The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-17

the committee II was decided to insis
upon this information.
Bird reused the ire Of Senator Rec
Of Missouri by fippant answer to thu
question. HAS the N. A. M. any con
nection with the Anti-Boycott Lacquer
mo more connection than there is be
tween your head and that chandelier.
| replied the witness.
well, I hope there IL a good deal o.
| difference between my head and tina
chandelier" replied Reed. But / asket
a civil question and would like plair
answer"
| Bird apoIogized and said he only in,
! tended to emphasize his reply by thu
| simile.
To Employ Accountant.
The committee also decided at the
executive session to employ an exper
accountant to go through the books
| which the N. A. NJ has brought dowr
here.
The fight on Representative John J..
Gardner and Representative William
Hughes OF New Jersey played a leading
part In letters read to the committee
In my interview with Mr.. Sherman on
Wednesday, wrote Mulhail, "he dis
tinctly told me that We ought to defeat
Gardner at the coming primary election
IL possible. Gardner, it will be remem-
bered, was a Republican, Mr.. Sherman
also stated that he has done everything
he possibly could to stop Gardner from
getting these radical bills before Con-
gress. and has talked to him along party
lines. but has been unable to do any,
thing with him. He said the only thing
to do is to beat him for Congress-
A number Of Mulhall's expense ac-
counts were read into the record. In each
one OF these were from FIVE to fifteen
items for sums paid union labor men, in
amounts ranging from SIS to $50. Letters
showed that in the Watson campaign
union men in Mulhalls employ were par
ticularly active. and a goodly delegation
was brought down from the anthracite
regions in Pennsylvania and kept there
continuously until Watson's nomination.
Correspondence introduced told how all
the force and influence of the big ship
building. traction, and utility interests
Of Philadelphia were combined and
turned against Representative Gardner in
an effort to defeat him for denomination
because Of his support Of the eight-hour
bill.
J. r. Bird on stand.
J. P. Bird. general manager of the ex-
ecutive offices Of the National Association
of Manufacturers since June 4. 1905, was
on the stand at the afternoon session for
a short while. Among other things. and
over vehement protest by Special Counsel
McCarter. for the National Association
of Manufacturers, Bird testified that
James A. Emery. general counsel and
Washington representative of the associa-
ton. receives $1,000 year from the
National Counsel OF Industrial Defense.
a branch of the National Association OF
Manufacturers. which nuI0bers in its
membership many Of the firfnS repre-
scented in the National Association of
Manufacturers
Bird explained that the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers was composed
of individual manufacturers, and MEM
bership IN the National Counsel of In
dustrial Defense was confined to firms
whose members or executive Offices were
In the National Association of
Bird said that the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers had
moved all its papers to Washington in
an express car. He was excused until
The committee was interested in trying
to find something tangible about the
National Counsel of Industrial Defense. |
but as far as Mr. Bird could inform them |
from his own knowledge it had never !
held a meeting. and the officers were self |
appointed, comprising the president ~ |
the National Association OF Manufac- |
turers as chairman. the treasurer of the |
National Association of Manufacturers |
Is treasurer. and Emery as general coun- |
sci. 1t keeps no books beyond a card |
system. showing who pays money in its |
Golfers and when. According to Mulhall. |
whose testimony in the morning touched |
IN this organization. it collects between
I'm nOn and ST00 n00 wear
Collected Over 100000.
Testifying as to this organization in
the morning Mulhall said that when the
eft the n. A. NJ. the n. c. i. d. had
40 members. Describing it he said:
when Van Cleave got active in poll
les in 1907, he elected himself president
If that organization. and Mr.. Schwedt-
nan secretary. and Mr.. Emery Its coun-
'eL Later on. when Mr.. Kirby became
president of the association Uhe n. A.
~, Mr.. Van Cleave stepped aside and
Mr.. Kirby was elected. on paper. and
Mr.. Bird secretary and treasurer. and
Mr.. Emery counsel. This organization
s organized for getting kilograms to
protesting against legisla-
ion that it does not want In addition
o that, 1t is an organization that has
'een collecting funds for a number OF
ears, and. according to one of the COL
ectors, the collections amount to from
800 900 to $4,000 a year.
President Taft and his campaign man.
ger, Arthur Norys, were frequently
mentioned in correspondence between
dulhall and Schwedtman identified and
cad into the record yesterday. Mulhull
vas striving to obtain, and believed that
e had succeeded in exacting, a promise
rom Vorys, Tafts pre-convention cam
'aign manager. that the N. A. NJ. be
to name a member Of the Ma
ional Republican Campaign Committee
4 1905 and also to name a member of
dr. Taft's Cabinet.
In addition to this. the letters told of
he continuation of fights against Hughes
nd Gardener, Of New Jersey, and Pearre.
{ Maryland, candidates for Congression-
1 nomination.: of the successful fight for
he nomination for Governor of James
:. Watson, of Indiana. and the success
I'll fight to renomininate Representative /,
talph b. Cole of Ohio. of Littlefields ,
esignation as a member OF Congress !
rom Maine. and the lining up of sufi-
lent members Of Congress and Senators :
o defeat Presidents Roosevelt's legis- !
alive program. which involved a num- ;
er of bills designed to better labor con- :
itions.
Emery Scolds Cole.
A letter to Schwedtman, dated March
J, 1908. tells of James s. Sherman's ex-
RENE anxiety that Ralph B. Cole. OF
'hio, be reelected to Congress Sher-
riot in an effort to bring this about
fulha1l described Cole IN the coy,,r,;ffa.. q,