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Lawson Says He win Specify
Cabinet Officer Involved Be-;
fore Select Body.
INQUIRY PRACTICALLY SURE
Rules Committee Virtually Fore
ed to Order Thorough In
vestigation Now.
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broker-H. Content & Co., Ill Broad
way.
Lawson then explained he had al
ways made It a practice to place or
ders through my people" and that
81 do not know and do not have to
know the brokers they use."
After this experience" said Law
son. Il shall be more careful than ever
to know less about it."
Congressman Chiperfield angrily told
the committee that he objected to bur-
rowing around like q mole" when the
committee had before them a man he
understood to be one Of the large opera
tors In the bear raid Of December.
sensation of Session.
The sensation Of today's session was
| the offer of Lawson to tell to a special
committee-but not the Rules Commit
tee-the name Of the member Of Con-
gress who told him a Cabinet officer
was involved in the Teak" and also
the name Of the Cabinet officer.
mr.. Lawson" asked Congressman
Cantrill, 'if this COMMITTEES should re-
port this resolution and this commit
tee, and the House order such an fr-
quiry by a select committee and you
are summoned before that select COM
mitteA will you then give to that spe-
cial committee the names of the men,
Der of Congress and Cabinet officer
mentioned7"
| Reiterates Statement.
~ WILL" said Mr.. Lawson.
you will?"
al will"
"why not give the name to this
committee them"
| Lawson then repeated his oft-made
statement that this Is a preliminary
inquiry, and he preferred to tell q spe-
cial committee because of the ser
iousness of the disclosure
Congressman Chiperfield again put
in a lively half hour with Lawson,
and both men frequently showed i'll
temper.
You have given us no information"
don't quibble," don't waste our
| time" and az don't care to establish
any relations with. you" were some
of the verbal shots fired at Lawson
by Congressman Chiperfield.
Lawson's Come-Baeks.
You can't use police court meth
DDS on me-" and "can't you take any
thing in q fair way?" were some OF
Lawson's retorts to Chiperfield.
your understanding of my ques-
tion may be detective" said Clipper
field at one juncture.
Yes, maybe I'm defective all along
In my understanding" said Lawson.
81 agree with you," said Chiperfeld.
81 think you may be defective also"
snapped Lawson.
do you advocate the adjustment
of the New York Stock ExchangeT
| asked Congressman Garrett.
mo, 1 advocate its Federal regula-
tion," said Lawson.
Refuses to Guess.
ct want to ask you again how much
U. s. Steel you bought and sold in De-
cember?" said Mr.. Chiperfeld.
81 refuse to guess. I want to be
careful in my statements" replied the
witness.
Have you been as careful in the
rest of your testimony" snapped the
Illinois Congressman. "Were you as
| careful when. you 'impugned the Su-
preme Court of the United States?"
81 haven't iinpugned the Supreme
Court" protested the financier.
"Now / demand as far as I can
as u InemDeT OF InlS COmmlItee nat
you tell us whether or not you bought
or sold United States Steel in the
month of December, 1916?h said Con-
gresham Chiperfield.
81 appeal to the chairman" said
Mr.. Lawson. 81 have answered that
question by saying 1 had dealt in
United States Steel In December"
Another TIN.
The Illinois lawmaker and the wit
ness engaged in another tit which
was characterized by considerable
warmth.
chairman Henry interposed by say
ing:
Now, Mr.. Lawson, you and Mr..
Chiperfield are getting along very
nicely and hope we won't have any
more unpleasantness."
Mr.. Chairman" shouted Congress
man Chiperfield, aside from the fact
that there has been no open breach
of the peace. l do not think we are
getting along nicely at all. The wit
ness absolutely refuses to answer my
questions"
Can't Remember.
Resuming his questioning, the Him
OILS lawmaker asked the witness:
"Mr. Lawson. did you inaugurate a
selling campaign in the stock market
in December. 1852"
"I can't remember. l may have sold
stock every day during that month,
replied the witness.
Didn't you start a systematic SELL