Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-08-10
PERKINS ESCAPES
CONTEMP CHARGE
IN STEEL HEARING
Trust Director Will Not Be
Compelled to Answer Cues
tions About Giving to
81 Campaign Funds.
LITTLETON BACKS HIM UP
Conservative New York Demo
crat Advises Committee It
Has No Power to Com
pei Replies.
LITTLEToN BACKS HIM UP.

Washington, Aug. lo.-The steel trust
investigating committee, at an execu-
tive session today, decided not to press
at this time the questions of cam
paign contributions in connection with
which George w. Perkins. of New
York. director of the United States
Steel corporation, was yesterday
threatened with contempt proceedings
before the House OF Representatives.
The committee decided to require the
steel corporation to produce the books
of subsidiary companies
While the committee was in session.
Mr.. Perkins and his counsel stated
they had nothing to announce as to
any change in their attitude of refusal
to answer the questions on these mat
ters.
LttIeton Gets Busy.
Martin W. Littleton. of New York,
executive session to consider what
action it should take in pressing the
line of questions regarding MIR. Per-
kins' personal campaign contributions
and similar contributions by the Uni
ted States Steel corporation and the
New York Life Insurance company
II suggest that you make your mo-
tion broad enough" Chairman Stanley
said; ito include the question of the
committees demand OF the steel cor
poration for books and records of its
subsidiary companies
The committee decided first to deter
mine whether to require the production
of the books of the subsidiary COM
panies.
When the executive session of the
committee adjourned, Chairman Stan
ley said
Nothing to say until p. rn'
The chair changed its rulings or
ri
sentative Young. republican
g..s s. Il Trust Attorney Gratified.
~ Young ought TO know. said Attor-
3 ney R.sSV. Lindabury, of the steel cor.
poration, ,sfnflingly.
The resolution demanding the books
Of thes@ubsidiary companies, also di-
rected legal steps in the event of Their
cision tnot to press the inquiry into
campaign contributions, was based or
the conclusion that the House resolu-
tion did not give authority to go intf
those matters. 1t was said that Rep
resentative Littleton, of New York, in
sisted that the committee would thus
transcend its power
Chairman Stanley refused to make
any statement Some members of the
committee asserted that MIR. PeIkin.
had been freed only from answering
the questions regarding his persona
fCOlltIlpullOIlS anu lilc matter OF Un'
steel corporation and the New Yorl
Life Insurance company contribution
had not been decided finally.
Ask Help of Taft
Y Chairman Stanley and Representa-
tives Littleton and Sterling, OF th
committee. of Herbert Knox Smith
commissioner of corporations, had
conference with President Taft at tn,
White House following the executiv,
&session. All refused to discuss the con
ference.
Chairman Stanley and his associates
1t was learned later. had gone to tn,
White House TO ask the president t,
release the representatives of the com
missioner of corporations cn the stee
inquiry with view of getting at som,
of the matters sought in the inquiry
President Taft. it was said. promised
to furnish to the committee all infor
nation in the possession of the bureau
Of corporations in regard to the stee
trust which could be furnished within
the law