Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-28

CaraWay on saturday without any IN
terruption.
Regulations Targets.
Every effort" continued Senator
| Bingham, has been made to besmirch
, my reputation and Mr.. Eyanson's."
Senator Bingham said Mr.. Eyanson
had been told not to give out any in
formation regarding what transpired in
the finance committee meetings. He
said that he believed Eyanson gave nc
information. Yet, he said, the lobby
committee had made much of a memo
random written by a Mr.. Wychet, an
| employe of the Connecticut Manufac-
turers' Association, for EyanSon under
date Of August 80, referring to a tele-
phone conversation he had had with
certain manufacturers of firearms
Senator Bingham pointed out the lobby
committee knew, although 1t held that
1t was obvious that Wychet had infor-
nation Of what happened in the secret
sessions Of the finance committee, that
IL days before August 80 every rate In
the tariff bill had been given by the
| finance committee to the minority
| members Of that committee and to the
public.
Furthermore" said Senator Bins-
ham, the committee is pleased to
think that fight went on in the secret
| cause OF this memorandum. It is
merely another effort to tarnish my
reputation.
Committee Fight Denied.
las a matter Of fact, no roll call was
taken in the committee on these rates,
and, as far as I can remember, there
was no fight in the committee over the
duty on gun barrels, to which this
Wychet memorandum refers
The Wychet memorandum referred
| to, the fact that the duty on gun barrels
had not been increased, in accordance
with the wishes Of Connecticut manu-
/ factureFs, although Senator Smoot
chairman Of the finance committee, and
others had favored the increase and
Senator Bingham had been against it.
Senator Bingham said that Wychet,
in his conversation over the telephone
with Connecticut fire arms manufac-
turers and in his memorandum to
indiScretion OF use. Such an indiScre-
ton. Senator Bingham said. as is fire.
quently committed by friends who
claim more for us than is justified.
Senator Bingham then referred TO q
letter written by President Hubbard OF
the Connecticut Manufacturers Asso-
citation to Eyanson while Eyanson was
| in washington. He said that Senator
Caraway had referred so gently, as in
his inimitable style" to this letter on
Saturday.
Tenure Of Office Topic.
In the letter Mr. Hubbard told cyan
son he wished him to pave the way
with Senator Bingham regarding his
| CEyanson's) tenure Of ONCE with Bing-
ham. Hubbard also said in the letter
that Eyanson had done more than we
bargained for in the beginning" It is
the letter that has been made much OF
by the Senate lobby committee.
Senator Bingham told the Senate
that Mr.. Hubbard, who wrote the letter
was o distinguished Democrat, noni-
mated at one time for lieutenant gov
ernoY of Connecticut on the Democratic
ticket and mentioned for the Senate
when I first ran for the Senate"
Senator Bingham said that Chair
man Caraway implied there had been
some kind of corrupt bargain between
Hubbard and Senator Bingham; that
the effort had been to damage my
reputation and to seek to have me come
out of this investigation covered with
as much political slime as possible"
Referring to Mr.. Hubbard's request
to Eyanson to pave the way for him
| with Senator Bingham, Senator Bing-
| ham said Eyanson had been expected
to end his work in Washington AND
to return long before.
"That was too honest. for the COM
mittee," said Senator Bingham, and
therefore 1t did not believe IT. AS a
matter of fact Mr.. Hubbard had tried
to get Mr.. Eyanson to return 10 Con.
necticut because he was needed there.
InneuendO Is Scored.
nI@ 6af
critics attempted by innuendo to attach
sienificance to the statement by Mr..
Hubbard in which he told Mr.. Eyar1son
he had done more than was "bargained
for" Senator Bingham declared ef-
forts were made to show that some
sort of corrupt bargain has been In
volved, but he declared they could not
show that because there was none.
Senator Bingham said that in New
England the expression You got more
than you bargained for" Is frequently
used, meaning you got more than you
expected. He said it was similar to the
practice followed in the West in refer
ring to a friend who accompanies you
as a "sidekick."
"Yet. what would become Of New
England intelligence If we took that to
mean that a mans friend had kicked
him in the side," Senator Bingham said
Calls It 'Tnquisition."
The Connecticut Senator referred to
| the lobby committee as a modern
Spanish inuuisition," and said that one
member shouted at him to answer yes
or no." He said that when this Is done
| in court there Is judge to see that
1 witness is fairly examined, but thal
| there was no such person to intervene
before this committee.
IT was put on the grill in order that
those who oppose any increase in the
tariff except for agriculture might have
their way" Senator Bingham declared
| He said this session was called primarily
| to revise the rates on agriculture, but
/, that Congress had been told there were
also some branches of industry thai
| needed attention. He said that the
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
never asked for a single unreasonable
thing" ~
He said that instead of raising large
sum of money or inviting Senators to
dinners. the association merely sent one
of its officials here "at my request to
give me information desired"
AS he brought his speech to close
Senator Bingham spoke with increasing
feeling.
Senator Bingham declared that In
the past representatives OF farmers were
permitted to write actual clauses form
ing part Of farm legislation, and that
no one had ever accused them OF I'M
proper conduct.
"Why not discuss lobbyists who &C
about from one ONCE to another, in
stead Of this one man who never talks
to any member except me?"
Senator Bingham concluded by de-