Evening star., 1928-05-16
SEEKS TELEGRAMS
IN UTILITY PROBE
Federal Trade Commission
Obtains One Message Men
tioning "TumuIty."
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The Federal Trade Commission
turned its attention today to kilograms
and telephone calls to and from the
Washington Office of the joint commit
tee of National Utilities Associations.
as part of its inquiry into power utility
financing.
Thomas P. Dowd, general superin-
tendent of the Washington Office of the
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. submitted
batch of kilograms sent by Josiah T.
Newcomb of washington. general coun-
sci for the committee, one of which
dated June %. 1927. mentional the
name "Tumulty.n q
This name was mentioned in con-
nection with proposed conference in
New York with b. ]. Mullaney of Chi
cago, director OF the Illinois committee
on public utility information, and
Newcomb. The man referred to as
'Tumulty" was not otherwise identified.
kilograms Sought.
Another telegram sent by Newcomb
to G. B. Beasley Of the Alabama Power
Co. merely read. Nothing as yet"
sent to several attorneys, asked the re-
cipient to attend conference in Sep
tember, 1927. with Newcomb and
Stephen B. Davis of New York. director
of the joint committee. TO consider
some legislation pending in Washing
ton.
Dowd was ordered to submit all tele-
grams sent and received by Newcomb
from June. 1927. to date, but he was
able to submit only those sent in June,
July and September. last year. he said,
because of the work entailed In finding
the messages.
Robert e. Healy. chief counsel for
the commission. then called Thorne
Browne Of Lincoln. Nebr., as a witness,
Browne, who Is managing director OF
the Middle West division of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association. which
embraces Iowa, Missouri. Nebraska and
Kansas. and who supervises the Nebras-
ka Utility Information Bureau, teSt-
field that no survey had been made OF
Nebraska text books, but that a PAM
phlet had been written by q subeom-
mittee and distributed to high schools
Carmichaefs Testimony.
Joe Carmichael of Des MoineS,
director of the Iowa committee ON pub
lie utilities information. who was the
principal witness yesterday, completed
his testimony In the afternoon as to
the work of the organization, which,
he said. devoted itself mainly to remov-
ing objectionable text books from
schools, flooding newspapers with pub
licity and employing professors from
higher educational institutions
Carmichael testified that his commit
tee conducted two surveys OF text BOOKS
used In Iowa schools. and, by protesting
to superintendents and principals. mad
removed certain books deemed unfavor~
able to public utilities.
He testified that he had helped Dean
c. C. Williams of the engineering de-
partment of the University OF Iowa To
arrange two Iowa power conferences
and that he had objected TO Including
speakers on the program who favored
ownership OF utilities.
Under examination. Carmichael testi~
fed that utility companies had eni~
ployed college professors Tor certain
technical work and that his organisa-
tion had paid A. H. Ford, of the state
University, approximately $3.50 for COM
Milling statistical matter on privately
and municipality owned utilities.
In connection with this q letter
wrote Dean Williams In
forming him Of an editorial III the RED
Oak (Iowal Express about an attack
made on professors who obtained out
side incomes by Frank Pierce, secre-
tary OF the Iowa League of Mnniei-
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