New Britain herald., 1929-11-05
ARNOLD DESCRIBES TAXPAYERS GROUP FOR LOBBY PROBE
Tells Committee Names Of Big Contributors to Educational"
 TariR Work
0UIZZED ON ACTIVITIES
 IN SARCASTIC QUESTIONS

official of Southern TarifI AssoCia-
 ton and Protective Group Admits
 He Believes Railroads should Co.,
 opcratc-Scnators Ask For Details
 of sucker List" By Statcs-Blaine
 and Witness Clash.
 Washington, Nov. , lPj- Sharp ex- changes between Senator Blaine Of Wisconsin and j. X. Arnold, general manager of the Southern Tariff As sociation and the American TaXpay- CTS League developed today as the senate lobby Investigating committee resumed it's inquiry.
 At one stage Blaine told Arnold he intended to show that the former vas using persons from whom con tributions were received as "a sucker list and that he intended also to show "a large portion went into your own pockets"
 Blaine made his statement after Arnold had accused him of ridiculing th" work and the Wisconsin senator rsro~"d: "I am ridculing the work"
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 IuH.dons Of the tax leaguc for the year ending August 3l were given at $I56.4i6, and of the tariff association $5&.169. and expenditures us $15@,975 and $63,45$ respectively.
 Arnold said he made up the de GCit and that th" organizations owed him money, He testified that he thought the railroad should contri- bute 10 both the league and the tariff association "We get money wherever We can,' he asserted. We don't miss anybody"
 During the questioning Senator CaraWay of Arkansas asked Arnold 1T he recalled a letter from J. l.. Bell Of San Antonio, Texas, writ ton on September 9 1929. asking what his organization could do 10 help William $. Ware, senator-elect from Pennsylvania, whose seat was being contested. Arnold said he did not remember the letter.
 The Armour company of Chicago was listed as contributing 5000 to the assoCfation: the Pnlsbury Flour Mills $25O; Kansas City Power and Light company $25o; Kansas City Stock Yards company of Maine, 5250; Los Angeles Brewing company SIoo; Puget Sound Power and Light company $lO0; Nash Motors com- pany. 5000; United States Playing Card company, $100: Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, $20u.
 Thought Railroads Interested
 Asked by Senator Blaine if he drought the railroads ought to con- tribute, Arnold rcplic6 T think they should"
 He said his organization had re ceived money from the railroads for the tax association but not for the tariff league, adding lie thought the railroads should contribute to the latter.
 I've get morey wherever We can." he asserted. We don't miss any body"
 Most of the questioning was done by Blaine who read into the record a list purporting to show contribu- tons to the taxpayers league. The Insult properties were listed as giv- ing $1,500; the Aluminium Company of America $2,050 and o. r. and M. J. NanSWcringen S1.000.
 Before reading the contributors list Blaine questioned Arnold about a typewriter sheet taken from the association records.
 Blaine said it was an agreement between Vance Mouse, W. r. My rick and Mrs. Ida Dardcn and pro- Vided that MyricIl and Mouse were to receive 40 per cent of all checks turned in by them
 Arnold testified that Mouse was getting s60O a month from the tariff association. NTyricll $500 a month and Mrs Darden $400 year and that Mouse was working in South Carolina, MyriCk in Cali fornia and Mrs. Darden in Texas
 Texas Good Territory
 He asserted Texas was the best producing state for the association.
 ''I'lorida is pretty good picking, isn't it?' Blaine asked.
 "Florida is a good state" tho wit