August 5, 1953

freed Amer officer repts Communists on Aug 3 sentenced some US officers to long prison terms for 'instigating against peace'; repts no data on Maj Gen Dean; Communists claim they gave Dean special treatment

Dulles conf with Rhee, Seoul; repts accord to discuss pol conf; silent on SK rept that US troops will resume hostilities if pol conf fails to make progress within 90 days

operation begins

Impellitteri appts H J Klein to replace Jeffe

Mayock testifies he collected $65,000 from W S Lasdon; that he funneled $30,000 of it to Dem Natl Com to finance '48 Pres campaign, splitting rest with L Markus and Solomon who had introduced him to Lasdon; says he gave money to Dem Natl Com by giving cash to individuals who in turn made out checks to com; describes giving lump sum to former chmn of Dem Finance Com Johnson and his return of it because it violated Hatch Act on amt and on failure to give list of donors; refuses to name persons who cooperated with him on sending checks; says former Treas Sec Snyder was only person he talked with on Lasdon case; does not recall purported confs with Foley and Oliphant; Com shows Mayock was never 'Judge' and was not counsel to Dem Natl Com but a volunteer member of Finance Com and as such had promised to raise $30,000 for '48 campaign; Mayock describes meeting Lasdon and deciding on fee; says that he got facts of case from Cann, that he never told Lasdon or Snyder money was to be paid as pol contribution; says he recd only $2,500 of it, although his share was $17,500, $15,000 of which he gave to Markus on promissory note which was never repaid; Mayock pol background; illus