Evening star., 1949-08-26

people, MT. MAI dSOl, SlIlCc you
first appeared in executive session
and without giving your name,
discuss the matter now before the
committee. In other words, an
anonymous call?" Senator NC
Carthy asked.
Mr.. Maragon made his stock re-
ply, and Senator Mccarthy got
the same answer when he asked:
"Have you called any one
anonymously. Mr.. Maragon. since
you first appeared in executive
session and discussed the matter
now being taken up by the COM
mittee and made any threats?"
When Mr.. Maragon then re-
fused to say whether he had ever
collected any money from Mr..
|Nelis, Senator Mccarthy told
him: John, you've talked iessstp
day than I have ever heard you.
In the laughter that followed.
Senator Mundt said he had q
question that he thought prob
ably the witness could answer Ito
break the monotony."
do you know Gen. Harry
Vaughan" Senator Mundi
laughed. sF s'sf -
EYES," Mr.. Maragon replied.
The positiveness of his one
word answer drew another burst
Of laughter.
Doesn't Know Hunt.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Republican. of Maine succeeded
in getting some answers from the
witness. She asked Mr.. Maragon
when he first met Mr.. Vaughan
Mr.. Maragon replied that he
met Gen. Vaughan when the gen.
eral was a member of the then
Senator Truman's staff and Mr.
Maragon was pursuing his duties
as a special representative Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
did you know Col. Hunt?" Sen
ator Smith asked.
This was a reference to James
". Hunt, former Army lieutenant
colonel, management counselor in
civilian life and KEY figure in the
inquiry. -..s
Mr.. Maragon replied that he did
not know Mr.. Hunt except I met
him on two or three occasions in
the lobbies Of the hotel"
Mr.. Maragon said he did not re-
call when he first met Mr.. Hunt.
7 Turned Oyer to Revenue Bureau.
Francis D. Flanagan, assistant
committee counsel, said that q
good deal of the material un-
covered by committee investigators
on Maragon's bank accounts had
been turned over to the Internal
Revenue and that he believed in
vestigators there are following IL
through.
Mr.. ,Bellino said Mr.. Maragor
had told him all of his income was
reported on his tax returns and
that he made an average Of 5000
or $1,000 a year during the AVE.
year period.
"Maragon was a very difficult
man from whom to obtain con-
crete facts" the committee &C.
couhtant said. I'VE asked him
about his bank accounts and, he
at first said that his only account
was In the Liberty National Bank
here. When we heard of another
account. he admitted he had q
small amount in the Union Trust
Co. here-only $4,000 or $1,000
which he deposited while working
for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road.
Learned of Texas Account.
"Then we learned of another
account in the National Bank o1
Commerce at San Antonio. Tex"
In 1914, it was said, MIR. Mara.
gon had $11.723 in he bank ano
Withdrew $6,679; in 1945. he had
sac. .3o3 and Withdrew almost that
much.
THAT was the year he denied
having, such an account?" Mr.
Rogers asked.
Eyes sir"
The witness said Mr.. Maragor
closed his account in Texas IL
1947. He said that Mr.. Maragor
had q balance of $8,265 in til,
National Bank of Commerce IL
the fall Of 1916, and that he drew
out $5.298 during that year.
| Ref0re Mr. Mara 0oY, vvaS re1lnf