Evening star., 1951-09-17
Official
Admits He Got
Gifts
Firms D. G. Aide
Once Worked for
Boyle, Prince Says
By Robert K. Welsh

A former RFC official who ad-
mitted accepting gifts from a ST.
Louis company that later got
RFC loans testified at a Senate
subcommittee hearing today that
the concerns Washington repre-
sentative once worked for William
M. Boyle, jr.
The witness, Frank Prince, who
resigned from RFC under fire last
May. said that Cecil A. Green,
SIC, 0,000-a-year Washington repre-
sentative for the American Lithoy
fold Corp. since 1948, repeatedly
visited his Office in behalf of loan
applications by more than 20
other companies besides Lithofold
The name Of Mr.. Boyle, Demo-
cratic National Chairman, came
up frequently at today's session
of the subcommittee. That group
is trying to determine whether Mr..
Boyle helped the st. Louis COM
Ipany get RFC loans totaling $685.
900 in 1949. Mr.. Boyle, who prob
ably will be called as a witness
next week, has denied having had
anything to do with the loan, al
though he explained he did some
legal work for the company early
in 1949.
Accepted $IOO Camera.
Fast.moving disclosures at to-
days hearings included:
l. Mr.. Green admitted that he
accepted a 500 camera, a turkey
a ham and boxes of fruit from
R. j. Blauner, head of the Litho-
fold Corp. in 1949 and 1850.
2. Mr.. Prince disclosed that the
head of Dry Lumber Co. of Fair
mont, Ga, which got a $45, 5,00O
loan in February. 1949, from RFC
told him he would go to see Mr.
Boyle in Washington. According
Mr.. Prince, "Mr. Dry" also said
he had good connections in
Washington and could get things
done where others didn't"
3. Senator Mcclellan, Demo-
crat. Of Arkansas, put in the record
an Office diary stating that Max
Siskind, former law partner OF
Mr.. Boyle. visited Stirling j. Fos-
ter. head OF the RFC loan opera
tions Office, on December 8, 1913
That visit, according to the, diary
described that Mr.. Siskind as at
torney for William Boyle, jr., to
see about a So million loan in con-
nection with the Consolidated
Steel Workers of Philadelphia. "
The entry added that Mr.. Siskind
was sent to Mr.. Fosters Office by
Harley Hise, then RFC board
chairman.
Dunham Contacts Cited.
4. Senator Mundt, Republican,
of South Dakota, said that a
check of RFC records showed that
representatives of the Democratic
National Committee contacted for
mer RFC Director Walter L. Dun
ham more than 200 times in less
than 2 years., The compilation
indicated that Mr.. Boyle contacted
Mr.. Dunham about IS times.
5. Mr.. Prince testified that
James P. Finnegan, former in
ternal revenue collector in st.
Louis, talked with him once or
twice in connection with the
|Lithofold applications. The wit
ness said. II concluded then that
Mr.. Finnegan was legal advisor
or a friend of the company or
interested in some way in the
loan"
6. George P. Luce. chairman OF
the RFC Review Committee, testi-
fled that his committee, contrary
to the usual procedure, was not
consulted when the RFC Board
of Directors approved an $4,000
working capital loan for Litho-
fold on March 3, 1949. His COM
mittee, he said, few days pre-
viously had recommended disap-
proval Of the company's applica-
tion for a considerably larger
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