Evening star., 1951-03-27

Butler
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QlSLrlDuIeQ literature IN DenalI OF
the Republican candidate.
The witness said he was g1ver
$275 to take home to my family.
He added he received one check
from Cornelius P. Mundy, cam.
paign treasurer. and another fol
SITS signed personally by Mr.. But.
Ter.
Mr.. Christopher explained hi
picked up about half of the tab.
loids from the plant of William H
Fedder, Baltimore printer. WHIT
had been engaged to distribute
the newspaper. Mr.. christopher
testified he collected another loae
Iof tabloids from the service en-
trance of the Lord Baltimore
Hotel, where Mr.. Butler had hi,
campaign headquarters. 9',
The witness said he unloadcL
some of the four-page tabloids in
his garage and sold others to junk
yards or had them burned.
Did you take it upon yourself
to have these tabloids destroyed?'
Mr.. McDermott asked.
YES" the witness replied.
Taken Out of Circulation.
WAS it your purpose to get rs
many of the tabloids out of circu-
Ilation as possible" asked Senator
Hennings.
Eyes, sir. I thought they were
an insult to the peoples intel
Iligence."
| Earlier today an attorney fol
the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee told how he briefed 6
prior witness.
Robert D. L'Heureux explained
ito the Senators that he was q
professor at the Columbus Schoo
lof Law and that he gave lega
Iadvice as a matter of course tc
many persons who made inquire.
of him. .4
Attorney Ewell Moore of Airing.
ton, Va, part time, employe il
the Office of Senator Mccarthy
Republican. of Wisconsin, previ.
ously had testified that he con.
suited Mr.. L'Heureux before tax.
ing the stand. y r.
Mr.. Moore was one of three mer
accused by Mr.. Fedder of intimi.
dating him during an all-nigh
ride in Baltimore which ended or
the morning of November 6, tn,
day before election.
Memory for Names "Poor."
Mr.. Moore and another witness
Don Surine. an investigator ir
Senator McCarthy's Office, have
testified that Mr.. Fedder lied wher
he said he was afraid for his life
The witnesses said that Mr.. Feddel
had fallen down on his promise tt
get Butler campaign postcards ir
the mail before an early morning
deadline. and they accompanied
him to the homes of his part -tims
employees to collect unused postage
stamps and Impressed cards.
Mr.. L'Heureux said he gave Mr.
Moore 20 or Is minute briefins
of the question of committee pro.
cedure and the rights and priv.
ileges of witnesses. The law pro.
fessor explained that his memory
for names was very poor" ane
that the could not recall If Mr.
| Moroe identified himself at thu
first of two conversations he hae
with him. Mr.. L'Heureux said he
was in his Office when Mr.. Moore
appeared for the first time.
On this occasion. the law pro-
fessor said, he gave Mr.. Moore
an academic brief1ng on legal
points. This occurred. four or five
weeks ago. the witness said. Sew
eral days later, Mr.. L'Heureux
added, Mr.. Moore encountered
him in a corridor of the Senate
Office Building and discussed the
case further.
Mr.. L'Heureux told the Sena-
tors he heard Mr.. Moore testify
and that apparently the latter
had forgotten that they had held
two discussions. The witness said
he telephoned MI. Moore on the
night of the hearing to refresh his
recollection on this point.
Senator Hennings. Democrat, of
Missouri, asked Mr.. L'Heureux,
"If the President of the United
States or Senate page asked you
for legal advice, would you give
it to them without first identify
ing the persons asking the ques-
tions?"
Mr.. L'Heureux replied that he
doubted if the President would
ask his advice but suggested that
page boys would be more likely
to come to him for help.