Word: dyestuffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...claim against the agency. Later, Wiley's interest in OAP was unaccountably heightened by ex-OAP Boss Crowley, now a big railroader in Wiley's home state. Crowley suddenly showed up in Washington to promote a better deal for Ernest Halbach, U.S.-born former president of General Dyestuff, Aniline's marketing subsidiary. Halbach was kept on as a consultant at $102,500 a year when the company was seized by the U.S., was later paid $575,000 for his stock. At Crowley's urging, Wiley unsuccessfully sponsored a measure to increase Halbach's settlement...
...Truman Administration. He asked for details on fees paid by the ten largest firms under its jurisdiction. Last week Wiley got a partial report. It covered the biggest alien company held by the Government, the Nazi-controlled General Aniline and Film Corp., and its sales-distribution organization, General Dyestuff Corp. Interesting item: Louis Johnson (Harry Truman's campaign fund raiser in 1948, Defense Secretary in 1949-50) and his law firm have collected $589,985 in fees and salaries from the two firms...