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assistants responded.
Police said pictures of the
Senator's son and daughter,
which usually stood on a cab
met across the room, had been
moved to his desk.
Contents of the notes were not
disclosed, but Capt. William j.
Broderick of the Capitol Police
said they gave "the Senator's
reasons for taking the action he
took" 1t was understood that
health was mentioned. along
with instructions to the staff
Apparently an effort was made
to conceal the shooting. Capt.
Broderick said when the Sena-
tors Office called for an ambu-
lance, police were told that Sen
ator Hunt had suffered heart
attack. Capt. Broderick said he
learned from a newsman that it
was a shooting.
Reporters later were told by a
woman employe that the Senator
had heart attack in his Office.
He already had been moved to
Casualty Hospital before a Met
ropolitan Police investigation got
under way.
At the hospital. DR.. William T.
Spence, a brain surgeon on the
staff, said Senator Hunt was un-
conscious when he arrived and
remained so until he died.
Two Operations Made.
The surgeon said there were
two operations, one to clear the
Senator's throat and air passages
and another-which lasted an
hour-to control bleeding within
the brain and remove the bullet.
DR.. Spence said the bullet en-
tered the right temple, coursed
through the frontal lobeS Of the
brain and lodged in the skull
just above the left temple. The
skull, he added, was badly frac-
tured.
The surgeon said the brain
operation was worth attempting
because it has proved successful
in other cases. He said Mrs.
Hunt, told of the slim chance
her husband would have, agreed
to the operation.
Metropolitan police first
learned Of the shooting when DR..
Spence called from his residence
at 1914 Connecticut avenue NV.
asking for help in getting to the
hospital.
He found his parked car pin
ned in by other automobiles,
they said, and called to ask
for a police escort or ride.
Senator Clements Comments.
Senator Clements, Democrat,
of Kentucky, a close friend Of
Senator Hunt, said, Senator
Hunts close associates have
recognized some indications of
his being depressed over his
state of health"
Mr.. ManataS' statement on
the Senator's physical condi-
ton also said, 1.-TWO years or so
ago the Senator = underwent
surgery and had q cyst4rendbved
from his side and since that
operation, has been bothered by
a swelling of the hands when he
exerted himself physically"
Hospitals Record.
Mr.. = Manatos' statement said
the Senator had "been UNDER
going extensive medical exami-
nations at the Bethesda Naval
Hospital throughout June and
for some time before" but a
spokesman for the hospital said
its only record was on June 3
when Senator Hunt received
treatment for. hemorrhoids.
Senator Bennett, Republican.
of Utah, recalled he was struck
by how drawn and pale" Senator
Hunt looked Friday.
"He must have. been going
through a terrible emotional pro-
cess then" he commented.
Senator Mundt, Republican, Of
South Dakota, announced cance-
lation of a cocktail party planned
tomorrow evening for all partici-
pants in the recent Army-Mc-
Carthy hearings.
Senator Mundt, who presided
over the dispute between Sen
ator Mccarthy, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, and Army officials.
also declared Senator Hunt
positively is not" the man Sem
ator Mccarthy referred to FRI
day night when he said Demo-
cratic Senator is being inveSti-
gated.
Senator Mccarthy said he had
ordered his Permanent Investiga-
tions subcommittee staff to check
on reports of "just plain wrong
doing" by a Democratic Senator
whom he did not identify. He
then left for a weeks vacation
without revealing his destination.
Senator Hunt positively is not
the Senator" Senator Mundt de-
clared. "He was not directly or
indirectly involved in any way in
any problem being investigated
by the subcommittee"
He said he thought he knew