New Britain herald., 1929-09-27
FARLEY BROKEN UP
 BY STACKED CARDS
Witness in SheaTer Case Reveals
 Situation at Geneva

Washington. Sept = LP'-Onc side Of William B. Shearor's employment by American shipbuildens as "ob- server and reporter" at the unsuc- cessful 1927 Geneva arms limitation conference was bcforo the trnatc's investigators today for study in preparation for the questioning Mon day Of the aelf-styled naval expert himself.
 In the picture thus far developed, crowded with opinions, 'rocollecuons. and animosltios and drawn princi- pally from shipbujlders most intj- mately concerned with the Geneva incident, were included claims of influence at Geneva ny Shtarcr and testimony by his employers denying that he was engaged 10 work against the success Of the conference,
 It was alterations made by shear CT in suit for more than S25u,an0 against the three corporations ln- volved that caused President Foo- yer to order the department of jus tice investigation and the senate 10 direct the naval subcommittee to conduct the current inquiry. The ship buildings have all testified that the amount they agreed to pay Shearer for his services at Geneva was S25,00o, and that it had been paid. Department of jusJic" agents, meanwhile, have followed the jasti- mony closely.
 Says Cards Were Nta-',c1
 The investigators rounded out their record in preparation for Shearcr's testimony with an account of his activities as observed and rc- membered by Drew Pearson. Wash ington newspaper man who reported the Geneva conference for several newspapers, As a sequel to his tcs- timony some of the naval experts who attended the conference H3 aides of the American delegation un- doubtedly will be called for ques- tioning.
 Saying "the cards were stacked against success of the conference from the start" Parson told the Investigating committen, he fire ouently' saw four of the American experta-Rcar Admirals J, NJ. Reeves and Frank H. Schofeld and Com manders H. H. Frost and H. (. Tram in company with Shearer
 Admiral Reeves. he said, fire ouently expressed the hope that the conference would not succeed" All four the experts. he testified, stayed in the same hotel where Shearer had a luxurious apartment and was a lavish" spendor, and they and Shearcr expressed common views
 That is" the newspaperman e&- plained: "Anti-Brtish views and against the success of the confer ence"
 At the instigation of Shcaror, Pearson was called back after com pleting his statement and said hls former wife was a cousin of Lean der Goodhart. commercial secretary Of the British embassy.
 Clears Delegates
 Pearson insisted upon getting into his testimony the statement that neither Rear Admiral Hilary F. Jones, retired. nor Hugh Gibson, Ambassador to Belgium. the Amer lean delegates at the tNIitNd ''I'- ference, met or associated Wlth shearer and that they worked sin cerely for an agreement
 In addition to his association with the naval experts, the newspaper man testified, the shipbuilders' "oh- server and reporter" attended press conferences and passed out memor- anda to the newspaper correspon- dents,
 shearer was "primarily interested that the conference should not "u- ceed," Pearson asserted.
 The committee adjourned the hearing until Monday, giving the members three days to develop the line of testimony they will seek from him and sl.AscaMont MLtnoSs...