Evening star., 1961-07-24
MCMILLAN

Az ANoA' W. 0PPASSANNS COesA
assistance in licensing Star
Motors, Inc, for our friend,
Ross Rosenberg. He appreciates
the attention given him by your
office as we do"
Dealer Called Friend
In his letter Mr.. Mcmillan
described Mr.. Clanton as a
good friend" who operates
the largest firm of its kind in
South Carolina, and possibly
largest in the South. Mr.. Nc
MILAN said the Clanton firm
enjoys an excellent reputation
as a high-type business"
In another letter on July 6,
Mr.. Mcmillan told Mr.. Haller
he had the counsel of the Dis
trict Committee check the rec
ords of used car dealers in op-
Grafton before and after the
1859 act. He said the record of
Star Motors appeared to be "as
good or better than some COM
panieS" which now hold
licenses.
Mr.. Mcmillan wrote, 81 know
=. you will see that this COM
pany is treated justly and given
his license unless there is some
thing on the record that I have
failed to locate"
Mr.. Haller answered the fol-
lowing day that Mr.. McMillan's
statement would be read into
the record at the hearing.
Personnel Not Chosen
Mr.. Macmillan said today
that his proposed five-man
investigating committee will be
used to look into all complaints
against the handling of District
officials. He said the subcom-
mittee will concern ITSELF with
determining if "the intent of
Congress as written into the
laws is being upheld"
The members of the COM
mittee will be named later, Mr..
Mcmillan said, and the exact
nature Of their duties will be
outlined then. He said the sub
committee will not have aides
of it's own but will use the
counsel and investigator as
signed to the District Commit
tee as a whole.
Commenting on the charges
of pressure tactics" in the
Rosenberg case, Mr.. Mcmillan
said, he and Committee Coun-
sci Hayden CARRIER had received
many complaints from many
sources" that the District
licensing officials were going
to the other extreme" in ad-
ministering the auto dealers
licensing law.
They District officials) fail
to remember" he said, that l
was one Of the sponsors of the
law in 1859 after The Star ran
the series of articles on the
abuses in the uSed-car business.
I just want to make sure that
the intent of Congress is up
held in the administration of
the law"
(The Stars series, entitled,
Buyer Beware" won the Pu-
liter Prize for public service
journalism for the author, Miss
Miriam Ottenberg)
Mr.. Mcmillan said Mr.. Gar
ber had attended the hearings
of the board of review last
week, and had reported that
the board was doing a good
job" He said, however, that he
expected some of the COM
plants he had heard will come
out at the hearings when Mr..
Rosenberg and some of his sup
porting witnesses testify.
Mr.. Rosenberg of 104O0 Lo-
rain avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
was refused a license in 1859
when he ran Ross Discount
Motors. The refusal was based
on complaints made to the Dis
trict government by customers.
Four of the customers testified
at the hearings last week, and
two more are expected to testi-
| fly today.
/ DECISION Appealed
Mr. Rosenberg appealed the
Districts refusal at that time,
but the appeal was denied be-
cause Ross Discount Motors
went out of business.
Mr.. Haller and j. j. Ilgen-
fritz, head of the department of
licensing, both said Saturday
that they had received calls
from Mr.. Mcmillan and Mr..
CARRIER concerning the Rosen-
berg case.
One report said Mr.. Mcmillan
told the officials he would
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