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Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio
said he never heard of a Sena-
tor having man to look up facts. =
Some members revealed that
they have paid investigators tc
dig up the story behind something
or somebody they are trying to
expose. Others said they didn't
have to pay - that they have
enough friends" and informants
to give them what they seek even
If it means hijacking a file OF
papers.
Here are accounts given by the
legislators themselves on their in
vestigative set-up and, in some
cases, how they have used it:
Representative Edwin A. Hall
Republican, of New York. said he
has a number of friends back
home who tip him off so that
when left-wingers smear me. ]
let them have 1t but I've got to
get the dope first" Three cam
paigns ago, he said, the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities investigated for him and
supplied me with some good in
formation on some Communist
labor leaders" He added, how
ever. that "I leave them alone
unless they go after me-"
"a spokesman for the Un-
American Activities Committee re-
called that a number of members
have asked the committees staff
of eight Investigators to make
inquiries for them. If these in
quiries uncover anything, he said
I'VE hold hearings and expose. u
He recalled such hearings being
held in Mr.. Halls district. He
cited as other examples a request
from Representative Hays, Demo-
crat, Of Ohio, for an investigation
in the Ohio valley and one from
Representative Bonner, Democrat
of North Carolina, for a check on
a labor union in North Carolina }
Van Zandt Has Spies.
Representative Van Zandt, Re-
publican, OF Pennsylvania, said L
he wants to find something out
and can't get it by calling the
affected department or working
through a committee staff, g.
make approaches to people who
can slip 1t to me-" Said Mr.. Van
Zandt:
my most effective method oi
getting information is through
my spies in Government depart
ments."
Recently, he blasted a Defense
Department order which, he said
provided that any statement made
by an armed forces officer or Of
ficial must coincide with the pol.
icy Of the administration.
THAT order" he said, "camt
to my attention through a spy
When I heard about it that way
I put out feelers and got it."
Representative Poulson. Repub.
j lican, of California. a certifiet
public accountant himself, recent.
ly made charges that the Hous;
folding room showed an inventor,
shortage of 100000 and that 81
persons listed as employees il
1949-50 did little or no work there
It all began. he said, when HI
overheard one Capitol employ
asking another. when is 1t n,
turn to get at the slush fund.-
Mr.. Poulson said he became curl.
Gus, went over the payroll as ar
auditor and began making call
to the folding room to ask fol
persons listed on the payroll. Ere
quently, he went on. he was tole
they didn't work there. At on,
point. he said. II had a fellow
hi-jack some files There
always somebody to give you thu
missing link . You can't always
be ethical"
Cain Used Entire Staff.
| Senator Cain, Republican, o
Washington, cited one case where
he used his entire staff of II on al
investigation for nearly six week
!, due to my conviction it had to. b
done personally because the stand
ing committee wouldn't touch it.
He was obviously referring to hi
successful fight to block the con
f1rmation of former Gov. Mon. c
Wallgren of Washington as chair
man of the National Security Re
sources Board. At the time, Feb
ruary, 1949, he revealed that tele
phone and telegraph tolls, gettini
photographs and photostats ami
other expenses, brought the tota
cost Of his fight to more thar
! 1000. AS of now, he said, IN
: uses his staff to develop tn
legitimacy of my contentions" ant
then calls on a committee staff
reports what he has done ar,
asks them to take over