New Britain herald., 1929-09-27
SUBJECTS BINGHAM ID CAUSTIC REBUKE BarkIey Of Kentucky Says Con-
 neCtiCut Man Is Pathetic
 EYANS0N DEPUTY SENATOR
"Too Bad Charming Senator From Connecticut Was Caught" Demo- Crat Declares - Wonders How Many Others Are Influenced.
By GEORGE II. MANNING


 Washington Bureau, x. B. Herald)
 Washington, Sept. 27 - The ad- mission of Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut that he arranged for Charles l.. EyansOn. assistant to the president of the Connecticut Man ufaCturers' association, to sit in at the secret sessions of the senate finance committee when it was framing tariff bill, drew sharp comment yesterday afternoon from Senator Alben W. Barkley of Ken lucky, democrat.
 Barkley Out, Eyanson In
 Barklcy pointed that while he, a democratic member of the senate was excluded from these secret ses- sions 10 which only the republican members of the finance committee were admitted. Eyanson, alleged lob byiSt, and associate of Joseph Grun- dy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers association, the boss" lobbyist in Washington, was in daily attendance.
 It had been brought out on We'd nCsday that Senator Bingham had retained Eyanson to assist him with the framing of the tariff bill, and that he (Bingham) had put Eyan- son on the senate payroll for two months at $3,90O a year, as clerk of the senate insular affairs committee, of which he (Bingham) is chairman, and had meanwhile laid off his own secretary to make place for Eyanson.
 Barklcy Calls Bingham Pathetic
 Senator Bingham stated in eX- planation that he was not thorough ly familiar with tariff matters, but that FvansOn was and adopted this method to place the expert advice of Eyanson at his immediate disposal continually during the finance com mittee sessions.
 The admission of Senator Bing- ham that he felt incapable of ade- uuately representing Connecticut in the writing of the tariff bill is pa thctic. Senator Barkley declared, put his incapacity did not justify appointment of a deputy senator to supply the deficiency.
 Senator Barkley laid stress on the point that he (Barkley) member of the finance committee and all ether democratic members of the committee, were excluded from the tee while it framed the bill, but that Eyanson, a representative of special industrial interests, attended all the meetings through the ma neUvcring of Bingham.
 BarkIey's Statement
 Barklcy's statement reads as fol- lows:
 Senator Binchams course in maneuvcring to have a paid repre- sentative of special interests sit in the secret sessions of the republican ma iority of the finance committee simply illustrates the unusual methods adopted by the republican party in writing bill for the bene- fit of special interests. That this conduct was q sore breach of pro- priety is not to be disputed. The senator's admission that he felt himself incapable 10 represeat Con- necticut on the committee because Of his ignorance of her interests was pathetic. But even admitted in capacity did not justify the ap- pointmcnt of a deputy senator to supply the deficiency without the knowledge of the senate or the finance committee.
 However, Senator Bingham is not the only offender. No other senator has been bold enough to put q con- fesscd lobbyist on his payroll and take him into the secret sessions of the committee. But others have listened with equal zeal and sub mission to other lobbyists repre- seating special interests which have dominated the tariff bill mp 10 date.
 Too Bad He Was Caught
 'It is too bad that the charming senator from Connecticut was caught But it would be interesting if the people could ascertain how many other members of the senate committee have permitted some