Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-03

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Asked about the report, Mr..
Hagerty said ."I haven't any
comment on it until ! have
something I can say, and Il
haven't anything / can say at
the. present time"
The tenor Of his remarks in
dicated that the. White House
Twas looking for Mr.. Mack's
resignation. But Mr.. Hagerty
said no resignation has been
received. Asked if it was ex-
pected. he said, Il have no way
of knowing"
When a reporter asked
specifically If he was denying
that the White House had re-
quested Mr.. Mack's resigna-
ton, Mr.. Hagerty said he SIM
ply was making no comment.
Mack Considers Demand
Commissioner Mack told the
subcommittee Friday he would
consider Chairman Harris de-
mand that he resign in the face
Of testimony that he was A.
nancially obligated to a repre-
sentative of National AirlineS.
Several other members of the
subcommittee joined the Ar
kansas Democrat in calling for
Mr.. Mack's resignation.
Mr.. Baker, accompanied by
former Senator Claude Pepper
Of Florida as legal counsel.
read q 20-page prepared state-
ment at the start of today's
session..
He said be had witnesses to
Irepudiate q %Aimsys hearsay"
charge by Col. katzentine that
Col. Moore meddled in the
Channel 10 case in behalf Of
National Airlines.
Legislation to prevent i'm
proper methods used to in
fluence the acts or decisions of
Federal regulatory agencies is
a must" Mr.. Baker said. cit
should apply with equal force
to members Of both the Senate
and House. Actually these
hearings have shown that in
solar as misuse of political in
fiuence and pressure is con-
cerned, Katzentine is the cul-
prit." :.
Baker Hits Katzentine
Earlier, Mr.. Baker had charged
In a letter to Chairman Harris
that Col. Katzentine is just a
"disgruntled loser" who did not
merit q license 10 operate the
Tv station.
Mr.. Hardy's name entered
the hearings when witnesses
reported he boasted Nation
al Airlines had the license
sewed up.
Members of the subcommit-
tee have blasted both sides in
the contest for exerting undue
influence There are strong in
dications the panel will back a
code Of ethics bill introduced by
Mr.. Wolverton.
The FBI appeared to be pur-
suing its investigation Of
charges against Mr.. Mack and
his dealings with Mr.. Whiteside.
Mr.. Whiteside and three asso-
ciates have been subpoenaed to
appear with their records before
a grand jury here Thursday.
Mr.. Whiteside and Mr.. Mack
have sworn no improper in
duence was involved in their
contacts on the TV case. They
have testified Mr.. Whiteside
lent Mr.. Mack several thousand
dollars and gave him stock in
two Florida corporations simply
out Of friendship-not to buy
the commissioners vote for Ma
tional Airlines.
Mr.. Whiteside maintains he
accepted no fee from National
Airlines and therefore never
was legally employed by the TV
applicant. Chairman Harris
has limited, nevertheless, that
he believes Mr.. Whiteside vio-
lated a law against off-the-
record representations to COM
missioners. He also has charged
Mr.. Mack with breaking the
law.
The subcommittee has called
for further testimony by Col.
Katzentine and Mr.. Whiteside
tomorrow. Mr.. Mack Is sched-
uled to return as q witness
Wednesday, whether he resigns
from the FEC or not.
AlcOrn Points to Democrats
Meanwhile, Republican Ma
tional Chairman Meade Alcorn
issued a statement calling at
tention to the fact that Mr..
Mack is a Democrat, although
he was appointed by President
Eisenhower to a Democratic
seat on the FEC, as required by
law.
Mr.. Alcorn said Senators Hol-
land and Smathers. appearing
before a Senate committee hold
ing hearings on the Mack APP
pointment, had given Mr.. Mack
high praise.
The Republican chairman
called on Senate Democrats to
explain their own interesting