New Britain herald., 1930-04-08
CHARGES 0F CUR
 AND LIAR HEARD
 IN LOBBY PROBE:
Continued From First Paee)

tCUnIlnueQ rom lrSt Iaef) breach between the men had been adjusted.
 The committee session today was testimony, but to the crowd in the room it was disappointins)y brief. The democratic leader was prevent cd from answering q query by Sena- tor Robinson. republican. Indiana, as to whether an editorial appearing in his paper demanding that Raskob quit his post expressed his personal views.
 Believes Raskob Unfit
 He did, however, testify that he wrote the editorial and said that he did not think that the democratic chairman should keep his post while retaining membership in an oreani- zation that urged the election of wet republicans. Raskob had testified before the lobby committee that he was director of the association against the prohibition amendment and that he had given S65,000 to the organization. He also said it ad- vocatod the election of wet congress- men irrespective Of party.
 Hardly had the tumult occasioncd by the clash between Black and Pierce died away before Senator Robinson asserted that committee investigator had been denied access to records of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. The as- sociation has it's headquarters in New York. The Indiana senator. after asserting that the committee had the power to subpoena records. indicated that he intended 10 get them if possible.
 Stayton 10 Testify William Stayton, an official Of the association. was to have testified to- day but he had not reached the stand before adjournment. He is cN pccted to be witness tomorrow.
 Tho questioning which caused the exchange between Senator Black and the Alabama editor today was in line with other queries that Clau- dius H. Huston answered during his lengthy testimony about his Muscle Shoals activities. The revelation that money collected by Huston from ithe Union Carbide company for use by the Tennessee River Improve ment Association had been used as margin for the purchase of stocks have given rise to rumors that Illus ton would resign. The republican chairman however asserted that all the money went eventually to the improvement association of which he was president at the time. Worthington Name Mentioned The name of J. W. Warrington, secretary of the improvement asso- citation, has been heard frequently in the long inquiry into Muscle Shoals. He was accused by Chairman CaraWay of the committee of feign- ing illness to avoid questioning about the activities of himself and his or sanization in cspousing the bid ot ithc American Cyanamid company for the Alabama power project. Worthington's friends. however have asserted that hc was seriously ill in d Detroit hospital and was not able 10 testify,
 The senate recently passed tho Norris bill for government operation Of Muscle Shoals but the measure has vet 10 he acted on in the house
 In asserting that Black was re. hot exchange by declaring his in, slnuations were a "contemptiblc 1 lie.'
 "Ill sec you outside about that Black rctortcd. Everybody know; you are by nature q coward" Lcapins to his feet, Pierce shout. cd:
 wen 20 outside right now.'
 Black replied that the matter could wait for settlement. "Thcn you admit you are a con. tcmpliblc liar" Pierce demanded.
 "No,' Black shot back. T admi you arc"
 '1titlUI W dlCIls utlliotl dls hOll tana. pounded for order but thu | outbreak was quickly renewed.
 T rise to the point of persona priviegc,' Pierce shouted, leapins | again 10 his feet.
 Calls Black a "Cur" This man Black" he asserted said l was known as q coward. i cali him q contemplate cur in re turd.'
 Previously an event looked for Dard to by politically minded Wash ington-thc appearance of Daniel before the lobby committce-hat lasted less than half an hour, bu
 in that brief time, Daniels, demo
 cratic leader and staunch dry, back
 cd up views previously expressed
 that he thought John J. Haskol
 shoulI resign as chairman of tn
 democratic national committee he
 cause Of his opposition to prohiDi
 tion.
 EohBenn Made Hrmand
 A d"mand that Daniels, puDIisho