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5/25/43
HAIL HOUSE JUDICIARY RULING ON COX FCC CASE
Those seeking to put a bonfire under Representative Cox ( D) of Georgia as Chairman of the House Committee to investigate the Federal Communications Commission, believed they had gained an important point when Speaker Rayburn referred the petition of Commissioner Durr to the House Judiciary Committee.
Commenting upon this the Washington Post said:
'•Speaker Rayburn manifested both tact and good Judgment in referring FCC Commissioner Durr’s petition in the Cox case to the House Judiciary Committee. No group in the House has a higher reputation for fairness, integrity and a sense of public responsi¬ bility than the Judiciary Committee under the Chairmanship of Hatton W. Sumners, The Speaker’s selection of the Judiciary Committee to look into Mr. Durr’s charges is equivalent to acknowledgment that a serious issue involving the confidence of the public in the House has been raised.
"It is reasonable to assume that the Judiciary Committee will conduct public hearings to get to the bottom of the charge that Congressman Cox has a personal interest in the investigation of the FCC which he is making as a representative of the House. Certainly Commissioner Durr should be given an opportunity to present his case and Mr. Cox an opportunity to explain how he can imoartially investi¬ gate the FCC after taking a check for &2500 from a broadcasting sta¬ tion which now has an application for renewal of license pending before the fcc. That check was issued to cover ’legal expenses' shortly after Congressman Cox had importuned the FCC to grant Sta¬ tion WALES its original license. Certainly the whole case demands a public airing, and since the prestige of the House is at stake we are especially pleased to see that the task of giving it such an airing has been turned over to the Judiciary Committee,
"Incidentally, Speaker Rayburn’s fairness and good judg¬ ment in thus submitting the case to a high-minded and impartial committee puts Attorney General Biddle to shame. The facts about Representative Cox's acceptance of the check in question after he had pleaded the cause of Station WALB before the Commission were laid before the Department of Justice more than a year ago. The law provides a fine or prison sentence for any member of Congress who accepts compensation for any services rendered in relation to proceedings before a Federal department or bureau. The Attorney General has not yet mustered the courage to have a grand jury look into the facts to determine whether the law has been violated. "
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