Evening star., 1962-05-29
ESTES

: tried to exert influence will
him in Estes behalf.
He said he met the PecoI
| operator one time and had ont
telephone conversation with
. him.
The meeting. he related, tool
place when Mr.. Estes turned
up at a gathering of peanut
growers in Dallas last Septem.
ber 6. Asked who brought Este.
to the meeting and who intro.
duced him, Mr.. Moseley replied
II don't recall who brought
him. At the moment I wa.
meeting him he was intro
ducing himself"
The telephone conversation
Mr.. MoSeley said, occurred las
January when Estes called hin
and asked for a change in tht
classification of his grain ter,
minal at Plainview. Tex. Mr.
Moseley said there was a heavy
movement Of grain out Of thil
Estes facility and the Pecos
operator wanted the claSsifi.
cation changed from a termi-
nal to q country warehouse ir
hopes of retaining more of the
storage.
Mr.. Moseley said he refused
the request as not being in the
Governments interest.
No Suspicion at First
Representative Bass, Demo.
crat Of Tennessee, referred tC
a May IL, 1860, memorandum
written by Mr.. Moseley calling
attention to the Texans heavy
Indebtedness and questioning
the bond on his grain storage
operation. Were you begin.
ming to have suspicion that thi.
man was a real con MANI" Mr.
Bass asked.
mo" Mr.. Moseley replied, ex
planning that he was concerned
about the rapid expansion o
the Estes storage facilities.
you know it now?" Mr.. Bas
continued.
YES" Mr.. Moseley said.
The questioning of Mr.. Nose
ley brought out that it was
common practice among Yves
Texas warehousemen to Civ
"kickbacks" to farmers storinI
their grain in their facilitie,
|, lone form of this. it was ex
planned. was free storage. An
other, as practiced by Estes,
was indicated. was in Sellini
, farmers liquid fertilizer at
! lower price. Mr.. Bass an
Chairman Fountain, Democra
: OF North Carolina. agreed tina
; Congress should consider legis
, lation making such "kickbacks
J a Federal offense.
To Ask FBI Probe
Mr.. Bass said he planned Il
! write Attorney General Ken
nedy this afternoon and re
. quest that the FBI investigat
this phase of the Estes affair
Both Mr.. Moseley and Ro
land Ballou, deputy admins
traitor of the Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation
Service. testified they never re
ceived any financial payment
5 or gifts from Estes or any rep
: resentative of the Texan or tn
r Commercial Solvents Co.
Commercial Solvents is tn
| New York chemical firm whic,
produced the liquid fertilizer
anhydrous ammonia, which Nj
: Estes distributed in his We.
Texas area. The company ais
: advanced funds which helpe
Mr.. Estes get started in tn
4 grain storage field in 1859.
t Both Mr.. Moseley and M
j Ballou we're questioned abol
= any contacts with Walter
Burger, a director of Commel
d cial Solvents and head Of Il
e Sterilization and Conservatic
n Service during the Eisenhowl
h administration. Mr.. Moslt
n said that Mr.. Burger had bee
r his superior and that he hs
e dinner with him on a numb
: of occasions in Dallas befo
# and after Mr.. Burger left go
ernment service. The meetin
- were social, Mr.. Moseley adde
and sometimes he picked I
the check, and sometimes
did" I.
He said Mr.. Burger. who
expected to be a witness. d
not participate in a Dali
al meeting Of Estes creditors, i
ID cluding representatives of Cor
L. mercial Solvents. The credito,
I'd he said, urged that grain stor
l. in the Estes elevators be le
ne there.
to Mr.. Ballou said Mr.. Berg
participated in two Washin
IN ton meetings with the FEEDER
ge receiver for the Estes affai
ar and creditors looking iowa
the same end.