Evening star., 1951-06-20
Senate Probers Find
Vicious Job Racket
In Mississippi
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mitteeman for Mississippi; Frank
F.. Mize, Curtis Rogers, Forrest B.
Jackson and B. c. Beasley.
In February Of this year after
published reports appeared in.
Mississippi papers. Senators STEM
mis- and Eastland. Mississippi
Democrats. charged in the Senate
that Federal jobs were being sold.
The investigation resulted.
In addition to Senator Hoey !,
investigating Senators included
Mcclellan, Democrat, Of Arkansas;
O'Conor. Democrat. of Maryland;
Humphrey, Democrat, Of Min
nesota; Mccarthy, Republican, of
Wisconsin; Mundt, Republican.
South Dakota, and Nixon, Repub-
lican, Of California.
In its conclusions and findings
the committee said:
/. The Mississippi Democratic
Committee was a self-appointed
group with no legal status and
was 'rump" committee.
2. From 1949 until February,
1851. all recommendations for
Federal jobs in Mississippi were
made by Hood.
N 3. The Mississippi Democratic
Committee was operated in a
lslipshod manner and as result
its operation and power were
"usurped" by a small group in
cluding Hood. Mize, Rogers, Jack
son and Beasley.
AT Least S65,000 Collected.
4. The group collected at least
| $65,000 in two and a half years,
$40, 900 from contributions and
I$2i 900 from Jefferson-Jackson
day dinners but that these figures
probably do not represent the
total amounts handled by the
committee.
I 5. There is no evidence that
any part Of the money ever was
given to the Democratic National
Committee.
/ 6. 1t is of the opinion that
Rogers. Beasley. Mize and Jack
son used the political power of the
Mississippi Democratic Committee
to extort contributions from per-
sons seeking Federal appointments
in Mississippi; that although evi.
Idence does not disclose HOOD
handled any Of the job selling
transactions personally it is of the
opinion Hood was aware of, OF
should have had knowledge of, the
corrupt activities of his politica
associates and he cannot escape
responsibility in this matter"
Z. The Post Office should have
discovered and ended this illegal
practice" before it was brought tc
public attention.
! 8. Evidence indicates Hood
/ Jackson and possibly others
sought to use the political power
and prestige of the committee fol-
their personal financial advantage
lby attempting to exert influence il
Government contracts, RFC loan.
and other Government transac.
tionS"
i Official Sent to State.
| 8. A special assistant Attorne,
General has been sent to Mis-.
sissippi to initiate a Federal granc
jury investigation and to aSsist
in trial of any criminal prosecu.
tion which might result.
In laying blame for the situa.
tion on the national committee.
attempted political reprisals, tht
investigators said:
| Whenever the heads of any
political party or administration
delegate political power, as wa.
done in this case. to persons whit
are not answerable to the voter.
or who are not resp nsible ever
to the membership of their owl
political party. such action lead
| to the corruption of public af
fairs"
I In stating its belief that the
Democratic National Committee
was responsible for giving Missis.
sippi patronage rights to the Hooc
group, the subcommittee sale
Robert M. Moore, assistant to Ma.
tional Chairman William M
Boyle, jr., testified that "the de.
cision to recognize Hood a.
patronage adviser was an indie.
pendent determination of tn,
chairman and other officials o.