Word: neff
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Case's opening statement rambled from South Dakota weather (blustery) to his family remedy for sinus headaches (a nasal jelly). But there were some hard facts. On Jan. 25. said Case, he received word from South Dakota that a Nebraska lawyer named John Neff had contributed $2,500 to his campaign. Since Case had never received more than $300 in a single contribution, the news "sort of took my breath away." The donation was especially puzzling because Neff's name "did not mean anything to me." Case therefore checked around, learned that Neff had been asking around about...
Scouting Trip. But that Francis Case had leaped to some pretty accurate conclusions was indicated when Lawyer John Neff was called as a witness. Neff identified himself as a $12,000-a-year lobbyist for California's Superior Oil Co., which also produces natural gas. Last fall, said Neff, he went to South Dakota to scout Case's views on the gas bill, wound up talking to the business manager of the Argus Leader, Ernest J. Kahler. Neff inquired if Case needed campaign funds. Kahler said he might. Neff asked Kahler to find out how Case stood...
Last January, Neff continued, he also learned from aides in Case's Washington office that Case was favorably disposed toward the gas bill. He therefore went to the Shoreham Hotel, where he talked to Elmer Patman, an attorney for Superior Oil, and recommended the contribution to Case. Patman peeled off $2,500 from a "personal" fund, which he handled for Superior's President Howard Keck of Los Angeles. Later, Neff flew to South Dakota and turned 25 old $100 bills over to Kahler for delivery to the Senator's campaign fund...
Explosive Pressures. Called in his turn by the committee, Patman told of giving the money to Neff. Said he: "I told him, when you deliver it, make it very clear this money is the money of an individual . . . and there are no strings attached to it." Would Patman have given Neff the money if Case were opposed to the bill? asked Counsel Steadman. Patman hedged, then said: "As far as I'm personally concerned, the answer would have been...
...gentlemen have a good deal of trouble finding a plot, but they finally settle on a story about a young dressmaker, played by Dany Robin, who becomes amorously involved with Michael Auclair, a small-time crook with, we are told, a brilliant mind. Hildegarde Neff is also around, as a circus rider. both she and the pony are bare backed...