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lady, however, did not take the
job. they said.
Mr.. Glidden then took the stand
and explained that Miss Paris
was a messenger and file. clerk in
the Dallas Office and that she
could take .dictation and vas not
a stenographer. 'a=' -.Aes
All of this prompted Senator
Tobey to exclaim:
isn't this phoney? You wrote
the name of a man to cover up the
fact that there was a woman In
the case, in case any one saw the
letter"
Mr.. Skiles admitted that he did.
Skiles Reads Statement.
Mr.. Skiles took the stand today
after Thomas M. Reucker, Dali
las insurance man, testified that
he introduced Mr.. Skiles to Mr..
Bohannon in Dallas in January,
1949. Mr.. Reucker said Mr.. Bo-
hannon told him later that he
had met Mr.. Young in washington
at the suggestion of Mr.. Skiles and
was asked by Mr.. Young for a
$4,000 fee in connection with the
loan application.
Mr.. Skiles prefaced his testi-
mony by declaring that he did not
want the subcommittee to mouse
trap me into saying something I
haven't thought out carefully" He
therefore asked permission to read
i statement, relating his meeting
with Mr.. Bohannon in the Office of
Mr.. Reucker.
Mr.. Bohafnon, he asserted.
boasted of being a. Fair Deal
DEMOCRAT who knew d lot of i'm
portai1t people in Washington.
Mr.. Skiles caused several sotit-
bursts Of laughter when he told
how he had written his prepared
statement and how he had hoped
that Mr.. Reucker would not have
to testify.
Warned Against Tobey.
Mr.. Reucker had testified ear
lier that Mr.. Skiles told him in
Dallas last week that he might
be subjected to embarrassing ques-
tionS if he came to the hearings.
Mr.. Reucker added that Mr..
Skies warned him particularly
against that fellow Tobey."
Senator Tobey. Republican, of
New Hampshire Immediately asked
Mr.. Skiles what he meant by
that. Mr.. Skiles replied that he
may have mentioned" Senator
Tobey's name to Mr.. Reucker, but
that it was only to emphasize
that he was sorry MIR. Reucker
might be drawn into the inquiry.
The only part Mr.. Reucker had
in the matter, was to introduce
him to Mr.. Bohannon.
As for the prepared statement.
Mr.. Skiles said he. had, no notes
written Immediately after his con-
versation with Mr.. Bohannon in
1949. He explained that1 stayed
home from Sunday school a week.
ago yesterday and wrote this
statement on an old, beaten-up
typewriter.
Opposite Stories Told.
The subcommittee's report of
February 2 and testimony last
week indicated that feud existed
between Mr.. Skiles and Mr.. Glid-
den and that Mr.. Skiles referred
Mr.. Bohannon to Mr.. Young as a
man with tremendous influence"
in Washington.
DawsOn's Name Mentioned.
The name of Mr.. Dawson also
was mentioned in connection with
disruption" in the Dallas office.
Senator Capehart, Republican.
of Indiana renewed a demand to-
day that Mr. Dawson be sum-
moned to testify. But he wants
to question Mr.. Dawson primarily
about RFC delivery, of several
hundreds of letters to the White
House. Those letters were written
to RFC by members of Congress
during the last 10 yeats.
: Senator Fulbright, appearing on
a Meet the Press television show
on NBC last night, referred in
directly to President Truman's
announcement that there was no
evidence Of illegal influence
exerted on RFC either by mem
bers of Congress or by Govern
nent administrative officials.