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7/26/44
FLY EESIGNATION REPORTED TO STOP RADIO PROBE; FCC DENIAL
The Administration has begun a drive to suopress until after the November election all Congressional investigations which may bring forth evidence damaging to President Roosevelt’s fourth term campaign, according to Willard Edwards in the Washington TimesHeral d. Also Mr, Edwards says the head of the Federal Communica¬ tions Commission, Chairman James L, Fly, will be the first to be laid on the chopping block. He reports a deal on Capitol Hill where¬ by Mr. Fly will resign before the middle of August in return for a cessation of the investigation the House has been making into the FCC.
Inquiry at the Commission brought forth the usual denial that Mr, Fly had any intention of resigning,
“Like Henry A, Wallace, Fly is to be dumped overboard for the good of the party and the Commander-In-Chief, He is slated either for another Government poet or for temporary retirement to the private practice of laW, destined to be given his reward if the Democrats triumph in November", Mr, Edwards writes,
"Representative Lea (D), of California, Chairman of the Committee, declined to comment on this report that the group may consider its work done should Fly resign. But he remarked signif¬ icantly that no Interim report would be filed on the testimony garnered to date,
"Members had announced such a report would be made when the FCC last month finished its defense to charges that it has reduced the radio world to a complete subjection by terroristic methods,
"If the deal involving Fly’s resignation goes through, the minority members admitted, they will be powerless to stop a white¬ wash, In addition to Lea, the Committee is ruled by Representative Hart (d), of New Jersey, from Boss Frank Hague's district, and Rep¬ resentative Magnuson (D), of Washington, Democratiphominee for the seat of Senator Bone (D), of Washington, vho retires with this Congress to accept a Federal Judgeship, "
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PEARSON SETS REP. KLEBERG'S SCALP; ADDS 57 STATIONS
Drew Pearson is credited with the defeat of Representative Richard Kleberg in the Texas primaries, Mr. Pearson charged that Representative Kleberg, member of the wealthy King Ranch family had required two page boys and an usher, whose positions he had secured in the House of Representatives, to pay him a part of their salaries for getting them the Jobs, Rep, Kleberg, who has been in the House continuously since 1931, lost to Capt, John Lyle of Corpus Christ!, now with the Arroy in Italy,
It was announced last Sunday night that Serutan, Drew Pearson’s sponsors, had added 57 new stations, making a total of 169 stations on the Blue Net now carrying the Washington commentator’s broadcasts.
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