Statement of Hugh Fulton Concerning Issues Raised by Senator Brewster in the Hughes Investigation
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Statement of Hugh Fulton concerning issues raised by Senator
Brewster in the Hughes Investigation (As dictated and before
correction. August 9, 1947.
My name is Hugh Fulton. From the inception of the
Truman Committee until the resignation of Mr. Truman and myself
in August 1944 I was Chief Counsel and head of the staff of the
Truman Committee. I am now the senior partner of the firm of
Fulton, Walter & Halley, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City,
engaged in the practice of general business law.
I will summarize here and send to the Committee rough-
ly the substance of what I proposed to say at the Committee
hearing this morning.
Last Thursday morning The New York Times quoted
Senator Brewster as making certain charges with respect to
myself which I regarded as false. To correct any misimpression
which Senator Brewster might be under, I wrote him a letter on
Thursday, copies of which are available, and sent the original
to Senator Brewster and one copy each to Senator Ferguson and
to Howard Hughes.
After I had written the letter, Mr. Rogers, Counsel
for the Committee, telephoned me at my New York office and
said that the Committee would appreciate it if I would go to
Washington to testify on matters raised by Hughes and Brewster.
I was very desirous of doing so and immediately arranged to
leave for Washington.
Mr. Rogers informed me after I had reached Washington
that the subcommittee, Hughes, and Brewster had agreed not to
have any further hearings with respect to the issues between
Hughes and Brewster. Friday morning I telephoned Senator
Ferguson, who confirmed what Mr. Rogers had said. I reluctantly
concluded and informed Senator Ferguson that it might be
selfish and unfair for me to insist upon testifying against the
wishes of all concerned and that therefore I would not insist
upon testifying at the hearing unless my name should be bandied
around further by Senator Brewster in an improper manner.
I returned to New York and later went to my farm in
the country, where I happened to hear Senator Brewster on
Friday evening in a radio address, called "Meet the Press, If
make references to me which he definitely had been informed by
me were, and which he knew to be, false. Since Senator Brewster
is deliberately stating and restating falsehoods, I believe it
to be my duty publicly to state the facts. I do not believe
that it is any longer sufficient to inform him and the Committee
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