Evening star., 1951-10-01
Probe Staff Studies
Outside Activities Of
Boyle; GabrieIson

A Senate subcommittee stan To-
day studied outside activities OF
Democratic National Chairman
william M. Boyle, jr.. and Repub-
lican National Chairman Guy
Gabrielson to set-and perhaps
settle-the course of future hear
ings.
Mfr. Gabrielson's scheduled ap-
pearance before the subcommittee
on Thursday may develop into
more than a one-day hearing.
Subcommittee Chairman Hoey.
Democrat Of North Carolina, dis
Iclosed that other witnesses. prob
ably including some from RFc,
may be asked about Mr.. Gabriel
sons dealings with that agency
in behalf Of Carthage Hydrocol.
Inc.
Hearings Resume Wednesday.
The Senate subcommittee is in
recess until Wednesday, when it
will resume open hearings for ad-
Iditional testimony concerning Mr..
Boyle and the American Lithofold
Corp. of st. Louis.
Mr.. Gabrielson. in a radio in
terview last night. defended his
conduct as president and legal
counsel Of Hydrocol, and a recent
unsuccessful request for postpone
ment Of a payment due today on
the company's RFC loan. Mr..
Garielson declared, however, that
Ihe favors aholishing RFC because
except in q time Of national
emergency the RFC is not a prop
Ter function of the National Gov
Iernment."
Subcommittee officials said the
study they are making Of the
| Hydrocol loans. totaling $18.5 mil
lion. and Mr.. Gabrielson's asso-
citation with the company Is not
yet a "full-scale investigation"
1.-THE staff is getting together
some material so that subcom-
mittee members will be in a posi-
ttion to ask Mr.. Gabrielson what
ever questions they wish after
he completes his formal statement
at the Thursday hearing" a mem
Der explained. Additional wit
nesses may be called after that" !"
Telephone Tolls Probed.
The staff investigation relating
to Mr.. Boyle is digging consider
ably deeper at this time. Besides
examining his income tax returns
and bank records, the investi-
gators also have begun to untangle
records Of hundreds Of long dis
tance telephone calls between St.
Louis and Washington. They
want to find whether Lithofold
officials and Mr.. Boyle had any
conversations after April, 1949.
The subcommittee is looking
into stories. published originally
by the st. Louis Post-Dispatch,
that Mr.. Boyle got $4,000 from the
st. Louis printing concern and
helped that company to get $685.
900 in RFC loans in 1949.
| Mr.. Boyle has explained he
received $3.50 on a legal re-
Itainer from Lithofold early in 1949
but that he had nothing to do
with the loans. He denied he had
any connection with the company
since April. 1949.
! Senator Mundt. Republican Of
| South Dakota, a subcommittee
member. told reporters today that
sit is clear that vital evidence
exists which could resolve the
question"
/ VIII Drive Ahead.
| The South Dakota Senator did
not elaborate on his reference to
vital evidence" But he added:
| Whether we can get it is an
other question. Anyway, we are
going to drive ahead with this
investigation
Referring to testimony last Fri
day by Theodore c Link, a Post
Dispatch reporter. Senator Mundt
noted that it indicated "Lithofold
had an awful lot of long distance
telephone calls and tolls to Wash
ington." He estimated that the
toll charges might have totaled
as much as $1,500 a month.
That could open up a whole
pandora's box Of information" he
commented.
ihe e(eived S7 2n0 in soIee Saae