The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-31
LABOR EDITOR
BOUGHT BY CAL
DUE FOR QUIZ
LOchray's Switch Had
Cash Basis
BY JAY LovEsToNE.

The senate committee IN
vestigating the campaign funds
spent most of its time in an at
tempt to find how certain labor
leaders are attempting to use
their organizations to force the
workers to vote and work for
LaFoIIette and how and why
certain papers Topped from La
Toilette to Coolidge.
The Midwest Labor News,
published at Omaha, Nebr., and
edited by Lochray was especial
ly under fire by Mr.. Untermeyer
who was bent on getting at the
details of the monetary trans
action occasioning the flop by
Lochray to Coolidge.
Sheppard On Stand.
The first witness before the commit
tee was Mr.. Sheppard who is presi-
dent of the Order Of Railway Con-
ductors. He told the committee that
the protective fund Of his organiza-
ton which was gathered thru an an
nual 81 per capita tax on the mem
bership was now being used largely
for defraying the expenses Of the cam
paign to elect Senator LaFollette and
other friends of labor" Mr.. Shep-
perd emphasized that his organization
was not departing from its old nom
partisan political policy Of support
ing "the friends Of labor" when it lin
ed up for LaFollette. He assured the
committee that he had beef a lifelong
republican and that there we're many
republican and democratic senators
and congressman being supported by
his organization.
Senator Shipstead also emphasized
this non-partisan policy for President
Shepperd.
Cautioned Stuart.
Attorney kirkland of the republican
national committee then introduced a
copy of letter signed by President
Shepherd to a certain conductor, Mr..
Fred Stuart of California This let
ter showed that Mr.. Shepperd was
urging conductor Stuart not to sup
port Coolidge at this time and espe-
cially drawing his attention to the ac-
ton of the conductors union in en-
dorsing LaFollette. Mr. Shepperd was
shown to have cautioned Mr.. Stuart
that he should be careful not to VIC
late the decisions of the organiza-
ton in working against LaFollette
Mr.. Shepherd was emphatic in declar-
ing that such violations might incur
expulsion.
This communication was referred
for thoro consideration in an execu-
tive session.
The next witness was Mr.. Frank l..
Smith, chairman of the republican
state committee. He declared that his
committee had so far collected appro-
ximately $4,000. When Mr.. Inter
meyer and chairman Borah tried to
get the names Of the contributors or
the amounts of the individual contri-
buttons, Mr.. Smith declared that his
committee kept no books, had no re-
cords and was not in a position to give
the names of the contributors, the
amount contributed or where the ex-
penditures went.
The Go-6etween.
The feature of the session was ex-
animation of Mr.. Ralph J. Peters, a
German publisher Of the Omaha Daily
Tribune, the Welt Post Of Lincoln,
Nebraska, and other German papers.
Mr.. Peters told the committee that he
had entered into an arrangement with
the republican national headquarters
whereby 100000 of his papers would
be circulated amongst the German
readers in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota
and South Dakota. For this work he
is to receive $12.5OO Of which he has