Governmental investigations

Edwin Pauley (right) sits before the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

Edwin Pauley refers to a chart at the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

Edwin Pauley (right) sits before the "Commodity Speculation" hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate.

James E. Webb (third from left) with unidentified others during the Commerce Communications Subcommittee hearings on communication satellites.

Photo of Gerald L. K. Smith, head of the American First Party, asking the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate Walter Winchell, Eddie Cantor, Frank Sinatra, Ingrid Bergman and Edward G. Robinson. "I am just an old-fashioned, Bible-believing, Christ-loving American," he said. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson testifying before the Senate War Contract Investigating Committee. Representative Andrew J. May (D-KY) on three occasions interceded for the Garsson industrial munitions "paper empire". Patterson has ordered the funds of the "paper empire" frozen to "protect" the Government. From: Beth Gore.

Norman M. Littell, former Assistant Attorney General who handled land condemnation proceedings, appeared before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee on the Edwin Pauley nomination. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Duncan Lee, China-born Rhodes Scholar and former Lt. Colonel in the O.S.S., appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He is answering charges made by Elizabeth Bentley, admitting he knew Ms. Bentley but denied that he knew of her connection with the Communist Party. Unlike several of his predecessors on the witness stand, Lee answered the questions put to him but categorically denied all charges against him. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Jess Larson, head of the General Services Administration, appearing before the Senate Five Per Center Investigating Committee. He warned them not to create any more red tape in their effort to stamp out the "five per center," because it would make it difficult for the legitimate, honest and well-meaning businessman to deal with the government. From: Beth Gore.

Lt. General Ira Eaker, deputy commander of the Army Air Forces, telling the Senate Inter-State and Foreign Commerce Sub-Committee investigating air crashes that approximately 70 percent of military aviation accidents are due to pilot error. From: Beth Gore.