The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
OCONNOR ADMITS
 PLANNING PARTY
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lSUIbHIuCU nSO T l' of dress goods, of Philadelphia. testi- fled that he had collected $10,0OO for the Manufacturers club, which had been turned over to Grundy.
 The session of the committee Wednes- day was very lively, Senator Caraway heckling the witnesses, especially O'Con- nor. Samuel Untermyer, counsel for La Toilette, was present for the first time, and pressed the witnesses. The crowd which filled the small committee room burst into frequent laughter as the battle of wits progressed. Politics was interjected at every opportunity by Caraway.
 Denies Coolidge Involved
 There was considerable amusement as O'Connor testified regarding the labor delegation's visit to the White House Labor Day. He said he had arranged the meeting on his own initiative, and had obtained the cooperation of Ryan. He indignantly denied that either Presi- dent Coolidge or his secretary, c. Bas- com SIemp, had anything to do with ar ranging tbe meeting, and said the re- nubIican national committee knew noth- ing of it beforehand.
 The hotel and taxicab bills, he said, he had paid in cash from his own pOck- ct. and Ryan had paid the money back in New York. Caraway pressed him as to the purpose of the meeting, asking if it wasn't for political purposes"
 ''You can construe that for yourself, he first answered.
 Caraway continued to press him for the ''reap purpose.
 ''So that the men could come down here and hear the President talk" he replied. Caraway, as the Arkansas senator con tinued to push him.
 Undoubtedly Political"
 Borah broke in, as the two bickered and said that it was a regular practice of all political parties to practice such things, and that the meeting on Labor Day twas undoubtedly for political pur- poses"
 Caraway objected. saying that he had never known the Democratic party to do such thing.
 O'Connor said he did not know who maid 'ha railroad fare of the men. In "nspe CT to q question, he said he had cen informed Wednesday that Frank r. 'sh, counsel for La Toilette, had .ked at the Hamilton hotel here about he hotel bills. He also stated that he had a.t written the speeches for the visitors at the White House on Labor Day. bu had looked them over.
 Denies Making Charge
 'If wanted 300 longshoremen to come here to hear talk by the Presi- dent, could get them to come, and pay their own way" he said emphatically as he left the stand.
 OConnor also testified about his speech at Buffalo recently, and said that he had merely asked the question then whether the La Toilette campaign was not receiving money from Soviet Russia through Mexico, and had not made a declaration of fact, which was the inter pretation placed upon the remarks by both Caraway and Untermeyer, as they read extracts from the speech to the committee.
 He said the question was addressed to authorities who could answer it. Pressed closely by Borah, Caraway. and Unter- meyer, he addimtted that he had no facts whatever He said that he had a high regard for La Toilette personally, and did not believe that the Wiscon- sin senator knew any funds were being contributed from Soviet Russia. OCon- nor maintained stoutly to the last that he ''believed in his heart" that the lumors he had repeated were true, anC