Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-10
.Boehm Gives Files
To Senate Probers
OF Job Selling
By L. Edgar Primo

Glenn P. Boehm, washington
industrial engineer, today turned
over to a Senate investigating
committee some of his business
files after the United States Court
of Appeals ruled in effect that he
must do so.
Mr.. Boehm earlier today had
asked the court to issue temper
rary restraining order against
Chairman Hoey and members of
a Senate subcommittee looking
into selling of Federal jobs and
contracts in Mississippi. The court,
composed of Chief Judge Harold
N. Stephens and Judges E. Bar
rett Prettyman and Charles Fahy,
denied the request on the grounds
Iof IAN insufficient showing"
District Court Had Refused.
Yesterday District Court like
wise had refused Mr.. Boehm's ap-
plication for a similar restraining
order.
After the engineer had turned
over his business files and papers
in connection with dealings with
the executive branch Of the Gov
eminent since 1947. the subcom-
mittee recessed its hearings until
its staff had time to study the
stacks of records.
When John w. Cragun, Mr..
Boehm's attorney, said that these
records. so far as we know, are
everything" called for, Senator
Mccarthy, Republican. of Wis
consin. snapped:
That's not enough. We are not
going to reply on your memory.
We want you to come back here
prepared to tell us absolutely that
you have turned over every per-
tinent file"
Subpoena for SickIes.
Senator Mccarthy then pro-
posed. and Chairman Hoey direct
ed, that a subpoena be issued for
William Sickles, Mr.. Boehm's &C
countant. Mr.. Boehm had testi-
fled that Mr.. Sickles currently had
been going over the books of &C
count, checks and deposit slips
and that he picked up same at Mr..
SlckleS' Office this morning.
Before the committee recessed,
Mr.. Cragun asked permission on
behalf of his client to correct the
record in several instances as
taken on April 81 when Mr.. Boehm
first testified before the commit
tee.
"Mr. Boehm, on further reflec-
ton, believes that some of his an
swerS may be misunderstood and
that some may not be fully &C
curate," Mr.. Cragun explained.
The committee granted this re-
quest.
The Senate subcommittee, which
conducted the "five-percenter" in
quiry in 1949. called Mr.. Boehm
to the stand on April q in con-
nection with its investigation of
the selling of Federal jobs in
Mississippi. But the questioning
soon turned to Mr.. Boehms deal
ing with Government agencies and
led to the subpoena for his records.
Would Show Specific Papers.
Mr.. Boehm first was subpoenaed
as the contact man for Clarence
E. Hood, the Truman patron
age dispenser in Mississippi. The
engineer testified that he got Don
aid Dawson. White House aide, toI
pave the way for Mr.. Hood to OBJ
tain control over jobs in that
DiXiecrat State.
After District Court Judge
Charles F. Mclaughlin refused his
request for a restraining order
against Chairman Hoey, six men,
bers of the subcommittee and its
counsel. Mr.. Boehm said he was
willing to turn over any specific
papers the committee might want.
He added that to turn over all
his papers on Government business
would ruin him professionally and
violate his constitutional right of
privacy.