The Washington times., 1930-12-10
EFFORT TO CURB
CHAIRMAN IS
BLOCKED
Wisconsin Senator Declares
investigation Win Go on
to Its Logical Conclusion

to Its Logical Conclusion
An attempt to curtail the far.
flung Investigation the subcom.
n1ittee Of the Senate District
Committee is conducting on real
estate and security businesses
! was made today by Senator Mil
lard Tydings CD, Of Maryland,
. member.
Senator Tydings clashed with
Senator John J. Blaine tR0, Of
Wisconsin. chairman of the COM
mittee. The chairman blocked
the efforts cs Senator Tydings
and declsred that the investiga-
tion ,Nill proceed to its logical
cc1aclusion.
z Asks Curb on Blaine
Senator Tydings sought to pre-
vent the summoning Of further
witnesses by the chairman, con-
tending that subpoenas should
be issued only upon action Of the
committee as q. whole, and after
o showing had been made against
the person to be summoned.
Senator Elaine announced at
the hearing that the committee
expects the Wardman interests
to exert every effort to prevent
investigation of its books, and
that this would be deferred until
the conclusion of receivership
proceedings in the Corporation
y Court of Alexandra. -
Senator Tydings' attempt to
curtail the investigation came at
the conclusion of the mornings
hearing at which various wit
nesses had testified as to the
operations of the County Clubs
Properties Co., Inc. ..
Admits Probe Needed
Senator Tydings said:
81 realize the necessity OF
this investigation In gen.
eral way, but ! object to our
Conducting o fishing expedi-
fiOn to find out If business
men are operating correctly.
Before summons are issued we
should have . prima facIe case
against the witnesses called, be-
cause the mere fact that q
business man is summoned here
creates an impression that he
is doing something wrong"
Senator Blaine asked Senator
Tydings how the committee could
hope to establish a prima tacle
y case without Summoning wit
11eSSeS.
Senator Tydings replied that
he is opposed to summoning wit
nesses until I'VE have something
to go on and did not think the
committee should parade the az
fairs Of business men before the
public until it had first ascer-
tanned if there was something
wrong. e.- p
Would Await Complaint
The chairman declared he knew
; Of no precedent for the procedure
suggested by Senator Tydings and
declared thta If it were followedl
it would make the inquiry I'M
possible.
No one should be called, Sem
ator Tydings said, unless a COM
plant had been made against
him which would indicate need
for an investigation:
eff no one complains, we
have NO right to haul these
ment up here and question
them" @
? Senator Blaine declared the
Senate fixed the boundaries of
the investigation and if the COM
mittee impingeS these boundaries,
it would be Violating the man.
date of the Senate.
Blaine Cites Court Case
When Senator Tydings insisted
chat there should be special rea-
son for calling witnesses, Senator
Blaine reminded him that there
had been no special reason for
) calling a real-eState man who
testified sometime ago and who is
now on trial in the District Su-
preme Court. ,.s
Senator Tydings declared he
thought the inquiry "ought to be
q committee investigation and not
4, one-man affair.""
Senator Blaine, In referring to
Harry Wardman's refusal to pro.
duce books and records sought
hy the committee, said:
ST realize the Wardman
people will use every ObstruC-
tionist tactic and that the COM
mittee will be hampered q great
deal in obtaining records it
@ug1t to have"
He said that later the commit
tee will issue further subpoenas
for individuals and records deal