Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-19

public character and fatally undermine
public confidence in the public service.
dare to express the hope that there
may be some small measure Of adj
monition in 1t to others in this COM
munity and elsewhere who may flnd
themselves tempted to indulge them
selves IN this reprehensible and poison
Gus practice"
when the subcommittee met ct 10
o'clock, with Senators Vanderberg and
Jones present, MIR. Young arrived In
company with Attorney Robert H. Nc
Neil, who, he said, assisted him In pre-
pairing the statement he wished to sub
NIT. Mr.. Young then read as follows:
IF anything I have been quoted as
saying at the meeting (of the Federation
Of Citizens Associations recently held
unjustly reflected upon any member OF
Congress, am sincerely sorry, and wish
now to disavow any intention so to
reflect upon any one in Congress.
Information "Hearsay."
ct also wish to state that I have no
personal information with respect to
the proposed airport In Virginia which
In any way involves or reflects upon
any member Of Congress, Al the in
formation which have Is that which
I have obtained from others and which
would be legally called 'hearsay.'
My use of the report which came
to me was casual and my state
ments were made more to empha-
size the existing points against the pro-
posed airport for consideration by the
association and not as an expression
Of my own views. In my statement
before the Federation of Citizens As
sociations I distinctly came out in favor
Of the purchase of the airport south
of the Highway Bridge. and I stated
would purchase It as recommended by
the special airport committee IL
would probably be five years before
Washington would have an airport at
all. From this 1t seems that it should
be clear to every one that ] was in
no way rejecting upon the integrity of
any Senator. only referred to the
report as q matter for consideration
by the opponents Of the proposed air
port, never dreaming that it would
become an issue as to whether or not
there was such . report current or
as to my authority for making the
statement which is the subject matter
of this investigation"
After Mr.. Young had completed the
reading Of his prepared statement,
Senator Jones recalled that the witness
had mentioned two former Senators in
the statement, and asked Mr.. Young If
they were the names he had heard
mentioned by the persons who discussed
the airport problem with him.
Meant No Reflection.
Mr.. Young replied that they were,
but he emphasized that he had no
intention Of rejecting on them.
In bringing his prepared statement
to O close, Mr.. Young said:
"I should add that in the statement
which made before the Federation of
Citizens Associations used no word
indicating that believed any member
of Congress, or especially any member
of the Senate or ex-senator, was in
volved in any transaction or had any
interest in the airport proposition in
the nature Of a graft or grab as
indicated by the headlines in some Of
the newspapers by their accounts of
my statement nor did 'tnsinuate' any
thing to that effect. The information
upon which my statement was based
was obtained from q personal friend in
confidence and 1t may be that I mis-
his statement as above, but
in view of its confidential character
request that this commit
tee do not require me to disclose 1t, as
no public interest Is involved and no
matter is pending before this committee
which would make 1t desirable or neces-
Sary that make such disclosure, and
it would only result in personal embar-
to me and to the person whose
confidence had"
Huston also testified he had not
known that the funds In his brokerage
account had been used for purchasing
stocks until Krickl had given the lobby
committee the information.
II never knew anything about 1t until
I heard the testimony this morning"
he said.
Krickl said the $50, 100 was deposited
by w. e. Moore, whom Huston had
Identified as his personal representative.
Asked If the Tennessee association
had been credited with the profit, Hus-
ton said it probably would have been
charged against uncollected interest on
money he had advanced to the aSso-
citation.
Asked If any other money had been
used to purchase stocks, Huston said:
II wouldn't know about that"
Every cent of the money, he teS-
titled, had been paid over In INSTALL
ments to J. w. Worthington, chairman
OF the executive committee OF the as
ISOLATION.
The Republican chairman said funds
belonging to the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers also had gone into
the brokerage account, but that he had
accounted for every cent Of the money
Huston added that he used the &C
count for emergency purposes.
II have run my business in my own
way and expect to continue" ne as
serted.
"You got no interest on the funds?"
Walsh asked.
mo" Huston answered.