Word: dawson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...point exasperated Bill Fulbright asked: "Whom did you discuss business with?" Asked Dawson coolly: "What business did you have in mind, Senator? If you will ask me a specific question, I will do my best to answer...
...Dawson, 42, President Truman's patronage assistant, last week finally showed up before the Fulbright subcommittee to explain his connections with influence peddlers and RFC loans. The subcommittee, which had waited for eleven weeks while Dawson considered its invitation to testify, had its questions all ready. Dawson had his answers ready, too, and most of them began...
...Saxony Case. Had Dawson on three different occasions (his family, once) stayed without charge in expensive rooms at the Saxony Hotel in Miami Beach? Yes, but getting it free "was a complete surprise to me. When I went to check out, I was told there was no bill. I think it was for the publicity." He understood that this was a common practice, he said, and that even some Senators were on the Saxony's free list (no Senator pressed the point). He didn't even know that the Saxony had obtained a $1,500,000 RFC loan...
...nothing improper," Dawson insisted, "but I would not do it again." Cracked Ohio's John Bricker: "You think the limit, then, is three." Even Dawson grinned. Said Chairman Fulbright: "He sees nothing wrong with the Saxony case...
Good Friends. Was Dawson a good friend of Merl Young, the astonishingly successful former RFC employee who simultaneously held a $10,000-a-year job and an $18,000-a-year job with two RFC borrowers? Yes, but "it was a natural and good friendship ... I never had any business dealings with Mr. Young...