Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

known II was proper to have clerks Of
the Tariff Commission. paid by the
Government for doing work for the
Tariff Commission, assigned to duty In
n Senator's ONCE he would probably
have followed that course in order to
obtain the information he desired. He
said he had just recently learned that
certain minority members Of the finance
committee had had Tartn Commission
employees assigned to their omces and
had used them for clerks month after
month.
senator walsh pointed out the diff
ference between taking . representative
Of the tariff commission into Sena.
tors ONCE to work on the tarin Dill
and employing representative OF 4
private manufacturers association.
Had I known that it was considered
good practice to take tariff commission
employees into Senators ofEices, would
have done 1t that way" said Senator
Bingham.
Eyanson Prepared Briefs.
Senator walsh asked what MT cyan
son had done for Senator Bingham
prior to the time he went on the Gov
eminent pay roll.
HE attended the hearings Of the
WAYS and means committee, prepared
briefs on tariff matters and prepared
letters to be signed by me in reply to
questions about the tariff" said Sena-
tor Bingham. He performed all the
activities Of a private secretary on q
special job"
Senator Bingham said that Eyanson
had continued on the Government pay
roll to attend the secret sessions OF the
committee until objection was raised by
some Of the Senators to having any
secretaries in the committee room.
Did not the chairman tell you
Eyanson could not come into the room,
| asked Senator CaTaway.
He told me 1t was distasteful 70
| some members Of the committee and, OF
course, withdrew" said Senator Bins-
ham.
you can't approve Of the Justification
Of the Governments pay roll, said SEN
stor Robinson.
Senator Bingham objected to the
use of the word "falsificatiO He said
| that Eyanson had received the money
| from the Government, but that he did
not keep 1t.
Senator Walsh wanted to know what
| other Senators had secretaries at the
secret sessions.
| Senator Bingham declined to say.
| pointing out that other Senator'S could
| be questioned by the committee II IT
| desired and that 1t was q question OF
investigating the affairs Of the finance
! committee.
! Senator Bingham said that one men,
| Der of the finance committee had felt
that the proceedings In secret session;
were leaking out and that information
was being given out by Senators Sec
| retaries. For that reason, Senator
Bingham said, this Senator had oh.
jected to all secretaries being present
While Senator Bingham did not give
this Senator's name, it is understood
! that IL was Senator Couzens OF Michi-
gan. In reply to further questions, Sen
ator Bingham said that this Senator die
not know that Eyanson was any differ.
ent from the secretaries to other Sen.
ators at the time he objected to secre'
taries being in the committee room.
After that time all secretaries were
excluded" said Senator Bingham.
Senators Clash Repeatedly.
Repeated clashes between Senator
Walsh and Senator Bingham resulted
from the Montana Senator's effort II
obtain from Mr.. Bingham information
which he thought relevant and at ont
point in the inquiry Walsh raised him
self from his chair to protest agains
Bingham's comment before answering
the question.
Walsh cited 81 leading industries il
Connecticut and named them indi
! vidually. giving the rates of protection
under existing law and the rate pro
posed In the Senate bill now tInde