Spiro Agnew — Part 17

182 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Spiro Agnew · 182 pages OCR'd

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Hammerman had apparently been especially heavy-handed with the engineer,

and apparently because the Governor felt that the engineer might make *

his complaint public. For these reasons, Wolff continued thereafter
to give the engineer's firm some work.

The investigation has also established that the same
engineer also cd plained to his attorney, .a close personal friend
of Mr. Agnew's, labout Hammerman's solicitation. Shortly after the
engineer had complained to his attorney, and several months before the
engineer complained directly to Mr. Agnew, the attorney met with Mr.
Agnew and gavel him a detailed account of Hammerman's solicitation and
of his client's outrage. He warned Mr. Agnew that Hammerman's activities
could undermine all that the attorney believed Governor Agnew was
attempting to accomplish. Although he indicated that he would
look into the patter, Mr. Agnew never reported back to the attorney. He
did several months later meet personally with the engineer, at the attorney's
insistence, but the investigation has established that Mr. Agnew did

nothing whatever to stop Mr. Hammerman's continuing solicitations of
cash payments \from engineers in return for state work and that he (Mr. Agnew)
continued for ‘several years thereafter to accept his 50% share of those
cash payments.

4) The fact that a certain firm was making cash payments
was a definite factor in that firm's favor. It was, therefore, accorded
special consideration in the decision-making process. Wolff believes
that a comparison of the amounts of work given to certain firms before,

during and after Governor Agnew'’s Administration would confirm this.

On the other hand, there were times when a firm was selected

for a specific job without regard to whether or not that firm was making

i .
cash payments. Some local Maryland firms had outstanding expertise in

certain fields of engineering. This made them obvious choices for