New Britain herald., 1929-10-02
Hearing Adjourned

 verge of an expected call for new naval limitations conference, the senate Shearer investigators today had clamped down the brakes on their inquiry into what took place two years ago at the unsuccessful, Geneva conference
 Meanwhile, the senate itself. spurred by disclosures made in the Shearer inquiry and statements that efforts have been made to influence 1 tariff legislation, has directed it's judiciary committee, headed by Senator Norris of Nebraska, to con- duet a general investigation of lob bying under the sweeping terms of the Caraway resolution. When it will begin it's sessions remains to be decided
 With Prime Minister Macdonald nearing the American coast, the Shearer committee decided to post pone further work until he has con- cluded his visit to President Hoover generally regarded as for the pur- post of cementing more firmly the friendly converse tions which have taken place between London and Washington on the limitation of naval armaments
 Postpones Fireworks
 This decision of the committee will postpone during MacDonald's sojourn an airing of a so-called British document received by the committe yesterday without being made public, which purported to show the existence in this country of an extensive espionage system re- 1 porting to London.
 Committee members are consider ing this document, which was hand 1 cd to it by William B. Shearer, the $25, ,000 "observer' at Geneva, for the shipbuilders, and with it a re- port from the navy intelligence which Senator Allen, republican, Kansas, says disputes it's authentic ity. Other ramitlCations of the pie ture that has been drawn up for them by the various witnesses also are being sized up. and it is the
 
 most of the leading actors must again take the witness chair.
 Temporary Lull Now
 The temporary lull in proceedings will give time. Chairman Short ridge believes, to gather up the loose threads" before the eXamina- ton begins again.
 Shcarcr's story Of getting the so- called secret British document and of turning it over to the navy ue- partmont and 10 Senator Reed of Missouri, during the senate debate last February on the F cruiser bill, ended his two days of examination by the committee, He didn't know what Senator Reed, who has since retired, dd with the paper, which was produced when Senator Allen asked 2 bout if.
 SLoaror named Sir William Wise man as the author of the British document and he described this man as "th" chief British spy in America during inc World war; He saM Wiscman is now with Kuhn, Loeb X Company. Mr. Wlscman telegraphcd ! Nhairman Shortridge that the paper l was an "absurl forgery" When Sen ator Allen questioned authenticity of the document. Shoaror insisted that Wisoman bo called and examined. 1 Allen indicated later this course would he pursued.
 To Recall Shipbuildcrs Determined to recall most of the shipbuilders who hired Shoarer to go 10 Geneva. the committee wants Q get an answer, among other things. 10 his statement that he was 1 dropped" by them because Frank E. Kellogg. while secretary of state, called the Bethlehem Steel Corpora uoN officers Ion the mat" Y is also likely that Drew Pear son. newspaper reporter, will he re- examined H. totd inc committee that Sh,9rrr and some Of the Amer iuu naval experts at Geneva OK rr,s s-od hopes that inc conference would not surrced. Rear Admiral J. VI. Reeves. [. <, N,. ono of those named by pnarson, has denied em- . pNarr1llv that he expressed or en- '-rtfiu"l such hope and Shearcr, in his mor- blunt way, called Pearson 'a Uar'
 The committee members also want an answer 10 Shearer's testi monv that <. w Wakeman, vice president Of the Bethlehem Ship hmldIng Corporation. insisted that ! hJs mission 10 Geneva he kept secret.
 Agree On One Thing
 The shlpbuldors and Shearer are in accord on one proposition. Both say he went to Geneva to report the trend of tho conference and not 10 work against an agreement. How eyer. Shearor says he gave informa- lion 10 the newspaper representatives at the conference and that his real purpose was 'to get out the Amcri- can side of the story"
 The recess in the senate hearings will give the investigators an oppor- tunity to go over their records also with the department of justice.