Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-10
GRUNDY AS SENATE
POSSIBILITY DRAWS
FIRE OF CARAWAY
Would Be Named by People
Who Bought Governors
Chair, Arkansan Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Asserting that If Joseph r.. Grundy
was named as a Senator from Pennsyl-
vania the appointment would be made
by the people who bought and paid
for the Office the Governor Of Pennsyl-
vania now occupies" Chairman Cara
way today submitted q critical report
of the lobby committees findings on
Grundy's activities in favor Of industrial
tariff rates.
Possibility of the appointment of
Grundy to the place made vacant by
the rejection of William S. Ware has
been uppermost in the minds of num-
Der Of Senators during the past few
days and opposition to him has been in
dicated should he seek to present his
credentials.
The lobby committee report noted
Grundy's work in collecting Republican
campaign funds and said the inference
Is irresistible" that he believed he
would be able to influence the action
of his party associates in the Congress"
Cites Grundy's Comment.
Senator Caraway in commenting on
the report called attention to state
ment by Grundy that he was undecided
whether he would accept Senate seat
If rendered to him by Gov. Fisher.
whenever they make up their minds
whether it is wise or otherwise" said
Caraway, "he (Grundyl will speak, but
in the meantime he seizeS upon the oc-
casion. when for little time he is In
the public Iimelight so that he can be
quoted, to aSSail some OF us who were
opposed to the seating of Mr.. Ware:
"Following the example and lead OF
the patriotic and wise mayor OF Phil
adelphia who scornfully said that Wonl-
en- were not paid for their political
activities because they were not worth
it. he referred to the Senator from
Nebraska and myself as being eher1-
mate"
Senator Caraway in referring to
Grundy's indecision on whether he
would accept appointment by the Gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania to the Senate
said
Wants to Correct Statement"
"Mr. Grundy modestly states that he
is undecided whether he VIII accept
a seat in this body or not, which, 1t
is forecast, will be offered him by
the Governor of Pennsylvania. want
to correct that last statement. Not by
the Governor of Pennsylvania, but by
the people who bought and paid for
the ONCE the Governor of Pennsylvania
now occupies"
The report said Grundy, as a MEM
Der of the ways and means committee
of the Republican national committee
for Pennsylvania, raised nearly $780,
600 in the last campaign and that q
large part of this sum was contributed
by manufacturers interested in tariff
rates.
Having, as he claims, been instru-
mental in the adoption of the tariff
plank in the Kansas City platform and
having raised the huge sum mentioned
to elect the Republican candidate for
President and Republican Congress
men," the report continued, "he felt
an obligation to come to Washington to
see that the promises Of the platform
in respect to the tariff were kept ana
that the individuals who through his
solicitation contributed to the campaign
fund were made whole"
The committee also reported that
Grundy had failed to submit any evi-
dence to it to substantiate his charge
that some Southern and Western States
do not pay enough toward the upkeep
of the Government to cover the cost OF
collection"
Consumer Fails TO Figure.
THE consumer does not figure at
all in Mr.. Grundy's views in respect
to t2rlu leglSlatlon,' Jhe report went
on. They constitute" he says, "a
part of the 100000 who voted the
Republican ticket in 1928, giving a
mandate to revise the tariff. a mandate
he construes to signify such a revision
as the leaders of the party shall pro-
pose, to antagonize, which IS treason
on the part of any other of its members.
I'm view of his complaint that the
rates in the pending bill are not high
enough, one is prompted to speculate
on whether his loyalty would with
stand downward revision should such
course be advocated or pursued by
those same party leaders"
It was nowhere revealed in the testi-
mony Of Grundy. the report said that
either he or any one else associated
with him was in a situation to offer
any enlightenment to members of either
house on any matters pertinent to the
discussion of the tariff bill not avail
able to them on application to the
tariff commission and other branches of
| the Government "