Evening star., 1951-08-05

W1bI1 Ul1C f1I1lC1 4(a44 411UAAO'
fold Corp. are as follows:
Il was engaged by the company
as counsel in February, 1949, with
a monthly retainer of $500. Tht
retainer was for general lega
services and had nothing to dc
with the company's application
for an RFC loan. I had nothing
to do with the preparation of the
application. I had nothing to dC
with the presentation of the case
never discussed the loan with
anyone in the RFC. In short,
had nothing to do with the grant
ing of the loan.
"At that time I was engaged ir
active practice of law. and if I hao
represented this company before
the RFC, it would have been en-
tirely proper and ethical. But the
fact is that I did NOT
Il completely severed my con-
nections with the American Litho-
fold Corp. in April of 1949, when
I assumed full-time duties with
the Democratic National Commit
tee and suspended my law prac-
tice.
Denies Further Payments.
my service as counsel for the
company thus covered a period
OF two and a half months and the
payments which I received from
the company totaled $3.50. The
last check was received at the
end OF April, l949. and since ther
have had no connection with the
company, nor received any pay.
ment from it.
Those who have been seekins
to imply that there was some i'm.
propriety in my connection with
the American Lithofold Corp
have tried to confuse in the pub.
lie mind the period when 1 wa.
engaged in the practice of law anc
the subsequent period, since Apri
21. 1949, when I have been a full.
time officer of the Democratic Ma.
tionai Committee and have moi
engaged in the practice of law.
| "As O. striking illustration ot
! this confusion, it has been stated
that the appointment of the five
RFC directors who considered the
American Lithofold loan had beer
cleared through me. The fact Is
that the RFC directors who passed
on the loan had been appointed
before I became vice chairman
and later chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee. I die
not have and had no reason tc
have any part in recommending
them for appointment.
Had Notified Clients.
"The facts about this matter
are clear for anyone who is in
terested in arriving at the truth
They have not-been disputed, sc
far as know, by any responsible
! source. The effort to distort them
or to suggest by innuendo that
there was something wrong about
my connection with the American
Lithofold Corp. will fail to con-
vince anyone except those who
are always eager to believe the
worst about any man in public
life" -
Mr.. Boyle said that shortly after
assuming his duties as executive
vice-chairman of the committee
| in April, 1949, he had notified al
his legal clients that he was sever
ing his connection with them ir
order to give all his time to the
committee. At that time. he said
he ended his service as counsel fol-
the American Litfofold Corpora.
tion.
II am proud of the fact" saic
Mr. Boyle, that throughout my
whole life. both in the practice Of
my profession and in my activity
as an officer of the Democratic
National Committee, I have hac
one creed. That is to conduct
myself so that my acts could only
reflect honor on my family and my
friends and associates.
MY decision to become entirely
inactive in the practice of law
when I took over my duties at the
Democratic National Committee
was my own decision. It was not
required by law, nor even by ess
tablished custom. I made the de-
cision because I did not want to
give occasion for even the slight
est suspicion that I was mixing
law and politics. I have not devi-
ated IN any respect from this
principle of conduct which I vol
unfairly established for myself.
when I notified my clients
that could no longer represent
them. I also notified my law as
sociate, Max Siskind, of my de-
cision. At that time entered into
an agreement with Mr.. Siskinc
for the termination of pending
matters and the liquidation o1
my law business. This agreement
was in the usual and accepted
form followed by judges anc
others when they withdraw from
/ active practice of the law. Since
then I have not accepted any
clients. engaged in any law prac.
tice or received any legal fees.