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have too much money tied up in
ships of one type and similar life
expectancy for which they may
not have continuing need"
Casey Queried on ECA Work.
Turning from the tanker trans
faction, the subcommittee asked
Mr.. Casey briefly about his activi-
ties with the Economic Stabiliza-
Ition Agency. Mr.. Casey recently
resigned as congressional liai-
son officer for that agency. He
told the subcommittee that he
never referred any Government
loan or amortization certificate
applicant to the law firm of
Joseph H. Rosenbaum.
Previous testimony showed that
Mr.. Rosenbaum and Mr.. Casey
were associated in representing
some applicants for RFC loans.
He also was asked about his
earlier testimony that an RFC
loan application for which he was
attorney was approved by a Mr..
Anderson. The subcommittee
wanted to know whether it was
Glenn Anderson who recently left
IRFC to take a job with the Rosen-
baum firm. Mr.. Casey replied
that he did not think it was the
same Mr.. Anderson. but that "it
might have been"
Aided Waltham Watch Deal.
Mr.. Casey also told the sub
committees that at one time he
represented Frederick c. Dumaine,
"a New England industrialist, in
connection with the Waltham
Watch Co. which at one time OBJ
tanned an RFC loan. Mr.. Casey
explained that he represented Mr..
IDumaine only in an effort to get
back into the watch company and
not in connection with any RFC
Meanwhile, Senator Fulbright,
explaining resolution he intends
to introduce today for "Commis-
sion on Ethics in the Federal Gov
ernment. singled out Maj. Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan for special
criticism.
Gen. Vaughan, the Presidents
military aide, was shown in a
1949, investigation of five per-
|centers" to have done things
which should not be tolerated"
among White House staff mem
'bers. Senator Fulbright declared.
The chairman mentioned the
Vaughan case an instance of the
sort of conduct" he believes should
be blacklisted in any code of
Iethics" for the executive and legis-
lative branches of the Govern
ment.
Nom -Commital on Dawson.
The resolution scheduled for in
PRODUCTION today calls for spe-
cial commission of 10 private citi-
zens designated by the Senate and
House. They would be chosen
without particular party designa-
ton. would submit a report with
in a year and would receive $50
a day for working time.
Senator Fulbright did not men
tion any one except Gen. Vaughan
in discussing the resolution. Asked
about Donald Dawson, the Presi-
dents aide. whose name has
cropped up repeatedly at hear
ings on influence affecting RFC,
Senator Fulbright reported only
that Mr.. Dawson has not yet
replied to an invitation to testify.
Senator Fulbright said today
that the proposed commission to
explore the moral level of Gov
Iernment would necessarily look
into the problem of outside "con-
facts" affecting governmental con-
duct.
THE commission would have to
conf1ne itself to ethics in Gov
ernment." he said. That's a big
enough job. In my speech in the
Senate yesterday I mentioned the
college basketball bribery scan
dals as an instance of general
deterioration of moral standards.
1 certainly am not undertaking to
solve that problem.
Doesn't Want to Cry Wolf"
Il don't want to cry wolf too
much. But I think that the situa-
ton calls for improvement. The
resolution I am introducing today
is only suggestion and pretty
much in outline. I have no idea
what will happen to it. But it may
help to make things unhealthy
Tor unethical, as DISTINGUISHED
from illegal. conduct by people in
Government, and that would 60
for Congress, too.
we have to be Strengthened
out on many ethical questions as
to what a governmental employe
or member of Congress ought not
to do while in Office, or even after
he leaves Government employ
ment.
Perhaps a commission study by
eminently qualified private citi-
zens could help straighten us out
and help create an atmosphere in
which public officials and others
who did certain things would be
socially ostracized."
The Federal grand jury, now in
its third week of investigating
|RFC testimony, today heard C.
X. Dodds, manager of the office
of loans at RFC. Mr.. Dodds tes-
titled all day yesterday and for
nearly two hours today before be-
ing temporarily discharged as a