The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-05
NEA Service Writer

Washington. - Investigators for the Nye campaign funds committee are still gathering ammunition for ! use against Bishop James Cannon and if the bishop has no more luck than most others who have tried to thwart the committee he Is likely to run into more trouble than ever.
 Cannon has disputed the commit tees right to make him tell what he did with $65,00O or more which he received for his anti-Smith ac- tivities in Virginia in the 1928 campaign and his secretary, Miss Ada Burroughs, declined to answer any questions when placed on the witness stand. The committee felt that it shouldn't bring any con tempt proceedings without the bish- ops appearance. so 1t plans to call them both after its full evidence is assembled and 1t makes its own record in the Cannon case by put ting on it's own witnesses.
 The Cannon investigation has proceeded under the Glass resolu- ton which provided that 1t might go back into 1928 campaign ex- penditures in any case where a complaint was filed. Congressman Tinkham of Massachusetts filed q com plaint charging violation of the corrupt practices act.
 August Hearing
 In September the bishop would become immune from prosecution in case evidence of improper han ding of funds were developed. Nye Is expected to call the committee in for the Cannon hearing In Au- gust. Private assurances from the committee have been that the bishop would not be permitted to defy it as he did the Caraway lob by committee when he walked out on 1t.
 Meanwhile, 1t is interesting to note that this committee has left a rather ruinous trail in those states where politicians and con- tributors tried to conceal informa- tion wanted--or seemed to try. In Nebraska George w. Norris the famous grocer who filed against the senator of the same name-and Victor Seymour. the republican politician who engi-
 neered the trick. have been rein- dicted for perjury on the basis of their testimony. After the revela-
 tions Seymour had to quit as
 chief of the republican western senatorial campaign and Norris had to move to another grocery store l Executive Director Robert Fl
 Lucas of the republican national
 committee apparently lost his pros poets of L,coming national chair
 man because the Nye committed
 made him admit his connection
 with the plot to defeat Senator
 Norris. Walter Head, who financed
 a straw vote to determine If Nor
 ris could be licked, has resigned
 as chairman of directors of tho
 Omaha National Bank. w. M. Steb.
 bins, who would have benefited by
 the Grocer Norris trick and gave
 the grocer a bond, took bad pri.
 mary licking and Farm Boart
 Member Sam McKelvie, q secre
 anti-Norris contributor. has beer
 threatened with prosecution.
 In Four Other States
 Members of the committee fee
 that their investigation was tough
 tooth and nall in Tennessee ant
 the political faction, which |
 aimed at there, has been takinj
 some bad socks. Rogers Caldwell
 and Colonel Luke Lea, who sait
 they had had nothing to do witt
 the senatorial primary, have beei
 indicted in connection with tn,
 great crash of the Lea Caldwell
 enterprises fin the south.
 When the Nye committee entere,
 Illinois 1t seemed that Mrs Rutl
 Hanna Mccormick had an edge ol
 J. Ham Lewis in the scnatoria