Evening star., 1949-08-27

the first tip on the trip.
Five-Percenters
Continued From First Page.)
during this period averaged $4,000
q year. He also told the commit.
tee he had no bank account out
side of Washington, although the
evidence shows he maintained
large account in a Texas bank. =
Testimony Is Conflicting.
2. Mr.. Maragon also swore HI
did not get any pay for repre-
senting clients in dealings with
the Government. The committee
has been told of several instances
where he received fees for nego-
tiating with the Government
agencies.
3. Mr.. Maragon failed to re.
port various sources of income or
his tax returns.
Senator Hoey said 1t was not
the function Of his committee tt
initiate prosecutions, but hi
added:
Certainly this evidence would
warrant the Justice Department
making a full investigation anc
proceeding on the; basis of the
facts it may develop"
The committee chairman wen
on to say the committee will sent
the Army Department the testi
mony concerning Maj. Gen. Her
man Feldman, the quartermaste
general, /. and Maj. Gen. Alden H
Watt. chief of the Army Chemica
Corps. Both generals were sus
pended July Is pending the out
come of the committees investi
cation. 1sLE - 4
The War Assets Administration
Senator Hoey said. will get evi
dence aired about Joe F. Major
Congressional c liaison man TO
WAA. Notes on a telephone con,
versation read into the record in
dicated the WAA employe was re
ferring WAA customers to 1--we
percenters" but Mr.. Major denies
that and said he was misquoted
Asked About Vaughan.
Senator Hoey was asked. "T.
whom will you turn over the evi'
dence regarding Gen. Vaughan?'
I'VE will do nothing about tina
unless the President requests it,
he replied. That's the President
prerogative. We would not wan
to suggest to the President what
he should do"
As for Gen. Vaughan's bank &C.
counts. Senator Hoey was asket
in a radio appearance on Meet
the Press" last night, whether the
committee is looking into the gen.
erals accounts as it did with Mr.
Maragon's.
I'VE have in a measure" he
said, without explaining just how
far the investigation has gone.
Senator Hoey also was asked Il
the committee has any evidence
"as to why Gen. Vaughan mixed
himself up in all these things and
what he got out Of it."
The chairman replied that Gen
Vaughan's disposition would ex.
plain that.
He is anxious to please hi
friends" Senator Hoey said. "He
seems susceptible to appeals fol
help from his friends. And he Il
not averse to exercising some au.
|thority."
Often Assisted Friends.
The committee has been told
Gen. Vaughan assisted friends In
a variety Of ways from interced-
ing to get q building permit fol
a race track to clearing the way
for Mr.. Maragon and officials OF
the Albert Verley Co. to get tc
Europe via Air Transport Com
band planes during the days when
transportation was scarce.
The Verley firm is the perfume
company which donated seven
home freezers to Gen. Vaughan
and other Washington notables.
One Of the transatlantic trip.
was described yesterday by q Is.
year-old veteran credited by Sen
ator Mundt, Republican. Of South
Dakota with bringing the trip te
the committees attention.
The veteran, Walter E. Rhodes
jr., Of Baltimore, wrote q letter
to his father recalling that two
perfume company officials tray
eled on an Army plane when
space was at a premium, The
father turned the letter over to
the committee.
Young Rhodes, now q student
at the University Of Maryland
said he was flight traffic clerk or
the C-54 which brought David
Bennett. president Of the Verle,
firn, and Otto Baptiste, an asso.
ciate. home from Europe in 1945
Trip Details Recalled.
The committee was told Thurs
day that Gen. Vaughan gave Mr.
Bennett q letter of Introduction
on White House stationery ASKING
that Mr.. Bennett receive treat
ment accorded to American ON
cials abroad. The committee was
told the two men went to Europe
on May II and returned on June s,
1945. 81.
Mr.. Rhodes said he remembered
the trip after al this time be-
cause:
The two men asked for and got
q guard posted over their baggage
ct Newfoundland and again at