Evening star., 1929-12-14
SLURR|NG REPORTS.
BLAMED ON LAkN
Caraway Offers Photographs
of Newspapers to Show
Sugar Propaganda.
Publication of propaganda in Cuba,

10 the ROOu IeIdlAOIlo bGGWCSA bAAOoS
countries and the United States were
laid at the door of Herbert G. Lakin
of New York, president of the Cuba
Co, in charges yesterday that stirred
the Senate lobby investigating COM
mittee.
With the sugar lobbyist on the wit
ness stand, Senator Caraway OF Ar
waved photostatic copies OF Spanish
language newspapers marked to snow
briefs furnished by Mr.. Lakn con-
tending against an increase In CUBAN
sugar tariffs by Congress. It was
CHARGED that Lakin worked in co-opera-
ton with officials of the Cuban gov
eminent in disseminating such ma
terial in the various Latin American
Addressing Mr.. Lakin, Senator Cara
IT will also show scurrilous cartoons
besmirching American women foAoW-
ing your suggestion"
Senator Caraway promised to pro-
duce these cartoons at the next session
OF the lobby committee on Iuesoay'
Friend of Hoover.
The committee occupied itself eX-
clusivelv with the examination OF MI
Iakin and correspondence between
himself and others relative TO the sugar
tariff fight. This corresponuence ,sir, on
ready has emphasized that Mr.. Lakm
raised a large sum Of money for the
Iobbving activities and hired Edwin r;
ShaftlIck. New York lawyer, to heao
the lohhy because he believed Mr.. SnaC-
yucl, tn be an intimate friend OF Presl-
dent Hoover and also OF Senator Reeo
Smoot of Utah.
Mr.. Lakin also has 1dentlneo nliaselt rIE".i
as cousin -in-law of Secretary OF State
Stimson and therefore in position 10
overcome Mr.. Stimson's objection TO.
nlan to limit importation OF Philppne
sugar 1t also has been shown tnaV
Gen. Eric C. Crowder, former Amerl-
can Ambassador to Cuba, was WORKING
here with Mr.. Lakin and Mr. Shattuck'
A letter was read 1nto IIr 1aS,n taie op Tenort-
ed on March Is, 1929, to President Ma
chado of Cuba that: ,,.4or
II have not yet had second lnter-
view with Senator Smoot. Both ne
and Shsttuck have had conferences on
this subject Ca sliding scale proposal
for sugar duties) with President HooVel'
who has instructed them TO confer ~. W
gether. Mr.. Shattuck does not thiIk
that IT is yet the right time 1or tne
conference. Probably viii be admitted
to the conference when 1t takes place.
Obeyed Instructions.
"I have obeyed your instructions 70
work in cooperation with your Amoas-
sador. AS he is already on his way 70
Cuba he will be able to inform you
fully of what we are doing. Gen
Crowder hiss also been OF special Value
to Cuba and at my suggestion he plans
to 90 to Washington on March IL ano
remain there for several weeks. Ills
position in all branches of the govern
inent is SO high and his zeal and apiilty
SO great that he will be able to achleVe
much. have some hope that the out
come will not be diSadvantageous TO
Cuba. / do feel that was able to
achieve the important feat of obtaining
the undivided services of Mr.. ShattucK.
His contact with President Hoover is
our strongest weapon except your EFFORTS
and those of your Ambassador.
Both Senators Walsh and Caraway
questioned Mr. kakin about the spy
he had planted with the beet sugar
peopIe and his desire not to commit
Z himself to more than he had written
to paper. The witness stated he would
5 not care to go into the matter, as what
F.; he had not mentioned was relatively
unimportant.
"It is the important things that peo-
pie usually do not dare to commit to
paper" remarked Senator Walsh, who
: added he would not insist If Mr.. Lakin
OSSlICo UllC 4CbtCA W 6S AANNS S~~~ ~~NO-~ -
. as it stood.
No Longer the Fashion.
Mr.. Lakin also was closely questioned
regarding q mention IN a long report
he made to Secretary Gutierrez Of Pres
ident Machados cabinet on March Is
against old-fashioned lobbying" such
as the beet sugar people were conduct
ing in Washington. 81 do not approve
q ,,ro,,iIol rfoiT mont nf YnpF1hpfS
of Congress-" he wrote. This form OF
lobbying is no longer fashionable in
. Washington"
He explained that he thought direct
contact with members Of Congress was
+. better. Reference was made in the re-
. port to Representative Charles B. Tim
berlake, Republican, of Colorado, sup
terests in the House and head Of a
committee dealing with the tariff.
Although the Cuban lobby later
established a Washington headquarters
in competition with the beet sugar in
terests, Mr.. Lakins report to Senor
Guitterez at Havana, of March Is,
summed up the Cuban lobbying activi-
ties to that date. Excerpts from this
report placed in the committees records
today follow:
Things are moving in Washington
lied a provisional committee Of three,
consisting of George A. zabriskie, Shat
tuck and myself Zabriskie and Shat
truck are, of course, as near to President
, Hoover as you are to President Machado.
Zabriskie will do the actual work, but
his advice and his association with
Hoover are most valuable. Shattuck Is
. lawyer by profession and, OF course,
. he cannot afford to work without COM
pensation. (NIr. Zabriskie is president
of the United States Sugar Association
and former head of the Government
Sugar Equalization Board)
Not Enough Money.
"This will not be a sufficient amount
of money. I anticipate that we shall
need altogether about $150,000. The
chief item of expense will be compen-
sation to Shattuck's law firm. He and
. his partner, Mr.. Francis, former mem
ber of Congress, are devoting at least
80 per cent of their time to this subject
: and they have already been working
: three months and will probably devote
three months more before this work is
: finished
: IN view of Shattuck's prominence
and his intimacy with President Hoover,
expect that we shall pay Satttuck
and his partner something like $4,000
with members of the House of Rep
. resentatives we are not suggesting any
. formal plan whatsoever. We are at
tempting to create an atmosphere OF
doubt in the minds of Congressman in
! order that their recommendations shall
: be either a reduction In the duty OF
? leaving the duty at its present rate OF
making any increase as small as pos
sible. There are political reasons foI
this plan which I cannot appropriately
put into letter.
1T is by no means certain that he
(Timberlake) viii sV3cee6 even In
limiting he EhilinIlinea Ee and Sen.