On November 18, 1963, the Senate Investigation Committee, headed by Chairman John L. McClellan, re-opens public hearings on the awarding of potentially the largest defense contract in the nations history to General Dynamics for fighter bombers to be used by both Navy and Air Force. The potential six or seven billion dollar contract was awarded in November, 1962, to General Dynamics over Boeing. The Committee is exploring whether any favoritism or bad judgment played a part in awarding the contract. There have been charges of possible conflict of interest on the part of former Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth, who own stock in and whose bank made loans to General Dynamics, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, who was formerly affiliated with a law firm which represented General Dynamics. The program will include excerpts from the testimonies next week of Gilpatric and Korth before the committee. Hosting the show is Clark Mollenhoff, Washington Bureau of Cowles Publication and Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Journalist. The guests include Senator John L. McClellan (D-Arkansas); Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-Washington); Senator Karl Mundt (R-South Dakota); Congressman Karl Stinson (R-Washington). The program runs approximately 30 minutes. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) At Issue consists of 69 half-hour and hour-long episodes produced in 1963-1966 by NET, which were originally shot on videotape in black and white and color.
