The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, August 25, 1949, Page 23, Image 23

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    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
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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. Furthermore, )
what inducement would there be
for any kind of industry to locate
on the Pacific coast If by trans
ferring Boeing operations the air
force implied word that the Pa.
cific coast is 'unsafe'?"
"What Is needed Is nHentiatA '
defense," he concluded.
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