Show Press Cost heck Al At Atom City Cily ily LOS LS S ALA ALAMOS OS N. N M M. Dec Dee 1 1 i A three three man man congressional UP-A UP to hear planned I r Tuesday on a claim claimS witnesses m S n ore there re has been b. b een excessive that at this atomic bomb sty Mondays Monday's session the in g t found out out that tha the b con Ke commissions commission's s con con- c energy Ito fund at t Los Alamos was wasn f Sv bank to buy bour- bour r a n piggy ray r and s. s d scotch and that b in vcr very t records here were bid bad shape is composed subcommittee I Thc ss J. J Snyder RW R R. a Jr t i Rep ep Melvin Mehin w W. W Va Val Rep Rep- Carter Manasco CD D n Ala AlaO and Rep J. J Edgar Ch R R. Colo Rep Chet E gS offield D D. Cal sat in in at atthe atthe the the hearings hearings Monday Monda I Although though the main purpose of ofte I investigation was to find in out te the e multimillion dollar Ism this tomic city was operated the con- con spent the better part of I Mondays Monday s 's session studying a liquor bill Polite Name I. I After nearly two hours of I. I it was disclosed that th jV the confidential fund was vas a ohto name for the projects project's official Poite P I cia cial entertainment bill 6 Carroll L. L Tyler career naval officer who heads the Los Alamos project took the responsibility responsibility- 1 Hi His plea was simple Why should fe to e have bare to dig into his own pocket pockett t to entertain arm army brass and other dignitaries who visited the bomb- bomb making Biking city lt After HAfter f 1 h hearing aring Tylers Tyler's story the four tour congressmen agreed that he tid da a point Official parties are area areli a li curse CUle of every government agency Manasco went so far as to comment comment com com- ment its done in all government departments Apartments But most of them are arc more nore clever than the atomic energy commission in covering VP up f t U i Never I Sure I Tyler der testified that the confidential confide confidential de fund went out of existence exist exist- ence vice several se months ago His conscience conscience con con- science wence began Degan to bother him He Heer Hei i never er had been sure whether the arrangement was legal I During the first days day's hearing llie the lie committee also heard Ray Ray- Raymond mond nond a government auditor from Washington testify that eating establishments at Los Losos Alamos os went more than tn lathe the hole over a month five period pe pe- tod od this year He said id the accounting ting systems were in very i 4 poor shape shap pa born pointed out though that Uit his investigation had disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed no evidences of t During ring the day seven witnesses testified In addition to his comments com- com ments on the confidential fund Tyler r told the committee that costs coats at Los Alamos would be cut cuta cutin cutin in a half l by 1951 He illustrated by noting ng that thal the Zia Co which supplies sup sup- plies li s water sewage electricity taw ps as and other services to the city would get about this year ear as compared with 1000 1 r a I year ear ago |