Arizona republican., 1913-08-07
National Association Secrets Are Laid Bare i'll Two Hundred Letters from Files of Organization Be fore House Committee
COUNSEL EMERY
 ALSO TELLS THINGS
Is Principal Witness Be fore Investigators on Both Sides of the Capitol Conducting the Sensa- tional Lobby Probe

WASHTNGTON. Aug. Glow the National Association of Manufacturers prodded members of congress to sup port Legislation that the association favored and to oppose those that threatened it's interests was explained today 10 the House Lobby Committee by James A. Emery, general counsel of the association. Emery was the prin- cipal witness before the lobby investi- gators on both sides of the capitol He began with a preliminary state ment to the Senate committee of the objects and aims of the association and on the House side concluded an iden- tification of two hundred letters culled from the organizations files by the committee In his discussion of the political activities of the association, Emery said the body itself did not en- gineer a Congressional campaign. The association kept track of the records of a congressman. he added, and when the time for their recollection came. notified the members in the individual districts and the campaign work was done by local members.
 A letter written by Emery to F. C. SchWedtman. secretary to the president of the national association in 191O commented on the fact that Congress man Bartholt was very effectually prodded from St Louis.' in connec- ton with a vote on the proposition to exempt labor unions from prosecu- tion under the sherman act. The witness explained that the letters and telegrams started from the constitu- ems of a congressman sought to he in fluenced by communicating with mem bers of the association in the congress- mans district. As an instance of this sort of activity there was introduced a telegram sent by Emery in q fight against the same labor union proposi- ton in 1910 to A N- Williams, of the St. Paul, which urged him to please get as vigorous q protest by wire as possible to Congressmen Davis, Nielsen. Steenerson and Miller of your state All are supporting the Hughes amend ment preventing the enforcement of the sherman law against labor organ izations"
 Activities with relation to the Hughes amendment, the investigation of the Taylor shop management system by the House Labor committee, d bill to allow the formation of unions among government employees and vari- ous other legislative propositions of in terest to the association in the presi- dential platforms of 1908 were out lined in the letters presented today
 one of the letters disclosed what Representative Willis characterized as an everlasting and eternal war" be- tween the National Association and National Civic Federation. In a let- ter dated January 27. 1910. F. C SchWedtman wrote to John Kirby, president of the National Association of Manufacturers.
 May the continuation of our cam paign bring about the thing which is most desirable at the present time in our economic situation; that is the downfall of the Civic Federation"
 The house committee excused Emery for the present and he will continue his testimony on the Senate side to- morrow.