I The News-Revitw, Roiebjrg, Or. Thur., Aug. 25, 1949. Business Of "5 Percenter" Legitimate But Government Official Could Be Penalized By CLARKE BEACH WASHINGTON. What are the chances of tomebody'i getting Jail sentence as a result of the Senate'i investigation of "five per centers?" The committee making the investigation, headed by Sen ator Hoey (D.-N. C), says it is prepared to pass along to the Depart ment of Justice any evidence which seems to be the basis for federal Convenient Parking at Rear of Store prosecution. The business of the five per centers in itself seems to be le gitimate. Brig. Gen. Ernest Bran non, assistant judge advocate of the Army, has told the subcom mittee there is nothing illegal about paying or taking fees for help in celling government con tracts. (The fee is normally five per cent). The trouble will come If it is proved that some government of ficial was promised or received money or gifts from a five per center and in return did favors for him or his clients while per forming official duties. That would be bribery. Conviction could carry a three-year prison sentence and a fine amounting u three times the value of the bribe. A man giving a bribe is as guilty as a man receiving one. A gift of some article can be as much a bribe as money. A le anest for a bribe or a promise of a bribe makes a man as guilty as if the bribe had actually been passed. The big difficulty i n bribery cases, however, is prov ing intent ill a desire to in fluence an official in the perfor mance of his duties or (2) a deter mination on the part of an offic ial to act in the interest of a briber rather than in the best interest of the government. Bribery Convictions Few The defense of bribery defend ants usually is that the money or article they received was given in pure friendship or as a mere courtesy and that no favor was given in exchange. There are not many brllx-ry convictions. One federal official concerned with such matters says that se curing bribery evidence is ex tremely difficult. He suspects! mat mere are a great many un detected instances of bribery, perhaps more in state and local governments than In the federal government The last big federal bribery case was the conviction of Se cretary of the Interior Albert Li. Kail as a result of the Teapot vome scanaais 01 tne tuos. nut bribery Isn't the only charge that can be placed against officials wno work In cahoots with mi vate Interests. Former Rep. An drew J. May (D.-Ky.) was con- victea unaer a section of the U.S. code which makes it a crime for any federal employee or congressman to accept compen sation from private sources for services rendered In any matter In which the U. S. government is directly or indirectly interest ed. (May'i appeal is pending.) One Item Of Proof Enough When this crime is alleged the prosecutor doesn't have to prove, as in the case of bribery, that the accused was influenced in his official acts or decisions by the money he received. The mere fact that he received compen sation li enough. And the com pensation can be anything from a bicycle to $1,000,000. The max imum sentence for this offen;e Is two years, the top fine $10,000. One of the five per-centers In volved In the current Senate probe, James V. Hunt, was for merly connected with the War Assets administration (WAA). The 1944 Surplus Property act provides restrictions on the ac tivities of former WAS employes for a period after they leave the agency. But 1-rancls L. nana gan, committee investigator, says Hunt did not violate this 1 a w since his status in WAA was not that of employee but of consul tant at $50 a day. Another section of the U.S. code deals generally with fraud against the government. Already one reform has result ed from the investigation, On Aug. 9 an information office was set up in the Pentagon to give tree advice and Information to businessmen who want to get government contracts. And two bills have been introduced In the Senate to discourage the activi ties of five percenters. Plan To Transfer Boeing Plant Hit By Gov. McKay j SEATTLE, Aug. 25. (P Governor Douglas McKay of Ore gon said here he believes the pro posed transfer of the Boeing Air plane company inland is an air force "guinea pig." "If its work can be transferred Inland without serious objection then the next move would be fo. the air force strategists to bring about similar transfer of airplane plants In California and the vital defense industries of Oregon." McKay gave his views In a tele phone interview with the Seattl" Post-Intelligencer. He promised cooperation with Washington of ficials in fighting the Boeing move to the midwest, and at tacked the air force's charge of wesi coasi vuineraniuty. I -"This gesture against Boeing Is far too serious In its ultimate Implications to permit It to pass," McKay said. "The work of Pa cific coast defense plants is so thoroughly tied in with the pen. eral industrial pattern that to move one means the virtual de struction of the other. "If Boeing Is vulnerable, so are the thousands of other plants that ' In war would be converted to j military output. 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