Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

!. who built up a wartime munition!
h. empire from a shoestring.
!. 1.-The Carson case was some
. thing Gen. Watt inherited, a!
. he had nothing to do with pro-
I curement or production during
the war;" Gen. Watts memoran'
: dunn about himself said. '"The
only efficiency report on his entire
! record that is not superior was
given him during 1916. when hi:
corps was being attacked because
of the Carson controversy. ]
must emphasize the fact that the
Carson trial had a very Seri011s
effect on the entire corps, and
particularly on its chief. who car
ried the brunt OF tt."
Rise in Responsibilities Seen.
This memorandum Went on to
say that "the responsibility of the
Chemical Corps has been in
creased during his term OF Office
and in addition to chemical and
biological warfare. the corps now
has responsibility in Pathological
defense and I suspect strongly is
even more concerned with this new
phase of warfare"
It was not established whether
this memorandum ever left Mr.
! Hunts files, nor who the 81" was
!; since the paper consistently re-
!, ferred to Gen. Watt in the third
person.
The memorandum which Miss
Ortmeyer was quoted as saying
! she took to Gen. Vaughan's office
said of one officer that his quail
ties of leadership were not the
!, highest: of another, that he might
I be accused of being lazy, and Of
: another. that he starts things. bu
t doesn't finish them or is very SLOW
{ in getting things done.
: The eight officers on whose ell
{ gibility Gen. Watt commented
{ were Brig. Gems. Edward Mont.
: gomery, Edward G. Wallingtor
{ and Egbert F. Bullene, and Coils
{ Hugh. w. Rowan, Charles E
( Loucks, John c. Macarthur
Godfrey Marshall and Henry M
Black.
!. Steelman's Name Comes Up.
!. The committee put into the rec
ord at the same time Gen. Watt s
official efficiency reports on seven
of the eight men. In all of these
reports the general was highly
laudatory.
) In connection with the con-
. tract with the chemical company,
the name of another Truman
aide-Presidental Assistant John
r. Steelman-entered the investi-
CATION. It came out in this way:
!. A committee investigator said
DR.. Norman Armitage, vice presi-
dent of the Deeripg Millikin Re-
search Trust, of Greenwich, Conn.,,
had been referred to MIR. Hunt
as a man who could help him get
some research contracts for the
trust.
Committee Counsel Francis d
! Flanagan said that in the fall OF
( 1913 DR.. Armitage met with Mr.
! Hunt here and was given list OF
names which Mr.. Hunt said he
should check as references. These
includeds
F.. Mr.. Steelman, Maj. Gen. Her
imam Feldman. then deputy quar-
,termaster general; Gen. Watt
Secretary Of Air Symington, Eu-
gene zuckert, Assistant Secretary
for Air; Senator Bridges, Repub-
1ican,. Of New Hampshire; Col
Paul Young, vice president of the
Aircraft Engine & Parts Corp.
and number OF others.
MIR. Flanagan said DR.. Armitage
got included with several of these
including Mr.. Steelman and that
DR.. Armitage had made a notation
that Mr.. Steelman said Mr.. Hunt
was ok"
MemOs Tell of Introductions.
A similar nod of approval, Mr.
Flanagan said. was noted as COM
: ing from Mr.. Zuckert.
DR.. Armitage did not see all the
references. Mr.. Flanagan said
Those he did not see included
Gems. Feldman and Watt. botf
iof whom were suspended last July
e16 by Secretary Of the Army Gray
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