Evening star., 1952-01-15

t s st'sisss tasHs
to MIR. Lowe. The answer was,
That and some more. 7
did you have some 1000
Ibills?'' =
Denies Having $500 Bill.
| = never had q 81 900 bill in my
lihe. land ] Inever had $500 bill
lin nay life," Mr.. Barrett answered
fhotly. $50
Mr.. Bauman told the committee
he was pursuing this line Of ques-
tienings because later he would
offer evidence that, on the day
(the deposit was made, Mr.. Barrett
had some 81 900 bills Ia his pos
session. 49,
Mr.. Bauman shifted to the two
television sets given the former
police superintendent He asked
who's gave the sets.
Reputable businessmen" the
witness replied. And I hope the
Committee won't make me tell
their Names
why shouldn't the names be
given in public session." Mr.. Bau-
man asked, after Mr.. Barrett pro-
posed giving them in executive
session. Every other member of
the Police Department has an
swered the QUESTIONABLE in full" !"
An Answer Demanded.
When Mr., Bauman asked Chair
man Neely to, require an answer.
Senator Welker, Republican, Of
Idaho. interjected: ,,z
'tNow, Mr.. Barrett, you might as
well answer here as In executive
session. It would get out in 10
minutes afterwards, anyway. I'm
mindful of the spirit with which
youjmake the suggestion, but we
feel. you will be doing greater
Injustice by not telling in public.
The assumption win 60 out that
some thief or crook gave the tele-
vision SETS" ss&a :
/ MIR. Barrett then testified that
one set was from MIR. O'Con.
nor of the Southern Wholesalers
Co.. in 1945. and the other from
Mr.. Burka in 1850. '"t-s :. 4
p Israel SsBurka OF the Mid-At-l
lantie Appliances, Inc, asked if he
might be the Mr.. Burka to whom
MIR. Barrett referred. said:
" might have given him one, a
long time ago. 1t would have been
70 used set. We give out quite a
few sets like. that" 4 ]
Queried on Other Gifts. Ia
Mr. Baufnan asked Mr.. Barrett
II he had ever received any other
costly gifts. = ~ :
. t'What do you mean?" Mr.. Barr
|rett inquired q -. +.
'Dfd you receive any other gifts
of more than 5000 in value?"
Mr.. Barrett answered: Il don't
know how you value some gifts.
I've received many gifts from hon
orabie businessmen"
The counsel wanted to know
whether MIR. Barrett tried to get
the 'file copy Of his bill2at the Nc
Fadden- Deauville Hotel in Miami
Beach last month, after returning
Ito Washington for the hearing. b
The ex-police chief said he had.
Senator sWelker wanted to know
the reason he sought the original
copy r-T SGT ss tag 31F
Were you trying to- destroy a
record Of your visit?" Senator
Welker asked. 81 II
mir. Barrett said no, that he
had wanted the record because of
|a misunderstanding about a laun-.
dry bill He said the hotel gave
him a copy. - ~. *''.@F =
Tv and Radio Problem. s
The committee, meanwhile,
|wrestled with the problem of tele-.
vision and broadcasting privileges,
raised when it decided yesterday,
to honor Mr.. Barrett's' request
that all microphonesNand cameras
be banned while ne testified.
Congressional sources said they
could not recall Immediately an
incident in which any public
|ofhcial # former official had OBJ,
jected to being teleyised at q
public hearing sye Most such de-.
|mands made to date have come
from gambling suspects. they said.
The ban promptly drew protests
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