THE NEW BROOM
AMERICAN CONTRACTS
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
(Received January 10, 12.50 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January !). The Senato Committee, which is investigating mail subsidies, today turned from shipping to •'air-mail contracts. . Testimony presented • indicated that tho Postmaster-General (Mr. Brown) in the Hoover Administration, awarded a number of contracts without competitive bidding. Monetary consideration was not revealed. "" A Post Office official caused something of a sensation when ho declared that Mr. Brown ordered much, and that his business and personal correspondence was burned "on his leaving office in March. ' ]
Mr. Brown will possibly be called by the committee at a later date to explain his actions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 8, 10 January 1934, Page 7
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103THE NEW BROOM Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 8, 10 January 1934, Page 7
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