Evening star., 1928-06-17
UTILITIES INQUIRY
TURNS To MISSOURI
Tennessee information Agen-
cies Also to Come Under
U. S. Scrutiny.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Activities of public utility informa
ton agencies in two more States Mis-
souri, and Tennessee-will come under
the scrutiny this week of the Federal
Trade Commission in its utility f.nan-
cling investigation,
ReSuming its hearings Tuesday. The
commission has subpoenacd as witness
j B. Sheridan of ST. Louis. secretary
CT the Missouri committee on public
utility information. and former ST
Louis newspaper man, who was figured
prominently in previous testimony.
Guy p. Newburn of Nashville, d.
rector Of the Tennessee Public Serv-
ice Information Bureau, is scheduled
TO take the stand Thursday, it heing
anticipated that Sheridan's testimony
will require two days.
Commissioner Edgar A. Mccullough,
who is presiding at the hearings. also
announced that the hearings would be
suspended between July I and Septem-
Der /, because of the hot Summer days,
bat that investigation into holding COM
panies and pI,licity organizations would
be continued by examiners III The ;.eld.
Hodges to Be Heard.
The remaining witnesses to be heard
before the sessions are TO be suspended
include Earl Hodges of New York. for
merly director of the Arkansas Public
Service Information Bureau. and Rex
]. Brown of Little Row. Ark, secretary
and treasurer of the bureau, and sec
retary and treasurer of the Arkansas
Public Utilities Association. They, to-
gether with H. Lee Jones of Topeka.
director of the information bureau of
the Kansas Public Service Co. and Sec
retary of the Kansas section OF the
Middle West division Of the National
Electric Light Association. have been
summoned to testify June 26 and d.
John c. Mellett of Indianapolis
former executive secretary of the lndi-
ana committee on public utility infor-
nation and now secretary-treasurer OF
the Indiana Electric Light Association.
has been summoned to testify June %.
Witnesses to follow him include VIII
liam Stokes of Indianapolis, secretary
of the Indiana Public Utilities Associa-
ton; Frank o. Cuppey Of Lafayette,
Ind, general manager of the Lafayette
Telephone Co. and Arthur z. Scott of
Indianapolis. director of public relations
Of the Interstate Public Service Co.
Files Senate Report.
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Dor future hearings, the commission SUBJ
fnitted its monthly interim report to tn,
Senate. IL which it was stated that
S 4SO answers had been received from
privately owned utility companies to the
commissions first general QUESTIONABLE,
concerning production, purchases, sales,
interstate business, intercompany rela-
tsonshipS, earnings. investments and
plant capacity.
The report said that representatives
u the commission were in Offices Of
large holding companies in New York.
Philadelphia. Boston and Chicago, OBJ
tanning information on the financing o.
The organizations. which viii be dis
cursed IN later hearings.
During the past month the conlmis-
sson has held hearings on publicity
utility organization in 13 States.
ThTre remain 6 Of % organizations
covering 80 States. and 4 geo.
graphical divisions of the National
Electric Light Association 10 be inquired
into. before the publicity phases Of thu
inquiry will have been completed.