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Daniels make up his mind about
accepting a possible appointment
as Secretary of the Navy. Capt.
Simpler added that he was told
later by Mr.. Worth that Mr..
Deane had requested a letter sum-
marizing the brief meeting.
Davies Tells Of Meeting.
AS a prelude to Mr.. Martins
appearance on the stand Comdr.
Thomas Davies, noted Navy flyer,
was recalled as a witness to tell
how he accompanied Mr.. Worth to
Baltimore last spring to see Mr..
Martin. The discussion at that
time dealt mainly with the "B-36
matter" the witness said.
He told the court that he got
the impression from Mr.. Martin
that information discussed at the
meeting would be furnished to
Senator Tydings, Democrat, OF
Maryland.
1t. Ingram. the "red-haired
lieutenant from Texas" men,
toned by witnesses yesterday,
also was scheduled to take the
stand today.
Mr.. Worth told a House COM
mittee last month he got some of
the information for the memo
from 1t. Ingram and Mr.. Martin.
He declared neither they nor any
one else helped him prepare the
document that limited at politics
and fraud in B-36 purchasing.
No Investigation Asked.
The court is trying to determine
whether other Navy personnel be-
sides Mr.. Worth took part in
drafting the memo. Yesterday it
heard Undersecretary Dan KIM
ball and two top admirals give
conflicting versions of what in
vestigation. if any, the Office of
Naval Intelligence made last
spring to track down the author
ship.
Mr.. Kimball had testified before
the House Armed Services Com
mittee that he asked Rear Ad-
miral Thomas D. Inglis, director
Of naval intelligence, to launch
an investigation last April.
Admiral Inglis testified before
the court of inquiry yesterday that
Mr.. Kimball did not ask him or
three senior captains in the Office
OF Naval Intelligence to investi-
gate. The admiral said he was
in Europe at the time.
Mr.. Kimball then took the stand
to explain he had been in error
at the House hearings. He said
that late in May he suggested to
Admiral John D. Price, now vice
chief of naval operations, that an
investigation be made.
Denies Discussing Document.
Admiral Price, testifying late
yesterday. declared he never dis
cussed the Worth document with
Mr.. Kimball. He said he told Mr..
Kimball early in June that Ad-
miral 1nglis was attempting to
run down a complaint, mainly
from Representative Lyle, Demo-
crat. Of Texas. that a "red-haired
lieutenant from Texas" had at
tempted to see the member of
Congress about the document.
In any event. Admirals Price
and Inglis told the court that the
only Navy Investigations they
knew about in this matter did not
relate to authorship of the docu-
ment. Navy intelligence. they
said. did try to determine whether
the FBI and the Air Force were
investigating Navy personnel and
to learn the identity of the lieu
tenant.
Knew Nothing of Authorship.
They reported they found no
evidence OF investigation of the
Navy by other agencies. Admiral
Inglis commented that ONI did
identify 1t. Ingram but lin a
rather anticlimactic manner" on
the same day Mr.. Worth named
him at the House committee hear
ings.
Both admirals said they knew
nothing about the authorship of
the document until Mr.. Worth
publicly admitted it. This came
"as great shock to me-" Admiral
Price remarked.
Other witnesses yesterday in
cluded:
Comdr. w. E. Sweeney, former
technical assistant in the Office
where Mr.. Worth was assistant toI
the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air. Comdr. Sweeney
said some of the information inI
the document came from a classi-
fled memo he gave Mr.. Worth last
March. He said he did not know