Evening star., 1919-02-11
SAYS DIAMOND T."
|STHOMASF. LOGAN
Henry Veeder Identifies Swift
& Co.'s Unnamed D. C..
Correspondent,
HEMEY MAYER AFFAIR


Washington representative of Swift
& Co., who furnished confidential. in
formation forecasting government
activities in connection with the meat
industry. was identified as Thomas
F. Logan by Henry veeder. counsel
for Swift & Co, today, before the
Senate interstate commerce commit
tee.
Logan recently testified that he rep
resented Swift & Co. and other cor
porations in Washington and con-
Quoted a news agency, but had re-
tired from the congressional press
gallery after going into the service
of the packers
Diamond T's" Correspondence.
diamond T." so-called because his
correspondence bore a .NT'' within
first mentioned at the committee hear
ing, on January 81 during the exanni-
nation Of Louis F. i Swift and Mr..
Veeder.
One. Of the letters, dated Washing-
ton, January IS, 1917 told Of plans for
investigation OF food prices by the Fed
eral Trade Commission and the food
administration. The letter related
that Joseph Davies of the commission
had been placed in charge of the meat
packing end of the Investigation
1t added that Mr.. Davies would tele-
graph shortly for conference at
Chicago and that he would outline
procedure and ask for assistance.
Advised by Logan, Veeder Says.
Mr.. Needer said IT was Logan who
advised him to 30 Ito Mr.. Dayies and
be. frank after stories had appeared
in the newspapers which appeared to
charge Of Swift & Co. with being In a
combination.
Frapcfs ]. Heney. conducting the
hearing for the committee, asked Mr..
veeder many questions about the
diamond t. appearing on several
letters and memoranda taken from
Swift & Company files, but MI
veeder said he didn't know who put
the identifying mark on the docu-
ments nor to whom they referred, un-
til Mr. Logan told him on Sunday
that it was he. Mr.. Veeder had not
heard that Logan also was employed
by the Standard Oil Company or. 4
shipping company.
Never Heard of Morse Story.
did you ever hear" asked Mr..
Heney. how Mr.. Logan got MIR. Morse
wherein he wrote how Mr.. Morse was
starving TO death, whereupon Pfes-
ident Taft let him out of jail?"
NO" replied the witness.
Mr. veeder then entered protest
against this hearing being consider
ed a substitute for opportunity to be
heard, which was denied packers at
the Federal Trade Commissions in
vestigation of the meat industry
Mr. Needer said the present hearing
n to
be fair, as Mr.. Heney was paid by
private interests and is trying to con-
Arm the false report of the Federal
Trade COMMISSIONS Investigation"
his employment by private interests
ceased some time ago.
Responding to questions. Mr.. Veeder
said Mr.. Logan had not advised him
to make his protest, and had offered
no advice regarding the present hear.
ing.
Heney on Mayer Affair.
Following the denial by Levy
that he had offered Francis J.
Heney employment. Mr.. Heney told
the Senate committee yesterday de-
tails o. the alleged offer of employ
ment. The two lawyers became In
volved in heated controversy. and
the committee intervened.
Mr.. Mayer stood up with book in
his hand and, he said. for the purpose
of assisting the committee to deter
mine to whom it should give credence,
started to make statement which he
said deals with Mr.. Heney and the
liking of a jury"
Mr.. Heney imm ediately was on his
feet and announced that If any such
statement was introduced he would
bring in the attorney general to prove
that any such charge against him
was false