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es mene oe ‘ _ ((_ J FOR PAPER fROHASING BW. 20) votes WOST MOT USE.) (CAUTION: ADVANCE LEWIS COLUMN FOR RELRASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, A.M, AND P.M, PAPERS, MUST MOF BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THAT DATE.) WASHINGTON REPORT BE PULTON LEWIS, JR. COPYRIGHT, 1961, KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. WASHINGTON, SEPT. 5 -~ Buried in the files of a Congressional subcommittee is a letter written by the then Senator John F. Kennedy in behalf of a Massachusetts road builder who dispensed some $275,000 in bribes to Bay State officials, _ The letters were written two years ago when Thomas Worcester attempted to get road building contracts in New Jersey. At least three other key Democrats interceded in behalf of Worcester et the time. They were House Majority Leader John McCormack; Res Frank "Eopper" Thompson, of New Jersey, and Robert Burkhardt, then executive secretary of the New Jersey State Democratic Committee, Burkhardt wrote New Jersey highway officials that Worcester was "sponsored" by Kennedy, McCormack and Thompson. He was named Assistant Postmaster General by Kennedy but left to run the gubernatorial campaign of Democrat Richard Hughes. New Jersey Highwey Commissioner Dwight Palmer rejected the pressure extended by the four Democrats, Worcester wes unable to get a contract with the state. The letters are in the files of the special subcommittee created to Blatnik, admits he has the letters, but refuses to open committee files to Republican members. This despite HouseRule Xl 25, which states: "All committee hearings, records, data, charts and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the Congressional office records of the member serving as chairman of the committee; and auch records ate 37 &. 4b Hk 8 SL PPR eee tt oma AP be Hata otha 17 Ball OF WIE Property Ol LG Avups 1 G@l4 SEWED Ul WIE OVuUoe miats have access to such records,” ; Florida's Bill Cramer is renking Republican on the committee. Por more than a year he has attempted to see the records to determine what progress, if any, was being made in the group's investigative work. But Blatnik has refused to allow Cramer, or any other Republican to see the documents. Also denied accese is the minority counsel, Robert Manuel, (MORE) a