Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-15
LOBBY BODY WORK
BELIEVED FINISHED
Senate Committee Heard 80
Witnesses During
Session.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Ninety witnesses have passed before
the Senate lobby committee during the
eight months it has been in session
and a record of almost 100000 word,
has accumulated.
It's work is now believed to be fin
ished, except for the formalities of pre-
senting to the Senate the transcript oil
Bishop Cannon'S testimony, general
report on the prohibition investigation
and final summary of the entire lobby
inquiry.
Starting eight months ago to expose
the activities of lobbyists, the commit
tee of five Senators had listened to
three Senators-Grundy, Republican
Pennsylvania; Bingham. Republican
Connecticut, and Thomas, Democrat
Oklahoma. In addition, Chairman
Huston of the Republican national
committee, Chairman RaSkob OF the
Democratic national committee, and
Josephus Daniels, former Democratic
Secretary of the Navy, have appeared
Other witnesses included Representa-
tive Tinkham Republican, MasSachu-
sets; Julius H. Barnes, chairman OF
the board of the Chamber Of Commerce
of the United States and Bishop James
Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.
Brings About Censure.
Beginning with an inquiry into re-
ports of an attempt to bring about the
discharge of an employee of the Tariff
Commission, the committee found
itself two days later investigating the
employment by Senator Bingham OF
Charles L. Eyanson of the Connecticut
Manufacturers Association to aid IN
tariff matters.
This produced the first sensation of
the investigation. Bingham was cen
sured by the Senate for placing Evan
son on the Senate pay roll and taxing
him into secret sessions OF the Senate
finance committee while the tariff bill
was under consideration.
A few days later the second senSa-
ton developed from the examination OF
Joseph r. Grundy. the president of the
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Associa-
ton and now Senator from PennSyl-
vania. Grundy was called for an in
curry into his tariff activities and sur
prised the committee with his testi-
nony that certain States were back
ward" and should talk darned small
in tariff matters.
After a few more witnesses Claudius
Huston, Republican national chairman,
appeared for questioning concerning his
Muscle Shoals activities as president OF
the Tennessee River Improvement As
ISOLATION.
The committee heard testimony that
Huston had received s36.100 from the
Union Carbide Co. for the Tennessee
Association and that he deposited 1t IN
his personal brokerage account, where
It was used for purchasing stocks be-
fore being turned over to the associa-
ton.
Examines Prohibition.
Chairman Raskob Of the Democratic
committee was called to testify about
his activities as a director of the Asso-
citation Against the Prohibition Amend
ment. He said he had contributed
S65 900 to the association and that one
of its purposes was the election of wet
members of Congress.
The committee wound up its activi-
ties with an investigation into prohibi-
ton. Representatives Of the AsSocia-
ton Against the Prohibition Amend
ment the Anti-Saloon League and the
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals appeared before Bishop
Cannon was questioned about his 1928
anti-Smith activities.
The bishop defied the committee's
authority TO question him about politi-
cal activities and the investigators
ruled they would not compel him to
answer.