The Washington times., 1926-06-28
.PINCH0T HIRED
SHOPPERS
tcon.lnusd tr0m E'Irst Pagsl


from $4,000 and ali expenses. ne
paid his own hotel bills.
The witness gave the names OF
other endorsement officers, whose
salaries were paid out Of the wv. q.
=. II. fund. They included ct dit
fsrenf times:
John n. English, i deputy attor-
ney general, paid $4,000 d year;
Walter r. Miller, clerk, paid
S186.66 d month; Louis p, Graham,
prosecuting attorney, who han
died cases IN court, 5000 3 year;
frank III. Laird, an attorney, $500
month: Al. -. Hurshnall, an at
torney, $500 d month; w lillian II.
Knalier, an attorney. $4,000 year
untn January this year when # was
raised to $4,000.
wright denied PinchOt required
All employees to take d pledge to
observe all laws and especially the
Eighteenth Amendment, and 70
pledge loyalty to the Governor.
j. IA. Patro got $3.50 b month
salary and IS u day expenses,
Wright said. from March, 1879 uf'
eli the past spring.
s'11e worked on the denatuTed al.
cohol situation In Phtladelphia
among the bootleg aristocracy'
$50 We have : bootleg aristOc.
racy?' !,
which denatured alcohol ts boot
legged. But 1t can all be stopped
though with q little effort.
Wright named q number OF otneL
men employed under the w. g. Z. y
fund.
Wright said his men never took
drinks OF whisky out Of place
with them. They drank the liquor
and SO testified when on the stana
he added. and the courts ruled TINS
was competent evidence.
Wright told Of under cover
men," Reed called one Mr.. 4,
who assisted Mr.. x from Decen
Der, 1924, to December, 1925. MT
| Y" got 5000 a month ana expenses
Wright said. -.
Wright refused to give then
names except In executive session
Reed said he would call them. !,
How many OF these men nelO
commissions under the State!
None Of them except Mr: Fatro
who was commissioned under tne
prohibition law to inspect tne reg
ords OF alcohol denaturing plants.
The enforcement fund was ere
atad. bv the w. G. T. u, Wright
aaid. when the organization de
nosifed S55, 900 or $4,000 In thu
nannhin bank OF Harrisburg.
The enforcement unit then drew
ont $4,000 to establish q revolving
fund" in the Commonwealth TruS
| Company OF Harrisburg.
! This working fund was replen
Ilshed from time to time, Virgin
Charles ]. Rhoads, a Philadelphia
banker, who was treasurer OF thu
revolving fund. Rhoads in turI
got more money from time to tree
he added, from the w. G. T. Y.
ain all we used $4,000,
Think" said wright. "I think thu
lW. C. r. u. raised $4,000 in all
but our expenditures totaled only
about $4,000" -
An exchange Of correspondence
between Rhoads and Governor PIN
chot in September, 1923, was als'
placed in the record. RhoadS wrot'
| asking what his duties were ant
thanking the governor for the ap
pointment.
In reply, the governor warned
Rhoads to keep all vouchers OF ex
penditures secret to prevent pub
iicity on the law enforcement units
plans.
"These vouchers will DO hell
confidentially but available for audi
when arranged by, me, so as tt
avoid a possibility of disclosing any
law enforcement work premature
ly," Plnchot wrote.
1.-THE reason for providing to hold
vouchers confidentially is because
OF the obvious necessity in this
kind OF work OF keeping plans and
| movements unknown except tt
those directing and in charge o.
| them.
Wright revealed there had been
% acquisitions made on Rhoads
for funds, the last being made on
June 4, 1925. He produced a sheai
OF vouchers to show how the funds
were spent.
Reed picked up one. which was
signed by Gertrude r. Love" foI
$43.21. An item on it was $17.57
for Investigation, expenses"
Twas that for buying .liquor?"
"That was in connection with an
Investigator in Philadelphia" said
Wright. Some of It was spent in
buying liquor"
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