Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-16

I tlCAI NACWS buSs li2aNC I4O NOllI-
mitments whatsoever"
In New York. Democratic
Mayor Robert F. Wagner issued
a statement early today attack
ing both Gov. Rockefeller and
Mr.. Miller in connection with
Mr.. Naughton's ALLEGATIONS.
Obviously this entire under
taking. with its roots in Madi-
son avenue. has as its objective
the election of Gov. Rockefeller
as President of the United
States in 1864, without regard
to the effect upon the fate of
those who live by agriculture"
I Mr.. Wagner added that it
does not surprise me in the
least" that Mr.. Miller should
be involved in a secret con-
Spiracy" to undermine the farm
program for political purposes.
Mr.. McConnell's warning
about Estes was in a September
20, 1860, letter to Mr.. Wheeler
which said he had discussed
the Estes account with two
company officials end added:
LAS you know l have con-
Sidered and so advised that this
is an extremely important &C
count for Solvents. worth mil
lions of dollars if it can be
managed.
THE account, of course, mas
within its the seeds of self-de-
Struction, namely Billie'S ire
mendous ambition for money.
power and prestige, and also
the danger that in making
money for both Solvents and
Billie, Solvents will get too
: many eggs in one basket.
worth The Risk"
I'm spite of these dangers, I
consider it extremely important
, and worth taking some risk,
one being that Billie may some
: day become unmanageable."
The company was owed S.
} million when the Estes jerry
built empire collapsed after
; the PecoS operator was arrested
on charges of transporting
across State lines chattel mort
cages on fictitious anhydrous
| ammonia tanks.
! In a second letter dated Au-
gust 80. 1861, Mr. Mcconnell
, indicated that Mr.. Wheeler
i was concerned about the ex-
panding operations Of Estes
In that letter Mr.. Mcconnell
y. said:
: after reading something o.
: the bulletin by Billie Sol con-
corning his business l can SET
/ why you are a little worried
{ about your customer. His baSit
T. philosophy certainly does no.
agree with yours or mine.
/ II think Billie is inclined tt
i formulate national goals il
! terms of his own business &C.
? tivity."
Tried to Control Credit
; Mr.. Wheeler, w. S. Leon
hardt. chief physical officer,
and w. Ward jackson, vice
president in charge of sales.
said they undertook to control
Estes credit with the company,
received adequate collateral on
the money and credit advanced
to him and were not unduly
worried by reports that Estes
: was operating entirely on a
credit basis.
, All three acknowledged that
they had exchanged gifts from
b time to time with Estes. With
one exception they were de-
scribed as of no great value,
including such things as boxes
of grapefruit, crates of canta-
loupes and a Texas hat. The
one exception was the disclo-
sure by Mr.. Leonhardt that on
Christmas. 1860, he received
and quickly returned-$3, 900
| in Government bonds from
| Estes. He said he returned the
bonds with a polite note say
ing he could not accept such
a gift. He said Estes never
mentioned the matter again,
even though he could not cash
the bonds, since they we're
made out to Mr.. Leonhardt.
The testimony indicated that
, this occurred before Estes