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the reasons for my making the appIl-
cation I did not want TO 60 home
without having made the attempt.
Senator Reed You wanted that. so
| you could go back and tell your people
! that the President had refused 10
make any changer
Mr. Carter. l understood that he
would not hear anybody on the sub
iect OF sugar. wanted 70 be certain
OF that fact myself
Senator Reed You did not then &C
to him when you first came here, and
your agents did not go for the pur
| pose of asking the President TO inter
| oede in your behalf?
Mr.. Carter. Oh. yes; We have been
to the President: at least the Hawaii-
an Delegate in Congress has been to
! him.
Senator Reed. Then you had al
ready had your hearing?
Mr.. Carter. Oh. called on the
White House as soon as ! got here.
Senator Reed. You had already had
your hearing, and the President had
already heard your Delegate in Con-
gress. When did he hear him?
Mr.. Carter. | do not know the date.
/, He had heard him; yes.
Senator Reed. What you complain
Of is that after having once heard
your complaint he did not hear 1t
again when you applied on yesterday
Mr.. Carter. My complaint Is that
when sent on by the public Of Hawaii
from mass meeting with credentials
to the President. and when he hears a
delegation from Porto Rico. 1t seems
to me only fair that he should hear
one from Hawaii.
Senator Reed. Why didn't you 20
then when you came here and ask to
be heard by him. and not wait until
the day before you were going away:
Mr.. Carter. | did not wait until
the day before was going away.
Senator Reed. Then two or three
days
/ Mr.. Carter. have given the rea.
sons why. was told 1t would be
!, useless.
Senator Reed Some OF your people
said SO. The president did not say SO.
Mr.. Carter No; and wanted to be
! certain OF that myself.
Senator Reed. When It came to the
hearings before the subcommittee you
did not go down TO the subcommittee
yourself, did your
/ Mr.. Carter No.
Senator Reed. Some Of your asso-
ciates went and had a talk with the
subcommittee, and the subcommittee
told them that they would give them
hearing.
j Mr.. Carter. can not answer ques-
tions. when. words are put into my
mouth.
Senator Reed. ! do not want to put
any words into your mouth. Some OF
!, your agents did go down to the sub
committee and arrange for a hearing.
did they noty
Mr.. Carter. Yes; on that Monday
morning we met together and con-
! ferred upon this question and de-
cided-
j Senator Reed. Some Of them did
go down. That is what want. Just
come down to yes and no, and an
swer the questions, and we viii get
along little faster.
Mr. Carter Yes; Mr.. Ballcu and
Mr.. Baldwin went down.
Senator Reed. And the committee
did say that they would give them a
hearing?
/ Mr.. Carter. They had previously
notified US they would.
! Senator Reed. Then you advised
not to go before the committee?
! Mr. Carter. | did.
Senator Reed And then, or about
that time. you began the preparation
of this brief?
Mr. Carter No; had previously
/ been working on 1t.
Senator Reed. You had already
prepared it?
Mr.. Carter. No; it was not com
plete.
Senator Reed. 1t was partly pre-
tpared?
Mr.. Carter. Yes.
Senator Reed So that II you did
not have the hearing before the sub
committee it was because you adj
vised your associates to ignore the
subcommittee, and you did not go
down and avail, yourself Of the oppor-
!, tunity extended. That is the cold.
unadulterated truth about it, is 1t
not?
Mr.. Carter No.
i Mr.. Reed. Is not that just about
what you said?
4 Mr. Carter. No.
| Senator Reed. What is there not
true about it,
Mr.. Carter You make me say, sir,
!, that the reason we did not get a
hearing was because | was preparing
a brief
j Senator Reed I did not say any
thing about a brief The reason you
+, did not have a hearing before the
subcommittee
Mr.. Carter. Oh, we did have hear;
ing. These gentlemen went down and
did have hearing.
Senator Reed Did you not say
that you advised against going and
having a hearing?
Mr.. Carter. Yes; / did.
| Senator Reed. Did you go and have