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earlier testimony disclosed by the
subcommittee, stayed without
charge on four occasions in, De-
cember, l949. and March and
April, 1850, at the Saxony Hotel,
a SIS million borrower from RFC
in 1949. =
Other Washington political fig
ures. including some Senators, also
got free hospitality there, the
testimony stated. No other names
were mentioned.
Reports that Mr.. Dawson might
decide to appear before the sub
committee were strengthened to-
day, when Subcommittee Chair
man Fulbright admitted he has
conferred with Clark M. Clifford,
former special counsel to the Pres
ident.
Silent on Meeting.
Refusing to discuss details of
his meeting with Mr.. Clifford in
the Senate Office Building sew
eral days ago, Senator Fulbright
declared he knew of no decision
by Mr.. Dawson to appear and of
no plan by the subcommittee to
invite, much less subpoena, him.
He said he did not ask Mr.. Cliff
ford to advise Mr.. Dawson to
testify.
Subcommittee sources said they
understood" however, that some
Close advisers to Mr.. Dawson are
urging him to do so. The only
thing Senator Fulbright would
say was:
I'VE will await Mr.. Dawson's
reaction to the testimony"
If Senator Murray and his sons
wish to be heard, the subcom-
mittee will most certainly" ar
range to hear them, Senator Full
bright said. There are no plans
to summon the Murrays. he added.
In Recess Today.
The subcommittee was in recess
today. II scheduled a closed ses-
sion tomorrow with Mr.. Dunham,
and open sessions Thursday and
Friday OH another RFC loan mat
ter. That case involves Joseph
H. Rosenbaum. Washington law
yer; former Representative Joseph
E. Casey of Massachusetts, and
Hubert B. Steele, former RFC
examiner now employed by Mr..
Rosenbaum and Mr.. Casey.
Mr.. Dunham offered to appear
in closed session because his doc
tor said he is too Ill to stand the
strain of public hearings.
The subcommittee's hope of
ending hearings this week has all
but vanished. RFC Directors c..
Edward Rowe and Walter E. Co.'S
grif have asked to be heard and
will have that opportunity, prob
ably Monday.
NAuIIdJ ACttCE NGdUs
The names of Senator Murray
and his sons entered the hearing
yesterday when Senator Bennett,
Republican, of Utah, a subcom-
mittee member, read letter he
said was written by Senator Muir
ray to RFC Chairman Harley Hise
in September. 1949. The latter
urged RFC approval of the 81 mill
lion loan application by Henry
Simberg. owner of the Sorrento
Hotel.
The Utah Senator then brought
out that Charles Murray and Mr..
GlassgolG visited Chauncey Y.
Dodds, head of the RFC business
loans division, on October 25, 1949,
and were taken to the Office of Mr.
Dunham.
Mr.. Glassgold verified that ac-
count, except to say the visit did
not refer directly to the Sorrento
loan application but to another
aspect of the hotels financing &C
tivities. Charles Murray said later
he had lunched with Mr.. Glassgolo
and accompanied him to Mr.. Dun
hams office but "just sat there
because he knew nothing about
the subject.
GlasSgold Explains.
According to Mr.. Glassgold
James Murray has been associated
with him in law work here fol
about five years and has worked
on many other cases besides RFC
loan applications for the two no.
tells and the Maxwell company
Mr.. Murray is washington rep.
resentative" of Mr.. Glassgold bu
is not a partner in Mr.. Glassgold's
law firm in New York, the SUBJ
committee was told.
The Senator's son said he never