Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18

him to explain the reference to the
telephone cali from Grundy. :.
"I must say In the first place" said
Eyanson, that never called him Joe
In M iife." Grundy, sitting behind,
and about 40 feet In rear OF the wit
ness, sat with his chin in the palm Of
his hand. following the questioning
closely.
Eyanson said that Grundy had called
him on the phone to ask him to return
to washington He said he told him
he could not come at the time, but that
he planned to return in connection with
a case before the Interstate Commerce
Commission and that he would drop In
on him then. The witness could not
recall that Grundy was interested in
anything particularly, but he assumed
he wanted to talk with him about the
tariff. He said that when he did call
on Grundy it was after he had left
Senator Bingham's employ, and that
the principal subject Of conversation
was Grundy's expressed regret that he
had left Senator Bingham's ONCE. As
Eyanson recalled the meeting, Grumpy
deploYed the fact and thought he ought
to return. He said he supposed that
Grundy was interested In his continuing
Answers Unsatisfactory.
Various letters which passed between
officers of the Connecticut Manufac-
turers' Association while Eyanson was
here with Senator Bingham were read
by Senator Walsh, and the witness was
asked to explain many expressions OF
the writer's. His answers to the Mon
tana Senator's questions were unsatiS-
factory and led Walsh to observe, your
memory, like that of many witnesses we
have INTERCEPTED, is unfortunately OBJ
scure"
Senator Walsh questioned the witness
about his work for Connecticut manu-
facturers who appeared before the
House ways and means committee dur
ing the tariff hearing. Eyanson said
that he had aided in preparation in
briefs to be used in presenting their
case to the committee.
Senator Walsh wanted to know how
that work differed from the work cyan
son did for Senator Bingham after he
became secretary here.
"The work was the same, wasn't it?"
demanded Senator Walsh.
Eyanson said it was not, and that
while he had prepared briefs for the
use of the manufacturers he gave Sena-
tor Bingham data for which he asked,
to aid in the consideration of the tariff.
Senator Walsh declared that he was
unable to see any difference.
Senator Walsh appeared especially In
terested in obtaining from EyanSon his
Interpretation of the attitude of Mr..
Hubbard when the latter wrote on one
occasion, 1T am sure very few will ever
know" Of the work he had done in
Washington, This expression related to
Eyanson'S activity as an aid to Senator
Bingham and the president OF the
Connecticut association wrote, 81 doubt
~ anuh0fiy alec Gould haUa haou mt In
the same position and made good as
quickly and effectively as you have"
Later, Senator Walsh referred to ex-
tracts from a board of directors meet
ing of the Connecticut organization on
May last, and quoted from the min
uteS OF that meeting copy OF the let
ter Senator Bingham wrote asking for
the loan Of an expert who could advise
him on tariff matters Of interest to
Connecticut. The Senator said in his
letter that nobody in his ONCE had
suficient information about the general
subject to give him the service he need
ed In his work on the Senate finance
committee.
Senator Walsh endeavored to obtain
from EyanSon an expression of opinion
as to whether he was in fact repre-
sentative of the Manufacturers Asso-
citation while in Senator Bingham's en-
ploy, rather than an employe interested
exclusively In furnishing Senator Bing-
ham with such information as he per-
sonally might wish. In this connection
Walsh quoted from a letter written to
Mr.. Hubbard. president of the associa-
ton, by Earnest s. Davis Of Portland,
Conn This letter was Davis expression
with reference to the associations re-
quest for the dues of members on Sena-
tor Bingham's request for the loan OF
an aid.
Davis wrote that he could see moth
ing but good" that would come from
having a representative in Senator
Bingham's office. He expressed the
opinion it would be worth while ''re-
CARELESS of cost" and made the state
ment, II believe in this class of work
you get what you pay for"
Eyanson insisted that he thought
Davis did not use the word representa-
tive as meaning that the employe loaned
to Senator Bingham would represent