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MULHALL DENIES
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Declares He Refused to Sell
Documents.
BOUGHT MANY LABOR LEADERS
Lobbyist of Manufactures Associa-
tion Tells of Effort to Break Print
ers' Strike In Philadelphia.

Washington. July IS. = Martin NJ,
Mulhau. self-styied lobbyist for ten
years for the National Association Of
Manufacturers. interrupted the senate
lobby investigation 10 reply to what
he declared were personal attacks on
his character and his purpose in the
expose in which he has become the
centra, figure.
He denied that ne had tried to sell
the great mass of papers and letters
which were recently published and
which are now in the hands OF the
senate COMMITTEES.
Mulhall's statement was made In
connection with his request that he be
allowed 20 read a letter he had writ
ten May is. 1918. to Per-iton Maxwell,
editor OF Hearst's Magazine, urging
him 20 have William r. Hearst make
the mass OF letters public through his
publications.
Il have attempted for the past two
months 20 give them away Mulhal
told the committee. Il never had in
mind the question of the money l
would receive fer them"
But YOU did sell them later to the
New York Herald?" asked Senator
Reed. Il would like to offer further
letters and witnesses on that point"
said Mulhall Il did not sell them.
fell into the hands of gentleman
named Barry, who came over to look
at the letters for Mr.. Hearst. | have
learned since that he is what is known
as a tipster. The letters were given to
the New York World, but later Mr..
Barry came and wanted me to break
the contract with the World, saying
he could get $150,000 for the letters
from the National Association of Man.
ufacturers I said the letters were
not for sale: that the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers did not have
money enough TO buy them: that l
had no proposition of blackmail in con-
nection with then"
Mulhall's first testimony related to
letters from Marshall Gushing, secre-
tary of the National Association of
Manufactures, suggesting a campaign
against Congressman George Pearre,
Of Maryland Mulhall said he made fire.
quent visits to Pearre's district and
conferred with former Senator We'll
lington, George H. Hoffman, postmas-
ter at Cumberland, and others.
Details of the fight against Pearre
were brought out through letter
from Mulhall to C. H. Hoffman, of
which outlined plan to send you all
the labor organizers YOU wish, and
guarantee all of them to be first class
men, to organize the fight against
Pearre.
'Why did you oppose Pearre?" ask
ed Reed. .On account of his stand
on the Injunction bill, same as did
McComas,' said the witness, refer
ring to former Senator McComas, of
Maryland
Robert Lowndes, son of, former
governor of Maryland, was a candi-
date against Pearre when the latter
was fought by the manufacturers.
Mulhall told about making personal
visits to Cumberland to lend his infiu-
ence in the campaign TO defeat Pearre
and of one of the letters he received
from his employers, which said: 1--WE
want to do all we can to defeat that
gentleman, so redoubie your efforts
and don't get caught
A letter to Mulhall from c. H. Holtz-
man at Cumberland said the anti
Pearre organization there was costing
5000 day and much persuasion" was
necessary.
What do You mean by persuasion?"