The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
.ANT|-HOOvER
EDITOR TELLS
OF HUSH try
Aids Sought to Silence 0p-
position, Senate Com
mittee Told.
LOCKWOOD ON STAND
VIII Hays Advised Against
Indiana Campaign,
Worker TestifieS.
LOCKWOOD ON STAND

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, May 15.-Harry
Price, editor of Politics" an anti
Hoover paper, charged before the
Senate campaign investigating COM
ntttee today, that two secretaries
OF Secretary of Commerce Hoover
had attempted to center an ar
rangement whereby we would not
oppose Mr.. Hoover"
Frank j. Hale publisher of the
paper, told me he was waited on
at the Willard Hotel here, and they
wanted to know why we were oppos-
ing Mr.. Hoover while all the other
papers were friendly" Price said.
Hale didn't give them any sat-
isfaction. He told me they told him
the country would be too hot for him
if Mr.. Hoover was elected Presi-
dent.
Paper Lost Money
''Who were the men who talked
to Mr.. Hale?" Senator Brattcn
(Den), New Mexico, asked.
II understand that they were
Mr.. Richie and Mr.. Akerson."
Lawrence Ritchie and George Ak
erson are personal secretaries to
Hoover.
Price volunteered the charge as
he was leaving the stand after
ninety minutes examination con-
corning financing of his paper by
Hale, former actor and prohibition
agent.
Price testified Hale had put up the
money, but he did not know where
Hale got financial backing.
Price said the paper had lost $500
a week since it's first issue, Jan. Z.
Perhaps 100000 issues of a reprint
were circulated in Minnesota before
the primary there.
Copies have been sent to all del
egates of both the Republican and
Democratic conventions, he said.
"I don't know where Mr.. Hale
gets the money" said Price. 81 as
sumo he has considerable means"
Hasn't Been Paid
He said he thought it would pay
more to oppose some one than to
run a colorless sheet boosting
every one"
"Have you been paid for oppos-
ing?" Senator Barley Oem), Ken
lucky, asked.
mot yet"
"Do you expect to be paidP"
81 don't think So"
He said 10000 copies of an issue
had been used in the Ohio pri-
mary campaign by the campaign
managers for the late Senator Will
lis. Approximately $500 was re-
,3ceived from the Willis treasurer, he
said.
Only 200 copies were sent to IN
diana, but no money was received
for this circulation.
About 5000 copies were sent to
Mark Woods, supporter of Senator
Norris in Nebraska. Woods gave
size.
Price then said he was quite
sure" Hale had received no money
from outside sources to carry the
papers losses.
The paper supported Governor
Smith of New York because he's
going to be nominated" Price added.
Tells of Hays Calls
George B. Lockwood, former
secretary to the Republican national
committee, now associated with
Hoover for President headquarters,
testified he was volunteer worker,
> had received no money and raised
no campaign funds.
Lockwood said the only part Will
Hays, former chairman of the Re-
publican national committee, played
in the Hoover campaign was to
volunteer advice against Hoover
going into Indiana.
did you call Mr.. Hays on the
telephone the day it was revealed
in the Teapot Dome investigation
that he had received some Sinclair
bonds-Mr. Hays being in California
and you in Washington"
ct think he called me-
did you discuss that matter with
hin2"
Possibly I did"
ibid you discuss the Hoover
campaign with Hays?"
"Only once or twice think Mr.
Hays called me about the indiana
matter. Nothing else about the
campaign was discussed"
Gets No Salary
Senator Bratton asked Lockwood
if the committee reports that he
was receiving $4,000 year from
the Hoover campaign was untrue.
"That's slight nistake-to my
disadvantage" Lockwood replied.
Bratton asked if Lockwood wanted
the committee to understand that
he left $4,000 job to accept a po-
Sition with Hoover for nothing.
do you see anything unusua.
about that?" Lockwood asked.
Bratton also asked Lockwood
about recent transfer of stock Of
the Muncie Press, a newspaper
owned by Lockwood.
The witness said $4,000 of thu
stock was held by a Winchester
Ind. trust company IN which ex.
Governor Goodrich of Indiana hac
an interest. This stock was recent,
taken up by persons in his home
y town who had no political afilia.
tons, he said.