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Revenue
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resignation, the committee invited
Mr.. Oliphant to appear this morn.
ing at 1920. Mr.. Oliphant hac
also written and had delivered tc
me at $50 last evening a letter
demanding the right to public
appearance.
This morning. however, counsel
retained by him has informed the
committee that Mr.. Oliphant does
not wish to appear today. and. in
deed, wishes to defer any appear
ance for at least several days.
The committee, after consul
tation with Mr. Oliphant's counsel
has acceded to this request. In
view of Mr.. Oliphant's public de-
mand to be heard, however, I wish
it to be entirely clear that the
delay in his appearance is at his
request"
Mr.. King indicated that he
would probably have some state
ment to make regarding Mr.
tO'Briens expression about the
Teitelbaum testimony. Mr.. De
Wind had no comment about it,
Mr.. O'Brlen began by saying
"at this time I wish to express
publicly my displeasure with the
subcommittee hearings last Tues
day." 1t was then that Mr.. Teitel-
baum testified that Frank Nathan
and Bert K. Master had asked him
for $5OO,o00-$175,0 900 down and
$325,000 within 72 hours-to fix
his income tax case.
Mr.. OBrien pointed out that
Mr.. Teitelbaum was a sworn wit
hess at the time and said Nathan
told him there was a Clique" in
Washington he could, as Mr..
O'Brien said. reach"
SchOeneman Record Praised.
The Illinois Representative noted
that Mr.. Teitelbaum named George
y. Schoeneman. former commits
sioner of internal revenue; Jesse
Larson. head of General Services
Administration, and others as
members of the clique. Then Mr..
'O'Brien added:
Il have been on this subcom-
mittee since it was organized, and
I can say all the members have
worked hard to do the job set out
for them to do. I attended all
of the meetings of the subcom-
mlttee and I never heard one
word of complaint about George
Schoeneman ever doing anything
improper.
Here is a man who spent 4C
years of his life in Government
service, finishing as commissioner
of internal revenue, who resigned
because he lost his wife and be-
cause his own health was poor
only to have this man Teitelbaun
testify some one else of shady rep
utation had said he was in with
the clique But the only one who
told him this was Nathan or Mas.
ter and that was hearsay evidence
and not supported by other proof
but he makes a charge that ruins
his (Schoeneman's) reputation.
Il charge this was a great error
for De Wind and staff to allow
Teitelbaum to come before oul
subcommittee and testify without
having evidence to support his
claim and I can say I never hearc
what Teitelbaum was going to say
before he appeared. If I had,
can assure you I would certainly
have objected to same"
Action in 10 Days Asked.
Mr.. McGrath said he had in.
structed Justice Department Of
ficials to obtain the conflicting
testimony and other material ir
the hands of the King subcom.
mittee relating to the explosive
charge by Mr.. Teitelbaum.
1--WE have also been in COM
munication with United States
Attorney Charles Irelan and have
requested that this matter be pre-.
sented to a grand jury within the
next 10 days." Mr.. McGrath added
in a statement.
Mr.. King said it was obvious
that one or more witnesses before
the subcommittee had committed
perjury-lied under oath. He said
the conflicting testimony would
be sent to the Justice Department
for possible perjury action.
i Within "a hours, even before the
transcript had been forwarded te
the Justice Department, Mr.. Nc.
Grath called for the grand jury
investigation.
Mr.. Oliphant, who quit his
$14,800-a-year position Wednes.
day, blasted the "baseless anc
scurrilous charges" linking his
name with the alleged Clique.
He said he found it beyond hi.
Endurance to protect his name