Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-22
Becker Asks Senator Who Isl
Not Member Of Committee
If He Wishes Matters Per-
tanning to His Client Hearst
SENATOR THREATENS
TO STOP WITNESS
Declares If Committee Does
Not Control Becker He.
Would Take His Own Way
Of Doing 1t,
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Washington. Dec. 2l.--Alfred l..
Becker, deputy attorney general of
New York. on continued cross-eXami-
nation today by Senator Reed of Mis-
souri, at the senate committees Ger
man propaganda inquiry, declared
that senator Reed represented Will
liam r. Hearst, about whom most of
the testimony revolved.
Senator Reed Indignantly denied
that he represented anybody or any
thing except an effort to reach the
truth in maze of distorted testi-
mony"
The hearing was full of sharp eX-
changes of accusations between Mr.
Becker and Senator Reed, who sought
10 show that Becker drew unwarrant-
ed conclusions from scraps of evil
dence.' of acquaintance between
Hearst and Bolo Pasha, Won Bern
storff, and other German agents. Mr.
Becker declared he was suspicious of
almost anything that Mr.. Hearst did"
The cross examination will be contin-
ued when the hearings are resumed
after the holiday recess. Before the
committee adjourned, Senator Reed
referred to the financial transactions
mentioned by Mr.. Becker in the be-
ginning of his testimony on Thurs
day dealing with $f,800,000 deposited
with j. f. Morgan & Co, october 10,
six months after its deposit with in
terest at IL per cent In June,
1915, after Bolo had returned to
France, 1t was testified, the Morgan
firm eabled it's Paris branch that al
though the original agreement was
not kept it would be glad If some in
terest would be allowed Bolo, Sin view
of the connection of this client which
is of great Importance to us
Now, if you had a letter like that
written by Mr.. Hearst, in which he
said the original agreement was not
kept and asking him to pay interest
regardless of that, you would regard
it as very conclusive against Mr..
Hearst would you not?" asked Sena-i
tor Reed.
Il should be suspicious of almostI
anything that Mr., Harst did, and that
does not apply to Mr. Morgan" Mr..
Becker replied
THAT is what l thought" Senator
Reed retorted "You would be suspi-i
cious of almost anything he did, and
so comes your testimony TO be read I'M
that light.
Yes the witness said. II am very
suspicious of Mr.. Hearst. 1 admit
it. think his record iustifies it,
Then he 8rohably entertains AM
equally exalted opinion of you" Sena !
tor Reed replied.
Hearst Is Welcome.
We'll, God bless him. Becker re-
piled, che is welcome to it, and hel
probably will express it in his paper!
and this is my only chance"
The senate committee has placed
in the records letter from DR.. Lau-
ritz Larsen, secretary of the Nationall
Lutheran council, declaring thel
church is 100 per cent loyal, entirely
American and is not subsidized in any
way by the Prussian state church.
The church is pledged to the exclusivei
use of the English language except
when it is impossible to administer
spiritual consolation in that tongue,
it was explained
Mr.. Becker refused to answer ques-
lions by Senator Reed as to the iden-
tity Of persons employed by the at
torney general of New York to get
concerning the German
system. Senator Reed |
demanded that the committee in
struct the witness to answer.
Becker asked the senator if he de-
sired to have information on mat |
tiers relating to his client Mr.. Hearst"
whereupon Senator Reed told the |
committee that Mr.. Becker's reply had |
been framed in an insolent manner
and denied that he was appearing for
Mr.. Hearst
"You don't mean to say that Mr.. |
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