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...Ervin and the Cox investigating committees should be ashamed if they are unable to arrive at the truth of the matter with all the time they have given themselves and with their ability to subpoena any and all employees...
...fact, during his labors before the Ervin committee, he had a dual celebration: the 50th anniversary of his admission to the bar and his 72nd birthday. A law graduate of George Washington University, Wilson spent his 30s as a U.S. prosecutor and won such a reputation as a litigator that in 1941, soon after returning to private practice, he was retained by the Swiss firm Interhandel to look after its interest in its U.S. subsidiary, General Aniline & Film. In 1942 GAF was confiscated by the U.S. Government because Interhandel was believed to be a front for the German cartel...
Hide he did not. No other private lawyer has been so combative in the hearings. "He speaks up," said an admiring Washington attorney. "He's had Ervin off on a lot of tangents and byways." A lawyer who is "thorough to an annoying fault," according to one of his partners, Wilson confidently barged into the fray-to sidetrack a questioner, to give his client a chance to gather his resources, and usually in the real hope of making a point or barring the question. Sample exchange after Ervin asked himself a rhetorical question...
...Ervin: No, you're not a witness...
...Ervin: Well, you're not entitled to, but if you can make it, then go ahead...