't want
to see any misunderstanding be-
tween two officials of the Gov
erhment."
In the case of the Foxborough
Race Track near Boston, Mr..
Hunt said the track promoters
had been turned down in a reg
ional Office when they wanted per-
mission to build at the track. He
said he got hold of some people
in the scarce materials branch of
the housing expediter's Office and
went into the problem with them.
He said he didn't know these peo-
pie very well. The track pro-
moters got an exemption from
the building restrictions, Mr..
Hunt said, when he pointed out
to the housing Office that they
could complete construction with
out using any critical materials.
Knew Watt as = Boy.
The questioning shifted to Gen.
Watt, who was suspended on evi-
dence indicating. according to
Secretary Gray, that he 'improp-
erly furnished personnel data to
an individual not in the military
service who was not entitled to
receive such data"
@. How well do you know Gen.
Watt?
A. We grew up in the same
small town-Medford, Mass. I
have known him since was IL
and he was about Is. He was one
Of the high school athletes and
was one of the kid admirers. He
is one of the finest men I ever
met and one Of the most consci-
entious.
@. Did you ever get any con-
tracts for clients in the Chemical
Corps?
A. No. I did not. But there is
one presently under consideration
between the Chemical Corps and
"a very fine research trust in Con-
|necticut represented by me.
Mr.. Hunt was questioned about
"a report that he asked a 5000
fee to bring about resembling ct
an order setting up facilities for
Army officers to buy their uni
forms from the Army instead of
from their own tailors. According
to this report, his would-be clients
went elsewhere because his fee
was too high.
II don't recall any discussion
Of q $25, 900 fee," Mr.. Hunt said.
II think fees were discussed in
Chicago by the lawyer who sent
them to me. I do recall their ask
ling me why couldn't they &C see
their Congressman. I told them
they could and they said they
thought they would"
Met Maragon Several Times.
Mr.. Hunt was asked if he knew
John Maragon, the ex-bootblack
from Kansas City whose financial
affairs are interesting the Senate
Investigators.
Eyes, we've met briefly several
times but I have had no social.
business or any other contacts
with him" Mr.. Hunt replied with
a perceptible tightening along the
jawline.
He said he had never represent
ed the Albert Verley Co.. manu-
facturers of perfume oils by whom
Mr.. Maragon used to be employed.
"Maragon called me up about
what he thought I'd said about
him to David Bennett president
of the perfume company" Mr..
Hunt recalled. 1.-THE conversation
was quite short, because I hung
up on him."
During the interview. which
LASTED nearly four hours, Mr.. Hunt
told something of his own his
tory and how he got to be a man
agement counselor.
rY,ha knuoor-o1d Uafnran said he