The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-16
Chairman Henry and McAdoo
 Are Implicated By Lawson
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(Confinued from Page One1 charges, settled back with an obvious temporary loss of interest.
 Lawson intimated that he must first be permitted to make a statement setting forth that it was against his wishes to give the names in public. Chairman Henry insisted, however, that Lawson should answer the questions put to him, and said he would later be given an op- portunity to make any statement he de- sired.
 Despite the decision of the chairman, Lawson insisted on making a state ment and pleaded for ,an opportunity first, to present his information in secret.
 LAWSON PLEADS
 May I not have just a word?" he asked in pleading tones. T will be short and to the point. It seems to me you owe it to me to allow me to state things which I think are abso lutely necessary. I am going to an swer your questions, if forced to, but l want to make one more appeal before I answer.
 'T stated before that my reasons for refusing to give the information I had were that the publication of names might lead to the destruction Ol SN1OSHCS anu dl5O tudt d tASiuOSt of Congress had convinced me that the matter was serious to the nation and the administration.
 "But I did give one name to Speak CT Clark. that of Charles H. Sabin, president of the Guaranty Trust com pany of New York MT Sabin came before you and was allowed to go away without giving any information or showing his books. MT. Sabin has left the country and his evidence is gone.
 T am willing to give all the names but I appeal to the committee to take all my answers fin confidence. Then if the committee determines that l shall make them public I will repeat them in public. I don't want to quibble and I don't want to refuse.''
 Here the committeeman held a brief whispered conversation and Chairman Henry announced that the witness should answer the questions publicly.
 LAWSON WAS THEATRICAL
 Lawson looked at the committee sternly, squared himself in his chair and said in a voice scarcely audible:
 Chairman Henry of your committee is the congressman who gave me the names"
 The room hummed with excitement. Members of the committee, although they had heard rumors that Lawson might connect Henrys name with his charges" shifted in their chairs. Law son, silent and grave, looked straight ahead at the chairman. MT. Henry, without a sign of perturbation, waited moment for the buzzing to subside and then deliberately proceeded to read the next question formulated by the committee.
 It was merely an elaboration of the first, put in slightly different lam guage, referring to the fact that it made no difference whether the in formation came to him as ''rumor or idle gossip and brought reiteration from Lawson that Representative Henry had given him the informa- ton at their conference in Henry's of flee at the capitol on January 2.
 The third question called attention to Lawsons statement that he had been told by broker that a New York banker, a cabinet officer and a sen ator had a joint stock brokerage ac- committee the name of the man who had given him that information.
 "The man who told me that was Archibald S. White, Boston, of the firm of White & Co.,"
 Representative Harrison moved and the committee approved that White be subpoenaed.
 COULDN'T ANSWER
 Replying to the next question as to whom he had referred in his statement that members of Congress had en- gagged in buying and selling stocks Lawson said he could not give their names. as he did not know them.
 It was in answering the next ques- tion.s as to other persons who shad given him evidence in substantiation of his various statements. that Law son brought in the names of Secretary Tulnu1ty and William w. Price, White House correspondent of the Washing ton Star He read letter from a Washington woman. Mrs Ruth Thomp- 'soM iS50fif ias in part,
 MF Fa wson: If the name of tire ana &ed in the present feal #nl fasepnt of money be of slSs ace t1 gu II can supply the T In e and tie af41e17lt he received and ave the 7sanaa of at least one asso- qfmfe aE ffae WFstn House who par tisipated M the ha1l
 s.I YOU arc inssr ested. I will make hr Appointment t6 meet you at such a M as risF designate"
 Slaes. et Ger frrfber reauested that Law snrs Etstd He ifIfoG neltion in the strictest eSs " care Ae did not need 10
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 ent wits aia at1 rsey, whose name he akilll act seaAi. Eso reference was made eifser pv ksRw$nn pf the committee to taa anlolIs of iaonsy referred to in Mrs.
 sconti'a letter
 Ne1 ta Mhonl 3se referred as the asiege senator e.H alleged banker and ssf alls~aa snanhsa of the cabinet" MT. s1 \ sol. ssrfd aesAslnd erstood that Secre- faEF Nc AGcoA v&ss he alleged cabinet ax qssl9AE Mf. EdsN& the banker and the ez 1tcr was k14tTg So him only as "O.'
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 ts Ss VtfssAs usa< sinn, asking to whom lsf ' sssY f fnTrea t eaying a member of fgfs e5eSS NnfE H2NSh him three names of ss4sstEsa fea9lf'tAN Ee have been involved x sIia desf fpe tie third time brought the sse1sFg gtaai4 mn stcary.' The next ques- z3ca ard the tas bEiowing were virtually tns ka9age
 uN01a then waS Asked if he had any zstss fornae tsop ist relation to his inti- i14Eoz5s that aiotaeH high official of &iss gnresnMesll haa Reformation regard {EN tltA teAH alafiH that a relative of | s.sus1 fe iEif! tso has been mentioned. lie rerli~d tEst the arm of c. D. Bar nex ~ ro.s in SNaH street; Malcolm Me ktfsD hretheA ~ Secretary McAdoo, and Stew art tsfbbolley of the firm of v dcu v ipsoney. fwith offices at the md Gseatrsst n1atiorll and at 165 Broad ere the man tolwhom' he referred.
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