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Show p Oeimerals Sy speroded Dim Airmmy iniftrae' Probe Two Department Chiefs Accused of 'Influencing' : WASHINGTON, July 18 UP) The army Saturday an- ' nounced temporary a ua pension of Maj. Gens. Aides H. Waitt, chief of tha chemical corps, and Herman Feldman, m connco-tlon connco-tlon with investigations of alleged Influence in the awarding of army contracts. Both men arc army career veteran. An announcement iaaued by the national military establish- - sssnl saidi fSissstseyos Use Army Gordon Gray announced Saturday that he had temporarily relieved from their duties Major General Alden Harry Waltt, chief of the chemical corps, and Major General Herman Feldman, the quartermaster quartermas-ter general, "Following published reports, certain Information concerning ' psrajone ' who claimed that they were able to exert- Influence in procuring army eontracta waa as-cured as-cured by the subcommittee of the senate committee on expenditures in the executive departments. This information waa further developed by the inspector general of the army and a complete investigation la now being made. "The senate subcommittee has evidence which indicates that General Waltt Improperly furnished furn-ished personnel data to aa individual indi-vidual not in the military service who was not entitled to receive such data; and that General Feldman Feld-man furnished to a contractor's representative procurement Information Infor-mation under circumstances which appear irregular. "Secretary Gray aaid that, while not attempting to draw conclusions on the basis of an incomplete Investigation, In-vestigation, he had decided to relieve re-lieve General Waltt and General Feldman from their,dutiee pending the outcome of the Investigation because evidence secured to date Indies tea that each officer had exhibited ex-hibited a lack of that Judgment See Page 8, Ceiuaoa 7 U.S. Suspends Top Generals Coatlauea from Page One and sense of propriety which must ' be expected of persons in their positions. He emphssized that the investigation was still In progress and that each officer would be given ample opportunitlea for a full hearing.' Reported by Seaater The suspension of ths generals was first reported, without names, by Chairman Hosy D.. N.C.) of the senate subcommittee! Hoey emphasized that the army had given "moat helpful cooperation." coopera-tion." He said the committee will pursue the matter vigorously. General Waltt Is M years old and haa spent 2$ years aa an army officer, almost all of It in the chemical corps General Feldman, 5T years old, enlisted as a private 42 yeara ago and haa been an officer sine World War I. A few minutea after the announcement, an-nouncement, Waltt left the Pentagon Penta-gon building saying that he had no comment at that time. A copyrighted story by ths New York Herald-Tribune on June 21 I said that a Framing ham, Mass., woodworking plant owner, Paul Grindle, claimed he had been assured "lucrative" government contract by James V. Hunt, a Iwartims lieutenant colonel, for a "percentage." Paper Expoeed Caeo The Herald-Tribune Included among the names of men men-, tloned by Hunt thoee of Feldman and Waitt The newspaper quoted Grindle tea having agreed to pay Hunt a I retainer fee plus "5" on any gov- ernment contracts ths Washington "management counselor" might secure. The Herald-Tribune etory atated that Hunt claimed "Influence and contact" among top-level officiala in the armed forces aa wall aa civilian ci-vilian federal aganciee. Both Waitt and Feldman hav denied th us of "influence" In awarding contract by their respective re-spective branehea of the armed forcea. |