Evening star., 1928-06-14
TWO LEGISLATURES
/ SENT UTILITY MAIL
Mississippi and Louisiana
Members Circulated With
Magazine, Senators Told.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Members of the Mississippi and the
louisiana Legislatures were circulated
with public utility publications at the
expense of the louisiana Mississippi
committee on public utility information,
Hugh NJ, Blain OF New Orleans testified
today at the Federal Trade Commits
Sion's utility investigation.
Blain said that his organization had
been sending the Public Service Maga-
zine, published in Chicago, to the legis-
lators since about 1924. He said that
S37 copies were sent to the Solons and
members of the public service commits
SionS of the two States each month. and
1t costs his organization $33.70 a month
Upon questioning, he said that he
wrote a letter TO the members of the
Legislature advising them that he was
having the magazine sent to them, but
he said he could not remember what he
wrote
Praises Publication.
A letter dated February 81. 1928. to
Blain from Charles w. Person. secretary
: of the publicity section of the American
Gas Association, congratulating him on
his publication of Miss LOUIS Review"
which Blain testified yesterday had
been distributed to 202 Mississippi and
louisiana high schools, was introduced
The latter read: II congratulate you
on the publication of Miss LOUIS re-
view. I wouldn't dare to attempt any
such thing in the schools here in the
East. / don't see how you can get
away with 1t like you do. but you cer-
tainly deserve credit for the good work
you are doing"
AS the hearing was resumed, Robert
Z. Healy. commission counsel, intro
0uced into the record a letter from Sem
ator Key Pittman of Nevada, in which
the Senator declared that he had ad-
vocated the construction of Boulder
Dam at the last two sessions of Con-
gress and declared that when he spoke
before the conference of governors and
commissioners Of the seven Colorado
River basin States September 81. 1927.
ne urged the construction of the
project He requested that the letter
and copy of his speech be placed in
the record to counteract the testimony
OF George z. Lewis of Denver. executive
manager Of the Rocky Mountain public
utility information committee.
IS Educators Attend.
Blain said that 26 educators attend
ed the conference called by Dean C.
Q. Ruggles, formerly of Ohio State Uni
versity, in New Orleans January 80.
AASGIA dASpkGSS 0i LIle ma
tional electric light committee. in CO.
operation with educational institutions.
he said that nothing was paid to the
educators for their services.
He explained that the Southwestern
ciVlSlon paid the expenses OF all ex-
cept three or four of the educators
from Texas. He understood that the
Texas utilities had paid their expenses.
ne said, corroborating testimony of c.
w. Davis of Dallas and S. j. Ballineer
oI san Antonio yesterday. They tes-
tined that their organizations had paid
the expenses Of s6me of the educators
The list Of the professors who attended
tns meeting was introduced into the
record
Healy questioned Blain as to the
purpose Of the meeting, and Blain SUBJ
Knitted a FoluminOus record which
showed that the purpose was to learn
al about courses pertaining to public
utilities IN Southwestern colleges.