Word: pauley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tobey: Was Mr. Pauley telling the truth when he stated that he never sought to stop the test suit...
Dates & Places. Appointee Pauley was asked: Had he ever spoken to Franklin Roosevelt or ex-Attorney General Francis Biddle about the suit? Had he ever tried to influence anyone at any time regarding the suit? His reply...
Next day Senator Tobey produced Norman Littell, a former assistant to Biddle. Littell came armed with notes, going back to 1940 and 1941, which he had kept because he "knew there was going to be trouble." He read from them the places, dates and hours of conferences between Pauley, Biddle and himself...
...conference, said Littell, "he [Pauley] wanted either a bill passed or the suit called off definitely, or both." Once Littell had accepted an invitation to have a drink at Pauley's suite in a Manhattan hotel. There, he said, Pauley told him: "Norm, you know I have raised money for the campaign. A lot of that money came from people interested in the tidelands. In my room waiting to see you is Harry March, vice president of Signal Oil & Gas Co. ... These people have contributed to the campaign and they expect something for their money...
Senator Tobey asked: Did Littell know that Pauley had testified that he had never talked to Franklin Roosevelt or Francis Biddle on the subject? Replied Littell: "If he said that, I am afraid it is not true...