Evening star., 1951-09-19
.iIIett Reveals
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On RFC Matters
Ex-Director Testifies
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Chairman Of Party
BY Robert K. Walsh

Former RFC Director William
E. Willett disclosed to a Senate
subcommittee today that William
M. Boyle, jr.. on three occasions
after he became a paid official
Iof the Democratic National Com
Imittee, called him personally about
companies having dealings with
the RFC.
None of the calls related to the
American Lithofold Corp. of st.
Louis. Mr.. Willett said. The SUBJ
committee is investigating pub
liShed stories that Mr.. Boyle
helped that company get RFC
loans in 1949 and received $4,000
in pay from the concern.
Mr.. Willett testified that he re-
ceived four telephone calls from
Mr.. Boyle in 1949 and 1850 and
had lunch twice with him.
No Pressure Exerted.
He declared that neither Mr..
Boyle nor any one else at Demo-
Icratic national headquarters ever
Iput pressure on him or otherwise
sought to influence him on any
RFC loan matter.
Two of the four telephone calls,
according to Mr.. Willett's Office
diary while he was a director from
June, 1948, to last May, were made
after Mr.. Boyle became Democratic
national chairman in August, 1949.
A third was in May, 1949, few
weeks after Mr.. Boyle became q
paid executive vice chairman.
Mr.. Willett'S testimony also
brought out that he was contacted
more than 100 times, usually by
telephone. by others at the Demo-
cratic national headquarters, but
never by any one from Republican
national headquarters.
Another former RFC director,
Harvey J. Gunderson, who served
from October, 1945, to October.
1850, told the subcommittee today
that he never received any calls
from either national committee
office. He remarked that Il don't
feel was sighted" because Mr..
Willett had more than 100 such
contacts and former RFC Direc-
tor Walter L. Dunham. a Repub-
lican, got more than 200 from
Democratic headquarters.
Voted Against Lithofold Loan.
Mr.. Gunderson, explaining that
he voted against granting $565 900
in loans to Lithofold, said Mr..
Boyle. E. Merl Young and others
from the Democratic headquarters
never called him about that COM
panys applications.
Mr.. Young, a former RFC ex-
aminer who was a volunteer work.
er at Democratic headquarters
during the 1948 campaign and who
figured prominently in an earlier
of influence and
favoritism" affecting RFC. was
standing by to testify today.
According to Mr.. Willett's testi-
mony. MI. Boyle made the follow
ing four calls to him:
/. On January 6, 1949. he asked
Mr.. Willett to see officials of the
Swift Engineering Co. which had
obtained a loan in 1947. Those
officials were brought to Mr.. Will
lett's office by Max Siskind, who
has been identified as a former law
partner of Mr.. Boyle.
Sought to Make Survey.
2. On May 5, 1949, Mr.. Boyle
asked Mr.. Willett to see two en-
gineers from a company inter-
ested in making a survey of the
Lustron Corp. which had RFC
loans. The survey never was
made. Mr.. Willett explained.
3. On November 90, 1949, Mr..
Boyle asked Mr.. Willett to see a
representative of the Wren Manu-
featuring Co. which had obtained
a $4,000 loan more than a year
previously.
4. On September II, 1850, Mr..
Boyle asked Mr.. Willett to see
Sam Morris, counsel for the Cop
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