Evening star., 1951-08-20

DlOOQSuCkerS is que, we Del1eVe,
the Republican Senators said, "to
weakness within the administra-
tion. One of the primary faults
Is a complete ignorance of ethical
standards"
They ACCUSED President Truman
Of seeking to "intimidate" the in
vestigating Senators by telling
Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire, last spring. in a
conversation that Senator Tobey
recorded, that the White House
had good information that
great many members of Congress"
had sought to influence RFC loans.
They added that Mr.. Truman's
later statement that he had no
such evidence left members of
Congress behind a veil of doubt" I"
The final majority report also was
criticized by the two Republicans
for failing to take notice of what
Senators Capehart and Bricker
called "a reprehensible charge by
the President against members of
Congress"
They declared that the only "in-
cident Of a reportable nature" in
volving member Of Congress and
the RFC was q letter written by
Senator Murray. Democrat, Of
Montana, urging the agency to re-
consider previous refusals to grant
a 81 million loan to the Sorrento
hotel at Miami Beach, Fla.
The report said that Senator
Murray'S son. James A. Murray, jr.,
received a $21 900 legal fee as a
result OF this loan. Senator Muir
ray acknowledged during the in
vestigation that he had supported
the loan. He contended, however.
that he had done no more for his
son than he would have done for
any other lawyer.
Republican Guilt Charged.
Senator Fulbright, in his bris-
Ting statement regarding the Re-
publican report, cited as an exam
pie OF the partisan nature of what
Senators Bricker and Capehart
had to say the fact that they "re-
hashed at length" a case involving
a Democratic member while over
looking lone of the most interest,"
ing examples of private enrichment
OF Republican member of the
Senate"
Neither the majority nor the
minority reports mentioned such
an incident and Senator Fulbrieht
refused to elaborate.
During the course of the in
quiry, Senator Fulbright's sub
committee received testimony that
Senator Mccarthy, Republican, of
wisconsin, was given a $4,000 fee
for a pamphlet on prefabricated
housing. The fee, it was said. was
received from the Lustron Corn.
producer OF such houses, and a
borrower from the RFC to the
tune of about $35 million.
The Republicans blamed Mr.
Boyle and Mr.. Dawson for what
they described as "the sale of
postoff1ce jobs and non-existentI
OPS (Ofice of Price Stabiliza-
tion) jobs" in Mississippi. In this
same passage, entitled "The Tru-
man Fifth Column in Mississippi. y
they also blamed Mississippi fol-
lowers OF the Truman administra-
ton for efforts to block an RFC
loan to a "Dixiecrat" and to strip
a national bank of its charter in
the course OF a Mississippi polit-
ical fight.
Senator Fulbright tartly noted
that the material dealing with
Job-seeking had mo relevancy"
to the RFC study. He pointed out
that it has been investigated by
another Senate group - that
headed by Senator Hoey.
The minority report also bitter
ly attacked two Republicans who
served as RFC directors before the
reorganization. He discussed one
OF them, Walter Dunham of De-
troit. under a section called "The
Case OF the Captive Republican" !"
and said:
We were moved to pity by the
pathetic figure of Walter Dun
ham, an essentially honest, but
hopelessly naive individual caught
in the vortex of Pendergast poll
tics"
The report described former Di-
rector Alter E. Coagriff of Salt
Lake City as a Truman Republi-
can" who had contributed to cam
paign funds of Democratic Sen
atorS.
The Republicans reviewed in
detail the previously disclosed tes-
timony concerning Mr.. Young and
his connections with the White
House where his wife was ste
nographer until recently, and Mrs.
Young's $500 natural royal pas
tel mink coat.
They charged that Mr.. Young
sold the commodity of inf1u-
ence." and added: "The story of
Merl Young, it seems to us, is a
repetition of the now familiar
Washington expediter-the influ-
ence peddler. the contact man, the
f1xer."
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