Evening star., 1951-12-15

DleSel engine, haQ Deens neaQlns
up a sharp grade near the upper
peninsula village Of Herman wher
the brakes on a steam pushel
engine suddenly failed.
The rocking string of heav!
than identified that as Arthur's
full title.
Asked If Arthur had an accent
Nathan said he talked a little
broken"
"I believe it was a French &C.
cent" he added.
But he could not be prevailed
upon to give his own version oi
the way Arthur" talked. MOI
would he say that it was in &
cultural" accent. associated with
the unknown Frank Watson
who was said to have figured ir
telephone calls to Mr.. Teitlebaum
Invoices Put in Records.
Mr.. DeWind then placed into
the record six Hotel Washington
invoices, bearing the name of A
A. Brevaire. with a notation Of &
charge to Henry Grunewald.
At the same time. he read from
a Cancelled check for $288.18
signed by Henry Grunewald. The
amount, he said, covered the 81,
hotel bills. The chief counsel alse
read from a notation saying, q
Endorsed this on the Brevaire &C.
count, Henry"
Mr.. DeWind wanted to know Il
the records refreshed" Nathan's
about either Mr.. Grune.
wald or Mr.. Brevaire.
mo. sir" Nathan declared. "1
never seen Mr.. Grunewald in that
place in my life. I absolutel,
didn't. II they were friends al
that time. I positively didn't know
it."
At this point, Mr.. DeWind lee
up. to questioning on the tele.
phone calls he said were charged
to Mr.. Larson by asking Nathan
if he remembered Mr.. Larson.
testimony that, beginning in 1948
he tried to "cut you of when yot
called" He also recalled that Mr.
Larson stated he had received a.
many as so calls from Nathan.
The witness said he often called
Mr.. Larson to ask about "oi
deals" but gave no details of what
they were about.
Asked il he remembered re-
ceiving any ong-distance call.
from MIR. Larson, Nathan said he
might have-I don't remember.
Record of Calls introduced.
Mr.. DeWind then placed into
the record reports Of "a number
of person-to-person calls made te
you and charged to Mr.. Larson.
Those he read, covering last June
included:
A 10-minute call on June Z, Q
5-minute call on June 8, a g.
minute call on June 13, a 5-min.
ute call on June 20, a 4-minuts
call on June 81 and a 3-minuts
call on June %.
II don't remember those calls,
Nathan asserted. Il swear I don't
I didn't say you weren't right.
just don't remember
A few moments later, Nathan
suggested that the calls nigh
have been made from Mr.. Larson
office by "Mr. AL Snyder" whom
he said was Mr.. Larson's assistant
Nathan said he had kept both
ering Mr.. Snyder about deals al
the time"
Mr.. DeWind then read record
Of four additional calls during las
July. including a 20-minute cal
July 13, a 16-minute call July 10
a 13-minute call July 26 and ,
6-minute call July 81. The counse
said the calls all were reported
from "a private Office line" which
appeared to be individually pait
for"
Mr.. Larson, reached while h,
was dining out with friends las
night, said first he would have t,
check his records before comment
ing. Later he called back to sa.
that he must have called" Nathan
five or six times during the sum
mer.
During that time, he explained
he was interested in an oil-wel
operation and Nathan, knowinl
about it, had many persons cal
him.
One call, he explained, wa
about "a doodlebug"- "a gadge
supposed to determine when ther
lis oil under a piece Of land.
He said he had been required t,
call Nathan several times to "Se
him straight"
Suspicious in 1948.
When he testified, at his own
request, before the King com
|mittee right after MIR. Teitelbaun
mentioned his name in connection
with the shakedown story, MI
Larson said he had become sus
|picious Of Nathan as far back a
1948 and had his name put on
referred list" This meant, h