Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-11
HENEY AND MAYER
CLASH OVER WHO
IS TELLING A LIE
Heney Says Mayer Offered
Him Business While the
Packers Attorney Firmly
Denies the Allegation.
lsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LeAseo WIRE

yestisaucn, today gave the senate az
riculture committee details of offer
Of employment which, he said, wer
made to him by Levy Mayer, counse
for Armour & Co, before and durin
the present hearing.
mir. Mayer. who spent the day Oh
the witness stand, emphatically deniet
! that he made the offers or any of tn,
statements attributed to him Ny Mr.
/ Honey. At the close Of the day Mr.
Mayer stood up with a book in hi
hand and, he said for the purpose o,
/ assisting the committee to determine
to whom it should give credence
started to make statement which he
| said dealt with Nh. Heney and the
fixing Of a jury"
Mr., Heney Immediately was on his
feet and announced that if any suct
/ statement was introduced he woulc
bring in the attorney general to prove
/ that any such charge against him was
. false
At this point members of the COM
mittee interrupted to say that they
! regretted that the two lawyers had
/ become involved in a discussion, as
much of the time of the committee
which should have been given to the
/ hearing had been consumed.
MayeT's First Denial.
/ Early in the day Mayer entered his
I first denial that he had offered bust
/ ness to Mr.. Heney before a letter ar
I rived at the hearing He also read a
/ telegram from Frank F. Walsh who,
/ Mr.. lIeney said Mr.. Mayer told him
! had been made a similar offer, sat
/ ing he heard nothing of it,
| Later in the afternoon, Mr.. Mayer
had been giving the committee his
| views regarding proposed legislation
! regulating the meat industry Mr..
! Honey began questioning him about
| their first meeting in Chicago last year
| and about meeting between Mr..
| Mayer, w, w, Chaplin Of the oakland,
Calf, Enquirer. and a Mr.. Slesinger
/ of san Francisco.
"rl tell you what I said to them, "
/ said Mr. Mayer. "Chapin and Slesing-
/ or came to my office and the latter
! asked if ! knew any san Frame SEQ
| lawyers | said | knew you Mr.
Honey, and Mr.. Slesinger replied he
was "A good friend of yours ! replied
/ that being the case, | could speak
/ freely with him and | told him your
| methods were unprofessiOual and
/ dishonest"
This sta ement resulted in a heated
/ exchange between the two attorneys,
/ but finally Mr. Mayer, in response to
/ Mr.. Heney's questioning, told of dis
/ cussing with Mr.. Heney a visit the
/ latter made to New York
You discussed New York lawyers,
/ said Mr.. Mayer, land said that they
/ didn't know how to try cases and that
you thought you would go to New
, York and open an office"
Did you then offer to send me
/ business asked Mr.. Heney.
Neither then nor any other time,
/ replied Mr. Mayer.
Meeting in washington.
/ In response to further questioning,
/ Mr.. Mayer said he remembered meet
ing Mr., Heney in a WASHINGTON hotel
( last Saturday. Mr. Heney then asked:
Didn't YOU leave Mr.. Armour, grab
/ me by the coat lapel and say; You
! have been very nice to us today We
| appreciate it. We won't forget it.
/ You know what | m an?'"
NO" said Mr.. Mayer emphatically.
/ Didn't you ask me into your room
and after I refused said you would
! come to my room to smoke 4 cigar ?"
NO" replied Mr. Mayer.
Mr.. Heney then made his detailed
statement to the committee, He said
J that he was invited to the office of
( Carl Mayer in Chicago last year for a
conference and after he had been
, there some time Levy Mayer entered
! the room, grabbed him by the coat
! lapel and said he was 80 glad" to
meet him. Mr.. Heney then quoted
| Mr.. Mayer as saying:
"Heney, you ought to so to New
| York and open an office. / told
! Frank Walsh if he would go to New
| York my people would give him
! that too. You ought to work for the
| kind of people / work for"
Thought HIM Glad Handler.
/ 81 didn't pay much attention to
him." Mr. Heney went on. because
thought he was glad-hander and
| that he wanted to make me feel
| friendly to the packing interests. Then
! when / came in this room. the other
! day he rushed IN to me and shook
my hand asking. if | was going to eX-
anime witnesses here. | told him
did not know. Then he changed the
| subject and later he leaned over to
me at the table and recalled the con
versation in Chicago"
Mr.. fteney SAD tnat lnen MT. May
| er again mentioned that Il he would
| open an office in New York plenty of
/ business" would be forthcoming.
Mr.. Honey said it was that same
! night that Mayer met him in the
! hotel and he added that he had told
several people of the meeting and
| had made up his mind to make a
/ statement cmbodying his assertions
about Mr.. Mayer at the conclusion of
! the hearing as illustrative of the
methods he said the packers had
pursued.
Continuing Mr.. lIeney said:
They've used all sorts of methods
with our young men who have told
me of executives of the company com
ing to them when they were working
in the Chicago plants and saying:
You shouldn't be working for the
government; you ought to have a bet
ter job.
In opposing the legislation before
the committee for control of the meat
industry, Mr.. Mayer said the big
packing companies would not oppose
regulation by n commission to be APP
pointed by the president and 70 be
composed of representatives of the
producers, packers and consumers,