Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1946 — Page 2

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nor did he object when Mr. Pauley was named chairman of, the U. 8. | war reparations commission. d I can serve my| And he recalled that Mr. Ickes : T know | testified Wednesday that Mr, Pauley ‘her loyally, honestly’! might be “very well qualified for . : in the past. I submit some other office.” ; “record for your consideration.”| Mr. Pauley said that more than President Truman was| 200 pages of testimony have been at his press conference | devoted to his proposal to construct ther he expected Mr. Pauley to|a refinery in Mexico “in a vain effor withdrawal of his nomina-| fort to make it appear that it was Mr. Truman said he would|an evil thing.” . to the statement that he has| That plan, he said was approved le four times before—that he by President Roosevelt and by Mr.|

fully. {Ickes as petroleum administrator The President said hé knew of | for war, y y Patterson Testimony General Robert E. Hannegan to Quit| ys payley likewise denied there) his post as national Democratic... anything improper in his soe | chairman, Reports that Mr. Han-|) i. ion of campaign funds in| negan intended to quit his PArty| ou, som william A. Pattersan,| post were heard this week, in the president of United Air Lines. He wake of the fight over Mr. Pauley’s quoted Pattersan’s testimony which confirmation, included the statement: Denies Ickés Story “No, I can't say that Mr. Pauley Mr.’ Pauley submitted a 19-page| made any proposition direct to me statement in which he took up—|that was improper, nor did he reand disputed with vigor—a host of | peat any previous conversation I had had directly with Mr. (George) He msserted bluntly that Mr.|Killion (assistant treasurer of the Tckes was mistaken in his charge| Democratic national committee), that Mr. Pauley promised to raise| nor did he repeat anything that $300,000 in Democratic campaign Mr. (Russell) Ahrens (vice presi- | contributions from oil interests if| dent of United) reported that Mr. the government would drop its suit| Killion had said.” for federal title to tideland oil. Mr. Pauley said the testimony “At no time did I say to him that| of Victor Rossetti, president of the he would lay off anything, that I| Farmers and Merchants Bank of | could reise money from California|Los Angeles, clearly eliminated any | oil men or anyone else,” Mr. Pauley | doubt as to his financial responsibil- | said. ityor business integrity. “He had no right to draw any| He said he believes that title to| such conclusion, I have told you|tidelands ofl should remain with| gehtiemen, and I again repeat, that| the states. He acknowledged with I have never in my life solicited, | pride his efforts on behalf of the suggested or accepted a contingent| so-called Atkinson oil conservation contribution. measure in California in 1939. ‘ No Such Conclusion

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three weeks ago. He subsequently| world would be run by an Anglo- |} resigned from the cabinet when| zmerican alliance, I should like to President Truman . re-affirmed his| nave him testify concerning this backing of Mr, Pauley and told & proposed loan,” Senator Capehart press’ conference that Mr, I¢kes said. could have been mistaken. | “My own view is that we Pauley agreed that he probably shouldn't fool the American people discussed $300,000 and the tidelands| by calling it a loan, for it is not a ofl sult in a conversation with Mr.|loan in any banking sense. It is | Ickes Sept. 8, 1944. | really a gift, because it is without “The now famous figure of $300,- | security. However, a case can. be ," he sald, “was the quota which made for it on political and security Democratic party hoped to|grounds.” , in the District of Columbia.| The bdd relations between the of course wanted Mr, Ickes'| United States and U. S. 8. R. Is . . increasing the likelihood that the Discussed Money British loan will pass promptly ‘and | “In that same conversation I also Cho Yesteiotone, it is Predicted ere. | flcunet i, Mr. ck 00 8 ry Cuperact probals wil paign and sought to enlist his aid. support it both in committee and | “I told him, in effect, that 1 took |°% he 00 money to run a campaign | . .| that because of the fact that the ECCES Urges Approval administration in time of war had| iti been forced to make business of uO British Loan | kinds wear a hair shirt they were! WASHINGTON, March 8 (U.P). | ’ —Marriner 8, Eccles, chairman of Mr. Pauley listed price controls, the board of governors of the fed-| anti-trust suits brought by the gov- eral reserve system, today urged ernment, rationing, controls of 8Pproval of the $3,750,000,000 Brit- | farmers and their prices, govern- | ish loan. He admitted that Britain ment seizure of plants, the Smith. MA&Y default om her payments and Connally law preventing contribu-| that loan may be inflationary. tions by labor unions and “I may| Mr. Eccles told the senate bankhave said the agitation of the tide- |g committee that the loan is needJand matters.” {ed as a “blood transfusion’ to help Mr. Pauley said he told Mr. Ickes Britain regain international ecothe national committee was trying|/nomic health. He asked thai the to get “small money” to offset the transaction not be judged as a comlarge contributions to the Repub- mercial loan. Xo} lican party by wealthy backers. He| Meanwhile, Acting Committee said Mr. Ickes used some of his| Committee Chairman Alben w.| same arguments in a speech at Barkley (D. Ky.) told reporters to Grand Rapids, Mich, six days| “forget about” a proposal to invite Inter. |former British Prime Minister Win- | Finally, Mr. Pauley pointed out!ston Churchill to testify on the that Mr. Ickes admitted he didn’t! loan. Mr. Barkley pointed out that complain to the late President Churchill soon will return to EngRoosevelt, nor to President Truman, land. > Sa ipsa ar Ean a mats

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