Evening star., 1928-10-11
WOMAN TEST|F|ES
IN POWER PROBE
Says Monograph in Her Name
Was Written by Publicity
Director.
By the Associated Press.

by bHS hShVSidNCA u ANoS'
Cooperation between the Washing
ton Industries Education Bureau and
the Puget Sound Light & Power Co.,
both of Seattle, in the preparation OF
a monograph on "Water Powers and
Their Relation to Industry" which was
circulated through the schools of WASH
ington and Oregon. was disclosed today
in the power investigation by the FED
eral Trade Commission.
Mrs. Glare K. Trip, bureau director,
testified that the pamphlet had been
prepared almost entirely by Norwood
w. Brockett. director Of public relations
for the power. company, although 1t
bore her name as author and was so
copyrighted in 1927. She estimated
that this and other similar matter had
reached about $4,000 elementary and
high school pupils in the two States,
through means of the bureau.
Other Monographs Offered.
Some other monographs put out by
the bureau were also introduced by
Robert E. Healy, commission counsel,
who developed from Mrs. Tripp that
three payments of $50 for editing these
had been made by the bureau to Jo-
sephine Corliss Preston, while she was
State superintendent of public inStruc-
ton in Washington. Earlier testimony
by William r. Putnam, treasurer o.
the Idaho committee on the relation
of electricity to agriculture, and general
manager of the Idaho Power Co. at
Boise, had shown the payment OF $4,792
by his company to the committee for
the carrying on of its survey work. !.
Mrs. Tripp said that she could not tell
her salary as director of the Washing
ton bureau without examination OF the
financial records. She testified that
the accounts of the bureau were kept
both in her name and in the name OF
the bureau in Washington banks. She
said that the Oregon Public Utility In
formation Bureau had contributed
about $100 a month toward work of her
organization, after she approached
contributions received were $500 a
month.
Sent to Teachers.
Regarding the monographs she said
three printings had been made since
1926 and that these were sent to teach
ers and libraries in Oregon and Wash
ington, with the result that they were
made available, especially for high
school children studying commercial
geography, history and vocational guild
ance. Healy read excerpts from the
water power monograph, and Mrs. Tripp
repeatedly denied personal knowledge of
the matter mentioned as facts, attribut-
ing authority for the statements to
Brockett.
In one instance she expressed the
opinion that power rates were regulated
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
in Washington, and when questioned
by Healy testified that she had little
knowledge of public utilities.
The power monograph bore the sub
title Industrial Information for Ele-
mentary, intermediate and Junior High
School Grades" The suggestion for its
preparation was attributed to Roy G..
Fales, supervisor of industrial arts,
Washington State Normal Ellensburg
E. j. Buchanan. director Summer school,
Washington State Normal, Cheney: W.
G.. Hummel, State vocational director,
Olympia"
University Got $4,792.
William r. Putnam, treasurer of the
Idaho committee on the relation of
electricity to agriculture, submitted a
statement to the commission which
showed that since its inception in May,
1925, by the University of Idaho, $4,792
had been contributed to 1t by the Idaho
Power Co., of which Putnam Is general
manager. He said that $1,000 Of this
amount had been reimbursed to the
company by the Northwest Electric
Light & Power Association, and did not
indicate that any major funds had been