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got overruled - somewhere,
somebody overruled it."
And then the Senator asked:
Who is that person? What
is his position?"
After tracing the chain of
Senator Mcclellan said there
were only two people over those
who favored cancellation-Mr.
Murphy and Mr.. Freeman.
He added that somebody
overruled the subordinates. -. .
1t had to be either the Under
secretary " Senator Nc
Clellan never finished the
statement.
He said he did not know
what Mr.. Murphy would say
when he testified in the hear
ing. perhaps next week, and
that he did not know what Mr..
Jacobs will say if he will
say"
Mr.. Jacobs, who resigned
from the department after the
Estes story broke, was in the
hearing room while Mr.. Miller
testified. When asked if he
had any comments on the testi-
money, Mr.. Jacobs replied,
None whatever"
Sought Justification
Mr.. Miller testified that Mr..
Jacobs told him that he wanted
him to write a report contain
ing every justification you can
find to permit the retention of
these cotton allotments."
He also said that Mr.. Jacobs |
conveyed to him the impression
that Mr.. Murphy would be
"amenable, agreeable, even de-
SirouS, to get information to
permit retention of these al
lotments."
Earlier. the subcommittee
was told that Estes tried to SAL
wage his cotton allotments in
transactions which he himself .
was reported as describing as
"a subterfuge."
This testimony was given by /
Harold E. Orr, president of the |
Superior Manufacturing Co. of |
Amarillo, Tex, and involved
two mysterious checks--one for
$50 and one for S25, 1000.
authority in the department,
Orr testified that Estes Of
fered him a $1,000 bonus or
commission for helping him in
the deal.
He testified that Estes tele-
phoned him last March 19 or
20 and asked him to make out
the checks on his (Orr's) ac-
count and payable to a Con-
way Majors"
Not Fraudulent
Il asked him if the deal was
fraudulent and if I could be
hurt" Orr said. He said no,
that the deals were not fraudu.
lent, but strictly subterfuge-
he used the word subterfuge-
to obtain cotton acreage allot-
ments."
The witness quoted Estes as
saying the small check would
be cashed, but the $4,000
check would never be seen
again."
Orr was indicted on Federal
fraud charges along with Estes
and two other officials of the
Superior company in connec-
ton with an anhydrous am
monia fertilizer tank deal in
volving Federal fraud charges.
Some weeks ago in Ell Paso,
Orr and the two associates in
his company pleaded guilty to
some of the counts in the in
dictment, while Estes entered
pleas of not guilty.
Orr said that he entered into
the arrangement with Estes be-
cause he was Superior's largest
customer, taking about 80 per
cent of its product.
Orr swore he could not recall
whether anyone in the Estes
camp had told him the check
writing deal was designed as a
test case for a scheme to bring
apparent third parties" into
Estes allotment deals and thus
throw Federal investigators off
the track.
Orr testified that Estes asked
him to have the Superior COM
pany's pilot, Douglas LewSader.
fly the checks to PecoS and
permit the use of the Superior
plane for a few days.
Would Explain Later
This was done, Orr testified.
He said he did not know what
the $50 check would be used
for. when l asked him Estes
to explain it to me over the
phone, he said he would see me