Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-06

To know this, Mr.. Stempel
said, Mr.. Enright would have
to know what the other con-
testant was doing" Mr.. Stem
pei didn't amplify.
Asked II he were given any
inducements to lose to Mr..
Van Doren, Stempel replied:
"Yes, ! was told I would get
q chance to appear on the Steve
Allen show and that ! would be
given a job in the Barry-En-
right organization at $3.50
a week and also various other
inducements which weren't
specified"
The subcommittee has said
1t has no plans to question Mr..
Van Doren, who has told a
New York grand jury he had
no idea anything was amiss.
Mr.. Van Doren, at the time
OF his quiz show appearance
was q Columbia University
English professor. Now he is
a radio commentator for NBC.
Precipitation Genuine
To another question. Mr..
Stempel said his perspiring
forehead during the bout with
Mr.. Van Doren was genuine.
But the reason, he said, was
because his isolation booth was
extremely hot from the lights
and the producers refused to
turn on air conditioning in the
booth.
They said it would inter-
tere with the program" Mt,
Stempel said.
The bespectacled witness tes-
titled that he always knew the
questions and answers in ad-
vance as well as what the
scores would be in mis- mental
duel" with other contestants.
The questions that he was
instructed to miss, Mr.. Stempel
said, involved the Academy
Award-winning picture MAR
ty," which he said he had seen
three times, and one involving
United States history which he
had studied two days before in
his college class.
He also said that he was
quite upset" by being told to
leave. He said he offered to re-
fund to Mr.. Enright enough of
his winnings ito let me go on
honestly"
HE told me that for the good
Of the show ! had to CO."
Pact Guaranteed $4,000
Mr.. Stempel told the subcom-
mittee that he signed an agree
ment under which he was as
sured of winning at least $40, 900
for his appearances on the show
and a maximum Of $4,000,
even If his winnings should ex-
coed 100000. He explained that
1t was made to appear that he
requested the agreement, which
was unsigned and not notarized,
and the only copy was held by
Mr.. Enright.
1T was put pretty bluntly
to me-" Mr.. Stempel testified.
IF I didn't sign, I'd suddenly
find myself a loser"
Mr.. Stempel testified that he
also received an advance of
$18,500, in two separate checks,
at a time when his winnings on
the program, totaling $59.500.
could have been wiped out en-
tirely.
Mr.. Stempel testified he got
tired of appearing each week
in the old double breasted blue
suit and turned up for one pro-
gram wearing a new single
breasted suit.
He said Mr.. Enright was an
gered and told him:
"You are not paying atten-
ton to your lines. You're not
playing the game"
Wife Put Out Of Studio
His wife appeared at one
time at the studio wearing a
Persian lamb coat and was
chased out Of the studio.
The witnesses said that
Leonard Lyons, the New York
columnist, carried an item once
saying that Mrs. Stempel was
the daughter of wealthy par
ents. and this too angered Mr..
Enright.
Mr.. Stempel said it was true
that his wife was the daughter
of quite a wealthy" family.
Asked why he appeared on
the program and gave the i'm
preston of being "penniless
g. L." Mr.. Stempel replied:
II wanted to obtain a sort Of
financial freedom from my
in-laws."
Mr.. Stempel testified he
wrote asking to be selected to
be a contestant after watching
the first few presentations Of
the quiz program.
The show was based on the
card game, with each contest
ant being permitted to try for
points from / to II on the ques-
tons that were asked. The
contestant receiving the larger
number of points was judged
the winner and the winnings
would represent an amount
based on the difference of the
points scored by the two con-
testants.
$500 a Point
On the first go-around a con-
testant was paid $500 for each
point. This figure went up
eventually to $4,000 in case Of
successive ties, as was the case
when Mr.. Stempel eventually
lost out to Mr.. Van Doren.
The witness testified that after