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such purposes.
These are samples Of the moral
squalor which spreads through the
financial side Of the Butler cam
paign.
That some Of these matters gave
Fulton Lewis, jr.. and Senator
Joseph Mccarthy. as well as But
Ter, cause for concern will be fully
developed when Mr.. Fedder, the
Baltimore printer, tells on the,
stand the story Of his midnight
ride. Mr.. Fedder was taken for
a ride and threatened by employees
Of Fulton Lewis. jr.: Senator Nc
Carthy and another man who
made demands upon Fedder that
he turn over the letter which But
Ter had written him. In which
Butler guaranteed personally the
payment Of approximately $12, 900
Of printing bills owed to Fedder.
It would likewise be pertinent,
I feel, to show that the men who
virtually kidnapped Fedder in
order to get Buffers letter back
are not even residents and voters
Of the State of Maryland. It Is
apparent. as I know the evidence
to be laid before your committee
will show, that these things did
not take place without Mr., But
ler's knowledge. @
Points to Radio Funds.
Perhaps one Of the greatest in
direct financial contributions to
Buffers campaign was made by
the Mutual Broadcasting Corp. I
repeat that 10 per cent of the stock
Of this broadcasting company is
owned by Col. McCormick's Chi
cago Tribune which, in turn, owns
the Washington Times-Herald.
Now the so-called evening COM
mentator Of this corporation is
Fulton Lewis, jr. This matter
falls into three categories: G) The
financial aspects of these broad
casts; CD their political bias and
partisanship. and CD their timing
with relation to the election.
AS to their financial aspects,
first Of all. a great many Of these
stations in Maryland and in the
country over which Lewis makes
his talks are frequently unspon-
sored. BY that, I mean no one
pays for the radio time at ALL. It
is unpaid-for time. Only when
Lewis has sponsor on a paid
station is the radio time paid for.
All other time it Is free to Lewis.
Those unsponsored stations with
free time for Lewis are more nu-
merous than I had at first sup
posed. Indeed. many Of the politi-
cal broadcasts made by Lewis
during the Maryland campaign
were made over unsponsored
Maryland radio stations-as well
as over unsponsored stations in
other States. and hence much
radio time was free to Lewis with
out charge whatsoever.
On the contrary, all other polit-
ical speeches made by candidates
or those speaking in their behalf,
must be paid for in full to the
radio stations carrying the talks.
Tells Of Lewis Talks.
7 believe you have before your
committee the radio talks of
Lewis in 1850. Keep in mind
that many of the stations in
Maryland and elsewhere gave
Lewis this time free. When his
radio talks are read. you will see
that they are clearly political,
and what a clever way it was. by
using unpaid for or free stations
to get around the law that corpo-
rations cannot contribute to po-
litical campaigns. In short, the
Mutual Broadcasting Corp,
through its agent. Lewis, on free
time. attacked me constantly
night after night. and supported
Butler. One would have thought
it was Butler speaking himself
with the exception that Lewis was
even more reckless with the trutl,
than in the illustrations which ]
have already brought to your at
tention.
Now. as to the contents Of those
speeches, the committee has them,
They are no more the words of a
commentator than were the words
of Goebbels when he spoke In
Hitler's behalf. They are pure
and unadulterated political IT,
rades. which child Of 10 years
would know as such.
I call to the attention Of this
Icommittee the District Of Colum-