6 on Capitol Hill Figure in Secret Inquiry On Builder's Action in $ 5‐Million Claim
rept that Baltimore grand jury has been barred from making pub allegedly gives names of 4 Reprs, 1 Sen and 1 ex-Sen as figuring in case in which Baltimore Contractors pres Frenkil is accused of trying to defraud Govt; sources say Frenkil used threats, offers of jobs and pol influence to win approval for $5-million claim against Govt involving construction of parking garage under Rayburn bldg; say Mitchell said charges against Frenkil should not bring in names of pub figures--Sen Long, ex-Sen Brewster, Speaker McCormack, Reprs Boggs, C D Long, Friedel--because they are not being indicted and their reputations would be damaged; ex-US Atty Sachs insisted they be named, even if not indicted, in order to make his case against Frenkil; Sen Long and Brewster reptdly were offered bribes of up to $125,000 each but there is no evidence that they accepted offer or recd money; sources say Boggs figured in minor way in effort to settle claim; Boggs denies any involvement in case or any knowledge of probe of him, sources say presentment names McCormack in ambiguous way; Repr Long says he only made inquiries for constituent; sources say Mitchell also refused to go along with Sachs' recommendation that Sen Long and Brewster be indicted and Boggs be asked to appear before grand jury; chronological account of affair; while bldg garage, Frenkil felt he ran into problems that were not spelled out in contract and added to his costs; he presented claim for $5-million to Capitol Architect's office; architect's staff revd claim and apparently found most of it unjustified; Frenkil reptdly then tried to get staff to reverse itself by offering members jobs and by threatening them with dismissal if claim was not paid; investigators were told that offers and threats were largely made by Frenkil, Baltimore Contractors vp Shepard and N M Voloshen, lobbyist who recently pleaded guilty to charges he conspired to use prestige of Speaker McCormack's office to defraud Fed agencies; learned that Frenkil paid Voloshen over $20,000 for help in getting claim settled; say those who pressured architect's staff were Brewster and Sen Long aide; Boggs and Sen Long were reptdly involved but in lesser way; Voloshen reptdly told architect's staff that Speaker wanted claim paid; McCormack is only reptd to have told staff that 'it would be nice if you get along' with Voloshen; Sachs urged indictment of Frenkil, Shepard, Voloshen, Sen Long and aide and Brewster; urged further probe of Boggs; Justice Dept replied Sen Long and Brewster were not to be indicted and Boggs not probed because of insufficient evidence; its position reptdly was that Sachs could indict Frenkil, Shepard and Voloshen but that he must indict and try case without bringing into it any data about pol figures; grand jury's solution was to turn in presentment, presentment's charges outlined; crux of Justice Dept position is that since claim was not paid, Govt was not defrauded
