Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-16
.S2O,00O,O()D OFFER
FOR BOSTON POST
TOLD IN PAPER QUIZ
Richard Grozier, Editor, Says
Man Claimed to Represent
Power interests.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Richard Grozier, editor and publisher
Of the Boston, Mass, Post, testified to-
day before the Federal Trade Commits
sion that Boston advertising man, who
claimed to represent the power interests
Of Samuel insult, last February made
an offer Of $2o,0oo,o 900 in cash to buy
the Post.
Appearing in connection with the
commissions inquiry into financial in
terestS in newspapers by public power
utilities, Grozier declared his managing
editor, G. D. Carberry, in making a re-
port on the bid said the offer was nine
tenthS bluff"
The publisher added he was the sole
proprietor of the Post. The offer,
GroZier continued was made by Charles
O'Malley at conference February II,
1929, with Carberry, who made a re-
scheduled to appear before the commits
sion tomorrow.
Parts Of Report Not Read.
The Post publisher declined to read
parts of Carberry's report, declaring
1T was a reflection on my contem-
poraries."
Grozier said the Post was not for
sale and 1--WE didn't consider OMal-
ley's offer seriously, as we thought he
was talking through his hat"
In Carberry'S report, which Grozier
read, O'Malley was quoted as saying
the insult interests already had pur-
chased the Indianapolis News and
other newspapers" O'Malley, the re-
port added, also asserted the power
interests were trying to buy SO or 60
newspapers. and Carberry in his re-
port said "the people simply won't
stand for such a bold scheme"
In his report, Carberry said O'Mal-
ley made the offer Of $2o,000,O00 in
| cash and claimed he (O'Malley)
would put through the deal in a
month"
Grozier also testified concerning two
conferences between himself and one
of his associates, G. E. Wingate, Sun
day editor of the Post, with Charming
Cox, former Governor Of Massachusetts,
concerning purchases Of the Post and
other Boston newspapers. Both con-
ferences with Cox, he added, occurred
in the Fall Of last year. Cox also is
scheduled to appear before the COM
mission.
On october is, 1928, Grozier said, he
and Wingate talked to Cox concerning
"long apparent rumors that the Boston
Herald and the Traveller were to be
sold," and also report that Gov. Cox
was to take charge of the two news
papers.
Traveller Offer Spoken OF.
Later, Grozier continued, he sent
Wingate to see Cox to inform him that
If the reports were true the Post would
be interested in making an offer for the
Traveller. At a second conference in
December Grozier said Cox asked Win
gate about reports that some persons
were trying to buy the Post and told
the Sunday Post editor that his in
terests wanted to be in on it."
| Grozier said Cox in his conversation
declared that rather than have the
paper (Post) 60 to outsiders If it were
to be sold they would be interested"
Asked if the insult interests owned
any Boston newspapers, the witness
said to his knowledge they did not, but
he had heard lot of rumors' to this
effect. He repeated he knew nothing
more than common street gossip,
which he indicated tended to show
such ownership.
Frank D. Comerford of Boston, vice
president and director of the Interna-
tional Paper g. Power Co., was the
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president of the New England Power
Association in November, 1927, an or
ganization of which Archibald r.
Graustein, president of the Interna-
tional Co., is chairman of the execu-
tive committee.
Investments Felt "Unwise."
Comerford declared he "at all times
had felt it was unwise for the Interna.
tional Paper g. Power Co. to invest ir
newspapers" He declared that he hac
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