Show SON OF SOLON PAID TO PUSH AIRMAIL BILL l Lehr hr Fess Received Between and and- Plane Official Reveals ASSAILS BROWN PARLEYS Says M Meetings H Held ld in 1930 Appeared Improper B Br BY Pres WASHINGTON March 7 Payment 7 of a to fee to Lehr Fess Foss son of Senator Fess Foss R. R Ohio for expediting cx ex passage of oC the es act and arid the employment of J J. J Bruce Kremer Kremer Krc- Krc mer former Democratic national committeeman for Montana as counsel counsel coun coun- sd sel was was- related toda today by Paul Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson vice president of United Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Air Air- craft and Transport corporation to the senate airmail investigating com com- Fess Fess' fee Henderson said sald was earned in two days in April 1930 The bill had passed the house and senate committee he added Without its enactment Henderson explained an airmail route cert certificate of a United Aircraft subsidiary would have expired Called on President I Henderson told investigators that he and C. C M. M L Keyes then chairman of 01 Transcontinental Air called on former President Ho Hoover to tc protest against anything unusual being being being be be- ing done to help passenger air lines without mail contracts Mr Ho Hoover ver interrupted them them he i isaid said to ask that they familiarize themselves with the subject and come comeback jack back After talking it over over over-he he a aKey and Key Keyes eyes s. s decided not to return to the White H Houser use tiC Keyes he be said changed his mind ab about ut the thc plan and explained ined he meant a plan to enact legislation au au- airmail Jirm il contract awards without c competitive bidding Discussed Famed Farley Parley Henderson described the the much discussed discussed dis dis- dis cussed 1930 1030 airmail conference as haying hav hay ing ng appeared highly improper even evento evento to o assembled aviation men H He told the he committee the thc purpose of the meeting as outlined by Postmaster General Brown was hard to take seriously se se- se The whole nature of the proposal he ic said had no thought in it of competitive com corn bidding Henderson said he told Chester W. W C Cathell aviation attorney that he considered the thc session so improper It should be adjourned Held anywhere Continued on Two I r SENATORS SENATOR'S SON P PAID AID BY AIR LINE Senate Told Young Fess R Received Between and Continued from rare race One Onet except at nt the postoffice department Henderson said he expressed himself it would have been Illegal He testified he protested to William P. P ot the meeting meet meet- in tog ing that the bill did not contemplate contemplate con con- template the purposes of the meetIng meeting meet meet- ing and received the thc reply Youre craz crazy as S hell Called In Young Fess Henderson said that when he became became be be- came caine concerned about prospects of the bill In the senate he recalled recalled re re- re called that Lehr had been parliamentarian par par- of the house howe of representatives and sought him outI out outI I 1 asked him as os a lawyer If it ho he would undertake to expedite the passa passage passage pass pass- a age e of th this bill Henderson said Ho did and I paid him a n tee Ice for tor it Then he returned to Toledo Did the bill blU pass while he was here Chairman Black asked I Henderson replied that it did Henderson testified Kremer was em- em cloyed by United 8 as counsel on a ac year yearly ly 1 retainer fee tee I tess Fecs' services also were used by byl Henderson In the fall faU of ot 1930 or 1931 to find out ut why hy he wasn't getting on so with former Postmaster General Gen Gen- eral Brown Cites Short Testimony Testimony received by the senate banking committee that J. J P. P Morgan Co sold shares share of United Aircraft stock shortly before government government govern government ment conc cancellation of the airmail contracts contracts con con- tracts was cited in the senate today by Senator Robinson R R. Ind md as evidence that the international bank bankers ers era had hod advance information on the action rend read to the senate the names of the Morgan firm and James Seligman as sellers of air nil stock during during dur dur- ing Lag the week two-week period before Core the contracts were canceled I So it appears appear the international bankers knew all about bout it before it took place he commented It would be bc interesting to know now how they learned about it Evidently the money changers have not been driven out of the temple Robinson Robins n said he understood Earl Bailie former adviser to jo Secretary was connected with the Seligman banking house Evidently the knew all about it it and the international bankers bankers bankers bank bank- ers generally knew about it ahead of time Ume This is certainly food for tor thought in connection with one of the most ruthless and high handed actions ever taken by this or any other govern govern- overn- overn ment |