Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-01
Leader Of American Fedora
tion Demands Hearing Be-
fore Committee Tnvestigat-
ing Alleged Lobby.
'BRANDENBURG ALLEGED
EMIssARY OF CORRUPTION
Man Now in Sing Sing Offered
Labor Chief Life Of Ease in
Return for Betrayal Of Or
ganizatiOn Is Story.


lby Leased Wire 70 Evening Herald. u
washington. July ---Dis~iosuraa
70 follow the reopenlnH OF tlsc sumata'a
lobby investigation tomorrow are ox-
peeted TO pc among the most import
Or; developments IN recent years in
"a congressional inquiry since publ.
cation of Martin M MulhnIs story
how he had operated TO Influence leg.
islation and elections in behalf OF she
National Association OF Manufacturers
scores ~ labor leaders present ana
former congressman and others have
come forward with testimony and ask
that they also be heard by the inveu-
tlgators
Samuel compers who figured pro-
minentiy In Mulhell's story a. the oh
ieet of long continued attack BY
those who attempted to brlbe him and
force him TO give up his fight IN be-
half ~ labor Legislation has made
public detailed report Of attempted
bribery !, confirmed the story told
by Mulhall
The Goinpers statement n report
that the labor leader prepared IN 1907
after his experiences with BrouRhton
hrandenhurg. now n convict IN Sing
sing prison, who claimed 20 be IN the
employ 0f the National Association ~
Manufacturers
Golnpers met nrandenburu, nnys tha
report, under the advice and suEges-
ton OF other officials OF the Amesi-
can Federation Of labor. Branden-
burg represented himself na In charge
~ q bureau of the National Association
Of Manufacturers organized 40 "ex-
pose the immortality and dishonesty
of the leaders IN the labor movement"
According 10 this report, Qompers
led Brandenburg on until the latter
proposed that Goinpers should pre-
pare general statement IN the na-'
ture 81 "confesslon:" should stand
Tor recollection as president OF the
American Federation of Labor In 1903
and should then resign. leaving the
Federation of Labor crippled by his
retirement and the exposure of other
leaders
My object IN coming 20 you IL to
say want 10 save you." nranden-
burg Is quoted as saying. II want
60 save yon and while / do not want
TO express IN specific financial terms
what the National Association of
Manufacturers a. willing 10 do, yet
can guarantee that you win BE- f-
nancially safe for the balance ~ your
Nre"
Both John Kirby, Jr.. and u. NJ
Parry are IN San Francisco and were
expecting 10 ssii for Australia today
They wired Chairman Overman ask
ing 10 be excused from testifylng be-
fore the senate committee now but
promised 10 appear on their return
IN several months. They wired Il
would cost them about 81. 600 each 20
change their plans. Chairman over
man today wired the two men direct
Ing that they hold themselves In read
iness 90 appear.
Representative Shirley Of Kentucky
mentioned Ia the Mulhal charges az
one the manufacturers could count on
TO supper, certain measures, today
obtained from senator Overman per-
mission 20 appear before the lobby
committee tomorrow and make
statement detailing conversations with
Mulhall Lewis Cass Ledyard Paul
y Cnvath and MAXWELL Eyarts New
YORK. attorneys. and David Lamar.
Wall street operator have accepted
telegraphlc summonaes 90 appear be-
fore the committee tomorrow.
The work OF the lobbyists IN Wall
street where names Of congressmen
have been freely used over the teie-
phone In connection with demands on
finnncial and railways officials will be
subjects Of the hor-ing.