Evening star., 1955-07-28
By JAMES z. NEWTON

President Eisenhower's "per-
sonal" decision on the Govern
ment career Of Air Force Secre-
tary Harold E. Talbot apparently
will have to be made without
formal advice from Senators who
investigated the propriety of the
Secretary's business activities.
The Senate Investigations SUBJ
committee ended hearings yester-
day on Mr.. Talbott's side business
connection and there was no In
dication there would be an early
report from the Senators.
Subcommittee Chairman Nc
Clellan said his group would act
"withotlt~undue haste" in report
ing its findings. With Congress
likely to adjourn next week this
could mean a delay of weeks in
drafting a Talbot report.
Mr.. Talbot told the Senators
at the concluding hearing that
he was giving up. effective July
81. his partnership in the New
York industrial engineering firm
OF Paul M. Mulligan g. Co.,
which paid him $132, 900 in his
first two years as Air Secretary
Comedies His Error
In doing so. Mr.. Talbot said
II now see that I was mistaken
in permitting myself to make
phone calls or write letters about
the lMulligan) company"
1t had been brought out that
Mr.. Talbot wrote letters on Air
Force stationery and made
phone calls to industrialists
about the Mulligan company
He denied using his high Office
to promote business for Null
ligan. which makes clerical ef-
f1ciency studies for other COM
panies. Most of the people he
contacted, the Secretary said
were intimate" friends of the
business world.
The Secretary declined com
ment on published reports thai
he was about to resign. The
White House said no resignation
had been received
Matter 'Tn Allegiance"
Mr.. Eisenhower, in telling hi.
news conference that the fina
decision On Mr.. Talbot sis goine
to be handled by myself person.
ally" did not say he would vel.
come advice from the Senate
subcommittee as to the proprietS
of Mr.. Talbott's actions.
He said he was holding the
matter ''in allegiance" pending
completion of the Senate hear
ings. He said he would read the
entire record of the hearings
and then give his decision.
Mr.. Eisenhower said there was
no suggestion the Air Secretary
was guilty of wrongdoing or that
he violated any law. Mr.. Tai
bolts official duties, he added
have been brilliantly per.
formed" He noted the Secre-
stary was an old personal friend
The question was, the Presi-
dent said, was an Office used
improperly or was a man in ar
Office merely trying to use his
own personal influence com.
pletely divorced from his Of.
fee. :"
Give Away Chrysler Shares
Under questioning from SEN
ator Jackson, Democrat OF
Washington. MIR. Talbot ad-
mitted that after taking office
as Air Secretary he had not
sold outright all the stock he
owned in companies having de-
tense contracts. He said he had
given his stock in Chrysler
Corp, of which he had beer
O director, to his four children
The Secretary claimed he had
told Senator Byrd. Democrat o1
Virginia, that he might give
some of the stock to the family
That, he said, took place when
the Senate was considering con-
firmation of his nomination in
1853. Senator Byrd could not
be reached Immediately fol
comment.
In a last act of the Senate
inquiry, Senators Mcclellan anc