Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS
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Suffolk, IS.
Then personally appeared before me,
the undersigned Frederick A Crafts,
Notary Public within and for the
County and Commonwealth afore said,
Arthur NJ. Rich, who deposes and says
That he lived in the State of Vermont
from the time he was eleven years old,
except for few months when he was
in Washington, D. c., until about two
years ago when he came to Massachu-
sett; that he graduated from St. Johns
bury Academy, st. Johnsbury, Vermont;
That he went to work in a law Office
at Newport, Vermont, and continued to
work i'll law offices for a number OF
years; that he was very anxious to study
law and become lawyer;
That he was unable to go to college or
work his way through a professional
school because of lack of funds and be-
cause he had dependant mother; that
william S. Bean, of said Newport who
was clerk of the Committee on Stan
dards, Weights and Measures, of which
Chairman, informed him that Senator
Page at that time had another appoint
ment on said Committee, that this would
be an opportunity for said Rich to work
and earn living and at the same time
attend law school nights in Washing
ton, DC;
That the salary paid was SIPS a month;
that at this time said Bean informed him
that senator Page would like to see him
i'll Hyde Park, Vermont; that he irnme-
dately went to Hyde Park and told
Senator Page of his ambitions;
That Senator Page told him that Mr..
Bean was his Secretary and also Clerk
of the Committee on Standards, Weights
and Measures, and that he had one more
appointment on said Committee, that of
Assistant Clerk or Messenger, and
promised him the position
That Senator Page told him to report
for work in Washington, D. c., on jan
utry I, 1910, which he did;
That he was enrolled and placed on
the pay roll at the Senate Disbursing
Office as Assistant Clerk or Messenger
of the Committee on Standards Weights
and Measures, the salary being sI2o a
Senate was in session and once month
when not in session;
That the first time he was to receive
his pay, the Committee Clerk, Bean told
him to get his pay at the Senate Disburs-
ing Office and take the money to Sena-
tor Page,that he received that day $50,
being two weeks pay, for which he re-
ceipted as said Assistant Clerk or Mes
senger;
That Senator Page then told him for the
first time, that he was to receive only
one-halt of said salary, that from that
time on he only received one-half of said
salary or 500 a month, theother half
going to Senator Page;
That he demonstrated with Senator
Page, but found that it was useless and
that he would have to take that amount
or go home, and he therefore gave up all
hopes of law school that he found that
he was obliged to pay $50 month for
small room and two meals day. that his
lunches at the United States Capitol
where he was obliged to eat at noon cost
him approximately sIz a month, : leaving
SIS month to pay for laundry, car fares,
clothes and incidentals;
That when he went down there he had
to pay his carfare and also upon his re-
turn
That the latter part of May, 1917, Se.-
ator Page informed him that he wonld
have no further work for him during the
Summer, that it was expected the ses-
sion of Congress would close very short
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