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Blauner told of hiring James P. Finnegan, a Democratic work horse whose activities as Federal Collector of Internal Revenue in St. Louis are now being probed by a grand jury. Finnegan got $23,000 in commissions from Lithofold and $21,000 for expenses. Asked how he managed to run up $21,000 in expenses, Finnegan replied: "I'd say 'Let's have a little dinner,' and if I went over to the Shoreham, I can spend $800 faster than you think I could spend...
...commissions, American Lithofold was losing money. Twice it applied for an RFC loan. Twice it was refused. Refreshing his memory from a voluminous diary, Toole gave an account of his company's negotiations. Company officials held a council of war in Washington. Present was James P. Finnegan, then Federal Collector of Internal Revenue in St. Louis. No one had told Toole that Finnegan was on the corporation's payroll. At the time, Toole could only wonder why a federal official from St. Louis was attending a company conference in Washington, and why Finnegan later handed Lithofold...
...remember who-mentioned the magic name of Bill Boyle, now chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The American Lithofold people went to Boyle's Washington office. Boyle called Harley Hise, then RFC chairman, and said, "Harley, I have some friends in the office here of Jim Finnegan's. I would like for you to arrange to see them this afternoon if possible in connection with a loan." Toole recorded in his diary that, three days after this phone call, the loan application reached a "strange, strenuous and . . . satisfactory solution": Lithofold received the first of three loans that were...
...adequate character portrayals by other members of the cast make the above shortcomings insignificant. Jerry Kilty, as Captain Vere, does an outstanding job, while John Kerr and Peter Temple, with the symbolic and less concrete roles, do more than competent jobs. Paul Sparer, Robert Fletcher, Richard Kilbride, and Ed Finnegan are the outstanding performers among the supporting cast...
There was a grand jury investigation of Finnegan. He was cleared of any wrongdoing; nevertheless, he resigned as Collector and went back to practicing law. But another grand jury has since turned its eyes on him. This second investigation is still going on. From the U.S. Senate floor, Delaware's John Williams charged that Finnegan, when he was a Government official, had made a practice of collecting attorney's fees from corporations which solicited RFC money...