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Hunt on the Tanforan matter, al
though he had no connection with
the Government nor the track
One Of these officials admitted
he was naturally upset" at Mr.
Hunts report Of Gen. Vaughan's
anger.
4. The committee brought out
that neither the housing expe-
diter's office nor the Justice De-
partment had investigated to de-
termine whether the stated
change in ownership of the track
was fictitious or bona a-f1de trans
fer, but Mr.. Woods said he had
an AFFIDAVIT from the new owners
and Gen. Vaughan had told him
the ownership had changed.
5. Mr.. Woods testified that Mr..
Hunt was called "the kingmaker'
in social gatherings because he
was always taking credit for get
ting people jobs.
To set the stage for the later
story Of the Tanforan transaction,
Ed Dupree, jr.. general counsel of
the housing Office. gave a resume
Of the early history of the Tan
foran case from the files of the
Civilian Production Administra-
ton. He said the file was "a foot
and a half high"
Senator Mccarthy. Republican,
of Wisconsin said he knew the
file was full Of protests from vet
Grams who saw q race track being
reconstructed when they wanted
homes. -, -. -. :. =,
Mr.. Dupree said the files showed
the track was used during the war
eaS.-a.Iapanese internment~css11
As4ay-eamp and VI
returned to It's oWnefs2 IN April.
1916.
Approval had been given TO,
limited construction, including q
hoxseman's cafeteria. the files
showed. An application fol-
further work was denied in Janu.
ary, 1947. but construction con-
tinted anyhow and finally When 1
restraining order was ignored
four track officials went 70 jail ir
March, 1947.t s,e@e ..,.s@ss.y,, sesss. =.
Benjamin j. Shulman. special
litigation attorney in the housing
Office, and William Maher, who Is
now chief construction engineer TO,
the Atomic Energy Commission
but was then assistant deputy
housing expediter. told the sub
committee that "a meeting was
arranged" in October. 1947, Ito
talk to the new owners Of Tan
foran primarily to explore the
possibilities Of lifting the injunc-
ton"
Mr.. Rogers asked several times
who arranged the meeting. Both
men insisted their recollections
were hazy on that point, but final-
ly Mr.. Shulnan volunteered:
THAT meeting was set up either
by some one In the administration,
some one In the Democratic Ma
tional Committee or some one on
the Hill. I know it was somebody
connected with politics-that is,
I heard 1t was"
Hunt Memo Read.
The two witnesses insisted they
had given the three men at the
meeting-Eugene Mori, president
I Of the track; Samuel Orlando, the
secretary, and Mr.. Marason-
courteous treatment. They said
they told them they would have
to discuss the injunction removal
with the Justice Department.
At that point Francis D. Flana-
gan, committee investigator, took
the stand to read from q memo he
said was taken from Mr.. Hunts
files and dated October Is.
The Hunt memo quoted Gen
Vaughan as explaining the situa-
ton in this way:
The group recently had pur-
chased for 100000 the Tan
foran track, which had been In
trouble due to violations Of con-
struction regulations.
"The new owners, to whom Gen.
Vaughan referred, wanted now to
complete some unfinished build
ings and do some repair work. He
said these people had no part in
the previous trouble and asked
the housing expediter for permis-
sion to spend about. $4,000 to
protect their buildings.
HE said that these three men
had q conference with four people
in OHE (Office Of Housing Expe-
diter) and that Creedon's people
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