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BREWERY COMMITTEE PROBES PROPAGANDA;
 ACTIVITIES OF B0L0
Assistant Attorney Gener- al Star Witness, Adds Spice to Otherwise Dry Proceedings.

Washington. Dec. 2O--Most of to- days session of the senate commit tee Investigating German propaganda was taken up with tilts between AL fred l.. Becltar, assistant attorney general of New York, and Senator Reed, of Missouri, who is not mem- Der of the committee.
 Senator Reed, in cross examining the New York official. who had been on the stand two days, charged that Merton E. Lewis. attorney general of New York, and Becker misused their official positions in making pub- lie information contained in affi- davits secured by them under special war legislation. These affidavits re- ferred to alleged meeting of William Randolph Hearst, with Bolo Pasha. executed in France, as a traitor, and former Ambassador Won Bernstorff.
 Mir Becker denied the charge, say ing that the affidavits made public were not secured under the special legislation. He said that certain dis closures purporting to show associa tion of Hearst and Bolo were made public flor what I frankly admit were political purposes" He justified this course on the ground that their pub lication was in the public interest.
 The information under discussion was given to New York newspapers mainly in August, September and Oc- for the Republican nomination for Attorney General of New York state and Attorney General Lewis was a candidate for the Republican nomina- tion for Governor against Charles s. Whitman. It appeared from the cross examination, that Hearst was consid- cred a supported of Whitman, and Senator Reed sought to show that Lewis and Becker intended to dam age Whitman by attacking Hearst.
 Senator Reed read from a New York newspaper, of July 31st, 1917, a story telling of Bolo Pasha's atten- tions to a Metropolitan opera singer Spanish woman. whose relations with Bolo were declared by Becker to be entirely blameless. In this story was letter from Bolo to the singer mentioning. "My Friend Mrs. Milli- cent Hearst"
 Mir. Becker admitted having given to the papers the statement contain. ing this letter.
 What was the purpose of giving it out at this particular timef" inouir. ed Senator Reed.
 "It was an interesting item of news which I thought the public would be glad to read" Mr Becker replied, smiling.
 "Was there no purpose to connect Hearst with Bolo?"
 q had regarded the purpose to show the connection of Hearst with German propagandsts as more inter- esting to the public than the disclos- ure of Bolo's attentions to the opera singer"
 Becker added. shouting to drown Senator Reeds voice:
 'I think it should have been done long time before
 Senator King. of Utah, then asked;
 Did you attempt to prejudice the public against Whitman by showing his connection with Hearst-f"
 MT. Becker replied:
 Tt was Lewis campaign commit tee which did this."
 When the cross questioning was iii terrupted by adjournment, to be re stunned tomorrow morning, Senato Reed asked Becker to produce vouchers showing expenses incurre' by state secret service agents in ob taining dispositions in the investiga tion of Bolo's activities in the Unite States. The witness stated with hea that he would "do no such thing" a they were confidential.
 Throughout most of the cross ex animation by Senator Reed, member of the subcommittee in charge of th investigation sat silent and at on time two of them cleaned forwar with their heads in their hands.
 Alfred [. Becker sty state at