Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
HUBBARD APPROVES
B|NCHAM'S COURSE
IN HIRING EYANSON
Connecticut ManufacturerI
Group Head Indorses Ac-
ton of Senator on Tariff.
COMBINE OF FISHERIES
REVEALED AT INQUIRY
Group Threatened to Use influence
on Congress Unless Rival Fa-
vored Reduced Rates.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

z. Kent Hubbard, president OF the
Connecticut Manufacturers Association
anpearing today before the Senate lobby
investigating committee, approved the
course adopted by Senator Bingham
after he had employed c. L. Eyanson,
Hubbard's assistant, to help him in his
work on the tariff bill.
Pressed by Senator Caraway, chairman
of the investigating committee, Mr..
Hubbard aligned himself squarely on
the side of Senator Bingham in the con-
troversy which has arisen over the en-
ployment of EyanSon and the introduc-
ton OF Eyanson into secret sessions OF
the finance committee during the con-
sideration Of the tariff, and also the
placing Of Eyanson on the Government
pay roll.
Does your association" demanded
Senator Caraway, approve OF sending
a man to Washington as its representa-
tive and having him put on the Govern
rnent pay roll and then go into secret
sessions Of the finance commitee?"
Thinks Matter above Board"
"I do II Senator Bingham thought 1t
was the hsst way to make use OF him,
said Mr. Hubbard.
DO you think that was above board?"
asked Senator Caraway.
The witness thought that everything
about the matter had been above board.
"Is Senator BAagham the keeper OF
your conscience?" asked Senator Cara
way, who also wanted to know II Mr..
Hubbard approved OF Senator bingnam
rhn
keeping that secret, after Eyanson hao
left Washington.
Mr.. Hubbard said he considered the
check present, in appreciation for
Job well done.
senator Caraway wanted to know
why Mr.. Hubbard had not told the
public that Eyanson was on the pay
roll of the Manufacturers Association
when It had been learned in Washing
ton and made public that Senator Bing-
ham had been assisted by Eyanson.
1T is not for me to criticize a United
states Senator" said Mr.. Hubbard. He
then added after further interchange
with Senator Carawey: Il approve OF
what Senator Bingham has done 100
per cent, and the Association OF Manu-
facturers is back of Senator Bingham.
Claims Nothing was Concealed.
The witness insisted that nothing had
hepn concealed. Senator Caraway asked
him If il were not true that Senator
Bingham had testified before the COM
nittes and that he asked the Con-
necticut Manufacturers Association Tor
assistance and had put Eyanson IN MS
he, Bingham. was not able to pay Tor an
additional clerk.
THE witness said that he had not
read Senator Bingham's testimony.
"Yet Senator Bingham sends this man
q check for $1,000, said Senator Cara
way. He asked If this check had not
been sent with the idea that 1t might
Evanson was paid while he was in
Washington by the manufacturers as
sociation.
Mr.. Hubbard gave it as his opinion
that such a suspicion was incorrect.
The committee will resume its session
tomorrow morning 1T 10 o'clock ana
INQUIRE further into the operations OF
the sugar lobby. 1t will first, however,
recall william Burgess, a former mem
her of the Tariff Commission and now
an adviser of the pottery industry, TO
ask him several questions.
Sought Lower Fish Tariff.
Charges that a Connecticut fisheries
corporation threatened to influence
members of Congress and have products
of the fish industry placed on the free
list unless a competing company would
agree to lower duties than exist unoer
the present Law, were laid before the
committee.
THE committee turned from an ex-
animation of Hubbard to hear Edward
H. Cooley business manager OF tne
Massachusetts, Fisheries Associatlon
testify on conditions in the f1sh IN
Custry.
Cooley told the committee that the
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Corporation,
Connecticut concern, had sought lower
than existing rates because 1t had re-
Gently bought two large Canadian COM
panies and controlled much OF the IN
dustry across the border. His own com
many. the Massachusetts Fisheries AS
sociation, a domestic concern, he said,
was interested in obtaining higher
duty, or at least maintaining the present
rate of 212 cents per pound on the nm
tshed product and l cent per pound Tor
round f1sh.
before the committee concluded with
Mr. Hubbard 1t brought out that the
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Association is
a member of the Connecticut Manufac-
turers' Association. Hubbard and c. l..
Evanson, his assistant, to whom the
committee referred for information
about the company. said the fisheries
corporation was comparatively new and
had ioined the manufacturers asso-
ciation within the last two years.
Cooley Tells Of Offer.
Cooley told the committe that after
the House wrote into the present tariff
Bill the same duties on fish as already
anplied he was called on the telephone
bv Frank w. Price, president OF the
Connecticut company, and told that
if his company did not agree to lower
rate he (Brice) would institute cam
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