New Britain herald., 1926-06-29
SLUSH FUND IN
 NORTH DAKOTA
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Penner's Testimony.


 Senator Pepper when called told the committee that he had nothing to do with the transfer of federal Prohibition Administrator Baird from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia just befor the republican state primary in which the senator was deled'eu for renomnation.
 .The removal was not done at my instance or with my knowledge Senator Pepper said. Any statement 10 that effect. if made here' was made in ignorance of the facts, or as a deliberate misstatement.'
 From previous witnesses the com mittee has heard the testimony that Pittsburgh was thrown wide open unon Baird's withdrawal and that inc saloons displayed posters adVer- using the Mellon-supported Fepper- Fisher ticket.
 Senator Pepper told the commit tee today that William G MurdocK' director at Philadelphia, had been asked to resign, that he was ad- yised of this but followed his usual nractice of not interfering in prohl- bition matters.
 Had Full Confidence.
 "I had complete confidence Tn MT Nurdock," the senator added.
 He also called attention to testl- mony which he said inferred mat he had obtained the support ot state Senator Patrick Joyce, in Luzerne county. by having a claim agalhsI Joyce by the internal revenue pu- reau settled.
 "The fact is," Senator Pepper said T never heard of the existence oL any such claims
 When Senator Pepper concluded Chairman Reed told him the com mittee would call him later for questioning on a matter which had not vet been inquired into.
 W. C. T. U. Funds.
 The committee then returned to it's inquiry into the use made of the S130,oo0 special fund collected by the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Pennsylvania for prohi- bition enforcement.
 Questioning William B. Wright employed as a special prosecutor and paid out of the funds, Chairman Reed developed that J A. Tatro, who was hired as an agent under Wright previously, had been dis missed from the federal prohibition service flor the good of the Eerv- ice"
 Wright explained that Tatro had a controversy with the district attor. ney at Chicago and was dismissed as result.
 "Mr. K" one of Wrights under cover men. also had been employed by the federal prohibition service but resigned, Wright said, after he had been ordered to Porto Rico for duty.
 Agents \, Y and z.
 "Did any Of these men have crim- inal records?" Reed asked, referring to "X," ''Y' and 'Z," the four "un- der cover" men working for Wrlghts outfit.
 T think that Mfr. z had gotten into difficulties" Wright replied. T can't say exactly what it was but the charge was dismissed
 He added that he thought there | was an auto in a garage with liquor in it and that "Z' was part owner Of the car.
 "Y' was taken on, Wright said, | aaer service in Florida and because | he had knowledge Of large ship | nents into Pennsylvania from that state.
 Did you catch the shipments after that" Reed asked.
 That's the unfortunate part of it?" Wright replied amid laughter. The witness was cautioned once or twice to make direct responses, but ! he insisted on answering in his own . way and the discussion finally got around to the loaning of F. c. Baird to the government by the Bes- | semer and Lake Erie railroad 10 act | as prohibition administrator at Pitts burgh Bair continued to draw a ! s12,O00 salary from the railroad.
 That is about as illegal d propo- sition as ever came to my atten- tion," Reed said. Tt is destructive | of public government and makes public government become private government"
 Dakota Siush Fund
 Charges that "a huge sIush fund has been obtained through admin istration channels of support to be used in North Dakota 10 defeat Senator Nye. q republican, were presented to the committee by J. II. McArthur, secretary to the sen ator. The primary is to be held to- morrow.
 The charges declared the pur- pose was to send 10 the senate, l.. B. Hanna. campaign manager for President Coolidge in North Dako- ia in the 1924 campaign.
 Specifically, it was stated that the fund was being used to make q house. toulouse canvass in North