Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

AS he left Hogan'S office, Mr..
Van Doren appeared upset.
I'm in a hurry" he told
newsmen. II have classes. I
can't say anything at this
time"
Mr.. Hogan then met with
newsmen.
I'm not free to tell you
whether he admitted receiving
questions and answers because
the matter is now before a
congressional committee the
district attorney said.
About three hours later. Mr..
Bloomgarden. a 30-year-old
public relations consultant.
who won $98,50O on the show,
appeared at Mr.. Hogan's office
He said he was there to sign
and read a statement he had
given October 5 to amplify an
earlier statement about the
program. Mr.. Hogan said
Bloomgarden's case was quite
similar" to Van DorenS.
Others May Talk
1.-THE question of whether
either one will go before an
other grand jury is undecided"
Mr.. Hogan said.
The district attorney added
that he had received indica-
tons from number of other
quiz winners that they wanted
to change earlier statements.
Mr.. Hogan said he was willing
to speak with each of them.
He did not identify them.
Both Mr.. Van Doren and
Mr.. Bloomgarden had said
earlier that they were not in
volved in Nany rigging of the
"Twenty-One" show, an NBC
program that is no longer on
the air. After a conference
with Mr.. Hogan in 1858, Mr..
Van Doren told newsmen:
''It's silly and distressing to
think that people don't have
more faith in quiz shows"
After his session yesterday
with Mr.. Hogan, Mr.. Bloom
garden commented that know
ing what he now knows about
rugged television shows, I'm
publicly embarrassed" He
added
1.-THE shows have now been
shown to be a hoax. If had to
do it over again, wouldn't be
a participant"
OF Mr.. Van Doren's appear
ance yesterday, Mr.. Hogan
said: "His statement related to
his receiving questions and
answers on the program. In
addition to his two grand jury
appearances, he gave answers
to questions in this Office Which
he now acknowledges were not
correct. In his statement today
he gave truthful answers"
Later Mr.. Van Doren told
newsmen: II have not said I
gave false answers. I will tell
the whole story when I appear
before the congressional COM
mittee." ,
Mr.. Van Doren has been sus-
pended by NBC from his $780,
000-a-year position as a con-
sultant to the network pending
a Qualification of his quiz show
activities.
The grand jury before which
Mr.. Van Doren appeared a
year ago returned a present.
ment, a statement concerning
its findings, but it has never
been made public.
Another Show Dropped
Meanwhile, NBC yesterday
dropped it's quiz show tic Tao
Dough-" The network said it
would replace the show as of
Monday with Truth or Conse-
quences," an audience partici-
patton show.
NBC had taken over pro-
duction of "Tic Tao Dough-"
from Jack Barry and Dan En-
right, who also had produced
"Twenty-One."
Despite MICS initial de-
clsion to retain Tic Tao Dough-
further evaluation of public
reaction following recent evil
dence CT previous rigging of the
program has led to the con-
clusion that its public standing
has been impaired even
though the testimony clearly
establishes that the show had
been honestly run in every
respect since NBC took over
its production in October, 1885,"
the network said.
At the Columbia Broadcast