Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-27
Inquiry Into Actions of Or
PLANTATIONS Is Due to Start
Within Week.
HUST0N'S PART IN SHOALS
CASE TO BE REPORTED ON
W. B. Bell, President of Cyanamid
Company, Is Scheduled to Be
Heard on Tuesday.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Inquiry into the lobbying activities
of wet and dry organizations and re-
port on Muscle Shoals and Claudius H
Hustons connection with the Tennessee
River Improvement Association will &C.
cupy the attention of the Senate lobby
committee next week.
The investigation of the wet and dry
Hobbies, Senator Caraway of Arkansas,
chairman of the lobby committee, said
today, will begin as soon as the inquiry
into Muscle Shoals Is completed.
w. B. Bell, president of the American
Cyanamid Co.. which has made a bid
for Muscle Shoals, is to be heard Tues
day. He may be the last witness on
that subject. II he is, the committee
Immediately viii turn its attention to
drafting a report on thesMuscle Shoals
lobby and Mr.. Huston, vino Is chairman
OF the Republican national committee
and for years was head of the Tennes-
see River Improvement Association.
Tinkham Urged Probe.
The inquiry into the activities of the
wet and dry lobbies will come upon the
initiative Of Representative Tinkham Of
Massachusetts,, Republican, and an
ardent wet. Mr.. Tinkham has from
time to time aSsailed bitterly the activi-
ties OF prohibition organizations, includ-
ing the Anti-Saloon League and the
Methodist Board OF Temperance, Prohi-
bition and Public Morals.
Senator Caraway said that Mr.. Tink-
nam would be given opportunity TO
appear before the committee and state
his case. The chairman said the COM
r1ftfAa mould 41akS
OF organizations opposing prohibition,
such as the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment.
The lobby committee is not going
into the merits Of the prohibition ques-
ton in this inquiry" Senator Caraway
continued. 1T Is beyond the province
OF the committee to do that. But It Is
going to inquire into the activities of
any lobby, wet or dry, that his sought
to influence legislation or executive ac-
ton in washington"
He said that he supposed these or
CARNATIONS would be represented by
witnesses who had fun knowledge Of al
the expenditures made by them and
could give the lobby committee the kind
OF information 1t would seek.
Senate to Tackle Shoals Case.
when the testimony regarding Muscle
Shoals is completed" said Senator Cara
way, "as chairman shall ask a mem
Der of the committee to draft q report
for submission to the Senate. NeceS-
sarily 1t must deal at considerable
length with Mr.. Huston.
THE Senate Is to have before It next
week the whole Muscle Shoals problem
again. It must decide between the pro-
posal Of Senator Norris of Nebraska,
which looks to Government operation
and control, and the other proposal
represented by the bill offered by
Representative Wright of Georgia,
which In effect Is the bid of the
American Cyanamid Co.
II do not intend to offer resolution
censuring Mr.. Huston because Of his
activities In connection with Muscle
Shoals. But the report will deal fully
with the facts brought out.
Mr.. Huston has been criticized in q
number of quarters because of these
activities, particularly because of his
deposit Of a $685. contribution to the
association, which he placed In his pri-
vate brokerage account and used for
dealing in stock. Mr.. Huston has teSti-
fed that this amount eventually was
paid Col. Worthington, the executive
head Of the river association.
Position Is Under Fire.
A number of Republican Senators
have taken the position that Mr.. Huston
sooner or later viii have to relinquish
his post as chairman Of the Republican
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