Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
PRESS AFF|DAWTS
ASKED BY SENATE
Last Newspaper Statements
Called For in Power
So 0sp.o.
Company Probe. 80.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. '' IA 80
The last statements Of ownership CIV
en- to the Postmaster General, IN ac-
cordance with the law, by the news
papers in which officials of the Interr1a-
tional Paper & Power Co. said it had
q financial interest, were called for yes
terday by the Senate.
Sharp debate preceded adoption Of
the resolution of Senator Walsh, Demo-
crat, Montana, asking this Information.
Senator Bingham. Republican, Con
necticut, insisted the data could be OBJ
tanned without adoption of the resolu-
ton, and in response to his persistent
question Senator Walsh declared he be-
heved the reports Of the papers in
volved were mot accurate In all de-
tails" 81
Supporting the Walsh resolution, Sen
ator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, de-
clared the reports were required in the
public interest. He said If the reports
did not disclose the interests of the
power company in the papers, he would
move to amend the law to require that
newspapers be required to list all their
stockholders and the amount of stock
held by each. Senator Walsh also said
he wanted the reports to determine If
the 1912 law requiring names of owners
was broad enough.
Two publishers in the Senate-Capper
OF Kansas and Vandenberg of Michi-
gan. both epublicans-joined in the
demand for the resolution. Senator
Vandenberg said he. wanted the reports
because of his faith in the integrity
OF the press and in the integrity of
the very newspapers mentioned here"
Senator Capper said the public had
right to know who the owners Of the
papers. were.
The Walsh resolution read:
whereas, 1t appears from testimony
taken by the Federal Trade Commission
under and by virtue of Senate reSolu-
ton 80, SEVENTEEN Congress, first ses-
sion, that the International Paper g.
Power Co. and its AFFILIATED concerns is
the owner of stock in the Boston Her
aid and Traveller, published at Boston,
Mass; the Chicago Daily News, pub
lished at Chicago, Ill; the Chicago
Journal, published at Chicago, Ill; the
Tampa Tribune, published at Tamna.
Fla; the Greensboro Record, published
at Greensboro. N. c.; the Knickerbock-
er Press, published at Albany, N. Y:
the Albany Evening News, published at
Albany, N. Y; the Brooklyn Eagle.
published at Brooklyn, N. Y; the Au-
guSta chronicle, published at Augusta,
Ga; the Columbia Record, published at
Columbia, S. C.; the Spartansburg Her
aId and the Spartanburg Journal, pub
nshed at Spartanburg, S. c., and pos
sioly other, interests in other journals,
therefore. be it
Resolved, that the Postmaster Cen
eral Is hereby directed to transmit to
the Senate for its information a copy
OF the last statement filed by the editor.
publisher, business manager or owner
OF each OF the newspapers above
enumerated, setting forth the names
and post Office addresses of the editor
and managing editor, publisher, busi-
ness manager and owners, and the
stockholders If the publication be owned
by corporation, and also the names of
the known bondholders, mortgages or
other security holders, as required by
the act OF Congress approved August
"a, 1912"