Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
.CARAWAY SCORES
LOAN OF EYANSON
Lobby Committee Report
Asks for List of dollar
a-Year" Men.
Continued From First Page)

. tinony before the committee without q
blush of shame touching their cheeks. V
Neither witness was candid" ne
added. ..-
Recalling the memorandum written
by Wuichet showing he had informa-
=. ton about the secret rate-maKlng
sessions of the Senate finance commit
:, tee on the tariff bill, Senator Caraway
said, HE got that information from
e. Eyanson." Wuichet told the committee
he couldn't recall where he got the
information.
Il wanted to show that there was
= some one down here pretending to give
; out valuable information" continued
I CaraWay, land that somebody was the
paid lobbyist of the Connecticut Manu-
facturers' Association.
No Defense Is Offered.
No one arose to the defense of Sena-
tor Bingham and when Senators Cara
way and Walsh had concluded Chair
man Smoot of the finance committee
called for vote on the next amend
ment to the pending tariff bill.
Senator George. Democrat, Georgia,
asserted the shadow of the Connect
cut Manufacturers Association runs
across every schedule of this bill and II
will continue to grow larger"
ITS bad enough. he said, Ito have
notifies in tariff making, but it's in
finitely worse to have co-partnership
between business and the tariff
, Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re-
publican leader. was drawn into the dis
. russion when George repeated the state
ment the shadow of the Connecticut
association is across every schedule In
this bill" ..,, .1os
y Watson. -.
schedule in this bill is under Suspicion
by the development in this case. =.
cided upon was fixed on the merits OF
b. the individual case.
81 don't suppose Mr.. Eyanson talked
. IN a single Senator of the committee on
. the subject of rates while the bill was
before us" watson said adding, Ger
tainly he didn't talk TO me" .,.
The report of the lobby investigating
committee contained the Speclnc RECON-.
. r1endation-that the Senate aoopt q
p resolution calling upon the Department
of Commerce to submit list OF any
'dollar-a-year" men on its rolls, as q
result of the testimony of Joseph T..
Wuichet of the Connecticut ASSOCIATION
that he was a dollar-a-year man AoE
the department. a.
tine dloO lNPOtNNA
: "ouestions the propriety of the utlll-
zation of the funds of a railroad COM
many for the payment Of services OF
p, lobbyist in Washington" This declara,
tion was made after the committee SAID
II had found that the New York, New
!. Haven & Hartford Railroad had con-
tributed about $4,000 to the Connecn-
cut Manufacturers Association.
: Cites Law on Payments. IS
-"Whether such contributions are for
hidden by any statute may be the SUBJ
iect of further communication from
your committee" the report added. :
& The report called attention to the law.
relating to payments OF 1ndlvlouals
doing Government work by private con-
Germs. This had to do with Wuichets
services for the Department. OF Com
nlerce, however, and no reference was
made in this connection to the action
/. of Senator Bingham in placing Charles
Eyanson, an officer OF the Connecticut
. Manufacturers Association, on the
Government pay roll.
Eyanson incident, the report said, IN
part:
."He (Eyanson). came to Washing
ton while the tariff bill was under con-
sideration by the committee on ways
and means of the House of Representa-
ttves in the early part Of the present
, year and aided members OF the asso,,
citation in preparing arguments a .ha
data for submission by them to the
committee referred to.
Letter to Hubbard Quoted.
ce"On February 25, 1929, Senator
Bingham wrote to Mr.. Hubbard, saying
With other things: I am wondering
whether there is any one whom you
II a
tariff problems particularly those II.
which Connecticut is interested
Z, "Eyanson came to Washington. 70
take the position, in effect as clerk
IN the Office of Senator Bingham In
which he had a desk, where he re-
eeived callers who came to consult WIN
him or Senator Bingham, or both. he
assembled material for the use OF SEN
ator Bingham in connection with tne
hearings before the Senate committee
or finance and attended the hearings:
occupying a seat from which he could
communicate at any time with senator
Bingham, and aided him with sugges-
lions while the hearings were In prog
ress. After the hearings were com
pleted the majority members went Ilto
secret session for the purpose OF cor
Sidering the bill. At that time, at the
direction of Senator Bingham, cyan
son was sworn in as clerk OF the COM
rnittee on territories and inSu!ar pos
sessions. of which Senator B'ngham
was then and is now the CT mah'
displacing one Henry M. Barry, Wno
was told by Senator Bingham tnat ms
salary would nevertheless continue
This course was pursued. the commlttee
was told by Senator Bingham. tnat
MANSON might be subject to the dlscl-
pline of the Senate the significance
being left unexplained.
Objected to EyansOn's Presence.
g"After Eyanson had thus been intro
dlced into the secret meeting OF tne
majority members and had SAT MiIi'
them for some two or three days sen
afor Smoot, chairman of the commit
tee. INQUIRED of Senator Bingham
whether he, Eyanson, was an of1lcer OF
employe of the Manufacturers ASSocl-
alton of Connecticut, and being advised
that he was Senator Bingham was tolc
by Senator Smoot that objection mac
been made to Eyanson's presence IN tnt
committee and intimated that 1t woulC
bp better if he did not longer attend
Senator Bingham then inquired as u
the attitude of the other members o.
the committee and from the views tnu'
elected reached the conclusion tina
ESanson ought not longer to attend TIT
meetings, and he did not Eyansol
drew his salary as clerk OF the commit
tee on Territories and nsular posses
s{ons At the end of his first month
service as such he turned the amour
SO received over in cash to Senate
Bingham. The remainder OF his salar
while he continued on the rolls he dreV
and turned over to Mr.. Barry, tn
Whole amounting to $357.50."
THE committee quoted the minutes
the association showing the vote Of
sending representative" with Sena
for bingham to help protect Connec
&C., I,,J,,etr{ae The renort also 0llOte