Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-12

buttons to him to various enter
prises.
Don't you recognize the diff
ference between a payoff and a
contributions" asked Senator
Mcclellan.
Schrunk replied that the word
"payoff" had an illegal conno-
tation, but that it might not
show up that way on the lie
detector.
The witness answered a
straight mo, sir" to the questions
as to whether he had made any
payoffs to bootleggers and gam
blers.
In the course of his appearance
today, Schrunk noted that the
charge made against him last
week of having accepted a $500
bride, which he denied, was made
in connection with a raid on an
after-hours establishment, the
1912 Club. He charged that the
additional questions put into the
test went FAR afield.9
Agreed to Answer Three
The three test questions which
Schrunk agreed to answer were:
/. Did you pick up a package
following the (8212) club Incl
dent?
2. Did you receive any money
from Clifford o. Bennett?
3. After the 1912 Club Incl
dent, did you assure Bennett
that he would not be bothered
If he opened UP at a new. loca-
ton? 4 So
At one point, Schrunk said he
was perfectly willing to take this
lie detector test at 1.-THE commit
tees urging" but he added that
the only witness who could be
helpful to me was frightened
away" The reference was to
Benefits refusal to answer any.
questions when he was called last
week.
Senator Mcclellan retorted
angrily that it was untrue that
the committee had frightened
Bennett.
I'm not saying that the COM
mittee did, but someone did"
Schiunk replied.
The witness pointed out the/
he had suggested that the FBII
or q nationally recognized ex-
pert" give him the test. but that
the committee had turned him
down Actually. the FBI told the
Senators they could not give the
test.
Testified Last Week
Schrunk testified last week
that he was told by the oregon
State attorney general that he
had failed to pass a similar test
given by the State police.
Attorney Stewart admitted that
he had approved the questions
at Secret Service headquarters
from a legal standpoint" But
he said he was not present when
testified earlier and
could not say whether the ques-
tons were within the scope of
the evidence.
Earlier. Clyde c. Crosby, chief
representative of the Transfers
Union in Oregon. returned as a
witness briefly to ask that he be
allowed to read a statement con-
tanning very important evil
dence" that was "documented
ana sworn TO-" Senator McClel-
Ian denied the request until COM
mittee members have an oppor-
tunity to examine the statement.
Crosby, who has been con-
nected in testimony with the
alleged conspiracy to run vice
operations in Portland. also gave
the committee copies of wire
recordings the originals of which
had been seized in illegal"
raid on the home of an employee
OF Elkins last May.
The union officer had been
by the committee to
produce the recordings which
are part of about 10 hours of /
tapes Elkins made of converse
tons after he had breakup
With other members of the I
vice conspiracy.
Excerpts from some of the
tapes will be played at the hear
ing later. Mr.. Kennedy has said /
that many of the recordings are
too obscene in language" to be
played in public"
Chided on Test Refusal
Senator Mundt told Mayor
Schrunk that his refusal to go
through with a lie detector test