Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-29
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indication of the use to which the re-
| n1ainder OF the fund was put.
Word H. Wood of Charlotte, N: @,
testified he received this check from
lima Democrats had called upon the
| HEADQUARTERS organization Of the Anti
Smith movement for help.
Earlier IL had been testified that
Bishop Cannon was introduced TO e. G.
JAMESON. New York Republican capt.
taIist. who gave Sos, 800 to the Bishop
for use in the campaign. The Introduc-
ton was made by c. Bascom Siemp'
national committeeman for virginia.
after the late James w Good, WeSternl
manager for the Republican National
COMMITTEES during the 1928 campaign,
| rad written Jameson that Slemp had in
mind an independent organization that
Good wished Jameson would help Slemp
with
other evidence in the record traced
! this S65 300 through the eight bank &C
counts maintained by the Bishop dur
ing the campaign. -,
Basil Manly, a committee inVesu-
gator nut into the record charts as
sertine the churchman diverted many
thousands Of dollars to his personal &C
counts, used some of 1t to pay personal
notes and to nav some of the benenci-
aries of an estate for which he was
the executor.
Two other witnesses from Virginia
Congressional districts. II. G. Luhrlng
of Norfolk and DR.. E. s. Hughes OF
Danville testified that. as leaders IN
the Anti-Smith movement in their
areas. they had no knowledge of $4,000
and $4,000 which. the Bishop had said
in a statement to the press, was spent
in those districts.
Repaid SI0,607 More.
In his final appearance before the
committee Manly exhibited another
chart which he said indicated Bishop
BY the Anti-Smith Democrats Head
quarters Committee than he had
loaned 1t.
Eugene L. Crawford, general secre-
tary Of the Board of Temperance and
Social Service of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. South, Of which Bishop
Cannon is chairman, said several hun
cred dollars of board money had been
loaned the bishop prior to the Asheville
conference. but it later had been repaid.
Miss Burroughs, just as she did last
May when she declined to tell the COM
mittee of the affairs of the Headquar-
tiers Committee of the anti-Smith
Democrats, Of which she filed reports
as treasurer, again presented the com
mittee with prepared statement, which
she asked permission TO read.
Questions Groups Power.
The statement said the records Of the
committee after remaining In her pos
session for two years were turned over
| to Bishop Cannon ana she had no
knowledge Of their present whereabouts.
| AS before, the statement denied the
| right of the committee to inquire into
| the private transactions" Of the bishop,
and she replied to all questions with a
refusal to comment.
Peters followed a similar course. He
submitted statement denying he had
violated the corrupt practices act and
asserting the committee had no right
| to pursue the inquiry. He also refused
TO reply to questions.
| Harry r. Sinclair, millionaire oil
! operator, served a sentence in jail for
refusing TO testify before a Senate COM
| mittee.
The testimony obtained in the three
| day inquiry showed the Bishop collected
personally from Jameson. $65, 800; from
| Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, former Re
publican Senator from New Jersey,
| $4,000. and had available for the North
| Carolina Anti-Smith Democrats the
| 1000 from Huston.
Huston Records Sought.
The committee has subpoenaed the
| record of the Huston account in full
/ and Chairman Nye said this would be
examined for its relation to the activi-
ties of Bishop Cannon.
One witness Deets Pickett, research
secretary for the Methodist Board Of
Temperance. Prohibition and Public
AFo~a1s faf fn enr1aaF af W.
session Chairman Nye explained, how
ever, he had been informed that Pick
EFT was suffering from a high fever
and q cold.
Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, of
| Virginia, author of the resolution under
| which the committee is making its in
duiry, issued statement yesterday in
reply to one by Bishop Cannon in
London.
Glass described as "sheerest non
sense" Cannons assertion that he was
refusing to tell what he did with the
Anti-Smith campaign fund TO protect"
Anti-Smith Democrats to whom pay
ments are alleged to have been made.
There seems no necessity for serious
comment the Senator said THE
good bishop seems to prefer to persist
| in his hallucination that I demanded
! this investigation into his financial
transactions in the last national cam
paign.
IF this we're true, I am unable to
discern that the fact could affect in
any way the charge that Bishop Cam
non diverted TO his own private uses
funds intended for political purposes.
Denies Making Charge.
However, as previously pointed out.
/ presented no charges against Bishop
Cannon. The charge Of embezzlement
was made by his former political af-
| filiate. Congressman Tinkhan (Repub-
| lican) Of Massachusetts,
81 simply drafted a resolution. which
| the United States Senate unanimously
J passed, giving Bishop Cannon an op-
portunity to Immediately demand an
Investigation BY the Nye Committee Of