Evening star., 1951-08-20
6. 0. P. Report
Demands Probe
OF Boyle Role
FuIbrieht Brands
RFC Loon Criticism
Political Diutribe'

Two Republican Senators today
demanded a full Congressional in
vestigation of William M. Boyle,
jr., chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, in connec-
ton with Reconstruction Finance
Corp. loans to a st. Louis firm and
others.
The demand was made by
Senators Capehart of Indiana and
Bricker of Ohio in a hotly-dis-
puted minority report from the
Senate RFC Investigating Sub
committee. They charged that
Mr.. Boyle and President Truman
are graduates of one of the most
corrupt political machines in the
history of any State" and added:
"They have transferred Pender-
gast politics to the national level.
Morality in Government has de-
clined to the lowest ebb in the Ma
tion's history. The American peo-
pile are deeply ashamed and dis
turbed."
FuIbright Attacks Report.
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas, chairman of the RFC
subcommittee that has conducted
a lengthy investigation of the
lending agency's operations. de-
scribed the Republican report as
"scurrilous" and "a political dia-
tribe"
He declared that the minority
views had no relevancy to ma
jority report approved by the Sen
ate Banking Committee and sent
to the Senate or ito anything
other than the next presidential
election" He added that he re-
gretted to see printed "at public
expense" a report of "the extreme
partisan, political character" as
the Republican views.
The Republican report blamed
President Truman and Mr.. Boyle
primarily for the evils which the
Fulbright subcommittee has dis
closed in connection with RFC
loans and suggested that the
Chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee may head up a
vast Influence racket"
The minority statement re-
ported that the investigation had
failed to substantiate the charge"
that Guy George Gabrielson,
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, had engaged in
influencing an $18 million RFC
loan to the Cathage Hydrocol Co.,
an oil firm.
Dawson AssaiIed.
The Republican Senators lashed
out at Donald Dawson. the Presi-
dents administrative assistant for
personal matters, and said fatty
they do not accept his "proteSta-
tions of innocence" that he never
sought to influence the RFC in
making loans.
Even if we accepted Donald
Dawson's explanations" they
added, I'VE believe his ethical
standards are indefensible. If he
is sincere in the beliefs of right
and wrong expressed before us,
then he is incapable of honest
duty as a public servant and
should be summarily dismissed"
Senators Capehart and Bricker
assailed the majority report as
totally inadequate and said the
committee should not shrink
from explaining the extent of in
fluence" on RFC operations. They
emphasized, for one thing, that
the investigation was incomplete
without full inquiry into Mr..
Boyle's relations with the RFC.
They reviewed testimony taken
during the course of the inquiry
that Mr.. Boyle frequently ar
ranged appointments for indivi-
duals seeking RFC loans and de-
clared that as Mr.. Boyle was "the
most powerful political figure in
Washington" his calls amounted
to influence.
If the calls by Mr.. Boyle and
other Democratic aides had the
same magical effect" on other
agencies, the Republicans declared,
"the proportions of this influence
racket defy description"
Full Probe Demanded.
The Republican report said Mr..
Boyle's employment as lawyer for
the American Lithofold Co. of St.
Louis, which they said got a $685.
600 RFC loan after hiring him,
should be investigated fully.
They noted that the Senate in
(See RFC, Page A-5.)