New Britain herald., 1929-10-21
WALSH QUESTIONS
 EYANSON ON ROLE
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headed Subject information fol Senator Bingham"


 Crescent Fire Arms Company and MT Warner of the Davis and War her Arms Company, both of Norwich in reply to an inquiry originating with MT. Henderson, l informed these gentlemen that Senator Bing ham met with very strong opposi tion to the ten per cent duty on rough bored shot gun barrels from the Savage Arms Company, ct al, and three influential members of the senate finace committee, Senators Smoot, chairman, Reed and Edge, and that Senator Bingham consider ed it 6 decisive victory to have held the duty where it now stands in the house bill at 10 per cent in the face of a very strong effort to raise it to 30 per cent"
 Denies Being Association Agent
 Walsh called attention to the fact that the Manufacturers association paid the expenses of his visit. Ask ed, Now don't you think you were here as q representative of the asso- ciation?"
 NO" Eyanson answered. Not after I took up my position with Senator Bingham
 Senator Blaine then took up the questioning and asked Eyanson if he recalled an instance when he was called out of the committee on fi- nance to answer a long distance telephone call put in by his office in Hartford.
 Eyanson protested he did not re- call speaking to long distance while the committee on finance was in ses- sion.
 Blaine insisted there was such ;t call and the conversation was on the matter then before the committee.
 Finally Eyanson admitted he did speak to Connecticut on the tele- phone but that the parties were merely asking about submitting fur ther facts to the committee.
 It was insisted by Blaine that at the conversation he had in mind Eyanson said 'I cant tell you about it now. I will tell you.' The senator from Wisconsin then con- tinued questioning Eyanson for the obvious purpose of forcing him to say he was communicating informa- ton to Connecticut manufacturers that he obtained from the secret hearings of the committee on fi- nance.
 Hubbard on Stand
 Eyanson was excused at this point and left the stand without giving the committee much information they did not have. E. Kent Hubbard, president of the Manufacturers As sociation, followed Eyanson on the stand obviously nervous after watch ing the savage grilling Senator Bing- ham and Eyanson survived. Hubbard's testimony did not prove very important. He told the com mittee that the association had | agreed to pay the salary and eX- penses of Eyanson while the latter was in Washington.
 Hubbard Cross Examined One of the first questions directed at Hubbard had to do with his sal. ary as president of the Connecticut l Manufacturens' association. Tho witness said he receives $10,0O0 6 year and travelling expenses of s5,. | GOO. AS 10 the sources of the asso. ciation's income, 1t was explained l that harS nt,ih ,;, amounts, the New Haven railroad and the SCovill Manufacturing Co. Of Waterbury, being among tn, largest givers. The railroads an nual payment was fixed at betweel 1 S3,000 and s4.000.
 Replying to questions by Senator CaraWay and Walsh. the witness sait the association has taken little inter est in tariff matters until this yea when Bingham request for an ad wiser brought the question to tn, fore. Senator Walsh was critical 0 Hubbard's manner in answerinl questions and warned him tha yes" and mo" replies could b given to all queries. He made n denial of the statements previousl made that Eyanson was to be main tained in Washington by the asso citation, and that it was understoo that the senator was to be given tn services of a man from his office.
 Ordered to Help Bingham
 As to what Eyanson had been tol when given the assignment Hubbar said; "I told him to come dow here and do what Senator Bingham ordered him to do."
 Explaining a passage In his let ter to Eyanson that read: T wan you to prepare the way with Sena tor Bingham" the witness said h wanted Eyanson to make 1t know to the senator that he was subjec to immediate call back to Hartford
 What did you want? Was Evan son supposed to be a sort of S John the Baptist?" the senate queried.
 Reading the passage from Hull bard's letter, You have done great deal more than we ever bal gained for" Walsh asked for an es planation, and Hubbard replied:
 He had stayed there much longe than we bargained for'
 Could Not See Bingham
 After less than an hour on tn stand, Hubbard left it to be replace by Edward H. Cooley, of the Massa chusetts Fisheries association. Coo ley appeared to protest agains Eyanson's efforts on behalf of tn Atlantic Coast Fisheries association of Groton, Conn. He said that whe he called to see Senator Bingham 0 the tariff question. the latter rt fused to see him, and he had to SC Eyanaon instead, who, he under